B2 HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

spooky = scary, eerie, frightening

• 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?

Describe and discuss:

Work in pairsLook at the picture and complete the sentence: We say that something is spoopy when...

AND/WITH

AS

LIKE

WENT

THEN/LATER

WHO/THAT

THAN

TO

6.

7.

8.

5.

4.

3.

1.

Reading and UoE part 2

Spoopy might startle people, especially around Halloween season. Perhaps it’s the resemblance (1) ______ spooky, which could lead you to believe the formation is nothing more (2) ______ a jaw-dropping typo. Or it could also be that it has poopy in it, which makes the spelling amusing to people (3) ______ 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 uploaded to the Internet; in short order, spoopy (5) ______ viral. Essentially, the word is used to describe something that typically would be spooky, (6) ______ an image of a skeleton or ghost, but is actually rather comical. The word has other connotations (7) ______ 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) ______ spookiness in a grotesque way.

• resemblance
• jaw-dropping
• startle
• blend
• in short order
• typo
• origin
• spotted (to spot)
• comical

a. causing great surprise or astonishment b. to frighten or surprise suddenlyc. to combined. an error in typed materiale. located or sawf. similarityg. very quicklyh. funny or amusingi. root or cause

In pairs, find in the text a word that means:

Before you watch the video, read and underline keywords from the exercise.

Listening part 3

ANSWERS

1.d 2.c 3.f 4.b 5.a 6.e

B2 Halloween themed speaking exam

Halloween words

WhW

ghoststories

Can you give other examples of spoopy things?

'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!

Hand out worksheet and send TP students.

Go to the next slide to watch the video (only unitl 5:17)