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Happy Halloween!
Extension (optional)
Aims
To talk about Halloween; to sing a Halloween Write the following incomplete sentences on the
song. board. Allow the pupils some time to read the texts
Language focus silently and complete the sentences. Check the
 Happy Halloween! Trick or treat! pupils’ answers.

Target vocabulary
1 It’s Halloween. Look at my _____________ !
 sweets, pumpkin, lantern
2 These are my Halloween ______________ .
Extra materials Yummy!
 Pictures showing Halloween celebrations for 3 This is a Halloween __________________ .
the Beginning the Lesson activity; It’s a pumpkin.
 Photocopies of the Halloween templates from
the Teacher’s Resource Pack CD-ROM, one Answer key
set per pupil, for the Ending the Lesson
1 costume 2 sweets 3 lantern
activity.

2 How many cats? Count and say.

BEGINNING THE LESSON
(An activity to present the topic of the lesson.)
Before going into class
Find some pictures showing Halloween
celebrations from magazines or the Internet.
Write Happy Halloween on the board. Tell the pupils
that Halloween is celebrated in the UK and USA on
the 31st of October. Show the pupils the pictures and
explain to them, in L1 if necessary, that children usually
wear scary costumes. They usually carry a pumpkin
lantern with them and knock on people’s doors saying
“Trick or Treat”! If the people say “trick”, then the
children can do something mischievous. If they say
“treat”, then the children get sweets. Do they have
anything similar in their own country? When do they
celebrate it? What do they usually do/wear? Have a
class discussion, in L1 if necessary.
1 Listen and read.
Refer the pupils to the pictures and elicit words such
as costume, pumpkin, lantern, sweets. Play the CD.
The pupils listen and follow in their books.
Explain the activity. Allow the pupils some time to find
and circle the cats. Then count the cats as a class.
Answer Key
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3 Let’s sing!
Mime knocking on a door and say: Knock, knock!
Trick or Treat! The pupils repeat after you. Follow the
same procedure and present the rest of the song.
Play the CD. The pupils listen and follow in their
books. Divide the pupils into two groups and assign a
verse to each group. Play the CD again for the pupils
to sing the assigned verses. Time permitting, play the
song again for the pupils to repeat the song as a
class.
ENDING THE LESSON
(An activity to consolidate the language of the lesson.)
Explain to the pupils that they will be making a
Halloween mobile.
Material needed
Piece of paper
String
Stapler
Coat hangers

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Ask the pupils to think of and draw pictures of things

they associate with Halloween, e.g. pumpkin, scary
costumes, ghosts, skeletons, lanterns, sweets, etc.
They draw each picture on a separate piece of paper,
colour it and cut it out. Then help them staple strings
onto the pictures and tie the strings onto their coat
hangers. Alternatively, photocopy the templates on
the next page and hand them out to the pupils.

Encourage the pupils to leave the classroom by

saying Happy Halloween!

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Happy New Year!
Ask some pupils to read the words. Elicit what
Aims
numbers they rhyme with. Allow the pupils some time
To talk about New Year; to sing a New Year
to complete the activity. Play the CD. The pupils listen
song.
and check their answers. Play the CD again with
Language focus pauses for the pupils to repeat, chorally and/or
 Happy New Year! individually. During this stage present/elicit any
unknown words. Finally, ask individual pupils to read
Target vocabulary
the text out loud.
 hold hands, fireworks
Extra materials Answer Key
 Photocopies of the Happy New Year photo
frame from the Teacher’s Resource Pack 2 late 3 mix 4 door 5 new
CD-ROM, one per pupil, for the Ending the
Lesson activity. 2 Let’s sing!
Say: Every new year is for living! The pupils repeat
BEGINNING THE LESSON after you. Repeat with the rest of the song. Play the
CD. The pupils listen and follow in their books. Play
Say as you write on the board: Happy New Year! the CD again and encourage the pupils to sing along.
Encourage the pupils to repeat after you. Ask the
pupils to tell you, in L1 if necessary, words that come
to mind when they think of this celebration and write
3 Make a Happy New Year badge!
them on the board. During this stage present/elicit Show the pupils the examples and explain the
words such as fireworks and hold hands. activity. The pupils design their own badges on pieces
of paper. If you wish, you can write some New Year
1 New Year Countdown! Find the words wishes on the board for the pupils to copy. Go around
that rhyme with the numbers. Then the classroom, providing any necessary help.
listen and check. Upon completion, the pupils can use safety pins and
Explain the activity. Explain to the pupils what a wear their badges and go around wishing one
countdown is. Revise numbers 1 to 10 and write them another Happy New Year!
on the board. If you wish, elicit words that rhyme with
the numbers.
ENDING THE LESSON
e.g. one: fun, sun, run
two: blue, new, do, you CRAFTWORK
three: bee, me, three Before going into class
four: door, more, floor
Have the photocopies of the Happy New Year
five: drive, alive, dive
photo frame, one per pupil, ready to use.
six: mix, fix, tricks
seven: heaven, eleven
eight: gate, late, hate, plate Hand out the photocopies of the Happy New Year
nine: fine, line, shine photo frame. Ask the pupils to colour and cut it out.
ten: pen, again, men, then Once they have finished, tell them to take it home and
stick a family photo on it. As an extension, you can
create a classroom Happy New Year photo.

