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FR S11 ADV – physical appearance

Physical appearance + good resolutions

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It’s always good to know vocabulary about physical appearance, it can be very useful.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Vocabulary handouts
Work in pairs

How did students react?

Well. I think they learned a lot.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Advanced 2/01

1. Warm-up: good resolutions
→ They have to talk in pairs about their resolutions for the new year
→ Then they tell each other’s resolutions to the class

1. vocabulaire apparence physique: work in pairs

2. Personne imaginaire – paires
– doivent dessiner une personne imaginaire puis la décrire à l’autre qui doit dessiner à son tour

3. Famous French people
⇒ They all get a picture of a French person and they have to describe him/her to the class

FR S11 INT – physical appearance

Physical appearance

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It’s always good to know vocabulary about physical appearance, it can be very useful.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Vocabulary handouts
Work in pairs

How did students react?

Well. I think they learned a lot.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Intermediate 2/1

1. Warm-up : weekend ?

2. vocabulaire apparence physique in pairs

3. Personne imaginaire – paires
– doivent dessiner une personne imaginaire puis la décrire à l’autre qui doit dessiner à son tour

4. Game – guess who? (FLRC)
– jeu avec les cartes des personnages à retourner (est-ce que je suis blond ? j’ai un gros nez ? etc…)

FR S11 INT/ADV – sports and pétanque outside

Sports

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Sports are interesting and universal, also it can be useful for them to know more vocabulary about it.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Handouts
Game: pétanque

How did students react?

Very well. They liked the topic, I think, and they liked playing pétanque on the quad. It was real fun and they learned about French culture.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes, they were talkative and engaged with each other and me.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Videos on youtube
Handouts
Game pétanque in the French apartment

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes!!!!!

Intermediate 1/27

1. Sports – 25 min
– Quelqu’un connait le symbole de la France? (le coq) symbole des US ?
– Le sport le + populaire ? football, tennis, équitation (licenciés)
– L’hymne ? Coupe du monde 98?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZMFLqBKXNI&feature=fvsr
http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/CAB98029169/nuit-de-fete-sur-les-champs-elysees.fr.html

– They have to list all the sports they know (white board)
– I erase it
– Then I give them the sheet with the drawings (they work in pairs or groups of 3) and they have to write down the names of the sports – 5 min
– Then I give them the list of words and they have to try and match images and words – 5 min
– Then they give their sheet to the group next to them and we correct – 5 min

2. Pétanque
⇒ Pétanque (8e sport avec 360 000 joueurs recensés)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW18KJIdct8&feature=related
⇒ Explain the rules
⇒ Go outside and play!

FR S11 ADV – commercials

Commercials

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Commercials can be fun and get the students interested I think. Also, it’s a big part of culture since we see them every day in magazines, on tv, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Work in pairs

How did students react?

They reacted well. They had a lot of ideas about commercials they liked, and they even showed me some on youtube, then we talked about them, etc… I didn’t have time to do the last activity I had planned.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes, some were very talkative and participated actively in the conversation, some others were less talkative but still interested.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Videos on youtube

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes! It worked well.

1/25 Advanced

1) warm up : weekend – 5 mn

2) tongue twister – 5 min

⇒ le chasseur fait sécher les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sur une souche sèche

3) Commercials on youtube

• Questions – 10 min

What is the purpose of a commercial? Where do we find them? Do you like them? Why? Can they be shocking? Examples? What make a commercial successful? Superbowl?

• Commercials on youtube – 10 min

• Orangina debbouze
• Renault lapins cretins
• Spontex
• Évian
• Iphone

⇒ what’s going on? Purpose? Why this setting/characters…? Comical, philosophical, etc…? Does it work?

4) Creation of a commercial

– They are 2 or 3 and have to choose an object or clothe or whatever they want and create some kind of advertisement for it – 20 min
– They have to present it to the class
– They discuss which one is the most successful

FR S11 INT – commercials

Commercials

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Commercials can be fun and get the students interested I think. Also, it’s a big part of culture since we see them every day in magazines, on tv, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Work in pairs

How did students react?

