This lesson plan aims to teach students how to communicate about travel and plan a trip to a French-speaking country. It will last 90 minutes and involve vocabulary presentations, short presentations on three Francophone countries, and a webquest project where students research and plan a trip to their chosen country. Students will be assessed based on completion of the webquest worksheet using travel vocabulary. The lesson includes differentiation strategies like allowing shorter answers for some students or having them further develop an itinerary.
This lesson plan aims to teach students how to communicate about travel and plan a trip to a French-speaking country. It will last 90 minutes and involve vocabulary presentations, short presentations on three Francophone countries, and a webquest project where students research and plan a trip to their chosen country. Students will be assessed based on completion of the webquest worksheet using travel vocabulary. The lesson includes differentiation strategies like allowing shorter answers for some students or having them further develop an itinerary.
This lesson plan aims to teach students how to communicate about travel and plan a trip to a French-speaking country. It will last 90 minutes and involve vocabulary presentations, short presentations on three Francophone countries, and a webquest project where students research and plan a trip to their chosen country. Students will be assessed based on completion of the webquest worksheet using travel vocabulary. The lesson includes differentiation strategies like allowing shorter answers for some students or having them further develop an itinerary.
Purpose: to make students capable of communicating about traveling and planning a trip 90 min Materials: Smartboard, Webquest handout, Vocabulary handout, laptops
Ask students questions about vacations: - Where have they been? - Anywhere exotic? - What are the steps we normally take to plan a trip? - What kind of vocabulary would we need to plan a trip? 1. Anticipatory Set: Asking students questions activating prior knowledge (3-4 min whole-class) 2. Vocabulary Presentation: present the vocab and have students fill out and follow along on the worksheet (25-30 min teacher input) 3. Les Pays Francophones presentations: show the 3 presentations on different francophone countries and have students fill out the appropriate information on each country on their worksheet (10-15 min teacher input/individual) 4. Les vacances de printemps Webquest project: - Show example of a completed Webquest that I did for a different country to show students what we are expecting (4 min - modeling) - Have students work on their Webquest for their chosen francophone country (30-45 min/rest of class period group/individual) Exit Ticket: Write on a piece of paper what Francophone country they chose and why To modify: Allow the student to write down phrases or single word answers instead of complete sentences To extend: Have the student use the SNCF website to find train tickets to different parts of the country they chose. They can create a more detailed agenda of their trip. Webquest: Completion of the research and the worksheet in complete sentences (use of travel-related vocab) Exit Ticket: Complete sentences and thought-out explanation Walking the room: Students on-task, using French websites to complete the Webquest
Colorado State University College of Applied Human Sciences