Serenity Sul Lesson Plan
Subject: Basic French
Topic: Mother’s Day
Unit: Family
Grade: 6-8
Learning Outcome (s):
Students will be able to say and write basic French vocabulary relating to Mother’s Day.
Assessment:
Formative: As a whole class, students will brainstorm different Mother’s Day expression and
attempt to guess what they might be in French.
Summative: Students will create a bilingual Mother’s Day Card, which consists of at least two
sentences in French and the English translation.
As Learning: The teacher will go over students rough drafts in order to show students where
they made mistakes and where to make improvements.
Connection to Last Lesson: Students will continue learning vocabulary that concerns family.
Activating Strategies - Preparing for Learning:
Ask students what holiday is coming up (Mother’s Day) and ask them for different sayings that we use
on that day, give them the example of how we say Happy Mother’s Day. Then tell them what that is in
French (Bonne fête des Mères). As a whole class have them brainstorm different expression that we use,
have them guess what it might be in French.
Acquiring Strategies – Integrating and Processing Learning:
Students will be given two vocabulary sheets, which we will go over as a whole class. The teacher will
first say the word and have students’ repeat back difficult words.
Applying Strategies – Consolidating Learning:
Students will create a Mother’s Day Card that includes both French and English. They must include who
it is for and who it is from (using the family vocabulary they previously learned), at least two sentences
in French (and an English translation) and the phrase Bonne fête des Mères (Happy Mother’s Day). The
criteria are to be written on the board so that students can clearly see what is expected. Students are
expected to create a rough draft that is then looked at by the teacher to ensure no mistakes.
Learning Resources:
Vocabulair et expressions utiles - Basic French vocabulary book
Construction Paper
Pencil Crayons/Markers
Different Ways of Learning – Resources used:
Multiple Intelligences:
Interpersonal – students must attempt to choose a message and create a card that they believe their
mothers will enjoy.
Visual/spatial – students plan out their Mother’s Day card in order to make them visually appealing.
Learning Styles:
Auditory – students hear and repeat back French vocabulary
Tactile – students create Mother’s Day cards
Thinking Styles:
Abstract Random – students can create the cards in any order that they choose, as long as the end result
has all the necessary elements.
Options for Students: Students can create different messages to translate, or choose to make a poster
or other artistic piece as long as it meets all the criteria and is approved by the teacher.
TimeLine:
Whole class brainstorms – 5 minutes
Vocabulary sheets – 10 minutes
Mother’s Day Cards – 25 minutes
Total – 40 minutes