They reacted ok. It wasn’t very successful because they didn’t have any ideas of commercials they liked or anything so I felt that I talked much more than they did.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Sort of. They had to talk to each other at some point, so they did, but apart from that, they were not very talkative.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Videos on youtube

Please attach a copy.
SP11 LP Interm 3 at

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes but I would change things to force them to talk more.

FR S11 ADV – introductions

Introductions #2

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Second class, so I wasn’t sure whether there would be more or less students, I didn’t want to start doing something with students who might drop the class the following week, or who might not be enrolled yet.
I also wanted them to know each other better.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Chart to fill out with names
General discussion

How did students react?
They were really talkative and reacted very well, moving around the classroom and asking questions to each other. They had so much to say about it that we didn’t have time to do the second game I had planned.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes, they were willing to talk and seemed to enjoy being able to do so. I didn’t have to push them.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handout with the chart they had to fill out

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was nice getting to know them more.

Advanced

1. Explain the game: the students need to fill out the chart with as many names as they can in the allotted time

2. Leave them 10 minutes to do so

3. Discussion about the results: who got the most names? Who has been to France, where, when? … 15 min

4. 2nd game: 2 truths and a lie – 30 min
• explain the rules: they need to tell two truths and a lie and the other students need to find which sentence is the lie.

FR S11 INT – introductions

Introductions #2

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Second class, so I wasn’t sure whether there would be more or less students, I didn’t want to start doing something with students who might drop the class the following week, or who might not be enrolled yet.
I also wanted to keep on getting to know them.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Game 2 truths and a lie
Video on youtube

How did students react?
Well

Did they engage with each other and you?
They engaged with me when we played the game because they had to write the sentences on the white board which allowed us to see what was wrong in them and correct their mistakes. They also engaged with each other when making up stories.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was nice getting to know them more, and play a game!

Intermediate 1/20

1. Plans for this weekend?

2. 2 truths and a lie

→ have to come up and write 2 truths and a lie about themselves
→ i start and then everyone writes it on the white board

3. winter break

→ they have to draw something related to their break
→ then we mix up the papers
→ each of them has to draw a paper and describe it to the people and imagine what the story behind it is
→ the one who drew it has to talk about it and explain why he drew it

FR F10 INT – cooking + impératif

Cooking + use of the tense “imperatif”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to do something fun with them, and since I had a Study Break on the same evening, cooking crepes with students sounded perfect.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

2 groups had to cook the same thing

How did students react?

Very well

Did they engage with each other and you?

yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

My kitchen, a crepe recipe

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes

Why or why not?

They liked cooking and eating the crepes! Also, it’s part of French culture

FR F10 ADV – stereotypes (5Cs, French and American, national)

Stereotypes

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Stereotypes always work with students because they usually have many things to say.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Pair work
General discussion

How did students react?

Well

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts
Youtube video

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Advanced 10/28

French and American stereotypes

1. Warm-up 5 min

1. Write the first thing that comes to your mind when someone says:
étudiant de Pomona / Pitzer / Scripps / CMC / HMC

2. Interviews in pairs
– What are the French stereotypes for them?
– What are the American stereotypes for them?
– Do you know other country stereotypes?

→ group discussion

⇒ Have you ever experienced stereotyping in France or abroad?

3. Youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4A8C5nRWTg

4. Game

Equipes de 3

– je lis les 10 stereotypes, l’equipe qui repond en premier gagne un point

#2
– chacun doit ecrire une definition d’un stereotype sur un bout de papier, je les collecte tous, puis je lis les papiers et l’equipe qui repond en premier gagne un point.

FR F10 INT/ADV – famous people (games)

Games about famous people

How did you pick this theme or topic?

