10-19-10 Grade:
E. Selvey Subject: French I
Title-
Colors and classroom objects
 
Background-
Colors: rouge, bleu(e), vert(e), orange, noir(e), marron, blanc(he), gris(e), jaune, violet(te), rose
Classroom Objects: (see handout)
 


Expected Outcome Of This Lesson Plan-
1. The students will be able to ask questions about objects in the class.
2. The students will be able to identify these classroom objects in French.
3. The students will be able to correctly use colors with these objects in the class.
 
Teacher Objectives-
1. Students will be able to ask and answer the question "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
2. Students will be able to properly identify classroom objects along with their gender.
3. Students will be able to define these objects with color also along with gender.
 
Resources-
Overhead, individual whiteboards, class white board
 
Teaching Methods-

1. Lesson Introduction-

1. Review yesterday's concept of "C'est un(e)...object.
2. Quick review on board of Colors (list in masc. form)
 

2. Lesson Progression-

1. Ask students how to make the colors feminine (add -e) with a couple exceptions
2. Show this on the board in different color marker (pointing out exceptions)
3. Refer back to sentence structure "C'est un(e)..." and create some sample sentences on the board.
 

3. Guided Practice-

1. Elicit student responses to sample sentences. Make sure the genders match.
2. Put up a couple sentences on board and work on answers with class.
3. Change the color used in those couple examples to reinforce gender agreement.
 

4. Student Practice-

1. On overhead, have students do 5 sentences to practices this sentence form and gender agreement.
 

5. Learner Accommodations-

1. If time, use individual white boards. Say a sentence in English and have students write in French.
 

6. Assessment-

1. Have students write their responses to overhead sentences on board.
2. Use individual white boards to check student comprehension of the content
3.
 

7. Lesson Closure-

1. Review concepts for Quiz on Wed.
2. Answer any questions from students
 
Measuring Student Progress-
1. Do students know the content words?
2. Are students able to match the gender to the nouns and thus also to the colors with the nouns?
 

This Lesson Plan is available at (www.teacherjet.com)