What do you know about the history of Valentine’s Day?
Have you ever sent a Valentine’s card?
Have you ever received Valentine’s cards?
What is your opinion about Valentine’s Day?
Step
activiteit
activity
leerdoel
aim
tijd
time
introduction
Find out what you already know.
10
Step 1
listening Valentine’s day
You can understand a spoken text about Valentine’s Day and answer questions about it.
15
Step 2
reading The legend of St. Valentine
You can understand a text about The legend of St. Valentineand answer questions about it.
15
Step 3
vocabulary and irregular verbs
You can understand and use vocabulary about Valentine’s Day. The irregular verbs: to eat, to fall, to feed and to feel.
15
Step 4
grammar Future tenses
You can understand and use Future tenses.
10
Step 5
speaking Talking about love part 3
You can talk about love.
10
Step 6
writing An article about Valentine’s Day
You can write an article about Valentine’s Day.
20
Step 7
evaluation
Reflecting on what you have learnt.
5
Step 1 - Listening
Valentine’s day
You are going to listen to a text about Valentine’s day.
Listen to the text and do assignment 1.
Read the statements.
Listen again and do assignment 2.
Listen again and do assignment 3.
Assignment 1
Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
What information do you get about: (use key words)
Cards
Other presents
where
who
history
Esther Howland
restaurants
Statements
Valentine’s Day is only celebrated in English speaking countries.
You always sign a Valentine’s card.
You can also give red roses.
Valentine’s cards are only sent by people who are in love.
In Japan only men send Valentine’s cards.
There is no confusion over which Saint Valentine the day is named after.
Valentine of Rome lived in the 13th century.
The bishop of Terni lived in the 14th century.
The custom of sending Valentine’s cards started in England.
Esther Howland started selling cards in the 18th century.
Step 2 - Reading
The legend of St. Valentine
You are going to read a text about The Legend of St. Valentine.
Read the text and do assignment 1.
Read the text again and do assignment 2.
Assignment 1
Copy and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
What information do you get about: (use key words)
The introduction
Legend 1
Legend 2
Legend 3
Where celebrated
Lupercalia
Festival
The Legend of St. Valentine
The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends 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 with wives and families, 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.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to yet another legend, Valentine actually sent the first “Valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl–possibly his jailor’s daughter–who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, allegedly he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today.
Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and–most importantly–romantic figure. By the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France.
Origins of Valentine’s Day: A Pagan Festival in February
While some believe that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial–which probably occurred around A.D. 270–others claim that the Christian church may have decided to place St. Valentine’s feast day in the middle of February in an effort to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia. Celebrated at the ides of February, or February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at a sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification. They would then strip the goat’s hide into strips, dip them into the sacrificial blood and take to the streets, gently slapping both women and crop fields with the goat hide. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed the touch of the hides because it was believed to make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city’s bachelors would each choose a name and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage.
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Tip!
Er zijn verschillende manieren om woordjes te leren.
Je kunt de woorden hardop voorlezen of overschrijven.
Het belangrijkste is dat je dit niet te lang achter elkaar doet, want dan leer je niets meer.
In twee keer 10 minuten leer je meer dan in een half uur.
Irregular Verbs
Bekijk de onderstaande kennisbank en bestudeer de volgende irregular verbs (onregelmatige werkwoorden):
De onderstaande antwoorden moet je zelf nakijken; vergelijk jouw antwoorden met de goede
antwoorden, en geef aan in welke mate jouw antwoorden correct zijn.
Is there a right age for a first date? What age is it? Why?
Who do you think should pay for a date? Why?
What was the worst date you've ever been on? What made it bad?
What is the worst possible thing that could happen on a date?
Is it okay to date more than one person at the same time? If so, what is the maxium?
What's your idea of a perfect date?
Is there a difference between "having a date" in American English
and "een afspraakje hebben" or "gaan met" in Dutch?
If so, what differences are there?
Step 6 - Writing
An article about Valentine’s Day.
You listened to a text and you read a text about Valentine’s Day. Now you are going to write about it yourself.
Introduce the subject.
Give information about the history of Valentine’s Day. (You can use the information from the text The Legend of St. Valentine).
Describe your own experiences.
Conclude with your opinion about Valentine’s Day.
Ask your teacher how many words you have to use.
Open het werkbestand in google docs: My funny valentine -An article about valentine's day. Maak een kopie van het werkblad in je eigen omgeving (Bestand - Een kopie maken...)
of download het werkblad (Bestand - Downloaden als).
Step 7 - Evaluation
Fill in the schedule and answer the questions below.
Activiteit
leuk
niet leuk
makkelijk
moeilijk
weet ik al
nieuw
Listening
Reading
Vocabulary
Grammar
Speaking
Writing
What have you learnt in this double period?
Answer the following questions:
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Toelichting
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 3. Dit is thema 2 'Being in love'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: My funny valentine. In deze les staat valentijnsdag centraal. Zaken die worden behandeld zijn valentijnskaarten, cadeautjes krijgen/geven en daten. Daarbij wordt de legende van St. Valentine besproken. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to eat, to fall, to feed en to feel. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt de 'future' behandeld.
Leerniveau
HAVO 3;
VWO 3;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
1 uur en 40 minuten
Trefwoorden
arrangeerbaar, cadeautjes krijgen/geven, daten, engels, future, hv3, my funny valentine, st. valentine, stercollectie, valentijnskaarten
Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 3. Dit is thema 2 'Being in love'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: My funny valentine. In deze les staat valentijnsdag centraal. Zaken die worden behandeld zijn valentijnskaarten, cadeautjes krijgen/geven en daten. Daarbij wordt de legende van St. Valentine besproken. De onregelmatige werkwoorden in deze les zijn: to eat, to fall, to feed en to feel. In de grammaticaopdracht wordt de 'future' behandeld.
The subject of this period is Valentine’s Day.
