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October is here, and so is the time for haunted houses, spider webs and Halloween activities for your ESL classes!

For some ESL students, this will be their first introduction to the late October holiday. It's always fun to share a little with students from around the world about how the holiday is celebrated in America.

But Halloween fun can be a learning tool, too. Here are nine ESL activities you can do with your class that will both build their language skills and give them a little spooky excitement too.

Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere.Click here to get a copy. (Download)

If you're after another great resource that introduces diverse and exciting content to your students, be sure to check out FluentU.
In fact, with FluentU you can get your students thoroughly enthused about English culture and introduce special days such as Halloween with fun and relevant content!
1. Halloween Tongue Twisters

Tongue twisters are fun to do with ESL students. Just about anyone likes the challenge of pronunciation acrobatics, and it's easy to tailor them to Halloween or any other holiday. Start by explaining that tongue twisters are pronunciation challenges that use the same or similar sounds in short phrases or verses.

You might want to give your students a few classic examples such as "red leather yellow leather," "rubber baby buggy bumpers" and "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood." Once students get the idea, challenge them to write their own Halloween tongue twisters.

As a class, brainstorm some words associated with Halloween, like "goblin," "monster," "ghost," etc. When it's time to write the tongue twisters, start with a spooky Halloween term and add words with similar sounds to make a phrase. You can use the following examples or write your own.
Glowing ghosts gobble goodies. Warty witches wish for watches. Big bats match hats. Musty mummies make monster masks.
Celebrate your tricky phrases with a reading contest in which each person reads their tongue twister for the class-five times fast, of course!

2. Halloween Word Find

This super simple activity takes no advance preparation, and it's a great way to introduce your students to some new vocabulary. Write the word "Halloween" on the board in large letters. Then explain to your students that they will have 1-3 minutes (your call) to make as many English words as they can using only the letters that make up the word "Halloween."

Start the timer and let students rack their brains for as many words as they can come up with. When time is up, have students take turns sharing their words. If anyone has a word that another student also listed, both must cross it off their paper.

Once everyone has shared their words, the person with the most words remaining on their list wins a Halloween prize. If you like, repeat the activity with other Halloween-themed words such as "Frankenstein" and "ghost stories."

3. Candy Taste Test

Who doesn't like an excuse to eat candy in class? Halloween is the perfect time of year to host a candy taste test with your students. Bring in three different types of Halloween candies for students to taste (allergies permitting).

Before starting the activity, review with your students how to form comparative and superlative adjectives. Then let each student try each of the sweets you brought in.

After tasting each candy, your students should make notes about how it tastes. For example:
This one tastes sweeter than the first. This candy is the hardest.
This is a good time to remind students of adjectives that describe flavor. Once they have tasted and described each candy, students write a paragraph saying which candy was best. They should use comparative and superlative adjectives to support their opinions in the paragraph.

4. Halloween Scattergories

This classic game is great for teaching ESL students new and less common vocabulary. Start by brainstorming a list of things associated with Halloween (i.e. candy, monsters, costumes, etc.). These will be the categories for the rest of the game.

From your list, choose the six best categories. Then roll a letter die or choose a letter of the alphabet at random. (Avoid less common letters such as x, q, v, j, etc.) Then give your students one minute to think of a word that fits each category and that starts with the letter you rolled.

For example, for the letter "D," they might answer something like "candy: dark chocolate, monster: Dracula, costume: dog." Have students share their answers with the class and cross out any repeats to get their score for that round. Play three rounds with three different letters. The person with the highest score for the combined rounds wins a Halloween prize.

5. Guess Who

This is a simple game that even beginning students can play. As a class, brainstorm a list of creepy Halloween creatures-such as bats, black cats, Frankenstein, mummies, etc. From the list, each person chooses one creature and writes three clues about it. Make sure they don't write down the name of the Halloween creature, though!

Tell your students to number their clues and make the most obvious clues last in the list. Students take turns sharing their clues and guessing which Halloween creature each person chose.

If a student guesses correctly after one clue, they score three points. After two clues, two points. After three clues, one point. Keep score and give a prize to the person with the highest score at the end of the game.

6. "The Scream"

Show students Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream." Put students in groups of three to talk about the painting. Have them discuss the following two questions:

What happened?

Why is this person screaming?

If your students are beginning or intermediate, have them discuss the painting using the simple past tense. If your students are intermediate or advanced, consider having them discuss what could have happened using the past conditional tense with modal verbs.

As they discuss and write, they should use whatever tense you assigned. (If you decide to have students work in the conditional for this activity, you might want to take a few minutes at the beginning of class to review conditionals.)

After their discussion time, have groups work together to write a scary story using the painting for inspiration. Give groups a chance to read their stories to the rest of the class or compile the stories into a class book for students to read during free learning periods.

7. Doing Good with UNICEF

Since many of your students might not know much about Halloween, take a few minutes to discuss the practice of trick-or-treating. Ask students to share what they know about it, and then answer any questions they have.

After your discussion, explain that UNICEF is an international organization that works to promote the rights and improve the lives of every child in every situation. Then share with your students how some children will choose to trick or treat for UNICEF, collecting money for the organization rather than candy for themselves.

Have your students discuss the following questions in groups of three or four.

If you were a kid, would you ever trick or treat for UNICEF instead of getting candy for yourself?

What is something kind you have done or would like to do for someone you don't know?

What are other ways we can help children around the world?

8. Haunted House Brochures

Have you ever been to a haunted house? Have your students? This pastime is popular in the fall leading up to Halloween. Ask your students to share any experiences they have had visiting a haunted house. Share your own experiences, too.

Then have students work in groups of three to design their own haunted house, with pictures if you like. Have each group design a brochure advertising their haunted house. Display the brochures for the class and have your students vote on which haunted house is the scariest, or which they would like to visit in real life.

9. Scary Advice

Everyone needs advice at some point, and scary situations are a good time to ask for it. Start this activity by reviewing modal verbs with your students. Then show your students some advice letters such as those written to Dear Abby.

