LESSON PLAN

LESSON PLAN
Subject: Core French
Unit:
Grade: 6/7
Topic of Lesson:
Les passé-temps (Passtimes)
Total time: 40 min.
Lesson Objectives SWBAT:
How will students • Participate by acting out pastimes
demonstrate
• Ask and respond to questions about their pastime preferences
learning?
• Record the pastime preferences of other students
Links to Addtl
•Share info about oneself including name, age, family members, pets, and hobbies.
Langs Curriculum
Prior Knowledge
Time
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Some experience expressing likes and dislikes (J’aime, Je n’aime pas)
Some prior familiarity expressing actions (various verbs)
What the teacher says/does
What the students do
Materials
Hook/Opening
• Answer/pose questions about
the calendar and weather
Calendar
5 mins Hook/Opening
• Ask students questions about the calendar and the
weather
15
mins
Pre-activity
Modéliser
• Show students pictures of pastimes on cards and display
• Students repeat how to say each one:
• Practise: J’aime.../Je n’aime pas...
- regarder la télévision, ecouter la musique, danser, nager,
manger, lire, dormir, peindre, jouer des sports, jouer des
jeux vidéo
Pratiquer
• Introduce gestures to express likes and dislikes for each
activity.
• Establish j’aime and je n’aime pas using gestures.
• Establish gestures for each activity with the class.
• Go through all the gestures with j’aime and je n’aime pas
together a few times.
• Once students have a good grasp, play “Simon aime” with
the gestures
• If I say Simon aime, everyone does the action
• If I say Simon n’aime pas, students should not do the action
• If students are comfortable, students can lead
Modéliser/Partager
• Model: Moi, j’aime lire.
• Ask student: Est-ce que tu aimes lire?
• Repeat with a few different pastimes
Guider
• Guide the student to ask “Est-ce que tu aimes…” & answer
Oui, j’aime… or Non, je n’aime pas … with another student
Pre-activity
•
Students repeat each verb
paired with j’aime or je n’aime
pas
•
Students practise gestures for
j’aime and je n’aime pas each
verb.
•
Students play “Simon aime”
•
Students respond
o Oui, j’aime lire.
o Non, je n’aime pas lire.
•
Students ask and respond to
each others questions about
particular pastimes.
Visual aids: cards with
images of 9 pastimes
on one side and words
on the other.
15
mins
Activity
Assimiler
• Teacher models survey activity
• Teacher circulates to assess language use and to help
students
Activity
•
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•
5
mins
Post-activity
• Teacher asks students to share what they learned in their
survey
• Teacher models how to talk about someone else “Angela
aime lire les livres”.
• Time providing, teacher could keep a tally of the most
popular pastimes on the board.
Students do survey activity
Students ask 5 people which
pastimes they like and they
record the information in full
sentences
Students can also begin to
illustrate the pastimes in the
space provided
Pastime survey
worksheet
Post-activity
• Students share what they found
out by speaking about other
students in the class and what
they like
Assessment
for / of
Learning
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Extensions/
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Extra challenge •
Adaptations
•
Extra support
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Plan B
•
Back-up Plan
•
Participation in activities (speaking and doing actions)
Use of target language while completing the survey
Completion of survey
List other pastimes that are of interest (translate other vocabulary into French)
Explain why they like or do not like specific pastimes.
Students who need more help can rely more on images and word prompts provided.
Students can only ask 2 or 3 students the survey question, rather than 5.
Students could also work in pairs, with stronger students helping weaker students.
Students have a list of pastimes. In partners, one student can read the pastime and the other can act out.
Then they can switch.
Students can ask the person beside them: “Est-ce que tu aimes...” rather than completing the survey.