Saint Valentine`s Day

Saint Valentine`s Day

Objectives: to extend students` knowledge about different ways of celebrations in different countries; to practise students` speaking, reading and listening skills; to practise a role-play; to improve moral values through varied creative activities; to involve students into communicative activities by means group work; to provide an opportunity for personal expression and to develop students` imagination; to broaden students` outlook.

Materials: the song “My Bonny”, poems on the topic, hand-outs.

PROCEDURE

INTRODUCTION:

Teacher: Dear boys and girls! Today we are going to speak about wonderful holiday - St.Valentine`s Day. I hope that Valentine's Day will bring you lots of fun. We'll speak about the history of the holiday, listen to beautiful songs and poems. I hope you will enjoy the party.

Compere 1: Read these words.  What do you think of these words? Explain your ideas.

Friends Forever

Are we friends,
Are we not.
You told me once, but I forgot.
So tell me now and tell me true,
So I can say I'm here for you.
And if I die before you do,
I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
I'll give the angels back their wings,
And risk the loss of everything. 
Just to prove my friendship is true, 
Just to have a friend like you.
Sadie

Valentine's Day Crossword Puzzle

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2. They smell beautiful and we love to give them out on Valentine's Day.(flowers)

6. This type of candy is brown and yummy. (chocolate)

7. The color of Valentine's Day. (red)

8. He flies and shoots arrows. (Cupid)

11. We use this to tie around boxes. (ribbon)

12. We call someone special this name on Valentine's. (sweetheart)

Down

1. Cupid uses this to shoot with a bow. (arrow)

3. Will you be my ____________? (Valentine)

4. Valentine's Day shape. (heart)

5. We hand this out to friends and family on Valentine's. (card)

6. It tastes sweet and we love to receive it. (candy)

9. Another color for Valentine's Day. (pink)

10. These flowers are red and have petals and thorns. (roses)

Compere 1: Every February, 14, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday?

Compere 2: The history of Valentine’s Day is shrouded in mystery. St. Valentine’s Day contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. There are many legends about Saint Valentine and the origins of the holiday.

Compere 1: Legends of Valentine’s Day

One legend says that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those married, he outlawed marriage for young men.

Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. And Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s death, which probably occurred around 270 A.D.

According to another legend, Valentine actually sent the first ‘valentine’ greeting himself. While in prison, Valentine fell in love with a young girl, his jailor’s daughter, who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, he wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine,’ an expression that is still in use today. Legends usually says that Valentine was a sympathetic, heroic, and romantic person. In the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

Compere 2: Valentine’s Day and Christian church

However, there is a version that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine’s day in the middle of February in an effort to ‘christianize’ celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February,  February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of fertility, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

In the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big jar. The city’s bachelors would then each choose a name out of the jar and would then be a partner of chosen woman for the duration of the festival. Sometimes the pairing of the people lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine’s Day around 498 A.D. The Roman ‘lottery’ system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed.

Compere 1: Interesting facts about Valentine’s Day

• Valentine’s Day is the second largest card-sending holiday of the year (after Christmas).

• Approximately 85 per cent of all valentines are purchased by women.

Compere 2: Interesting facts about modern Valentine’s Day

• Nowadays Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries of the world on February 14. It is a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”).

• Modern Valentine’s Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.

Compere 1: Listen to the Beatles` song “My Bonny” and put the stripes into the correct order. *Listen to the song again and check your idea of it.

My Bonny

(The Beatles)

My Bonny is over the ocean,

My Bonny is over the sea,

My Bonny is over the ocean,

O, bring back my Bonny to me!

Bring back, bring back,

O, bring back my Bonny to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

O, bring back my Bonny to me.

Last night as I lay on my pillow,

Last night as I lay on my bed,

Last night as I lay on my pillow,

I dreamed that my Bonny was dead!

Bring back, bring back,

O, bring back my Bonny to me, to me;

Bring back, bring back,

O, bring back my Bonny to me.

The winds have blown over the ocean,

The winds have blown over the sea,

The winds have blown over the ocean,

And brought back my Bonny to me.

Brought back, brought back,

O, brought back my Bonny to me, to me;

Brought back, brought back,

O, brought back my Bonny to me.

Compere 1: Read the poem by R.Burns (“Red, Red Rose”). Name symbols of love as many as you can find in it. Can you translate it in the poetic way?

O my love ‘s like a red, red rose,

 That’s newly sprung in June;

O my love’s like the melodie,

That’s sweetly played in tune.

 

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

 So deep in love am I;

So deep in love am I;

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till all the seas gang dry.

Till all the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

And I will love thee still, my dear,

 While the sands o’life shall run.

Compere 2: “Любовь” перевод С.Я.Маршакa.

Любовь, как роза, роза красная,

Цветет в моем саду.

Любовь моя- как песенка,

С которой в путь иду.

 

Сильнее красоты твоей

Моя любовь одна. 

Она с тобой, пока моря

Не высохнут до дна.

 

Не высохнут моря, мой друг,

Не рушится гранит,

Не остановится песок,

А он, как жизнь бежит…

 

Будь счастлива, моя любовь,

Прощай и не грусти.

Вернусь к тебе, хоть целый свет

Пришлось бы мне пройти.

Compere 2: St.Valentine`s Day has a lot of symbols. Some of them you have named. About some of them you can read in the next task.

Match the pictures with their definitions.

