EDUC 480 - UNIT PLAN LESSON 1

Timeline: 3 lessons of 15-20 minutes each

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: I Can Introduce Myself!

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)
- ask and respond to simple questions

identify greetings
Lesson Objectives:
Students will

Learn how to respond to and ask questions in

order to introduce themselves to someone

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Introduce myself to a friend

Ask someone what their name is

Assessment:

- Informal observations following checklist for oral

French

- Conference with students in small groups to record

their ability to introduce themselves and ask
someone else their name (check, check plus, check
minus system)

Activities:
Materials/Resources:
Hook:
- https://www.youtube.com/
Sing Good morning song in English (students are already familiar watch?v=-G83SMV6dSs

with this)

Presentation of Lesson Information:

Show lyrics for French version of song (written on chart paper)

Teacher read through lyrics

Echo read with students and then sing together (repeat as needed)

Introduce phrases written on board

Je mappelle ________. Comment tappelle tu?

Teacher introduces myself and asks specific students to share their

name

Lots of gestures, expression and repetition!

Guided Practice:
Partner talk - introduce yourself and ask your partner what their
name is

High 5 3 people and then stop and introduce yourself (repeat)

Inside-Outside circle

Extensions:
- Also teach phrases comment ca va? ca va bien, mal, etc
Adaptations:

- Leave written phrases on the board for reference as necessary

- For chart with lyrics have English and French side by side

Paroles (write on chart paper)

Bonjour mes amis,

Entrez dans la ronde

Faites un petit tour

Et frappez dans vos mains

Comment t'appelles-tu?

Je m'appelle .....

Elle (il) s'appelle ...

EDUC 480 - UNIT PLAN LESSON 2

Timeline: 1 20-30 minute lesson

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: I can sing!

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)

- respond to creative works from the Francophone world

- identify specific information from French- language resources to complete authentic tasks
Lesson Objectives:
Students will

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Sing Tte, paule, Genoux, Pied with my

friends.

Assessment:

- See rationale for reasons why this lesson is not

being formally assessed

- Will still be keeping anecdotal observations using

my sticky note system to record willingness to take

risks, participate and encourage each other

Activities:

Presentation of Lesson Information:

Read through lyrics once for students and then sing (without
actions)

Does anyone know which song this is?

Lets learn how to sing it together!

Echo read through song with actions 2-3 times

Guided Practice:
Have students stand up and sing together (stand in circle so they
can help one another)

Extensions:

Can you sing without looking at the lyrics?

Adaptations:

- lyrics and visual pictures

- sing slowertalk the words

Materials/Resources:

- lyrics and music

Tte, paule, genoux, pieds

genoux, pieds

genoux, pieds

genoux, pieds

Tte, paule, genoux, pieds

Les yeux, orielles, bouche et nez

- Chart paper and markers

EDUC 480 - UNIT PLAN LESSON 3

Timeline: 5 days of 10-20 minute lessons

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: I can recognize letters and spell my name

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)

- ask and respond to simple questions

identify greetings
Lesson Objectives:
Students will

Know the letters of the alphabet

Be able to apply their knowledge of letters to

the context of their name

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Sing the Alphabet in French

Oral spell my name using the French sounds

and letter names

Assessment:
- formative; informal observation checklist

- Record their ability to name letters in their name

- Student interview bonjour, je mappelle and spell name

Activities:

Presentation of Lesson Information:

Introduce letters of Alphabet in French - visual (write out letters on
board or use existing letter borders)

Repeat sounds after me

Sing song with music.in dierent ways (loud, soft, under water,
whisper, like a mouse, etc)

Guided Practice:
Literacy Centers (students rotate through during centre time as
usual)

1 - listen to alphabet song and watch videosing along

2 - use magnetic letters to spell their name - say the sounds of each
letter with teacher support

3 - trace letters in salt or kinetic sand

4 - Write and decorate names - colour in bubble lettersdraw a

picture of something that starts with the same sound

Extensions:

What other words can you spell?

Letter Detective
Adaptations:

- formative; informal observation checklist

- Record their ability to name letters in their name

- Student interview bonjour, je mappelle and spell name

Materials/Resources:

- magnetic letters, salt and

baking sheets

- alphabet song

- letters

- flyswatters

EDUC 480 - Unit Plan Lesson 4

Date: June 9, 2015

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: Va la pche!

