Урок на тему "St. Valentine's Day" (+ handout) для учнів 10-11 класів

Тема уроку: Традиції. День святого Валентина. (10кл.)

Aims:

• Практична: створити умови для формування лінгвокраїнознавчої компетенції, навичок письма, аудіювання, говоріння;
• Розвиваюча: розвивати пізнавальний інтерес, ініціативу у здійсненні мовленнєвої діяльності, пам'ять, увагу, мовну здогадку;
• Виховна: виховувати почуття прекрасного, повагу до традицій народу країни, мова якої вивчається, почуття взаємовідповідальності, вміння працювати в колективі.

Обладнання: комп’ютер (запис відео, аудіо), роздатковий матеріал;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8QRXkrWUjM&list=TLPQMjgxMDIwMjWGVqE43oz3NA&index=2

Хід уроку

1. Привітання: T: Good afternoon children. How are you? The day is rather nice today isn’t it? (T-Cl)

2. Оголошення теми, мети, завдань уроку.:Listen to a poem and guess what the topic of our lesson will be today. Лунає музика (А. Порфір’єв «Слезы любви»)

T: I have a little Valentine
That someone sent to me.
It’s pink and white
And red and blue,
And pretty as can be.
Forget-me-nots
Are round the edge,
And tiny roses, too; and
Such a lovely piece of lace,
The very palest blue.
And in the center
There’s a heart
As red as red can be!
And on it’s written
All in gold, “To You,
With Love from Me”.

(T-P1, P2)

T: Today we shall open some pages of history of St. Valentine’s Day. 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 get into the atmosphere of love and friendship… So, what do you expect from today’s lesson, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TODAY? P1, P2, P3…

3. Уведення в іншомовну атмосферу. Складання Mind-Map.

T: Make a mind-map with all the words you associate with holiday of St. Valentine’s Day.

(HO task1)

 

 

 

 

 

4. Складання речень зі словами, які пригадали діти. Т: MAKE UP A CENTENCE ABOUT LOVE OR THIS HOLIDAY WITH AT LEAST 3 WORDS FROM YOUR MIND-MAP

(HO task2)

 

 

5. Робота з ідіомами. Matching. Т: Heart is one of the symbols of love and of Valentine’s Day. Here are some more word combinations (idioms) connected with St. Valentine’s day and love.

Read the idioms with a word “heart” and match them with their meaning (GROUP WORK – SPLIT INTO 2/3 GROUPS – WHO WILL BE THE FIRST): (HO 3)

 

A) To have a heart of gold	1 To want smth very much, to desire
B) To be cold-hearted	2.To talk frankly, openly
C) To cross your heart and hope to die	3. To take smth too close
D) To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve	4. To be sad / melancholy
E) To set one’s heart on something	5. To take care of other people
F) To be soft-hearted	6. To change one’s mind
G) To have a change of heart	7. To be sympathetic (співчувати)
H) To eat your heart out	8. To be generous
I) Take something to heart	9. To promise something
J) Heart-to-heart talk	10. To be cruel, heartless

 

 Key:

A) To have a heart of gold	5. To take care of other people
B) To be cold-hearted	10. To be cruel, heartless
C) To cross your heart and hope to die	9. To promise something
D) To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve	8. To be generous
E) To set one’s heart on something	1. To want smth very much, to desire
F) To be soft-hearted	7. To be sympathetic (співчувати)
G) To have a change of heart	6. To change one’s mind
H) To eat your heart out	4. To be sad / melancholy
I) Take something to heart	3. To take smth too close
J) Heart-to-heart talk	2.To talk frankly, openly

1-E,       2-J,       3-I,      4-H,      5-A,      6-G,      7-F,      8-D,      9-C,      10-B.

 

6. Прослуховування пісні (HO task 4): LISTEN TO THE SONG AND SAY WHAT HEART-EXPRESSION APPERS IN THIS SONG? WHAT DOES THIS EXPRESSION MEAN?

Love me tender

Love me tender,

Love me sweet,

Never let me go.

You have made my life complete,

And I love you so.

Love me tender

Love me true,

All my dreams fulfilled.

For my darling I love you,

And I always will.

Love me tender,

Love me long,

(Take me to your heart.)

For it's there that I belong,

And we’ll never part.

Love me tender,

Love me dear,

Tell me you are mine.

I’ll be yours through all the years,

Till the end of time.

 (When at last my dreams come true

Darling this I know

Happiness will follow you

Everywhere you go).

