Rachel MacKenzie

EDUC 480 - Mini-Lesson 2

Date: July 14, 2015

Target Student Group: Grade 2 core French class

Title of Lesson: Les Pompiers!

PLOs: (Connection to IRPadapted from Grade 5 Core French)

- identify specific information from French- language resources to complete authentic tasks

- respond to creative works from the Francophone world

Lesson Objectives:
Assessment:
Students will

Feel capable of communicating in French (via

Participation

their comprehension of spoken language with

Checklist developed for unit plan

the support of visual cues)

Beginning, Middle and End comic strip

Gain exposure to spoken French

Enjoy the experience of learning a new language

Student Understandings:

I will be able to...

Understand the main idea of a story told in

French

Be able to express the beginning, middle and

end of a story
Activities:
Hook:
Remember when we read the Fire Station book by Robert Munsch?

Who can remind me what it was about?

Today we are going to read the same book but this time it is written in
French

Can anyone think of a word that is going to be really important that

we know what it is to understand this story? (picture walk)

For the following words.show picture and explain what it isask

someone to use it in a sentence

Pompier, camion de pompiers, demander, sale (actions for 1, 3 and 4)

Materials/Resources:
Les Pompiers book

Key vocabulary words and

pictures

Comic strip worksheets

Presentation of Lesson Information:

I think we are now ready to read our story!

Every time we hear the word (pompier, sale, demander) show me the
action that will remind us what it means

Read through story.stop often and check for understanding.are

students using actionsretell what has happened so far.what do
you think will happen next?

Guided Practice:
In partners, draw out what happened at the beginning, middle and
end of the story using comic strip worksheet

Extensions:

Retell using key vocabulary words instead of pictures

Act out the story

Write what you think will happen when Michael and Sheila visit the police oce
Adaptations:

Follow along with English story (read side by side)

Shorten the story (summarize while reading out loud)