st valentines day webquest

8/3/2019 St Valentines Day Webquest

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(Worksheet)

St. Valentine's Story ( aVideo)

Go to :http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Video_Clips&content_type_id=52990&displ ay_order=7&mini_id=1084

1- WHAT YOU CAN SEE

A- Watch the video once and tick the Valentine’s Day symbols .

I can see …………….

couples in love hearts religious figures oldimages of Ancient Rome young lovers

Cupid marriages saints devils Cherubs ( = angels)

a priest (father) a house a prison (= jail) a Church heart-shaped boxes of chocolate flowers red roses yellowroses chocolate-covered strawberries a chocolate cake adiamond ring greeting cards

I can see …………….

people kissing people dancing people eating people gettingmarried people holding hands peopledying people fighting people singing people writing notes people torturing women people drinking people buying people watching TV

B- Watch the video again and reorder the love

messages in a chronological order. Number them fro 1 to 8 .

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Video_Clips&content_type_id=52990&display_order=7&mini_id=1084








N°: To my Valentine N°: Be Min N°: To my True Valentine

N°: I Love YouN°: Happy Valentine’s Day

N°: From your Valentine N°: I Love You 4ever

N°: For you …… I love you

2- WHAT YOU CAN HEAR

A- Listen to the video once again and write down 15 St Valentine’s keywords .

3- CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING !

A- What is Valentine’s Day all about ? Do the QUIZ

Go to :http://www.telefonica.net/web2/angelaruizmontero/hot_potatoe

s_culture/valentine_quiz.htm

St. Valentine's Story

B- Now, complete this text about this holiday with the missingwords with the help of the chart.

NOUNS VERBS ADVERBS TIME MARKERS

LOVE and LOYALTY fight Happy Vanlentine’s Day l

century marry secretly 269 A.D

fight condemned February 14 th

wives send long ago

Rome sent

emperor love

marriages write

note arrested

hearts

Valentine°

jail °

Claudius priest

flowers

roses

army

daughter

Law (loi)



couple

love °

messages

chocolate

My name is …………. . I lived in …………during the third…………… . That was long,…… . …… . ! At that time, Rome was ruledby an ………….…named Claudius. I didn't likeEmperor …………… and I wasn't the onlyone!

Claudius wanted to have a big…………… . Hewanted men to volunteer to join his army.Many men just did not want to ………in wars. They did not want to leave their …………andchildren . This made Claudius furious. Sowhat happened? He had a crazy idea. So

Claudius decided to ban ……………… ! Young people thought his new ……… wascruel. I certainly wasn't going to support thatlaw!

Did I mention that I was a religious man , a…………? One of my favourite activities wasto ………………. couples. Even after EmperorClaudius passed his law, I continuedperforming marriage ceremonies,………………. of course ! It was exciting.Imagine a small candlelit room with only theyoung …………and myself.

One night, I did not hear the soldierscoming and they…………… me ! They……… me to jail and …………… me to death.



I tried to stay happy. And do you knowwhat? Wonderful things happened. Youngcouples came to visit me in …………. Theypassed me ………… and lovely notes up tomy window.

One of these young people wasthe………………. of the prison guard. Shecould visit me in ……….. and I fell in…………with her!

On the day of my death , I wrote her a………… and I signed "Love from your

…………". It was on February 14, ……… .

Now, every year on ………… ……. , peoplethink about ………… and friendship. Theyexhange love ………………. , ………… and……… anonymous poems, give the loved

ones candy ………… and …………… orred ………… as symbols of…………………………………. and they wish the peoplethey ……….. a “ ……………………………. ! “

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