Valentine's Day Contest

Target level: A2 (CEF)

Aim of the activity: write narratives

Duration of the activity: 3-5 min to set the activity

• Introduce the subject. Ask sts When is Valentine's Day? 
• Talk to sts about Valentine's Day. In Brasil it's celebrated at June 12, but the rest of the world celebrates it on February 14. Ask them if they like this date and if they're into romantic stories.
• Show sts the video. Tell them it's a Valentine's Day story.
• Ask sts about what happens in the story - boy shows girl his drawings of the flert between them and, in them he tells her he loves her, she says it back, he gives her flowers, they kiss, she moves away, smells the flowers and blows him a kiss, they kiss in 'real lfe'.
• Ask sts if they lnow any love stories like this one.
• Tell sts the activity: they have to invent/tell a love story, it can be copied from a movie or tv show, it doesn't need to be an original idea. They have to write it down (composition) and it'll be a contest.
• Explain the word contest if they don't know what it means.
• You have to make sure there's a prize for the best composition (or the best ones).