IT´S TIME FOR HALLOWEEN

                                                       THE ENGLISH SIDE

                                                      IT´S TIME FOR HALLOWEEN

On the eve of All Hallows, the festival of Halloween is celebrated. It is a tradition of celtic roots transplanted by Irish and Scottish settlers and immigrants throughout North America and spread out after World War II all over the world.
As a sample of the English Speaking countries culture, this festival is celebrated in schools, and, of course, we do so in our own.
Usually, it has been carried out within the classrooms but this year, it has enjoyed more “visibility” by making a display of Halloween stuff at the hallway of the school: skeletons in a monk disguise, loaves of bread in a pumpkin shape, magazines with Halloween articles, etc.
In the classrooms, pupils study the traditions of the feast and its related vocabulary:
Jacko´lantern,pumpkin,ghost, spider, witch,broom, skeleton, vampire, candy, etc.
It also trick and treating was carriedout, delivering some candy to the pupils meanwhile they have to choose between “trick” or “treat”. Later, the jack o´lantern or Halloween pumpkin was drawn lots .
It has been a nice and funny experience and a peculiar way to learn a language by its culture, but never losing the teaching aspect, otherwise, these festivals take the risk of being a meaningless fuzz distracting the pupils from their learning activities.
Waitingfor next year: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!