Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is
celebrated. Halloween also known as
Halloween or Night of the
Dead, is a modern
celebration result of the
syncretism originated by
the Christianization of the
end of summer party of
Celtic origin called
Samhain. The day is
often associated with the
colors orange, black and
purple and is strongly
linked to symbols such as
the lantern. The typical
Halloween activities are
the famous Dulce or the
trick and the costume
parties, in addition to the
bonfires, the visit of
haunted houses, the
jokes, the reading of
stories of fear and the
vision of horror movies.
Where and It is celebrated
when it is internationally on the
celebrated. night of October 31,
about everything in the
Anglo-sphere, such as
Canada, the United
States, Ireland or the
United Kingdom and to a
lesser extent in other
places such as Spain and
Latin America. Despite
belonging to the Anglo-
Saxon world, in Australia
and New Zealand this
custom is not observed
as much as in the other
countries.
What people People especially
wear. children use disguises of
their favorite hero. Or
they disguise themselves
as the most terrifying
monster or the one that is
fashionable.

What people Children go out to the

do. streets to ask for sweets
from house to house.
in some places they
decorate with pumpkins
and images alluding to
the celebration.
 Why it is a
special It is special because the
celebration. ancient Celts believed
that on the night of
October 31, the souls of
the dead returned to our
world. In order not to be
attacked by the souls of
the dead, people
disguised themselves
with masks and
horrendous clothes. In
addition, they were
offered jellybeans to
these souls with the aim
of entertaining and
pleasing them so that
they would not unleash
their fury against the
living. also on this day
children and adults have
the opportunity to live a
time of fantasy and
imagination.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.