Halloween topic in English with translation. Halloween party in English (script, music, costumes) Halloween themed activity for children in English

Scenario of an extracurricular event in English on the theme “Halloween” for students in grades 7–8.

Goals: 1. Introduce the children to the English holiday Halloween.

2. Stage and act out this holiday.

Tasks:- instill interest in the culture, traditions, and sights of English-speaking countries;

Develop the ability to work in a team;

Activate students' existing knowledge.

Progress of the event:

Start of the event.

Student 1: Good afternoon boys, girls and guests! Welcome to our Halloween party! On the thirty first of October is Halloween, ghosts and witches are free and you can expect to meet them. A long time ago people were afraid and stayed at home on Halloween.

Student 2: Good afternoon boys, girls and guests! Welcome to the Halloween party! October 31 – Halloween, ghosts and witches are released and you can meet them. Once upon a time, people were afraid and stayed home during Halloween.

Student 1: But now in Britain it is a day for fun. . There are always a lot of parties at that night. Some people wear masks, other dress as ghosts and witches. Everybody is happy. And now we tell you about this merry holiday.

Student 2: But now in the UK it's a day of fun. Many events are held on this night. Some people wear masks, others dress up in costumes of ghosts and witches. Everyone is happy. And now we will tell you about this fun holiday.

Student : (narrates the poem)

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate,

The first one said: "Oh, my! It’s getting late!"

The second one said: "There are witches in the air!"

The third one said: "But we don’t care!"

The fourth one said: "Let's run and run, and run!"

The fifth one said: “I’m ready for some fun!”

Oooo went the wind and out went the light

And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Five yellow round pumpkins sat on the fence.

One of them said: “It will be completely dark soon!”

Another: “Soon the ghosts will begin their night flight!”

And the third whispers in horror: “No one will save us!”

Fourth: “So scary that I want to run away!”

And the fifth: “It’s funny to me. Let’s go dance!”

The moon rose in the sky, light illuminated the space.

Five yellow round pumpkins fell over the fence

Student 1: Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st. Children especially love this holiday, despite the fact that school classes are not canceled on this day. In the morning, various scary creatures in masks and picturesque costumes flock to schools, because most schools organize holidays with food - Halloween parties. But the fun begins after school, when children in their costumes go home to “beg” for sweets.

Student 2: Of course, housewives stock up on something tasty for these guests for this day in advance, but still, upon arriving at the house, they are supposed to say “Trick or treat,” which means approximately “If you don’t treat us, we will annoy you.” With this phrase, visitors warn the owners that if they do not get something tasty, they will play some unpleasant joke on the owners. Recently, competitions for painting shop windows and windows have become increasingly popular. Shops, banks, clinics, and various institutions make their windows and display cases available to schoolchildren, who use special easy-to-wash paint to paint them as their imagination dictates.

Student 1: Long before the holiday, residential buildings are also transformed. A traditional decoration is "Jack-o'-lanterns" - an empty pumpkin with eyes, nose and mouth cut out, with a lit candle placed inside. Pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts, black cats, witches, brownies, fortune telling - all these are attributes of Halloween, and its colors are black and orange. Perhaps all these symbols came from ancient times, when people who lived in England, Ireland and Scotland and called themselves Celts held special celebrations. The Celts burned grain and animals, sacrificing them to evil forces so that they would not harm people. Some dressed up in costumes and practiced fortune telling.

Student 2: Similar traditions existed in other countries, for example, in Wales. People dressed in costumes staged processions, collecting treats from residents along the way. Costumes were also worn to scare and drive away witches and other evil spirits. For this purpose, people carried torches and homemade lanterns with them - that’s where “Jack-o’-lanterns” came from. The celebration of Halloween became popular in the United States around the beginning of the 19th century, with the arrival of emigrants from the British Isles to America. And today no one is surprised to see a girl with a cat’s tail at a bus stop, a “ghost” hurrying to work, or a neighbor in a vampire mask. Children also go to school in costumes, with painted faces, and masks. Halloween is a great occasion to have fun, fool around and scare each other.

Student 1: At the parties both adults and children have fun, they play different merry games. Don’t be afraid if you see ghosts, witches today at our party. Perhaps you don’t know much about Halloween. What is it like? Now we shall see the play which tells us about this funny and at the same time horror holiday.Now we need to choose the jury.

Student 2: Both adults and children will have fun at this event. Don't be afraid if you see ghosts, witches. You may not know much about Halloween. What does it look like? Now you will see competitions that will tell us about this funny and at the same time terrible holiday. Now we need to select a jury.

