HALLOWEEN+2011-12+3+BIL

HALLOWEEN



 * A. ACTIVITY **

**Halloween Mad-lib and comic strip**

Present Halloween and Halloween people any way you like (I'm using flashcards of Halloween people). Then go over what an adjective is, what a verb is, and what a noun is. I give my students descriptions in English and examples. I also give them the translation in their language (they are middle schoolers). Have students write these down in preparation for a mad-lib. You should probably do a model first with students and then have them work individually or in groups.
 * || Here's a mad-lib idea I'm using with my class.

A) An adjective (color):

B) An adjective (weather):

C) An adjective (to describe a person):

D)Noun: a Halloween person:

E) Noun: A Halloween person:

F) Verb-past tense:

G) An adjective (to describe a person). Then explain to students what a mad-lib is. (I just tell them a silly story.) Tell them we are going to write a mad-lib with the words we just wrote down. Then we are going to make a comic strip out of our mad-lib (Again, have a model comic strip to show them).  MAD-LIB and NARRATION TO COMIC STRIP (Fill in with above words.):

1) It was a AA and BB night.

2) A CC DD knocked on the door of the old house.

3) A EE opened the door and FFed.

4) The DD went inside the house. His GG face was never seen again. After the kids create their original mad-libs in groups, have them illustrate them (maybe in groups of 4 with each person doing a frame. You might also want to choose "jobs for each of them, "writer", etc). Bring paper and glue and markers for them to use. I even brought construction paper. They can just create a simple comic strip, or they can make an "Action" comic stip with a door that opens and everything. Each part of the mad-lib (1,2, 3, and 4) represents a different frame to the comic strip. ||