Class Content
Halloween Shows and Movies
Candy and Chocolate
History of Halloween
Horror Movies (Pictures)
100
Inform, teach, persuade, explain and entertain are all examples of this concept discussed in class
What is Author's Purpose?
100
This stop-motion Disney classic features Jack Skellington discovering Christmas - though many still debate if it’s a Halloween or Christmas movie.
What is the Nightmare Before Christmas?
100
This candy’s slogan says to “Taste the Rainbow,” and it’s one of the most popular non-chocolate treats given out on Halloween.
What are Skittles?
100
This color combination - one symbolizing death and the other symbolizing harvest, became Halloween’s signature palette.
What is orange and black?
100
This clown with a red balloon terrorizes the town of Derry in Stephen King’s IT.
Who is Pennywise?
200
This is the big point, moral, or lesson about life that the writer wants you to learn from a story.
What is Author's Message?
200
This animated show’s Halloween episode titled “Scaredy Pants” features a spooked sponge character trying to overcome his fear of ghosts.
What is SpongeBob SquarePants?
200
This bar features nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate - and gets its name from a celestial body in our solar system.
What is a Mars bar?
200
In the 17th century, the Irish were the first peoples to practice carving faces into vegetables to ward off evil spirits, but they didn’t use pumpkins. Instead they used THIS vegetable, a food today we traditionally enjoy mashed, baked, or fried.
What are potatoes?
200
This creepy doll comes to life in the Child’s Play movies. 
Who is Chucky?
300
These are the facts, reasons, and examples in a text that help prove or explain the main idea.
What are supporting details?
300
Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, this 1999 gothic horror film is based on Washington Irving's classic spooky tale.
What is Sleepy Hollow?
300
This candy bar’s slogan tells you to “Have a break” - and then have one of these.
What is a KitKat?
300
Irish and Scottish immigrants brought Halloween traditions to THIS country in the 1800s, where the holiday grew into what we know today.
What is the United States?
300
This film features a haunted Pizzeria and arcade, starring four main animatronics.
What is Five Night's at Freddy's?
400
When a writer presents arguments to convince you that Coca-Cola is better than Pepsi, their main goal is to do this.
What is to persuade?
400
This cast of beloved characters, which originated in comic form in the 1950s, are the stars of the 1966 classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
Peanuts
400
The world’s largest chocolate factory is in this European country known for its watches, cheese, and mountains.
What is Switzerland?
400
In the early 20th century, Halloween was known more for mischief - pranks, vandalism, and tricks - before THIS tradition helped calm things down.
What is trick-or-treating?
400
This burned man with razor-blade gloves haunts people in their dreams in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Who is Freddy Kreuger?
500
Established in the 19th century, this system of church-run boarding schools forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families, causing trauma through the loss of their culture, language, and family connections.
What are residential schools?
500
This filmmaker is known for his creepy cartoon style, with pale characters, big eyes, and twisted, gothic worlds. He made Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride.
Who is Tim Burton?
500
This chocolate is the #1 top-selling Halloween treat in the Canada every year.
What is Coffee Crisp?
500
This older name for Halloween comes from ancient Celtic traditions marking the end of harvest season and the belief that spirits could cross into the world of the living.
What is All Hallow's Eve?
500
This hockey-mask-wearing villain by the name of Jason Voorhees appears in which horror movie franchise?
What is Friday the 13th?