3RD ESO
3º ESO ST VALENTINE : 14th FEBRUARY Introduction How many words can you think related to St Valentine? Do you celebrate St Valentine's Day in your country? If so, how? You usually offer gifts to your friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. what are your favourite presents or gifts? Do you think giving presents is the only way to show your love or friendship? How else can you show your feelings?
1/ On February the 14th , people send a Valentine’s card to the person they like. Let’s complete some typical expressions used in those messages of love. Angel One Best abcdefghi-
Love Friend Darling
Great Sweet
You are my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . You are an _ _ _ E _. You are my _ _ _ E. You are my number _ _ _ . You are my _ _ _ E _ _ . You are just _ _ E _ _ . You are the _ E _ _. You are very _ _ _ _ T. Be my _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ .
2/Reorder the bold letters and you’ll have a traditional Valentine’s poem. Roses are dre Violets are lube Sugar is steew And so are uyo
3/Now write your own Valentine cards:
St Valentine
St Valentine
4/ Valentine’s word search: A N O P O C L V
S R S L D A O A
T E R I E V O L
A D P O S A S E
S U I A W C I N
C O R H E A R T
O L T S E R O I
P S U E T D M N
R O S E S E V E
5/ Classify the following adjectives: Optimistic, honest, timid, cheerful, mean, elegant, attractive, considerate, proud, selfish, worthy, quiet, lazy, jealous. generous, impolite, sensible, cruel POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
CHOOSE four or five adjectives you’d like to find in a true friend: __________ , __________________ , _______________ , ___________________ .
6/ Complete this typical love song: Gray Sunshine Night Much Never Cried Happy Arms You are my ..................... , my only sunshine You make me................. when skies are ................ You'll ...................know dear how ..................I love you. Please don't take my ....................away. The other ..................dear while I was sleeping I dreamed I held you in my ................... When I awoke dear I was mistaken So I hung my head and .............. You are my .................., my only sunshine You make me................. when skies are ................ You'll ...................know dear how ..................I love you. Please don't take my ....................away. 7/ How many words can you form with the following letters?
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I LOVE MY VALENTINE -
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4TH ESO
4ยบ ESO ST VALENTINE'S DAY Introduction Do you believe in St Valentine? Imagine a perfect Valentine's Day. Who would you be with? Where would you go? What would you do? Are there any typical customs about marriage in your country? Describe a typical wedding ceremony in your country.
1/ Make questions for the following answers. 1- _____________________________? Yes, I do. 2- _____________________________? I love you a lot. 3- _____________________________? I've loved you since I met you. 4- _____________________________? Well, really, about you, I love almost everything. 5- _____________________________? Oh, yes, I'll love you forever. 6- _____________________________? Oh no. If you cheated on me, I wouldn't give you a second chance.
2/ Wedding traditions. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. Ring, single, past, future, tossing, hearts, fortune, new, left, symbol, fertility, evil, lend, blue, flowers, old, shoe, borrowed, youth, marry a- ______________the bouquet. Today the bouquet is tossed to ______________women with the belief that whoever catches it will be next to ______________ . b- The wedding______________has been worn on the third finger of the _______________hand since Roman times. The Romans believed that the vein in that finger runs directly to the ___________. The wedding ring symbolizes everlasting love. c- Something ____________ : represents the bride’s link to her family and the __________. d- Something _______________ : represents hope for good ____________ and success in the _______________ e- Something _____________: usually comes from a happily married woman and it is thought to ________________ some of her good fortune and joy to the new bride. f- Something __________: is a _____________of love, fidelity and purity of the bride g- A sixpence in her ________________ is to wish the bride wealth in her future life. h- Wedding bouquet : _____________ are incorporated into the wedding ceremony as a symbol of ____________ i- The bridal veil: It has long been a symbol of _________________, modesty and virginity and was used to ward off ______________ 3/ JOIN these famous couples: 1-Cupid 2-Romeo 3-Robin Hood 4-Marc Antony 5-Abelard 6-Sha Jahan 7-Prince Albert 8-Pierre Curie
a-Cleopatra b-Marie Sklodowska c-Heloise d-Juliet e-Psyche f-Queen Victoria g-Maid Marion h-Mumtaz Mahal
1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__ 6__ 7__ 8__
Can you remember some other famous couples? How much do you know about them?
4/ The Tale of Cupid and Psyche. Read the story
Psyche is a princess so beautiful that the goddess Venus becomes jealous. In revenge, she instructs her son Cupid to make her fall in love with a hideous monster; but instead he falls in love with her himself. He becomes her unseen husband, visiting her only at night. Psyche disobeys his orders not to attempt to look at him, and in doing so she loses him. In her search for him she undertakes a series of cruel and difficult tasks set by Venus. Cupid can eventually no longer bear to witness her suffering or to be apart from her and pleads their cause to the gods. Psyche becomes an immortal and in the end the lovers are married in heaven. Now cover the text and try to re-tell the story in your own words.
5/ The Story of St Valentine. In Roman times people celebrated a festival of love in the month of February. This festival was called Lupercalia. It was the festival of the Roman gods Pan and Juno. Young men and women played games to find a wife or a husband. I lived in Rome. My emperor was Claudius. He was not a good emperor. He only wanted to be at war so he demanded money and soldiers. Nobody wanted to join the army so the cruel Claudius decided to pass a law forbidding marriages. He thought if men didn’t marry they would not feel bad when leaving their wives and children behind. Nobody liked this law, least of all, a priest called Valentine. I met him when he ended up in one of the cells of the prison I worked in. He had been marrying couples in secret until the soldiers caught him. He knew this was going to happen sooner or later, but he didn’t regret it because he believed deeply in love. Many young people started to visit him in jail. Even my daughter started to visit him. They would talk and talk for hours on end. Poor Valentine left her a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. It said: “Love from your Valentine”. That’s how the tradition of exchanging love messages started. Valentine was sentenced to death and died on the 14th February , 269 AD
Reading comprehension: 1. In Roman times the festival of love was celebrated in _____________ 2. The Roman gods was Pan and _______________ 3. What was the name of the emperor? 4. Why did he pass a law forbidding marriages? 5. Where did the narrator work? 6. Did the prison guard have a son or a daughter? 7. What was the priest’s name? 8. He was sentenced to death. Why? 9. What did he do on the very day he was going to die?