Lesson Plan

Name: Cassandra St Denis Grade/Subject: FSL 6 Unit: My School

Topic: Skype  Culture Date: November 28th Length of Lesson: 3 classes
General Students will use their knowledge of different francophone cultures and their own
Learning culture to be able to interact appropriately within these cultures.
Outcomes
Specific Students will:
Learning -seek out information about Francophone cultures from authentic sources
Outcomes -compare and contrast, with teacher assistance, their own way of life with the way of
life of individuals or groups from various Francophone cultures as a means of
developing an appreciation of these cultures
-recognize (and use) that searches can be done on the Internet using French language
search engines
Lesson Students will:
Objectives -identify information they previously knew about Quebec
-research a particular town in Quebec, giving context to our presenter
-brainstorm, formulate, and translate questions to ask about Quebec culture/Christmas
Materials -laptops & list of sites (?)
-French/English dictionaries
Procedure Assessment
Methods
Class 1 -intro research/Skype call
-bulk of research to be completed this day

Class 2 -hand out & discuss tests

-gather as groups to share info
-share info as a class, have students write down any missing/new
info on their own pages
-what are some things you know already about Quebec in
general?
-what do you want to know about Quebec?
-what things can you ask about Christmas?  traditions, meals,
activities, church, etc.
-in groups, come up with 3 questions in English of what you’d
like to ask, decide on one
-popsicle sticks to draw who goes first to say their question,
write down. No duplicates, if yours is taken or there’s one that’s
close to yours, as a group, pick another
Class 3 -translate questions
-give main words on a list to class, have groups formulate
questions using that vocab; laptops if necessary, one per group
to help with vocab look up
-go over procedure
-when it’s your group’s time to ask, stand up, each intro
yourselves (bonjour, je m’appelle ___). Choose beforehand
someone to ask the question. When the answer is given, you
group says merci and sits down
Sponge Activity

Reflection
What went well:

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What can be improved upon: