Bell Work What Halloween traditions do we have in the United States? What is your family doing for Halloween this year (any time in October)? *If you don’t participate in Halloween, does your family have any fall-related traditions?

Halloween Around the World Informational Text Jigsaw

Learning Target I will become an expert in a country’s Halloween traditions & folklore and teach it to my break out group.

What Are We Reading About? What Halloween is like in other countries: Do they celebrate? Why? What do they call Halloween? Origins/History How do they celebrate? Traditions Similarities/differences to the U.S.

Countries Egypt Scotland Ireland Canada Japan Italy Mexico Romania Germany France Cuba Philippines Scotland Canada Italy Romania Great Britain Austria China

Assessment This assignment will be scored in the following areas for your report card: Research /Reading Informational Text Summary Teaching & note-taking Group work: Personal Management

Step 1 - Research Research online to find information about your country’s traditions, history, etc. Take notes & cite sources Web address Name of webpage & article Author Published or updated date

Helpful Websites Key search terms: History of Halloween Halloween around the world Halloween in ______ Origins of Halloween Websites History.com Mentalfloss.com

Step 2 – Expert Groups 1. Meet with your expert group 2. Discuss what is important or interesting about your country 3. Make sure you all have the same answers on the notes.

Step 3 - Summary Use the template to write a summary about your country at your desk Type paragraph on Google Docs Read the summary to see if it flows smoothly

Steps 4: Break-out Groups Teach your break-out group about your country -Share interesting or important details -Go over notes -You may read summary 2. Listen & take notes on the other articles