Сценарий праздника "День Святого Валентина", 10 класс

Extra Curricular Activity

“A Happy Valentine’s Day”

 

Form: 9 “SG”

Aim: raising of students’ cultural and educational levels, developing of students’interest in studying English.

Expected result:

Resources: sayings about love, posters, pictures, balloons, paper hearts, cards with tasks, a tape-recorder, Valentine’s cards

Teams: “Sweetheart”/ “Rose”

Procedure

Teacher: If there is rightness in the soul,

                There will be beauty in the person.

                 If there is beauty in the person,

                 There will be harmony at home.

                 If there is harmony at home,

                 There will be order in the nation.

                 If there is order in the nation,

                 There will be peace in the world.

       Good afternoon dear guests and pupils. Today is a special day. We are going to celebrate one famous holiday. Do you like holidays?

        St. Valentine’s Day – it is a very sentimental unofficial holiday which is celebrated on the 14^th of 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.

        It’s high time to speak about the history of the holiday.

 

The history of Valentine’s Day

Pupil 1: St. Valentine’s Day was supposedly started in the time of the Roman Empire. In Ancient Rome, the date of February the 14^th was a holiday to honor the Queen of Roman Goddesses and Gods, Juno. Juno was known as Goddess of women and marriage. The next day, the 15^th of February, was the first day of the Festival known as the Feast of Lupercia.

          On the 14^th of February it was said that the young boys and girls of the villages would write down the names of every girl and place these names in a jar which each young man would have to draw a name of a girl and this particular maiden would be their partner for the duration of the festival. Sometimes these parings would last a year and end up in marriage.

           These rituals under the laws ob Claudius were banned as the Emperor believed that the reasons why men would now go to war were because they didn’t want to leave their lovers or families. As a result all marriages and engagements were canceled as a result Saint Valentine, a Roman priest, was said to have married these couples in secret and for this he was executed on the 14^th day of February.

            While St. Valentine was in jail it is said that he fell in love with the jailer’s blind daughter. By a miracle or some say by the prayers of Valentine she gained her sight and as a last farewell in a note he was to “From Your Valentine”.

T: We have two teams: “Sweethearts” and “Sweetdoves”. As you know the main word of the Valentine’s Day is LOVE make up “definitions” to each letter of this magic word. (Teams are given the capital letters L,O,V,E)

Ps’ sample answers:

L is for light that shines in your heart/ love which gives the power.

O is for ocean that warms you inside/ oblivion in a sweet hour.

V is for violets that bloom every spring/ victory you gained at last.

E is for emotions that make you feel like a king/ enemies who stayed in the past.

 

T: There is no holiday without roses.

                What words are associated with “a rose”?

Ps’ sample answers: a flower, colour, decorations, wine, England, blood, a garden, smell of perfume, celebrations, the first of September, the last day of school (exams), name, thorn (pain), Mother’s birthday, the eighth of March, love, marriage.

 

T: Match words with similar meanings:

 

Team 1

1.     romance                                    a) boyfriend, girlfriend

2.     affection                                    b) love

3.     humorous                                  c) warm feelings, tenderness

4.     decorate                                     d) make attractive

5.     spouse                                        e) wife, husband

6.     feelings                                      f) emotions                

7.     companion                                 g) funny                  

8.     festival                                       h) celebration

9.     sweetheart                                  i) lace

10.  decoration                                  j) friend

 Key: 1.b)   2.c)   3.g)   4.d)   5.e)    6.f )   7.j)   8.h)    9.a)  10.i)

 

 

Team 2

           1. A part of your body                    a) chocolates

           2. A heart-shaped card                    b) lace

           3. A man who cared of people        c) arrow

           4. A boy who shoots arrows            d) bouquet

           5. A kind of flower                          e) smile

           6. A bunch of flowers                      f) rose

           7. A friendly look                             g) Cupid

           8. Used with a bow                           h) St. Valentine

           9. A fancy material                           i) valentine

           10. A kind of candy                          j) heart

  Key: 1.j)   2. i)   3.h)  4.g)  5.f)  6.d)  7.e)  8.c)  9.b)  10.a)

 

 

 

 

T: Use the word list to unscramble these words:

1.     epsnret (present)                 11. elvo (love)

2.     upcdi (cupid)                       12. reda (dear)

3.     ancyd (candy)                      13. eruyfbar (February)

4.     levniaten (valentine)            14. dre (red)

5.     iferdn (friend)                      15. orwar (arrow)

6.     rdca (card)                           16. tohcecalo (chocolate)                 

7.     pypah (happy)                     17. ermoacn (romance)

8.     traeh (heart)                         18. sore (rose)

9.     yrpta (party)                         19. tift (gift)               

10.  siks (kiss)                            20. ugh (hug)

 

T: There are a lot of proverbs and quotations about love and friendship. Let’s listen to them in three languages: English, Kazakh and Russian.

