This document contains an agenda for a Valentine's Day English lesson plan consisting of 7 activities: 1) Review of previous class, 2) Warm up questions about Valentine's Day traditions, 3) Watching a video and answering questions about the history of Valentine's Day, 4) Writing Valentine's Day poems, 5) Completing a vocabulary activity with jobs and articles "a" and "an", 6) Making sentences with forms of the verb "to be", and 7) Review questions. The document provides details about the purpose and instructions for each activity.

1. Happy valentine´s
day
February 14th, 2013

2. Agenda
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#1: Review previous class
#2:Warm up: Questions
#3:Video
#4:Poem
#5: Vocabulary
#6: Be
#7:Wrap Up: Questions
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3. Activity #1: Review previous
class
• Purpose: To review the previous class.
• Instructions: Complete the following sentences.
• Some activities I remember from the previous
class are _________________.
• I liked it when_________________.
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4. Activity #2:Warm up:
Questions
• Purpose: To talk about valentine´s
day.
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Instructions:
Make pairs
Answer the questions
Share with the class
• Language functions and structures
• I think… I prefer… people
give___when…
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5. Activity #2:Warm up:
Questions
• What do you usually do for
Valentine's Day?
• What are common gifts that people
give on Valentine's Day?
• What is your favorite Valentine's
Day memory?
• What is your favorite kind of
Valentine's Day chocolate?
– Do you prefer milk, dark, or white
chocolate?
– Do you like nuts or caramels in your
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chocolates?
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6. Activity #3:Video
• Purpose: To answer questions using
the video.
• Instructions:
• Watch the video as you listen for
words related to valentine´s day.
• Watch it again and answer the
questions.
• Listen and check.
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7. Activity #3:Video
• Questions:
• Are they sure of valentine´s day´s
history?
• Does the pagan festivalLupercalia
begin with an animal sacrifice?
• Did Father valentine fell in love
with his jailer´s daughter?
• Is valentine´s day very popular
now?
• How many boxes of heart shapes do
Americans buy?
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8. Activity #4:Poem
• Purpose: To write something about
Valentine´s day .
Instructions:
• Read the example
• Indivudually
• Write your poem
• Share with the class by reading out
loud
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9. Roses are red
Violets are blue
you are my best friend
I'm glad I met you
Roses are red
Violets are blue
He gave me a black eye
So I gave him two
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If I had chocolate,
I wouldn't give it to you.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I need some money
Can I get it from you?
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10. Activity #5: Vocabulary
• Purpose: To make sentences using
a / an.
• Instruction:
• Complete the table with the jobs
from the box.
• example: I`m a doctor.
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I`m an engineer.
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12. Table
I´m
a
My sister is
a / an
My father is
a / an
My cousin is
a / an
My best friend is
teacher.
a / an
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13. Activity #6: Be
• Purpose: To make sentences with
be
• Instructions:
• Make true sentences with the correct
affirmative or negative forms of be.
• I am = I´m
I´m not
• He/she is = He´s/ She´s
is not= isn´t
• We are= We´re
are not= aren´t
• They are= They´re
• You are= You´re
• It is= It´s
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14. Examples
• 1. I am from New York.
I`m not from New York.
2. He is a teacher./ He`s a teacher
3. Betty is my friend.
4. We are married./ We´re married.
5. John and Tedd are not married.
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15. Activity #7:Wrap Up:
Questions
• Purpose: To review what you studied in this lesson.
• Instructions: Answer the following
questions:
• What did you learn today?
• I learned _______________________.
• What did you like from this lesson?
• I liked _______________________.
• What didn’t you like from this lesson?
• I didn't like ___________________.
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