Дидактический материал по английскому языку "Traditional holidays in the USA. Halloween"

Questions (warming up)

1. When is Halloween celebrated?

2. What colours are associated with Halloween?

3. What traditions of Halloween do you know?

4. What are the symbols of Halloween?

5. What country is it most famous in?

6. Is it a Christian or an un-Christian (pagan) holiday?

7. Why is Halloween known in many countries?

TRADITIONAL POEMS
It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright. And we shall see what can’t be seen On any other night! Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls Grinning goblins fighting duels Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms. In masks and gowns we haunt the street And knock on doors for trick or treat. Tonight we are the king and queen, For all tonight it’s Halloween!	Trick or treat, Trick or treat, Give us something good to eat, Give us candy, give us cake. Give us something sweet to take Give us cookies, fruit and gum Hurry up and give us some You had better do it quick Oh we`ll surely play a trick. Trick or treat, Trick or treat, Give us something good to eat

HALLOWEEN WORDS:

pumpkin pumpkin pie    jack-o’-lantern toffee apples   candy    treat    ghost skeleton    graveyard cemetery haunted house

ghoul   witch    monster    vampire    mummy    werewolf devil   trick-or-treat  cauldron haunting melody

bat    spider    black cat    rat   owl   tomb  coffin candle   scull broom goblin

Guess my riddles

1. I fly at night because I don`t like light. (Bat)

2. I scary everybody. I am white. I come out at night. Who am I? (Ghost)

3. I`m round on all sides. I have got a light inside. Who am I? (Jack o – lantern)

5. I`m yellow and white. I smile on Halloween night. (Pumpkin)

6. She always flies on her magic broom,

She always flies around the moon.

With a black hat on her head,

And what do you think, who is that? (Witch)

Fill in the words:

1.      The …………………… is a woman who can make magic.

2.      A human …………………………… consists of 206 bones.

3.      When a man dies, his body is put into a ……………………………… .

4.      There are a lot of graves in a ………………………… or a ……………………… .

5.      The upper part of a skeleton is a ……………………………… .

6.      A ………………………… ……………… is a small animal that flies at night and drinks blood.

7.      When a man died in ancient Egypt, they often made a …………………… of him.

8.      At Halloween children in the UK and the USA go ……………………………… .

9.      The ……………… is a bird that flies at night.

10. The witch needs a …………………………… to fly in the sky.

11. If a ………………… or a ……………… bites you, you will turn into one, too!

12. A witch cooks her magic potions in a large ………………………… .

13. You cut a face in a ………………… to make a ……………………………… .

14. A ………………… of a person who died sometimes frightens people at night.

Tell a spooky (scary) story

Today people do not believe in ghosts and monsters, but they like to tell stories about them at Halloween. Now switch off the light and listen to my scary story.

«Once upon a time there lived a boy. He  was along at home, at Halloween time. It was boring. He wanted someone to entertain him. But he was along. Suddenly he heard a knock at the door and he opened the door and saw two big shoes, two long thin legs, wide shoulders, two fat hands. It was a strange man. He looked at the man and said:
Why do you have such big, big shoes?
Much walking, much walking, – said someone.
Why do you have such long thin legs?
Much running, much running.
Why do you have such cold, cold hands?
It’s winter. It’s winter

Why do you have such big, big eyes?
much watching, much watching
Why are you here? What do you want?
I came to get ……….YOU!!!  So, never stay at home along at Halloween time and don’t open the doors to strangers. That was a scary story.

Now, it’s your turn!

8 

Competition:

write down as many words as you can, using letters from a word  “Halloween”.

