За несколько дней до проведения праздничного вечера желательно ознакомить учащихся с информацией, связанной с Днём Валентина. Это можно сделать в виде настенной газеты для всех учеников, либо ознакомить на уроках в виде лекций или текстов для чтения.
Перед началом праздника все участники пишут на маленьких кусочках бумаги в виде сердечек свои имена и опускают их в коробку( для игры «тайный друг»). Во время вечера ребята отправляют« Валентиновскую почту»(Valentine post), для которой используются маленькие открытки в виде сердечек, их отправляют тем, кому дети хотят отправить, кто им нравиться, а также отправляют послания своим тайным друзьям. Перед праздником все учащиеся прикрепляют сердечки со своими именами себе на одежду.
Выходят два ведущих.
1leader. Today we are going to celebrate the most romantic holiday-St Valentine’s Day.
2leader. As it is a holiday of sweethearts, you will see some scenes from “Romeo and Juliet” who are, perhaps, the most famous couple. Also it is a good chance for you to enjoy listening to very charming love poems and love confessions.
1.But it is as well a merry and funny day and you are supposed to have different contests and games.
2.
Some people just know
Right from the start,
How to bring joy
To another heart.
1.
Some people just know
How to love and to give
And they do such nice things
Every day that they live.
2. Valentine’s Day is a special time when people tell each other that they love them and care about them. To celebrate this holiday people send special cards with romantic messages and give their sweethearts small gifts.
1. We’ll not break this tradition, you may post messages or presents to your friends and sweethearts during the party; but as well you are supposed to send notes or small gifts to your secret friends. Now let’s choose your secret friends. But are not to tell anybody the name of your secret friends.
(Учащиеся вытаскивают из коробки сердечки с именами всех присутствующих по очереди, это-их тайные друзья, эти карточки никому не показываются и имена тайных друзей не говорят никому.)
2. Everybody of you has got a Valentine’s card pinned onto your clothes. It is for your secret friends who don’t know you. You should find your secret friend and show attention to him or her, but your secret friend mustn’t learn you. At the end of the party we’ll reveal our secret friends and we hope you will be pleasantly surprised.
1. What do you remember of this holiday? Which legends connected with St. Valentine’s Day do you remember?
2. When did the first known Valentine card appear? Who was the writer of it? ( in 1415, it was created by Charles, Duke of Orleans, he was imprisoned in the Tower and he wrote Valentine poems there.)
1. Which century did the custom of sending Valentine cards start in Europe? ( in the 18th century) how did they look like?
2. Before Valentine’s cards appeared, people had used different ways to draw attention of their sweethearts because love is old as humanity. People of different ages fall in love and lose their heads from it.
1. The students of 11 classes suggest you to watch some scenes from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ which narrates us about maybe the most famous couple of sweethearts.
(Scenes from “Romeo and Juliet”)
An extract from “Romeo and Juliet” by W. Shakespeare
Все артисты выходят с ведущим, который их представляет:
-Romeo, the son of the Montagues.
-Benvolio, nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo
-Capulet
-Juliet, daughter of the Capulets
-Servant
-Nurse
Servant:
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
Две равно уважаемых семьи
В Вероне, где встречают нас событья,
Ведут междоусобные бои
И не хотят унять кровопролитья.
Друг друга любят дети главарей,
Но им судьба подстраивает козни,
И гибель их у гробовых дверей
Кладёт конец непримиримой розни.
Scene 1
Benvolio: Good morrow, cousin.
Romeo: Is the day so young?
B. But new struck nine.
R. Ay me! Sad hours seem long.
Was that my father that went hence so fast?
B.It was. What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?
R. Not having that which, having, makes them short.
B. In love?
R. Out-
B. of love?
R. Out of her favor where I am in love.
B. Tell me in sadness, who is that you love.
R. In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.
B. I aimed so near when I supposed you loved.
R. A good mark-man! And she’s fair I love.
B. Be ruled by me: forget to think of her.
R. O, teach me how I should forget to think!
B. By giving liberty unto thine eyes;
Examine other beauties.
Scene 2
Capulet. ( To servant, giving him a paper)
Go, sirrah, trudge about
Through fair Verona: find those persons out
Whose names are written there, and to them say
My house and welcome on their pleasure stay.
Servant. (peering at the paper) I am sent to find those
Persons whose names are here writ, and can never find
What names the writing person hath here writ. I must to the learned!
(Enter Benvolio and Romeo)
Servant. God gi’ god-den. I pray, sir, can you read?
