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French Objectives  Module: Joyeux Anniversaire Framework Objectives Key Language                months of the year dates eg. le onze février c’est quand (ton anniveraire) ? Quelle est la date… ? C’est/ce n’est pas je suis + starsign possessive adjectives – mon/ma en + month possessive de eg. c’est l’anniversaire de Luke. joueux /bon anniversaire on m’a offert….. je choisis/ je pense que c’est… c’est à moi/toi, passe-moi le dé tu as… ? j’ai/je n’ai pas de… d’abord, puis, après/avant ca          To understand and use the months of the year in context. To understand and use numbers 1-31 To understand and use calendar dates. To ask and say when my birthday is. To talk about other peoples’ birthdays. To have a knowledge and understanding of key dates celebrated in the French year. To say which starsign I am. To wish someone a happy birthday. To play board games using the target language To use simple connectives Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 1 Lang. Obj. recognition of birth month recognition of all months recognition of all months recognition of all months recognition of all months Framew. Obj O3.2 O3.2 L3.1 L3.1 O3.2 L3.1 O3.2 Activity Levez le doigt- when you hear your birth month. Give each child a flashcard with a month on. Teacher calls out months at random – they raise their card when they hear it. Swap cards frequently. Display month nouns – répétez si c’est correct. Indiquez – display nouns – 2 team members compete to be first to point to noun shouted aloud by pupil or teacher. Display month nouns – give each child a month card. (must have at least 2 children with the same month) . Teacher calls out a month at random and those with same month compete to be first to call it out.  same game but child with month before/after the one mentioned shouts theirs out.  Song:’ Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire’ – pupils stand up when they hear the month of their birth. Give out 12 month flashcards – pupils hold up the month when they hear it in the song.(sit in a circle and occasionally stop the tape - pass on the label to the person on your left and continue.  Give out the 12 month flashcards to pairs who order the months by prior knowledge and by listening to the song.  2 teams each with the 12 month flashcards (+extras of some). First team to organise themselves chronologically.  Give each child a list of the months – listen to song and do a tally of how many times each song is mentioned.  sing song – all sing chorus, table groups sing the sets of 3 months, children also stand up when their birth month is mentioned.  Teacher or pupil mouths the month silently – teams or individuals guess which month it is. (and later, dates)  Pairs ‘write’ months on back of partner who detects Resources flashcards of month nouns flipchart of month nouns random display of month nouns flashcards of nouns Recognition response and production of month nouns O3.2 L3.1 from ‘Un kilo de Chansons‘ (Mary Glasgow) reproduction of months reproduction of O3.1 L3.3 Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 2 months written recognition of months + j’ai vu…. je choisis/je prends linking sound and spelling – phonemes through the sybllables L3.1  what has been ‘written’. children watch series of month nouns flying fast across screen and have to tick off or recall what they saw Powerpoint of slides where months fly in and out of slide. O3.3 L3.2 L3.3 avant ( le mois de janvier) après (le mois de) janvier quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (mon anniversaire est en) eg. mars tu as + month ?oui j’ai/ non je n’ai pas + month tu as le jour de noel? la fete nationale? O3.3 noughts and crosses using months - changing grid to include all 12 months > play in pairs  Games to separate months into syllables – put the segmented syllables of each month on floor. Groups of pupils chant the months, taking it in turns to ‘jump’ on the syllables as they do so  jump up and down on the spot the number of times which correspond to the syllables in the months  write the no. of syllables on whiteboards or clap the syllables.  Draw three circles and write the months in according to whether they have 1,2,or 3 syllables.  Make chatterboxes and play in pairs Family fortunes – display a row of flashcards face down. Reveal first. Children have to decide whether the next card is before or after that month. Sondage Interview around the class – find someone with a birthday in each month of the year memory chain game. – start with child A who says his birthmonth. 