Разработка мероприятия "St. Valentine's Day"

Внеклассное занятие “St Valentine’s day”

Teacher (T): Love! Friendship! Happiness! Affection! Romance!

Today we can say these words because it is an unusual and special day – Saint Valentine’s Day. This happy holiday celebrates friendship, love and romance.

Valentine’s Day is a good time to think of others who are important to us – Moms and Dads, grandparents, sisters and brothers, friends and classmates, teachers.

It’s nice time to tell them how much you like them and how you feel.

Students1 (S1): to each and every friend of mine

I’ll send a lovely valentine.

Mom, Dad, Sis and Brother, too.

Will receive a heart that says,

“I love you”.

Ведущие юноша и девушка читают стихотворения и дарят друг другу «валентинки».

S2: Round is the ring that has no end,

So is my life for you, my friend,

Against do take this in good part,

Along with it you have my heart.

But if you do the same refuse,

Pray burn this paper and me excuse.

T: Ladies and Gentlemen! Good evening! It’s lovely to meet you here, at the Valentine’s Party! Today you will get to know why this holiday is celebrated all over the world, there will be a short quiz and we will play fun games.

S3: St. Valentine’s Day is a holiday which is celebrated in Great Britain, the USA, and in many European countries. St. Valentine’s Day has roots in several legends. This is the legend of how St. Valentine’s Day began. According to one story, St. Valentine was a kindly priest named Valentine.

S4: When the Roman Emperor Claudius II needed soldiers, he made a law against marrying. Claudius II thought that marriage made men want to stay at home instead of fighting wars. At that time the priest named Valentine couldn’t agree with the emperor’s decision. So he decided to marry young couples secretly. This story goes back to about 200 A.D.

S1: another legend tells us that Valentine was a Christian Priest in the Roman Empire 300 years after the death of Jesus Christ. He had been thrown in prison for his teaching. On February 14^, Valentine was beheaded, not only because he performed a miracle – he cured the jailer’s daughter of her blindness the night before he was executed. But he had written a letter to the girl, signing “From your Valentine”.

S2: Some people believe that St. Valentine was the saint patron of birds. The legend tells that birds choose their mates on February 14^th and begin to build their nests on this day.

S3: There also was another St. Valentine who was a good friend to children. Because he would not worship the gods decreed by the Roman Emperor, he was put in prison. While St. Valentine was imprisoned, the children missed him and brought him loving notes. This man was executed on February in 270 A.D. Some people think this is why we exchange friendly and caring messages on this day.

S4: written valentines began round 1400. The oldest one we know of dates from 1415, a Frenchman, Charles, Duke of Orleans, was captured by the English in a battle. He was put in prison in the Tower of London. There he wrote valentine poems. Many of them were saved and can be seen today in the British Museum.

S1: the custom of sending valentine cards in Europe started in 1700s. For a long time valentines were made by hand. Commercial valentine cards were first made in the early 1800s. Kate Greenaway, a British artist, was one of the leading creators of valentines. Her valentines are known for her drawing of little children and the varied shades of blues and greens that she favored.

S2: now sending valentine cards on the 14^th of February has become the most popular way of expressing love, affection and friendship. The ornaments that decorate valentines are symbols of love and friendship. In the language of symbols, a red or pink heart, pierced with an arrow denotes eternal love. It’s the most popular symbol of the holiday of love and romance.

S3: Lace symbolized a net for catching a lover’s heart. So if you get a valentine with a piece of lace, it means that a person who has sent it is passionately in love with you. Lace means “You have caught my heart in a net”.

S4: Cupid, the Roman god of love, is a symbol of passionate, tender, or playful love. His arrows are invisible and his targets are our hearts. When his arrows hits your heart, you’ll fall hopelessly in love with someone.

S1: one symbol which has slipped into the background is the true love knot. With no beginning and no ends, the love knots consist of graceful loops, sometimes in the form of hearts. It’s not easy to invent a true love knot of your own.

S2: A ribbon means that a person is tied up. It says “You are tied up” or “You are my girl”. A red rose is the most romantic symbol of love.

S3: Nowadays people usually send greeting cards with words of love and affection to their sweethearts,, friends and members of their families. They say “Be my Valentine”. They give roses, chocolates and other presents to them. Boys and girls have valentine parties at school or at home.

S4: Children decorate their classrooms with bright red paper hearts and celebrate the day with songs, games, poems and a valentine box. They have tea with cakes, candies and cookies made in heart shapes and decorated in pink or red.

T: Dear boys and girls, thank you very much for an interesting story about the history, traditions and symbols of St. Valentine’s Day. I think you’ve got to know a lot of interesting information about this holiday. Let’s have a competition on the subject of this holiday. You are going to have several tasks. Each team will get a red picture in a heart shape if its answer is right. And the team will receive a pink heart if its answer isn’t quite complete. Each team will count all their hearts at the end of the competitions. The winner of the competition will be the team with the largest number of the red hearts.

1. Guess what it means/what it is.

1. A person whom someone loves. (A sweatheart)

2. A special card sent on St. Valentine’s Day, usually anonymous (A valentine)

3. Valentine’s day is celebrated during this month (February)

4. This colour is a symbol of love (Red)

5. A very strong feeling of liking someone (Love)

6. Something that is given as a gift on Valentine’s Day like a box of Chocolate, flowers, etc. (A present)

7. The most romantic present which we can smell that is given to girl on St. Valentine’s Day. (Red Roses)

8. Something that is written on valentine cards and addressed to a boy or a girl (A poem)

1. Make a broken heart

Find two similar halves of the broken hearts. On one half of the broken heart there is a question about St. Valentine’s Day. On the other half there is an answer to it.

