Halloween

Sleepy Hollow - Tim Burton

PLOT

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques, such as autopsies, considered unorthodox and unimportant at the time. Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester County of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett , wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headless mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides at night on a massive black steed in search of his missing head.

TRAILER

CHARACTERS' DESCRIPTION (list of adjectives):

• Ichabod Crane: loyal friend, duty-driven man, loves his wife and son.
• Katrina Van Tassel: feminine, kind, smart, loving, ...
• Young Masbath; loyal and brave
• Brom Van Burnt
• Baltus Van Tassel
• Lady Van Tassel
• Reverend Steenwyck
• Magistrate Samuel Philipse
• Dr. Thomas Lancaster
• Notary James Hardenbrook
• Killian, Beth's husband
• Beth Killian, the Midwife
• Peter Van Garrett

VOCABULARY (15 NEW WORDS)

OPINION: Did you like the movie? Why?

Happy Halloween!

What is Halloween?
Halloween is an annual holiday. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday of All Saints. It is celebrated on the 31st October. It is celebrated on this day because it was the end of the harvest season and the new year for the Celts. Halloween is a religious celebration. It became a dangerous celebration when there was vandalism. So then, the children, started travelling door to door for treat as an alternative to troublemaking.Trick-or-treating, costume parties, apple bobbing and ghost tours are two Halloween typical activities.

• What does the word Halloween mean?

The word itself, "Halloween", actually has its origins in the Catholic Curch. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or All Saints Day), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints.

• How do people celebrat it today?

Now, Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

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Vocabulary

1. Apple bobbing: players try to catch an apple with their teeth. Using hands is not allowed.  

Apple bobbing

2.  Apparition: a transparent, ghostly figure.

3.  Bat: a small flying mammal, with leathery wings. According to legend, vampires are said to be able to turn into bats. 

4.  Broom or broomstick: a type of brush with a long wooden handle, said to be used by witches to fly, according to legend.

5. Corpse: a dead body

6. Creepy: Unsettling, or scary

7. Graveyard: a place where dead people are buried.

8. Howl: a high pitched noise made by dogs and wolves.

9. Nightmare: a scary, bad dream.

10. Wand: a stick used for casting magic spells.

11. Warlock: a male witch

12. Werewolf: a person who turns into wolf whenever there is a full moon.

13. Wicca: an ancient religion, practised by witches.

14. Spooky: mildly scary, though often in a fun way.

You can find more Halloween vocabulary here!

Halloween Food!

• Candy apples, candy corn, candy pumpkins
• Caramel apples
• Caramel corn
• Soul cakes
• etc

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