EDUC 480 - Mini-Lesson: Le Sports

Date: July 12th, 2016

Name: Haley Twaites

Target Student Group: Grade 5

Title of Lesson: Le Sports
PLOs: (Connection to IRP)
- With basic French we can describe ourselves and our interests (sports).
- High frequency words and patterns repetition
- Seek clarification of meaning with very simple statements and questions
- Express acquired information in oral and visual forms
- Basic vocabulary to describe common elements of cultural festivals and celebrations
(sports culture, world championships, etc.)
Lesson Objectives/Student
Understandings:
Students will be able to...

LearnbasicFrenchtermstodescribe
tendifferentsportsequipment

Meaningfulcommunicationis
possibleinFrenchasdemonstrated
throughthevideoandgames

Assessment:

Student participation

Pronunciation of words

Memorization

Activities:

Introduction: Address the topic by asking students what types of

sports they play, or would like to play. Eg: what sport is your
favourite? What sports do you play? What is your favourite part
about sports? Have you ever played in another country, city or
province? Etc.

Worksheet: Students fill in their own worksheets matching the ten

sports equipment pictures to the ten sports (in French)

Go over worksheet: assesses the verbal pronunciation of the

words. Ask for volunteers to answer the questions, and if there
are no volunteers then call on people.

Short video clip: The lady in the video says the sport name and
the students repeat after her.

Swat: Split the class into two groups. Choose one person from
each group to come up to the front. The board will have pictures
or the name of the ten sports. The teacher will say a sport in
English or French and the two students must swat the correct
word. The person who hits the correct word first receives a point.
Those two students then go back to the group and hand off their
fly swatter to the next person. Repeat.
La Bamba: (circle game, active) Uses visuals (props) to assist in
the understanding and communication of the sport words.
How to play: Everyone stands in a circle, and each person has
one piece of sports equipment placed at their feet. One person is
in the middle counting to 30 in their head while the rest of the
class passes around another ball. As the students pass the ball
around the room they must say the sport that their equipment
relates to (in French). As the person in the middle counts they
make arm signals so the rest of the students know what number
they are at. At 10 seconds they put their left arm out, then 20
seconds their right arm, and when they reach 30 seconds they
clap their hands above their head and say La Bamba. Whoever
has the ball at the 30 second mark has to sit down with their legs
straight out in front of them. In the next round if you are beside a
person who is sitting down you have to jump over their legs while
saying their sport in order to pass the ball to the next person and
then jump back to their spot. As the game goes on there will be
more and more people sitting down so there is a lot of jumping
happening. Safety is a priority!
Closure: Exit slip: Write down 3 names of sports that they learned
today, and draw a picture of one of them. They will hand it in
when they are done.

Materials/Resour
ces:

Worddocument
withpicturesof
thesports
equipment

Chalkboard
writtenwords

Pieceofpaper
foreachstudent

Computerwith
Youtubevideo
clip

Sports
equipment

Flyswatters

Extensions:

Hand out equipment to the students. Have the students name their piece and their
partners and then trade. Then find a new person to trade with by saying your new one
and whatever they have

Adaptations:

Play the song and have students act out the sports

Hand out the equipment and have the students name them instead of matching a picture
to a word