Учащиеся получают разрезанные зигзагом на 2 половинки сердечки из бумаги. На одной половинке написан вопрос, на другой-ответ.

Учащиеся находят свои половинки бумажных сердец.

1. Who was the Valentine who lives three hundred years after the Dearth of Jesus Christ in the Roman Empire? (He was a Christian Priest)

2. What did the Christian Priest do the night before he was executed? (he wrote the jailer’s daughter a farewell letter, signing it “From your Valentine”)

3. Why did Valentine who lived in the time of the Roman Emperor, Claudius the second, become famous? (This Valentine married young couple against the orders of the Roman Emperor, Claudius the second)

4. Why do people nowadays exchange friendly and caring messages on St. Valentine’s Day? (there was another Valentine who was a good friend to children. When he was put in prison, the children missed him and brought him loving notes. This Valentine was executed on the 14^th of February in 270 A.D.)

5. Who wrote the first Valentine poems? (The Duke of Orleans, a Frenchman, was caught by the English in battle and was put in prison in the Tower of London. There he began to write Valentine poems.)

6. When does the oldest valentine date from? (It dates from 1415)

7. Who was one of the first leading creators of valentines? (Kate Greenaway, an English artist, was one of the leading creators of valentines during the 1800s)

8. Why do any people believe that St. Valentine was the saint patron of birds? (the legend says that birds choose their mates on February 14 and begin to build their nests on this day)

9. What do people do on St. Valentine’s Day? (they send a postcard with the words of love to a person, make special presents in the form of a heart and give Roses and other flowers on the 14^th of February)

10. What ornaments usually decorate valentines as a symbol? (They are hearts, Cupids of love, ribbons, roses and etc.)

1. Игровое задание “Find a heart”

Учитель до проведения конкурса прячет в зале, где проводится конкурс, маленькие бумажные сердечки. Кто соберет больше сердец в отведенное для этого время, тот будет победителем в этом конкурсе.

T: I’ve hidden small red paper hearts around this room. The team that finds the most will win this task.

1. Unscramble the words

Всем командам даётся одно и то же задание: расшифруйте слова из списка слов, написанного на сердце.

T: Each team will be given a heart, on which the word list is written.

Unscramble the words from the word list. The team that will be able to do it the first and without mistakes, will be the winner of this task.

1. Epsnret 4) levniaten 7) alce 10) rdca

2. Upcdi 5) vole 8) edr

3. Ancyd 6) iferdn 9) orwar

(Key: 1. Present; 2. Cupid; 3. Candy; 4. Valentine; 5. Love; 6. Friend, 7. Lace; 8. Red; 9. Arrow; 10. Card.)

1. Игра «Валентин и Валентина». Для игры понадобятся бумажные сердечки, количество которых равно половине количества участников данного конкурса. Сердечки разрезаются на 2 части зигзагообразной линией и перемешиваются и перемешиваются. Не должно быть двух одинаковых сердец. Каждый участник получает половинку сердца. По сигналу ведущего начинается поиск пары, у которой есть вторая соответствующая половинка сердца. Когда два игрока найдут свои половинки, они выстраиваются в линию. Первые три пары игроков, которые встанут в линию, станут победителями.

T: Each of you is going to get half of a heart. At the starting signal try to find the person who has the matching piece. When two players have made a match they line up. The first three pairs of players to line up will be the winners of this contest.

1. Valentine’s symbols.

Следующее задание связано с символами праздника «День Святого Валентина». Каждая команда получает карточки – сердечки, на которых написаны определения некоторых символов этого праздника. Догадайтесь, о каком символе идет речь, за 2-3 минуты.

T: Each team will be given a paper heart with the definitions of some Valentine’s symbols. Guess what words are hidden in the following definitions. Three minutes are given for you to guess.

• This symbol has no beginning and no end. It consists of graceful loops (петли), sometimes in the form of hearts. It means true love.

(an endless love knot)

• This symbol of a red or pink colour, pierced (пронзенное) with an arrow, denotes eternal (вечную) love. It is the most popular symbol of the holiday of love and romance.

(a heart)

• This symbol means that a person is tied up. It says “You are tied up” or “You are my girl”.

(a ribbon)

• This Roman god of love with a bow and an arrow is a symbol of passionate (страстной), tender or playful love. When his arrow hits your heart, you’ll fall in love with someone.

(Cupid)

• This thing symbolized a net for catching a lover’s heart. This ornament decorates valentine’s cards. If you get a valentine with it, it means that the person who has sent it passionately (страстно) in love with you.

(lace)

• The most romantic symbol of love that is given as a present on Valentine’s Day

(a red rose)

1. Задание «Комплименты». От каждой команды участвуют по 2 человека: мальчик и девочка. Они стоят напротив друг друга на расстоянии 10 шагов. На каждый шаг они делают друг другу комплименты, пока не встретятся. Побеждает пара, которая без пауз произнесла все комплименты друг другу и не ошиблась.

T: A pair, consisting of a boy and a girl from each team, can take part in this contest. You should stand face to face at a distance of ten steps. You have to go to each other in turn and compliment each other. For example: “You are very pretty”, “You are very brave”, “you always look wonderful and so on”.

Затем слово предоставляется жюри, которое объявляет команды-победительницы и самых активных из участников. Им вручаются дипломы и подарки. Ведущий учитель подводит итоги конкурса:

T: Our competition has come to end. I am very pleased to congratulate our winners, and wish them great success in the following contests. I hope you’ve learned a lot and remembered much about such a wonderful holiday as St. Valentine’s Day. I think all of you have got a lot of pleasure and enjoyed our competition. Welcome to our tea-party with cakes, sweat, fruit.