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Halloween, Jack-o-lantern origin story

An irasutoya picture book inspired by the story of Stingy Jack.

I included a Japanese translation (with the help of Google sensei).
You can give it to the Japanese teachers as a reference.
There's also a make your own jack-o-lantern worksheet the students can do after reading the story.

I tried to keep the PowerPoint simple so the file wouldn't be too big so there's no fancy animations etc.
Feel free to add them after you download it!
Feel free to change the wording/grammar to fit your classes.
I tried to use easy English at the beginning and then kind of gave up towards the end.
There are different versions of events of this story too so feel free to change it if you want.

Here is the Google Slides version,

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M8-67p7jJz5CX6imPQWuWFELZQfGppI_XfZLSED_2qs/edit?usp=sharing

Files:
Small files
  • Pumpkin Coloring Sheet.pdf (65.9 KB)
  • Stingy Jack Translation.pdf (593 KB)
  • Medium files (requires an account to download) -
  • Halloween, Stingy Jack.pptx (37.5 MB)
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    Submitted by LeggoMyEigo October 24, 2024 Estimated time: 10-20 mins
    1. nisaa1234 October 25, 2024

      Nicely made! My teacher asked me about Jack O’ Lantern. I will show this to my special needs class. and big thanks for the translation.

    2. Monica_B October 25, 2024

      I just read about this 'nice' Jack fellow when someone else on here posted about Halloween and mentioned Jack in the origin. This is very cute.

    3. Monica_B October 25, 2024

      By the way, where did you get the pictures from??

    4. LeggoMyEigo October 25, 2024

      @Monica_B Thanks! I got the pictures from irasutoya.com. They have all sorts of illustrations and they're all pngs too.

    5. SkyBlu October 28, 2024

      this is so cute!! Did you manually change the colors of irasutoya images in photoshop or something?

    6. Monica_B October 28, 2024

      I've seen and used that site a little, but didn't see many different variations. I will inspect that site even more now! Thanks!!

    7. LeggoMyEigo October 29, 2024

      @SkyBlu, I changed the images with PowerPoint. It has a "transparent background" edit for images. I would make everything but the hair transparent and then change the color to make Jack not basic etc.

      @Monica_B sometimes if you search what you want in the search box in Japanese, more options pop up!

    8. dog world November 8, 2024

      This is so good :) I love how you used the images! Thanks for sharing!

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