Four quizzes to capture the mood of Valentine's Day, whilst teaching students about its origins and cultural significance. They are all fun, but they also have a serious teaching point. They are a great way of introducing your students to the concepts behind online assessment.

• It is extremely important that you read the teachers' notes for the survey
• The teachers' notes for the quizzes are also extremely useful.

The Valentine Homework is a short-text comprehension exercise for this article which traces the roots of St. Valentine's day back to the Roman festival of Lupercalia. The language level of the article itself is quite high, so please check before setting it that it is suitable for your students. Incidentally, it took just 28 mins to write, from start to finish. So if you prefer a different version, that's all it should take you to write your own.