2nd child says A’s birthmonth then his own. etc. > play then in groups of 5/6. Jeu des 7 familles – play in groups – collect a’ season’ of months. Flipchart 3x3 grid of months large sets of syllables which make up the months, mini whiteboards number fans O4.4 O3.4 O4.4 O4.4 2 team game. Give each child in the class a (famous) date eg 14 juillet, 25 decembre, 31 octobre, 1 mai . Two or more children have same date. Play challenge game until one team finds the other person with the target date. eg.A : ‘tu as le 14 juillet Luke?’’ non je n’ai pas le 14 juillet.’ etc. mini month flashcards. (extend use of j’ai /je n’ai pas for classroom management language with classroom equipment) needs some explaining ! Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 3 IU Frenchspeaking people. voici.. il est eg. artiste. Son anniversaire est le….. signs of the zodiac. je suis vierge etc. key personality adjectives IU3.2 Research famous French people’s birthdays – on the internet – import photo into WORD or class Powerpoint with reason for notoriety (dictionary – cognates – artiste, acteur, politician, musician etc) and birthdate. Present to the rest of the class. Discussion with children about who they know who is French-speaking – widen knowledge. O4.2 L6.1 Nos 1-31 O3.3 L4.4 Examine French star signs – can they link up French and English?  Phonic games to practise pronunciation eg. concentration game.  Find someone else with the same starsign as you  Take the letters of your name – A= 1 b=2 etc. and total your score which then relates to one of 5 descriptions eg. tu es très beau/belle mais tu es quelquefois vilain/vilaine! etc. Action response for numbers Kim’s Game Noughts and crosses Lotto ‘onze’ but using different groups of numbers (displayed)  internet site – magazine/newspaper. flashcards of zodiac signs and words flipcharts of noughts and crosses grid Powerpoint for kim’s game numbers + date and month c’est le quatorze juin date + month dates and months d’abord, puis puis , après ça c’est quand ton anniversaire? reproduction of dates French dates of O3.3 Guess the date. Teacher secretly selects a date in the year. 2 teams alternately suggest a month. Reply ‘plus tôt/plus tard’ When month is guessed then move on to the date. top trumps – display 1-31 of a particular month and distribute cards Battleships mastermind with 5 dates – use the difficult months or calendar events eg 1st Jan, 25th Dec, 31 Oct 14 july le policier – 2 policemen go round the class simultaneously to find out the person whose birthday in on…eg le huit juin date + month Flipchart/Powerpoint‘ Jeu de bataille’ Flashcards of written dates O3.3 O3.3 O3.3 O4.4 L4.1 Link dates to calendar events eg. 14 juillet – la fête de la Flipchart to physically move date Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 4 calendar joyeux/bon anniversaire à toi mon anniversaire c’est… c’est à moi/c’est à toi. Passe-moi le dé read and understand dates. Research festivals nous sommes le…+ date IU4.1 O3.1 O4.4 Bastille, l’Hallowe’en, le jour de Noël. Sing happy birthday to pupils on their birthday – in class/ in assemblies – watch video clip Snakes and ladders – generic board with cards to turn over and state date – can extend language ‘ mon anniversaire c’est..’ alongside event mini cards of the same for pair work Early Start video L4.1 IU4.1 L4.4 dates dates in the context of culture. nos 1-31 months birthdays days of week Festivals L4.4 IU6.3 Display written dates round room in words- each card with a letter on. link to a mastercard on their desk written in digits eg. le sept fevrier links to 7.2. Play in pairs. Internet. Research festivals – enter name on large display calendar eg. for février- la fête de St. Valentin.  Display large calendar in classroom for monitors to change (ICT collaborative work.)  children date their cross-curricular work in the foreign language. Send the newsletter to parents with dates written in the target language. Research tourist board sites for events in the calendar. Create poster or print out adverts of interest. Clips of French children talking about days,dates, birthdays and using numbers 1-31. Use as a stimulus for their own speaking. Mardi Gras –research on internet. D+ T cross –curricular link – make masks. Compare with Shrove Tuesday. Making and tasting of crêpes – imperatives – ajoutez, mélangez, listen to cassette/CD and link celebrities with their birthdays and ages Make a powerpoint of