Valentine’s Day: Messages and Meaning
A B1 reading lesson about Valentine’s Day, with a short article, vocabulary matching, comprehension questions, group discussion and a writing task. Answers and a teaching note are included on page 3.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Vocabulary matching before reading
- Article and comprehension questions
- Discussion and writing task
- Answers and teaching note on page 3
Read about thoughtful gestures and commercial pressure, then discuss whether care needs to cost money.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Print pages 1–2 and retain page 3. Clarify affection, recipient, gesture and commercial.
- Match the vocabulary and predict why a small act might matter more than an expensive gift.
- Read for different recipients, objections to commercial pressure and the main idea; answer the five questions using the article.
- Discuss appreciation and handwritten notes, then plan the 120–150-word paragraph about a meaningful gesture or an invented one for a friend.
Support and extension
Provide a gesture/recipient/meaning chart. Extend by supporting an opinion about commercial holidays with an example. Use friendship or fictional situations; nobody needs to discuss romantic relationships.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