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Happy Easter! 10 Pupils go forward two squares.
Aims 11 lamb
To talk about Easter; to play an Easter game;
12 Sunday
to sing an Easter song.
13 Pupils go back to Start.
Language focus 14 flowers
 Happy Easter! 15 Pupils go back one square.
16 Pupils draw an extra egg in their basket.
Target vocabulary
17 basket
 bunny, chocolate egg, hot cross bun, spring,
18 Pupils go back one square.
chick, lamb, basket, bonnet
19 bonnet
Extra materials
 Photocopies of the Easter bunny template 2 Let’s sing!
from the Teacher’s Resource Pack CD-ROM,
one per pupil, for the Ending the Lesson Draw a simple sketch of a hot cross bun on the
activity. board. Point to it and say: hot cross buns. Have the
pupils repeat after you. Then say: One a penny, two a
penny, hot cross buns. Have the pupils repeat after
you. Follow the same procedure and present the rest
BEGINNING THE LESSON
of the song.
Play the song from Ex. 2 as the pupils are arriving.
Play the CD. The pupils listen to the song. Divide the
Greet them with Happy Easter!
pupils into two groups and assign a verse to each
Write the word Easter on the board. Ask the pupils to group. Play the song again for the pupils to sing their
tell you, in L1 if necessary, words that come to mind assigned verses. Time permitting, play the song a
when they think of this celebration and write them on third time for the pupils to sing the song as a class.
the board. During this stage present/elicit words such
as bunny, egg, basket, chick, flowers, chocolate, ENDING THE LESSON
lamb, spring, bonnet, Easter Sunday, hot cross bun.
CRAFTWORK

1 Let’s play! Before going into class

Have the photocopies of the Easter bunny

Explain the game. The pupils work in pairs or in
templates, one per pupil, ready to use. Have
groups/teams. They take turns throwing the dice and
some string ready to use.
moving around the board game. When they land on a
square with a picture, they have to circle the right
word. If they are right, then they draw an egg in the
basket. If not, they go back to Start. The winner is the
pupil who has collected the most eggs.

Answer Key

1 Pupils go forward one square.

2 bunny
3 eggs
4 buns
5 Pupils draw an extra egg in their basket.
6 spring
Hand out the photocopies to the pupils. Ask them to
7 Pupils go forward two squares. colour and cut them out. With a pencil, help the pupils
8 Pupils draw an extra egg in their basket. to punch a hole through the dot.
9 chicks

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Thread a piece of string through the hole in each

rabbit. Ask the pupils to tie one end of each string to
the leg of their desk, just high enough so that the
rabbit's legs touch the floor. Then they back up,
taking the rabbits with them, to the end of the string.
The pupils stand the rabbits up, making them lean
toward the desk a little.

Explain to the pupils that when they jerk the string,

the rabbits will ‘walk’ toward the desk. (Bunnies walk
best on a smooth surface.)

Have a bunny race! The first Easter bunny to reach

the desk wins!

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