At English & Creativity we just LOVE chocolate, love poems and songs and telling people how wonderful they are, so Valentine's Day is right up our alley ! The Bilinguals enjoyed discovering both Chet Baker versions of "My Funny Valentine"
vocals:
trumpet:
Ben made the class awesomely creative Valentine cards ...
They all tried their hands at creating cinquain poems about someone or something they love
A light-hearted love song by Cole Porter...
You're the Top - Cole Porter
At words poetic, I'm so pathetic That I always have found it best Instead of getting them off my chest To let 'em rest unexpressed
I hate parading my serenading As I probably miss the bar But if this ditty is not so pretty At least it'll tell you how great you are
You're the top, you're the Coliseum You're the top, you're the Louver Museum You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare's sonnet You're Mickey Mouse
You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa You're the smile on the Mona Lisa I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
You're the top, you're Mahatma Gandhi You're the top, you're Napoleon Brandy You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's
salary You're cellophane
You're sublime, you're the turkey dinner You're the time of the Derby winner I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
You're the top, you're an arrow collar You're the top, you're a Coolidge dollar You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred
Astaire You're an O'Neill drama, you're Whistler's mama You're Camembert
You're a rose, you're Inferno's Dante You're the nose on the great Durante I'm just in the way, as the French would say, "De
trop" But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
You're the top, you're a Waldorf salad You're the top, you're a Berlin ballad You're the basic grand of a lady and the gents You're an old Dutch master, you're Mrs. Astor You're Pepsodent
You're romance, you're the steppes of Russia You're the pants on a Roxy usher I'm a lazy lout which is just about to stop But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top
They learned various expressions using the word "heart" ...
Another love song by Cole Porter...
”So In Love” - Cole
Porter
Strange dear, but true dear,
When I'm close to you, dear,
The stars fill the sky,
So in love with you am I.
Even without you,
My arms fold about you,
You know darling why,
So in love with you am I.
In love with the night mysterious,
The night when you first were there,
In love with my joy delirious,
When I knew that you could care,
So taunt me, and hurt me,
Deceive me, desert me,
I'm yours, till I die.....
So in love.... So in love....
So in love with you, my love... Am I....
Of course, no Valentine's Day celebration would be complete without chocolate, conversation heart candies, heart-shaped marshmallows and
candy kisses....
Think you know what Valentine's Day is all about ? Try this fill-in-the-blanks (answers at the end) :
This week's lesson was all about "can" and "can't"...
What can YOU do ?
I can fly a kite
I can play soccer
I can throw a ball
I can dance
I can eat
I can jump
I can play the harmonica
I can ride a bike/tricycle
I can sing
I can create
BUT...
I can't fly
I can't drive
I can't read (yet !)
I can't play the violin or the piano