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)

- Ask and respond to simple questions

- Respond to classroom instructions

- Participate in known and predictable classroom situations

- Use visual aids, actions, and repetition to understand meaning of new language
Lesson Objectives:
Students will

Be comfortable using a new language

Use visual clues and gestures to understand

simple instructions in French

Have fun while learning numbers

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Use visual clues to understand and follow

simple instructions in French

Count from 1 to 10 in French

Assessment:
Informal Observation:
Participation

Willingness to use numbers and practiced phrases

Activities:
Hook:
Brain Break: Tte, paules, Genoux, Pieds

1er fois: Je chante et vous faites les gestessuivez moi

2eme fois: Chantez avec moi en anglais ou en franais"

Presentation of Lesson Information:

Qui se souviens comment compter en franais?

Rptez aprs moi! (hold up fingers and count 1-10)

Maintenant, vous faites et je vais couter - let them count 1-10 while I hold up fingers

Trouvez un partenaire et en chuchotant, compte de un dix (with person beside them)

Combien est ca? (hold up any number of fingers; students respond in French or Englishif
they respond in English ask them to repeat the French number after me)

Modelling:

On va jouer un jeu pour practiquer notre nombresil sappelle Va la pche!(mime out

fishing to encourage students to connect go fish!

Jai besoin dun partenaire pour vous montrez comment jouer

With a student helper, deal out 5 cartes (count out loud for more practice!)place the rest of the
cards in the middle
Est-ce que tu as un #?
Oui, jai un #OU non, va la pche!
Do a couple round with student helperhaving other students repeat with youmodel
counting numbers on cards)
Guided Practice:
Divide class into partners and pass out decks of cards

Let them practice playingcirculate room and help where needed

Extensions:

Can make decks of cards with colours est-ce tu as un bleu?

Play in bigger groups of 3-4 students

Adaptations:

Students can play with a deck of numbers 1-5 instead of 1-10

Materials/
Resource
s:
Whiteb
oard
marker
s

Decks
of
playing
cards
(remov
e J, Q,
K)

EDUC 480 - Uit Plan Lesson 5

Timeline: 1 20-30 minute lesson

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: Les Pompiers!

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)

- identify specific information from French- language resources to complete authentic tasks

- respond to creative works from the Francophone world

Lesson Objectives:
Assessment:
Students will

Feel capable of communicating in French (via

Participation

their comprehension of spoken language with

Checklist developed for unit plan

the support of visual cues)

Beginning, Middle and End comic strip

Gain exposure to spoken French

Enjoy the experience of learning a new language

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Understand the main idea of a story told in

French

Be able to express the beginning, middle and

end of a story
Activities:
Hook:
Remember when we read the Fire Station book by Robert Munsch?

Who can remind me what it was about?

Today we are going to read the same book but this time it is written in
French

Can anyone think of a word that is going to be really important that

we know what it is to understand this story? (picture walk)

For the following words.show picture and explain what it isask

someone to use it in a sentence

Pompier, camion de pompiers, demander, sale (actions for 1, 3 and 4)

Materials/Resources:
Les Pompiers book

Key vocabulary words and

pictures

Comic strip worksheets

Presentation of Lesson Information:

I think we are now ready to read our story!

Every time we hear the word (pompier, sale, demander) show me the
action that will remind us what it means

Read through story.stop often and check for understanding.are

students using actionsretell what has happened so far.what do
you think will happen next?

Guided Practice:
In partners, draw out what happened at the beginning, middle and
end of the story using comic strip worksheet

Extensions:

Retell using key vocabulary words instead of pictures

Act out the story

Write what you think will happen when Michael and Sheila visit the police oce
Adaptations:

Follow along with English story (read side by side)

Shorten the story (summarize while reading out loud)

Beginning
Au debut

Les Pompiers

Middle
Au milieu

Name/Nom: ___________

End
A la fin

Tte, paules, genoux, pieds Paroles

(Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Lyrics)

Tte, paules, genoux, pieds

genoux, pieds
genoux, pieds
Tte, paules, genoux, pieds
Les yeux, oreilles, bouche et nez

Bonjour mes amis Paroles

(Good Day my Friends Lyrics)

Bonjour mes amis,

Entrez dans la ronde
Faites un petit tour
Et frappez dans vos mains
Comment t'appelles-tu?
Je m'appelle .....
Elle (il) s'appelle ...

French Oral Language Checklist

Skill: ______________________________
Students Name:
_______________
Does the student
use good
expression?
Does the student
speak fluently?
Does the student
try their best and
does not give up
easily?
Does the student
show curiosity and
excitement about
learning a new
lanaguage?
Does the student
understand the
meaning of what
they are saying?