Months and Dates

A1 · Beginner57 minBasic BasicsLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: say months and dates — your birthday and your country's important days — with “in July” and “on the 5th of March”.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Months and big days

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: When Is Your Birthday?

    Read a 71-word text about When Is Your Birthday?

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Month Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Dates

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Months and Seasons

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Talk About Birthdays

    Role-play: You and a friend talk about birthdays and dates (6 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: three important dates

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

JanuaryMarchJuneSeptemberbirthdaydate

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