HALLOWEEN PROJECT

INTRODUCTION

Halloween is an old tradition from north of

Europe (Ireland and Europe). The
pumpkin, costumes and sweets sometimes
have a strange origin.

TASK

You and your classmates are in the high school magazine. It is Halloween next week
and you want to write an article about this tradition. To do that, you have to find
information to know as much as possible about this foreign tradition. You have to
include:

1. A Halloween glossary: pictures or definitions. (12 words)

2. When Halloween is celebrated and where this word derives from. (80 words)
3. What children do with pumpkins in Halloween. (80 words)
4. The origin of Jack-o-Lantern. (80 words)
5. The origin of the tradition ‘Trick or Treat’. (80 words)

PROCESS

• You can work in groups of four.

• Select from the web pages only the appropriate information demanded.
• Use images and pictures.
• Present your task in a written dossier or a poster.

RESOURCES

http://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm
http://www.jackolanterns.net/historyofhalloween.htm
http://www.kico4u.de/english/topicotw/halloween.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/pdf/HalloweenVocab.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
(en castellano) http://www.portalmix.com/halloween/calabaza.shtml
(en castellano) http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Truco_o_trato

EVALUATION

For the final evaluation, the teacher will take into account the following points:

5-6 6–8 8 – 10
WRITING You have a lot of You have an average You have very few
important number of grammatical or
grammatical and grammatical and spelling errors. None
spelling errors spelling errors. Some of them are very
of them are important.
important.
PRESENTATION The project doesn't The project looks The project looks
look nice. You have nice. You haven't nice and well
organized the organized the presented. You have
information in a information very organized the
messy way. You clearly. You have information in a good
haven't included any included some manner and you have
picture. pictures, but they included some
aren't very well pictures that make
situated or selected. your project more
attractive.
GROUP WORK Your work shows Your work shows Your work shows that
that you haven't that you have you have cooperated
cooperated and cooperated with each very well and that
supported each other. other, although it is you all have
obvious that some of supported each other.
you have worked less
than others.

CONCLUSION

By doing this Webquest you should have learnt:

• To use the Internet to search information.
• To work in groups and share information to reach an agreement.
• New vocabulary related to Halloween.