Saint Valentine's Day
методическая разработка по английскому языку (11 класс) на тему

Министерство образования и науки Республики Казахстан

Управление образования Северо-Казахстанской области

г. Петропавловск

КГУ гимназия «БЭСТ»

Quiz

«St. Valentine’s Day»

Подготовила:

                           Охман Я. С.

г. Петропавловск, 2013 г.

Форма урока: викторина

Цели:

1. Повышение эффективности учебно-воспитательного процесса;
2. Повышение культурного и образовательного уровня учащихся;
3. Разнообразие и внедрение новых форм и методов работы на уроке английского языка;
4. Углубление знаний учащихся по истории, культуре, обычаям и традициям стран изучаемого языка.

Задачи:

Образовательные:

1. Познакомить с традициями Англии;
2. Познакомить с историей праздника «День Святого Валентина»;
3. Познакомить с методикой проведения конкурсов, игр, викторин, которые можно провести в рамках празднования этого дня в классе, в школе.
4. Активизировать учебные умения и навыки учащихся.

Воспитательные:

1. повысить интерес к изучению английского языка;
2. воспитывать уважение к культуре страны изучаемого языка;
3. расширить кругозор и словарный запас учащихся.

Развивающие:

1. Совершенствовать навыки сценического поведения, способствовать преодолению скованности и неуверенности;
2. Развивать культуру публичного выступления;
3. Развивать навыки устной речи и преодолевать языковой барьер.

Оборудование:

аудиомагнитофон, раздаточный материал, символика праздника, компьютер, мультимедийная доска

The procedure of the lesson:

Teacher:

«If there is rightness in the soul
There will be beauty in the person
If there is beauty in the person
There will be harmony at home
If these is harmony at home
There will be order in the nation
If there is order in the nation
There will be peace in the world”

Good morning dear guests and students. Today is a special day. We are going to celebrate one religious and very famous holiday. Do you like holidays?

Teacher: ( Slide 2) St. Valentine’s Day – it is a very sentimental unofficial holiday which is celebrated on the 14th of February by those who believe in love and friendship. Boys and girls, husbands and wives, just friends send nice cards to each other with warm greetings on the day.

Teacher: (Slide 3)It’s high time to speak about the history of the holiday. Look please at the board. Here you can see the key words from the history of the holiday. These key words will help you to make up the whole story. Try please. Work in pairs. You have 3 minutes. (the Queen of Roman Goddesses and Gods, Juno, names in a jar, the Emperor, all marriages and engagements were canceled, married couples in secret,  jailers’ daughter, "From Your Valentine")

History of St. Valentine's Day

St Valentine's Day was supposedly started in the time of the Roman Empire. In Ancient Rome, the date of February 14 was a holiday to honor the Queen of Roman Goddesses and Gods, Juno. Juno was known as the Goddess of women and marriage. The next day February 15 was the first day of the Festival known as the Feast of Lupercia.

On February 14 is was said that the young boys and girls of the villages would write down the names of every girl and place these names in a jar of which each young man would have to draw a name of a girl and this particular maiden would be their partner for the duration of the festival. Sometimes these parings would last a year and end up in marriage.

These rituals under the laws of Claudius were banned as the Emperor believed that the reasons why men would now go to war were because they did not want to leave their lovers or families. As a result all marriages and engagements were canceled as a result Saint Valentine a Roman priest was said to have married these couples in secret and for this he was executed on the 14th day of February.

While St Valentine was in jail it is said that he fell in love with the jailers’ daughter. By a miracle or some say by the prayers of Valentine she gained her sight and as a last farewell in a note he was to "From Your Valentine".

Teacher: (Slide 5) There are a lot of traditions on this holiday. If you look at the board you will know about some of them. Do you know any other traditions?

Teacher: Students what do you have in your mind when I tell you the name of the holiday “St. Valentine’s Day”?

St: valentines, sweets, songs

Teacher: What are these words? – Symbols of the holiday. (Slide 4) St. Valentine’s Symbols. Now, you will have pictures and words. Your task is to match the symbols of the holiday with the words. (Heart, red rose, ribbons, lace, gloves, love knot, cupid, letters, cards, engagements and proposals, doves). You have to minutes.

Teacher: Well done! Who knows the meaning of these holiday’s symbols?

St.1: Heart. Emotions are feelings such as love, happiness, anger, or fear. A long time ago people believed that all the emotions were found in the heart. In later years they thought only the emotion of love was connected with the heart. The heart is still a symbol of love and because of this; it is also a symbol of Valentine’s Day.

St.2: Red Rose. The rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Red is a color that stands for strong feelings. That is why the red rose is a flower of love.

St. 3: Ribbons. Ribbons go back to the days when ladies gave ribbons to their favorite knights when they went to war.