Challenge your students to think of a scary situation (either realistic or ridiculous) in which they might like advice. Have each person write a letter to Dear Abby. Collect the letters and redistribute them to your students.

Each person will now pretend to be Abby and give advice to their classmate using modal verbs in their answer. Collect the letters and display them on a bulletin board laid out to look like a newspaper.

Halloween is a fun holiday filled with spooky monsters and sweet treats. It's also a fun way to incorporate U.S. culture into language lessons.

Your students can work on pronunciation, grammar, speaking, reading and writing all while having fun and satisfying their sweet tooth. Try these activities and everyone will walk away from class with a smile on their lips and a shiver in their spine.

And One More Thing...

If you're looking for creative ways to teach English, then you'll love using FluentU in your classroom!

It's got a huge collection of authentic English videos that people in the English-speaking world actually watch regularly. There are tons of great choices there when you're looking for songs for in-class activities.

You'll find music videos, musical numbers from cinema and theater, kids' singalongs, commercial jingles and much, much more.

On FluentU, all the videos are sorted by skill level and are carefully annotated for students.

Words come with example sentences and definitions. Students will be able to add them to their own vocabulary lists, and even see how the words are used in other videos.

For example, if a student taps on the word "searching," they'll see this:

Plus, these great videos are all accompanied by interactive features and active learning tools for students, like multimedia flashcards and fun games like "fill in the blank."

It's perfect for in-class activities, group projects and solo homework assignments. Not to mention, it's guaranteed to get your students excited about learning English!

Sign up for a free trial and bring FluentU to your classroom today.

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Lesson procedure:

Warm up and maintenance:

This lesson will start quite differently than your usual lessons as we want to get the atmosphere of Halloween started right from the beginning of class.

Not too scary! Some of the activities in this lesson can be made quite scary for older students but make sure this is toned right down for younger students.

1. Setting the atmosphere
Before class, think about how you can make the room and lesson come to life. This all depends on your resources, but some ideas can be:

lights - turn off some lights and close curtains to make the room darker. Place some jack-o-lanterns around the room.

get some glow-in-the-dark stars and shapes and stick them around the walls

rearrange the furniture

have some eerie music playing in the background

hang decorations around the classroom, such as bats and ghost crafts (if you have other classes you can build up the decorations as you do crafts each lesson)

dress up as a Halloween character (if possible, one of the characters you are teaching in this lesson).

in a previous lesson ask your students (or their parents) to come to this lesson in Halloween fancy dress. This is great fun and you can have a fancy dress party during the lesson with prizes for best, scariest, funniest, etc.

Prepare the boxes by cutting a hole in one side, just large enough to put your arm through. You can even put on a material flap to cover the hole and stop prying eyes. Inside the boxes place some Halloween type objects which you can pick up in discount stores, party stores and supermarkets, such as:

plastic bats, spiders, etc.

goo or slime

[hide_on_uk]jello[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]jelly[/hide_on_us] shaped as a brain

spider webs

cooked, cold spaghetti noodles (worms)

peeled grapes (eye balls)

fake fur (monster hair)

over cooked rice (maggots)

tofu (can be anything gross)

dried pasta (teeth or bones)

toes (mini hot dogs)

Hand in the box! If you can get someone to help you, put another hole in the back of the box and have someone hide behind the box (covered under a blanket) and put their hand through the hole. When the students put their hands they will get a big surprise when their hand is grabbed!

Have everyone wait outside the classroom until it is time to go in. Stand at the door and as each student enters say, "Happy Halloween!" and have them reply, "Happy Halloween".

Then allow the students to walk around the classroom feeling inside the boxes and trying to guess what each object is. This is bound to cause a lot a screams and laughter but everyone will thoroughly enjoy it and it will be well worth the effort of setting it up.

Finally, have everyone sit down and ask what they think is in each box (e.g. "I think it's worms!") and then take out each item to show everyone what it really is.

Before continuing, get everyone to help you clear everything to the sides of the classroom so there is a large space in the middle and get everyone to sit down on the floor.

New learning and practice:

Explain you are going to play "Ghost chase". Show one flashcard and teach / elicit the word. Then quickly turn over the card - if the back is blank everyone is safe ("phew!"). If the back of the card has the ghost image, shout, "Ghost!" and get everyone to quickly get up and run to keep out of your way. You have to run after everyone and tag them (they have to sit down). You can even have one of the students act as the ghost.

Finally, return everyone back to the middle of the floor to continue with the flashcards.

Put the class into groups and each group sits together. Give each group a different Halloween character flashcard (e.g. witch, zombie, etc.) and have them make a mask for that character. Finally, have everyone wear their masks - you can even have a competition with prizes!

3. Play "Halloween walk"
Everyone is going to play a game wearing their masks. First get the "ghosts" to stand up and show you how ghosts move around (saying "Whooooooo!"). Next get the monsters to stumble around going "Rhaaaaa!", and so on. You are introducing the sounds from the song you are going to sing next (see point 4 below).

Finally, get everyone to stand up and shout out instructions (e.g. "Move like a zombie!") to get everyone to move around making the sound. Here are the sounds for each character:

ghost (Whooooooooo!)

monster (Rhhaaaaaa!)

witch (Cackle cackle!)

black cat (Meoooowwww!)

wizard (Ho ho hoooo!)

mummy (Grrrrrrrrrr!)

bat (Eeekk! Eeekk!)

zombie (Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)

Happy Halloween: this song contains many of the characters from Halloween (ghost, zombie, etc.) and is good for older children (6 years and older).

Three little witches: this is a nice and simple song about witches for the little children to enjoy.

Song Option 1: "Happy Halloween":
Get everybody to stand up. Explain that they are going to sing a Halloween song. First play the song and show everyone the gestures and actions - have them all try and follow along with you as you do the actions. Then play again and get everyone to join in.

It may help to place the flashcards on the board in the correct order of the song, or pin up the song poster.
Gestures for "Happy Halloween"

"Happy, Happy Halloween!" - sing and dance along to this (dancing like zombies or monsters - like in Michael Jackson's Thriller).

