PERIODE TAAL:ENGELS
AAN KLAS 8B DOOR NATHALIE FRENCH
ST VALENTINE’S DAY
In the third century there lived a Roman priest named
Valentine. The Emperor at that time, Claudius ll,
banned (=verbieden) marriages because he
believed unmarried men were better soldiers!?!
Valentine did not accept this law and married
couples in secret. When Claudius found out, he
sentenced Valentine to death.
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
While he was in prison, he fell in love with the jailer’s
daughter and just before he was put to death, on
14th Febraury, he wrote a final message to her and
signed it From your Valentine.
Not long after his death, Valentine was made a saint.
ST VALENTINE’S DAY
The story of Valentine spread and it soon became
tradition to send a card to the person you secretly
admired.
The cards were always signed From your Valentine.
In the 19th century, the first commercial massproduced cards appeared.
ST VALENTINE’S DAY
Today we send over a billion Valentine cards each
year. Seventy percent of them are sent by women.
VALENTINE CINQUAIN POEM
Line 1: write a noun
Line 2: write two adjectives describing the noun in
Line 1
Line 3: Write three words ending with –ing (action
words) that descrive what the noun in Line 1 might do
Line 4: Write a phrase describing the noun in Line 1
Line 5: Write a synonym of the word in Line 1
EXAMPLE
Neil,
Humourous, solid
Loving, caring, challenging
The rock in my life
Soulmate
Now I would like you to write one