Valentine biography lesson plans high school
Valentine's Day Historical Letters (Social Studies)This activity will allow your students to reflect on historical figures and.
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Valentine’s Day always snuck up on me as an educator.
All of sudden, there are giant teddy bears everywhere and the drama meter goes way, way up. Celebrating Valentine’s Day in your English class doesn’t have to be over the top or dramatic, though. In this post, I hope to share three ideas for celebrating Valentine’s Day in the high school English classroom appropriately.
Valentine’s Day Ideas for the High School English Classroom #1: Read a Love Poem
What better Valentine’s Day activity is there for a high school English classroom than reading a love poem?
There are so many love poems out there, you can slip them into pretty much any unit.
For example, reading a Shakespeare play?
Take a break to check out his sonnets.
For Valentine’s Day haters, I love having students compare the tone and sentiments in Shakespeare’s sonnets 18 (“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?&rdq