They were very tired and I wanted them to practice French and have fun at the same time

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

games

How did students react?

They reacted well.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Slips of paper
tape

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

09/30/10

Intermediate

1) Game #1

I pick a name

– Each group has to ask three questions (3 rounds)
– Then they have to write down the name of the person they think I am
– 1 point for each good answer + 1 for the good spelling

Marion Cotillard
Zinédine Zidane
Nicolas Sarkozy
Tony Parker
Edith Piaf

2) Game #2

Chacun choisit une personne célèbre et écrit son nom sur un papier puis le colle sur le front de son voisin. Le but est de poser des questions avec OUI ou NON comme reponses possibles, et de decouvrir qui on est.

– Option 1
En cercle, chacun a son tour pose une question. Si la reponse a la question est OUI, ils peuvent continuer a poser des questions, si c’est NON, on passe au suivant.

– Option 2
Tout le monde se leve et pose une question a n’importe qui. Si la reponse est OUI, on peut continuer a poser des questions a la personne a qui on parle. Si c’est NON, on doit trouver une autre personne a qui poser des questions.

FR F10 ADV – health system and game “Doctor’s visit”

Health system + game “Doctor’s visit”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to talk about the differences between the French and American Health System, and also to do a role play and learn some more vocabulary about medicine-related things.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Role play

How did students react?

They reacted well.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Advanced 9/21

1. Warm-up : weekend ?

2. Health system in France and the US: general questions

3. Role playing

Vocabulaire
feuille patient
cartes maladies possibles
feuille docteur
cartes traitements

FR F10 ADV – Study Abroad

Study Abroad

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It was right after the study abroad session they were supposed to attend, so I wanted to use this topic for them to talk about their experience/ask the students who had already been abroad to talk about it, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Interview in pairs
General discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well. They wanted to know more about each other’s experience and had a lot of questions.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Advanced 9/16

Entretien

1. As-tu déjà étudié à l’étranger ? Si oui, décris ton expérience : où, quand, combien de temps, qu’as-tu étudié, pourquoi as-tu choisi cet endroit, étais-tu dans une famille d’accueil, etc…

2. Si non, aimerais-tu étudier à l’étranger ? où, quand, pourquoi cet endroit, combien de temps, etc… ? (Si tu ne veux pas étudier à l’étranger, explique pourquoi)

3. Quels sont les avantages des études à l’étranger ?

4. Quels sont les inconvénients ?

5. Si tu as étudié à l’étranger, quels conseils peux-tu donner aux autres ? As-tu des anecdotes à raconter ?

FR F10 INT – physical appearance

Physical appearance

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to see what they knew and also to practice the vocabulary.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Match the words in pairs
Interview in pairs
General discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well. They knew almost the words so didn’t spend much time on the activity, but liked asking about the ideal partner of their classmate.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.
Questions: partenaire ideal

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

FR F10 INT – Festival d’Avignon + game “jeu de l’oie”

Festival d’Avignon + Game Jeu de l’oie

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to see what the festival was in my city, and to show different performances so they could learn some cultural things. I also wanted to keep playing the game we had started because it was a good way to make them speak and to know more about them.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Youtube video
General discussion
game

How did students react?

They reacted well. They were interested in the videos and had quite a lot to say about their own experience in festivals/concerts. They liked playing the game too because the questions they had to answer were interesting.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Video on youtube
Board game that I printed out

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Intermediate 9/14

1. Warm-up – their weekend

2. Expression du jour

3. Youtube videos
Festival d\'Avignon
Festival #2

4. Their own experience?

5. Game: Jeu de l’oie

FR F10 ADV – game “gossip”

Game (gossip)

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It was the end of the 2nd week, I figured they might feel a bit down so I decided to play a game to do something fun with them.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General game

How did students react?
They reacted well and I think they liked changing details and then laughing about them with their class mates, but while playing, I had some trouble keeping everyone going at the same rhythm (some were faster or slower than others to tell stories and take notes).
They also loved the video about the little French girl!

