Урок на тему "My Valentines Day"

Lesson Plan

Topic:  Holidays and traditions

Subtopic: St. Valentine's Day

Form: 8

Objectives∶ develop listening, reading, writing and speaking skills; to teach the children the legend of the holiday, interesting facts of the holiday; to learn new words to the topic, to form pupils habits of communication according to the given topic; to develop interest to learning English culture;

Outcomes∶ by the end of the lesson the pupils will know the legend and interesting facts of the holiday, they will be able to use new vocabulary and write a valentine card in English, they will be able to speak about this holiday.

Materials∶  laptop, video ’’Facts for Kids about St. Valentine’s Day’’, the legend about the holiday; cards for pupils; ready-made valentine cards.  

Lesson Procedure

1. The Beginning of the Lesson

       1. Greeting.

Good morning children! Sit down, please. How are you today?

      2. Warm-up

What is weather like today? Do you like such weather? Why? Ok, thank you. What can you say about love? Have you ever fallen in love?

2. The Main Part

T∶ - Today at our English lesson we are going to learn about English culture – because it’s impossible to learn English language without learning the culture of its native country. 

We will read the  legend bout this holidy  and  then we’ll watch a video about interesting facts of this holiday, we’ll answer some question  and write valentines cards.

  Today we'll speak about love.

As you know there are many kind of love. They are Parents’ love, friends’ love, true love and so one. For every person love is something unique, personal. Every person understands love in different way. Poets and writers wrote many fine works about love.  

T∶ - So let’s start. At first, look at the board. You can see a sheet with three columns. During the lesson we are going to complete it .

What I know about Valentine's Day	What I want to know about it	What I have learned about this holiday

 

 

 T:   So, what do you know about St. Valentine’s Day?

P: - We know that it is celebrated on the 14^th of February. People usually gave presents and valentine cards on this holiday. People show their love to others.

Т: What do you want to know about this holiday?

P: Why it is called so, the legend of this holiday.

Ok. Thank you. And at the end of the lesson we’ll complete the last column – what you have learned about this holiday at our lesson.

 

 Listening Comprehension

 (Work in groups)

T: - Now we are going to watch a video “Interesting Facts about St. Valentine’s Day”. I devide you in two groups. Your task is to write the information you watch and hear next to the numbers and words you have on the cards I’ll give you. Do it quick and you will be the winner.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeCvcMs-p0g

Card

Watch a video and write information next to the numbers and words below∶

1 billion = 1 000 000 000

Teachers

France, Canada, Mexico, Italy , Denmark, Australia

Over 1 million = 1 000 000

Every February, 14th

 

       Work with new words. 

       Pre-Reading Activity

   T: Valentine's Day is very romantic holiday of those who are in love. Which words do you associate with this holiday?

And we have some new words to this topic. Remember these words because trey  are in our text.

     to love/to fall in love/being in love―любити

     a gift―подарунок

     sweetheart―закоханий

     to sign – підписувати

     a card – листівка

     a message – повідомлення

     Valentines―валентинки

     flowers―квіти

     broken heart―розбите серце

     patron―покровитель

     a priest – священник   

    get married – одружитися

 

        Reading

T: - We are going to read the text one by one.

Saint Valentine’s Day

There is an interesting legend about St. Valentine’s Day. A long time ago in Rome there was a priest named Valentine. At that time the Emperor of Rome was Claudius. He wasn’t very popular because he was trying to get more and more people for his army. The men didn’t want to go to the army and Claudius thought it was because they didn’t want to leave their wives and children. “If they don’t get married, they’ll join the army”, he thought and passed a law which banned marriage.

Valentine felt sorry for young people who were in love. He secretly married them. One night the Emperor’s soldiers caught him and put him in prison. Valentine was going to die.

Many young people felt sorry for Valentine and visited him in prison. One of them was the daughter of a prison guard. On the day of execution Valentine wrote a note to her and signed it “Love from Valentine”. Some people say it happened on the 14^th of February.

Since then the 14^th of February has been the Day of Love, when people send special cards with romantic messages. They don’t sign the cards with their names, but write “Guess Who” or “Your Valentine”.

 

Post-Reading Activity

T: Have you understood the legend?  Now answer my question to the text Saint Valentine’s day .

1.    When do we celebrate Valentine's day?
2.    What do people do on this day?

3.   Why the men didn’t want to go to the army?
4.    Why did St Valentine go to prison?
5.    How should you sign a valentine?
 

         Writing  "A Secret Message"

T: - Let's try to decode a secret message. I devide you in two team and give you a card with secret message and code key. Use the code key to find secret message and write it in your exercise books. The winner of this competition is the quickest team. Let's start working.

T: I give you cards with some examples of writing Valentines cards. Choose what you like and write it down.

 

 Speaking

T: - And now it’s time to complete the last column of the sheet.  So what have you learned today?

P: - The holiday is called so because of the bishop Valentine, who helped people in love to get married. It is mostly celebrated in the USA, UK, France, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, Australia. This holiday began in Rome, 270 AD. People usually give chocolate and valentine cards on this day.

3. The End of the Lesson

     Summarizing. Thank you for your attention. So let us love and be loved by others.

    Ноme task: to speak about the holiday

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

^{Appendix 1}

^Card

^{Watch a video and write information next to the numbers and words below∶}

^{1 billion = 1 000 000 000}

^Teachers

^{France, Canada, Mexico, Italy , Denmark, Australia}

^{Over 1 million = 1 000 000}

^{Every February, 14th}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{Appendix 2}

^{Vocabulary to the topic}

     ^{to love/to fall in love/being in love―любити}

     ^{a gift―подарунок}

     ^{sweetheart―закоханий(а)}

     ^{to sign – підписувати;}

     ^{a card – листівка;}

     ^{a message – повідомлення.}

     ^{Valentines― валентинки}

     ^{flowers―квіти}

     ^{broken heart―розбите серце}

     ^{patron―покровитель}

     ^{a priest – священник;}   

     ^{get married – одружитися;}

 

 

 

 

 

^{Appendix 3}

^Card

^{A Secret Message}

^{Use the code key to find the secret message}

^{Code Key}

^{33=D 83=H 7=A 42=Y}

^{77=L 79=N 69=T 66=V}

^{19=I 56=O 17=U 2=P}

^{51=S 8=E 26=K 10=W}

 

^{19   6983197926  6983769 425617 10197777  837668  7  837 2 242  66777879691979851  33742!}  

^{(I think that you will have a happy Valentine's Day)}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{Appendix 4}

Be My Valentine!	Будь моєю Валентинкою!
A Sweetheart  Like You!	Дарую серце, таке ж ніжне, як ти!
Please Be My Valentine...	Будь моею Валентинкою!
Be My Special Valentine!	Будь моєю прекрасною Валентинкою!
A friend like you – is dream come true!	Такий друг як ти – просто мрія!
My Heart Leads Me To You...	Хочу до тебе усією душею…
You Warm My Heart.	З тобою завжди тепліше.
Happy Valentine’s Day.	Веселого Дня св. Валентина!
You Are My Everything.	Ти для мене увесь світ!
You Are My Life.	Ти моє життя.