Halloween in English idioms

Bobbing for apples/ducking for apples	"достань яблоко", традиционная детская игра на вечеринках в канун Дня всех святых (играющие пытаются достать зубами яблоки, плавающие в тазе с водой)
Soul  cake	рел. куличи для раздачи бедным на День всех святых (31 октября)
Shell  out	разг. дарить небольшие подарки детям, которые ходят по домам в канун Дня всех святых (31 октября)
As dead as a doornail	мертвее мёртвого (букв. мертв, как дверной гвоздь)
Over  one's dead body  (Only over my dead body!	– разг. через чей-л. Труп – Только через мой труп!)
To  be dead to the world	– спать беспробудным сном; быть мертвецки, в стельку пьяным
Dead loss	– чистый убыток; неудачник
Dead  duck	– разг. конченый человек
Dead  heat	– ничья, схватка вничью
The  quick and the dead	– библ. живые и мёртвые
To  be dead and buried/gone	– лежать в могиле; оставаться в (далёком) прошлом
To  flog/beat a dead horse	– заниматься бесполезным делом, зря тратить силы, напрасно стараться
Dead presidents	– амер. разг. банкноты
Dead  marines, dead men	– разг. пустые винные бутылки
To  be dead in the water	– 1) потерять ход (о судне); 2) заходить в тупик (о переговорах); оказываться в безнадёжной ситуации
The  devil of a fellow	– сущий дьявол, сорвиголова, отчаянный малый
To  catch the devil	– получить нагоняй
To give smb. the devil for smth.	– намылить кому-л. шею за что-л.
T o play the devil with –	причинить вред, испортить
W hen the Devil is blind	– когда дьявол ослепнет (после дождичка в четверг)
Devil among the tailors	– 1) работа кипит; 2) переполох
To  love smb. as devil loves holy water	– ненавидеть кого-л., не выносить; бежать от кого-л., как чёрт от ладана
Devil -may-care attitude	– наплевательское отношение, всё трын-трава
Devil's own luck	– чертовски везёт; необыкновенное счастье
Devil  and all	– всё, что угодно (хорошее или дурное); всё, что хочешь; самые разнообразные неприятности

Card 1

 Halloween is a festival that is celebrated on the 31st of October. This day is the eve of All Saints' Day. The word “Halloween” is hundreds of years old. It comes from medieval England. But the origin of Halloween dates back hundreds of years to the Druid festival. They celebrated “All Hallows” Eve (in Old English “hallow” means “saint”). Long before this Celtic pagan tribes inhabited the territories of modern England. They thought that the year consisted of two parts – summer (bright part) and winter (dark part). The God of the Sun was taken prisoner during the winter. According to Celtic calendar the 1st of November was the day when the Druid New Year began. So they believed that just before this day witches and other evil spirits were playing tricks on human beings to mark the beginning of “dark” winter and the reign of the Lord of Death. Many ghosts and witches on the Earth and that they met on October 31 to worship the devil. People lit bonfires and made sacrifice.

The date of celebration
The origin of the word “Halloween”
Meaning of the word “Hallow”
The date of the Druid New year
The name of pagan tribe
The reason why evil spirits “were playing tricks on human beings”

Card 2

The old traditions can still be found in countries of Celtic influence today. For example, in the United States children wear scary costumes of ghost and skeletons and masks (false faces) and go trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treating is the main Halloween activity for children. But what is trick-or-treating? Children go from door to door saying “trick or treat”. The neighbors give children treats like candies, fruit and money so that children do not play trick on them.

Another Halloween tradition is making jack-o'-lanterns out of pumpkins. Jack-o'-lantern is a carved hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side. They also carve out rounded eyes in pumpkins and put a burning candle inside them so that they become visible from far away. There is an Irish legend which says that jack-o'-lanterns were named after the man called Jack. He was a miser and could not enter heaven, neither could he enter hell because he had played jokes on devil. As a result, Jack has to walk on the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day.

Children’s costumes
What is trick-or-treating?
What treats do children receive?
The name of a Halloween’s pumpkin
What is inside pumpkins?
Why does Jack have “to walk on the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day”?

Speaking:

1) What day of the month is Halloween?

2) Why is it celebrated?

3) How is it celebrated in Russia?

4) Do you believe in ghosts?

5) What makes you afraid of ghosts?

6) What kind of costume would you like to wear?

7) Do you believe in magic?

8) If you could choose to be any monster or creature, what would it be?

9) What is your favourite magical story? Character in a book? Film? Legend?

10) If you could use a magical spell, like a love spell, would you?

11) How long does it take for a pumpkin to rot?

12) Do you think Halloween is dangerous?

13) Can you describe the best costume you’ve ever seen?