 

Релаксація: Заспівування пісні : Let’s sing the first verse of the song “Love me Tender”. As you sing, imagine your love person listening to you.  (Діти заспівують пісню). Now, answer my question: do you feel love in the air after your singing? Ok, let us get back to St. Valentine’s Day.

7.  Робота з відео  «Історія Святого Валентина»

T: Watch the video

Pre-watching activity

Read the words you will come through with their definitions (HO task 5):

fertility [fɜː'tɪlətɪ]- the ability to produce life, to give a birth (for women)

sacrifice ['sækrɪfaɪs] offer or kill as a religious sacrifice (e.g. for the sake of Gods)

ban [bæn] officially or legally prohibit something (not to allow)

 

After watching activity:

Task: Watch the video and do multiple choice test (in your HO)              (Зупинити на 01:41)

1. The St. Valentine’s holiday comes to us from

A) ancient Greece

B) ancient Rome

C) ancient times

2. “Lupercalia” was the name of

A) a pagan festival

B) a name of a she-wolf

C) a mother of Romulus and Remus

3. Faunus was

A) a God of fertility

B) a god of war

C) a Roman Emperor

4. The festival included

A) women sacrifice

B) men sacrifice

C) animal sacrifice

5. The women were slapped with

A) a string

B) with a bloody animal skin

C) with the hand of the Emperor

6. The women were slapped in order for them to be

A) devoted

B) fertile

C) pretty

7. Valentine was a priest who lived during

A) the 4^th century AD

B) the 3^rd century BC

C) the 3^rd century AD

Key:

1-B

2-A

3-B

4-C

5-B

6-B

7-C

8. Аудіювання. So, what happened to Valentine? Now I offer you to let the magic begin! The thing is that we have a guest today. Who might it be? It’s Valentine! Come in, dear! (заходиь учень перевдягнутий у Св. Валентина) What are you going to tell us?

V: I want to tell you the story which happened to me long long ago. (учень, що грає роль Валентина розповідає історію, лунає музика “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing”)

Teacher:  AS YOU LISTEN TO St. VALENTINE, NOTE  if the following statements are True or False

(HO task 6)

1. Many people liked Emperor Claudius but St. Valentine didn’t.
2. Soldiers weren’t allowed to get married.
3. Claudius forbade people to get married because then men didn’t want to go to the army.

St. Valentine's Story

My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. To tell you the truth I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings. Claudius wanted to have a big army.

So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was absurd! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

You know I was a priest. One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.

One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. She helped me to keep my spirits up. On the day I was to die, February 14, 269 A.D. I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."

 

NOW LET’S CHECK IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY Valentine just told you

Task: Discuss the questions according to his story:  (PAIR WORK)

1. When and where did St Valentine live?

2. Who was the emperor at that time?

4. What did St. Valentine do?

5. Why didn’t Claudius like men to get married?

6. Why was St Valentine caught and put into prison?

7. What was the punishment that the Emperor ordered for him?

8. Who visited him when he was in jail?

10. Who did he write the note to and why?

12. When did St Valentine die?

T: Great job! Let’s say “Thank you” to St. Valentine for telling his amazing story. So, what have you found out from the Valentine’s Story? (короткі монологічні висловлювання учнів за питаннями)

9. Перегляд заключної частини відео «Сучасне святкування дня Св. Валентина»

T: But there is one more symbol of this day. Do you want to find out what is it?

P1,P2...Cupid is…(a Roman God of love) He has got arrows. He throws them into people and they fall in love.

Now you know a lot about the history of St. Valentine’s Day.

But what about the present times? Have you got any idea how people celebrate it? So watch and find out (02:41).

While-watching activity:

Task:

Finish the sentences given: (HO task 8)

1.     St. Valentine’s is one of…… (the most celebrated holidays on the calendar).
2.     Americans present their beloved with……….. (red roses, candy, diamonds, cards, dinners).
3.     The holiday brings ………………(14 billion) dollars……………….(in America every year).
4.     Love is….. (really all you need)

 

9. Складання сенкану. T: AS YOU CAN SEE Valentine ’s Day is closely connected with love and it means it is certainly connected with magic.  I hope the video, Valentine’s story and the song you sang inspired you so that now you can try writing some romantic poems yourself. Here is a result of my inspiration as I was preparing to this lesson with you:

Зразок вірша по схемі. (HO task 9)

Write senquain poems connected with Valentine’s Day

Line 1        write a noun

Line 2        write 2 adjectives

Line 3        write 3 words ending with –ing (action words)

Line 4        write a phrase describing the noun on Line 1

Line 5        write a synonym of the word on Line 1

10. Рефлексія

T: Now you know practically everything about this interesting and passionate holiday.

