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?
Study the vocab for the months of the year and how to ask for and give your birthday
Use Quizlet to help you learn the days of the week and months of the year
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
Click here to listen to the birthday song in French
Sing along with Bruno Hassar - Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?
Click here to learn the numbers 0-20 by song (Anny et Jean-Marc Versini - Pour t'apprendre à bien compter)
Click here to learn some numbers above 20 from atantot.com. (You only have to learn to 31 at the moment)
Click here to learn the days of the week by song (Alain Le Lait - Les jours de la semaine)
Practise the days of the week with bonjourdefrance.com. Do the exercises below the video clip
Click here to learn the months of the year by song (Alain Le Lait - Les mois de l'année)
Go to Linguascope - Elementary - Galaxy 2 to learn days of the week, Galaxy 3 to learn months and numbers to 31
You've been invited to a birthday. Can you understand this invitation? Read the invitation and answer the questions
Design a birthday invitation in French
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'
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