HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
- Today I'm a bit like...
- I definitely feel like...
- At the moment I am...
Describe and discuss:
- Both photos show...
- However the first picture...
- In picure ___ ...whereas in picture___
- a. What are the similarities and differences between these two images?
- b. Which of these images do you find the spookiest?
Work in pairs Look at the picture and complete the sentence: We say that something is spoopy when...
Reading and UoE part 2
TO
1.
THAN
WHO/THAT
3.
THEN/LATER
4.
WENT
5.
LIKE
6.
7.
AS
8.
AND/WITH
In pairs, find in the text a word that means:
- jaw-dropping
- startle
- blend
- typo
- spotted (to spot)
a. causing great surprise or astonishment b. to frighten or surprise suddenly c. to combine d. an error in typed material e. to locate or identify
Spoopy might startle people, especially around Halloween season. Perhaps it’s the resemblance (1) ______ (to) spooky, which could lead you to believe the formation is nothing more (2) ______ (than) a jaw-dropping typo. Or it could also be that it has poopy in it, which makes the spelling amusing to people (3) ______ (who/that) enjoy bodily humour. This Internet sensation’s origin was a comical misspelling of the adjective spooky spotted on a department store's Halloween sign written in a "skeletal" font and photographed. The image was (4) ______ (then/later) uploaded to the Internet; in short order, spoopy (5) ______ (went) viral. Essentially, the word is used to describe something that typically would be spooky, (6) ______ (like) an image of a skeleton or ghost, but is actually rather comical. The word has other connotations (7) ______ (as) well: it is sometimes used for things that are intended to be spooky but simply fail to scare, or it could describe something that blends cuteness (8) ______ (with/and) spookiness in a grotesque way.
Listening part 3
Before you watch the video, read and underline keywords from the exercise.
ANSWERS
1.d 2.c 3.f 4.b 5.a 6.e
'Spoopy' is amusing internet slang describing cute, comical, or silly versions of typically spooky subject matter such as ghosts and skeletons. Cute dog in a sheet-ghost costume? That’s spoopy!
Can you give other examples of spoopy things?
Hand out worksheet and send TP students.
Go to the next slide to watch the video (only unitl 5:17)
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Transcript
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Describe and discuss:
Work in pairs Look at the picture and complete the sentence: We say that something is spoopy when...
Reading and UoE part 2
TO
1.
THAN
WHO/THAT
3.
THEN/LATER
4.
WENT
5.
LIKE
6.
7.
AS
8.
AND/WITH
In pairs, find in the text a word that means:
a. causing great surprise or astonishment b. to frighten or surprise suddenly c. to combine d. an error in typed material e. to locate or identify
Spoopy might startle people, especially around Halloween season. Perhaps it’s the resemblance (1) ______ (to) spooky, which could lead you to believe the formation is nothing more (2) ______ (than) a jaw-dropping typo. Or it could also be that it has poopy in it, which makes the spelling amusing to people (3) ______ (who/that) enjoy bodily humour. This Internet sensation’s origin was a comical misspelling of the adjective spooky spotted on a department store's Halloween sign written in a "skeletal" font and photographed. The image was (4) ______ (then/later) uploaded to the Internet; in short order, spoopy (5) ______ (went) viral. Essentially, the word is used to describe something that typically would be spooky, (6) ______ (like) an image of a skeleton or ghost, but is actually rather comical. The word has other connotations (7) ______ (as) well: it is sometimes used for things that are intended to be spooky but simply fail to scare, or it could describe something that blends cuteness (8) ______ (with/and) spookiness in a grotesque way.
Listening part 3
Before you watch the video, read and underline keywords from the exercise.
ANSWERS
1.d 2.c 3.f 4.b 5.a 6.e
'Spoopy' is amusing internet slang describing cute, comical, or silly versions of typically spooky subject matter such as ghosts and skeletons. Cute dog in a sheet-ghost costume? That’s spoopy!
Can you give other examples of spoopy things?
Hand out worksheet and send TP students.
Go to the next slide to watch the video (only unitl 5:17)