Halloween is one of my all time favorite childhood memories. It’s the one time of year where you can dress up and pretend to be someone you’re not and get free candy! What’s better than that? I still remember going to many haunted houses with my family and also haunted corn mazes as well as hayrides. I also, still remember the days when Halloween fell on a school day and we would dress up in our costumes to go to school to take part in a parade. We would do some fun activities the week of Halloween in school for example; we would make homemade decorations, popcorn hands and watch some spooky movies. It was one of the most exciting times during my elementary school years. The best part was when I use to come home from school and get ready to go out trick-or-treating with my sisters and friends in my same costume! We would walk for hours and come home exhausted. I would spill my candy out all over the floor and see what goodies I received. My dad and mom would sort through my sisters and I candies. I remember watching over their shoulders to see which candies they got rid of and hoped it wasn’t my favorite candies. Afterwards, we would pick out a few candies to bring to school the next day for snack. Even though I am older I still enjoy Halloween in different ways. I now watch and experience the memories through my friend’s children and my baby cousins. Seeing how excited they get and preparing for their treat-or-treating trip is just amazing to watch. I also now go out to haunted houses with friends and with the little kids as well. Nothing is better than watching new memories form and being a part of them.
Vocabulary:
Memories- Things that happened in the past that a person remembers
Costumes- Clothes wore to look like someone or something else
Decorations- Items used to put around house to add some festive for a holiday
Spooky- Frightening
Exhausted- Very tired
Goodies- Treats
Vocabulary Cloze Exercise: Put the correct vocabulary words in the blank.candies.
2. Halloween is the one time of year where people can wear ____________to be
someone they are not.
3. Becoming an adult makes you look back on the wonderful __________you had
as a child.
4. __________are a huge part of the holiday seasons.
5. John fell to the ground from being ___________after finishing the mile run.
6. Halloween is a _____________time of year!
Grammar Point: This passage has many verbs in the past tense as well as the present tense. List those verbs and any other words that indicate the past tense as well as the present tense.
Grammar Exercise: Write a paragraph explaining your best memories of
Halloween and why. Be sure to use past tense verbs and present tense verbs as
well as any vocabulary words.
