Halloween shopping craze

Lesson overview

In this lesson, the students:

  • discuss different ways in which people celebrate Halloween nowadays
  • watch a TV news segment about a marketing trend
  • talk about their own customs regarding holidays

This Discussion Brick can be used solo around holiday time or as a part of a General English Course, English for Teens and English for Business and Marketing. Follow us on Wakelet to access our course plans.

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Discussion and listening

The lesson plan is a conversation / speaking-based lesson plan for Halloween season. Students discuss modern Halloween celebrations based on photos and talk about their own attitude towards Halloween products. Then, they can watch a TV news segment and practise listening with a T/F exercise. Next, the video is followed by a discussion about a marketing trend called “Summerween”. Lastly, the students can freely talk about marketing aspects of holidays with an optional help from another video.

This lesson contains

  • a lesson plan for students in PDF for download (Student’s Brick)
  • a lesson plan for teachers with key and teaching notes in PDF for download (Teacher’s Brick)
  • an online presentation in Google Slides (Online Brick)
  • a link to an optional authentic material (video)

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