Цели мероприятия:
Практическая развитие речевых умений (аудирование, диалогическая речь)
Общеобразовательная
- расширение общего кругозора
- знакомство с обычаями и традициями празднования Дня Святого Валентина
Развивающая
- развитие языковой и речевой догадки
- развитие памяти, мышления, воображения
- развитие быстроты реакции
Воспитательная
- воспитание любви к стране изучаемого языка
- создание и поддержание мотивации к изучению английского языка
Речевой материал: текст об истории Дня Святого Валентина.
Оснащение урока: картинки с тематикой праздника, символы праздника (предметы), кроссворд.
Short scenes dealing with customs and traditions of St. Valentine’s Day.
The 1st scene
The 1st student: Do you like these beautiful valentines?
The 2nd student: They are wonderful! I can not but admire them. They are specially made for St. Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated in the USA and Britain on the 14th of February.
1st: And do you know the origin of St. Valentine’s Day?
2nd: No one really knows the actual origin of this holiday. Many historians, however, connect it with an ancient Roman festival, which was held on the 14th of February.
1st: If only we could travel into the past…
2nd: But we can do it with the help of the magic wand! The imaginary machine will take us into the depth of the centuries.
1st: Oh, it will be great!
2nd: A wave of our magic wand and we are in the beginning of the 14th century.
1st: Oh, who are those two men?
2nd: I have no ideas. Let’s listen to them and we will guess.
The 2nd scene
Principle characters: the Roman Emperor Claudius II, St. Valentine (a priest).
Claudius: Valentine! You will be put into prison and executed!
Valentine: What for? I am not guilty!
Claudius: But you are guilty! You married young couples against my orders. Did you do it?
Valentine: Yes, but in my opinion, the joy of living is found in love. Only love and friendship can unite people.
Claudius: Stop it! I need a strong and powerful army to conquer new lands and countries. I believe that single young men can be better soldiers. You disobeyed me that is why you will be put into prison and executed!
The 3d scene
Principle characters: the 1st and the 2nd students, Valentine (a priest).
1st: An honourable man with a kind heart. But I know that there was another Valentine, who was a good friend to children. But we’d better wave a wand. Can you see a man?
2nd: Yes, but if I am not mistaken, he is also imprisoned. Let’s ask him why.
1st: Who are you?
Valentine: I am a priest, my name is Valentine.
2nd: But why are you in prison?
Valentine: The fact is, I didn’t worship the gods decreed by the emperor. And in no time I’ll be executed.
The 1st and the 2nd together: Oh, we are awfully sorry for you!
Valentine: Don’t be sorry for me. I am happy, because I have a lot of friends and my dear friends miss me greatly and don’t forget me. You see, I have got a lot of loving notes.
1st: Let me have a look at them. How beautifully they are decorated/ (Poem “I have a little Valentine”, greetings). I see, absence makes the heart grow………….
2nd: Probably, that is the reason of why sweethearts exchange loving notes on this day.
1st: For sure.
2nd: I heard that some people connect the celebrating of St. Valentine’s Day with an old English belief that birds choose their mates on this day.
1st: And others believe that the word “valentine” comes from a norman word “galatine” that means “a lover”.
2nd: Whatever the origin is, St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many parts of the world – sweethearts exchange valentines on this day.
1st: Oh, have a look at that nice boy. Do you know who he is?
2nd: I suppose, he is the Cupid – the sun of a beautiful goddess Venus. He is a merry little god, who likes to see people happy.
1st (addressing the Cupid): What do you have in your hand, my boy?
The Cupid: A bow with gold tipped arrows.
The students: What do you need them for?
The Cupid: I go round shooting gold-tipped arrows into the hearts of humans and they fall in love
2nd: It sounds great! Then you are a symbol of love!
The teacher: Now we know something about St.Valentine’s Day. Why not to organize a competition and find out what our friends learn about the holiday.
Two teams are formed. Students make up a valentine card and become the members of the team (the cards were cut in pieces beforehand).
1. Greeting.
Teacher: Make up a Valentine card, read the name of your team and recite the poems, written in your cards.
2. Valentine symbols.
Teacher: What do these Valentine symbols mean?
The teams are offered two boxes with Valentine symbols: an angel, a heart, a mitten, a fan, a ribbon, a coin, a ring. They are to say: “A ring means that you will be married”
3. A word search.
Teacher: Find as many words as possible dealing with St. Valentine’s Day and put them down on a sheet of paper. (The teams are offered a word search ).
4. Valentine’s Day Anagram.
Teacher: Unscramble the letters to find the words in Valentine’s Day Anagram and find the hidden word solving the letters in bold.
( Acdr, eflorsw, der, fgit, accehloot, acdny, iknp, aehrt, elvo)
5. Who is the quickest?
Teacher: Pronounce these tongue twisters as quick as possible three times.
Quick kiss. Quicker kiss. Quickest kiss.
Love’s a feeling you feel when you feel you are going to feel the feeling you’ve never felt before.
King Kong kissed Queen Kate.
6. True or False?
Teacher: Listen to the statements and say if they are true or false.
- Valentine’s day is always celebrated in March
- Flowers are given as a sign of love on Valentine’s Day
- We celebrate Valentine’s Day every year on the 17th
- A box of chocolates is a popular Valentine’s gift
- There are many different stories about how Valentine’s Day began
- Valentine’s Day is only celebrated in the United States
- Venus is the goddess of love.
- The Cupid is the son of Venus.
7. What Valentine poems do you know?
Teacher: You are welcome with Valentine poems. The winner is the team that knows more poems.
8. Find the partner.
Teacher: Each of you will be given a part of a heart. Find your partner by matching the valentine halves. The quickest are the winners!
9. What is the ending?
Teacher: Complete my sentences. Do it in turn.
- We celebrate St.Valentine’s Day on…
- On this day sweethearts give each other…
- The symbols of this holiday are…
- Venus is…
- The Cupid is…
- The most popular Valentine presents are…
Teacher: Now I see, you know a lot about the holiday. Let’s give a word to our judges…
Thanks a lot for your participation! We are all the winners! Why not to sing our favourite songs.
(Children are supposed to sing “You are my sunshine”, “Clementine” or “Susanna”).