English from Brasil #30 | To watch or not to watch?
...that is the Halloween question
Na edição anterior: English from Brasil # 29 | May I have 4 flounders, please?
Hello, hello!
Um causo
Você vai ver logo mais que eu nunca fui muito fã de Halloween – hoje, ainda menos do que antes. Enquanto escrevo essa edição, também debato a ideia de aceitar o convite para ir a uma festa de Halloween neste fim de semana.
Eu não tenho muitos amigos aqui na cidade onde moro. Foi um contato da comunidade latina que me convidou. A festa vai ser amanhã, dia 2, e confesso que torço para que seja mais uma festa de Dia de Los Muertos do que de Halloween (same same?).
Toda essa divagação mental me lembrou que, quando eu era bem criança, minha mãe adorava ver filmes de terror. Eu, que sempre queria passar mais tempo com ela, uma vez insisti em assistir a um filme com ela. Lembro pouco, mas lembro o suficiente.
Foi esse o filme que me fez ter medo de debaixo da cama por muitos e muitos anos. Talvez só anos depois entendi que a culpa foi da minha mãe do filme.
Uma pequena parte de mim tem vontade de reassisti-lo. Felizmente, meu bom senso é maior do que minha curiosidade. Pedi para o Chat GPT me dar um resuminho do filme, pois nem o trailer eu quero ver.
Pet Sematary is a horror film based on Stephen King's novel, exploring themes of grief and the consequences of tampering with death. The story follows the Creed family, who move to a rural town and discover a mysterious burial ground in the woods near their home. After tragedy strikes, they learn that anything buried there comes back to life—but with a dark twist. The film, known for its unsettling atmosphere and moral dilemmas, has had two adaptations: one in 1989 and a darker, more modern retelling in 2019. It’s a classic tale warning that some things are best left undisturbed.
De fato, “some things are best left undisturbed.”
Se você já assistiu (ou assistir), me conta: tenho razão em carregar esse medinho ao longo da minha vida adulta?
A quote
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A lesson
I have a hunch that everyone thinks English teachers love celebrating Halloween. Maybe because it has always been a big gimmick in language centers. Luckily, the school where I work part-time now is nowhere close to that. I myself have never been a big fan of Halloween.
However, last year and last week I had little kids turn up to class wearing cute Halloween t-shirts even though they have no idea what Halloween is truly about. Do we?
Anyway, I decided to make my kids’ classes a bit Halloween-y this week and figured I should share some with you too.
I will be reading Winnie the Witch with them tomorrow and Sunday and here’s the same story they will watch afterwards.
To practice:
After watching the story, record a voice note telling what the story is about. An alternative it to write it first in order to organize your thoughts and then record it.
A question
"What’s a fear you’ve overcome, and what did you learn from it?”
FIVE Random Things
🦊 ****Thankful fox! [video - link] [text - link]
🙃 We all have a moment for 28 cat memes! [link]
💀 Still on (children) Halloween lessons… [link]
🫙How to deal with bad feelings [link]
🇮🇳 A few months ago, an Instagram follower became a student who is know someone I root for! She is on her way to making a dream come true in India now, and this message is for her, and for you, and for me… [link]
Glossary
to root for someone: to express or show support for (a person, a team, etc.) : to hope for the success of (someone or something)
hunch: an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof
to overcome: succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).
Se você gostou dessa edição, encaminha para os amigos?
See you next week! 👋🏽
Karen Rito
English from Brasil 🌎✨
Winnie the Witch seems to be my kind of Halloween! 😄