Saint Valentine’s day

1. Saint Valentine’s day For 11th grade students English teacher Galkina G.G.

2. Answer some questions about this holiday: Where did St. Valentine live? a) in Greece b) in Rome c) in Great Britain 2. What date is St. Valentine’s day? а) 13-th of February б) 14-th of February в) 8 of March

3. 3. How do you spell 14-th а) fourteen б) forteenth в) fourteenth 4. According to a popular belief, why was St. Valentine beheaded? a) Because he secretly married young couples • Because he ran away with Emperor Claudius's daughter • c) Because he was always in love with someone

4. 5. When St. Valentine was in prison, who did he fall in love with? a) his prisoner's daughter b) his prisoner's wife c) his prisoner's sister 6. The girl St. Valentine fell in love with was a) Deaf b) Blind c) Blind and deaf

5. What colour is associated with St. Valentine's Day? a) Orange b) Purple c) Red 8. Which Roman God is one of the symbols of St. Valentine's Day? a) Eros b) Cupid c) Apollo

6. Which are the most common flowers given on St. Valentine's Day? a) Roses b) Sunflowers c) Snowdrops 10. What greeting is often said on this day? a) Happy love lives! b) Good luck c) happy Valentine’s day!

7. February 14TH was right in the middle of roman festival, called «lupercalia» WHEN CRISTIANITY BECAME THE RELIGION OF ROME, THIS JOYOUS DAY WAS RENAMED INTO ST.VALENTINE`S DAY

8. St Valentine's Day. It is a very sentimental unofficial holiday, which is celebrated on the 14th 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. No one can trace origin of this European tradition, but the legend tells us a story of an Italian monk Valentine who helped young people to marry breaching thus the ruler's law. St Valentine was executed but people still remember him and celebrate this saint's day as a day of love.  The best presents are small trifles, chocolates and greeting cards.

9. The history of the holiday St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday.Do you know,who was St.Valentine? One of the legend says,he was a Christian priest,who had been thrown in prison for his teaching. On February,14 Valentine was beheaded,not only because he performed a miracle-he cured the jailer’s daughter from her blindness the night before he was executed-but he wrote a letter to the girl signing it «From your Valentine ».

10. Just before his death, on February 14, he sent a farewell message signed ``From your Valentine``

11. Traditions • In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man.If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him. • If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have. • In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February,14. Hearts, keys were favourite decorations on the spoons. • If ayoung woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. • If a woman saw a goldfish, she would marry amillionaire.

12. Тhe legend of how St. Valentine’s Day began. When the Roman Emperor Claudius II needed soldiers, he made a law against marrying because he felt that marriage men want to stay at home instead of fighting wars. But at that time there was a kindly priest named Valentine, he couldn’t agree with the emperor’s decision. When he saw that young couples were truly in love, he married them secretly. .

13. Cupid Cupid is the most famous Valentine symbol, who is known as a mischievous, winged child whose arrows signify desires and emotions of love. Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and humans, causing them to fall deeply in love. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Romans he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.

14. St. Valentine’s symbols Guess them: Cards Chocolates Engagements & Proposals Flowers Gloves Hearts Letters Love Spoons Ribbons

15. Meaning of Different Colors of Roses • Rose of different colors symbolizes different emotions and feelings. One therefore needs to be careful while presenting a rose to loved one: • Red Roses - Love and passion • White Roses -True love, purity of the mind and reverence • Yellow Roses - Friendship, celebration and joy • Pink Roses -Friendship or Sweetheart, admiration • Peach Roses -Desire and excitement or appreciation • Lilac Roses -Love at first sight and enchantment • Coral Roses -Desire • Orange Roses -Enthusiasm and desire • Black Roses -Farewell or "It's Over" • Bouquet of Red and Yellow Roses:Happiness and celebrations • Bouquet of Red and White Roses:Bonding and harmony • Bouquet of Yellow and Orange Roses:Passion

16. Find the words KsLortojkfvalentinekiutgbromancetcandykyegwsfvnkinjkoyfriendnhyiokcakemnbghjmloveiuytioyhearthjkfdscardnbghydancekuyhjdatejhgfgiftjulkioflowersghjomohgfdiuyonkjuihyjoyfdmarriagejghklmnbringcxdfrosesbvchkggggddingkjhceremonybvcxarrowbnmghfeelingkjhgfchocolatenbvhoneylkjhuisweetsmnbvcxhbeautifultyuiodearasdfletterbnxdfg charmingrtyyuucupidnbpinkgfdikio

17. Famous couples Prince Othello Romeo Lady Hamilton Margaret Captain Grey Ophelia Admiral Nelson Assol Adam Desdemona Cinderella Eve Hamlet Master Juliet

18. Create your poem about love • ----------------------------------------day • ----------------------------------------say • ----------------------------------------you • ----------------------------------------too!

19. Choose the definition Heart: a) a present,b)an organ,c)sweet food. Sweetheart: a) a greeting,b) a lover,c) a candy. Gift: a) a flower,b) a feeling,c) a present. Tender: a) kind,b) funny,c) gentle. Wedding ceremony: a) a dance,b) a diamond,c) marriage. Cupid:a) God,b) winged child,c) Valentine.

20. Let’s talk about love My heart is-----a boiling kettle Your heart is----a diamond Your lips are----roses Your eyes are----stars My love is-----the Universe My heart is----fire Your heart is-----ice Your lips are-----honey Your eyes are----an ocean My love is----the sky as cold as as deep as as blue as as sweet as as nice as as hard as as hot as as bright as as red as as endless as

21. Jumbled letters • Unscramble the following words: • Tearh • Elvo • Esewt • Natevilne • Maroecn • Upicd • Siks • Cochalote • Rifedn • Lofrew

22. What children think about love • Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. • Love is when mummy gives daddy the best piece of chicken. • Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,then he wears it every day. • Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.

23. What is love? • 1.What is love? • 2.What does love do? • 3.When do a young boy and a young girl fall in love? • 4.How? • 5.They are then said to be? • A) Madly. • B) At the first sight. • C)Love is blind. • D) Love makes the world go round. • E)Victims of cupid’s darts.

24. Love poems • She walks in beauty,like the night • Of cloudless climes and starry skies, • And all that’s best of dark and bright, • Meet in the aspect and her eyes; • Thus mellow’d to that tender light • Which heaven and gaudy day denies • Lord Byron • What’s in a name? That’s which we call a rose • By any other word would smell as sweet. • So Romeo would, were he not called Romeo, • Retain that dear perfection which he owes • Without that title.Romeo, deny your name; • And for your name,which is no part of you, • Take all myself. • W. Shakespare

25. Let’s make Valentine cards

26. LOVE! HAPPINESS! BEAUTY!