Lesson plan

Grade: IX

Objectives: Students will be able to discuss and write about their belief in ghosts based on a Halloween

reading.

Stage of Lesson Activity Time

Warm up Ask students to discuss what they

know and think about ghosts and

superstition.

Students see how many words

they can make from superstition.

Students may not use a letter

more than once unless it appears

more than once in the word itself.

5 minutes

5 minutes

Activity 1 Pass out Handout, which contains

a True/False exercise related to

the article.

5 minutes

Activity 2 Pass a short article on ghosts and

have students read aloud in pairs

and correct their answers.

10 minutes

Activity 3 Pass a short article on Halloween

and have students read aloud in

pairs.

5 minutes

Activity 4 Give them Handouts, which

contain the text about

Halloween, and in groups they

must fill the gaps with the words

from the text.

10 minutes

Closure Collect work 5 minutes

True/False

1. Ghosts are a modern idea.

2. Stories of haunting originate in France.

3. Only 10% of Americans believe in ghosts.

4. Those who believe in ghosts have been seen or experienced them.

5. Real ghosts are more remarkable than those in movies.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Ghost stories have been with humankind for thousands of years. There are written accounts from the

Chinese