R. I can read.
(He reads the paper)
“Signior Martino and his wife and daughters: County Anselme and his beauteous sisters: the lady widiw of Vitruvio: Signior Placentio and his lovely nieces: Mercutio and his brother Valentine: mine uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters: my fair niece Rosaline: Livia: Signior Valentio and his cousin Tybalt: Lucio and the lively Helena”
(He returns the paper to the servant)
R. A fair assembly: whither should they come?
S. To supper: to our house.
R. Whose house?
S. My master’s. My master is the great rich Capulet. Rest you merry!
(Servant exits)
B. At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s
Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so lovest,
With all the admired beauties of Verona.
R. One fairer than my love! The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.
I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,
But to rejoice in splendor of mine own.
Scene 3
(Enter Capulet and his guests)
Capulet. You are welcome, gentlemen! Come, musicians, play!
A hall! A hall1 give room and foot it , girl.
(Music plays, and they dance)
(Romeo sees Juliet, he asks the servant)
R. What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand
Of younder knight?
S. I know not, sir.
R.
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.
Scene 4.
R.(to Juliet) My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
J. Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.
R. Then move not, while my prayer’s effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.
(His lips touch hers)
J. Then have my lips the sin that they have took.
R. Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.
J. You kiss by the book.
(Enters Nurse)
Nurse. Madam, your mother craves a word with you.
R.(to the Nurse ) What is her mother?
N. (to Romeo) Her mother is the lady of the house,
And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous.
I nursed her daughter, that you talked withal;
I tell you, he that can lay hold of her
Shall have the chinks.
(The Nurse and Juliet go away)
R. Is she a Capulet?
O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt.
(Enters Benvolio)
B. Away, be gone; the spot is at the best.
R. Ay, so I fear; the more is my unrest.
Capulet. (addressing the guests who are about to take their leave)
Nay, gentlemen, prepare not to be gone;
We have a trifling foolish banquet towards.
Is it e’en so? Why, then, I thank you all;
I thank you, honest gentlemen; good night.
(Benvolio and Romeo join the departing guests)
J. What’s he that follows there, that would not dance?
Nurse. His name is Romeo, and a Montague,
The only son of your great enemy.
J.
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.
N. Come, let’s away; the strangers all are gone.
Scene 5.
(Juliet is on the balcony, she doesn’t see Romeo)
J.
O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
R. (aside) Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
J. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
R.( speaking loudly enough to be heard by Juliet)
I take thee at thy word.
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
J. What man art thou that thus bescreened in night
So stumblest on my counsel?
R. By a name
I know not how to tell thee who I am.
My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself,
Because it is an enemy to thee.
J. Art thou not Romeo and a Montague?
R. Neither, fair saint, if either thee dislike.
J. How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore?
The orchard walls are high and hard to climb,
And the place death, considering who thou art,
If any of my kinsmen find thee here.
R. With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do, that dares love attempt;
Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.
J. If they do see thee, they will murder thee.
R. I have night’s cloak to hide me from their sight;
And but thou love me, let them find me here.
My life were better ended by their hate
Than death prorogued wanting of thy love.
J. If that thy bent of love be honorable,
Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. Romeo!
R. My dear?
J. At what o’clock tomorrow
Shall I send to thee?
R. At the hour of nine.
J. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
(She goes into her room)
R. Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!
Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!
Hence will I to my ghostly father’s cell,
His help to crave, and my dear hap to tell.
2. Now it’s the time to review other famous pairs of lovers. At first we need four boys volunteers. You have a part of “a broken heart”, you should find your pair.
(Выбирают 4 мальчиков, дают им часть « разбитого сердца».Ведущие обходят всех участниц вечера и раздают другие половинки сердец, только четыре из них имеют пару, которые у мальчиков.
Четыре мальчика подходят к девочкам, у кого из девочек половинка сердца подойдёт, та будет партнёршей мальчика в конкурсе изображения знаменитой пары влюблённых пантомимой)
1. Now you have found each other and we are waiting for you to pantomime famous pairs of lovers. Other students should guess them.
Tasks:
- Vasilisa the Beautiful- Ivan Tsarevich
- Malvina- Pierro
- Cinderella- Prince
- Desdemona- Othello
2. Do you know any other famous couples? Say their names.
Possible answers:
- Sir Lancelot- Guenever
- Ivanhoe-Lady Rovena
- Hamleth-Ophelia
- Tristan- Isolda
- Natasha Rostova – Andrei Bolkonsky
- Master- Margarita
- Tatiana Larina- Evgeny Onegin
- Ludmila-Ruslan
- Cleopatra- Mark Antony/ Ceasar
- D’Artanian- Constance
1. We see that you are tired of just listening of love, let’s try to move. Imagine you are not people, you are molecules being boiled. At first you move very slowly than a bit faster than more and more faster. Suddenly you must stop and join in the group of several molecules. If you failed to do it you should leave.
