Setting up the classroom

This Didactic Unit will start quite differently than your usual lessons as you want to get the atmosphere of Halloween started right from the beginning of the activities. Before class, teacher should think about how he/she can make the room and lesson come to life. This all depends on the resources. We offer you some ideas:

- lights: turn off some lights and close curtains to make the classroom darker. Place some jack-o-lanterns around the room.
- get some glow-in-the-dark stars and shapes and stick them around the walls
- rearrange the furniture
- have some mysterious music playing in the background
- hang decorations around the classroom, such as bats and ghost crafts (students do them)
- dress up as a Halloween character (if possible, one of the characters is being taught in this lesson).
- teacher asks students  to come to the 31st October lesson in Halloween fancy dress. This is great fun and teacher can have a fancy dress party during the lesson with prizes for best, scariest, funniest, etc.