LESSON PLAN – Great Lesson Ideas KS2 MFL: Birthday Presents
Year group 3
Learning Objectives
To listen and respond to questions and instructions. To form simple sentences using
known vocabulary.
O 3.1 Listen and respond to simply rhymes, stories and songs
0 3.3 Perform simple communicative tasks using single words, phrases and short
sentences
0 3.4 Listen attentively and understand instructions, everyday classroom
language and praise words
L 3.1 Recognise some familiar words in written form
KAL: Imitate pronunciation of sounds
LL5 use actions and rhymes and play games to aid memorisation
Previous learning
Key vocabulary introduced in earlier lessons and can construct simple sentences.
Assessment
By outcome of verbal responses. Can pupils listen & respond appropriately to
questions & instructions? Can pupils form sentences in French using known words?
Introduction
 Warm up – recap months of the year using different voices
 Mexican wave around the table – start with janvier –first child raises and waves
hands, next child says fevrier, etc.
 Inflatable globe or ball to practise months in sequence – throw the ball at
random to a children in turn. Then select random months to practise what
comes next.
 Sorting activity – use month cards and in pairs or as a group pupils sort them
into the correct order. Once finished, discuss with the class what is similar and
different about the months in English and French (group work, recognising
written word)
Main Lesson
 Discuss the word anniversaire – sounds like anniversary/annual meaning once
a year. Tell the class – mon anniversaire est le seize decembre. C’est quant
ton anniversaire? Tell pupils that French don’t use ‘th’; they just say the
number – the exception being premier (1st)
 In pairs – ask question: C’est quand ton anniversaire? and give a response.
Select pairs of children to demonstrate.
 Children make two concentric circles, facing each other. Rotating in opposite
directions, they sing “c’est quant ton anniversaire?” to the tune of The Farmer in
his Den. When the teacher says “arret”, the pupils stop and one is asked to ask
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the child in front “c’est quand tan anniversaire?”. The child opposite replies in
French. Shout “allez” and repeat.
Use flashcards to recap on new vocabulary to be covered in the lesson (e.g.
objects in the parcel). Use different voices to ask “Qu’est que c’est?” Children
replay with “c’est un/une….. “ Ask questions such as “C’est un serpent? Non
c’est un crayon. C’est de quelle couleur?”
Demonstrate j’aime and je n’aime pas – use smiley and sad faces.
Show children the parcel and explain the game “Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans mon
cadeau?” Scribe phonetically.
Play Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans mon cadeau. Display pictures of the items
contained in the parcel between the layers of paper. Hold up the package, ask
the question: Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans mon cadeau? Ask this question of the
children at random. The child has to guess what is in the parcel and give their
answer in French. Continue until a child guesses correctly, at which point, the
class chant: “ouvre le paquet”. Other questions to include are “qu’est c’est? Tu
aime le/la (object), ask about the colour of the paper.
Plenary
The class sings Happy Birthday in French to the child .who opens the final layer.
Resources
Different coloured layers of paper to wrap the parcel
A variety of presents to introduce between each layer – approximately eight objects
Flashcards of the objects
Cards with the months of the year for sorting.:
janvier
février
mars
avril
mai
juin
juillet
août
septembre
octobre
novembre
décembre