Created by Benjamin Leggett 11/03/2016

Lesson Title:

French- Days of the week and Months of the Year

Name:

Lesson #

Subject:

Date:

French

Grade(s):

6/7

Rationale: (lesson context and reasons why lesson matters)

Basic French knowledge of days of the week is necessary for further comprehension
Sponsor teacher asked me to?
Curriculum Connections : (which can be: big ideas / learning standards /curricular competencies/core competencies)
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/
Big Ideas
Listening and viewing with intent helps us understand a message.
Reciprocal communication is possible in French using simple, high-frequency words and patterns.
Curricular Competencies
Use visuals or technology to assist in communicating

Learning Intentions- (learner friendly language such as: I can ..)

I can say the days of the week in French
I can say the months of the year in French

Prerequisite Concepts and Skill :( for student success)

Would be nice if they had some previous French, but from asking around it sounds like that isnt the case.
Materials and Resources with References/Sources:

Teacher

Students

Power Point
Computer

Chromebook or device ( tablet or cell phone

Differentiated Instruction (DI): (accommodations)

Assessment and Evaluation: (formative and summative possibilities related to curricular connections)
During the Kahoot game, I will be able to identify if they students have understood and retained the lesson
Organizational/Management Strategies: (anything special to consider?)
Make sure, that the students use their own name for the sign in names, no nicknames or slang.

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Possible Aboriginal Connections / First Peoples Principles of Learning
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/principles_of_learning.pdf and
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/aboriginal_education_bc.pdf

Lesson Activities:

Teacher Activities

Student Activities

510min

Introduction (hook/motivation/lesson overview)

Anecdotal hook
Get the students stoked on language. Rant about how
special language is, how there is 6,909 languages in
the world.
There were 300 First Peoples languages in North
America alone before colonization.
.
of the languages today are teetering on the brink of
extinction

pacing

Students discuss and some students share

Ask them to share with a partner their experience with

other languages other then their native tongue
Walk around the class while talking. Dont remain at
the front!
Body

1015min

(lesson flow/ management)

Powerpoint- Root of language (where the words of the

week came from)
Get students to guess what the root of Mercredi is
And so once they get the pattern

Have students guess the roots of the words.

Walk around the class while talking

Get in to the months of the year. Speak to the ,, er
.
Review the days of the week
Review the months

Students say them outloud

Play Kahoot
Make sure the students use their real names for their
login
Evaluate the students retention and see if they need
further review.
Closure ( connections within lesson or between
lessons, sharing successes, summaries)

Students go get their device and set up Kahoot

Students play Kahoot

5min
10-15
min

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Ask for a volunteer to write the days of the week on
the board

Student writes on the board

2-5
mins

Review the days once again

Tell them you will see them next Wednesday and it
was a pleasure to teach them today
Max50 min
Reflections: (over)