French Lesson Plans

Learners study the works of the major French Impressionist painters: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Seurat, ToulouseLautrec, Utrillo, Pissarro, Cassatt, Morisot, and Caillebotte. They produce products for presentation, and use reading and writing strategies in various activities.

Learners interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this immigration lesson, learners conduct research related to the movement of French Canadians to England. Learners use their research findings to respond to provided questions.

Learners idenify at least one country where the French language is spoken. They describe similarities and differences between French and American families. Learners speak the Freanch words for some family members.

Students visit French language Websites to research the city of Colmar. They locate hotels, find upcoming events, describe weather conditions, and decide how to take a trip on the Colmar canal.

This units gives students opportunities to * Research the history and patterns of French settlement in Louisiana * Discover three types of music (New Orleans jazz, Cajun, Zydeco) which are representative of the Francophone presence in Louisiana. * Make connections between the rhythms of the music and those of the French language.

Students research French culture and French communication skills. They develop and produce a fifteen minute news program in French, reporting on news, weather, sports, and traffic.

Students examine French language websites to read about the weather for Francophone capital cities. They make weather predictions and compare them with actual weather reports. They design graphs of the mean temperature data and complete problem solving activities with Celsius/Fahrenheit temperature conversions. Finally, they present their finding to the class in a presentation.

Students read short stories and legends from the Contes et le¿¿gendes du monde francophone reader. They read the story on the Internet and read the links to information on Gabon . They relate the stories in their own words in French ) and act out the stories to show comprehension of the differences between them.

Learners identify rhyming words in the French language. In this French rhyming words lesson, learners participate in a shared reading of the poem "J'adore la pizza" by Karen Kransky. Learners complete a cloze activity on the poem, break the rhyming words into syllables, and write an expansion of the poem.

Learners study the work of Jacques Cousteau, the marine ecosystem, and the effects of human actions on the environment. A variety of activities, games and projects are presented to ensure successful content-based language learning for all.