Special thanks to Diane and Noémie for their oral presentation on Halloween !!
Thanks to Diane and and Noémie for their great presentation !!
HISTORY
Halloween is a
special holiday for English and American children. They celebrate
it on October 31st. It is on the day
before All Saints' Day.
The
origins of Halloween are
very ancient.
One of the symbols of
this festival are large orange pumpkin lanterns called Jack o' Lanterns.
The lanterns are made from pumpkins
carved in the appearance of a scary face.
They have got a candle inside and
they are hung on trees or put by windows, so you can see them in the dark.
Children make the lanterns to
frighten witches and ghosts.
In the evening children put on
scary costumes and masks and they go out. In the street you can see
ghosts, witches, skeletons, pirates, wizards and other different
costumes.
They go from house to house, they
knock on the door and when people open, children say:
Give me something good to eat!
People usually give
them money, sweets, candies, apples and nuts. But sometimes
children get nothing, so they play a trick!
TRADITIONS
Halloween
means "All Hallows Eve", the evening before All
Saints. Halloween is a popular event in America , Great
Britain and Ireland. Both adults and children alike celebrate
All Saints Eve. The children dress up in funny clothes and masks .They go round the houses,
ring the door- bells and say: "Trick or treat". People give them some candy,
fruit, money, or they play a trick , like writing on windows
with soap, ringing door-bell, spray shaving cream on cars,
dumping garbage can.
People
make faces out of large pumpkins and put candles inside: this
is called Jack O'Lantern. They cut out ghosts and spectres and
even skeletons and put them in their windows. Teenagers in
middle school and high school have a Halloween
party and
dance. The party is in the evening in the school gymnasium.
After the school party, everyone helps to clean up.
At home and at school
children play games such as "dunking for apples",
"apples
on a
string", and others. Typical Halloween food is nuts,
popcorn, pumpkin pie, liquorice, sweets and candied apples. The Halloween drink is apple cider.
Vocabulary and games 
Revise your vocabulary and play these two games!
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/halloween.html
QUIZ
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/halloween-quiz-questions-and-answers.html
