Lesson Plans and Materials for celebrating Valentine’s Day for the whole month of February for intermediate level students.
Related Topics: Love and Romance, 8-9
Background
Warm-up
How Hollywood Says “I Love You” – YouTube (3:53)https://youtu.be/mCPZaX_foxUClips from various films. TRANSCRIPT: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and the thing is, I love you.
I love you x 100 – YouTube (1:51)https://youtu.be/P5f1Y3CWTc0#t=20Happy Valentine’s Day! Learn to say “I love you” in a hundred languages on Memrise
Music
David Bowie – Valentine’s Day – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/S4R8HTIgHUUDavid Bowie’s official music video for ‘Valentine’s Day’. A starter in a less romantic class
The Valentine’s Medley (FreddeGredde) – YouTube (6:43) https://youtu.be/d0JoX4qm8OEI figured that people might want some ideas on what to play for their “valentines” on February 14. 😉
Valentine’s Day Rap English ESL Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation with Fluency MC!.wmv – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/qK2y4SUSDqs
A Great Song by Jason Fluency MC, written for the special Day of Valentines!
Love Song – One word, many languages – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/eqL5m_ZO9SgLiebe, Khwām rạk, Láska, Love, Szerelem, Cinta, Agapi, Hobb, Rakkaus, Miłość, Bhalobashá, Liubav, Dashuri, Amor, Cariad, Amore, Ljubezen, Armastus, Sarang, любовь, Milestiba, ai, սեր, каханне, Amour, Upendo, Aşk, Mboraijú, Maitasun, Kärlek, Ást
Elton John – Can you feel the love tonight! – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/n8FM8nyy_FkElton John – Can you feel the love tonight, with lyrics!!!
Paul Mccartney – My valentine ( Original Video ) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/J_mwHMNMzzEPaul Mccartney – My valentine ( Original Video ) Featuring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp
Vocabulary
English Vocabulary – Saint Valentine’s Dayhttp://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-valentine-day.php#.VNY9D_nF_iU
Celebrated on 14 February. It is a day when you give a valentine’s card to someone you have a romantic relationship with
Valentine’s Day – English-Zone.Com Holiday Pageshttp://www.english-zone.com/holidays/val-words.html
Words of Love – A Valentine’s Vocabulary… Many close synonyms to be used either in writing or vocabulary activities (yr 8-9)
Lesson Plans
Talk2Me English : My Valentine – A fun lesson for Valentine’s dayhttp://talk2meenglish.blogspot.com/2014/02/my-valentine-fun-lesson-for-valentines.html
The lesson is based on a Paul McCarthy song’My Valentine’ (yr 7-8)
ESL Holiday Lessons: English Lesson on Valentine’s Dayhttps://eslholidaylessons.com/02/valentines_day.html
ESL Holiday Lessons: Free 14-Page lesson listening/reading lesson on the celebration of Valentine’s Day with various vocabulary activities
The Travelling Teachers: Saint Valentine’s Day activitieshttp://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/2015/02/saint-valentine-s-day-activities.html
A blog for EFL students and teachers about cultural topics and new digital tools. (yr 8-9)
Reading
7. Valentine’s Day – A Holiday of Love and Friendshiphttps://www.rong-chang.com/customs/cc/customs007.htm
Valentine’s Day, February 14, is a holiday that celebrates love and friendship in the United States (yr 7)
VALENTINES – Silly Poems for Kids, Children and Adultshttp://www.brownielocks.com/valentinepoems.html
A compilation of poems written by many authors. Excerpts Taken from a book titled “Valentine Poems” Read for fun and/or write your own
Listening
Viewing
Valentines Day | English & Culture | English Lessons – YouTube (1:17)https://youtu.be/mQmJ4jZ5LBUHow to explain Valentine’s Day in North America. A great resource for students and teachers (yr 7)
Bet You Didn’t Know: Valentine’s Day Video – History of Valentine’s Day – HISTORY.comhttp://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-valentines-day
How did St. Valentine become associated with love and romance? Get the full story behind the holiday. An array of a dozen 2-4 min videos about Valentine’s Day topics
ESLpodTV Lesson 32 – A Valentine Story – YouTube (2:40) https://youtu.be/XjwLa_Eenvo
A Valentine’s Day story of a young man in love whose passion is thwarted by an evil old crone. A funny little story, but watch it first to decide whether it suits your students
Valentine’s Day Facts and Statistics – YouTube (1:49)https://youtu.be/y1V21oU9qU0What are some fun facts about valentines day? Surprise your friends with some new valentines day facts!
Speaking
Speed dating, icebreakers and PowerPoint – YouTube (2:08)https://youtu.be/3tEDBWuHoZIUsing a PowerPoint slide show for maximum communicative practice in the EFL classroom.
Madonna – Material Girl (Official Music Video) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/6p-lDYPR2P8
Madonna – “Material Girl” Discuss what this video says about Valentine’s Day and answer the question: “What else he could have done?”
Writing
A Valentine’s Day Break-Uphttps://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/files/coursebook_template_reading_plus_projects_valentines_day_2.pdf
A downloadable break-up letter with several suggestions on how to react to it in writing
Valentine Limericks 🙂 by Brownielockshttps://www.brownielocks.com/valentinelimericks.html
Roses are red Blue is the sky If you don’t become my Valentine I’ll just eat till I die. Read for inspiration to write your own
Worksheets
Interactive
Love Poem | Festisitehttps://www.festisite.com/love/poems/Compose your own love poem from the given verses (yr 7-8)
ESL Quiz – Valentine’s Day Quiz (Letitia Bradley) I-TESL-Jhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/mc-lb-ValD.htmlA Vocabulary Quiz to be copied or done individually. Choose the answer 1:1 (Yr 8-9)
More Materials
Valentine’s Day activities worksheet – Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/valentines_day_activities/valentines-day-valentines/17145
Talk, write and listen – This worksheet set includes 6 Valentine’s day activities
Valentine’s Day – Valentines Day, St Valentine’s Dayhttp://www.stvalentinesday.org/
The most expensive energizer which can heal any ailment and suffering is “Love”, which is in fact all around!! Everything imaginable about Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Dayhttp://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/
Also called San Valentine 2020, the day of love is celebrated far and wide across the globe, with gifts giving, greetings and expressions of love.
Final Words
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