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| Title | Valentine's Day Suggestions |
| Body | This may be too late for this year's lesson plans, but maybe you can save it for next year. Here are some recent suggestions from the FLTEACH listserv for Valentine's Day activities in your class. The URL below is a French site from Quebec, with lots of information about Valentine's Day: http://www.cslaval.qc.ca/apo/055.htm There are many suggestions in the FLTEACH listserv archives listed under "February" of each year. Access the archives at: http://listserv.buffalo.edu/archives/flteach.html The following messages came from teachers of French and German, but these activities could be used for any language. ----- In French 1, we did a Valentine's activity gving compliments to classmates. First, as a class, we brainstormed compliments that we already know how to say in French: you're nice, interesting, intelligent, etc. Then they came up with compliments in English that I translated for them: you have a nice smile, I like your style, you smell good (!), etc. Then in groups, they each took out a sheet of paper, wrote their names on the top and passed around the paper to their group members. Each person wrote a compliment about the owner of the paper. At the end we all shared what our favorite compliment was. Jamadi, M. Re: Valentine's Day activity. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (11 Feb. 2005). ----- For my lower levels, we do a wordsearch for vocabulary about Valentine's. You could make your own for free at http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/puzzlegen/ For upper levels, I also have pink and blue cards: pink with famous women's names, blue with men's (not all human or even real: Marge Simpson, Bugs Bunny, etc. are in there!) and I draw a Venn diagram using hearts instead of circles. My students draw one card of each color, and then list things that describe these people in the Venn, putting things they have in common in the area where the hearts overlap. THEN, they have to write a prediction whether these two would be a good couple, and why or why not. These are sometimes hilarious! Blaz, D. Re: Bulletin boards/Valentines Day cards. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (5 Feb. 2005). ----- I have typed up all kinds of words that have to do with love, relationships, tenderness, kiss, adoration..... in German and given them to my students. Then I tell them to write a poem or a Valentine (bring some pink and red construction paper and some colored Flair pens and let the kids go at it.) They really like this. They learn some new vocabulary and even though the grammar is usually lacking, they are often excited about giving their valentine to someone they are fond of. If it is not for anyone specific, it can be used as classroom decoration. The ones who choose to be poetic can be invited to read the poem to the class at the end. You will get some silly ones, but there are always a couple of people to try their hand at a free verse love poem. Wadman, D. Re: Bulletin boards/Valentines Day cards. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (6 Feb. 2005). |
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