TOPIC 3 Ma Vie Sociale

1. Learn this vocabulary to help you invite a friend out, accept and refuse invitations

2. Use Language Perfect (Invitations) to practise this new vocabulary

3. Roleplay the conversations from Studio 1 p76

4. Go to Linguascope, Intermediate, Les Sorties (going out) and listen to the introductory conversation. Work through some of the exercises.

5. Work on the conversation in Les Sorties, by doing these exercises in pairs

6. To invite someone out and to say you want to go (or don't want to go) you need the verb VOULOIR

7. Study the verb VOULOIR by singing this song with Étienne. Click here for the full lyrics

8. Studio 3 p9 Ex 6 - practise using vouloir

9. French to Go, p33 Ex 1 wordfind, p34 Ex 2 matching sentences with pictures, Ex 3 Unjumble the sentences

10. To refuse an invitation you sometimes need to say what you can't do or must do instead. Study the verb POUVOIR

11. French to Go 2 p31 Ex1 Wordsearch (at the bottom), p32 (Ex 1 continued), Ex 2 matching sentences with pictures, Ex 3 write sentences to ask for permission, p33 Ex 4 Unjumble the sentences

12. Review the verb DEVOIR from Topic 2

13. French to Go p35 Ex 5 Mon week-end. Fill in the grid. Ex 6 Fill the gaps with the correct form of the vouloir, pouvoir or devoir. p36 Ex 7 Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence. Ex 8 Use the pictures to write questions using vouloir and devoir

14. Practise inviting out your classmates and responding to the invitations. Make up your own conversations

15. Sometimes you need to ask some questions to find out more information about where, when, who with, at what time etc. Practise asking and answering questions with your partner

16. Another way to invite someone out is to say you are going to go somewhere and do they want to come. For this structure you need to learn the verb ALLER + INFINTIVE to go. Review the verb conjugation below

17. Sing along with Étienne to learn the verb aller by heart

18. Practise using aller + infinitive from Studio 3 p12 Ex 1

19. Now try to make up a longer conversation using aller + infinitive and include more detail

20. Go to languagesonline and click on le futur proche (the near future) to practise saying what people ARE GOING to do.

21. Try these guided conversations. In pairs prepare one of the conversations and act it out fluently to the class, who have to guess which one of the suggested conversations you have chosen

22. Listen to these conversations in which people are being invited out (bonjourdefrance) and answer the questions

Making Phone Calls

1. Learn this vocabulary to help you make or answer a phone call

2. Memorise this conversation to help you learn the correct way to ask to speak to someone on the phone while in a French-speaking country

3. Listen to this conversation from bonjourdefrance.com and answer the questions below the audio file

4. Do this quiz to see how you would cope with phone calls in French-speaking countries

5. Cinq conversations téléphoniques: textes à trous

6. Vidéo 1; Vidéo 2; Vidéo 3; Vidéo 4; Vidéo 5 (press download)

Socialising on the Internet

1. Watch this presentation about activities you do on your computer

2. Match the beginnings and ends of these sentences

3. Studio 1 p50-51. Use time expressions to say how often you do these activities. Ex 1-9

4. Change the statements about what you do into statements about what you CAN do - eg) Je surfe sur Internet - Je peux surfer sur internet

5. Use Linguascope (Beginners - Sur L'Ordinateur) to learn these activities better, then try this worksheet

6. Review the regular -er verbs by memorising REGARDER (to look) here

7. Do Ex 1 from Studio 1 p64 to practise -er verbs

8. Studio 3 p8-9 Ex 1-5 Learn to talk about what you do on Facebook (or other social media). Ex 6 Reading comprehension - Je veux Facebook!

9. Studio 3 p118 Ex 3 Reading comprehension - Tu aimes Facebook?

10. Listen to this song called 'Bluetooth' by La Chanson du Dimanche, about a guy wanting to invite a girl out, but she is too busy with all her technology. Lyrics

Cinema

1. Go to Linguascope (Beginners - Les genres de films) to learn the names of different types of films

2. In pairs, ask and say what your favourite types of films are

3. Go to atantot KS4 Les Medias / Les Films - Quelle sorte de film? to practise these a bit more

4. Studio 2 p10 Ex 1 Reading comprehension Qu'est-ce qu'ils aiment?, p11 Ex 2 Discuss types of films, Ex 5-6 give reasons for your opinions about films

5. Studio 3 p13 Ex 6 Roleplay inviting someone out to see a film

Television

1. For extension work go to Linguascope (Intermediate - Les Medias) and listen to the introductory conversation. Do some of the exercises

2. Go to Linguascope (Beginners - A la Télé) to learn how to talk about TV programmes

3. Go to atantot KS4 Les Loisirs / La Télé to practise this a bit more

4. Talk with your classmates about your favourite TV programmes using the sentence starters below

Mes Émissions Favorites

Mon émission favorite de télé est ... (insert name) parce que ...

Ma chaîne favorite est ... (insert channel) parce que ...

Je regarde la télé ... (insert how often you watch it per night, per week)

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a à la télé ce soir? (What's on TV tonight?)

Je voudrais une télé avec un écran géant. Et toi? (I'd like a TV with a huge screen)

J'aimerais une télé 3D et toi? (I'd like 3D TV)

Speaking Assessment

Click here for the task sheet for your conversation in pairs