Halloween Traditions & Safety Tips PowerPoint
Details
Tech Product/Equipment:
Computer and projector, Computer only, Mobile devices for students, Speakers
Activity Description
Use this slideshow to teach students about the American traditions of Halloween (costumes, trick-or-treating) and to discuss safety practices on this holiday.
Preparation
- Make sure that the computer you plan to project the PowerPoint slideshow from has Microsoft PowerPoint software or the PowerPoint viewer installed.
- Download it to a portable device such as a USB or directly to the computer's desktop by selecting the link above and choosing to "Save" it.
- Open the PowerPoint file by double-clicking on it.
- Press the F5 key on your keyboard to view the slides.
- Press Enter (or your left mouse button) to advance through the slides.
- View the slides to predict vocabulary that may be new or unfamiliar to your students and plan on pre-teaching..
How-To
- Begin by asking students questions to find out what they may or may not already know about Halloween. You may explain that the origin of this holiday is a harvest festival.
- Ask students:
- Have they ever celebrated Halloween in this country?
- Have they ever dressed up in a costume?
- Have they or their children ever gone trick-or-treating?
- What are some dangers of trick-or-treating?
- How can children be safe?
- Pre-teach new vocabulary, using pictures or drawings, as much as possible (words such as costume, trick, treat, jack-o-lantern, candy, dangerous, weapon, sword, bobbing), depending on the level of your class.
- Open the PowerPoint file by double clicking on it.
- Read the slides, pointing out the meanings of words by using the images. Have students repeat the sentences to practice pronunciation of difficult words. Students can practice reading the sentences on the slides chorally, individually, or in pairs.
Teacher Tips
If you do not have PowerPoint, you can print out the slides (using the PDF file above), make copies, and distribute to students in a booklet form.
More Ways
- For follow-up activities, you can create dictation, vocabulary (matching pictures to vocabulary words), cloze (text with missing words students fill in), or spelling exercises.
- Students can make their own presentations (PowerPoint or poster) on dos and don'ts for a safe Halloween, design their own costumes, plan a Halloween party and make invitations, or write or talk about the traditions of a holiday in their country.
Program Areas
- ESL: English as a Second Language
Levels
- Beginning Literacy
- Beginning Low
- Beginning High
