HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Another fantastic Halloween at Smith’s school of English in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. Our 4th annual Halloween party was held this Saturday, with pizza, snacks, pumpkins, jack-o-lantern carving, games, Halloween videos and more. Check out a few of the jack-o-lanterns that our students carved below. Students came in a variety of creative costumes- […]
Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern
Hi! This is Al from the Okamoto School (スミス英会話岡本校) Do you know the legend of the Jack-O-Lantern? I ran across this story on the Internet. I thought it was fun so I made it into a lesson. It seemed opportune for use this week. There seem to be many versions of the story as it […]
Halloween Fun at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi
Halloween is coming up on Sunday, so this week I have something special that is often made at Halloween time in the entrance of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi(塚口), Amagasaki(尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). I show it to students after their lessons before they leave and ask them what it’s […]