Rooms of the House

Lesson 1

1.    Mime actions of the Rooms

Recognize the rooms

9 rooms

“Chez moi”

Listening skills

Flashcards of rooms

2.     Natural Approach questions

Recognize the rooms

9 rooms

“Chez moi”

Flashcards of rooms

3.     Paintings of Rooms

Identify the rooms

9 rooms

“Chez” + name

Social Studies
Art

Fine Art of the cultures

Paintings from Francophone Artists

4.     Sounds of the Rooms

Recall the rooms

9 rooms

“Voici”

Thinking skills

Tape of sounds

5.     Labeling the rooms of the house

Sight read the rooms

9 rooms

“Qu’est-ce que c’est”

Sight reading

Typical French floor plan

Floor plan

Assessment: Students identify orally the rooms of the house

Recall the rooms

9 rooms

“Qu’est-ce que c’est”

Flashcards
Checklist

Activities

Functional
Language

Vocabulary

Grammar Structures

Content

Culture

Materials

Furniture

Lesson 2

1.    Review Rooms of House

Identify the rooms

9 rooms

“Qu’est-ce que c’est”

Typical French rooms

Flashcards of rooms

2.     Natural Approach questions

Recognize the furniture

Furniture

“un, une, des”

Categorizing

Doll furniture or flashcards

3.     Comparing French and American bathrooms

Recognize furniture and rooms

Furniture and rooms

“Il y a...”

Bathrooms in France

Photos of French and American bathrooms

4.     Moving In: Furnishing Rooms

Recognizing commands, vocabulary

Furniture and rooms

Commands and prepositions of location

Following Logical Directions

French furnishings

Albert the Alligator’s house and furniture

5.     Mystery Box

Identify furniture

Furniture

“Qu’est-ce que c’est?”

Thinking Skills

Doll furniture, Mystery box

6.     Reading Room Descriptions

Reading Strategies

Furniture, rooms, colors, descriptive words

“Il y a...”

Reading Strategies

Typical French rooms

Reading strategies, Word bank
Descriptions

7.     Pair Activity: Furnish a Home

Identifying vocabulary

Rooms and Furniture

“Il y a...”

Interpersonal skills, asking clarifying questions

Pair Activity: 2 empty homes

8.     Illustrated Dictation

Sound and symbol relationship

Furniture and rooms

“Il y a”, prepositions of location

Listening skills

The French “Dictée” 

Illustration and dictation script

9.     Label furniture by copying

Sight reading

Furniture

Sight reading

Furniture copying quiz

Assessment: Identify furniture orally.

Identify furniture

Furniture

“Il y a”

Checklist

Activities

Functional
Language

Vocabulary

Grammar Structures

Content

Culture

Materials

“Il y a un alligator” story

Lesson 3

1.      Where is Albert?

Identifying location

Rooms and furniture

“Où est Albert ?”

French Houses

Albert’s house and furniture

2.      Anticipation guide: What makes you afraid

Expressing fears

Fears

“J’ai peur...”

Common fears

Expressing fears the French way

Anticipation guide and post-it notes

3.      Graphing Fears

Expressing fears

Fears

“J’ai peur...”

Common fears, Graphing

Anticipation guide and post-it notes

4.      Tell the story with illustrations

Receptive

House, rooms, story vocabulary

“Il y a...”

Listening strategies

Story Flashcards, Listening strategies

5.      Retell the Story as Students do actions

Receptive

House, rooms, story vocabulary

“Il y a...”

Listening strategies

6.      Students sequence the Flashcards and match to sentence strips

Sight reading

House

“Il y a...”

Reading strategies, sequencing

Story Flashcards, sentence strips

Assessment: Students match pictures from the story with their descriptions

Receptive

Story vocabulary

Reading Strategies

Quiz

Activities

Functional
Language

Vocabulary

Grammar Structures

Content

Culture

Materials

Post Reading Activities

Lesson 4

1.     Reading Action Chain

Reading Strategies, Sight reading

“Quand”, commands, story vocabulary

Commands

Reading Strategies, Sequencing

Script, Props, Reading Action cards

2.     Character Map

Story vocabulary

“Il y a...”

Character development

Character map graphic organizer

3.     Retell the story with errors

Receptive

Story vocabulary

“Il y a...”

Thinking Skills

Story pictures

4.     True/False sentences

Presentational

True False Story vocabulary

“Il y a...”

Note cards

5.     Write a note to another teacher warning them about a monster

Presentational

Fears

“Il y a...”

Written communication

Expressing fears the French way

Butcher paper markers, crayons, model

Final Assessment: Students write and original story based on scaffold.

Written expression

All previous

“Il y a...”, Agreement

Story structure

Story scaffold

Outcomes (Language content, culture)

Students will describe a home in French including the furniture and the rooms.

Final Evaluation

Original Story based on Story Scaffold.