(Под музыку участники двигаются, по команде ведущего-“Join in five/ four/ /three/ two” они соединяются в группы с заданным количеством людей, кто не успел, тот выбывает из игры. Когда выполняют последнее задание- объединиться по двое, ведущие выбирают три пары- мальчик с девочкой для следующего конкурса- сделать статую любви.)
Now you should make a statue of love.
(Students do it, when the statues are ready, the leader offers the makers to take the position of their statues.)
2/ Now, please, take the position of your statues.
(The students change their positions and the leaders encourage students to choose the best statue)
Dear friends, choose the best statue by clapping your hands. Clap as loud as possible to the favourable statue.
You can express your feelings with the help of a statue of love. But the traditional way is to confess to your sweetheart. Now you have a good chance to learn how to do it.
(The students make declarations in love)
ПРИМЕРНЫЕ ПРИЗНАНИЯ
Love confessions
1confession
Boy: You have no equal in beauty and grace. In addition to your lovely look you are brilliant and feisty and I take great pleasure to see you. You are so beautiful. I have to confess that I have never seen a lovelier creature. Your skin is delicate and soft, your waist is so slender. From under your dark long eyelashes smiles a pair of blue faithful eyes.
Girl: My heart is sinking while I am listening to you. You treat me like I’m a princess. I think only about you. I cannot sleep, I cannot eat. All my thoughts are only about you. Tell that you love me, just say that you need me.
Boy: With your lovely figure, your grace of movement and your sparkling eyes you can enchant any mortal heart. When you enter, the place is illuminated by your beauty. Your voice is sweeter than that of any girl. I enjoy it when I hear it.
All my heart is yours. It belongs to you and with you it would remain.
Girl: Don’t be surprised if I love you for all that you are. I couldn’t help it- it’s all your fault. Your love is thick and it swallowed me whole.
2confession
My Valentine
Has eyes of green
With twenty eyebrows in between.
Her skin is blue
Her head is square.
She hasn’t got a brain in there.
Her four ears twitch.
Her noses shine
But still,
(I think)
I’ll make her mine!
Except making a declaration of love you can confess about your feelings with the help of valentine symbols. Which of them do you remember?
(fan-open your heart
Ribbon- you are tied up/you are my girl
Lace-you are tied up /you are my girl/(on the valentine card)-you have caught my heart in a net
(in a valentine cake)-rice-wedding
Ring-wedding
Coin-the person would marry someone wealthy
Red mitten (for boys)-meant his girl doesn’t like him )
2. Today people still keep to many of the old valentine customs girls, let’s tell your fortunes. Count the buttons of your clothes and repeat after me:
-Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief,
Doctor, lawyer, merchant, sailor, chief.
The last button is supposed to tell which man the girl will marry.
1. Now we see that you are ready to enjoy listening the love poems which were created in different times.
2. Some of them were written two or even more hundred years ago. Others-just recently by students of your age.
Possible poems for reciting
***
SONNETS
What must unite two separated parts?
What is the bridge between two souls and hearts,
Whose aim is not to ruin, but create?
And there’s no sign on the entrance: “For private”,
The snow and roses here coexist,
You here sweet song but there’s no snake’s hiss,
Destroyed not by time, but with time strong,
The truth walks here, and isn’t known as wrong,
Though separated by the sea of Hate and Lie,
Above it shining bridge of sun does lie.
And who, on Earth, will dare to shake its stone
Will live his life in torments, all alone.
A path is sparkling in the blue of holy sky
Where love and joy do flourish, but not die.
By Anastasia Lobanova (school № 1208, Moscow)
***
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”.
My love is not expressible in words,
And if pray to all my Gods,
They’ll give me love for all my days.
Respects me not and with my love he plays
And me? I can’t but fight with swords
To gain his love. But we are still at odds.
What should I do? I cannot find a place
Where it is possible just not to think about
My deepest love and his contempt.
Oh, God, how can I doubt
That is really able to attempt
His love?
Oh, yes, the bridge of hate is still around
And though he does not love, I must be
Content.
By Tania Kopalkina ( school № 1208, Moscow)
A symbol of love
Red rose is a beautiful symbol of love.
