A tale of two brothers 2

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/tale-two-brothers

A Tale of Two Brothers.

Valentine's Day: A History of the Day of Love

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/valentine-love-february14-candy-hearts-chocolate/1850316.html

St Valentine 2

Discussion Questions

• Do people celebrate Valentine's Day in your country? If so, how? If not, does your country have a holiday similar to Valentine's Day?

• Is Valentine's Day primarily a day for children or for adults, for the single or the married? Why? 
• In what ways has Valentine's Day been commercialized?
• How would a child's Valentine's Day differ from an adult's? 
• List ways that you could show your love for an individual on Valentine's Day. 
• Flowers, candy and cards can be nice on Valentine's Day, but real love should be demonstrated in countless more practical ways every day. Identify in which you show your love for others and in which others show their love for you on a daily basis.
• What does the word "love" mean to you?
• How do the following types of love differ:
       -- a parent's love for a child?
       -- a child's love for a pet?
       -- a boyfriend's love for a girlfriend?
       -- a wife's love for her husband?
       -- a grandchild's love for a grandparent?
  How are they the same?
• Who might you give gifts to on Valentine's Day?  What kinds of gifts would you give?
• Who might you receive gifts from on Valentine's Day? What kinds of gifts might you receive?
• Describe the best Valentine's Day you've ever had.
• Describe the worst Valentine's Day you've ever had.
• Imagine a perfect Valentine's Day. Who would you be with? Where would you go? What would you do? How would you feel? Describe it.
• At what age do most people in your country marry? At what age did you/do you want to get married?
• If you are not married, what kind of person would you like to marry?
• How do people in your country meet future mates?  Are marriages arranged by parents? Are introductions arranged by friends or by a matchmaker? Do young people date casually to find someone they would like to marry?
• Are there any special customs surrounding courtship and marriage in your country? If so, what are they?
• Describe a typical wedding ceremony in your country.
• What are some of the advantages of dating? What are some of its disadvantages?
• Do you think arranged marriages are a good idea? Why or why not?
• What changes does marriage require of a man?  What changes does marriage require of a woman?
• Do you think its better to be single or married? Why?

St Valentine 1

Quotations for Discussion

Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
                                                           --John 15:13

"Where love is, no room is too small."
                                                           --Talmud

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
And therefore is winged Cupid blind.
                                                           --William Shakespeare

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
                                                           --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
                                                           --Victor Hugo

"Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
                                                           --Mark Twain

Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. 
                                                           --unknown

Love is All Around 3

Love is all around. 2

Love Is All Around

Artist : Wet Wet Wet 

Title : Love Is All Around 

----------------- 

I feel it in my _______________

I feel it in my _______________ 

Love is all around me 

And so the feeling ____________

It's written on the ____________

It's everywhere I go, oh yes it is 

So if you really love me 

Come on and let it ____________

You know I love you, I always will 

My mind's made up by the 

Way that I feel 

There's no ____________,

There'll be no end 

'cause on my love you can depend 

I see your____________  before me 

As I lay on my bed 

I kinda get to thinking 

Of all the things you said, oh yes I did 

You gave your ____________ to me and I 

Gave mine to you 

I need someone ____________ me 

In everything I do, oh yes I do 

Got to keep it moving 

Oh it's written in the wind 

Oh everywhere I go, yeah, oh well 

So if you really love me, love me, love me 

Come on and let it show 

Come on and let it show 

Come on and let it 

Come on and let it (come and let it show, baby) 

Come on, come on, come on let it show baby 

Come on and let it show 

Come on and let it show, baby 

Come on and let it show 

By bit (bit by bit, bit by bit).... 

What is your Love Language?

http://365tests.com/personality-tests/what-is-your-love-language/

Refugees 4

Listening and speaking. What does it mean to be a refugee?

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-refugee-benedetta-berti-and-evelien-borgman#watch

Refugees 3.

Speaking- Watch the second video and tell us the story. 




 • Who is the main character?
• Where is she?
• What is she celebrating at the beginning of the video?
• How does she feel? How about her family?
• What happens?
• What do they do?
• What is she celebrating at the end of the video?
• How does she feel? How about her family?

Refugees2

Listening .Watch the video and answer the following questions:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-executive-order-muslims-immigrants-ban-refugees-rebuild-military-a7550516.html

• Who does Mr Trump say he wants to “keep out of the United States”?
• What has he just done about it?

• Do you think it will work? Why? Why not?

Refugees 1

And  if you survived you are greeted on the other side with
go home blacks, refugees
dirty immigrants, asylum seekers
sucking our country dry of milk,
dark, with their hands out
smell strange, savage –
look what they’ve done to their own countries
what will they do to ours?
HOME by Warsan Shire