Methodical development of extracurricular activities in English оn the topic:"St.Valentine's Day"

Kyiv Professional College with Intensified Military and Physical Training

Methodical development

of extracurricular activities in English оn the topic:

                     "St.Valentine's Day" 

                               Author of Methodical work:

                                           Teacher of English

                                                                                                                    N.M. Yakovenko  

Kyiv-2019

Topic: extracurricular event to St. Valentine’s Day

• main purpose : to create comfortable conditions in which every student can feel  successful, intelligent and fledged

• practical purpose: to promote the expansion of the worldview, to encourage the search for new information and to motivate pupils to the study English

• teaching purpose: to introduce students to the traditions and customs of the English-speaking countries

• developing purpose: to develop students' skills and creative abilities 

• educational purpose: to develop the ability to work in groups; develop a cognitive interest in learning the English language, the English culture, and traditions.

• equipment:

-presentation with illustrations, heart-shaped lollipops, a disk with lyric melodies, three rolls of colored toilet paper, quiz text

The course of the event

(The hall is decorated with paper hearts, red and pink balloons, thematic wallpapers and sayings about love.)

Three groups of students take part in the event. A sweet saxophone melody "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston is sounding in the hall.

 On the screen, there is the inscription:

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I. Presenter (the teacher): Good morning, dear friends! Love! Happiness! Beauty! There are not so many days in a year when we pronounce these pleasant words. Today you have an excellent chance to plunge into the atmosphere of love, to find out many interesting things about the origin of the St. Valentine’s Day and its traditions; listen to beautiful romantic poems and take part in some activities.

(The pupil recites the verse "Valentine's Day")

 It's Valentine's Day

by Jack Prelutsky

It's Valentine's Day. And in the street
There's freezing rain, and slush, and sleet.
The wind is fierce. The skies are gray.
I don't think I'll go out today.
But here inside the weather's warm.
There is no trace of wind or storm.
And you just made the morning shine.
You said you'd be my Valentine.

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I Presenter (the teacher): 

The English,  believe that on February 14, nature turns toward spring and for birds the season of mating games starts. The old English saying goes: "On Valentine's day all birds in the air are connected in pairs.

Many more proverbs are relevant to the day of love. I propose a small contest of proverbs and idioms about love. Can you translate them correctly?

(Competition No. 1   Contest of proverbs. The teacher reads the statement written on the paper heart and then gives it to the pupil who raised his hand and gave the correct answer the first. The owner of the most number of hearts receives a prize. )

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• To pop the Question
• Those three little words
• To Fall in love
• To patch up a relationship
• Love cannot be forced.
• Love in a cottage.
• A love nest
•  Love is blind.
• Love is neither bought, nor sold.
• Love makes the world go round.
• Puppy love.

I Presenter (the teacher):  But who was Saint Valentine and why was this romantic day named after him?  There are different legends about the origins of Valentine's Day. Let’s discuss the most famous of them

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II Presenter (the pupil):  In ancient Rome, Emperor Claudius found out that men did not want to be recruited into his army because they wanted to stay with their wives and children. Therefore, he banned all marriages. For Roman people, it was a big shock… they continued to fall in love and to dream about a happy family. The young priest called Valentine started to marry people secretly. When Claudius II knew about it, he had Valentine bitten to death. Later on, for his bravery and dedication to love, priest Valentine gained the title “Saint”.

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III Presenter (the pupil):  Another legend said that young priest Valentine helped christians to escape Roman prisons and, and after some time   he got arrested too. Valentine had the ability to heal people and  he cured the  jailer's blind daughter. After she could see perfectly well, young people fell in love. Before his execution Valentine wrote her a farewell letter just, signing: “From your Valentine”. From that very moment on, this phrase gained immortality.

I Presenter (the teacher):  As we are talking about lovers, I suggest you listen to a beautiful poem. This is William Shakespeare's sonnet 130(two students read the verse: in English and in Ukrainian)

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I Presenter (the teacher): A very nice poem, is not it? The proverb says: «It is not only necessary to love, it is necessary to say so». I invite team members to take part in the competition for the best compliment to a loved one. Now you should name all the sweet words you know.

(Competition No. 2 The participants should approach the girls standing at a certain distance uttering a compliment at every step. The one who comes closest wins.)

II Presenter (the pupil):  I want to tell you about the symbols of St. Valentine's Day.

