Valentine's Day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

1Ht English

13 - 02 - 2020

Today's Lesson

• Vocabulary: learning words that have to do with Valentine's Day and describing them using your own words

• Reading/watching: Understanding the history of Valentine's Day and answering trivia questions about it.

• Grammar (Unit 4) : will / may / might

Valentine's Day

Let's check!

1.  Flowers (roses), heart shaped sweets, cards, (heart shaped box of) chocolates, balloons, teddy bears, jewellery, heart shaped cupcakes, special music playlists, poems
2. jail (line 13)
3. A: the day St Valentine died
4. During Christmas season
5. anonymously = by somebody who does not want their name to be known or made public
6. You send a pink rose to a friend, a red rose to someone you secretly love
   

Reading : Newswise

• Read the text and answer the questions
• Start with exercise 3 !
• Done?
  
•      Underline the words that have to do with Valentine's Day
•      Do the tasks on the other side of the page

• 8-10 minutes / silently / individually  / music is OK
  

The US was the first country where people wrote Valentine's Day cards.

1. True
2. False

More heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold than roses.

1. True
2. False

How much money do Americans spend on Valentine's Day per person per year?

1. 110
2. 120
3. 130

Choose the correct top 3 of gifts

1. 1 candy; 2 flowers; jewellery
2. 1 jewels; 2 flowers; 3 candy
3. 1 flowers; 2 candy; 3 jewellery
4. 1 candy; 2 jewellery; 3 flowers

What is considered the "ultimate romantic gesture"?

1. Buying an expensive ring
2. Proposing
3. Breaking up

Unit 4 Grammar : will / may / might

From tuesday's lesson:

• I think schools will be bigger in the future.
• Robots will replace teachers.
• Students may/might study different subjects than now.

• Predictions
  

Unit 4 Grammar : will / may / might

If I should stay, I would only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know
I'll think of you every step of the way
And I will always love you

I will always love you

• > We also use will to make a promise to someone.

Write down 2 promises

Vocabulary game

• Two groups, two referees (I'm one of them)
  
• Both groups get a set of Valentine's Day-related vocabulary
• The first person picks a card and describes it using their own words - WITHOUT saying the word on the card!
• When guessed, the next person picks a card, etc.
• The group that guesses the most cards in 3 minutes wins!