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Learn English with songs: This is Halloween
Learn English with songs: Thriller

Halloween corner:

History of Halloween: listening comprehension
Halloween quiz: spooky destinations
Halloween in the USA: listening comprehension

Learn English with songs: prepositions exercise

Halloween vocabulary: Spooky idioms and ghostly phrases
Idioms and proverbs for Halloween quiz
Guess the Halloween idiom powerpoint

Seriously scary TV shows to watch this Halloween:
The Walking Dead (more than just zombies)
Buffy, the vampire slayer (more than just vampires)
Stranger Things (I want more...)
The X-Files (a classic)
Twin Peaks (who killed Laura Palmer?)
Black Mirror (British accent)
Fringe (binge watch alert)

For bookworms:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (yes, The Treasure Island guy)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (remember Rebecca?)




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