Ps’ sample answers:

in English:

Where there is love there is life.

When we are in love we become blind.

Real love always makes people better.

Love makes the world go round.

Anyone who has never really loved, has never really lived.

We can only learn to love by loving.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Loving people live a loving world.

Love one another and you will be happy.

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

in Kazakh:

«Сүйсінбесең-сүйме»

«Бұл өмірдің қызығы махаббатпен»

«Ғашықтың тілі – тілсіз тіл, көзбен көр де , ішпен біл»

«Жүрек кімді қаласа сол сұлу»

«Шын ғашықтық -  ұлы іс» 

«Ғашық бол , қалтқысыз адал ашық бол»

«Ғашықтардан жөн сұрап әуре болма»

«Махаббатты көзден танып , көзбен көреді»

«Ғашықтық жол-ауыр жол»

 in Russian:

Любовь движет миром.

Истинная любовь всегда делает человека лучше.

Любовь золотом не купишь.

Реже видишь - больше любишь.

Тот, кто никогда по-настоящему не любил, никогда по настоящему и не жил.

С любовью везде простор, со злом везде теснота.

Сердцу не прикажешь.

Не мил и свет, коли милого нет.

Любовь не пожар, а загорится – не потушишь.

Где любовь да совет, там и горя нет.

 

T: Let’s do “Valentine’s Day Cryptogram” (Groups are given Cryptograms)

(key: heart, cupid, roses, arrow, card, kisses, chocolates, happy, Valentine’s)

 

T: A lot of poets wrote about love and friendship! Now pupils want to recite Shakespeare’s Sonnets.

P1: Sonnet 130

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the Sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her dreasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks:

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go,

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

 

P2: Сонет 130 в переводе C. Маршака

Ее глаза на звезды не похожи,

Нельзя уста кораллами назвать,

Не белоснежна плеч открытых кожа,

И черной проволокой вьется прядь.

С дамасской розой, алой или белой,

Нельзя сравнить оттенок этих щек.

А тело пахнет так, как пахнет тело,

Не как фиалки нежный лепесток.

Ты не найдешь в ней совершенных линий,

Особенного света на челе.

Не знаю я, как шествуют богини,

Но милая ступает по земле.

И все ж она уступит тем едва ли,

Кого в сравненьях пышных оболгали!

 

P3: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

P4: Сонет 116 в переводе C. Маршака

Мешать соединенью двух сердец

Я не намерен. Может ли измена

Любви безмерной положить конец?

Любовь не знает убыли и тлена.

Любовь - над бурей поднятый маяк,

Не меркнущий во мраке и тумане.

Любовь - звезда, которою моряк

Определяет место в океане.

Любовь - не кукла жалкая в руках

У времени, стирающего розы

На пламенных устах и на щеках,

И не страшны ей времени угрозы.

А если я не прав и лжет мой стих,

То нет любви - и нет стихов моих!

T: Let’s play a “Broken Heart/Mended Heart”. You have different hearts. Each heart is cut into separate puzzle pieces. On one half there is a question and on the other half of a broken heart there is an answer. In order to mend the broken heart you should answer each question correctly.

 Who is the goddess of love? (Aphrodite)

 Who did Cleopatra love? (Mark Anthony)

 Who was in love with Juliet? (Romeo)

 Who was the couple of Hamlet? (Ophelia)

 Who was waiting for Odissey during many years? (Penelopa)

 Who wrote verses for Malvina? (Piero)

 When she tasted the forbidden fruit God drove them out of paradise. (Adam, Eve)

 Who did Carmen love? (Don Jose)

 Who was in love with Josephine? (Napoleon)

 Who was the wife of Zeus? (Hera)

T: Match the idiomatic phrases with the definition

1.     All is fair in love and war

2.     To be tickled pink/ To be on top of the world

3.     To be cool towards someone

4.     To welcome someone with open arms

5.     Wouldn’t … for love or money

6.     A long face

7.     There is no love lost between …

8.     To be on cloud nine / To be in seventh heaven

9.     Feeling blue/ Feeling down

10. To be head over heels in love

11. Walking on air

12. Be down in the dumps

13. To get something off your chest

a)     Said to emphasize that you cannot and will not do something

b)    An unhappy or gloomy expression on one’s face

c)     To be very pleased for someone or about something that happened

d)    To feel sad or unhappy, or to be depressed

e)     To be extremely happy or in a good mood

f)      To be unfriendly to someone by being rude

g)    Said to emphasize that rules are not always followed in some situations

h)    To be in love

i)       To receive someone in a friendly way

j)       To be unhappy or depressed

k)    To say something that someone has wanted to say for some time, but has been reluctant to say it 

l)       Used to say that two people or groups of organizations have a dislike for each other

m)  To feel extremely happy, usually after receiving some good news

 Key: 1.g)  2.c)   3.f ) 4.i)  5.a)  6.b)  7.l)   8.m)  9.j)  10.h)  11.e)  12.d)  13.k)

