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Love Conquers all?

B1 Wednesday Heart Week

Lesson 1

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Love Conquers all?

    • What does love mean to you?
    • How does love help people to overcome problems?
    • Are there any problems that love can't conquer?
    • How can we celebrate love?

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Predict

    • What do you know about Valentine's Day?

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Dove

Poem

Propose

Commericial

Traditional

Anonymous

Single

Symbol

In pairs discuss how each of the following words connect to Valentine's Day

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    • Traditional
    • Anonymous
    • A symbol
    • A dove
    • A poem
    • Commercial
    • To propose
    • Single

Match

a. to ask somebody to marry you

b. a type of bird, usually white or grey

c. without a name

d. a picture that has a larger meaning

e. a piece of writing with lines that often rhyme

f. commonly done in a country or culture

g. about money and buying and selling

h. not married; without a romantic partner

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    • Traditional F
    • Anonymous C
    • A symbol D
    • A dove B
    • A poem E
    • Commercial G
    • To propose A
    • Single H

a. to ask somebody to marry you

b. a type of bird, usually white or grey

c. without a name

d. a picture that has a larger meaning

e. a piece of writing with lines that often rhyme

f. commonly done in a country or culture

g. about money and buying and selling

h. not married; without a romantic partner

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Match

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Let's learn about Valentine's Day.

Click on link. Get students to read text. Then complete activities.

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Presentation

Prepare a short presentation, using some of the new vocabulary terms.

traditional, anonymous, symbol, dove, poem, commercial, to propose, single

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Black Day

South Korea

St. Dwynwen’s day.

Wales

Lupercalia

South Africa

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LET’S LISTEN

Write down as many lyrics as you can

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In groups try and put the lyrics back together.

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LETS CORRECT

    • I have red dress that I'm go to wearing tonight.
    • My valentine got my a giant teddy bear.
    • I've got a date to someone that my love.
    • At most I get spend this day with you.
    • Valentine’s Day is dream came true.

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LETS CORRECT

    • I have a red dress that I'm going to wear tonight.
    • My Valentine got me a giant teddy bear.
    • I've got a date with someone that I love.
    • At least I get to spend this day with you.
    • Valentine's Day is a dream come true.

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LESSON 2

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OPINIONS

Listen to the video and make notes

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What phrases do you remember?

Statement

Reply

Question

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Let’s discuss

Statement

Reply

Question

    • I think......
    • I like.....
    • I strongly believe....
    • In my honest opinion....
    • I don't like...
    • I don't think......

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    • What do you think about.....?
    • How do you feel about....?
    • What’s your opinion on.....?
    • I agree.
    • That’s right.
    • Me too.
    • I disagree.
    • I'm not sure about that.
    • I partly agree with you.
    • That's not right.

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What do you think about Valentine’s Day?

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Interview

Topics:

Food

Homes

Lessons

Activities

People

Buildings

Nature

Pretend you are a journalist. Take turns interviewing the person next to you about the UK using the phrases you just learnt.

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MAKE A COMIC

about your opinions

Use paper or THIS website

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    • Would you rather be able to fly or turn invisible?
    • Would you rather have a head the size of an orange or a watermelon?
    • Would you rather never be allowed to eat your five favourite foods for the rest of your life or be allowed to eat only your five favourite foods for the rest of your life?

WOULD YOU RATHER?

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WOULD YOU RATHER?

    • In groups, write five 'Would you rather?' questions.
    • Ask the class your questions
    • Reply using the phrases you learnt.

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LESSON 3

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Collocation Quiz

What word links all these phrases together?

True..........

First .......

......... Song

..........Life

........Triangle

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Collocation Quiz

What word links all these phrases together?

........ache

.........attack

........break

.......beat

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I knew I wanted to be with her forever as soon as I saw her. It was ....... at first......

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We met at a concert and I fell ......... over heels for him.

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They seem perfect together. It seems to be a match made in.........

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I don't know what she sees in him, he's rude and messy. I guess love is .......

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She looked so beautiful, she took my ............ away

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Breath, Head, Sight, Love, Blind, Sight, Heaven

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    • I don’t know why he likes her, she is so negative and always moaning. People who are in love don’t notice each other’s flaws sometimes.
    • They are so good together and have so much in common. It’s like they are meant to be with each other.
    • We met on holiday in Spain and I quickly became completely in love with her.
    • When I first saw her, I knew straight away that I wanted to be with her.
    • We got to know each other online and when we met in person, I was completely amazed at how good looking he was.

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Replace the sentences with the idioms you learnt.

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Let’s read some love letters

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Scan to write a poem