It’s been awhile! We had fall break last week, and the 2 weeks before that, we watched a movie (“Step Up 3”), accompanied by translating exercises and vocabulary from the movie.
And I failed to blog about it; I should have.
But here’s our Halloween post from this week! October 31st was Halloween, and yesterday we celebrated it in English club. Last year we had Bingo and origami “candy boxes,” and this year we switched it up and did some different, slightly more challenging, activities (I can’t believe how much these kids’ English has advanced since a year ago!)
After matching the Halloween pictures with their words, each student filled out a crossword puzzle using those vocab. words plus a few extra. For every two correct answers, they got one piece of candy. Since these kids are smart and did really well on the crossword, I now feel very responsible for their possible future visits to the dentist. BRUSH YOUR TEETH, KIDS.
We also watched an awesome video of a house this year in America with a very impressive light show.
Along with the light show was the song “This is Halloween.” We watched a second video – a clip from Tim Burton’s famous “Nightmare Before Christmas,” which has this song in it.
Different Halloween characters sing different choruses/verses (there are pumpkins, witches, ghosts, and more) – in order to get more candy, the group had to fill in the blanks in the lyrics. The pumpkins’ chorus was easy (Level 1) and that earned each person one piece of candy. The ghosts were next (Level 2) – 2 more pieces of candy! And the witches sang a verse (Level 3), of course equaling 3 pieces of candy.
We then sang, it was fun, and before we knew it, Halloween was over for this year. But fear not, children, Halloween WILL be back (probably in the form of a package mailed from the U.S. – it’s the best I can do.) 🙂
Next week’s topic: A review of our 30+ previous English clubs, interviews, and more
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