Book
of
Horror!
Defline Casters – Akyna Chan – Ellen Geens
Halloween
Write the correct word under the pictures. You have to use the words in the grid.
vampire – ghost – tombstone – pumpkin – skeleton – witch – scarecrow – bat – cemetery
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By the way: R.I.P. = ?
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Here you can find an unfinished poem about Halloween.
Use the following words and create your own unique Halloween poem!
ghost – to haunt – skeleton - …
IT'S HALLOWEEN
It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen
On any other night.
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In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And knock on doors
for trick or treat.
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For oh tonight
it's Halloween!
Thriller
by Michael Jackson
It's close to ______and something evil's lurking from the dark
Under the ______you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
You hear a door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the ______
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the ______creeping up behind
You're out of time
They're out to get you, there's ______closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All through the night I'll save you from the ______on the screen
I'll make you see
Rap:
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of ______
To terrorize your neighbourhood
And who ever shall be found
Without the ______for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of ______
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every ______
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The ______of the thriller
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the ______about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ______who would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night x 2
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, killer, killer
Thriller here tonight
That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ______who would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, killer, killer
Thriller here tonight
There are some words underlined in the text.
Look them up in your dictionaries and write the words and their explanation below:
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GHOSTS
BY MICHAEL JACKSON
Fill in the crossword puzzle.
1. Michael has many friends. One of them is a living dead or a ...
2. The first creature came out of the …
3. The woman started to … when a monster appeared right in front of her.
4. The house is …. (= behekst)
5. The man who started to dance, was the head of the school. Another word for head is ….
6. When Michael ripped his skin off, you could see his….
7. The zombies were … in the sky
8. Some people call Michael Jackson “Wacko….”
9. The creatures were … on the ceiling
10. The bird you saw at the beginning is a …
11. The people brought some torches because it was very …
12. The body of number 5 was … by Michael Jackson.
13. Haunted houses are haunted by …
14. There was thunder and …
Creative writing
You’ve seen the video clips of Thriller and Ghosts.
Both video-clips have an open ending. So the story goes on…
Use your imagination and write what happens next.
CRITERIA:
- Choose one of the two video clips!
- Write minimum 20 lines!
- Use your dictionaries, if necessary!
content: 10 – originality! Total: 20 points
language:10 – accuracy!
Correction key:
Exercise 1: Write the correct word under the pictures.
You have to use the words in the grid.
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1. ghost
2. pumpkin
3. tombstone
4. witch
5. vampire
6. cemetery
7. skeleton
8. bat
9. scarecrow
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* R.I.P = Rest In Peace
Exercise 2: Complete the song.
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1. midnight
2. moonlight
3. sun
4. creature
5. demons
6. terrors
7. blood
8. soul
9. hell
10. tomb
11. evil
12. beast
13. ghost
14. ghost
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Exercise 3: Fill in the crossword puzzle
1 / Z / O / M / B / I / E2 / F / I / R / E / P / L / A / C / E
3 / S / C / R / E / A / M
4 / H / A / U / N / T / E / D
P / R / I / N / C / E / P / A / L
6 / S / K / E / L / E / T / O / N
7 / F / L / Y / I / N / G
8 / J / A / C / K / O
9 / D / A / N / C / I / N / G
10 / C / R / O / W
11 / D / A / R / K
12 / P / O / S / S / E / S / S / E / D
13 / G / H / O / S / T / S
14 / L / I / G / H / T / N / I / N / G
How to increase pupils’ involvement?
Formation objectives:
a) Language:
The pupils can express themselves more accurately. They can express their fears and understand the fears of others. They use the typical words of Halloween and horror.
b) Learning Strategies:
1. The pupils are able to use a dictionary efficiently.
14. The pupils are able to consult their knowledge of the English language in order to do exercises, especially creative writing.
15. The pupils are able to question themselves about a certain topic.
20. Pupils learn that visualisation is a means to memorize new vocabulary.
c) Personality Formation:
2. The pupils are willing to share their feelings with their classmates about a certain topic.
6. The pupils are willing to listen to each other and respect each other’s opinion.
12. The pupils should learn to be open-minded: willing to discover new ideas & culture.
d) World Orientation / World View:
poetry: the pupils more about Halloween poetry and they write a poem themselves.
Final attainment levels
a) for English
* listening: 1
* reading: 7
*speaking: 13 – 14 – 15
* writing: 20 – 22
b) VOET
Leren leren
De leerlingen kunnen een realistische werk- en tijdsplanning op korte termijn maken.
Teaching activities
1.Write the correct word under the pictures. You have to use the words in the grid.
à P. get to know the subject by linking the words with the pictures. T. and P. correct the words together.
2. Here you can find an unfinished poem about Halloween.
Use the following words and create your own unique Halloween poem!
à P. create their own poem. T. coaches and answers the pupils’ questions if necessary. Afterwards the T. asks a few volunteers to read their poems out loud. (sharing information)
3. Thriller (gap-filling exercise and dictionary)
à T. shows the video-clip and they correct it together.
à T. divides the class in groups. Each group has to look up different words. Afterwards they to explain their words to the others. So that everyone understands everything.
à Pupils have to study the words in bold.
4. Ghosts: Fill in the crossword puzzle
à P. can work in pairs. T. coaches.
5. Ghosts & Thriller: creative writing
à P. have to write an ending and some read it out loud. T. coaches and corrects mistakes.
You can find the video-clips of Michael Jackson on www.youtube.com
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