Love is a beautiful symbol of life.
But this beautiful thing
May bring into our life
Some tears, some sorrow,
Some smiles and some horror.
But people love this beautiful thing
Because love in our life is unforgettable.
By Yaroslava Savitskaya
(Linguistic school, Amursk, Khabarovsky krai)
***
Declaration of Intent
She said she’d
Love me for eternity,
But managed to reduce
It to eight months
For good behaviour.
She said we fitted
Like a hand in a glove,
But then the hot
Weather came and such
Accessories weren’t needed.
She said the future
Was ours, but the deeds
Were made out in
Her name.
She said I was the only one who
Understood completely,
And then she left me
And said she knew
That I’d understand completely.
By Steve Turner (a British poet, biographer and music journalist)
1. And now it’s the time to decide which class is the most friendly on this holiday. You need to join your classmates, and at first make the puzzle- you should put all the pieces together for the purpose to have a valentine card.
(Учащиеся складывают головоломку- разрезанные части картинок-«валентинок»
Кто сложит быстрее и правильно, тот выиграл)
2. And the next contest for you – you need to match two columns of word combinations, connected with love.
(Correct answers- go out- dating
Fall in love-to begin to love someone
True blue-faithful, honest
Tie the knot- get married
Turns me on-excites me, interesting
See eye to eye –to understand each other very well from the first word
On the same wave length-have the same sort of idea)
(Класс, который быстрее всех и правильно сделает – выиграл, подводят итоги-какой класс или классы оказались лучше)
1. We would like to suggest you to choose Mister Valentine and Miss Valentine. For this competition you are to divide into two groups: the girls and the boys.
(When the students are separated they need to count their valentine cards. The boy that has the most –is Mister X; 5 girls that have the most cards will compete to be his sweetheart.)
Then all the students come back to the hall but boys mustn’t say who is Mister X. The girls are invited to compete. They don’t know who Mister X is. He doesn’t come back he stays separately from the girls.
Tasks for the girls:
1. Make a valentine card for Mister X. (The boy is asked to choose the 4 best ones in the separately room)
The girl whose card wasn’t chosen, should leave.
2. What can you do for your Valentine. ( Mister X listen in the room and chooses 3 best statements, one girl leaves.)
3. Mister X appears in other clothes with some added details-a scarf/a hat/a tie etc, the girls look at him and must remember his appearance , then they answer the questions without looking at him.
-What colour is his eyes?
-What colour is his socks?
-How many pins has he got?
-What colour are his shoes?
-What is on his ears?
2 girls who answer mostly are chosen for the last contest.
The boy and the girls need answer the questions about the boy. They don’t see the answers of each others. The boy writes his answers on the blackboard, the girls-on sheets of papers, then they are compared with the boy’s answers.
Questions for the boy:
- What is your favourite food?
- How many rooms are in your flat?
- Have you got a pet?
- What do you prefer for reading?
- What is your favourite colour?
Then at the end only one girl stays. The boy confess her in love and she guess the language from the suggested.
- Spanish/Italian/Irish: Te amo( Spanish)
- Chinese/ Japanese/ Jewish: Ai shite imasu(Japanese)
- German/Swedish/Greek:Jag alskar dig(Swedish)
- French/ Polish/Hawaiian:Aloha(Hawaiian)
1. So, dear friends, you are Mister Valentine and Miss Valentine, we congratulate you and wish you to be if not sweethearts at least to be friends.
2. Our party is going to be finished. It’s the right time to reveal who your secret friends are. At first say who do you think your secret friends are.
(Ученики называют кто по их мнению является их тайным другом, если они не угадали- настоящий тайный друг называет себя.)
Our party has been finished. At the end say something very pleasant to your neighbours.
Contests during the dancing.
We need 2 boys and 1 girl.
Boys, you need at first to blindfold you and then one of you will tie a ribbon on the girl’s head, and another boy need untie it. The girl mustn’t help them.
2. Now let’s move a bit. We need 8 volunteers to play a very merry game you should touch something that we are going to tell you.
(Выходят участники игры и выполняют команды ведущего- дотронуться до человека у которого что-то есть или надето, если кто не успевает- тот выбывает из игры.)
1.Touch something black in clothes.
2. Touch a blouse.
1.Touch earrings.
2.Touch shoes.
1.Touch your neighbour’s shoulders.
2.Touch your neighbour’s knee.
1. Touch something yellow in clothes.
3. Several blindfolded pairs (a boy and a girl) try to take away the clothes-pegs from the clothes of each other.