"Look out of the window tonight" - everyone puts their hand above their eyes to 'peer' out of the window with a frightened expression.

"What will we see on Halloween night?" - look around with a frightened expression.

"Go outside in the street tonight" - walking on the spot.

"Who will we meet on Halloween night?" - look around with a frightened expression.

"Look there's a ghost (Whooooooooo!)" - all do a ghost gesture and say "Whoooooooo!".

"Look there's a monster (Rhhaaaaaa!)" - all walk like a scary monster and say "Rhhaaaaaa!".

"Look there's a witch (Cackle cackle!)" - everyone wiggles their fingers in front of their face like a witch whilst cackling.

"Look there's a black cat (Mioooowwww!)" - all act like a cat whilst meowing.

"Look there's a wizard (Ho ho hoooo!)" - all wave imaginary wands in the air and say "Ho ho hoooo!".

"Look there's a mummy (Grrrrrrrrrr!)" - walk around with arms stretched out in front and say :Grrrrrrr!".

"Look there's a bat (Eeekk! Eeekk!)"- all flap around and say "Eeekkk! Eeekkk!".

"Look there's a zombie (Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)"- do the zombie dance/walk (as in Thriller) and say "Rrrrrrr!".

Song Option 2: "Three little witches":
Get everybody to stand up. Explain that they are going to sing a Halloween song. First play the song and show everyone the finger actions (see Gestures below) - have them all try to follow along with you as you do the actions. Then play again and get everyone to join in.

Teacher: (pointing at the ghost on page 2) What's this?
Students: Ghost!
Teacher: Yes, that's right ... (reading) ... "Suddenly, a ghost appeared!". And what sound does a ghost make?
Students: Whooooooo!
Teacher: Oh yes, very scary! Emi, can you show us your ghost? ... (Emi gets up and starts doing her ghost impression)... Brilliant! Now, everyone show me your ghost! ... (everyone get up and does their ghost impressions)
etc.
Continue through the story, asking what all the characters are. Get the students really involved in the story by asking lots of questions (e.g. about the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us], clothes and other objects in the pictures) and even ask yes/no questions about what each character is, for example:
Teacher: (pointing at the monster on page 3) Is this a mummy?
Students: No! It's a monster!
Teacher: Oh Yes, that's right! And does it go "Meoowwww!"?
Students: No! "Rhaaaa!"
etc.
After reading the story, give out a reader worksheet to each student and have everyone identify the Halloween characters that were in the story. Then go through the answers as a class.

Alternatively, watch our video version of the reader (Internet connection required).

I Went Into a haunted house: Students sit in a circle. Student A says, "I went into the haunted house and saw a witch". Student B continues, "I went into the haunted house and saw a witch and a black cat". Continue around the circle.

Melt the witch game: Materials: A moveable chalkboard, [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] chalk, sponges, bucket of water. Directions: Draw a witch's head, or whole body on the chalkboard. Fill the bucket with water and sponges. Have children stand close enough to the board to be able to hit it accurately with a wet sponge. Place water bucket and sponges near this spot. Tell the children to take turns throwing wet sponges at the witch to try and "melt" her away. As the witch becomes wet and water drips down the board, it will appear as if she is melting. Be sure the children are squeezing out to the sponges before throwing.

Pass the pumpkin: Students sit in a circle. Provide a plastic pumpkin for children to pass while the teacher plays some music. Children pass the pumpkin to the tempo of the music. Alternate between fast and slow. When the music stops the child who has the pumpkin stands and takes a bow. Continue.

Pass the vampire bat: Supplies: one straw for each child / bat shapes cut out of tissue paper. How to play: Divide the class into 2 teams and line up each team. Students pass the tissue bats down the line, teammate to teammate, by inhaling and exhaling on the straw to hang onto or release the ornament. No hands! The first team to successfully pass the bats up and down the line wins!

Pin the tail on the black cat: This is a take on 'pin the tail on the donkey'. Put a picture of a tailless-less black cat on the wall, blindfold the students, spin them around and see if they can pin the tail in the right place. The nearest wins a prize/points.

Play-doh fun: make jack-o-lanterns, witches, other characters, etc.

Wrap up:

1. Assign homework
We have a number of worksheets - select the worksheet which you think best suits the age / level of your class.

2. Do your usual end of class routine
Tidy up, put away things in bags, sing " The goodbye song ", etc.

3. Quick check
As each student goes to the door to leave the classroom show them a flashcard and elicit the word (e.g. zombie) and ask the student to do the sound and action.

If they get the word right, they can leave. If wrong, they have to go to the back of the line and try again.

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17 creative ideas to make a Halloween in the classroom that your students will never forget

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The Halloween festival is a worldwide phenomenon, which has already crossed the United States and Canada as the main countries, being celebrated in schools and classrooms around the world.

Students love to break the routine and Halloween is a different holiday that they love to experience from first thing in the morning, even days before.
For this reason, it is important to decorate the school and organize Halloween activities and games in the school and learning center creating memorable memories with your classmates.

This holiday, which is celebrated on October 31, stands out mainly for being the night where the most terrifying and malicious characters come to life.

In this post, we are going to give you some tips and creative ideas so that you can organize different activities and proposals in class that are easy, and, most importantly, terribly fun!

1. Decorate the classroom, imagination to power

The possibilities of creativity are endless, a good idea is to personalize the desks where the boys and girls sit with details.

Try placing double-sided paper or cardboard pumpkins on top of some of them. In others, he draws large vampire fangs and an alternative option is to fill a table with cobwebs. Your students will like to see how the classroom where they take their classes every day becomes a very special place.

2. Terrifying photo call

To make Halloween as authentic as possible, we suggest you make a scary photocall in the school hallway or entrance. To make it, just use a black cloth and hook various elements of the theme party. Maybe the lab skeleton can join the party too!

Students and families can be invited to come dressed up and take creative and terrifying photos with the background we have created. The ideal is to propose students to propose their own ideas so that it becomes a collective idea. In this way we will have a very simple, original and economical photocall, generating with photography a memory that will last over time.