Competitions.

You must image yourself.

Each team calls their team name and introduces themselves (show prepared newspaper).

Introduce yourself.

Each team says its team name and introduces itself (pre-prepared wall newspapers are shown).

Find the Halloween Words.

Each team gets a card with a task: to find and circle the words on the theme of the holiday. Time 3-5 minutes

Find words about Halloween.

Each team receives cards with a task: find and circle words on the theme of the holiday. Completion time 3-5 minutes.

Keys: skeleton, pumpkin, mask, goblin, treat, ghost, trick, monster, witch, jask-o‘-lantern

Competition - brain-ring "Baker's dozen".

Teams answer questions

Competition – brain ring “Devil's Dozen”.

The teams answer the questions asked.

Name the place where Halloween originated?

Ireland and Scotland

America

Japan

When is this holiday celebrated?

What do you agree with? Halloween is a holiday...

Winters

Harvest

Evil spirits

Which vegetable is not a symbol of Halloween?

Pumpkin

Turnip

Watermelon

Which of the following colors is the symbolic color of Halloween?

Green

Red

Black

What Russian tradition is akin to Halloween?

Mummers

Songs and carols

Snow woman

What phrase do the mummers say at the festival?

Trick or treat

Life or death

Treat or you'll regret it

Choose the odd one out – something that doesn’t relate to an Irish holiday.

Souls of the dead

Devilry

Brownies and goblins

On Halloween accepted...

Scare everyone

Make fun of everyone

Put up with everyone

The Competition. Correlate Russian words with English . Contest .

Teams are distributed sheets with tasks and pencils. Jury checks and puts points.

Match Russian words with English ones.

Teams are given assignment sheets and pencils. The jury checks and gives points.

Woman in white spirit

Home spirit ghost

Goblin witch

Pumpkin goblin

Witch elf

Ghost White Lady

Spirit pumpkin

Elf troll

Troll familiar

The spell of a witch.

Say three times a tongue twister in the English language. The winner is the one who will do it faster and without hesitation. To participate invoked by one participant from each team.

Witch's spell.

Say the tongue twister three times in English. The one who does it faster and without hesitation wins. One participant from each team is called to participate.

A )I see a big black cat, b) Betty Botta bought some butter. But she said:

Big black cat, big black cat. this butter is bitter!

What a big black cat!

What a cat! What a cat!

The Best lantern.

Each team gets a pumpkin and pumpkin need to make the lantern. The winner is the team that will make the lantern faster and scarier.

The best flashlight.

Each team receives a pumpkin and from this pumpkin they need to make a lantern. The team that makes the lantern faster and scarier wins.

T errible makeup.

Each team will get necessary things and your task is to do a frightful makeup on your partner.

Scary makeup.

2 members from each team participate in the competition. In 5 minutes, one participant must color the other. The scarier the better.

Summarizing.

Student 1: Now the jury must say.

Student 2: The jury gives the floor.

Student 1: Boys and girls! “Halloween” is very important in the life of English people. Now you see Halloween is a nice and funny holiday. Everyone is happy. I am glad that all of you know about “Halloween”. I wish you to be happy with all my heart!I hope you have enjoyed our party today. What games do you like most of all? Thank you you!

Student 2:Boys and girls! “Halloween” is very important in the life of the English people. Now you see, Halloween is an enjoyable and fun holiday. Everyone is happy. We are glad that you know everything about “Halloween”. We wish you happiness with all our hearts! We hope you enjoyed our event today. Thank you for your attention!

Scenario for the holiday "Halloween" in English for grades 2

Tasks: introduction of regional studies material on the topic “Holidays of English-speaking countries” in the form of “Lesson - holiday”; monitoring the mastery of regional studies topics; practicing oral speech skills and reading poetry; development of listening skills.

Goals: give students regional knowledge; to intensify their interest in learning English; contribute to expanding cultural horizons; introduce the song and poetic heritage of English-speaking countries; use interdisciplinary connections against the background of practical mastery of the English language.

Equipment:

The performance begins with the reading of poems in English:

2nd grade

I think they are vampires.
Vampire kids, stand in a row!
One two three four five.
Oh, I'm afraid to count you!
Five - four - three - two - one!
You will drive now!

O holiday of witches and ghosts
And terrible ghostly visions.
It comes once a year
When everything seems like hell.