A	1. Since time immemorial rose flower has been a favorite of poets and romantics at heart. For them, the lovely rose stand for beauty, passion and love.
B	2. Laces and ribbons are a delicate Valentine's Day symbol of love and romance. At that time when kings and knights went to battles their ladylove presented laces to them.
C	3. Representing love that will last forever, love knots are actually a series of winding and intertwining loops that have neither a beginning nor an end.
D	4. Heart symbolizes love and giving someone a heart means to hand over one's existence to someone.
E	5. It is believed that Cupid had a bow with a quiver of arrows and anyone hit by Cupid's arrow did not die but fell in love.
F	6. Doves are recognized as a symbol of love and loyalty on Valentine's Day.

Keys: A-5; B-4; C-6; D-1; E-3; F-2.

Meaning of Different Colors of Roses
Compere 1: Rose flower is found in different colors and it is fascinating to note that each of these different Rose colors has been assigned different meanings by the society. Hence one needs to be careful while presenting rose to someone.

Can you match the roses and their meanings?

1.Red Roses	A. Friendship or Sweetheart
2.Yellow Roses	B.Farewell
3.White Roses	C. Love and passion
4.Pink Roses	D.True love and purity of the mind
5. Black Roses	E. Friendship

Keys: 1.C; 2.E; 3.D; 4.A; 5.E.

Compere 2: This holiday people present each other post-cards, gifts, flowers and sweets. Do you like to cook anything delicious to your dearest people? Read the recipes of holiday dishes but the methods of cooking them are wrong.

Put the sentences in the correct order.

Valentine's Pie 1. Gently, fold the mixture in whipped topping. 2. Transfer mixture into the pie crust and top it with the cherries.  3. Refrigerate and serve it after one hour. 4. Add vanilla essence and mix for 2-3 minutes. 5. Beat the cream cheese and the sugar in a mixture until mixed.

Chocolate Mousse 1. Leave thus till the chocolate melts, stirring constantly.  2. Whisk egg whites stiff, and fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into the cups and refrigerate to set.  3. Garnish with the chocolate curls and serve. 4. Place the chocolate and butter in a double boiler or in a bowl placed in a bigger bowl with hot water.  5. When melted and smooth, remove from heat, and beat in the egg yolks and rum.  6. Break the chocolate into smaller pieces.

Keys: 1.Valentine's Pie

Beat the cream cheese and the sugar in a mixture until mixed.

Add vanilla essence and mix for 2-3 minutes.

Gently, fold the mixture in whipped topping.

Transfer mixture into the pie crust and top it with the cherries.

Refrigerate and serve it after one hour.

2. Chocolate Mousse 

Break the chocolate into smaller pieces. 

Place the chocolate and butter in a double boiler or in a bowl placed in a bigger bowl with hot water. 

Leave thus till the chocolate melts, stirring constantly. 

When melted and smooth, remove from heat, and beat in the egg yolks and rum. 

Whisk egg whites stiff, and fold into the chocolate mixture. Pour into the cups and refrigerate to set.

Garnish with the chocolate curls and serve.

Compere 1: Tradition of exchanging Valentine's Day Cards is said to have begun as early as 1400's. Credit for the first written Valentine's Day Card is given to Charles - Duke of Orleans, who following capture at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, wrote a poem to his wife while imprisonment in the Tower of London. The greeting has been preserved by British Library.

Compere 2: Valentine's Day Messages

Valentine's Day is a day to express your feelings and renew the bond of love you share with your Valentine. To make this Valentine Day memorable for your beloved declare your love to the world by sending a cute and heartfelt Valentine's Day message to us!! We will carry your message along with your name in this page dedicated to lovers and their messages. 
Read some messages and write your own ones using the information of reading.

My Love Chimpu,
I Love You a lot...
These words are not enough to express you how much I Love u.
You come in my life as an angel of the GOD and make my life so brightful, colorful and full of love. I always pray to God to tie us in a sacred knot soon so that we spend each and every moment together. You always support me, care me, love me.. I m always thankful to GOD who gave me such a true & loving heart person in my life...
Happy Valentines Day!! My Love of Life...
Miss U...
Urs Love
Chimpi

Hi dear,
I love u so much.
I cant live without u.
I need u in my life. 
Everyday I want to see ur eyes.
Hold ur hands n walk with u.
Every night I want sleep on ur chest.
Wanna make love with u.
Wanna b a good mother to ur kids.
Wanna b a good wife to u.
I want ur love forever.
Then one day I will die on ur lab.
But my love will never die for u.
I LOVE YOU...
Tina

Wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day.
This is a message is to let you know that you are thought of always.
May God give you everything you wish for.
Love
Amit

Without Love---days are sad day, moan day, tears day, waste day, thirst day, fright day, shatter day. So be in love everyday
Wish you a Happy Valentines Day.
Let's share the world A sea is for you, and waves are for me.
The sky is for you, and stars are for me.
The sun is for you, and light is for me.
Everything is for you, and you are for me.
From
Nanu Tamang

Compere 1: You know that a lot of famous people write beautiful words about love. Read some words about love, choose one of the quotations and agree or disagree to them.

Attention is the most basic form of love, through it we bless and are blessed.
John Tarrant

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
Voltaire

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods. Plato

He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; He who loves, finds the door open. Rabindranath Tagore

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
W. Shakespeare

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. George Eliot

1. CONCLUSION

Teacher: Now we’ve come to the end of the lesson. So, we can make a conclusion that you have known a lot of interesting facts about this wonderful holiday. Thank you for your work at our lesson. See you next time.

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