October Suggested Topics and Themes

There is a lot to talk about in the month of October!  It's Vegetarian Day on Oct 1st and a busy week next week with World Animal Day on Oct 4th, World Habitat Day on the 5th and World Egg Day on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be Thanksgiving celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 14th as well as Halloween on Oct 31st. Be sure to check out October ESL Planning Themes and 

Topics here and follow ESL Made Easy for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!

October Themes and Teaching Topics

There's a lot to talk about in the month of October!  It's Vegetarian Day on Oct 1st and a busy week with World Animal Day on Oct 4th, World Habitat Day on the 5th and World Egg Day on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be Thanksgiving celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 9th as well as Halloween on Oct 31st. Be sure to check out October ESL Planning Themes and 

Topics here and follow ESL Made Easy for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!

October Themes and Topics

  

There is a lot to talk about in the month of October!  It's Vegetarian Day on Oct 1st and a busy week with World Animal Day on Oct 4th, World Habitat Day on the 5th and World Egg Day on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be Thanksgiving celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 10th as well as Halloween on Oct 31st. Be sure to check out October ESL Planning Themes and 

Topics here and follow ESL Made Easy for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!

October Themes and Topics!

 

There is a lot to talk about in the month of October!  It's Vegetarian Day on Oct 1st and a busy week with World Animal Day on Oct 4th, World Habitat Day on the 5th and World Egg Day on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be Thanksgiving celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 11th as well as Halloween on Oct 31st. Be sure to check out October ESL Planning Themes and 

Topics here and follow ESL Made Easy for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!

October Topic: Halloween!

Halloween, celebrated in many parts of the world, is an exciting time of the year and well known for traditional and festive activities such as trick-or-treating (be safe), costume parties (uh, not this year) and pumpkin carving. Halloween is a cultural celebration with an interesting history that dates back nearly 2,000 years. This time of the year not only provides ESL teachers with lots of fun activities, but it can also provide an opportunity for some very lively conversation around linking topics such as superstitions and fears! So, have fun with it!

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN BY ESL MADE EASY:

1. Is Halloween or a similar tradition celebrated in your country? If a similar tradition,  rather than Halloween itself, how is it different from Halloween in North America?

2. Why do you think the colors black and orange are used for Halloween?

3. On the eve of October 31st, most children go trick-or-treating door to door in their neighborhood. What do you think might be some positive and negative aspects associated with this traditional activity?

4. Halloween is believed to be related to many superstitious stories and beliefs. Are you are a superstitious person? What are some common superstitions in your country?

5. What is your biggest fear now? Did you have any fears/phobias when you were a child? Has this changed?

RECOMMENDED LINKS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN, SUPERSTITIONS & FEARS:

EL Civics: Halloween picture vocabulary lesson and follow up activities

ESL Library: Ten ideas for teaching Halloween 

English Club: PDF worksheet - Is Halloween Harmful? 

123 Listening: Halloween listening tests and activities 

English W Sheets: Halloween vocabulary matching worksheets

Breaking News English: 100 questions for Halloween 

Boggles World ESL: Halloween worksheets, puzzles and games

ESL Pod: ESL podcast: Halloween 

Heads Up English: Reading and comprehension: Holiday of the Dead 

Heads Up English: Listening and reading: Ghost Hunters 

One Stop English: Halloween and linking topic activities 

ESL Flow: Halloween lessons and worksheets

ESL Holiday Lessons: Halloween reading and follow up activities

Let's Talk English: 10 minute YouTube lesson on Halloween

ESL Video: short video on the History of Halloween with questions

History: Halloween by the Numbers" - an infographic

Canada-ESL: Halloween themed ESL activities

History: The History of Trick-or-Treating video

Anglomaniacy: Printable Halloween game and puzzle sheet

Apples 4 The Teacher: Halloween poems and rhymes

Online English Lessons: Halloween phrasal verbs, idioms and sayings

English Anyone: YouTube video on Halloween idioms

ITESLJ: Conversation questions on Halloween, Superstitions and Ghosts

Bogglesworld ESL: Superstitions and strange experiences activities

ISL Collective: 22 printable worksheets on superstitions - donation site

Elllo: Do You Believe in Ghosts? Short listening exercise with questions

Listen A Minute: Easy reading and listening activity about fear

Breaking News English: Reading on phobias/fears with follow up activities

ESOL Courses: Online listening and vocabulary activities about Halloween

5 Minute English: Short reading and comprehension activity on Halloween

English Club: Reading with questions on phobias

Feel free to add any of your favorite Halloween links you have used with your ESL students!

October Themes and Topics!

There is a lot to talk about in the month of October!  It's Vegetarian Day on Oct 1st and a busy week next week with World Animal Day on Oct 4th, World Habitat Day on the 5th and World Egg Day on the 9th. But, the big topics this month will be Thanksgiving celebrated here in Canada and the U.K. on Monday, Oct 10th as well as Halloween on Oct 31st. Be sure to check out October ESL Planning Themes and 

Topics here and follow ESL Made Easy for updated posts on recommended links to free ESL activities!

October Theme: Halloween!

Halloween, celebrated in many parts of the world, is an exciting time of the year and well known for traditional and festive activities such as trick-or-treating, costume parties and pumpkin carving. Halloween is a cultural celebration with an interesting history that dates back nearly 2,000 years. This time of the year not only provides ESL teachers with lots of fun activities, but it can also provide an opportunity for some very lively conversation around linking topics such as superstitions and fears! So, have fun with it!

