Урок-игра, посвящённая Дню Св. Валентина « Love at First Sight» 8 класс
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс) на тему

Урок-игра, посвящённая Дню Св. Валентина « Love at First Sight».

- Hello! Today we are having St. Valentine's Day.

- It's the day of all people who are in love: young, old, it doesn't matter. Now girls will tell you some information about the history of St. Valentine's Day.

1. A beautiful legend behind St Valentine’s Day.

There is a beautiful legend behind St Valentine’s Day.

Saint Valentine lived in Rome in the third century AD.

At that time the Emperor of Rome was Claudius. He
wasn’t very popular because he was trying to get more
and more people for his army. The men didn’t want to go
to the army and Claudius thought that it was because they didn’t want to leave their wives and children. “If they don’t
get married, they’ll join the army,” he thought and passed a
law (закон) which banned (запретил) marriage.

Valentine was a Christian priest who didn’t like the new law. He secretly married people who were in love. One night the Emperor’s soldiers caught him and put him in prison. Valentine was going to die.

Many young people felt sorry for Valentine and visited him in prison. One of them was the daughter of a prison guard. On the day of his execution Valentine wrote a note to her and signed it “Love from your Valentine”. This was on 14 February 269 AD.

Since then 14 February has been the Day of Love, when people send love letters and presents to each other. They don’t sign the cards with their names, but write “Guess Who” or “Your Valentine”.

At first this was a European tradition, but then it became popular in other countries. It came to Russia too, but a lot of people say, “If you love somebody, you should show it every day, not only one day a year.”

- So, let's have the game «Love at First Sight»!

- Meet our boys and girls.

(This is Olga. She is very energetic and loves diving.)

- Well, We've got few questions for the boys and the girls.

 The first question is for the boys:

 Imagine that while you were walking with your girlfriend hooligans attacked you. You will...

a) run for help,

b) have a fight with them,

c) do smth else.

- Now a question for the girls. You're invited to a party. You'll wear...

a) jeans and a T-shirt,

b) a beautiful dress,

c) your variant.

- For the boys. At the lesson the teacher has asked your girl-friend a question and you know she's not ready. You're not ready either. You'll...

a) raise your hand,

b) laugh to yourself,

c) do smth else.

- For the girls.  A boy has given you flowers as a birthday present, but you are allergic to them. You'll...

a) thank him and suffer,

b) explain that you can’t have them,

c) your variant.

- Now a question for the boys. Your girl-friend has dropped a glass of juice onto your trousers in the canteen. You'll....

a) pay no attention to it,

b) leave the canteen,

c) your variant.

- Thank you for your answers. Have you got any questions to each other?

(Тhe participants ask each other questions)

- Well, I believe you're ready to make your choice. You are to write the number of the participant you like most on the backside of the card.

Например:- Well, we've got two couples: participants 1 and 2, 3 and 4.

- Participants 5 and 6, thanks for the game, it was great!

- Now, we are going to choose the ideal couple.

 (Ведущий задает вопросы парам, чьи ответы совпадут, та пара становится «Идеальной парой»)

- Does she like classical music or rock?

- Does he go in for sports?

- Is she a friendly person?

- Does he like Maths or History?

- Does she like wearing dresses or jeans?

- Does he like comedies or thrillers?        

- Thank you for the game.

- And now it’s time to play with the audience.

(Игра со зрителями).

 My dear boys and girls! I think that you all like playing different games. Now I want you to play games that are played on St. Valentine's Day by people in different countries.  6 pupils are welcome to take part in the game (2 teams).

1. The first game is called «Wordscramble» You should replace the letters to find the words, connected with St. Valentine's Day:

eb imen

thareeestw

nileantve

ym veol

naydc

2. Now find famous couples:

• Джульетта -                                                                                  Ромео
• Татьяна Ларина -                                                                  Евгений Онегин
• Наташа Ростова -                                                              Андрей Болконский

• Бони-                                                                                        Клайд
• Маргарита-                                                                              Мастер
• Ева-                                                                                             Адам
• Анджелина Джоли-                                                                   Брэт Пит
• Дездемона-                                                                                    Отелло
• Людмила-                                                                                 Руслан
• Изольда-                                                                                   Тристан
• Роуз-                                                                                              Джек

3. Guess the words connected with St.Valentine's Day:

A part of your body - heart

A kind of sweets - chocolate

A kind of flower - rose

A boy who shoots arrows - Cupid

A heart-shaped card – Valentine

A man who cared for people - St. Valentine

II.Our game is over! Thank you! Good luck!