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How did Valentine's Day start?

FienDhondt February 11, 2021
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Task description & scene summary

Task description:
Listening comprehension about the short video of the history of Valentine's Day.
Scene summary:
History of Valentine's Day. Date, name, history, Lupercalia, Valentine cards, ..
Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8UcUT7VxE&feature=youtu.be
Video length: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Video genre: Short film (animated or with human actors)
Lesson type: Deep listening comprehension - Meaning check ("Do you understand what it means?")
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Student types:
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License
First published: 2021-02-11, 13:37:41 (GMT+1)
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KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

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Video quiz questions (printable)

1)

Fill the gap: Valentine's Day is named after Saint Valentine of ________________________

2) What did Claudius decide?

  • Soldiers couldn't be married
  • Men and women were separated.
  • A man couldn't marry another man.

3) Why was Saint Valentine put to death?

Answer the question using your own words

4) What did they celebrate on Lupercalia holiday on February 15th?

Answer the question using your own words

5) What did Esther Howland invent?

Answer the question using your own words

6) Tap the 'lace' on the screen.

About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

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TatyanaVFox
2021-02-12 07:24:24
Thank you very much!
emilizarzaburu19
2021-02-12 14:36:09
thanks! I got so fun with this :D
vcal0111
2021-02-12 15:29:02
: )
Natthaladda
2021-02-12 18:33:17
You are amazing! Thank you <3