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ST.VALENTINE'S DAY

OBJECTIVES

To know the origin of St. Valentine’s Day and how it is celebrated around the world.
To explore ways of developing communicative language skills through activities related to St. Valentine’s Day.
To know different art techniques and writing proposals to foster creativity.

CONTENTS

The origins of St. Valentine’s Day, modern traditions and relevant vocabulary.
Resources and ideas to promote English skills in the ESL classroom.
Development of hands-on activities to foster creativity and language skills

INTRODUCE LANGUAGE AND CONTENT

St. Valentine's story: Storytelling activity using objects and pictures. We engage students by inviting them to predict and using drama, drills, open and close questions...

Think, pair and write: In pairs they write down the story. Then swap their work with the partner in front of them and add information. The idea is to learn from each other.

ACTIVITIES TO PRACTICE LANGUAGE AND REVISE CONTENT

Ball game: We stick post-its in a football ball. The students pass the ball taking turn and answer the questions.

Magic messages: In groups they think of key vocabulary and useful structures and we write them down on the board. Then we distribute the words and make magic messages on card hearts. They write with a white crayon and cover it with paint of different colors. We wait some seconds and the message will magically appear. We can display children's work.

Songs for the little ones: Kids can make up the dance at the same time we explain the meaning of the lyric.

Songs for big ones: All You Need is Love. We can talk about The Beatles, where they are from, read the lyric, sing together and go through the main vocabulary.

Story Guess How Much I Love You: Storytelling activity. Once the children are familiar with the language they can mime the story or play out the story in small groups.

Webquest: Research proposal for the big ones.

TASKS TO PRODUCE LANGUAGE

My secret friend: Each person is given a card. On one side there is a picture or a description of who you are and on the other side information about your partner. Students have to find their secret friend by asking each other.

Creative writing:

A friendship code in groups about what friends do and don't.
Writing cards to classmates: They write cards to their friends. More cards, more English. In this activity is important to make sure that everyone receives at least one card.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Heart-shaped animals magnets:

Further information

WEBQUEST