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Holidays

Thank you for your input about lessons! We will talk about the American education system next time. (We didn’t have the time to put something together for this week.). Holidays. Halloween. Tell us about the festival you had last week!. What did you celebrate?

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Holidays

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  1. Thank you for your input about lessons! We will talk about the American education system next time. (We didn’t have the time to put something together for this week.)

  2. Holidays Halloween

  3. Tell us about the festival you had last week! • What did you celebrate? • Tell us the history of the festival. • What did you wear? • What did you eat?

  4. Our recent holiday: Halloween! • Halloween/All Hallow’s Eve • No one is really sure what we celebrate on Halloween. Most say it is our version of Mexico’s day of the dead when people pay respects to their ancestors and family members who have passed.

  5. History of Halloween • Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced "sah-win") from 2000 years ago. 
The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter.

  6. An Irish Legend • An Irish mythological figure going into a battle that is said to have started on Samhain.

  7. History of Halloween • The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.

  8. ‘Connection’ between the dead and living

  9. History of Halloween • They would ‘appease the spirits’ by leaving food or treats on their doorstep. That is where modern day ‘trick-or-treating’ comes from.

  10. Halloween activities • Trick-or-treat • Dressing up, costume parties

  11. Halloween Activities • Haunted corn mazes • Haunted houses • Telling scary stories around a campfire

  12. Halloween Activities • Apple bobbing • Carving jack-o’-lanterns

  13. New English Words that Relate to Halloween • Ghoul: an evil spirit or phantom • Cackle: a shrill, evil laugh • Bloodcurdling: something that creates fear • Perilous: involving risk or danger

  14. Homework Assignment • This has nothing to do with Halloween, but find an English word you didn’t know before. Share its definition in class next week!

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