EDCP 470 Angela Cowin
Interactive Lesson Plan
Unit 1: Retour de
vacances
Lesson: Review of the Passé Composé
(French 11)
PLO
Communication
 use a range of vocabulary and expressions in past, present, and future
 interact in a variety of meaningful, real- life situations
Acquiring Information
 extract and retrieve specific information from French- language resources to
complete authentic tasks
 summarize acquired information in oral, visual, and written forms
Objective (Bloom’s
Taxonomy) SWBAT
- Use and apply knowledge of the passé composé
- Compose and create a postcard summarizing their summer or weekend using the
passé composé correctly, including previously learned verb tenses
- Collaboration in small groups
21st century
competencies
Creativity
Collaboration
Computer and Digital Technologies
Lesson
Materials
Bien Dit Textbook
Bien Dit Cahier de vocabulaire et grammaire
Bien dit CD
Class set of iPads with Apps: Verb Trainer, Conjugaison, and Conjugaison Hachette, J’accorde,
Speak and Translate, Postcard, PhotoCard, Snapshot Postcard, and VoiceThread
Hook/Intro
Class question: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait ce weekend? Qu’est-ce que tu n’as pas fait ?
Have class answer to one of the questions in one sentence. They may use classroom resources
to help acquire the correct vocabulary. Ask various students to share.
5-10 Min
Development
60 Min
Review The passé composé notes in Bien Dit Textbook on p.22, this includes avoir and être. On
whiteboard, review DR and MRS VANDERTRAMPP.
Explain that the class will be doing a series of activities, individual and in-group, using their
textbook, cahier and class set of iPads.
Activities:
1) Textbook – students complete p.23 #30-32 practicing conjugating the passé composé
2) Cahier – students complete p.10 #23-24 practicing conjugating the passé composé
3) Listening – students listen to Track WB8301EA29TO5 and analyze the tense of the sentence.
The present and the passé compose tense are used (found on p.3E in teacher guide)
4) Oral – with a partner, respond verbally to textbook p.33 Expérience personnelle
5) iPad apps – students will use individual iPads and reinforce the verb conjugations using one
or all three apps. Apps include Verb Trainer, Conjugaison, and Conjugaison Hachette (need to
buy).
6) BYOD – students will use VoiceThread or Speak and Translate to record their answers to a
series of questions requiring them to use the passé composé in their response.
7) Postcard – students will use individual iPads or computers and complete a project creating a
postcard and describing their summer holiday using one of these apps Postcard, PhotoCard,
Snapshot Postcard. This assignment must include peer editing before handing in final copy.
Closure
Students put notes away, working in a group of 4, students will identify and conjugate the passé
composé for 4 verbs. They choose one verb for each of the various forms: ending in –er, -ir, -re,
5 Min
and a Vandertramp verb. They must include their group member’s names and hand in the
activity.
Adaptations
Adapted learners will receive a handout on DR & MRS VANDERTRAMPP and can complete
fewer questions for each assignment.
Challenge activity - students can use the J’accorde app. Students should use irregular verbs in
postcard and/or the imparfait.
Assessment
Activities 1-6 uses formative assessment with Exceeds, Fully Meets, Minimally Meets, and Not
Yet Within Expectations
Activities 7 uses summative assessment: Postcard – 10 marks, Passé composé conjugation – 10
marks, writing - 10