(HO task 10) Sum all the information up and imagine you have come home and want to share your impressions about today’s English lesson and Valentine’s day with your mother or sister… What will you tell them? (непідготовлене монологічне мовлення учнів)

10. Складання таблиці. THIS VIDEO TELLS US ABOUT HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAY IN THE USA.

T: I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU KNOW SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT ST. VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION IN Different COUNTRIES. PLEASE, SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE CLASS: TO REMEMBER THIS INFORAMTION, LET’S MAKE A MAP / TABLE:

 

ST VALENTINE’S TRADITIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

 

COUNTRY	THE MOST PROMINENT THING ABOUT CELEBRATING OF ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

. (Діти своїми словами коротко розповідають що вони дізнались про святкування дня Св. Валентина в інших країнах) І ЗАПОВНЮЮТЬ ТАБЛИЦЮ

 

Remember what you said you expected to learn at this lesson? Did your expectations come true?

 

11. Підведення підсумків уроку

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valentine Lesson. Handout.

Task 1: Make a mind-map with all the words you associate with holiday of St. Valentine’s Day.

 

 

 

 

Task 2: Make up a sentence about love or this holiday with at least 3 words from the mind map.

 

Task 3: Read the idioms with a word “heart” and match them with their meaning:

A) To have a heart of gold	1 To want smth very much, to desire
B) To be cold-hearted	2.To talk frankly, openly
C) To cross your heart and hope to die	3. To take smth too close
D) To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve	4. To be sad / melancholy
E) To set one’s heart on something	5. To take care of other people
F) To be soft-hearted	6. To change one’s mind
G) To have a change of heart	7. To be sympathetic (співчувати)
H) To eat your heart out	8. To be generous
I) Take something to heart	9. To promise something
J) Heart-to-heart talk	10. To be cruel, heartless

Task 4: Listen to a song and say what “heart” expression appears in it? What does it mean?

Task 5: Watching the video:

• Read the words you will come through with their explanations and guess their meaning:

fertility [fɜː'tɪlətɪ]- the ability to produce life, to give a birth (for women)

sacrifice ['sækrɪfaɪs]-offer or kill as a religious sacrifice (e.g. for the sake of Gods)

ban [bæn]-officially or legally prohibit something (not to allow)

 

• Watch the video and do multiple choice test:

1. The St. Valentine’s holiday comes to us from                  2. “Lupercalia” was the name of

A) ancient Greece                                                                 A) a pagan festival

B) ancient Rome                                                                    B) a name of a she-wolf

C) ancient times                                                                    C) a mother of Romulus and Remus

3. Faunus was                                                                      4. The festival included 

A) a God of fertility                                                              A) women sacrifice

B) a god of war                                                                     B) men sacrifice

C) a Roman Emperor                                                            C) animal sacrifice

5. The women were slapped with                                          6. The women were slapped in order for them to be

A) a string                                                                              A) devoted

B) with a bloody animal skin                                                 B) fertile

C) with the hand of the Emperor                                           C) pretty

7. Valentine was a priest who lived during

A) the 4^th century AD

B) the 3^rd century BC

C) the 3^rd century AD

 

Task 6: Listen to the story. While you’re listening to St. Valentine, note if the following statements are True or False

1.Many people liked Emperor Claudius but St. Valentine didn’t.
2. Soldiers weren’t allowed to get married.
3. Claudius forbade people to get married because then men didn’t want to go to the army.

 

Task 7: Discuss the questions according to this story in pairs:

 

1. When and where did St Valentine live?

2. Who was the emperor at that time?

3. What did St. Valentine do?

4. Why didn’t Claudius like men to get married?

5. Why was St Valentine caught and put into prison?

6. What was the punishment that the Emperor ordered for him?

7. Who visited him when he was in jail?

8. Who did he write the note to and why?

9. When did St Valentine die?

Task 8: Watch the video extract and complete the sentences given:

 

1.      St. Valentine’s is one of……………………..
2.      Americans shower their beloved with………..........................
3.      The holiday brings …………………………..dollars…………………………
4.      Love is………………..!

 

Task 9: Write senquain poems connected with Valentine’s Day

 

Line 1        write a noun

Line 2        write 2 adjectives

Line 3        write 3 words ending with –ing (action words)

Line 4        write a phrase describing the noun on Line 1

Line 5        write a synonym of the word on Line 1

 

Task 10: Sum all the information up and imagine you have come home and want to share your impressions about today’s English lesson and Valentine’s day with your mother or sister… What will you tell them?