Halloween Themed Shorts for Movie Talks

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Movie Talks are one of my absolute favorite activities to give my students comprehensible input! A Movie Talk is definitely fun and engaging, but the students get a TON of practice! These Halloween Themed Shorts for Movie Talks are great to include in October for a little Halloween themed fun!

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What is a Movie Talk?

Movie Talk is a language learning technique developed by Dr. Ashley Hastings. Basically, you play a short, muted video clip while you describe it in comprehensible language for your students.

One of the best parts about a Movie Talk is that you can talk about pretty much anything in the clip. This makes it easy to fit a lot of objectives! If you’re not familiar with a Movie Talk, check out my post here for more info on how to get started!

Grab a Halloween freebie!

Before we get into the shorts, I also wanted to share this free short story for you. It’s a fun, Halloween story – but it’s not scary, so you can use it with any of your levels!

Sign up using the form below to grab this freebie to use in your classroom as a lesson, sub plan, or just to add to your FVR library!

Halloween and Spooky Themed Shorts for Movie Talks

As with anything, make sure you preview the video! You know your school situation and your students best. What is appropriate for one setting and one age group might not work so well for another. Hopefully at least one of Halloween Themed Shorts for Movie Talks will work for your setting!

The Easy Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY2IXojrXwY

Alma

Scaredy Cat – Simon’s Cat

Grab pre-made screenshots to use from this post!

Check out this resource to go with this video shared by TeachVid HERE!

El Monstruo en el Armario

Closet Space

The Graveyard Shift

El Monstruo

Vampire’s Crown

Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaner vs The Exorcist Commercial

La Leyenda del Espantapájaros

A Creepy Pasta Short Film – White With Red (2013)

Short on prep time this week?

HALLOWEEN ROLL A STORY
After the movie talk, students roll the dice to write their own spooky story in Spanish. Print and go!

GET ROLL A STORY

HAUNTED HOUSE WRITING & CRAFT
Perfect for the day after Halloween: students design a haunted house and describe its rooms, furniture and monsters.

SEE THE HAUNTED HOUSE

More Halloween Activities

Click here to download this activity!

This short reading is a great way to celebrate Halloween in Spanish with your students!

This resource includes a short reading about a girl who wants to celebrate, but has to babysit written in comprehensible language. The reading includes vocabulary supports at the bottom of the page to help your students be successful.

The reading includes:

multiple repetitions of quiere, le gusta, & tiene (other high frequency verbs as well, but those are the most used!)
cognates
Halloween vocabulary
Recording for students to listen as they read
Vocabulary support in the form of footnotes
The reading is mainly written in PRESENT TENSE with footnotes supporting some PRETERITE usage.

Click here to grab it!

Add an Extra Layer with Pre-Watching Activities

Want to get even more out of your Halloween Themed Shorts for Movie Talks? Add a quick pre-watching activity to get students thinking in Spanish before the video even starts. You can show a still image from the short and ask students to predict what’s going to happen. Let them write a few sentences or turn and talk with a partner using phrases they know

Questions like ¿Quién es? ¿Dónde está? ¿Qué va a pasar? work well with novices and can be easily adjusted for different levels. This quick preview gets their minds in Spanish mode and builds curiosity before you hit play. You’ll be surprised at how much more engaged they are once the story begins.