Activity
Halloween Jokes: Presentation Lesson
Spice up tech lessons (Powerpoint, Slides, Keynote) using Halloween jokes!
Laughter is the best medicine! Trying spicing up your tech lesson by throwing in some Halloween Humor! Each student can create two slides: the first slide has the question and the second slide has the answer. Encourage your student to include an image with each slide – each image must include an alt text description!
This is an inclusive activity for the whole class. The activity can be done with any device and any presentation app (Google Slides, PowerPoint, Keynote), and with or without a screen reader.
Note: Students who cannot see the image still need to learn how to find and insert images into a presentation. This is a great opportunity for the student to practice self-advocacy skills by asking a peer to confirm the image and other visual aspects of his/her slide. The student should ask leading questions, such as the size of the font and picture, readability, etc.
Collaboration
Students can create their slide to be a part of a shared classroom presentation. As a class, go through each joke and enjoy the laughter!
Don’t want to create your own Halloween jokes? Students can use the jokes below and/or do a quick Internet search to find additional jokes!
Halloween Jokes
Where do mummies go for a swim?
- To the Dead Sea
Who did Frankenstein take to the prom?
- His ghoulfriend
What do you call married spiders?
- Newly Webbed
How do you STOP a werewolf from attacking you?
- Throw a stick and shout “fetch!”
What is a vampire’s favorite holiday?
- Fangsgiving!
What time does a jack-o-lantern eat?
- Once you carve out its mouth!
What do witches use to keep their hair up?
- Scarespray
What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon?
- A Sour-Puss
Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
- Because he had no guts!
Why didn’t the mummy have friends?
- Because he was wrapped up in himself!
What road has the most ghosts haunting it?
- A dead-end!
Do you know how to make a witch itch?
- You take away the w!
What animal is best at baseball?
- A bat!
Why didn’t the zombie go to school?
- He felt rotten!
Why did the cyclops stop teaching?
- Because he only had one pupil!
Download the Halloween Jokes Document here.
Modification
Working with a young student who is not typing yet or is not ready to create his/her own slide? You can create a slide deck with Halloween jokes and have your student practice navigating through the slide show. Be sure that images have alt text descriptions!
Align with Tech Scope and Sequence
- Presentations Kindergarten: Navigate Slides
- Presentations First Grade: Create, edit, and format text on a slide
- Presentations Second Grade: Create, edit, and format text on a slide, create a series of slides and organize them to present research or convey an idea, Copy and paste or import graphics; change their size and position on a slide
Resources
- Tech Standards: Keynote Presentation with Voiceover Activity Part 1
- Tech Standards: Creating Keynote Presentations Part 2 (Student created video tutorial)
- Tech Standards: Accessing Keynote Presentations with VoiceOver
- Creating PowerPoint with JAWS: Command
- ChromeVox: Google Slides Video Tutorial
- Navigating Google Slides with ChromeVox
by Diane Brauner
