LESSON PLAN Topic of Lesson: Les personnalités positives

LESSON PLAN
Subject: Core French
Grade: 6
Total time: 40 mins.
Topic of Lesson: Les personnalités positives
Link to Additional
Lang. Curriculum
SWBAT:
• exchange simple information about personality characteristics
Lesson Objectives
SWBAT:
• describe a positive personality trait about themselves or someone else
• connect their personality trait to their zodiac sign
How will students
demonstrate learning?
(Specific to this lesson)
Prior
Students can say, Je suis / Je ne suis pas
Knowledge
Time
What the teacher says/does
What the students do
(mins)
4
6
20
Hook/Opening
Calendar warm-up (Comment ca-va? Quelle est
la date aujourd’hui? Quel temps fait-il?
Comment t’appelles-tu? Quel âge as-tu? Quel
est ton numéro de téléphone? Quelle est la date
de ton anniversaire? etc)
Pre-activity
Sing: les signes du zodiaque. A song that
includes all the zodiac signs in French and sung
to the tune of “Three Blind Mice” (les trois
souris aveugles). Hold up the appropriate zodiac
image as each sign is sung.
Les signes du zodiaque, les signes du zodiaque.
Bélier, taureau, gemeaux, (bis)
Cancer, lion, vierge,
balance, scorpion, sagittaire,
capricorne, verseau, poisson.
Les signes du zodiaque, les signes du zodiaque.
Activity #1
• Teacher will ask students individually: Quel
est ton signe?
Activity #2
• Teacher will introduce and gesture the 12
positive personality traits.
• You need to add a step whereby students say
and gesture these traits. They won’t be
Hook/Opening
Materials
calendar
Answer questions.
Pre-activity
• Students will repeat the lyrics as sung
by the teacher (echoing song).
• Groups will each sing a line of the
song.
• The whole class will sing the song
from beginning to end,
Zodiac flashcards
Activity
• Student will respond: Mon signe
est__(zodiac sign)_____.
“Gesture lines”
•
Students will copy the gestures of the
teacher.
•
•
ready to use in the next part of the activity
because they haven’t had time to learn and
say them.
Teacher will distribute “gesture lines” sheets
of paper with sentences that include the 12
adjectives in random order.
Teacher will then ask: Est-ce que tu es
(adjective)?
•
•
•
Additional step where this new
language (traits) is practised.
In pairs students will practise
pronouncing the personality traits and
gestures.
Students will respond: Oui je suis
__(adjective)___. OR Non, je ne suis
pas __(adjective)___.
Post-activity
Post-activity
• Teacher will explain how to conduct a true
• Students will complete their survey by
or false personality survey activity. Students
asking their classmates: Quel est ton
must find one person in the class for each
signe? and Est-ce que tu es
zodiac sign and ask them if the positive
(adjective)?
personality trait applies to their character.
Assessment Formative: Circulate to assess students participation, cooperation and use of French.
Survey
15
for / of
Learning
Extensions/
Students will learn and use 12 negative personality adjectives that correspond with each zodiac sign.
Extra challenge
Adaptations
Provide students with the choice of drawing a symbol of a zodiac sign and its corresponding adjective.
Extra support
Plan B
Back-up Plan
In groups students will create their own gestures for 6 of the 12 adjectives.
Le signe le bélier Quelle est ton
zodiaque?
Mon signe est…
Est-ce que tu es
positif
ou
negatif)?
Oui, je suis … ou
Non, je ne suis
le poisson le taureau les gémeaux le cancer le lion la vierge la balance le scorpion le sagittaire le capricorne le verseau Les personnalités
positives courageux, -euse idéaliste V
F
V
F-euse travailleur,
V
F
pétillant(e) V
F
tendre V
F
rayonnant, ~e V
F
timide V
F
charmant, ~e V
F
puissant V
F
optimiste V
F
pratique V
F
amical, ~e V
F
Les personnalités
negatives égoïste vague V F
V F
jaloux/-ouse V F
nerveux, -euse V F
changeant, ~e V F
intolérant, ~e V F
perfectionniste V F
indécis, ~e V F
têtu, ~e / obstiné, ~e V F
négligent, ~e V F
pessimiste V F
contrariant, ~e V F
signe
(
+
pas…
du
adjectif
adjectif
1. Je suis pétillant.
13. Je suis timide.
2. Il est courageux.
14. Il est rayonnant.
3. Elle est tendre.
15. Elle est optimiste.
4. Tu es charmant.
16. Tu es charmante.
5. Je suis travailleur.
17. Je suis pratique.
6. Tu es puissant.
18. Tu es idéaliste.
7. Il est optimiste.
19. Il est tendre.
8. Tu es amical.
20. Tu es amicale.
9. Elle est pratique.
21. Elle est travailleuse.
10. Je suis idéaliste.
22. Je suis puissant.
11. Elle est rayonnante.
23. Elle est courageuse.
12. Il est timide.
24. Il est pétillant.