3. Halloween Balloons

A simple decoration object are balloons with original Halloween drawings. If you put them around the tables in the classroom or hang them with a thread, they will give the final touch to your staging in the school. Don't forget to tie them to doors, chairs or the ceiling of the corridors too!

4. Customization of tables by theme

If we are to do something exceptional, we can choose to decorate tables with different themes within the theme, for example an area with coffins, pumpkins, another with skeletons, another with a zombie movie or series, etc.

You can empty the classic orange pumpkins and insert a candle inside them. It is a fun activity in which all the students can participate, working individually or in groups.

5. Creative ideas with bats

Make bats with tweezers

For this, we will only need some black tweezers of another color and we will paint them, later, using cardboard to make the wings and scissors and glue to shape and stick them. It looks great and is very quick to make!

Create flying bats

For those with great origami skills, origami flying bats can be made. We will only need colored paper, our wonderful hands and a pinch of creativity 🙂

This proposal is very well explained by @Hello Origami

Bats with toilet paper rolls

For this craft we only need toilet paper rolls, black cardboard and markers. We paint a couple of little black eyes on the toilet paper and we have it, it couldn't be easier.

6. Draw the silhouette of the tombstone

A simple decoration is to create different silhouettes of a tombstone with a large piece of cardboard, each student can personalize the tombstone, add different texts and details.

7. Trick or treat

It is always good to try not to encourage students to eat different foods with sugar, such as sweets, however, one day is an exception.

If your school follows a strict policy on these practices, you can offer different individual pieces of fruit decorated with scary faces for the Halloween celebration.

You can put different plates where in exchange for a riddle or challenge they can get the gift. You can create challenges linked to competitive activities, surely fans of gamification will find great ways to link them.

8. Surprise table

If, in spite of everything, you believe in the phrase "nobody is bitter about a sweet" and you do not want to give up a little sugar, we suggest you set up a table where children can grab some sweets before leaving class .

If strict protection measures against covid are still followed in your school or area, we recommend that you put the treats in separate recyclable cups.

9. Creepy book library

Take advantage of the books you have in the school library or look to collect horror-themed books, create a space to encourage reading.

Surely Stephen King will want to participate in this activity. However, we recommend books that are more suitable for children, such as Funny Adventures in the Land of Vampires (+6 years, Aline de Petigny, Veerle Derave), Pupi and the Halloween Witches (6-7 years, María Menéndez-Ponte, Javier Andrada), Horrifying Guests (+7 years, Diana Wynne Jones and Marion Lindsay) or The Phantom of the Opera (6-9 years, Gaston Leroux, Francesc Miralles, Purificación Hernández).

10. Horror movies

Who doesn't like movies? Organize a cineforum or discussion activity. There are multiple movies where the meaning or the plot can be discussed, some suggestions are the following: 'Corpse Bride', 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'The Addams Family' or 'Coco' These movies can be used this Halloween to inspire the decoration of the classroom, our top suggestion is Coco.

11. Decorate the classroom ceiling

Spiders (and their webs) and bats take on special prominence on Halloween; These terrifying animals are an ideal complement to decorate the classroom ceiling.

12. Terrifying Classroom Doors

Design a spectacular classroom entrance door. With orange and green colored paper and painting his eyes, nose and mouth with a black marker; in the form of a monster, covering the entire door with black garbage bags and inserting creepy details such as sharp teeth and evil eyes or a door with a mummy rolling up the door with toilet paper.

13. Mummy Costume

Speaking of mummies! This is a very simple costume but very entertaining and quick to make if you have little time. The preparation is very simple, you just need to wear black clothes, on top of which the whole body will be rolled up with toilet paper from top to bottom.

As Oswald Spengler said in "The Decline of the West" (1918), Culture and civilization, that is, the living body and the mummy of an animated being!

14. Zombie costume

There are many children who have followed the Walking Dead zombie series, so dressing up as a zombie is also an original solution to celebrate Halloween in class. To create a good zombie costume, we just need to use old clothes that can be torn and dirty, thus we will recreate a more realistic character.

15. Play ghost bowling

Playing and doing sports through bowling can be a good proposal. This is a fun and physical activity, for those of you who have great outdoors and great playgrounds. In this case, we will again need toilet paper rolls, which we can paint as if they were ghosts, these will have the double function of ghosts and skittles. We can look for a space where we can form the classic pyramidal shape of bowling pins and do the activity of knocking down the ghost pins with an associated score or challenge.

16. Follow Instagram accounts with super cool ideas

There are Instagram accounts of very creative super teachers to follow, we recommend a couple of them that share their experiences and proposals. We found it lovely!

17. Create a Halloween Goose Learning Station

An idea shared by @unapizcadeeducacion is to create a learning station, which arises in response to the need of students to make decisions and feel free in carrying out learning, creating the famous game of the goose Halloween version.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjqVJbtNehx/

What do you think of these Halloween resources for your classroom?

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See you in the terrifying classrooms! 🎃🦇👻

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17 creative ideas to make a Halloween in the classroom that your students will never forget

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In this post, we are going to give you some tips and creative ideas so that you can organize different halloween activities in class.

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Sjove opgaver og aktiviteter til Halloween

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Here's a spooky mix of Halloween activities and worksheets taken from different sections of our site. Don't forget to turn down the lights and put on some atmospheric music to create a perfectly chilling atmosphere.

Teaching Online

For online Halloween activities, see our sister site LearnHip.com

Halloween Half Crossword

Pairs of students are each given half of a complete Halloween crossword and must describe to their partners the missing words which they need. There's a picture key provided to help with presenting the language.

There are plenty more half crosswords to download and print on the collaborative crosswords page.

Sounds of Halloween Quiz

This Halloween Quiz [LearnHip.com] has 15 scary sounds associated with Halloween and horror movies - play the clip and ask your students to guess what each sound is.

See Guess the Sound Quizzes [LearnHip.com] for more.

