ST. PATRICK'S DAY

• MARCH 17TH IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY, BUT FIRST WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND LEARN THE WORDS.

• NOW WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND DO THE QUIZ

• Limerick is a city in Ireland, but it is also a humorous poem. These poems have got five lines rhyming A A B B A. They start introducing a person and a place. Listen to two examples

There was an old man from Peru

who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

He awoke in the night

with a terrible fright,

and found out that it was quite true.

There was a young lady of Spain

Who was terribly sick in a train,

Not once, but again

And again and again,

And again and again and again

•  Now it's your turn to create your own limericks

BE MY VALENTINE

We're going to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. Be ready for love
 

• Watch the following video and do the matching exercise. Make sure you know all characters before going ahead.

•  Matching exercise
• Watch the video again and answer the questions
• Before the Valentine dance (0'00- 3'05)
1. What is Charlie doing by the mail box?
2. How many Valentine cards does he get?
3. Who is Charlie in  love with?
4. What does Linus suggest?
5. Why does Charlie dial the information number?
6. Who does Charlie phone in the end?
• At the Valentine dance (3'07- 5'35)
1.  Is Charlie dating the girl he likes? Why (not)?
2. How does Snoopy manage to get into the dance?
3. How does Charlie feel when he decides to ask the girl to dance?
4. Why doesn't he dance with the little red-haired girl?
5. Who dances with the little red-haired girl?
6. How do Marcy and Peppermint Patty feel after the dance?
• After the dance (5'35-7'05)
1. Describe the relationship between the boy at the piano and the dark-haired girl
2. Describe the relationship between Charlie's sister and Linus
3. Does Charlie finally get a Valentine card?
• Complete this crossword about feelings. Match the adjectives to the characters
• Writing a Valentine card in haikus. A haiku is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables. Here is an example for you. Can you make up one?



Be my Valentine

not just February 14th

but for all my life

• Did you know that there are more than 100 ways to say "I love you" in English. Here is the evidence. Of course you can use them to write your haiku