Lesson Plan: Example 1 Performance Objectives

Lesson Plan: Example 1
Topic:
la beauté
Performance Objectives:
1. Students will be able to describe a picture or image in TL.
2. Students will be able to give their opinion of beauty (or not) reflected in the picture or
image.
Standards:
Standard 1.1 Interpersonal Communication: Students engage in conversations or
correspondence in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and
emotions, and exchange opinions.
Content: (In target language)
vocabulaire: les adjectifs de la description physique et des qualités personnelles
vocabulaire pour exprimer une opinion (je pense que…)
grammaire : l’accord des adjectifs
Procedures:
1. warm-up: Students will review vocabulary via transparency and/or crossword puzzle
2. presentation: Students will view some pictures of famous people via power point and
participate in class discussion about physical appearance and personal qualities.
3. activity: Students will work with a partner to describe various pictures and discuss
their opinions of beauty. The teacher will supply each group with a picture or image.
Students will trade pictures after 5 minutes in order to practice describing and discussing
various topics. The teacher will circulate and give feedback or scaffold as needed.
4. wrap-up: Students will volunteer (or be picked if no volunteers) to describe and
discuss the picture they end up with.
Instructional materials: pictures, textbook, transparency, powerpoint
Lesson Plan: Example 2
Topic:
la beauté
Performance Objectives:
1. Students will be able to read a poem in TL.
2. Students will be able to discuss the theme of the poem and give their opinions.
3. Students will be able to answer comprehension questions about the poem.
Standards:
Standard 1.2 Interpretive Communication: Students understand and interpret spoken and
written French on a variety of topics
Standard 3.2 Connections: Acquiring Information: Students acquire information and
recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through francophone cultures.
Content: (In target language)
vocabulaire: les adjectifs de la description physique et des qualités personnelles
vocabulaire pour exprimer une opinion (je pense que…)
grammaire : l’accord des adjectifs, les structures pour exprimer une opinion
Procedures:
1. warm-up: The teacher will show several images, pictures, or cartoons via powerpoint
depicting beauty. This will (hopefully) lead to a brief discussion of interior and exterior
beauty (la beauté intérieure et extérieure).
2. presentation: Students will be given copies of a poem “la beauté intérieure” from a
personal blog. The actual page will be displayed. Time will be given for students to read
the poem individually.
3. activity: As a class, we will take time to discuss the poem. Students will be able to
ask questions about words or phrases they did not understand. The teacher will ask
questions about words or phrases to check for comprehension. The teacher will ask for
opinions about certain phrases and themes from the poem. Students will take turns
reading lines from the poem out loud to practice reading and pronunciation skills. Finally,
students will complete a short worksheet of comprehension questions about the poem.
4. wrap-up: Students will turn in their papers and debrief the activity by discussing how
well they liked it or how difficult or easy they found it to be.
Instructional materials: poem handout, comprehension questions,
powerpoint