Did they engage with each other and you?
They engaged with each other since they had to tell the stories to each other.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Sheets of paper
Youtube video

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but I would time them and make them switch more rapidly to keep a good pace and prevent the faster ones from getting bored and waiting.

Advanced 09/09

1. Expression – 5 min

2. Gossip – 40 min

• Les étudiants se mettent en paire
• 1 etudiant de chaque paire écrit 5 phrases à propos de ce qu’il/elle a fait cet été
• Puis, il se tourne vers son camarade et lui raconte ces 5 phrases. Le camarade prend des notes
• Puis, le partenaire change un détail (mot, lieu, personne) et le raconte à son autre camarade de gauche ou droite
• Le jeu se termine quand toutes les histoires ont fait le tour
• Puis chacun partage la dernière histoire qu’il a entendu
• la personne concernée doit raconter la vraie histoire
• tout le monde discute de laquelle est la plus drole

3. Video capucine – 5 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVJWKdrqWKg&feature=related

FR F10 INT – game “jeu de l’oie”

Board game “jeu de l’oie”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I found this board game on the internet and I just thought that it would be a nice way for them to talk about themselves while playing and getting to know each other – also, they were only 5, so not too many, not too few.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Board game that I printed out

How did students react?
They reacted well, I think they liked talking about themselves and getting to know each other through a funny way.

Did they engage with each other and you?
They engaged with me and the others when replying to the questions asked by the board game and also when replying to questions asked by other class mates who wanted to know more about what they were discussing.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Board game (printed out)

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes!

Why or why not?

Students like to play and do fun stuff – we didn’t even go till half the board game!

09/09 Intermediate

1. Expression – 5 min
2. Tongue twister – 5 min

Je sais qui je suis et si je sais qui je suis, qu’est-ce que je suis ?

3. Jeu – 40 min
Jeu de l’oie

FR F10 ADV – song “Shy’m”

song + tongue twister

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Music is always a good topic because students like listening to songs and it’s also a good way for them to practice their listening skills. They also like to know more about the music culture of France, or what is famous at that moment.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General tongue twister
Handouts
Work in pairs

How did students react?
They reacted well and liked the tongue twister game. I think they didn’t feel ashamed of making mistakes since tongue twisters are done for this. It’s also a good pronunciation exercise.
As for the song, I think they liked knowing what was on the radio this summer.

Did they engage with each other and you?
They engaged with each other for the part about creating a story about the song.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Youtube video

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Why or why not?

Music always works

Advanced 09/07

1. Expression du jour – 5 min
→ slips of paper, someone has to take one and read, one has to write it down, the others have to guess

2. Tongue twister

Je suis ce que je suis et si je suis ce que je suis, qu’est-ce que je suis?

→ everyone stands up and says the sentence one after the other. The one who makes a mistake has to sit down. Then we do it again faster till there’s only one left.

3. Song = 20/30 min
Shy’m
Shy’m (lyrics)
• 1 ecoute, discussion
• 2e ecoute, fill in the blanks
• 3e ecoute, fill in the blanks
• correction
• 4e ecoute + video

• Discussion
→ what do you think of this song
→ do you know Shy’m?
→ what’s you favorite style of music?

4. Creation” of a video in pairs – 20 min

→ work in pairs
→ then make a summary to the class

FR F10 INT – song Carla Bruni “L’amoureuse”

Song “L’amoureuse” by Carla Bruni + Music

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Music is always a good topic because students like listening to songs and it’s also a good way for them to practice their listening skills. They also like to know more about the music culture of France, or what is famous at that moment.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts

How did students react?
They reacted well, I think they liked knowing what was on the radio this summer.

Did they engage with each other and you?
They engaged with me about vocabulary, and with each other when getting to know the new students.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Youtube video

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Why or why not?