Fortune Telling

Students tell each other's fortunes by pulling random runes from a receptacle and divining their partner's destiny. The fortune-telling activity includes lots of ready to cut out runes.

There is also an online fortune-telling game, just give students the URL and they can play with their phones or on a shared screen.

Halloween Taboo

Here's a sheet of 50 ready to cut out Halloween Taboo cards. Teams of students compete against each other to describe random spooky words to their teammates.

See How to Play Taboo for more tips on how to play and lots of other ready to cut out cards.

Halloween Picture Taboo

This is a collection of Halloween-themed pictures to download to a smartphone or tablet. Students take it in turns to describe the object they see and then show it to the class. If nobody knows the English word, then they can give the answer in their L1 or google it. The device is then passed to the next person who swipes to the next picture. Please note the web app will only work with smartphones and tablets.

Halloween ( zipped photoset / web app)

For more downloadable picture sets see the Picture Taboo page.

Halloween Conversation Cards

Groups of students work through a list of Halloween-related vocabulary and idioms before pulling cards from a deck of Halloween related Conversation Questions.

There are plenty more ready to cut out Conversation Cards on the Conversation Questions page.

Halloween Scatter Sheet

Scatter sheets are a great way to review vocabulary. Give each student a Halloween scatter sheet and they take it in turns to select and describe a word and cross out completed words. It gets harder as you go.

There are lots more scatter sheets to download and print on the Scatter Sheets page.

Halloween Survey

Perfect for teens. Give each student a copy of the Halloween Survey and have them interview their partner. At the end go through the questions one by one and listen to the opinions and experiences of the class.

There are more surveys on the Speaking Activities page.

Halloween Articles

Here are a couple of interesting articles relating to Halloween that you can use for reading practice, discussion purposes, etc.

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Here's a spooky mix of Halloween activities and worksheets taken from different sections of our site. Don't forget to turn down the lights and put on some atmospheric music to create a perfectly chilling atmosphere.

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A Fitness & Learning Musical Blast!
Your children will learn the moves to this popular dance song that is sweeping the world. Monster Shuffle is great for introducing your Halloween theme. It's not just for Halloween! This dance song makes a great brain breaks activity anytime you want your children to get up, move, release stress, refresh, recharge and regenerate. It also perfect for group activities, indoor recess and physical education. And it's a HIT at family performances! This song is ideal for preschool, kindergarten and elementary age children.

Monster Shuffle
From the CD, Brain Breaks Action Songs: Let's Move!
by The Learning Station
℗©Monopoli/The Learning Station

Lyrics:

"Hello, my little monsters. Stand up!
It's time to get down and do the Monster Shuffle!
Verse:
Step slide step to the right and keep it tight.
Step slide step to the left now your all set.
Now jump, jump, jump,
And your hips go bump, bump, bump.
Now kick and turn, (To the right!)
And now you learned the Monster Shuffle. Repeat Verse
Chorus:
The Monster Shuffle is a dance we all can do.
Arms out, make a spooky face.
We're monsters me and you.
Now stomp, stomp, stomp your feet,
And now you have the chance to be a monster too,
And do the monster dance.
Refrain:
Clap your hands and say, boo. (Boo!) Shake your monster head. (Woo!)
Clap your hands and say, boo. (Boo!) Repeat what we just said.
Clap your hands and say, boo. (Boo!) And shake your monster head. (Woo!)
Clap your hands and say, boo. (Boo!) Back to the dance instead.
Repeat Verse 2x
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Refrain
Repeat Chorus 2x

Brain Breaks Action Songs: Let's Move!

Children will love this energizing collection of fun, interactive activity and dance songs. Exercise, dance and learning go hand in hand. Regular brain breaks enhance attentiveness, concentration and focus. They accelerate learning by allowing children to release their energy, anxiety and stress. Brain breaks also increase circulation, promote physical fitness and coordination. These action, dance and movement songs make it easy to integrate brain breaks into your classroom. They are also great activity songs for physical education, group activities or indoor recess.

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Dance Songs for Children - Brain Breaks - Monster Shuffle

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A Fitness & Learning Musical Blast! Your children will learn the moves to this popular dance song that is sweeping the world. Monster Shuffle is great for introducing your Halloween theme. It's not just for Halloween! This dance song makes a great brain breaks activity anytime you want your children to get up, move, release...

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3. Mr. Bean's Halloween (Short)

Becketo October 29, 2019

Task description & scene summary

This is a listening exercise for seventh-grade Japanese students learning English as a second language.

The animated story narrative is about Halloween trick or treating an American tradition.

Video length: 7 minutes 6 seconds

Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License

First published: 2019-10-29, 09:33:29 (GMT+1)

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."
Kieran Donaghy,
Creator ofFilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) What month is Halloween?

2) The cat is

3) What is Mr. Bean doing. 単語を順番に並べてください

Put the words in order: is sitting. He

4) What do the boys say?

Fill the gap: The boys say ________________________ or ________________________

5) How many candy apples?

6) What is the boy's Halloween costume?コスチュームは何ですか？

7) What does the old lady say?

8) What does the woman see?

9) What does Mr. Bean say?

Vocabulary list

scared: 怖い

devil: 悪魔

skeleton: スケルトン

ghost: ゴースト

vampire: 吸血鬼

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."
Kieran Donaghy,
Creator ofFilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

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Mr. Bean's Halloween (Short) - English ESL video lesson

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Home Video lessons Mr. Bean's Halloween (Short) Becketo October 29, 2019 This is a listening exercise for seventh-grade Japanese students learning English as a second language. The animated story narrative is about Halloween trick or treating an American tradition.

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Halloween Hustle  - animeret oplæsning + forløb

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Halloween Hustle  - animeret oplæsning + forløb

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The traditional boardgame idea on Halloween. Use a die and counters. WARNING: You must also bring candy to class as one of the spaces says: "Get a candy from your teacher!" - ESL worksheets

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Denne aktivitet er velegnet til repetition af ordforråd, enten undervejs eller i afslutningen af et forløb.

