French Lesson Plans
- A La
Tele- Recognize names of TV Channels, program times (in 24 hour
clock), types of TV programs and review likes and dislikes of programming.
- ALLONS
AU TOUR DE FRANCE!- Learn about the Tour de France, its history
and racers, and some French geography.
- AVEZ-VOUS
FAIM?- In this activity, we will be visiting a web site about food
with links to other food-related web pages.
- C.B.
Putnam's French Page- Offers over 20 activities.
- Clothing-
Students will create and present a catalogue of favorite clothing.
- Clothing-
Students will create a catalogue of adolescent clothing appropriate
for all seasons.
- Daily
Experiences- Students will present a telephone conversation describing
an accident or an emergency.
- Daily
Lives of Adolescents- Students will present their ideas of appropriate
rights and responsibilities for adolescents using the media of their
choice.
- Daily
Routines- Students will describe a typical week including school
days and a weekend.
- Eating
in Restaurants- Students will plan a trip for the entire class to
a local restaurant.
- Exploring
Traditional French Cuisine- Students will design a poster describing
their favorite French dish.
- French Activities & Quizzes-
This is a nice collection of Java applets which provide a variety of
practice and quiz material on French and French culture.
- French
Connections- To strengthen student perceptions of the real-world
importance of mastering a foreign language; to give students at all
levels practice in reading and writing French; to engage lower level
students in using their knowledge of French to plan a tour of Paris;
to engage upper level students in using their knowledge of French to
compare French and American journalism.
- Friends-
Students will do a biographical profile of one of their classmates.
- Hobbies
and Pastimes- Students will prepare a presentation describing one
of their favorite hobbies or pastimes.
- Intermediate
Foreign Language Lessons- These intermediate-level lessons (originally
designed to accompany a BBC language series) include listening excerpts
and multiple-choice questions based on those excerpts.
- Le
Cirque: A Global Simulation- Students create a graphic organizer
to present various aspects of some twenty French cities in which the
circus might perform; a database to rate, according to specific cultural
and economic criteria, ten cities chosen to be visited from amongst
the twenty; a web page presenting the circus' program, performances
and performers.
- Le jeu de pinces-
This is not a lesson plan but a great idea to encourage students to
speak French.
- Le
Shopping au Paris- In this activity we will be visiting web sites
to shop from Les Trois Suisses, the popular mail order-catalog that
millions of people throughout the French-speaking world use to buy clothes,
items for the home and gifts.
- Le Tour
de France- Become more familiar with map of France. Review dates
and names of days of week.
- Le
Tour de France 1999- To use the Internet to learn up to date cultural
information about the French speaking world.
- Le Tour
du Monde Francophone- Compose flight announcements/Present them.
Listen to flight announcements to reconstruct others' itineraries.
- Learning
Scenarios for A Simulated Trip to Regions of France- Create your
personnage. Tell about yourself, family members (give yourself siblings),
why your family is spending two years in France (create a specific reason,
identifying an organization/company/opportunity). This will form the
basis for your letters.
- Les
Animaux de la Ferme Lesson Plan- Students will be able to identify
and associate appropriate animal sounds to farm animals both orally
and in writing.
- Letters
and Numbers- To teach the French pronunciation and spelling of letters
and numbers and to provide an introduction to "special characters."
- Mangeons
a Paris!- Learn advanced vocabulary pertaining to food and restaurants.
- Manger
A Paris: Revision Arrondissements et Restaurants- In this activity
we will be visiting web sites for restaurants in Paris.
- More
Optional Units- Students will create and describe a poster depicting
one or more ways to conserve energy.
- Optional
Units- Students will write and produce a television advertisement
describing a brand new body-care product on the market.
- Outdoor
Living- The students will create posters to try to convince others
to take part in an outdoor activity.
- Paris la
Nuit- You will be visiting Web sites for night clubs in Paris. List
below the information you would expect to find in an ad for a night
club.
- Patrick
Bruel French Singer- Use information about someone to compose a
portrait of that person through diverse application activities.
- Physical
Activity- Students will conduct interviews to discover the sports
interests of the class.
- Physical
Exercise- Students will devise a personal fitness plan that could
be incorporated into their daily lives.
- Physical
Surroundings- Students will design and describe a floor plan of
their choice.
- Preparing
a Menu and Ordering Food- Students will prepare a varied restaurant
menu and then perform a restaurant skit.
- Shopping
in La Redoute Catalogue- . In this activity, you will visit the
web site for the popular mail order catalogue company that millions
of French people use to buy clothes, items for the home and other products.
- The
Arts- Students will share and critique a favorite song.
- The
Arts and Artistic Creations- Students will present a critique of
a movie.
- The
Calendar- Students will create a calendar relating to the class
and school.
- The
Language Bank- To provide practice in reading, listening to, and
writing in a foreign language; to expand vocabulary and command of idiom
in a foreign language; to gain greater understanding of a foreign culture;
to raise awareness of the practical importance of foreign language skills
in a global society.
- The
Media- Students will develop their ideal television guide.
- The
Photo-French Reflex- The students wrote the 48-page booklet in French
and created accompanying grammar explanations, exercises, and tests.
- The
Young Consumer- Students will create a catalogue or handbook of
goods and services specifically for adolescents.
- Trades
and Professions- Students will complete a job application form,
write a curriculum vitae and make a presentation about one part-time
job that they would like to have.
- Travel
Experiences- Students will create and present a class travel album.
- Trois
Recettes de Trois Pays Francophones- Even the lesson plan is in
French.
- Un
Arbre Généalogique- The following unit is an extension of a family
theme for French 2 and/or 3, for both individual and groups of four
students and for block scheduling equalling a three-day lesson.
- Un Grand
Magasin à Paris- In this activity we will be visiting the catalogue
pages of a department store in Paris.
- Visite
Virtuelle du Louvre- In this activity we will take a virtual tour
of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
- Weather-
Explain the weather in certain cities and regions of France.
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