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 Macmillan Polska 2010

PHOTOCOPIABLE

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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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