Skeletons dance in the streets,
And the witches are still waving their brooms
And a terrible devil knocks on the house,
And asks the owners for a cake.

And even the adults that night
Ready to help the holiday.
On a beautiful Halloween night
And the pumpkin looks like a painting.

They go to the right and to the left
Like kings and queens
With bags full of candy
Without fears and without any troubles.

3rd grade

The witches fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, “Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"

Halloween, Halloween, magic night.
We are glad and very bright.
We all dance and sing and recite,
“Welcome! Welcome! Halloween night!”

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
Or we"ll surely play a trick.
Trick or treat, trick or treat,
Give us something good to eat.

Leading 1 - Good evening, dear guests. Welcome to our party! Children are invited to occupy tables according to the color of their tokens.

From October 31 to November 1, one of the most fun, mystical and mysterious holidays is celebrated in different countries around the world. This holiday is one of the most ancient in the history of all mankind, although it became so popular not so long ago. Of course, it's Halloween coming up! And Halloween is a great reason for you and me to have fun!

The history of Halloween comes from very distant times of Celtic culture and dates back more than 2000 years. The Celts celebrated the new year on November 1st. This day meant the end of the harvest and the beginning of the bitterly cold winter. The Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the spirits of dead people return to the world of the living in order to find a body and continue to live. People wore scary, dirty clothes and masks to scare away spirits. This is where the tradition of dressing up in costumes and scary masks comes from, which are still popular during Halloween celebrations.

You also came to our evening in suits today. Let's admire each other and choose the most creepy, disgusting and scary costume.

The evening is considered open and guests are invited to a costume contest accompanied by a Halloween song.

Children dance in a circle. The winners are awarded sweet prizes.

Like any other holiday, Halloween has its own symbols.

One of the main symbols is candles, Therefore, lit candles, decorated in different colors, can very often be seen on All Hallows' Eve. All Saints' Day is another name for Halloween.

We have already talked today about the fact that in honor of Halloween, it is customary to dress up in masquerade costumes that depict various unpleasant people. mythological characters: magicians, witches, ghosts, bats, mermaids, demons, werewolves, vampires, black cats and other representatives of the world of wicked forces. The image of a witch is especially popular; her image on Halloween night can be found very often. An old witch dressed all in black who sits on her favorite broom- another symbol of the night of October 31st.

Also on Halloween there are often various terrifying images skeletons and skulls: on clothes, in the form of fancy dress. As you know, such designs are always associated with death, so their presence during Halloween is quite appropriate.

There are also traditional colors, which are consumed during Halloween celebrations. This is primarily black, but also purple and bright orange. A very common combination of black and white colors.

But the most important symbol of the holidays is definitely pumpkin. She also has her own story.

She came to us from Irish folklore. According to legend, there lived a certain Jack, who was very cunning and nimble, he loved drinking. And one day Jack managed to deceive the devil himself. After such a vile act, Jack was not allowed into the underworld, and he did not go to heaven due to his numerous sins. So he was doomed to eternal wanderings in the dark. In order to light his way, Jack used a small coal, which he placed in a small turnip that resembled an oil lamp. The tradition of lighting candles on Halloween began with this legend. They were believed to symbolize the souls of the dead. Later, the Irish began to use pumpkins instead of turnip candlesticks. They cut off the top, took out the insides, cut out the eyes and mouth and inserted a candle into the middle, that's how easy it is to make a Halloween pumpkin. This symbol was named "Pumpkin Jack-O-Lanterns" in honor of the hero of Irish folklore

Presenter 1 –

Guys, the most important symbol of the holiday is organizing a competition for new recruits. He needs new faces, fresh blood to intimidate more people this year. And he even wrote us his message.

Are you ready to participate in the competition?

Then let's quickly see what he's up to there

The presenters read Jack's message.

Jack – O’ – Lantern- Hi everyone. My name is Jack, you know. I’ve been wandering around the Earth for hundreds of years. I am so tired. People don’t like me, but I want to talk to them. I am so glad to have come to your party. One of the ancient traditions on Halloween was story telling. I know so many interesting stories and I won’t go until I tell you one of them.

Well, everything is clear. The first competition is a competition for the scariest story you know.

(Children tell pre-prepared stories. The best one is selected by applause and the winners are awarded tokens - pumpkins).

Leading 2 – Well, well, well the time for fun has come. We have a lot here to enjoy. Apples were once thought to be a link between men and the Gods and were often used to tell the future. By putting an apple under your pillow you could dream a wish and eat the apple in the morning. Later people began to use apple in games.