St.4: Lace. Lace comes from a Latin word; it means “to catch”. Lace was supposed to catch the heart of a loved one. Lace is a pretty fabric made by weaving together fine threads. Hundreds of years ago women carried lace handkerchiefs. A man nearby might pick it up and return it to her. Sometimes a woman might see a man she wanted to meet. She might drop her lace handkerchief on purpose to encourage romance. Soon people thought of romance when they thought of lace. They began using paper lace to decorate chocolate boxes and Valentine cards.

St. 5: Gloves. Years ago when a man proposed marriage to a woman he asked “for her hand”. The hand became the symbol of marriage and love. Soon gloves also became a symbol of love.

St. 6: Love birds and Doves. Lovebirds are colorful parrots found in Africa. Most have red bills.

They are called love birds because they sit closely together in pairs. Doves were thought to be favorite birds of Venus. They remain with the same mates all their lives. The males and females both care for their babies. As these birds are symbols of loyalty and love they are also symbols of Valentine’s Day.

Teacher: Well done! Tell me please what is the most famous symbol of the holiday? St. 8: Cupid. (Slide 5) Son of Venus, goddess of love. He could cause people to fall in love by piercing them with one of his magic arrows.

Teacher: Different games are very popular at Valentine parties. Now let’s play special games!

(Slide 6) Contest 1 “Find the words!”  Divide into two teams. The fastest team will be the winner!

(valentine, roman, candy, friend, cake, love, heart, scar, dance, date, gift, flowers, marriage, bring, ceremony, arrow, feeling, chocolate, honey, beautiful, dear, letter, charming, cupid, pink)

(Slide 7) Contest 2 “Famous people”. Match the sweethearts!

Romeo-Juliet

Admiral Nelson- Lady Hamilton

Eve-Adam

Captain Grey- Assol

Cinderella-Prince

Othello-Desdemona

Ophelia-Hamlet

Master-Margaret

 (Slide 8) Contest 3 “ Find the right word!”

Teacher: As everybody knows, poems are also symbols of this day. There are a lot of different poems about love.  Contest 4 Now, your task is “To make the heart”. On one side of the heard there will be a poem. Please be very attentive and find your half.

My love is like a cabbage

Divided into two

The leaves I give to others

The heart I give to you.

***

My heart to you is given

Oh do give yours to me

We'll lock them up together

And throw away the key

***

Sure as grape grows on the vine,

So sure you are my Valentine –

The rose is red, the violet is blue,

Lilies are fair and so are you!

***

The sky is high, the sea is deep.

Thinking of you I cannot sleep.

If you love me I love you

Nothing but death will part us too. 

***

Here’s special valentine
With lots of love for you
And since you’re very special
Here are hugs and kisses, too!

Love, love me do,
You know I love you,
I’ll always be true,
So please, love me do.

***

The sky is high, the sea is deep.

Thinking of you I cannot sleep.

If you love me I love you

Nothing but death will part us too.

Read please your poems aloud.

(Slide 11) Contest 5 Create your poem about love. You are going to work in pairs. You have 2 minutes.

 (Slide 13) Contest 6 “What is love”-Quiz! Look at the board and answer the questions about love.

Key:1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a, 5-e

Valentine's Day Love Quotations

The task is to read and explain the meaning of the quotation in English. 

  Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint Exupery(1900—1944), a French writer and aviator.

    Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. 
Leo Buscaglia (1924– 1998), an American novelist

    True love stories never have endings. 

  Where there is love, there is life. 
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948), a political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.

  When love is not madness, it is not love. 
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600 – 1681), a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.

  It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. 
Alfred Tennyson (1809 – 1892), an English poet.

Contest 7 “Guess the phrase”

The next task is to guess the phrase that is hidden in the pictures.

Key: Love is all around

Now, it’s high time to sing the song about love. I suggest you singing the song by Steve Wonder “I just call to say I love you”

The task is to fill in the missing words and phrases!

STEVIE WONDER

"I Just Called To Say I Love You"

No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact here's just another ordinary day

No April rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

No summer's high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies

No Libra sun
No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
of my heart

STEVIE WONDER

"I Just Called To Say I Love You"

No New Year's Day to celebrate
No ________ covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact here's just __________

No April rain
No flowers _______
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must __________
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it ________ of my heart

No summer's high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender __________

No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies

No Libra sun
No ________

No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
___________ like no three words could ever do

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, _______

I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
of my heart

Well, the legendary group “Beatles” sang: “All you need is love”. I wish you great love, now and forever, because Love is a wonderful thing though it’s sad. Love makes you happy and goes to your head. Love keeps you warm on a cold winter night. Love makes you day-dream Makes things seem all right! Thank you!