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167 FREE Love and Marriage Worksheets. A Huge Collection of Famous Celebrity Romantic Love Letters. Love is in the Air. Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy – a lesson. It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and although I don’t normally do anything for it, I thought that this year I would take the opportunity to share one of my favourite poems with my students.

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy – a lesson

Here’s the plan in case you want to do it too. Ask your students what day it is, and whether anything special happens on this day in their country. The Science of Kissing. L.O.V.E. – activity/lesson plan. St.

L.O.V.E. – activity/lesson plan

Valentine’s day is approaching so here’s a lesson plan on the topic of love and friendship. Students warm up by playing a word game (stages 4-5) that encourages them to think deeper about what they read into a range of concepts related to love and friendship andpushes them to recall vocabulary on these topics The lesson ends in a discussion activity (stage 6). Level: B1-C1Length: 30-60 min (depending on whether you do the discussion activity)Focus: speaking (a conversation class)Materials: Worksheet Stage One. (Collage produced using [Optional] If the students came up with the topic of St. Say ‘I’m thinking of one of these pictures. Search Results. My latest New York Times post for English Language Learners is on Valentine’s Day and idioms.

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It includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. And here’s a “video bingo” activity that didn’t get included because of space limitations, but I thought readers would find it useful so I’m sharing it here. It’s in four “steps”: 1. Tell students they are going to play a game. 2. 3. 4. This kind of video bingo can be used with any kind of video! You can see all my previous New York Times posts here. The history of marriage - Alex Gendler. Talk2Me English : My Valentine - A fun lesson for Valentine's day. I discovered the song 'My Valentine' by Paul McCartney this week and thought it would be perfect for a Valentine's day lesson.

Talk2Me English : My Valentine - A fun lesson for Valentine's day

The song is so romantic ♥ My lesson ended up being rather funny and very lively, I hope your students will enjoy it as much as mine did :-) Level: IntermediateLesson activities: Talking about Valentine's day, using sign language to learn vocabulary, listening practice and fill the blanks exercise. Warm up questions: 1. 3 activities for Valentine's day. Whoops!

3 activities for Valentine's day

You’ve completely forgotten that Valentine’s Day is round the corner and you haven’t planned anything with a romantic theme for your classes. Don’t panic – Here are 3 last-minute love lessons / activities for you to try which require very little preparation. TIP: Not all learners feel comfortable talking about their private lives and relationships. In order not to invade their privacy, you might want to ask them to create roles based on pictures. Briefly introduce the concept of ‘speed dating’. Great for: 2nd conditionals “If you were to go out with me, you’d have the night of your life.” Create a simple handout on an A4 sheet of paper. Who was the man? Who was the woman? Where were they were they met? What was he doing when they met? How Valentine's Day Works - HowStuffWorks. Valentine's Day - Facts, Origin, Meaning & Videos - History.com. Valentine's Day.

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Who was St. Valentines Day. Tro, hopp och kärlek! Välkomna tillbaka till en vårtermin full av kunskap, nyfikenhet och en hel del flippat!

Tro, hopp och kärlek!

Vårt första arbetsområde är religion, och vi kommer läsa om de stora världsreligionerna. Ni har redan läst om kristendomen, men vi kommer att återkoppla även till kristendomen när vi jämför likheter och skillnader mellan och inom de olika religionerna. Planeringen till kursen hittar ni här. En flippad version av vad vi kommer att läsa hittar ni här :) Ordet religion kommer från latinets religio, som betyder ”respekt för det heliga”. Resources about love and friendship. Saint Valentine' s Day activities. February, 14th is Saint Valentine' s Day!

Saint Valentine' s Day activities

On this day cards, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. But do you know where this festival comes from? Are you ready to say or write something special to the people you care about? Clicking on the following Thinglink image (that I previously created with Cacoo), you will find some useful activities to get prepared for that day. You can read some information and watch some videos about St. Love Stories Ignite a Romance With Reading. Remember getting a love note?

Love Stories Ignite a Romance With Reading

How many times did you read it? How many times did you try to determine the sincerity behind it? Love notes are why students need to have access to love stories and books about relationships at the intermediate level. I know some teachers think the topic is taboo and should be avoided so as not to encourage such feelings at school. The EFL SMARTblog: Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? You are going toread information in a video about Valentine's Day do a true or false quiz based on the clipread an infographic about Valentine's Day 1) Discuss.

The EFL SMARTblog: Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day - Facts, Origin, Meaning & Videos - History.com. Resources for Learning About Empathy on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day creates a lot of excitement for students, and of course, there are plenty of teachable moments around the day. You might cover the history of the holiday, some V-Day-themed math, or a fun, heart-shaped art project. The opportunities are endless. But Valentine's Day is also a great time to talk with your kids about compassion and caring.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has been one of the George Lucas Educational Foundation's primary strategies for learning since its inception. Love poems. In this lesson students will collaborate in a creative writing task. First they will listen to a song and write down words and phrases they hear. Then they will work in groups to write a poem, following some simple guidelines and using their collective words and phrases as a starting point. The learners will write a love poem that is ‘corny' (overly sentimental) on purpose.

This technique removes common reservations that some learners have about writing poetry. Learners will read their poems at the end of the lesson. Valentine’s Day Lesson Idea/plan + materials. For once in my life, I decided to break with tradition and actually do a Valentine’s Day lesson. Turned out to be quite good fun with my Upper Intermediate teens during their last lesson before Valentine’s Day… Image from wikicommons.org licensed for commercial reuse with modification. Valentine – Learn English with videos –[Multimedia-English] A summary with all the cool scenes from the romantic comedy "Sweet Home Alabama". Enjoy Script This song was written by Ed for his friend's wedding. Its a cute wedding song that wants to interpret true love that lasts ("Your soul could never grow old its evergreen").

Sheeran has described the piece as a "walking down the aisle song" (for a wedding). Some people will do anything for love, but if the lyrics is something to care for, I would never marry someone to his music, ha ha. Titles Featuring Johnny Depp & Natalie Portman. Five-Minute Film Festival: 7 Videos on Love for Valentine’s Day. Whether you're a softie who jumps at any opportunity to tell everyone around you how much you love them, or a curmudgeon who thinks February 14th is a holiday manufactured by Hallmark and the candy industry to make everyone spend money, Valentine's Day gets a rise out of almost everyone.

I confess to being the former, so I couldn't help gathering a collection of videos to celebrate the art, the science, and the mystery of love. As always, please preview anything you want to share with students -- there are some mentions in this playlist of topics not appropriate for the littlest ones. Play Free Valentine Games - GoGo Valentine Games. Make your own Love Comics.