LCFS Adult Education

Halloween is an unusual holiday, with a lot of unique traditions, as well as a lot of special vocabulary. Below, I have links to a couple websites with printable worksheets related to the Halloween or related vocabulary.

Here is a crossword puzzle suitable for High Intermediate or Advanced.
Halloween Crossword

The following are links which may be useful for Beginners through Low Intermediate students. To sign in, use the password sent to you on the email.
Halloween Matching
Halloween Fill in the Blank
Halloween TPR Activity Needs Crayons or colored pencils

There are several topics for conversation around halloween. First, and most obviously, you can talk about American Halloween customs. After you introduce the vocabulary, you could have students who have been hear a number of years tell those who are new to the country what they know about Halloween customs. You can also ask students whether Halloween is celebrated in their country, or if there is another holiday to honor the dead. For example Mexicans have "Day of the Dead" and Chinese have "Tomb Sweeping Day."

Halloween is also a good time to compare funeral traditions in various countries, and teach related vocabulary.

Finally, it is fun to have students share ghost stories. Students are typically shy to share stories, but I find if I give an example (from my own family history) some will start offering tales from their experiences or their family members experiences, or just ones they heard. If you don't know of any ghost stories, you can check out some at the following links.

Intermediate-level ghost stories

Advanced level ghost stories

The second one is long, but could also be listened to if you have streaming audio in the classroom.