[Halloween Quest for magical lessons]

An interactive Halloween-themed quest board with 12 immersive stations combining language learning, critical thinking, and cultural exploration for B1–C1 levels.

This board runs on Miro — an easy and interactive platform. If you’re new to it, here’s a quick intro video.

 

🍬 Trick or Treat: Icebreaker activity where students pick a candy that hides either a fun question or a spooky challenge.

⚖️ Would You Rather: Speaking activity with dilemma questions.

🎥 The History of Halloween: Video comprehension with ready-made questions and an answer key — students learn about the origins of Halloween.

🐈 Black Cats Mysteries: Video and short text featuring fascinating facts about black cats and their dark superstition history, followed by reflection questions.

🌾 The Scarecrow: Interesting trivia about scarecrows + a lyric-gap exercise based on Scarecrow by Pink Floyd.

😈 Guess the Character: Game where students identify villains from short descriptions and discuss what turns someone into a villain — nature or society?

🎃 Stingy Jack & Jack-o’-Lanterns: Reading activity with multiple-choice questions exploring the legend behind the pumpkin lantern tradition.

🧛 Halloween Personality Test: BuzzFeed quiz “There Are 5 Distinct Types of Halloween People.”

🚫 Controversial Costumes: Reading based on the Good Housekeeping article “Offensive Halloween Costumes That Shouldn’t Exist” — students discuss disrespectful costume choices and cultural sensitivity.

👻 Ghost Stories: Podcast The Cock Lane Ghost: A London Scandal with comprehension questions + North Carolina Ghost Stories.

🔮 Choose Your Fate: Fortune-card activity in which students draw a “destiny card.”

🚪The Final Door: Students complete a story using riddle answers, check solutions with a flashlight, and find the hidden “You’re saved!” button.