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 Hallowen
celebrated. Also known as Halloween,
Night of the Dead or Night of
the Dead, is a modern
celebration resulting from the
syncretism originated by the
Christianization of the summer
festival of Celtic origin called
Samaín.
It is the day that some believed
the souls of dead people come
back to Earth.

Where and It is celebrated internationally

when it is on the night of October 31
celebrated. each year
What people Previously, people used
wear. hallucinatory suits of death like
skulls, zombies and witches,
now people use this date to
parade their favorite
characters such as
superheroes and cartoons

What people The typical activities of

do. Halloween are the famous trick
or treat and the parties of
disguises, in addition to the
bonfires, the visit of enchanted
houses, the jokes, the reading
of histories of fear and the
viewing of terror films.
In some countries of Latin
America it is customary to go
out at night with the smallest
children in disguise to ask for
sweets and to sing. The elderly
usually go to night parties after
taking the little ones to ask for
sweets.
Why it is a
special Today, Halloween is one of the
celebration. most important dates of the
American and Canadian
holiday calendar. Some Ibero-
American countries, still
knowing this festivity, have
their own traditions and
celebrations that same day,
although they coincide in their
meaning: the union or the
extremes of the world of the
living and the kingdom of the
dead. In Europe there are
many cities where young
people have decided to import
the way the United States
conceives Halloween
celebrating with parties and
costumes. Although in some
places, like England, the
original party has taken root
again.
The fact that this party has
reached our days is, to some
extent, thanks to the huge
commercial deployment and
advertising in American
cinema. The image of
American children scampering
through the dark streets
disguised as goblins, ghosts
and demons, asking for sweets
and treats to the inhabitants of
a dark and quiet
neighborhood, has been
recorded in the minds of many
people.
 When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make sure
the file is attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.