Los Dates Importantes Au Nigeria – JSS1 French Lesson Note (Second Term)

In French, a date is written with le, a number and the month, for example le 1er octobre, and past actions are told in the passé composé.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state in French the dates of important celebrations in Nigeria;
2. say which date is the national day in France;
3. read and act out the dialogue between Laide and Kayode;
4. say in French what they did last weekend;
5. answer simple questions in French about daily activities.

How do we say the date in French?

A French date follows the pattern le + number + month.

• Le 1er: the first day of the month uses premier, written 1er.
• Other days: use ordinary numbers, for example le quatorze février, le vingt-cinq décembre.
• Month names: French months do not start with a capital letter.
• Asking the date: Quelle est la date de la fête de Noël ? Answer: C’est le 25 décembre.

What are the months of the year in French?

There are twelve months in French, from janvier to décembre.

What are the days of the week in French?

There are seven days in a French week, and the week starts on lundi.

• lundi: Monday.
• mardi: Tuesday.
• mercredi: Wednesday.
• jeudi: Thursday.
• vendredi: Friday.
• samedi: Saturday.
• dimanche: Sunday.

What are the important dates in Nigeria?

Important dates are the days on which Nigerians (and the French) mark special celebrations.

Which date is the national day in France?

The national day of France is the 14th of July, called «le jour de la Bastille».

• Date: le 14 juillet (quatorze juillet).
• Name: la fête nationale, also called le jour de la Bastille.

What do you do from Monday to Friday?

Qu’est-ce que tu fais / vous faites du lundi au vendredi ? means “What do you do from Monday to Friday?”

• Tu fais: used with a friend, a classmate or a younger person.
• Vous faites: used with an older person, a stranger or more than one person.

How do we say what we did last weekend?

We use the passé composé to say what happened and finished in the past.

How is the passé composé formed?

1. Choose the helping verb: avoir for most verbs, être for verbs like aller and rester.
2. Put the helping verb in the present tense: j’ai, tu as, je suis, tu es.
3. Add the past participle: lavé, dormi, fait, allé, resté.

What are examples from the dialogue?

• J’ai lavé: I washed (avoir + lavé).
• J’ai dormi: I slept (avoir + dormi).
• Tu as fait: you did (avoir + fait).
• Je suis allé: I went (être + allé). A girl writes je suis allée.
• Je suis resté: I stayed (être + resté). A girl writes je suis restée.

Which time words are useful?

• le week-end passé: last weekend.
• vendredi soir: Friday evening.
• pendant la matinée: during the morning.
• après le déjeuner: after lunch.
• le soir: in the evening.
• le dimanche passé: last Sunday.

What is the dialogue between Laide and Kayode?

Laide asks Kayode what he did last weekend, and Kayode tells her about his Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

How should students practise the dialogue?

1. Listen as the teacher reads the dialogue aloud.
2. Repeat each line after the teacher.
3. Work in pairs, one as Laide and one as Kayode.
4. Swap roles and act it out again.
5. Change the activities to say what you did last weekend.

Evaluation

1. Quelle est la date de la fête de l’indépendance du Nigeria ?
2. Quelle est la date de la fête de Noël ?
3. Qu’est-ce que Kayode a fait vendredi soir ?
4. Où est-il allé le soir pour voir un match de foot ?
5. Pourquoi Kayode n’est-il pas allé à l’église dimanche ?

Assignment

Réponds aux questions suivantes :

1. À quelle heure se réveille-t-on ?
2. Que fait-on dans la matinée ?
3. L’après-midi, qu’est-ce qu’on fait ?
4. Où allez-vous dans la soirée ?