Урок на тему "St. Valentine's Day"

Lesson Plan

Topic    St. Valentine’s Day

Objectives∶ to develop interest to learning English culture; 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 develop 21^st century skills – critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication and choice.

Outcomes∶ by the end of the lesson the students will know new words, the legend of the holiday, they will e ale to write a valentine card in English, they will know interesting facts about the holiday, they will be able to speak about this holiday.

Materials∶ the chart ’’KWL’’; the legend about the holiday; video ’’Facts for Kids about St. Valentine’s Day’’, song ’’Let’s celebrate St. Valentine’s Day’’, the Valentine Quiz, ready-made valentine cards.  

Lesson Procedure

1. The Beginning of the Lesson

• Greeting

T∶ - Good afternoon, pupils! It’s nice to see you!

• Warm-up

T∶ - What day is it today?

• What’s the date?
• What holiday are we having today?

P∶ - St. Valentine’s Day.

T∶ - Yes, right you are. Tell me, please, is it a Ukrainian holiday?

P∶ - No, it isn’t.

T∶ - In what country is it mostly celebrated?

P∶ - We don’t know…

2. The Main Part

• Aims

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 shall read the text about the history of this holiday, its legend and then we’ll do a Quiz, we’ll watch a video about interesting facts of this holiday, and do some interesting tasks. We’ll learn some new words. And today you’ll complete ’’KWL Chart’’ concerning this holiday. And of course we are going to write valentine cards.

• Critical Thinking

T∶ - So let’s start. At first, look at the board. You can see a special chart – it is called ’’KWL Chart’’. During the lesson we are going to complete it on the board and I’ll give one for each of you. Let’s start to complete only the first two columns.

• 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.

• What do you want to know about this holiday?

P: Why it is called so, the legend of this holiday, how to sign valentines in English, in what countries it is mostly celebrated, when this holiday began, what presents are mostly given on 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.

• Pre-Reading Activity

T: - Now we are going to read the text about the history of the holiday. But before reading let us learn some new words.

Vocabulary

a priest – священник;

emperor – імператор;

army – армія;

get married – одружитися;

to pass a law – видати закон;

to ban marriage – заборонити одруження;

to be in love – закохатися;

soldiers – солдати;

a prison – тюрма;

to die – вмирати;

a prison guard – охоронець у в’язниці;

execution – страта, покарання;

to sign – підписувати;

a card – листівка;

           a message – повідомлення.

• Reading

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

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”.

Many poems are heard on this day: Let me call you sweetheart

                                                          I’m in love with you

                                                          Let me hear with you

                                                          That you love me too.

T: - Do you know a short poem devoted to this holiday? (вірш до свята учениця підготувала за бажанням)

P: - Roses are red,

       Violets are blue,

       Sugar is sweet

      And so are you!

• Reading Comprehension (Work in pairs)

T: - Now let’s do the Valentine’s Quiz! You have 2 minutes. Then we’ll check.

A Valentine Quiz

1.    Valentine's Day is on
a) 14 February 
b) 14 January 
c) 14 March

2.    On this day people
a) send long letters to each other
b) get married 
c) send cards to each other

3.    The day got its name from
a) a girl's name
b) a priest's name
c) the name of a Roman Emperor

4.    St Valentine went to prison because
a) he secretly married people 
b) he secretly got married 
c) he didn't go into the army

5.    How should you sign a valentine?
a) Yours faithfully 
b) Best wishes 
c) Guess who?

• Listening Comprehension (Work in groups)

T: - Now we are going to watch a video “Interesting Facts about St. Valentine’s Day” 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.

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

Rome 270 AD

Claudius II

Bishop Valentine

Every February, 14^th

• ^{Relaxation Pause}

^{T: - Now I see that you are tired. So we are going to have some rest. Stand up, dance along and sing along!}

^{www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMSIarv7IA}

• ^Writing

^{T: - And now it’s time to sign your own valentines. I’ll give you the examples of how to do it. How can we sign a valentine card?}

^{P: - Guess who? / Your Valentine!}

^{T: - You have some minutes to look through examples, to choose one and to write it down. These are your valentines, and you are free to give them whoever you like.}

• ^Speaking

^{T: - And now it’s time to complete the last column of the “KWL Chart”. 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 though it was banned in those times. 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
• ^Assessment
• ^{Home task : to speak about the holiday.}