Halloween nouns is a lesson suitable for elementary to lower intermediate students of English and practices Halloween vocabulary. Prepare as many flashcards as you have students in the class. On one side of the flashcard place a picture relating to Halloween, such as a black cat, pumpkin or witch. On the other side, write the noun that the picture represents. Issue each student a flashcard and ask him to stand up. Have each student find a partner, shows her the picture and ask, “What’s this?” Correct any answer if necessary. After each pair has asked and answered “What’s this?” they swap flashcards and find a new partner. After 20 minutes or when it appears the students can recall most of the vocabulary, stop the activity, collect the flashcards and test the class by holding up the flashcards and inviting them to call out the appropriate noun.
Scary Halloween story is an activity suitable for lower intermediate students of English and primarily practices the past tenses. Arrange the students into a semicircle facing the board. Write on the board the start of a scary story. For example, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Read this sentence aloud and add some more information, such as “It was a dark and stormy night and Mark could hear something following him.” Ask the first student to repeat the story so far and add a little information of his own. For example, “It was a dark and stormy night and Mark could hear something following him. It sounded big and he felt very scared.” The student to his left repeats and continues the story. Continue in this fashion until everyone in the class has had a go at remembering and adding to the story. Arrange the students into groups of three or four to write the story and award each group points for grammar, spelling and correctly remembering the story.
Superstitions conditionals is suitable for lower intermediate to intermediate students of English and practices the first conditional. Write on the board the first clause of a first conditional sentence relating to superstitions. For example, “If you break a mirror." Invite the class to complete the conditional sentence with “you’ll have seven years of bad luck.” Divide the class into groups of three and give each group on a piece of paper the start of five more first conditional clauses related to superstitions. For example, “If a black cat crosses your path” or “If you walk under a ladder.” Each group then completes its conditional sentences. Circulate around the classroom as the groups work, giving help where necessary with any grammar or vocabulary problems. After 25 minutes, or when most groups have finished, ask each group to read out loud its sentences and write them on the board. You can now tell the class the most common way to complete the sentences.
Halloween quiz is suitable for lower intermediate to intermediate students of English and practices writing and question formation in a variety of tenses. Divide the class into groups of three or four and give each group on a piece of paper the answers to five questions about Halloween. For example, “Oct. 31” or “All Hallows Eve.” Have the students write the questions for these answers. For example, “When is Halloween?” and “What is another name for Halloween?” Circulate around the classroom and give help where necessary. After 20 minutes or when most groups have finished, ask each group, in turn, to read out loud its questions. Award points to any group that gives the correct answer.