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Teacher’s Notes

VALENTINE’S DAY

by Małgorzata Szewczak

Types of school: secondary school
Level: pre- intermediate (matura podstawowa)
Type of activity: individual work, pair work,
Time: 45 minutes

Preparation:
1. Photocopy the worksheet:

Procedure:
1. Introduce the topic of the lesson. Ask students

some questions.

Forinstance:
Do people celebrate Valentine’s Day in your

country? If so, how?

How can you express love on Valentine’s Day?
Imagine a perfect Valentine’s Day.

2. Distribute the worksheet. Ask students to read

the text and do the exercises.

Answers:
Ex.1
a) are arranged
b) sift
c) wisdom
d)whipped
e) dash
f) took advantage
g) apricots
h) timid
i) vigorous

Ex.2
a) blind date
b) puppy love
c) tie the knot

3. Choose three boys and three girls to play this

game. Draw a grid on the board. Students task is

to choose a number and then explain the meaning

of an idiomatic expression. If they know it they

can draw a mark:

O and X, Players win by getting

three of their own marks in a horizontal, vertical

or diagonal row.

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2

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5

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8

9

Notes for the teacher:

1.

pop the

question

(to ask someone to marry

you)

2.

do sb’s heart

good

(make sb feel happy)

3.

have a heart of

gold

(have a kind nature,

personality)

4.

love at first

sight

(to fall in love with

someone or something

the first time that one

sees him or her or it)

5.

leave

(someone) at

the altar

(to decide not to marry

someone at the last

minute)

6.

take sth to

heart

(be very upset by sb’s

criticism)

7.

with a heavy

heart

(with a feeling of

sadness)

8.

go dutch

(go on a date and pay

separately)

9.

those three

little words

(words: I love you)

Source:
www.theholidayspot.com
http://www.idiomconnection.com/relationship.html