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CHIBA
OCTOBER
NEWSHALLOWEEN
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This month's events
Scavenger hunt
Halloween party!
This issue:
HAL L OW EEN!
HORROR M OVI ES!
UNLUCK Y THI NGS!
DARK AND SCARY
VI DEO GAM ES!
AND A L OT M ORE!
Halloween
Wh at i s Hal l ow een and h ow di d i t start?
The belief is that Halloween started in the U.K,
Ireland and Northern France as a old Celtic
festival on November 1st . Big fires were
made and costumes were worn to keep ghosts
away. People believed that the night before
the world between the living and the dead
was opened. The dead would return to the
earth. Those ghosts were thought to cause
trouble such as destroying crops. The end of
summer and of the harvest of crops meant
that the dark cold winters were on the way.
The Romans took over Celtic lands in 43 A.D,
and things began to change.The two cultures
began to mix. In the 8th century, a Pope
designated November 1st as a time to honor
all saints. The holiday was called All Saints
Day. These two days began to mix traditions
and the days slowly became one. The evening
before this day became know as All Hallows'
Eve and then later changed to Halloween. This
day changed from a religious day to a
non-religious community event. As the
tradition moved to the colony of the U.S. it
began to become more of a party event where
people told ghost stories, sang, and danced.
By the 19th century a lot of immigrants had
arrived in the U.S., especially the Irish.
Halloween became more popular than ever.
People began to dress up in costumes and go
door to door asking for food or money.
Follow this link to see the history of Halloween
in picture form!
Follow this link to see the history of
Halloween video!
HALLOWEEN
CANDY
When I was a kid, Halloween was something
that I looked forward to for months. My
parents didn't let me have much chocolate or
candy when I was kid, but Halloween was an
exception. So to get a lot of candy, my friends
and I made really elaborate
plans so we could go
trick-or-treating at as many
houses as we could. And the
most important thing to get the
candy was the bag. We didn't
use ordinary paper or plastic
bags...we used pillowcases.
Pillowcases made the perfect
bags for our candy because
they were super strong, but
also light. You might be surprised, but when I
was a kid plain pillowcases were actually the
standard bag for going trick-or-treating.
Another advantage to the pillowcase was that
a lot of times you never knew what you got
from someone until you got back home. The
reason for that was that the bags were so
deep and often the person giving you
something just dropped it in your bag so you
didn't know what it was. This usually made
for some good surprises when I got home, but
once in a while someone would give us small
apples. As a kid, getting an apple
was a big
disappointment!
A bsol utel y th e
h ardest v i deo
game ev er made!
Be prepared
to di e
This month, I would like
to tell you about a video
game that I play. I think
you might have heard of
it. It?s called Dark Souls.
It?s a third-person roleplaying game that was
made in Japan. The
player starts off cursed
in a world where all the
creatures have also
been cursed and want
to kill you. The goal is
to explore and find out
what happened. The
world that players work
through is huge. The
items that can be
collected and skills that
are learned are
numerous. The storyline
and scenery are
absolutely amazing. I
loved exploring the
worlds of Dark Souls.
That brings me to the
game's best points. Dark
Souls has some of the
darkest worlds I?ve ever
played in a game. The evil
creatures that you have to
battle are so well created
and so detailed that it's
scary. This is by far the the
most difficult game I have
ever played. Let me
repeat that, Dark Souls is
the hardest game you will
ever play. The only way to
advance in the game is to
die. You die and you have
to learn why you died.
You change what you did
and move on. The bosses
of each world are so hard I
died hundreds of times on
just one boss character. I
ended up just hitting the
power button and quitting
until another day. That?s
called "rage
quitting."
Recently, I started
Dark Souls 2 and it?s
been a blast. The
game play is the
same. The weapons
are pretty similar
but the worlds are
new and they are
beautifully done.
Dark Souls 2 is much
easier than the first
one. However I did
die about 600
times trying to
jump onto a
ledge trying to
get some
treasure.
Sp eak i n g o f
t r easu r e, I
h av e a
Jap an ese
v er si o n o f Dar k
So u l s 2 g am e. It ' s
a p r i ze f o r 1 l u ck y
g am er .Ch eck f o r
d et ai l s o n
Faceb o o k !
Ch eck th i s you tub e v i deo
f or a b etter l ook
The movie that scared me the
most when I was a kid was
?The Sixth Sense?. The movie
is about a little boy who can
see dead people (or ghosts),
but no one else can see them.
