Lesson plans: two version

Notes for lesson plan: Add in: - quickly review forms of avoir and etre - give examples of student responses before you set them loose - give a list of verbs, phrases, vocab words that they may need (a bit of scaffolding) ... thanks matt! this also adds a bit of "control of error" to the process ...

Lesson: Using the past tense in French

Objectives:
Students will learn to use the past tense.
They will learn the difference between regular avoir and etre verbs .
They will learn how to make verbs agree with their subject.

Assessment:
Students will be given a written check-up quiz.
Students will complete and turn in an in-class activity.

Tech-hi lesson plan:
1. Introduce basic structure of regular verbs in the passé composé with the aid of a Powerpoint presentation. Display the Powerpoint on a Smartboard, fill in blanks/ charts by writing in answers.
2. Once students have seen the basics, let students come up and fill in some simple forms of the verbs on the Smartboard to get them up and moving and to make sure that they are staying involved in the lesson.
3. Continue with Powerpoint and talk about verbs conjugated with être. Explain the difference between the two types of verbs (direct object/ transitive verbs vs. intransitive verbs). Also show students how to make the verbs agree with their subject.
4. Use what they’ve learned: Show a few short video clips on the Smartboard (will make it easier to stop and start at the right clips) and ask students to describe what the people in the clips have just done. Could use well-known movie scenes to draw students’ attention. Example: “L’homme est entré dans la cuisine, il a pris un café, et il a lu son journal. Ensuite, il est parti.” (The man entered the kitchen, he had a coffee, and he read his newspaper. Then, he left.) Students should write down a few sentences and then be asked to read them aloud. Students will turn in their sentences to have them corrected for a participation grade.

Tech-lo learning activities:
1. Introduction - introduce basic structure of the passé composé. Give many examples. Go over the past participle forms of regular verbs.
2. Ask students to turn to each other and say what they did the past weekend.
3. Part 2: talk about verbs conjugated with etre. Explain the difference between the two types of verbs ( direct object verbs vs. intransitive verbs). Also show students how to make the verbs agree with their subject.
4. Show pictures from newspapers or magazines and ask students to tell what happened in each picture. Have students write down their sentences and turn them in to be corrected for a participation grade.
5. Game: have students form two teams. One student from each team at a time goes to the chalkboard; I say a subject and the infinitive form of a verb and students must race to write the past tense form on the board.