In this unit you will learn how to:
Describe where your home is located and what it is like
Compare where people live in New Zealand and France
Describe the rooms of a house and give opinions about them
Explain where items of furniture are located in relation to others
Discuss household chores
Compare about meals in French-speaking countries with meals in NZ
Interact at the meal table
Read a story about a family moving house
Imagine you are hosting a French exchange student called Isabelle at your place for six months. Learn how to tell her all about where she will be staying.
Presentation - where you live
Map talk - points of compass
Linguascope - Beginners - Moi et ma Famille - Où j'habite
Grammar focus - Review the verb HABITER - to live
Studio 2 p68-9 - Là où j'habite ADJECTIVES / COMPARATIVES
Studio 2 WB p33 - Là où j'habite
Education Perfect - Getting Started 2.3 My House
Write a description of where you live using this document
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VIVRE
Video - Presentation of a traditional French house
Draw and label a traditional French house (IL Y A - there is/are)
Linguascope - Beginners - La Vie Quotidienne - La Maison
Quizlet - rooms of house
Education Perfect - Beginner 3.2 My Home
Studio 2 WB p34 Dans mon appart'
Google Quiz - test yourself on the rooms of the house and prepositions!
Role play - show your partner around a virtual house
Talk with your partner about your opinion of your house
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Linguascope - Beginners -Mon Environnement - Ma Chambre
Chanson - Dans ma chambre par Alain le Lait
Education Perfect - Beginner 3.2 My Home Reading
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Linguascope - Beginners - Mon Environnement - Le Mobilier
Education Perfect - Furniture
Describe these rooms
Describe and draw
Languages Online Exercises 1-12
Quizziz - Dans ma chambre
Wordwall - Ma Chambre
Describe your own bedroom orally
Linguascope - Video Clips - La Classe - Est-ce que tu peux décrire ta chambre? (extension) Transcript
Language Gym Unit 17 - Describing House
Task - Write a letter to Isabelle describing what your house is like and what their room will be like. Make sure you include one or two comparisons with what you know about French homes.
Brainstorm all the activities you do at home
Present Tense - study the grammar section on present tense verbs
Education Perfect - Getting Started 2.2 Daily Tasks
Draw 3-4 rooms in the house where you like to spend your time, then fill in what activities you do there mainly (comic-strip style)
Padlet - add photos and captions of a person doing an activity at home
Movie Talk - Napo (Extension)
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Quizlet - Household Chores
Linguascope - Beginners - Le Monde du Travail - Les Tâches Ménagères
Education Perfect - Je fais le ménage
Mimes / charades / mini whiteboards
Education Perfect - Beginner 2.3 Household Responsibilities
Sondage - Qui fait quoi à la maison? - Survey your classmates
Write in French a weekly plan of the chores that each family member is expected to do at home
Task - After you find out who does what at each person's place, work together to fill in this document about gender roles in the home. Discuss if you think attitudes are changing or whether the traditional roles still predominate.
Speed dating - List what you think is essential that a flatmate do around the house. Interview the others in your class, ticking off what they say they do at home, to find your ideal flatmate (mon/ma colocataire)
Education Perfect - Video + exercises (extension)
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Devoir
Linguascope - Beginners - L'Alimentation- Le Petit Déjeuner
Quizlet - Le Petit Déjeuner
Picture talk - compare le petit déjeuner en France et en Nouvelle-Zélande
Education Perfect - Beginners Unit 6.7A MANGER
Education Perfect - Beginners Unit 6.7B BOIRE
Quizlet - manger - boire - learn, then play Quizlet Live
Video - Un peu de culture #9 Les Repas (1.38-3.08 le petit déj, 3.09-4.30 le déj, 4.31-6.15 le dîner) Listen and take bullet point notes. Discuss in pairs and as a class.
Video - Un peu de culture #5 Le jambon-beurre
Reading - Antoine mange à la cantine
Education Perfect - Beginner 4.2 Food
Education Perfect - Beginner Authentic Video Unit - Food and Drink
Tricolore 1 p110-111 - Un repas typique (Running Dictation)
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Padlet - Create an informative class presentation of a typical day's meals with visuals and voice commentary.
Writing - Un dîner fantastique pour la Fête des Pères.
Dimanche c'est la Fête des Pères et je vais préparer un dîner fantastique pour mon père. D'abord je vais ...
Write the next sentence on mini whiteboards to continue the story. Vote as a group for the best sentence and then copy that into your exercise book. Continue until the story is written.
Mini tableaux - finis les phrases.
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Linguascope - Beginners - L'Alimentation - Les Snacks
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Tricolore 1 p116 Tu aimes ça? - Je n'aime pas ça. Réponds à la lettre de Lucas.
Lis + vocabulaire - Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger et boire? (Diffit - extension)
Table etiquette Group 1 / French To Go 2 p14 A table en France Group 2 - 2 minutes to find out what to do and what not to do at the meal table in France. Share findings.
Quizlet -Conversation à table.
Studio 2 p73 A table tout le monde! - Translate / Write Ex 5-7
Tricolore 1 p117 Ex 4 A Table! Jeu de rôle
Jeu de rôle - écris une conversation à table avec une famille d'accueil (host family). Joue la scène. OU
Écris une histoire en groupes - Finis les phrases. Écris sur Padlet
READING COMPREHENSION