Task
Research the life of St. Valentine. Discover why Valentine's Day is named after St. Valentine. What life struggles did St. Valentine have in his life? How did we get Valentine's Day from St. Valentine?
Create a poster that hightlights this information:
*A picture of him
* Where he lived and what he did
* How he helped his lover
* Interests/hobbies of his
From a website link design a heart-shaped card and present it to the class on the appropriate day.
Process
Find out who St. Valentine was...
1 Work on poster in task section of this quest.
How did St. Valentine become associated with this holiday? What happened to St. Valentine while in prison? What was something interesting about his life?
2 Answer these questions on the poster you create.
What is the idea of "Your Valentine"?
3 On this website, you will see a worksheet. Print this worksheet off and complete it on the heart. Turn it in when it is due.
4 In the following website, browse through each word that is underlined. Pick two words out of the eight words underlined and write a summary paragraph of what you read.
5 On your own time, interview three different people about their Valentine experience on February 14th.
Some Questions you could ask:
*What does a Valentine mean?
*How does if feel to have a Valentine today?
*What year was your first Valentine's?
After you interview those three people, write a page about what you have learned.
Evaluation
This is how your work will be evaluated.
| Beginning
1 | Developing
2 | Qualified
3 | Exemplary
4 | Score |
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| Creativity | Very little creativity | Little creativity which include some pictures and words. | Creativity which include some colored pictures and only 10 words | Excellent creativity which include all colored pictures and more than 10 words |
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| Title of poster | Title included. Many mispelled words. | Title included with at least 80% of the words spelled correctly. | Title written neatly with all words spelled correctly | Title written clearly and neatly. All words must be spelled correctly. |
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| Picture of character | Copy of character's picture | Color copy of character's picture. | Hand drawn illustration colored with map pencils. | Hand drawn illustration, colored NEATLY with map pencils. |
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| Vocabulary | Three or less vocabulary words and their definitions included. | At least four vocabulary words and their definitions included. | At least six vocabulary words and their definitions included. | At least eight vocabulary words and their definitions included. |
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| Overall appearance of poster | Pictures are colored neatly. | Background is colored, pictures are drawn neatly. | Background is colored well, pictures are drawn neatly, and clean | Background is colored well, pictures are neatly drawn, no erasure marks, appearance is neat and clean. |
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| Heart Worksheet | Two questions complete and no complete sentences | Four questions complete and two complete sentences | Six questions complete and four complete sentences | ALL questions complete with ALL complete sentences |
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| Writing Page/Paragraphs | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance. | Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance. |
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Conclusion
There is much more information that you can browse through about St. Valentine and the heart holiday.
Additional resources to look at:
--> Valentine's Day : A Day of Friendship and Love by Sievert, Terri
Share the poster you created along with the information to the class or with your teacher.
THE WINNER WILL GET THE SECRET SWEET PRIZE!!!
