I have been teaching small groups of Chinese students and stumbled on the idea of having a "Joke of the Day". I got a list of "Dad Jokes" and curated them for usability and start the class with one. Jokes help students learn how to express themselves in English in a more natural setting (than reading a text aloud, for example). I ask students to tell they jokes to their parents and report back if their parents laughed. I ask them to repeat last week�s joke, etc. Some Dad Jokes rely on puns and wouldn�t work translated while other jokes would work in any language. It is interesting to see what students find funny. Here are some examples of what I mean. 

 

What do you call a tiger with three eyes? A t i-i-i ger.

 

What do you call a bear with no ears? A B

 

What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh

 

Why do birds fly? It is faster than walking. 

Here�s a couple of sheets from me.

 http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/search.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=jokes&userid=502696&user=cunliffe

 

I like doing something similar with cracker jokes at Christmas.

Here�s the sheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/holidays_and_traditions/christmas_/Christmas_cracker_jokes_922912/ 

 

You could also have fun with some Halloween-themed jokes.

Why didn�t the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no body to go with!

What kind of witch lives at the beach? A sand witch! (etc) 

I like doing something similar with cracker jokes at Christmas.

Here�s the sheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/holidays_and_traditions/christmas_/Christmas_cracker_jokes_922912/ 

 

You could also have fun with some Halloween-themed jokes.

Why didn�t the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no body to go with!

What kind of witch lives at the beach? A sand witch! (etc) 

I love using humour for language teaching and have sticks of puns and jokes like these on my homograph sheets, sorted by seasons and including Halloween ones too, feel free to check them out:

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/meaning/homographs/Funny_English_HALLOWEEN_Homon_1019409/

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/meaning/homographs/Funny_English_Spring_Homonyms_1011933/

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/meaning/homographs/Funny_English_SUMMER_Homonyms_1011934/

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/meaning/homographs/Funny_English_AUTUMN_Homonyms_1011973/

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/meaning/homographs/Funny_English_WINTER_Homonyms_1011975/