all girls, wow i envy you! i teach all boys and it takes all my willpower to get through some days without strangling someone haha.
anyway i think this is a good lesson but i have some suggestions:
1.) I'm a bit concerned this lesson will run short. The Scattergories part would take my kids ~10 mins to do, and the madlibs part only around 5 mins. assuming your powerpoint presentation takes ~10 mins that would still leave ~20 mins to fill.
2.) I would pre-teach some of the vocab you've got on the Scattergories sheet, particularly monster, prank, and costume. not all your kids might know what these are. you can show them examples of particularly awesome or crazy Halloween costumes, my kids get a kick out of stuff like that.
3.) Related to number 2 above, you could show examples of famous Western monsters - Cthulhu, Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and so on. you could maybe even turn this into a "guess the monster" game using a hidden pictures template. first team to guess the monster's name gets a point.
4.) Related to number 3 above, you could get them to do an activity where they write about a famous Korean monster in English. You could get them to choose their own monster, but for activities like this i personally like to make flashcards and get the kids to randomly choose one otherwise some of them just sit there twiddling their thumbs. the things i would get them to write about are: 1.) Monster's name; 2.) Describe the monster (what does it look like); 3.) What is its special power/ability; 4.) Talk about its history, i.e., how it came into being (not sure if they'd know this though, but worth a shot i guess). If they don't know that info tell them it's ok to use their smartphones to research.
Here are some famous Korean monsters the kids should know:
Kumiho (구미호) - A nine-tailed fox who can use powerful illusions and curses.
Bulyeowoo (불여우) - A fox that is more than 100 years old, and can be disguised as a woman.
Dokkaebi (도깨비) - spirits who keep clubs and enjoy mischievous tricks. Most are believed to have magical powers.
Imugi (이무기) - A form before a dragon. After training for 1000 years, it can transform to the dragon.
Samjokgu (삼족구) - A three legged dog. These are believed to recognize the Kumihos in disguise .
Bulgasari (불가사리) - An Iron eating monster.
Kkangcheoli (깡철이) - A failed imugi.
Haetae (해태) - A protector spirit.
here's
a website that talks about some Korean monsters. and
another website.
5.) A "create your own monster" activity would be a great follow on from number 4. Again, they can talk about its name, describe it, and so on. then present them to the class.
6.) With regards to the madlibs, I would suggest changing it into some type of dialog or story that they have to fill in, rather than just the categories there. For example: "[celebrity's name] __________ was walking down the street in Seoul. They were lost, and were trying to find a subway station. The weather was very [weather adjective] ___________. They turned down an alley. At the end of the alley they came up to [scary place] _________________. In the [scary place] ______________ they found a Gucci handbag lying on the floor! But it wasn't an ordinary Gucci handbag. It was a magic handbag because when they opened it [monster's name] ______________ came out in a puff of smoke. Oh no!"
Once they're done you could ask for volunteers to read their story out.
anyway i think that's more than enough stuff for a high school Halloween lesson. probably enough stuff to fill up two lesson in fact
