CULTURE: Valentine's Day

 ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

 

 

Dear students, today we celebrate Valentine's Day. But .. bet you didn't know.

 

 ACTIVITY 1. Watch the video and fill in the blanks below:

 

 

1. Valentine’s Day is one of America’s most __________ holidays.

2. More than ___% of Americans celebrate by sending cards, flowers, or candy.

3. The roots (el origen ) of Valentine’s Day go back to a __________ Roman festival.

4. The first mass-produced holiday cards emerged in the __________.

5. Today, an estimated ___ __________ Valentine cards are sent each year.

6. Nearly ___% of Americans splurge (gastar el dinero ) on jewelry for Valentine’s Day.

7. Many couples are likely to get __________ on February 14th.

 

 

( ANSWERS AT THE END)

 

 

So, it's a day of love and friendship!!!!

 

 

ACTIVITY 2.  You have to send a Valentine's card, or more than one if you want!!

You can choose to send it to a friend or someone you like or love.

 

 Steps/pasos a seguir

 

1. Write

 "FROM" followed by your name or a nickname (Quien lo escribe "De:")

 "TO" followed by name of you Valentine (A quien se lo escribes "Para")

 

Write also the class where he/she is.  

2. Decorate the front page of your card. Be original! Below you have some ideas.

3. Write inside your card a poem or words expressing your feeling. Choose if you want to send a friendship card or a love card:

 

 

 

 

 



Love cards:

 

 

 

Friendship cards:

 

 

Be original! Take a look to these examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRA RESOURCES

READING:

5 Celebrity Valentine's Day Celebrations To Inspire Your Own

Wordsearch/ vocabulary/ ... 

https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/valentines-day.html 

 ANSWERS