Valentine's Day 2021

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

What day was it yesterday?

Valentine's Day

Goals for this lesson:

Freshen up your Valentine's Day knowledge

Learn about the history of Valentine's Day

Work on your creative writing skills

What do you need?

a notebook

What do you
know about
Valentine's Day?

What's the point
of
Valentine's Day

In the United States Valentine's Day is a very important commercial holiday. Which industry earns the most?

1. Restaurants (evening out)
2. Candy industry
3. Floral industry (red roses)
4. Jewellery industry

In which country do people spend more money on Valentine's Day than in the US?

1. France
2. India
3. Italy
4. Spain

Anti-Valentine's Day Poetry

Write the BEST Anti-Valtine's Day poem you can come up with

Use at least 6 lines

The poem has to rhyme more or less

You get 15 minutes to do this

You are allowed to use a rhyming dictionary

(e.g. https://www.rhymer.com/)

You are not allowed to mock one of your fellow pupils or a teacher...

Post your anti-Valentine's poetry here!

I think I have achieved the goals for this lesson.

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I can see that poetry is not just something for old people.

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I would like to do more poetry lessons in the future.

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Conclusion

You've practiced to write a poem and you've learned something about Valentine's day

homework

Study phrases unit 4