Joyeux Anniversaire

Learning Objectives

In this unit you will learn how to

    • ask when someone's birthday is

    • count from 21-31

    • say when your birthday is

    • say the days of the week in French

    • say the months of the year in French

    • wish someone a happy birthday

    • write birthday greetings

    • find out the difference between birthdays and Saint's days in France

Culture

Find out about how the French celebrate birthdays and compare with how you celebrate them.

Find out what Saint's Days are in France. Which

day is the day your middle name falls on?

Task

Interview other students in the class to find out who has their birthday in the same month as you. Then create a class calendar of with each person's birthday written on it for the wall in our classroom. We will appoint a birthday monitor to remind us to sing Joyeux Anniversaire .

Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?

  1. Study the vocab for the months of the year and how to ask for and give your birthday

  2. Use Quizlet to help you learn the days of the week and months of the year

  1. Accès Studio p8 Ex 1 Put the months in the correct order - Listen and repeat, Ex 2 Say the numbers in pairs, Ex 3 Listen to birthday dates, Ex 4 Interview 5 people in your class

  2. Click here to listen to the birthday song in French

  3. Sing along with Bruno Hassar - Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?

  4. Click here to learn the numbers 0-20 by song (Anny et Jean-Marc Versini - Pour t'apprendre à bien compter)

  5. Click here to learn some numbers above 20 from atantot.com. (You only have to learn to 31 at the moment)

  6. Click here to learn the days of the week by song (Alain Le Lait - Les jours de la semaine)

  7. Practise the days of the week with bonjourdefrance.com. Do the exercises below the video clip

  8. Click here to learn the months of the year by song (Alain Le Lait - Les mois de l'année)

  9. Go to Linguascope - Elementary - Galaxy 2 to learn days of the week, Galaxy 3 to learn months and numbers to 31

  10. You've been invited to a birthday. Can you understand this invitation? Read the invitation and answer the questions

  11. Design a birthday invitation in French

  12. Design a French birthday card for someone you know who is having a birthday. Get inspiration from Google Images by typing in 'cartes d'anniversaire'

  13. Email a French virtual birthday card to a friend

Summative Test

Work with a classmate to prepare and present this introductory conversation

To prepare for your writing test, use this website to make a cartoon of two people meeting and introducing themselves. http://bitstrips.com/r/LS4DW

Prepare a Google Presentation introducing yourself. Click here for further instructions