OBJECTIVES:
- CREATIVITY: handmade, sustainable, creative postcards; Valentine's Day gratitude and communication between schools;
- CURRICULUM: English writing & reading, how to write a postcard; gratitude vocabulary, telling habits.
- COLLABORATION: exchange of postcards with grateful messages: intercultural dialogue.
- DIGITAL TOOL: none
- RESULT: Valentine's postcard
ACTIVITY: exchange of sustainable postcards for each country
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- Create Valentine's Day postcards with your Art teacher or maths teacher. You must use biodegradable materials to make it eco-friendly; you must choose affordable materials; finally it must be beautiful and send a grateful social message!
- Find your style: pop up, drawing, painting, collage, sewing,... and don't forget the message "Happy Valentine's Day!"
- You can write to tell your friends about Valentines' Day in your country.
- You can write a grateful poem with strong meaningful words emphasizing our European friendship!
- Or you can write a sweet message.
- Of course you can write all these things if you want and more!
- You can also share a video message in the Twinboard for Valentine's Day!
Here are some ideas...
You can draw Tangrams with your maths teacher!
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Or you can make them with your art teacher! Have fun and be creative!
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THE FRENCH STUDENTS worked with their maths teacher M. Sulima to create tangrams after listening to the legend:
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Here is a wordart that we have made with the collaboration of all Spanish students;
Each one said a word of what Valentine's Day means to them and here is the result:
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Great songs to inspire you while writing!