T: Here are six proverbs about LOVE. A key word in each proverb is missing. Can you find it?

1.     Love is … .

     a) deaf                b) blind                  c) numb

2.  Love is the … love.

      a) mother           b) father                c) daughter

3.  All is fair in love and … .

      a) friendship       b) marriage          c) war

4.  Love and … are hard to hide.

      a) hatred             b) poverty             c) money

5.  Love me, love my … .

      a) face                 b) faults                c) dog

6.  Love is never without … .

      a) jealousy           b) tears                 c) quarrels

Key: 1.b)  2.a)   3.c ) 4.b)  5.c)  6.a)  

T: Let’s work with some Valentine’s Day Word Searches and Crosswords

     (Pupils are given lists with Word Searches and Crosswords)

T: It’s time to do a holiday test!

1.     Valentine’s day is celebrated in …

a) January                  b) February                 c) March

  2.  One of the symbols is …

       a) Santa Claus            b) Jach-o’-lantern        c) Cupid

  3.  On Valentine’s Day people usually say …

       a) I love you               b) Merry Christmas     c) Treat or Trick

  4.  People send …

       a) Christmas cards      b) valentines                c) telegrammes

  5.  It’s a … holiday

       a) national                   b) religious                  c) romantic

  6.  Tradition was born in …

       a) Italy                         b) Russia                     c) the USA

  7. People present …

       a) apples                      b) chocolate                 c) books

  8.  People congratulate who they …

       a) laugh at                   b) hate                          c) love

  9.  Traditional colours are …

       a) white and black       b) blue and yellow       c) pink and red

  10. «сердце»

       a) heart                         b) head                         c) hear

 Key: 1.b)  2.c)   3.a) 4.b)  5.c)  6.a)  7.b)   8.c)  9.c)  10.a)

 

T: I know that you have made valentines with the best greetings yourselves and now you can present them to your classmates and guests.

Here are some Valentine’s Day poems:

 The sky is high, the see is deep                               February the 14^th day                                                                  

 Thinking of you I cannot sleep                               It’s Valentine, they say

  If you love me like I love you                                I choose from among the rest

  Nothing but death will part us too.                         The reason is I love you best!

                           ***                                                                   ***

 The rose is red,                                                        My love is like a cabbage,

 The violet is blue,                                                    Divided into two.

 The honey is sweet                                                  The leaves I give to others,

 And so are you!                                                       The heart I give to you!

                           ***                                                                   ***

Sure as grape grows on the vine,                              My heart to you is given

So sure you are my Valentine –                                Oh do give yours to me

The rose is red, the violet is blue,                             We’ll lock them up together

Lilies are fair and so are you!                                    And throw away the key.

                           ***                                                                    ***

You brightened my life                                             Time of remembrance,

Turning heart from stone                                           Of  lace and bright fiowers…

And I will always love you                                        How dear to the heart

For now I’ll never be alone!                                       Are those Valentine hours!    

                          ***                                                                     ***

   T: Now it’s high time to sing the song about love. I suggest you singing the song by Steve Wonder “I just call to say “I love you”.

No new years day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy heart to give away
No first of spring,
No song to sing
In fact here's just another ordinary day.
No april rain,
No flowers bloom,
No wedding Saturday within the month June,
But what it is, is something true.
Made up of these three words that I must say to you.

I just called to say “I love you”.
I just called to say how much I care,
I just called to say “I love you”
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.

No summer's high,
No warm July,
No harvest moon to light one tender August night.
No autumn breeze,
No falling leaves,
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies,
No Libra sun,
No Halloween,
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring,
But what it is, though old so new,
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do.

I just called to say “I love you”
I just called to say how much I care, I do.
I just called to say “I love you”
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
I just called to say “I love you”
I just called to say how much I care, I do.
I just called to say “I love you”
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
Of my heart, of my heart.

   T: Well, the legendary group “Beatles” sang: “All you need is love”. I wish you great love, now and forever, because Love is a wonderful thing. Love makes you happy! Thank you!