Music always works

Intermediate 09/07

1. expression du jour

2. song with blanks
L’amoureuse
L’amoureuse (lyrics)

• 1 ecoute, discussion
• 2e ecoute, fill in the blanks
• 3e ecoute, fill in the blanks
• correction
• 4e ecoute + video

• Discussion
→ what do you think of this song
→ do you know Carla Bruni?
→ what’s you favorite style of music?

FR F09/S10/F10/S11 INT/ADV Introductions

Introductions

How did you pick this theme or topic?

It was the first class, so I wanted to get to know the students and I also wanted them to get to know each other since they were going to spend the semester together.
I also wanted to hear them speak to see their level.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
I introduced myself with a powerpoint presentation – I thought it was a nice way for them to get to know me, with funny pictures – then I gave them the sheet of rules that we read together.
I decided to make them interview another student for 5/10 minutes and then introduce her partner to me and the class.
We then had a discussion about what interested them.

How did students react?
Good! They were talkative right from the start and I knew some of them so I guess it was easier for them to talk.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes, they had to interview each other so they talked for 10 minutes in French to each other and then made a summary of the information they managed to gather about their partner.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Policies
Handout with questions to ask
Powerpoint presentation

Please attach a copy.
SP11 LP Adv 1 attachment

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was nice getting to know them and evaluating their level in French.

FR S10 INT – games (ask questions, clothes)

Games reviewing the vocabulary + how to ask questions

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Two last classes so I wanted to do something fun

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Games

How did students react?

They reacted very well

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Slips of papers

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, it worked really well, I think they had fun.

Intermediate 4/29

1. Qui suis-je? – 30 min
→ they have to stick a paper with a name on the other’s forehead
→ have to ask questions

– Est-ce que je suis un homme/une femme/un personnage ?
– Est-ce que je suis réel/fictif ?
– Est-ce que je suis célèbre ?
– Est-ce que je suis dans le milieu du divertissement ?
– Est-ce que je suis Américain/Anglais/Français… ?
– Etc…

2. Valise (clothes vocabulary) – 10 min

Tous les joueurs sont assis en cercle. Chaque joueur doit dire à tour de rôle la phrase “Je pars en voyage et dans ma valise, je mets…” il doit dire tous les objets nommés par les joueurs précédents avant d’ajouter le sien. Exemple: Le joueur A commence le jeu en disant : “Je pars en voyage et dans ma valise, je mets un pantalon.” Son voisin, B, dit : “Je pars en voyage et dans ma valise, je mets un pantalon et une brosse.” Son autre voisin, C, dit : “Je pars en voyage et dans ma valise, je mets un pantalon, une brosse et un chandail.” etc. Celui qui se trompe doit faire un gage.

3. Travail a la chaine – 10 min

– Le premier joueur dit une phrase et le suivant doit faire une phrase commençant par le dernier mot de la phrase du joueur précédent. On peut le jouer sans compétition en asseyant tous les joueurs en cercle, ou avec une compétition en faisant deux files de joueurs, chaque file doit donc avoir un “arbitre” pour s’assurer de la validité des enchaînements, et la première file qui se rend au bout de ses joueurs gagne.

FR S10 ADV – romantic relationships

College life and romatinc relationships

How did you pick this theme or topic?

We were only girls and this topic was often addressed randomly so I thought it would be good to talk about it in class for one hour.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Interviews in pairs
General discussion

How did students react?

Very well, they had a lot to say!!

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.

Lesson Plan romatic relationships

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, but since the topic is quite personal, I would make sure that the students are comfortable talking about it. Mine were a small group and they knew each other more by the end of the semester so they asked to keep talking about it for another class.

FR S10 INT – conditional and future tenses (song “Mourir demain”)

Use of the conditional, and futur

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to know more about the use of some tenses and structures

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Grammar explanation
Game
Song

How did students react?

They reacted very well

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board to explain the use of conditional
Handouts for them to keep
Handouts with blanks for the song

Please attach a copy.

