Cultural spots

Witches!

Compétence : Écrire et réagir à l’écrit : j’écris pour raconter et décrire.
Culture : je découvre la civilisation des pays anglophones.

Did you know?

In the USA, one quarter of all the candy sold annually is bought during Halloween. In Ireland, the tradition is to eat “colcannon”: mashed potatoes and... cabbage! What’s your favourite treat?

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Activities & Games

Choose one witch and describe her. Can your classmates guess which one it is?

Now listen. Say who (names), what, where. What are the characters talking about?

Brainstorm about Halloween.

Find all the words linked with Halloween in this word game.
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Three little witches

Georgie Adams & Emily Bolam, The Three Little Witches, 2008.

Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski, Meg and Mog, 1975.

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A Note about Witches

In fairy tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES.

The most important thing you should know about REAL WITCHES is this. Listen very carefully. Never forget what is coming next.

REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ORDINARY JOBS.

Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake, The Witches, 1983.