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I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Hallowe'en Resources

In previous years I've already posted hereherehere and here several suggestions and links to Hallowe'en activities as well as to its History / Background. Now I'm just updating (y)our list of resources, either for school or for (y)our own kids.
To start with, why not again some reading comprehension on this festival? http://www.5minuteenglish.com/oct29.htm has a vocabulary list, a short text and a True / False exercise to check understanding - it just takes sts about 5 minutes and it can be done online! Alternatively, you can copy/paste it and print to hand out to sts, or even use the link to Textivate and choose from 27 different activities! Check my resources here and here.
Both National Geographic (Quiz your Noodle) and British Council (Spelloween) have great vocab and spelling exercises though a bit difficult for beginners - Have a go and check them yourself - I'm sure you'll find them engaging and even addicting!
As usual, Lanternfish (formerly Boggles World) has a vast array of handouts that can be used with different levels / age groups of language learners.
My favourite though is this Interactive book: very complete and designed for our ESL learners. It starts with Hallowe'en vocabulary (and with audio), moves on to the use of English with prepositions of place, includes some traditions and ends with some poetry. The beauty of this is that we can use it in our own classes (if we have access to computers), in replacement classes or simply send the link to our sts for further practice.

For those who enjoy art and painting, check this interesting Guardian article with the best scary Hallowe'en paintings.
So... hopefully stuff for all tastes and ages!
Happy Hallowe'en, folks!!!

4 comments:

Sonia said...

Thanks for your suggestions. very useful as always!!

Teacher Alex said...

You know me already, Sonia, and I do like sharing.
Thanks for your support and feedback.
A big hug from Portugal,
A

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Alexandra, for sharing your work and suggestions! They are great, as always!

Anonymous said...

I loved the activities! Thank you!

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