Love story thought for the third cycle in Primary Education and the first cycle in Secondary stage. A short reading for Saint Valentine's day, or jaust for encourage our students to read in English. It includes two discussion activities in order to improve the 'speaking' in classroom.

2. OBJECTIVES
• A love story to be read in classroom.
• A vocabulary activity.
• Two discussion activities.
CONTENTS
• To motivate students to read short English stories.
• To provide “Love vocabulary”.
• To promote respects values.

3. 1.- What do you see in the picture?

4. 1.- What do you see in the picture?
2.- What is the language in this letter?

5. 1.- What do you see in the picture?
2.- What is the language in this letter?
3.- What do you think is this story about?

6. 1.- What do you see in the picture?
2.- What is the language in this letter?
3.- What do you think is this story about?
4.- Can you guess what happens?

7. STORY
LOVE LETTERS

8. Ming-fu and Lee met at a party.

9. For Ming-fu, it was love at first sight.

10. Hello!
I’m Ming-fu
…he said

11. Hello!
I’m Lee
…she said

12. Ming-fu and Lee laughed and talked all evening.
When they left the party, it was 2 A.M.

13. For the next year, Ming-fu and Lee were
together every weekend.

14. They went everywhere together -

15. They went everywhere together – to movies,

16. They went everywhere together – to movies, to
parks,

17. They went everywhere together – to movies, to
parks, to museums,

18. They went everywhere together – to movies, to
parks, to museums, and to restaurants.

19. One night, at a romantic restaurant, Ming-fu
asked Lee…
Will you
marry me?

20. One night, at a romantic restaurant, Ming-fu
asked Lee…
I’m not
ready to get
married.

21. Ming-fu thought…
I can’t
believe it!

22. Ming-fu thought…
Lee doesn’t want
to marry me!
I can’t
believe it!

23. Ming-fu thought…
Lee doesn’t want
to marry me!
What can I do?
I can’t
believe it!

24. Ming-fu began writing love letters to Lee.
Every day he wrote a letter and mailed it to her.

25. In those letters, he wrote…

26. Every day the same mailman delivered
Ming-fu’s letter to Lee.

27. The mailman always smiled when he gave Lee a
letter.

28. He said…
Another letter from
your boyfriend!

29. Ming-fu sent Lee a love letter every day for two years
– 700 letters all together.

30. Finally Lee said…
I’m ready to
get married
now

31. Did Lee marry Ming-fu?

32. ????????????????????????????????????

33. No, she didn’t.

34. She married the mailman who delivered
Ming-fu’s letters.

35. THE END

36. ACTIVITIES

37. VOCABULARY
What’s the Spanish for…

38. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
What’s the Spanish for…

39. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
Mailman
What’s the Spanish for…

40. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
Mailman
Delivered
What’s the Spanish for…

41. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
Mailman
Delivered
Can’t believe it!
What’s the Spanish for…

42. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
Mailman
Delivered
Can’t believe it!
Ready
What’s the Spanish for…

43. VOCABULARY
Love at first sight
Mailman
Delivered
Can’t believe it!
Ready
Marry me!
What’s the Spanish for…

44. DISCUSSION
Do you believe in love at first sight?

45. DISCUSSION
When Lee told Ming-fu, “I’m not
ready to get married,”
Ming-fu thought, “What can I do?”

46. DISCUSSION
“What can Ming-fu do?”
Give him some ideas
from the next list.
Decide the best ideas in small groups

47. DISCUSSION
1.- Write love letters to her.
2.- Phone her every day.
3.- Sing to her.
4.- Buy her presents (flowers, Candy, jewelry).
5.- Take her to restaurants for dinner.
6.- Cook for her.
7.- Take her dancing.
8.- Wear nice clothes.
9.- Be clean and smell good.
10.- Listen to her when she talks.
11.- Always tell her the truth. Never lie to her.
12.- Remember important days. Her birthday, for example.
13.- Be polite; say “thank you” and “I’m sorry.”
14.- Tell her she is beautiful.
15.- Be faithful to her. (No other girlfriends).

48. THE END
This story is an adapted story from the book:
Edited by Javier Pérez
www.englishlessonsjp.blogspot.com