HALLOWEEN!!!! 3 ESO

HALLOWEEN PROJECT

3rd ESO

INTRODUCTION

Halloween is an old tradition from north of Europe (Ireland and Europe). The pumpkin, costumes and sweets sometimes have a strange origin.

TASK

It is Halloween next week and you want to explain your friends 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. (15 words)
2. When is Halloween celebrated?
3. Where this word derives from?
4. What do children do with pumpkins in Halloween?
5. The origin of the tradition ‘Trick or Treat’.

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.

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:

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

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.