Eleverne deles i 2-3 hold. Der kantages tid på aktiviteten, alternativt er den færdig, når der ikke er flere ord i kasserne.

Holdene står på to rækker med en afstand på ca. 5 -10 m fra læreren, som har en antal kasser med ordkort eller blot små papirsedler med det ordforråd, som klassen arbejder med. Nogle ord kan være skrevet på engelsk, andre evt. på dansk.

Så sættes uret, aktiviteten i gang, og de første elever i rækken løber op, trækker en seddel og siger, hvad ordet betyder på engelsk eller dansk. Kan løberen selv ordet, får vedkommende point, og løberen løber tilbage, laver high five - hvorefter den næste sendes af sted. Kan løberen ikke selv sige ordet, tager han eller hun det med tilbage til gruppen, der så kommer med forslag. Herefter kan vedkommende løbe op til læreren og sige ordet og få point osv.

Den gruppe, der kan oversætte eller forklare flest ord, inden tiden er gået, har vundet.

En lignende variant kan laves med spørgsmål til en læst tekst. Her klippes spørgsmålene blot op i strimler. Ét spørgsmål på hver strimmel, ét sæt strimler pr. hold. Strimlerne lægges i kasserne, og der løbes som forklaret ovenstående. Spørgsmålet læses og besvares til læreren. Kan eleven ikke svare, løber han eller hun tilbage og spørger holdet osv. Spørgsmålene kan med fordel gennemgås fælles til slut.

Nedenfor er forslag til ord, der kan bruges.

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Boo!
Ghosts and goblins are about. Witches walk among us. Princes, princesses, fairies, and knights fill schools and classrooms. Is there any doubt that Halloween is here? If you are not quite ready to celebrate in "spooktacular" fashion, you're sure to find a fun idea of two right here.

HALLOWEEN LESSON IDEAS

Pick a Pumpkin Activity
Pumpkins are the ultimate October icons -- the fruit of the month, if you will. (Yes! Pumpkins are a fruit.) This month, celebrate pumpkins with these across-the-curriculum activities. Included: Art, science, language, and math activities.

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Halloween Lesson Plans and Activities | Education World

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Boo! Ghosts and goblins are about. Witches walk among us. Princes, princesses, fairies, and knights fill schools and classrooms. Is there any doubt that Halloween is here? If you are not quite ready to celebrate in "spooktacular" fashion, you're sure to find a fun idea of two right here.

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TheLearningStation - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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Halloween  Songs for Kids 👻 Monster Shuffle Dance Song👻 Halloween Songs by The Learning Station

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Here are a set of 36 picture cards for classroom including 'witch' and 'pumpkin'. This flashcard collection can be used to teach Halloween vocabulary. In the PDF file you'll find the following flashcards to learn Halloween words in English: Jack-O-Lantern, wizard, wolf, owl, skeleton, spider, haunted house...

Download free printable flashcards of Halloween. Print the flashcards, cut them and use to learn different Halloween words with schoolchildren and ESL students.

Download the Flashcards :

♦ Halloween flashcards

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Halloween Flashcards - Free Printable Flashcards to Download - Speak and Play English

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Here are a set of 36 picture cards for classroom including 'witch' and 'pumpkin'. This flashcard collection can be used to teach Halloween vocabulary. In the PDF file you'll find the following flashcards to learn Halloween words in English: Jack-O-Lantern, wizard, wolf, owl, skeleton, spider, haunted house... Download free printable flashcards of Halloween.

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Zombies Don't Eat Vegetables - animeret oplæsning + forløb

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Zombies Don't Eat Vegetables - animeret oplæsning + forløb

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Mo Romero is a zombie who loves nothing more than growing, cooking, and eating vegetables. Tomatoes? Tantalizing. Peppers? Pure perfection! The problem? Mo's parents insist that their niño eat only zombie cuisine, like arm-panadas and finger foods. They tell Mo over and over that zombies don't eat veggies. But Mo can't imagine a lifetime of just eating zombie food and giving up his veggies. As he questions his own zombie identity, Mo tries his best to convince his parents to give peas a chance.

Watch it in Spanish here.

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'Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!' read by Jaime Camil

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Mo Romero is a zombie who loves nothing more than growing, cooking, and eating vegetables. Tomatoes? Tantalizing. Peppers? Pure perfection! The problem? Mo's parents insist that their niño eat only zombie cuisine, like arm-panadas and finger foods. They tell Mo over and over that zombies don't eat veggies.

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Go Away Big Green Monster for Speech Therapy

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We’ve seriously been having the BEST week ever in speech. We’ve been getting scary with the Big Green Monster. The way this book is made it just perfect for our speech and language kids! Repetitive text

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Go Away Big Green Monster for Speech Therapy

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English ESL halloween worksheets - Most downloaded (655 Results)

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A collection of English ESL worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and English classes to teach about halloween, halloween

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The Skeleton Dance | Classroom Fun | Super Simple Songs

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Another possible Halloween activity -The Halloween Puzzle. Cut pieces apart and do the puzzle. Laminte for stronger and longer hold. - ESL worksheets

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¡Viva Calaca!. The Day of the Dead (Official)

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The Scary Skeleton - video/sang + opgaver

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The Scary Skeleton - video/sang + opgaver

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Practise parts of the body with this song about a skeleton.

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VILD MED ENGELSK - dance, move, freeze, speak

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Uhyret James P. Sullivan er en dygtig "skræmmer" i monsterbyen Monstropolis, der får sin energi fra skræmte børns skrig. Ved et uheld bliver han gode venner med en lille pige og finder ud af, at børns latter er en meget bedre energikilde end skrig.

Prisvindende Pixar-film fra den gyldne æra, hvor selskabet en gang årligt udsendte en smukt animeret, original og velfortalt historie. Denne komedie om Monsters Inc. foregår i Monstropolis hvor byen udvinder sin energi fra børneskrig, som tilvejebringes og indsamles af teams, der arbejder om natten i parallelverdenen, hvor børn skræmmes af de udsendte medarbejdere. En mageløs fortælling, på overfladen om monstre og uhyrer, men i virkeligheden om venskaber. Umage og uforudsigelige venskaber.
Start evt. med at vise filmens første fire minutter, som introducerer universet og historiens motor. Med eller uden danske eller engelske undertekster. Det er den originale version hvor Billy Crystal og John Goodman lægger stemmer til de to hovedkarakterer.
Filmens originale trailer kan ses nederst på siden.