Let's play the game “Bobbing for apples”. Apples are in a bowl of water. Let someone try to catch an apple with his teeth.

(Six participants are called for the second competitionwith their hands behind their backs, they try to use their teeth to get apples out of a bowl of water.The winning team is awarded tokens)

The presenters offer to take part in a traditional Halloween game “Pin the Tail on the Cat.”(Game – “Attach the tail to the donkey.”)

(Children, blindfolded, try to attach a tail to the music. Those who succeed receive the coveted token.)

Presenter 1- Well, we had a lot of fun. Have you forgotten about the symbols of our celebration yet? And Jack thinks they forgot. Let's check?

(Make holiday symbols from letters,Bat, black cat, witch, demon, ghost, lantern/

The second grade is offered puzzles with pictures).

The last competition is a drawing competition. We draw a portrait of a black cat – Jack’s favorite animal. With their eyes closed, one detail at a time, the team comes up and draws a black cat. The team that completed the task more believably wins.

Leading 1. Our party is coming to the end and we invite all of you to take part in “Halloween Horror Song”.

The children learn a song about Halloween and sum up the results.

Jack's chosen helpers are given yellow balloons - like pumpkin symbols - and sweet prizes.

Halloween for the little ones

Very little kids are unlikely to understand or remember anything about Halloween, so my daughter and I will just watch it, count the pumpkins and mice in English, and do a similar task on a piece of paper followed by coloring.
You can also buy a pumpkin and carve a face on it after class, or make masks yourself (models can be easily found online).
We ended up with this fun pumpkin:

Halloween for schoolchildren

These tasks are for a group of students aged 12 - 14 years. We get acquainted with the history of the holiday and solve a crossword puzzle, and then develop oral speech with the help of cut cards. The student draws a card and composes a story based on it, then you do this and at the end you choose the most interesting story. If your conversational language is poor, compose a story one by one - he says a sentence, you say the next, and so on until the end.

Alternatively, you can do this task in writing. Do you remember at school we played this game in class: we wrote the first sentence on a piece of paper, wrapped it up, then passed it to a friend and he wrote further? You do the same with a scary story.

(This exercise can also be done with adults; the more conversation with them, the better).

Halloween for adults

During class, we watch two parts of the Word on the street series and do exercises for it (I copy them from the website, slightly changing them to suit the student’s level).

And for home I give the task to watch episode 6 of season 8 of the TV series Friends The One with the Halloween Party and complete the tasks for it, which we check in class.

P.S. To dedicate the entire activity to the holiday, the toad is choking me (so much useful stuff like practicing grammar is lost), but I can scrape together 15 – 30 minutes.

Trick or treat, dear friends!

The Halloween holiday requires special preparation, especially in English. We need a script with games and competitions, some creepy story, a scary cartoon. But the most important thing about Halloween is the atmosphere, mysterious and mysterious, a little scary. To create it, you need the appropriate attributes - twilight, suitable music. And, of course, costumes and makeup. All this will create the appropriate mood and then the holiday will be remembered for a long time. We tried too. Our Halloween was a great success. Let's share our experience.

Halloween / Halloween in English (script)

1. The beginning of the holiday. Guests enter and take their seats (chairs are arranged in a semicircle, since games will be played during intermission in the center of the hall). The light gradually goes out.

Monster Mash music plays.

After a short introductory speech by the presenter we start by watching a famous cartoon clip

The Nightmare Before Christmas (cartoon)

2. History of the Halloween holiday. Presentation

The presentation is accompanied by the music “I am not a Hero”

You can prepare the presentation yourself. Here is what is needed: Two speakers are needed (one recites the text in English, the other translates into Russian)

3. Re-enactment for Halloween

There may be a small dramatization here (no more than 10 minutes). During it, the lights go out and the main characters of the Halloween holiday appear on the stage: vampires, spirits and ghosts. They crush bones.

Then a small light turns on. Ghosts, dead people and vampires, etc. show off their costumes and take turns saying scary phrases, for example:

Ghoul: We are the real power in this crazy world. We have been waiting for so long!

Ghost 1: Our day has come. We'll ruin everything on our way.

Ghost 2: The human creatures will suffer and cry every minute, every second.

Ghost 3: I like to frighten people at night, to hear their screams, to fill their souls with horror of the coming end.

BAT: We will drink their blood, we’ll make the world change.

Of course, the script could have been made more frightening and bloody, but that was not our goal. I just wanted the audience to take a look at English language learning through the prism of Halloween.