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN BY ESL MADE EASY:

1. Is Halloween or a similar tradition celebrated in your country? If a similar tradition,  rather than Halloween itself, how is it different from Halloween in North America?

2. Why do you think the colors black and orange are used for Halloween?

3. On the eve of October 31st, most children go trick-or-treating door to door in their neighbourhood. What do you think might be some positive and negative aspects associated with this traditional activity?

4. Halloween is believed to be related to many superstitious stories and beliefs. Are you are a superstitious person? What are some common superstitions in your country?

5. What is your biggest fear now? Did you have any fears/phobias when you were a child? Has this changed?

RECOMMENDED LINKS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN, SUPERSTITIONS & FEARS:

EL Civics: Halloween picture vocabulary lesson and follow up activities

ESL Library: Ten ideas for teaching Halloween 

English Club: PDF worksheet - Is Halloween Harmful? 

123 Listening: Halloween listening tests and activities 

English W Sheets: Halloween vocabulary matching worksheets

Breaking News English: 100 questions for Halloween 

Boggles World ESL: Halloween worksheets, puzzles and games

ESL Pod: ESL podcast: Halloween 

Heads Up English: Reading and comprehension: Holiday of the Dead 

Heads Up English: Listening and reading: Ghost Hunters 

One Stop English: Halloween and linking topic activities 

ESL Flow: Halloween lessons and worksheets

ESL Holiday Lessons: Halloween reading and follow up activities

Let's Talk English: 10 minute YouTube lesson on Halloween

ESL Video: short video on the History of Halloween with questions

History: Halloween by the Numbers" - an infographic

Canada-ESL: Halloween themed ESL activities

History: The History of Trick-or-Treating video

Anglomaniacy: Printable Halloween game and puzzle sheet

Apples 4 The Teacher: Halloween poems and rhymes

Online English Lessons: Halloween phrasal verbs, idioms and sayings

English Anyone: YouTube video on Halloween idioms

ITESLJ: Conversation questions on Halloween, Superstitions and Ghosts

Bogglesworld ESL: Superstitions and strange experiences activities

ISL Collective: 22 printable worksheets on superstitions - donation site

Elllo: Do You Believe in Ghosts? Short listening exercise with questions

Listen A Minute: Easy reading and listening activity about fear

Breaking News English: Reading on phobias/fears with follow up activities

ESOL Courses: Online listening and vocabulary activities about Halloween

5 Minute English: Short reading and comprehension activity on Halloween

English Club: Reading with questions on phobias

Feel free to add any of your favorite Halloween links you have used with your ESL students!

October Topic: Halloween

Halloween, celebrated in many parts of the world, is an exciting time of the year and well known for traditional and festive activities such as trick-or-treating, costume parties and pumpkin carving. Halloween is a cultural celebration with an interesting history that dates back nearly 2,000 years. This time of the year not only provides ESL teachers with lots of fun activities, but it can also provide an opportunity for some very lively conversation around linking topics such as superstitions and fears! So, have fun with it!

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN BY ESL MADE EASY:

1. Is Halloween or a similar tradition celebrated in your country? If a similar tradition,  rather than Halloween itself, how is it different from Halloween in North America?

2. Why do you think the colors black and orange are used for Halloween?

3. On the eve of October 31st, most children go trick-or-treating door to door in their neighbourhood. What do you think might be some positive and negative aspects associated with this traditional activity?

4. Halloween is believed to be related to many superstitious stories and beliefs. Are you are a superstitious person? What are some common superstitions in your country?

5. What is your biggest fear now? Did you have any fears/phobias when you were a child? Has this changed?

RECOMMENDED LINKS ON THE TOPIC OF HALLOWEEN, SUPERSTITIONS & FEARS:

EL Civics: Halloween picture vocabulary lesson and follow up activities

ESL Library: Ten ideas for teaching Halloween 

English Club: PDF worksheet - Is Halloween Harmful? 

123 Listening: Halloween listening tests and activities 

English W Sheets: Halloween vocabulary matching worksheets

Breaking News English: 100 questions for Halloween 

Boggles World ESL: Halloween worksheets, puzzles and games

ESL Pod: ESL podcast: Halloween 

Heads Up English: Reading and comprehension: Holiday of the Dead 

Heads Up English: Listening and reading: Ghost Hunters 

One Stop English: Halloween and linking topic activities 

ESL Flow: Halloween lessons and worksheets

ESL Holiday Lessons: Halloween reading and follow up activities

Let's Talk English: 10 minute YouTube lesson on Halloween

ESL Video: short video on the History of Halloween with questions

History: Halloween by the Numbers" - an infographic

Canada-ESL: Halloween themed ESL activities

History: The History of Trick-or-Treating video

Anglomaniacy: Printable Halloween game and puzzle sheet

Apples 4 The Teacher: Halloween poems and rhymes

Online English Lessons: Halloween phrasal verbs, idioms and sayings

English Anyone: YouTube video on Halloween idioms

ITESLJ: Conversation questions on Halloween, Superstitions and Ghosts

Bogglesworld ESL: Superstitions and strange experiences activities

ISL Collective: 22 printable worksheets on superstitions - donation site

Elllo: Do You Believe in Ghosts? Short listening exercise with questions

Listen A Minute: Easy reading and listening activity about fear

Breaking News English: Reading on phobias/fears with follow up activities

ESOL Courses: Online listening and vocabulary activities about Halloween

5 Minute English: Short reading and comprehension activity on Halloween

English Club: Reading with questions on phobias

Feel free to add any of your favorite Halloween links you have used with your ESL students!