Задачи:
- Расширить знания учащихся о традициях празднования Дня Святого Валентина в англоязычных странах.
- Совершенствовать коммуникативную компетенцию, активизировать учебные умения и навыки школьников.
- Повышать познавательный интерес в процессе игры.
- Развивать творческие способности обучающихся.
Оборудование: интерактивная доска, CD-диск.
ХОД УРОКА
Compere: Dear boys, girls and our guests! Today we are going to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. You will play games, guess riddles and take part in competitions. Now your classmates will tell you about this holiday and its story.
P 1: St. Valentine's Day is a day to share loving feelings with friends and family. It is also known as a holiday honouring lovers. It is celebrated on the 14th of February. There is wide-spread custom of sending greeting cards Valentines to those whom they love. The cards known as Valentines are often designed with hearts to symbolize love.
P 2: To tell the truth there is no historical reason why St. Valentine's Day should be so regarded. St. Valentine was a Christian martyr. One of the legends says that this Christian martyr sent a note of friendship to his jailer's blind daughter before he was put to death.
P 3: There was also another St. Valentine. He lived in Rome and was known as a Christian priest who would marry young couples against the order of the Emperor, who believed that unmarried young men were better soldiers.
P 4: St. Valentine is also believed to be the saint patron of birds. The legend says they choose their mates and begin to build their nests exactly on February 14.
Compere: I hope you know some poems and songs about St. Valentine's Day, about love. We would like to listen to you
P 5:
My Valentine
By M.C. Parsons
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 blue.
And in the centre there's a heart
As red as red can be!
And on it's written all in gold,
"To you, with love from me".
P 6: R. Burns "A Red, Red Rose".
P 7: Thomas Moore "When Love Is Kind".
Compere: Now let's have a song contest. (Pupils sing songs about love and friendship: «Yesterday», «My Bonnie is over the ocean», «Paradise», e.tc.
Now let's have fun.
1. Answer the questions. (Choose the correct flash-card)
1) Who was the Greek goddess of love? (Aphrodite)
2) Who fell in love with Juliet? (Romeo)
3) How did Shakespeare call his love poems? (sonnets)
4) What is the symbol of St. Valentine's Day? (heart)
5) Who was the ancient Roman god of love? (Venus)
2. Make up as many words as possible using the letters of "Saint Valentine's Day".
3. Guess the missing words. Look at the examples. Every letter has its own code. (Приложение 1)
4. Compliments. The French proverb says: «It is not only necessary to love, it is necessary to say so». Now you should name all the sweet words you know. One by one. Make compliments.
5. Circle the letters which are either between two vowels or two consonants and read the message. Write them down on your piece of paper. (Приложение 2)
6. Find 11 words connected with St. Valentine's Day. 11 words connected with St. Valentine’s Day are hidden in the box. The words can go across, from right to left and down. Can you find them ?
(Приложение 3)
7. Mend a broken heart. Life is not always paradise. Sometimes hearts can be broken. Mend broken hearts. (Приложение 4)
8. Design a happy Valentine face using small hearts for ears, eyes, lips, nose and hair.
9. Cross out the phrases or words that don't go with the others in meaning. (Приложение 5)
10. Match the famous couples. (Приложение 6)
Now you know what love is, but what well-known love pairs can you name?
11. Proverbs about love. (Приложение 7)
Here are 6 proverbs about love.
A key word in each proverb is missing. Can you find it?
12. Well, we are speaking about love, but what do you think love is? Now you are to answer this question. Please, continue the phrase «Love is…».
13. Let’s review what you have learnt today. Watch the presentation and do the tasks. (Приложение 8)
Compere: Now our party is over. We wish you good luck.
Список литературы
- Thomas Moore Selected Verse. — М.: Радуга, 1986.— 544с.
- English Sonnets. 16th — 19th Centuries. М.: Raduga Publishers, 1990. — 320 с.
- Speak Out for kids. — M.: Глосса-Пресс, 2005. — 32 с.
- Speak Out. — M.: Глосса, 1996. — 48 с.
- Социальная сеть работников образования nsportal.ru. URL: http://nsportal.ru/