Dansk, billedkunst: 0., 1., 2., 3. kl.

Hent filmplakaten her:

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Uhyret James P. Sullivan er en dygtig "skræmmer" i monsterbyen Monstropolis, der får sin energi fra skræmte børns skrig. Ved et uheld bliver han gode venner med en lille pige og finder ud af, at børns latter er en meget bedre energikilde end skrig.

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Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they'll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!

This activity taps into students' natural love of scary stories while helping them develop critical writing skills. Using the guided Pre-Write in this resource, students will note their story elements, develop characters, establish a setting, outline a plot, and brainstorm sensory descriptions to amp up the fear factor in their writing. Then, students will let their creativity guide them as they write their own spooky stories complete with a creepy setting, scary characters, and a twist or surprise at the end. The hardest part of this lesson is deciding who can share their story first. Your students will be jumping out of their seats to share their writing (and spook) their peers.
This Spooky Story Writing Resource includes...
* Detailed Lesson Plan

* Sample Spooky Story (to read aloud to the class)

* Step-by-Step Pre-Write Guide

* Spooky Writing Paper

* Setting Cube

* Character Cube

* Obstacle Cube

* Story Starter Cube

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Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson

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Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they'll plan and write a spooky story as...

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KIDZ BOP Kids - Monster Mash (Dance Along) [KIDZ BOP Halloween]

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Indholdsbeskrivelse:
George leger med sin bold, da den triller ind i en mørk hule. Han går ind for at lede efter den og bliver bange for monstrene, som han ser i hulen. Da han ser lignende monstre sit værelse, bliver George bange for mørket.

Curious George er en amerikansk animationsserie fra 2006. I næsten 65 år er børn blevet underholdt af bøgerne om Peter Pedals eventyr, som på engelsk hedder Curious George, og nu er han klar til sit næste store eventyr. Serien er baseret på Margret og H.A. Reys klassiske bøger om aben George og hans venskab med manden med den gule hat, der har bragt ham hjem fra Afrika. I disse tegnefilm udvides det kendte univers med nye farverige personer og steder, men uden at give køb på de oprindelige bøgers særegne charme.
Seriens mål var at inspirere børn til at udforske verden gennem videnskab, matematik og ingeniørkunst, og lignende temaer er da også gennemgående i filmene.
I engelskundervisning kan man anvende enkelte film eller hele serien som brainbreaks eller korte forløb. Alternativ kan man på klassen fordybe sig i et Curious George-tema, hvor man læser den oprindelige historie online, ser udvalgte animationsfilm og arbejder med ordforråd og udvalgte opgaver fra nedenstående padlet. Find den omtalte padlet under supplerende materialer.

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Halloween song: What Do You See? Prepositions 

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In this video we talk about how we can help our students use chunks communicatively - we share 4 ideas that have worked well for us in the classroom. We're using an interactive video quiz in one of our ideas, which you can find here.

iSLCollective teacher trainer

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Halloween interactive song: 'What do you see?' - English ESL video lesson

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ESL video lesson with an interactive quiz: Vocabulary booster . Here you have, different questions and interactive activities to learn Halloween vocabulary. It can be the previous activity for a DIY or for a reading comprehension so as they can be familiarized with the main Halloween words.

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If you love Halloween and creativity in kids, then you'll love this cute little Halloween Journal printable!

It's pocket sized, only takes one sheet of paper, and is super fun to do with the kiddos.

Let's check it out!

What's in this Halloween activity book?

I've included fun spooky prompts like

Sketch your favorite pumpkin face

Draw your favorite Halloween treat

Who's wearing this hat? Draw what you imagine!

The witch's brew needs one last ingredient... draw it!

Draw a spooky spider who lives in this web

What do you want to dress up as this year? Draw it!

If you can't tell, this is perfect for those artsy kids who love to draw! I also love this as a keepsake to see what their thoughts were each Halloween!

Let's go on to how to make it!

Download your free Halloween pocket journal now!

Get creative and artsy with your kiddos this year, then keep the memories even after their done!
DOWNLOAD THE HALLOWEEN JOURNAL PDF HERE
Here are some other Halloween activities you'll love!

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Halloween Kids Activity Book FREE Printable

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If you love Halloween and creativity in kids, then you'll love this cute little Halloween Journal printable! It's pocket sized, only takes one sheet of paper, and is super fun to do with the kiddos. Let's check it out! I've included fun spooky prompts like Sketch your favorite pumpkin face Draw your favorite Halloween treat Who's wearing this hat?

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Halloween Songs for Kids ♫ Haunted House ♫ Halloween Dance ♫ Scary Songs by The Learning Station

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Kids and teens love Halloween, and let´s be real here, so do I. There are literally thousands of ways to bring spooky Halloween fun into the ESL classroom, combining culture, relevant vocabulary and even grammar into haunted activities that naturally spark interest and curiosity.

Kids and teens legit don't get bored with this one, which means that you can easily supplement two or three classes with tricks & treats, without ever once using a boring old PowerPoint to explain the history of the holiday (talk about sucking the joy out of something fun! 🙄).

Here you'll find tons of ideas you can incorporate in the classroom, from your little preschool spooks up to the too-ghoul-for-school teens. And if you're into adding another level of culture and creativity, check out this post to see how I switch it up by introducing Mexico's colorful and vibrant Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) celebrations.

Scroll down for Halloween activities for PRESCHOOL and PRIMARY students.

I use A LOT of videos in the classroom. They´re great listening practice with visuals to help, and they keep short attention spans focused. A few of my faves for Halloween are:

Halloween Betcha Didn´t Know

is an awesome video series from the History channel that provides fun facts for almost every holiday. I use these all. the. time. The Halloween edition works well for high-intermediate students, so I typically use it with Bachillerato classes (16-18 years).

