Part 1: Reading a simple text about birthday celebrations in Germany (kids and adults). I included a link to a birthday song for kids (YouTube). This is followed by a short reading comprehension task and a talk about birthday celebrations in their country, gift-giving, etc.

Part 2: Birthday greeting cards. Students are asked to pick a card and say what they like about it. This also introduces ways of writing a greeting card (funny, serious, romantic, cool).

Part 3: Intro indirect object with "schenken, wünschen, geben". Grammar overview and personal pronouns (Dativ) followed by a grammar exercise.

Homework: students write a birthday greeting card to a friend.

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Geburtstag

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Lass es uns tun Deutsch DAF grammatikerklärungen. Part 1: Reading a simple text about birthday celebrations in Germany (kids and adults). I included a link to a…