Long Beach's Fall Festival

This weekend consisted of many fun fall activities at Long Beach's Fall Festival as the weather was some of the best we've seen this season. As leaves start to ______ and a nice cool temperature moves in many are beginning to decorate, pick pumpkins and finalize their Halloween costumes. The city of Long Beach did their part in celebrating the season with a Fall Festival. A variety of activities lined the pavement right outside of Town Hall, everything from petting zoos to vendors selling their own unique items and a wine tasting event. The town even incorporated donations going to an organization in need through a pumpkin picking event and their petting zoo. Children had the chance to go on the merry go round or ferris wheel, while adults had the ability to take part in the wine tasting. We even got to see a couple of dogs dressed up in their best Halloween costumes too!

This festival brought many people from not only the town and villages outside the city by the sea, but also from New York City. As this event continues to take place every weekend at the Town Hall I'll be hoping that I can make a pit stop back for an apple cider donut or two! It was a great event put together by the city of Long Beach and I can't wait until the next comes.

Vocabulary List:
1. Decorate (verb) - make something look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.
2. Costume (noun) - a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. 
3. Unique (adjective) - being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. 
4. Donation (noun) - something that is given to a charity, especially a sum of money. 
5. Petting Zoo (noun) - a zoo at which visitors, especially children, may handle and feed the animals. 
6. Halloween (noun) - the night of October 31, commonly celebrated by children who dress in costume and solicit candy or other treats door-to-door. 

Vocabulary Exercises:

Fill in the blanks using the correct vocabulary words listed above:
1. I have to go to the Fall Festival, they just brought a kangaroo for their _______________.
2. Nick brought pumpkins home with paint so we can _________________.
3. Adam told Janice that she had a very nice ___________, she was dressed up as Spongebob.
4. __________________ takes place on the night of October 31. 
5. If you're lucky a _________ costume like yours may win you a prize, it's one of a kind. 

6. In order to bring a pumpkin home you have to make a __________ to the charity at the entrance.

Grammar Point:

Adjectives: "describing words;" provide information about the qualities of something described in a noun.
Examples: vibrant, boring, exhausted, beautiful, young, scary


Grammar Exercise:
What are some adjectives you would use to describe a fall festival? List them below.
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________

4. ___________________