Here is the documents I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, it worked really well and I think it was useful for them to review some tenses and learn more about grammar structures.

Intermediate 4/27

1. Grammaire 20 min
Conditionnel et futur

2. Portrait Chinois – 10 min

Have them create sentences with the right tenses:

Si j’étais un animal, je serais…

Pays
Couleur
Fleur
Film
Livre
Héros
Planète
Elément

3. Song – 15 min

Mourir demain
lyrics

4. Que feriez-vous si vous deviez mourir demain? – 10 min

⇒ work on the structure “Si + imparfait…conditionnel present.”

FR S10 ADV – roommates

Roommates

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I thought it was a good topic to make them talk and interact

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Interviews in pairs
General discussion
Role play

How did students react?

Very well, they had a lot to say.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

handouts

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes!!

Advanced 4/22

1. Entretien about colocataires – 10 min

2. General discussion – 10 min

3. Game – 40 min

Description :

1. Leur expliquer qu’ils vont accueillir un colocataire, pendant un an, à choisir parmi leurs camarades de classe.
2. Leur faire preparer un questionnaire type (10 questions maximum pour les élémentaires) qu’ils utiliseront pour chaque participant.
3. Expliquer les règles du jeu : les élèves s’assoient deux par deux et face à face à des tables espacées si possible. Chaque « couple » ainsi formé dispose de 5 minutes (en fonction du niveau et du nombre de questions) pour s’interroger mutuellement et prendre des notes.
4. Toutes les cinq minutes, chaque élève change de partenaire jusqu’à ce qu’il ait interrogé tous les autres participants.
5. Laisser quelques minutes de réflexion puis demander à chacun de révéler son choix en lui demandant de se justifier (expression simple de la cause et de la conséquence pour les niveaux les plus faibles).

FR S10 INT – directions, French regions and dishes

Vocabulary related to directions
Regions in France + regional dishes

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to know more about the French regions and geography, and to be able to locate things with the right prepositions.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Games
discussion

How did students react?

They reacted very well

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handout with the map of the regions
Powerpoint presentation of the dishes

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, it worked really well and I think it was useful for them to know more about French regions and food.

Intermediate 04/22

1. Vocabulary – 5 min

– à côté de
– au-dessus de
– en dessous de
– entre = between
– devant
– derrière
– sous
– sur
– à droite de
– à gauche de

→ locate 3 things in the room and make them guess (they have to ask questions using the prepositions)

Related to villes/regions
– à l’est/ouest/nord/sud de

2. Regions

– memorize the map
⇒ read the names of the regions
⇒ locate some famous cities (Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Nice…)

– have them think about a region and the other has to ask questions to guess

– interactive map: have them guess the regions one after the other OR have to make the other move the mouse to the right region using the prepositions (en haut, a droite…)
http://www.xtec.cat/~ealonso/flash/francereg1f.html

3. Review food vocab

PowerPoint presentation
– Have to name the ingredients
– And locate the regions

FR S10 ADV – movie discussion and game “pyramid”

Movie ‘Un Prophete’ (seen the evening before as a cultural activity)
Game

How did you pick this theme or topic?

We had been to the theatre the evening before to see this movie so I thought it would be a good topic for the class. And the game was a good way to make them talk while having fun.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Youtube videos
General discussions

How did students react?

Very well, they had a lot to say about the movie.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Youtube

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes

Why or why not?

Maybe with another movie that everyone would have seen

Advanced 04/20

1. Movie ‘Un Prophete’

2. News

3. Pyramid game – 30 min

→ explanation about how it works – 5 min
→ show some youtube videos

2 teams or one after the other
→ each one has to write 3 sentences that the candidate will have to guess
→ then we mix the papers, I draw one, correct it and write it down on the board
→ they have to make their candidate guess

4. Youtube video (cute little French girl)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSjRRswSEgE

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