Halloween in Numbers

Halloween in Numbers by Alltime Numbers (another classic video series!) is another great one. They speak quickly, but a lot of the information also appears on the screen which makes it easier to understand. I typically use this one with low-intermediate to intermediate students (14-16 years, or 3º / 4º ESO in Spain).

There are a ton of ways to use these videos but my favorite is as follows:

1. Tell the students you are going to play a video and that they need to take as many notes as possible. Warn them that the narrator speaks fast, but to focus on what they do understand, not what they can't. Walk around the room to be sure they´re taking notes.

2. Afterward, tell them that they are going to watch the video a second time and will need to use their notes to make questions for the other groups. The idea is to stump the opposing groups, so they should listen for details. Give them an example (IE, What is the most popular costume in the USA?)

3. After a second viewing, give them 3 - 5 minutes in groups to create their own questions and then have each group asks their questions to the opposing teams. +1 point to each group who gets it right, or +2 points to the asking group if no one answers correctly.

Who Done It? 🔎

My absolute favorite Halloween activity for higher level students is a good ol' fashioned murder mystery roleplay.

The teacher presents a plot and 10 - 15 students are given characters to portray. The rest of the class act as detectives to solve the crime. This activity requires some pretty in depth listening skills, as well as logical thinking and deductive reasoning. There are various templates online, but my favorite so far is this one by One Stop English.
** Remember that it's imperative to talk with your colleagues first to ensure a murder mystery is appropriate and not triggering at your school.

Haunted in the Hood 🏚️

I came up with this gem one autumn afternoon when I stumbled upon a blog post highlighting abandoned spots in the Canary Islands (where I happen to live and teach). I popped some photos on a PowerPoint and have used them in various ways in the classroom, including:

Picture descriptions

Picture descriptions: 2 or 3 students come up front and see one of the pictures on my laptop (the images are not projected).

These 2 or 3 students must describe the images in detail for 5 minutes and the other students must try to draw the images from the description.

Afterward, the image is projected and the describers get to choose whose drawing is closest to the actual image.

Repeat with new describers.

Scary Stories

Show them images of the haunted location and have them brainstorm horror movie plots set in these spooky spots. They can choose 3-5 actors and actresses and set up a basic plot with an introduction, climax and conclusion.

Wherever you live and teach, I´m sure there are a few spooky sights or supposedly haunted houses you can use. I love giving older teens the opportunity to share their local culture with me and to discuss urban legends in their second language since it lets them feel like they´re teaching me something (big confidence booster!)

🎶Thriller🎶

Micheal Jackson's Thriller is synonymous with the Halloween season. We all know it, we all love it, we should all learn it! You can do this one as a standard gap fill/kareokee activity, but even better...

There are tons of YouTube tutorials you can use to teach your younger teens some of the basic choreography. It's a great way to get them up, dancing and having fun in English. Last year my little 12-year-olds did a Thriller flashmob and it was a huge hit with the whole school.

Nightmare Before Christmas 🌚

You can stick to the good old fashioned "Here Comes Halloween" gap fill/kareokee (they love this song), or get creative with this one.

A few years ago I was teaching high school art and came across a "Making of" video about this film that I supplemented with a listening comprehension worksheet.

A friend of mine who was lucky to be at a school with mad supplies actually joined with the art teacher and had them do some basic claymation.

The first thing I do when preparing holiday activities for the little guys is think back to the songs and crafts I remember from my childhood. Skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns and the Monster Mash are all big hits that have come into play in my classroom.

🎶These Bones, These Bones, These Dancing Bones🎶

Skeletons are ideal for teaching body parts and obviously tie in perfectly with Halloween.

For the little guys, there are no shortage of cute Skeleton Dance videos on YouTube to sing and dance along to - I love this one by The Kiboomers.

For those that are a little older, skeleton crafts are a great way to make the vocabulary come to life. You can find tons of patterns online and either do a cut/paste/label activity on a black background, or make puppets connected by brads for movable joints.

I love this pattern by Color with Leo because Mr. Bones is smiling and not too scary. You can also use this as a two-part activity, later turning these little guys into colorful Día de los Muertos skeletons.

"I'mFineThankYouAndYouuuuuu?"🎃

Jack-o'-lanterns are a great way to teach emotions (and shapes as a bonus!) With the minis, I like to introduce emotions with this awesome video by Super Silly Songs, then have them practice making their own jack-o-lanterns by drawing or cutting/pasting emotions onto pumpkins.

Going forward, when you ask how they are, encourage them to use "I'm happy", "I'm sleepy", etc. rather than the usual "I'mFindThankYouandYou."

🎶Do the Mash🎶

Who doesn't love the Monster Mash? The video and Groovy Goolies' characters are classic, and a great way to teach some Halloween vocabulary and have students tell you what they see using the present continuous:

-¨The vampire is playing the piano.¨
-¨The skeletons are dancing.¨

Bonus points if you have them learn the chorus and make masks or finger puppets representing the characters.

Telling Time: Pumpkin Clocks

Usually in October the kiddos are struggling with learning to tell time, but even something as dreaded as "a-quarter-to-xyz" is way more fun if you do it in a pumpkin. Some construction paper or a paper plate and a brad for movable hands makes Halloween-o-clock way less painless!

Arts & Crafts: Itsy Bitsy Spiders, Ghoulish Ghosts, Grinning Jack-o'-Lanterns, WHATEVER!🕷️

I like to get crafty and switch out the projects every year for variety, but here are some I used last October:

Jack-o'-Lanterns
(4º primary / 8-9 year)

Handprint Spiders
(3º primary / 7-8 years)

Handprint Ghosts
(preschool / 4-6 years)

Halloween is a blast all around, and an easy way to bring some fun into the classroom. If you have any Halloween hits, I'd love to hear about them in the comments 👇!

For more creative ESL Lesson Plans, check out these links!

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✌️💙, Erica

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