birthdays for link school including photo and birthday of each class member and teacher. Little cards with dates on or sentences containing a date. eg en France le quatorze juillet c’est la fête nationale’ displayed numbers and months for children to refer to construct dates ICT O4.3 O5.3 Early Start 1 sections 8-12 IU4.1 listening for dates je me présente/je m’appelle. J’ai…ans. Mon O5.3 L4.4 L5.1 L5.3 A l’écoute 1 Unit 1 ex 2a & 2b ICT Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 5 anniversaire c’est le….. C’est l’anniversaire de… C’est l’anniversaire de mon..ma….. mon anniversaire c’est Joyeux anniv. meilleurs voeux de… on m’a offert un/une/des.. Poisson d’avril c’est au mois de…? C’est le.. ce n’est pas date or month c’est l’anniversaire de…. possessive de nuclear family nouns – mère,père,frère, soeur O3.1 O4.4 Discover staff birthdays. Sing ‘joyeux anniversaire’ in assembly C’est aujourd’hui l’anniversaire de…… announce and display Present their close family birthdays – use photos and flashcards or powerpoint Find link school - swap birthdays make displayed calendar of link class’s birthday look at eg. of birthday cards on internet. make birthday cards /create email birthday message as a class and then send them – someone is responsible for someone else’s birthday abroad chain game ‘on m’a offert un…… - have a sack of’ presents’ which children take something from labelled with the noun (cognates) and they become part of the chain April Fool - poisson d’avril – velcro fish on back. Play game in circle – chase back to seat. paper-clip dates on backs – they find out what date they are by asking questions c’est au mois de…. c’est le ……. avril? They have 3 questions before they move on     pass the bomb – with months in sequence or using their own birthdays – forfeit for who is caught with the bomb. Guess the famous person’s birthday – draw out a date card and have on display famous people. – 2 teams have to guess whose birthday it is eg. c’est l’anniversaire de Picasso?  Pupils prepare in groups to present their family birthdays with photos and their own made flashcards (ICT) eg. le trente avril – c’est l’anniversaire de ma mère. Large display poster with space for laminated names of children in class. O6.2 L6.4 ICT photos of family IU4.1 04.4 O3.3 O3.3 bomb from ‘Pass the Bomb’ or stopwatch in box. internet flashcards of famous French people displayed birth date flashcards corresponding to these famous people. L5.3/6.4 flashcards of family members pictures + written nouns and flashcards of presents. dictionary research or glossary to flashcards of family member nouns and pictures + flashcards of ‘presents’ Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 6 la fete de… est-ce que c’est…. je pense que c’est…. bonjour, ça va joyeux anniversaire ! merci c’est très gentil j’adore ça ! recognise dates in context. imperatives eg. prenez ajoutez melangez cassez c’est bon ? très bon /délicieux j’aime/je n’aime pas nouns ingredients birthdays in the context of other personal information dialogue eg. greetings, name IU4.1 O3.3 discover meaning. Match up rhyming words eg. ‘ un manteau pour ma tante, une bière pour mon père, du beurre pour ma sœur ! un lapin pour mon cousin, une piscine pour ma cousine. (the concentration game) learn about the custom of saints’ days. Use internet to find out the saint for their birthday. pass the parcel – music – class wish the person who has parcel ‘ joyeux anniversaire, Luke’ then they guess a date from a displayed list of dates to discover the date hidden in ‘the box’ The birthday party. Rôle-play development – giving birthday presents at a party.  Present to class /video and watch.  Clozed dialogue with key words missing for insertion ICT present wrapped up in ‘pass the parcel’ style. O6.4 L6.2 L6.1 O6.2 L4.1 L4.2 Internet – research television programme schedules – find which day certain programmes are being broadcast in a given week. Answer true /false statements Make a birthday cake in front of the children – they come up and join in the making.  choral repetition  match pictures to equipment – PP or realia  Sequence the instructions – discuss strategies they used.  groups work to do a Blue Peter demonstration – mime or realia websites showing TV schedules. O6.2 O6.4 L6.4 Role- play ‘a la discotheque’ – filming/presentation  written adaptation of dialogue. Powerpoint of dialogue Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 7 age, domicile, Dates BBC website French Corrie Files: Joyeux anniversaire 8