Good luck everyone and Happy Halloween!

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The Halloween holiday has recently become familiar in our country. You can start a story about Halloween in English with what you associate it with and what history it has.

Halloween symbols

You can use the following vocabulary.

• Pumpkin - pumpkin.
• Symbol – symbol.
• Ghosts - ghosts.
• Witches - witches.
• Vampires - vampires.
• Evil spirits - evil spirits.
• Festival - holiday.
• Holiday - holiday.
• Creatures - creatures.
• To take place - to pass.
• To be dedicated to - to be dedicated.
• To be created by – to be created.
• Celts - Celts.
• Superstitious - superstitious.
• To be celebrated - celebrated, celebrated.
• To be afraid of - to be afraid.
• To wear masks - wear masks.
• To recognize - to recognize.

Examples

Let's see what we can say with these words when composing an essay about Halloween in English.

Pumpkin is a symbol of Halloween. – Pumpkin is a symbol of Halloween.

It is dedicated to witches, vampires and ghosts. – It is dedicated to vampires, witches and ghosts.

This is a festival of evil spirits. – This is the holiday of evil spirits.

Halloween was created by Celts. – Halloween was created by the Celts.

Once superstitious people believed that evil spirits met on this day. – Once upon a time, superstitious people thought that evil spirits met on this day.

This holiday is celebrated in many countries in the world. – This holiday is celebrated in many countries around the world.

People were afraid of evil witches, they were wearing masks so the witches wouldn’t be able to recognize them. – People were afraid of evil witches and wore masks so that the witches could not recognize them.

Please note: if we say holiday, festival, the article is used, but with the name of the holiday itself - Halloween, it is not needed.

Trick or Treat game

Traditions

Let's see how people celebrate this day and what they do.

• To wear costumes and masks - put on costumes and masks.
• To dress as - dress like.
• To cry “Trick or Treat” - shout “trick or treat”.
• To carve jack-o-lantern - carve a jack-o-lantern.
• To visit neighbors - visit neighbors.
• To go from house to house - walk from house to house.
• To give candies - give candies.
• To accompany children – accompany children.
• It is time for run - this is time for fun.
• To take pictures - take photographs.

Examples

New English words on the theme of Halloween need to be immediately memorized using the text, let's make examples.

Usually on this day people wear costumes and masks and play “Trick or Treat”. – Usually on this day people wear costumes and masks and play Trick or Treat.

When children go from house to house they can have carved jack-o-lantern. – When children move from house to house they can have a Jack-o'-lantern.

Children can go to visit their neighbors. – Children can visit their neighbors.

After the children cried “Trick or Treat” they were given candies. – After the children shouted “Trick or treat,” they received candy.

My friend likes to dress as a vampire, I prefer dressing as a fairy. – My friend likes to dress like a vampire, but I prefer a fairy costume.

Children don’t go by themselves, they are often accompanied by adults. – Children do not walk on their own; they are often accompanied by adults.

It is time for fun – a lot of people take pictures with children dressed as witches, vampires or other creatures. – It's a fun time - many people take pictures with children dressed as witches, vampires or other creatures.

Please note: to make a passive voice from an active voice, you need to use the verb to be (in the required form) and the third form of the verb. For example, we celebrate this holiday (we celebrate this holiday) – this holiday is celebrated (this holiday is celebrated).

Halloween holiday

Halloween story

Now let's make a short story about the Celtic holiday with already known expressions.

Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October. It is an old holiday, which was created by Celts. Once people were very superstitious and believed that on this day all evil spirits meet together. People were afraid to be recognized by these spirits and were wearing masks. Nowadays it is the day of fun. Children are wearing the costumes of witches, vampires, fairies, ghosts and other creatures. They go from house to house and visit their neighbors. They cry “Trick or Treat” and receive candies. As a rule children are accompanied by the adults. The traditional symbol of this festival is Jack-o-lantern or carved pumpkin.

Halloween is celebrated on October 31st. This is an old holiday that was created by the Celts. Once upon a time, people were very superstitious and believed that all evil spirits met on this day. People were afraid that these spirits might recognize them and wore masks. Today it is a holiday of fun. Children dress up as witches, vampires, fairies, ghosts and other creatures. They go from house to house or visit their neighbors. They shout "Trick or Treat" and get candy. As a rule, children are accompanied by adults. The traditional symbol of this holiday is a Jack-o'-lantern or a carved pumpkin.