Date
Objective(s)
Summer School Lesson Plan #11
Unit/ Lesson Focus
Day 11- Days, Months,
Seasons, Weather, Holidays
Students will:
- Count from 0 to 100 in the target language and answer question related to
counting. (1.1.A.a, 1.2.A.a, and 3.1A.b);
- Recognize both the spoken and the written forms for numbers in the target
language (1.2.A.a);
- Identify cognates among the new vocabulary words related to unit vocabulary
(4.1.A.c);
- Be aware of the presence of gender and number in the articles used to describe
the vocabulary presented in the unit (3.2.A.a and 4.1.A.a);
- Recognize the presence of gender in the adjectives and articles used to describe
the vocabulary presented in the unit (4.1.A.a);
- Compare French and English linguistic elements, including subject pronouns, and
irregular verb conjugation (4.1.A.a)
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Materials
Drill
Oral Warm
Up
Review of
Previous
Material
Presentation
of New
Material
Numbers Ball Toss- Review numbers from 0-100 by tossing a ball around the room.
Time the response. Repeat if desired.
Body Parts “Jacques dit…”- Play a traditional round of Simon says with your students.
Ask them to touch specific parts of the body. For the first few rounds, touch the body
part that you say aloud, then once students seem comfortable with the vocabulary, stop
doing the motions and have them do it by ear.
Verb Races (at the end of class)- Create a bracket with the students in your class.
Create two conjugation charts on the chalkboard. Set guidelines for conjugations. I ask
the students turn around when they are done so I can see a clear winner. I also ask that
students not ask their classmates for help. Classmates who are at their desks are asked
to follow along for practice and are asked if the conjugation is correct once it has been
completed by their peer. Ask students to volunteer to go to the board for the first few
times. Then, give students random –er verbs to conjugate. Use the bracket to indicate a
winner. Include être, avoir and faire.
Les jours- Ask students to repeat the days of the week after you. Then, give students
the day and ask them “demain” or “hier” and have them give the day before or after the
day you give.
Les mois- Introduce the months of the year to the students. Ask them to try to identify
the months before you tell them what they mean. Then, ask students to look at the
pictures on page 174 and 175 in the French is Fun textbook and give the month that
corresponds.
Quel temps fait-il?- Introduce the vocabulary for seasons. Then, talk about the
weather during each season. Use page 184 as your guide. Use a motion for each of the
weather expressions (For example, wipe sweat from your forehead for “Il fait chaud” and
shiver for “Il fait froid.” Go through the motions several times until students are
comfortable with the motions and the vocabulary.
Faire- Ask students to identify all of the verbs from the passage they read on page 186.
Then, explicitly teach “faire” with the chart below.
Development
al Activities
Subject Pronoun Conjugation Subject Pronoun Conjugation
Je
fais
Nous
faisons
Tu
fais
Vous
faîtes
Il/Elle/On
fait
Ils/Elles
font
Qu’est-ce que tu fais?- Ask students to work with a partner and find out what they do
on each day of the week. Use activities vocabulary. Use the Conversation on page 180
as a model.
Les Anniversaires- Ask students to ask their classmates “Quel est ton anniversaire?”
and write down the date and month. Then, create a master list of birthdays (without
names) on the chalkboard. Call out a birthday in French and ask students to write who it
belongs to on their whiteboards.
Written Activities- Ask students to complete the written activities in the French is Fun
text. Activity C on page 171, Activities O and P on page 178.
Seasons, Months, Weather Graphic Organizer- Ask students to fold their paper into
a hamburger and a hotdog (4 boxes). Then have them label each box a season. Ask
them to write the months that correspond with each season and the weather that is
appropriate. You may also ask them to draw a visual representation of each weather
expression.
Reading w/Faire- Ask students to look at the reading on page 186. Ask them to work
with a partner to summarize the selection and identify all of the verbs in the passage.
Then, ask them to complete the sentences in Activity E on page 187. Use this activity as
a lead into teaching the irregular verb faire.
Conjugating Faire- Ask students to complete Activities I, J and K on page 189 in the
French is Fun text.
Share,
Reflection,
and
Assessment
Jacques dit…- Use the kinesthetic vocabulary to review body parts and express weather
with your students.
Ask students to share their answers to the written activities.
Modifications
and
Accommodation
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State
Curriculum
Indicator(s)
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Students engage in brief exchanges about personal interests in the target language.
(1.1.A)
Students understand spoken and written language on very familiar topics in the target
language that promote the learning of basic linguistic structures. (1.2.A)
Students make short presentations and write simple communications on very familiar
topics in the target language.(1.3.A)
Students identify and describe practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
(2.1.A)
Students identify and describe the products within the cultures studied. (2.2.A)
Students access new information and reinforce existing knowledge of other content
areas through the target language. (3.1.A)
Students examine various topics from the perspectives of cultures where the language
is spoken. (3.2.A)
Students gain insight into the nature of English by comparing how a different
language system expresses meaning and reflects culture. (4.1.A)
Students identify and compare the products, practices, and perspectives from the
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Notes/
Reflection
target cultures to their own. (4.2.A)
Students use and extend their language proficiency and cultural knowledge through
face-to-face encounters and/or the use of technology both within and beyond the
school setting. (5.1.A)
Students explore opportunities to use the target language both at home and abroad
while accessing a wide variety of resources where students can pursue topics of
personal interest. (5.2.A)
What went well?
Did the students accomplish the objective?
What would I do differently?