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Once upon a time, people believed that love was hidden in the heart. Therefore, in our time, the heart is a symbol of love and Valentine's Day.

Cupid, the Son of Venus, the goddess of love. He can make a man fall in love with a shot of one of his magic arrows.

Red rose. Rose is the favorite flower of Venus, the goddess of love. Red is the color of strong feelings. A red rose is a flower of love.

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Doves and lovebirds. Traditionally, they  symbolize love. Pigeons do not change a partner all their lives. 

In Africa, colorful parrots are called birds. When they meet in pairs, they sit very close together.

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II Presenter (the pupil): 

  Rings. In most countries, people exchange rings during an engagement and a wedding. 

Gloves

In the past times, if a man wanted to marry a woman, he "asked for her hand." The hand became a symbol of love and marriage. Soon gloves also became a symbol of marriage.

Lace

Hundreds of years ago, women had lacy handkerchiefs. If a lady liked a man, she dropped her handkerchief, and a man next to her had to raise it and return to the woman.  Soon lace became fully associated with a love story.

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I Presenter (the teacher):  For Valentine's Day, people send a valentine to their beloved. Valentine is a card in the shape of a heart in which the words of love are written. Typically, valentines are not signed. Texts can be quite different: lyrical, sad or funny. I suggest listening to some verses. While we will listen to the poem, I invite some pupils to participate in the contest. You have to change the set of letters in order to get be the word.

(Competition No. 3 Prince Charming. Three pairs of participants are given 3 rolls of colored toilet paper. The boys should "dress" their partners in a paper dress while the melody sounds. Then the beauties should walk along the catwalk. The girl in the best dress and her prince get lollipops.)

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(Pupils recite short verses)

• By Jessica Blade Your Name 
  
  I wrote your name in the sky,
  but the wind blew it away.
  I wrote your name in the sand,
  but the waves washed it away.
  I wrote your name in my heart,
  and forever it will stay.
   

• by Robert Burns
  
  My love is like a red red rose
  That’s newly sprung in June;
  My love is like the melodie
  That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
  
  So fair (are you) art thou, my (beautiful darling, sweetheart) bonnie lass,
  So deep in love am I;
  And I will love (you) thee still, my dear,
  Till a’ the seas (gone) gang dry.

III Presenter (the pupil): 

Now a few words about the traditions.

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Italians consider it their duty to give sweets to their beloved on this day. In Italy, they call it ‘sweet”.

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In England, the most popular gifts for Valentine's Day after valentines are candy hearts and soft Teddy bears. The English send love letters even to their animals, especially dogs and horses.

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In America, these days, 108 million roses are usually sold, mostly red, and 692 million dollars are  spent for  candies

IV Presenter (the pupil): 

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   At passionate Frenchmen on Valentine's Day it is customary to give jewelry. The French also have a contest for the longest kiss.

 In romantic Denmark people send each other dried white flowers.

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   In Britain, unmarried girls on February 14 rise before sunrise, stand near the window and look at the passing men. According to the belief, the first man they see will be the one who is stripped.

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V. Presenter (the pupil): 

In Japan, girls give men chocolate, and men compete, who can shout out a declaration of love louder.

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On February 14 all German psychiatric hospitals are decorated with scarlet ribbons, because the Germans consider Valentine to be the patron of the mentally ill.

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  Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where this holiday ... is officially banned, and under pain of heavy fines.

I Presenter (the teacher):  Let's sum up the results of the competition of anagrams and see who is the winner.

And now a few questions to all our participants. Let's see how carefully you listened to our stories (a short quiz.) For every correct answer, they get a lollipop in the shape of a heart.

Dear friends, it's time to say goodbye. But we have one more little surprise. It's a lovely short poem about love.

 Your smile

 Thank you very much for participating and up to new meetings. Happy Valentine's Day!

List of used Internet resources

• www.probelov.net
• http://www.englishexpert.ru/english-blog/kak-wyuchit-angliiskiy/slova-vyrazheniya/den-svyatogo-valentina-frazy-na-anglijjskom/

•  https://www.desicomments.com/riddles/riddles/valentines-day-riddles/page/6/s:
• http://englishon-line.ru/leksika-spravochnik9.html
• http://dtg.adminu.ru/2013/01/for-valentines-day/
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• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/valentines-day/7187784/History-of-Valentines-Day.html
• http://news.discovery.com/history/history-valentines-day-121302.htm 
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