A great activity for advanced adult learners, it gives students a glimpse into the minds of famous novelists, politicians and world leaders as they poured forth their feelings for those they loved. Nothing could be more appropriate for Valentine's Day than a reading of some of the world´s most famous love letters. You can make a copy of the word search here. This Valentine’s Day Word Search is a germ of a Google Slide and has two options: the basic word search (find 15 words) and the challenge word search (no words provided). This Valentine’s Day Text and Activities worksheet provides excellent background information on the holiday, as well as three reading comprehension exercises, and so does the second worksheet Valentine’s Day Text and Activities # 2. Valentine’s Day – A Little Bit of HistoryĪt, you can find some excellent worksheets that provide students with the opportunity to learn a little more about the history of Valentine’s Day and practice reading comprehension skills at the same time.

How would the world be different if people could not feel love?.

Is the fact that we use emails and text more often now a loss or a gain? Why or why not?

Before computers and email, people sent more hand-written cards and letters.

Is Valentine’s Day only for romantic love, or is it also a celebration of friendship and family love? Defend your position.

Write a Valentine to someone who deserves a little extra love and thanks this year.

Write a twist on the classic poem “Roses are red, violets are blue…”.

Why do you think that love is often associated with the heart, as opposed to other organs in the body?.

Why do you think we get off school for certain holidays, like Thanksgiving, but not others, like Valentine’s Day? Should Valentine’s Day be a school holiday?.

Write about a time when you felt loved.

If so, here are some good Valentine writing prompts: Older students might prefer creating a poem or other piece of writing than a card. If you have a large class, that may work best.

Some teachers may even want to assign specific slides for students to decorate. This may require some monitoring on your part and students should be well versed in using Slides to do this so they don’t “mess up” each other´s work.ĭepending on your students comfort level with Google Slides, you can opt to assign the whole class slides all at once or divide it up and do a few at a time. Allow students to edit the file: Students will all be editors of the same file.I do not recommend this for large classes as it would take a lot of your time to put the final card together. They turn this into you and then you would need to copy & paste slides together so each student ends up with their individual slides. Make a copy of the file for each student: Each student works on cards for their classroom on a separate slideshow.Also, when you assign this in Google Classroom, you have two choices as to how to share:

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