Let's Create Birthday Invitations!

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 1

Let's Create Birthday Invitations!

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to create and understand basic birthday invitations.

What do you already know about birthday invitations?

What is a Birthday Invitation?

A birthday invitation is a message inviting someone to a birthday celebration.

Key Components

The key components of a birthday invitation are the event details, date, time, location, and RSVP information.

Language Practice: Date and Time

Practice how to write the date and time in English. For example, 'The party is on Saturday, July 10th at 3:00 PM.'

Creative Design

Discuss the importance of creativity in designing invitations. Encourage students to personalize their invitations with drawings or stickers.

Vocabulary: RSVP

Explain the meaning of RSVP, which stands for 'Répondez s'il vous plaît' in French, and is used to request a response to an invitation.

Writing Practice

Provide examples of simple phrases for inviting people to a birthday party and ask students to write their own invitations using the given phrases.

Review and Share

Review the key components and language learned. Ask students to share their completed birthday invitations with the class.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.