Grade 2-3 - ESL Lesson - Halloween - PowerPoint Lesson

This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 2-3 learners. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.

🎃 Grade 2–3 ESL Lesson – Halloween Costumes & Trick-or-Treating

Make Halloween fun and language-rich with this interactive ESL PowerPoint lesson!
Designed for Grades 2–3, this 40-minute lesson introduces students to Halloween traditions and costumes through clear visuals, chants, games, and sentence practice.

🧠 Target Vocabulary

witch | vampire | werewolf | zombie | costume | trick-or-treat | candy | fly | run | eat | drink

💬 Target Language

• Trick-or-treat! Who are you?
  → I’m a witch. I can fly.
  → I’m a vampire. I drink blood.
  → I’m a zombie. I eat brains.
  → I’m a werewolf. I run fast.

Students learn simple grammar patterns with “I’m a ___.” / “I (can/eat/drink/run) ___.” while acting them out for maximum engagement.

🕹 Lesson Features

• Warm-up & Rules Slides – keep students focused and ready

• Step-by-step Trick-or-Treat sequence – learn what kids do on Halloween

• Costume Vocabulary Section – vivid pictures of each character

• TPR Action Game – move, act, and say the words

• Guessing & Review Games – “Who am I?” challenge for comprehension

• The Ghost Game – fun speaking race with sentence building

• Drawing Activity – creative wrap-up (“I’m a werewolf. I run fast.”)

📺 Bonus

Includes a YouTube walkthrough with Teacher Matt demonstrating how to teach the lesson:
Watch here → https://youtu.be/iW-58XCH9wU

Watch the video to see the full lesson and how to teach it. 

Slide total: 68 (You can see a few of the slides here)