Tuesday February 14 St Valentine's day- lesson th3a

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Today:

 

St Valentine's day.

Do you celebrate Valentine's day? Why/why not?

Targets

In this lesson, students will explore and/or practice...

-the basic history of Valentine's day

-why people celebrate Valentine's day

-how Valentine's day is celebrated

- listening skills

creative writing

St Valentine's day

Listen to the history of St Valentine's day.  Make notes.

Valentine was a priest in ....

1. Greece
2. Canada
3. Rome
4. England

Why did Emperor Claudius have the priest Valentine killed?

1. He secretly married soldiers to other soldiers.
2. He refused to marry the Emperor and his lover.
3. He refused to marry soldiers and their loved ones.
4. He married soldiers and their loved ones in secret.

Why do you think Emperor Claudius banned marriage?

1. He believed that marriage was only for royalty.
2. He believed that marriage was evil.
3. He believed that marriage made people stronger.
4. He believed that marriage made soldiers weak.

What phrase did Valentine write in his farewell letter?

1. Happy Valentine's day.
2. You are my Valentine.
3. My only Valentine.
4. From your Valentine.

Which year did 14th February become St Valentine's Day?

1. 496 AD
2. 496 BC
3. 469 AD
4. 469 BC

Why did Christians choose the 14th of February for St Valentines Day?

1. To try and stop a pagan festival of sacrifice and eating.
2. No real reason.
3. So people could celebrate two things on the same day.
4. It was already a special day for Christians.

What is the connection between Chaucer and Valentine's day?

What inspired Esther Holland, the mother of the American Valentine, to make Valentine cards?

1. Reading people's love notes
2. She read it in a book
3. Beautiful English cards
4. The story of Saint Valentine

Name three gifts (in English) that are traditionally given on Saint Valentines Day

The next video shows you facts and statistics about Valentine's day

Which fact or statistic did you find most interesting?

What did you learn about Valentine's day today?

creative writing assignment

choose (assignment also in Handbook):

- write a poem about love

- create several 'Loesjes'

- create several 'Love is' sayings

- write your loved one a letter

hand in: magister.learn, 14/02 duh

with love....

your English teacher