Unit all about me Lesson I can speak English Forms: Date

Activity 5 Play “Birthday line”. 10 min

Objectives: to energise the pupils;to have fun.

STEP 1: Tell the pupils to imagine a line in the classroom.

Point to the place where the line begins and say ‘This is January’. Then point to a place far from January and say ‘This is December’.

STEP 2: explain that the pupils should stand along the line in the order of the months of their birthdays. They will need to ask each other the question ‘When’s your birthday?’ and answer ‘it’s in ...’ to find out exactly where they should stand. The pupils

should find out who is before and after them. When they find their place in the line, they should stay there until everyone has found his/her place.

STEP 3: When the line is ready, the first pupil in the line must say: ‘My birthday is in ...’. Then s/he must turn and ask the question ‘When’s your birthday?’ from the pupil next to him/her. s/he says his/her birthday month and asks the question from

the pupil next to him/her. etc. as shown in the example below:

Pupil A: ‘When’s your birthday?’

Pupil B:‘it’s in ... .’ (Turns to the next pupil) ‘When’s your birthday?’

Pupil C: ‘it’s in ... ’ etc.

Homework 5 min

Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and look at the 1st activity. explain that there are two cakes and two texts. Their task is to read and match them.

now draw their attention to the 2nd activity. explain that they are going to write a letter to a friend. in the first line they must write their own name. if they have their photo at home, they can attach it to a special place on the right which is marked

as “My photo”.