French Sports Unit Plan
French Sports Unit Plan
French Sports Unit Plan
SUBJECT
Le Sports
French
DATE
GRADE:
Desired Results
Established Goals (Curricular Competencies)
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Use strategies to increase understanding (relate prior knowledge, experience, and relate to similar words)
With basic French, we can describe ourselves and our interests
Both verbal and non-verbal cues contribute meaning in language and to increase understanding
Reciprocal communication is possible in French using simple, high-frequency words and patterns (comprehension of this vocabulary)
Respond appropriately to simple commands and instructions
Use visuals or technology to assist in understanding and communicating
Seek clarification of meaning using common statements and questions
Understandings
Students will understand that:
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Reciprocal communication is possible in French using highfrequency words and patterns (repetition is key)
With basic French we can describe ourselves and our interests
Language is part of our identity
Listening and viewing with intent helps us to learn the French
language (visuals, props, conversations)
Essential Questions
- How do I use language to communicate?
- How do you think these sports are pronounced?
- What sports do you like and dislike?
- What sports do your friends like and dislike?
- Why do you think it is important to learn these words?
Students will be able to:
Assessment Evidence
Performance Task:
Other
Formative:
- Students will be observed based on their participation and engagement
- Students will be observed on their ability to understand and comprehend
the French language
Summative:
- Final presentation: Skit
- Between two to four people
- Describe a sport that they like and dislike, act out the sport, and ask their
peers what their likes and dislikes are
- Assessed on:
- Clarity of their pronunciation, effort, enthusiasm, proper grammar
- Self and peer review done by each student
Learning Plan
Lesson
& Date
Curricular
Competencies
Specific Lesson
Outcomes
SLO (students should be able
Activities
Teaching Strategies
Materials/
Resources
Assessment
to..)
Lesson
1
Use strategies
to increase
understanding
(relate prior
knowledge,
experience, and
relate to similar
words)
With basic
French, we can
describe
ourselves and
our interests
Respond
appropriately to
simple
Fly swatters
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.
Student
participation
Pronunciation of
words
Memorization
Clarity of speech
Observation
commands and
instructions
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
and
communicating
Lesson
2
Use strategies
to increase
understanding
(relate prior
knowledge,
experience, and
relate to similar
words)
Respond
appropriately to
simple
commands and
instructions
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
and
communicating
Both verbal and
Actions: Different
actions associated
with each sport
Example: throwing in
baseball, or kicking in
soccer.
Charades
papers
Sports
equipment
Paper and pen
Class set of
laptops
Kahoot.it
Participation are
they trying their best?
Clarity of speech
Pronunciation
Observation
non-verbal cues
contribute
meaning in
language and to
increase
understanding
Reciprocal
communication
is possible in
French using
simple, highfrequency
words and
patterns
(comprehensio
n of this
vocabulary)
Lesson
3
Respond
appropriately to
simple
commands and
instructions
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
and
communicating
Review:
Kahoot.it:
Pictures of different sports, and different
actions associated with these sports.
Students try to match the French word
with the picture .
Objects/equipment:
The names of sports
equipment in French
and English.
Know which
equipment goes with
each sport.
Introduction:
Has anyone ever played a sport before?
What kinds of things do you need in
order to play those sports?
Today we are going to be going over
some of the names of different objects
and equipment associated with our ten
sports.
Hold up a piece of sports equipment and
ask them if they know what it is called
in French. Go over a few objects from
each sport. Say the name and have them
repeat after. After a few times through
have them pair up and take turns asking
each other the names of the equipment.
Fly swatters
Power point
Review sheet
Sports
equipment
Whiteboard to
write the
translations on
Participation
Clarity of speech
Pronunciation
Exit slip
Observation
Lesson
4
With basic
French, we can
describe
ourselves and
our interests
Respond
appropriately to
simple
commands and
instructions
Closure:
Exit slip: List the names of 3 pieces of
sports equipment in English and in
French.
Intro:
Put your hand up if you have a favourite
sport. Now put your hand up if you
have a least favourite sport. Today we
are going to learn how to describe what
sports we like, and which ones we
dislike using the terms that we have
been learning over the past three
classes.
Explain how to say I like and I dont
Paper and
pencil
List of likes
and dislikes
Whiteboard to
write the
translations on
Participation
enthusiasm of
their
conversations
(talking circle)
Clarity of speech
Pronunciation of
the phrases
Observation
like in French.
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
and
communicating
Lesson
5
Respond
appropriately to
simple
commands and
instructions
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
Review:
Students should know
all the names of the
sports, the actions,
and their likes and
dislikes.
Students should be
able to describe to
another person what
Class set of
laptops
Kahoot.it site
Sports
equipment
Kahoot.it scores
Participation
Pronunciation
Clarity of speech
Observation
and
communicating
Lesson
6
Use strategies
to increase
understanding
(relate prior
knowledge,
experience, and
relate to similar
words)
With basic
French, we can
describe
ourselves and
our interests
Respond
appropriately to
simple
Any materials
the students
come up with
for their skits
(sports
equipment,
desks, etc.)
Participation
Enthusiasm
Clarity of speech
Effort
Grammar
Self and peer
review
Observation
commands and
instructions
Use visuals or
technology to
assist in
understanding
and
communicating
Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXbMPJnnqg
Kahoot.it
random order.
Students will evaluate themselves and
their peers at the end of the
presentations and hand in their
feedback.