Halloween Night Card Game
These flashcards are great for teaching Halloween vocabulary. They
can be taught at two levels, basic and intermediate. In the basic game, students ask simple questions
like, "Do you have a witch?", "Do you have a ghost?", and "Do you have a skeleton?". In the intermediate
game, students ask questions like, "Do you have a witch flying on a broomstick?", "Do you have a ghost
at a haunted house?", and "Do you have a skeleton dancing in a cemetery?".
The vocabulary taught is as follows:
A ghost at a haunted house.
A skeleton dancing in a cemetery.
A witch flying on a broomstick.
Spiders in a cobweb.
A mummy in a tomb.
Goblins around a hollow tree.
A headless horseman with a jack-o'-lantern.
An alien in a cornfield.
A scarecrow in a pumpkin patch.
A boy dressed as a pirate.
A girl dressed as a witch.
A clown carving a pumpkin.
Some kids trick-or-treating.
A black cat on the roof.
A bat on a grave.
A vampire in a coffin.
A werewolf howling at the moon.
A boy wearing a devil's mask.
Some kids at a Halloween party.
Print two copies of the cards and paste on posterboard to
make a deck of cards to play Go Fish, review the vocabulary, play Memory, or play Old Maid.
Go Fish:
Students each get 2 or 3 cards dealt to them. Going clockwise students try to match up their
cards by asking other students if they have a matching card. Interactions are as follows:
Student A: Do you have a vampire in a coffin?
Student B: Yes, I do. (Student B gives card to student A and student A gets a point).
or
Student A: Do you have a spiders in a cobweb?
Student B: No, I don't. (Student A takes a card from the deck).
Old Maid:
Print off four sets of each card other than the old witch. Print off one old witch.
Put all of the cards on cardboard backing and play old maid.
Memory or Concentration:
Print off two sets of cards and put them on cardboard backing. Lay the cards
on the table face down. Students take turns turning two cards over at a time. If they get a pair they
get to keep it and the pair counts as 1 point.