Year 9 French Lesson Plan
In this lesson students revise the verb ‘avoir’
and learn parts of the body in order to say if
they hurt.
Finally pupils complete a match up exercise of
newly learnt vocabulary.
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The Ridgeway School Lesson Plan
Class /Set
9C (bottom
Date
17/03/09
Period
4/5
Number of
Code of
Students
Practice/GAT
16
9/16 on
school action
group)
Teacher
Mrs Helen Dixon
or school
action plus
Topic of Work: Health and fitness (FCSE certificate)
Teaching Objectives:
Learning Outcomes:
To revise the verb ‘avoir’
All pupils will be familiar with parts of the
To learn parts of the body in order to say if
they hurt.
body in French
Most pupils will be able to recall at least 5
parts of the body
Some pupils will know all learnt in the lesson
and say them confidently
Assessment Objectives:
Behaviour Strategies:
Verbal questioning
Seating plan,
Level of participation
Known classroom routines,
Recall – assisted or independent
Warning system employed in the school
Humour!
Differentiation:
Homework:
By outcome – response to questioning
None set. Homework to be given following the
By individual choice of how to tackle a given
next lesson – learning how to say where it
task
hurts.
By the amount of help given
Resources:
Links with TAs:
PowerPoint presentation
There are no TAs in this lesson.
Post-it notes
Worksheet
Beach ball
Cross Curricular Links:
ICT – PowerPoint presentation
English – etymology, the history and relevance of words
PSHE/Citizenship – mutual respect and understanding between pupils; the ability to help each
other
Every Child Matters – ensuring all pupils feel safe and empowered to participate in the lesson
SEAL – taking away the fear element of language learning. It can be fun!
Connect:
Time
Revision of the verb ‘avoir’. Pupils shown the verb on the board which is jumbled
up. Pupils have to put the correct French with the corresponding English. Pupils
10
can choose to write or to work through the task visually according to their
minutes
learning styles.
Pupils given time to ‘memorise’ correct verb before being ‘tested’ as a class using
the beach ball.
Activate:
Link made between lesson objective and ‘avoir’. New body parts vocabulary
10-15
introduced. Pupils to look at board and to note down on post-its the vocab. Pupils
minutes
encouraged to think about the benefits of noting down the French.
Pair work. Pupils stick the post-its on various parts of their partner’s body
according to a given list in English.
Invite pupils to comment on their confidence with new vocabulary.
Pupils to explain how and why they chose the words and body parts.
Demonstrate:
Pupils shown a PowerPoint presentation of various body parts. Choral repetition
15
and investigations into the roots of the words.
minutes
Constant referral to sound rules, pronunciation etc.
Establish memory aids for some words – elicit from pupils e.g. la main – manual;
l’épaule – epaulettes, soldier; le pied – pedestrian
Check confidence levels of pupils throughout. Have they improved during the
lesson?
Consolidate:
Pupils complete a match up exercise of newly learnt vocabulary.
Success measured against answers on the board.
Pupils to volunteer answers.
5 minutes
+5
minutes
Leading to the next lesson:
Pupils to group the post-its into categories. They choose how they are grouped
and the number of groups. Pupils to comment on their choices.
Elicit ‘le’, ‘la’ and ‘l’
Explain that this will be very important for next lesson.
Objective to be reviewed and success measured.
Pupils expected to say a part of the body in order to leave the lesson.
5 minutes