Instituto Internacional: Inglés Americano para Jóvenes

Scary Stories

Katie’s Young Learners 6 class wrote SCARY STORIES in the days leading up to Halloween. You can read them here, but be warned: They are creepy, chilling and horrifying!

By Carmen Del Olmo Rosado

My grandparents have a very big house in the mountains, near a small village.

Everything started one winter evening. It was my grandfather’s birthday, and because of this, all my family was there.

We were having dinner when my grandmother realized that we had drunk all the wine, so she asked my father to go to the garden shed to get one more bottle.

My father went into the garden. It was very dark but he wasn’t afraid, it was his parents house, nothing could happen.

He entered the shed where my grandparents kept the food, and when he took the bottle he heard a noise. He looked around but he couldn’t see anything.

He returned to the house and we finished dinner. Then, everyone had to go back to their houses in Madrid, except my aunt, who was going to spend the night there with her husband.

Everyone had gone and my aunt went to bed, but my uncle wasn’t tired, so he stayed up.

My aunt was in bed when she heard a noise outside. She got up and looked out the window and saw the shed door slam shut.

She was really afraid and called her husband, but his mobile phone started ringing inside the house somewhere.

She didn’t know where her husband was, but she didn’t want to go outside.

Suddenly she heard voices in the garden, she looked outside and saw two shadows.

She was really scared, but she was also worried about her husband, so finally she went out with a flashlight and saw two men in the distance.

She run into the house to call the police, but when she was taking the phone, the door opened and her husband appeared in the doorway.

She explained to her husband how frightened she had been, and he told her that her brother, my father, forgot his bag and he had had to return to get it.

Suddenly the door flew opened and her brother came in. Continue Reading Scary Stories…

Happy Halloween!

October 31st is Halloween, which is a very popular holiday in North America.

The Young Learners classes at the Institute had Halloween parties, which included some traditional games like Pin the Nose on the Jack-o’-Lantern (like Pin the Tail on the Donkey) spoon races (but with eyeballs instead of eggs!). Ghost Bowling was fun, with ghosts instead of bowling pins and pumpkins to roll instead of bowling balls. The kids also made some  crafts like masks, mummies in coffins, and lollipop ghosts. On Saturday, the teachers carved jack-o’-lanterns with their classes, too.

Some of the Young Learners 4, 5 and 6 students led the activities for the younger students, and they were a big help. Even the older kids joined in the  games. Everyone got to try some typical North American Halloween candy.

The Spooky Photo Booth was a big hit with students and teachers. Some students even lost their heads! Have a look:

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Fall has arrived at the Institute

Fall took a long time to arrive, but it finally came. Here are some fall collages the Kids’ Club students made of autumn leaves.

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They learned this song about the seasons:

Autumn into winter,

Winter into spring,

Spring turns into summer,

Everybody sing.

Kids’ Club students also read a library book and listened to a song about the life cycle of a pumpkin:

As we know, fall days get shorter and the nights get longer. But there are lots of things that make fall fun, like playing in the leaves, making pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns and celebrating Halloween!