Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday
Learning about the similarities and differences between traditional birthday celebrations in France and England and studying an invitation to a class birthday party, singing Joyeux Anniversaire (Happy Birthday) and eating le gâteau (cake).
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Choose a child and say,
Bonjour [Name]. C'est quand, ton anniversaire ? - Hello [name] When is your birthday?
Children should answer in the following format:
Bonjour [Monsieur/Madame [Name]].Mon anniversaire c'est le [onze] [mars] - Hello [name] My birthday is the eleventh of March.
This child then selects another child to greet in the same way and to ask when their birthday is.
Repeat a few times.
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Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom status. Simone is also a Confucius Classroom Manager. She teaches Mandarin across the key stages, with reciprocal visits to a link school in Beijing.
Simone has created a range of French lessons from KS1 to KS2 for Kapow Primary.
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