The History of Halloween

Spells

A Spell for Good Luck!

On Halloween night, catch a falling leaf before it hits the ground. And whisper as you catch it... 
Good Luck Have I Found! 
You and yours will experience good fortune in the coming year.

To Put a Person Under Your Spell

Use a mirror to reflect moonlight onto the face of a sleeping person to put that person under your spell.

Revenge!

Write the name of the person whose attentions you wish to repel in red ink on a piece of white, unlined paper. Crumple the paper into a tiny ball. Place the ball in a water tight container and cover with pure water. Place the container in the freezer and recite the following three times:

Name 
May your teeth chatter 
At the sight of me 
May your stomach grow fatter 
If you don't leave me be! 

Warning: The spell is broken, if the charm is defrosted.

Halloween

Halloween Rhymes	If I was a witch I would climb on my broom  And fly away with a zoom.  zoom,  zoom
Halloween, Halloween --  Strangest sights I've ever seen,  Witches hat, coal-black cats  Ghosts and goblins,  Mice and rats.	Boiling hot, boiling hot  What will we put in the witch's pot?  Boiling hot, boiling hot  We'll put some spiders in the witch's pot
The smallest witch you ever did see  just peeked through the window and looked at me  I waved once or twice but very soon,  she jumped three times and flew to the moon	Five little witches standing by the door.  One flew out and then there were four.  Four little witches standing by a tree.  One went to pick a pumpkin and then there were three.  Three little witches stirring their brew.  One fell in and then there were two.  Two little witches went for a run.  One got lost and then there was one.  One little witch, yes, only one.  She cast a spell and now there are none

Adoption in the USA

Pro life or pro choice?

Dictations

Write one dictation a day and then publish a post onto your blog talking about the topic and explaining the difficulties you found

Week 1
October 21st: My cat Trotsky
October 22nd: Strange food
October 23rd: Tears and laughs
October 24th: Numbers
October 25th: That man

Week 2
October 28th: Charlie and the chocolate factory
October 29th: East of Eden 
October 30th: The Unicorn
October 31st: A tale of two Cities 

Week 3
November 4th:The Cemetery 
November 5th: Routine 
November 6th: The Wolf 
November 7th: Pooh 
November 8th: 1984

Debates: Useful phrases

Answering machine messages

Leave a message

Ring Pete up. If he is not in, leave a message. Use the following:

Pete’s basket game is cancelled.		You will meet Pete at 5 o’clock tomorrow.
You want Pete to call you.		Pete has English lesson tomorrow at 7 o’clock.
Pete’s doctor appointment has been moved to three o’clock.		Pete’s dentist appointment has been moved to Thursday.
You will visit him on Saturday.		You’ll return Pete’s reader tomorrow.
You found his glasses.		You need the money that he borrowed.
You have free tickets to the theatre on Saturday.		Pete’s weekend out has been cancelled.
Pete’s father is in hospital.		You can’t meet him next Saturday.

Give me a ring

On the phone

     

Gossiping dialogues

Hey Neil, come here. Have you heard the latest gossip? Well, it turns out Sue is having an affair with Mike. I know - she’s only been married two years. Don’t tell anyone, you know. I don’t like to spread gossip.

I’ve got the juiciest bit of gossip ever, but obviously you didn’t hear it from me. You know Mike and you know Sue? They’re seeing each other!

Listen, don’t tell anyone else, ok, because if word gets out people will know it’s me who told you, but the thing is, have you heard about Mike? Well, wait till I tell you, you’ll never guess what I saw last week. I was just coming out of the building and they were having a huge snog. Can you believe it?

Gossiping

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied Booth Tarkington

·         Listen, don’t tell anyone else, ok.

·         …you didn’t hear it from me.

·         Don’t tell anyone, you know. I don’t like to spread gossip.

·         …you’ll never guess what I saw last week

·         I’ve got the juiciest bit of gossip ever.

·         You’ll never guess what I’ve just heard.

Writing phonetics

Use the tool below to transcribe these tongue twisters then read them till you can say them well. When you are ready, record yourself and finish your voki

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1 ./kɑ:/ car

2. /ʃi:t/sheet

3. /jʌŋ/ young

4. /tʃɜ:ʧ/church

5. /'meʒə/ measure

6. /lɑ:f/ laugh

7. /'pɪkʧə/ picture

8. /flaʊə/ flower

9. /haɪt/ height

10. /hɒt/ hot

11. /'pəʊstmən/ postman

12. /ʤəʊk/ joke

13. /,ɪnfə'meɪʃn/ information

14. /prɪ'dɪkʃən/ prediction

15. /θred/ thread

16. /taɪəd/ tired

17. /ə'veɪləbl/available

18. /kɔ:t/ court

19. /hænd/hand

20. /ðəʊ/ though

21. /'sʌmθɪŋ/ something

22. /brʌðə/ brother

23. /sə'lu:ʃn/ solution

24. /'neɪʧə/ nature

25. /bɜ:d/ bird

26. /ʃi:p/ sheep

27. /'pleʒə/ pleasure

28. /bɪ'heɪvjə/ behaviour

29. /'sju:təbl/ suitable

30. /kwaɪə/choir

Write the English word

1 ./kɑ:/ 

2. /ʃi:t/

3. /jʌŋ/ 

4. /tʃɜ:ʧ/

5. /'meʒə/ 

6. /lɑ:f/ 

7. /'pɪkʧə/ 

8. /flaʊə/ 

9. /haɪt/ 

10. /hɒt/ 

11. /'pəʊstmən/

12. /ʤəʊk/ 

13. /,ɪnfə'meɪʃn/ 

14. /prɪ'dɪkʃən/ 

15. /θred/ 

16. /taɪəd/ 

17. /ə'veɪləbl/

18. /kɔ:t/ 

19. /hænd/

20. /ðəʊ/ 

21. /'sʌmθɪŋ/ 

22. /brʌðə/ 

23. /sə'lu:ʃn/ 

24. /'neɪʧə/ 

25. /bɜ:d/ 

26. /ʃi:p/ 

27. /'pleʒə/ 

28. /bɪ'heɪvjə/ 

29. /'sju:təbl/ 

30. /kwaɪə/