Everyone thinks he?s crazy,
but one man believes him and
tries to help him. The movie
really scared me mostly
because I was only eight years
old when I saw it. I can?t
believe my parents let me
watch that movie! It is a
really creepy movie
because it is
psychologically
horrifying. I couldn?t
sleep the whole night. I
actually slept with my
older brother and kept
the lights on all night! I
think that if you watch it
when you?re an adult, it
might not be so scary.
Regardless, it?s still a great
movie and you should
definitely watch it! ~David
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Horror
Movies
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A movie that really disturbed me
and scared me so much that I
couldn't sleep for a year was
Poltergeist. It's a movie about two
ghosts that comes to one house.
One ghost is playful but the other
ghost there is very evil. One scene
that really scared me was a scene
where a boy is listening to
thunder. After listening for a few
minutes his toy clown wakes up
and tries to kill him!
~Nik
UNLUCKY
THINGS
Di d you k now ?
Spilling salt is believed to be bad luck in some traditions. The belief is that
if you spill salt you are inviting the devil in. How did this belief start?
A long time ago salt was very expensive, so spilling salt would be very
wasteful.
Judas Iscariot was painted in Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the Last Supper.
In front of him we can see he has knocked over the salt with his elbow. A
lot of people think this represents bad luck. ~Nik
Did you know that if a black cat crosses in front of you,
something bad is going to happen to you? Black cats have
been seen as evil for hundreds of years. Some people used
to think that cats and witches were always together and
therefore, the belief that they are symbols of evil and bad
luck still persists today. One time, while I was riding my
bicycle, a black cat crossed in front of me. About five
minutes later, it started raining very hard and I fell off my
bike and hurt my knee really badly.So every time I see a
black cat, I try to stay away. You should too! ~David
One superstition that is
common in some parts
of the U.S. (but not
everywhere) is that
two-dollar bills are
unlucky. You might not
have known that the
U.S. even had a
two-dollar bill even
today, but they actually
aren't so rare. The
interesting thing is that
a lot people really don't
want to have any of
them . People have
different ideas about
the reason that they are
considered unlucky, but
one popular story
comes from gamblers.
Traditionally, when
people bet on horses at
the track, they made
two-dollar bets and
they were also paid
with two-dollar bills. So
if you were a gambler
and you went home and
someone in your family
saw your wallet, they
would have known
where you had been...at
the track instead of at
work. At that point, you
would be in trouble and
more bad luck would be
coming. So if you are in
the U.S., keep your eyes
open for two-dollar
bills. ~Jesse
What are some popular
Halloween costumes?
So m e p o p u l ar co st u m es f r o m t h e 8 0 ' s w er e
M i ch ael Jack so n , Fr ed d y Kr u g er an d A l f . I
r em em b er I d r essed u p as Fr ed d y Kr u g er f o r t w o
y ear s i n a r o w .
Her e' s a l i n k t o t h e p ast t h i r t y
y ear s an d w h at Hal l o w een
co st u m es w er e p o p u l ar .
Scr eam w as a p o p u l ar co st u m e i n
t h e l at e 9 0 ' s
I f you w ant to see h ow f ar peopl e w i l l go to
decorate on Hal l ow een, you sh oul d ch eck
out th i s store!
Jaso n , Fr an k en st ei n , an d Jo k er h av e
al w ay s b een Hal l o w een f av o r i t es,
esp eci al l y f o r b o y s.
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EA SY REA DI NG A ND QUI Z
Hal l oween is my f avorit e hol iday.
I l iked Hal l oween when I was l it t l e
because I got candy. Now, I l ike
Hal l oween because I l ike wearing
f un cost umes. Five years ago on
Hal l oween, I wore a Super Mario
cost ume t o Jabbl e. My st udent s
said it was real l y great . My shirt
was red and I had a big Mario hat .
Af t er work, I wal ked around Chiba
in my cost ume. Everyone was
real l y excit ed t o see me. It was
f un! That night , I went t o a
Hal l oween part y at a rest aurant
and I won a cont est . About f if t y
peopl e went t o t he part y, but I had
t he best cost ume! The owner gave
me t en t housand yen. I was so
happy.
1. Jesse wor e a Super Mar io
cost um e when he was lit t le. T/ F
2. Jesse went t o a Halloween
par t y at Jabble. T/ F
3. Jesse won t en t housand yen at
t he par t y. T/ F
4. What color was Jesse's shir t ?
5. How m any people went t o t he
par t y?
6. Who gave Jesse t en t housand
yen?
7. Wr it e about t he last par t y you
went t o.
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