MODIFIED World Language Lesson Plan

Language Level: French Novice

Performance
Target:
Central Focus: Holidays Cross-Culturally

Date: 10/24/16

Pre-Assessment
Data:
What are the
communicative
and cultural
objectives for the
lesson? Identify
where they occur.
If applicable,
indicate how the
other Cs will be
part of your
lesson.

Communication
and
Culture

Standards
Which modes of
communication? Where
or how met?
Interpersonal

Intercultural Competencies

Products

Interpretive

Practices

Presentational

Perspectives

Connections
Comparisons

Comparing Easter traditions in the United States and

France

Communities
Lesson Objectives (observable and measureable):

SWBAT:
Identify French Easter traditions
Compare those traditions to traditions in the United States
North Carolina World Language Essential Standards
1) NL.CMT.1.1 Use the language to engage in interpersonal communication. U
se
single words and simple, memorized phrases to carry out simple interactions with
people from the target culture or with communities of learners of the same target
language.
2) NL.CMT.4.2 Compare the students culture and the target culture. Use simple,
appropriate gestures, body language, and cultural practices.

Materials needed
Technology that can access PearDeck
Teacher will:
Warm Up - Setting the Stage
You should review previously-learned
material or activate student schemata to

Write out the task and what students will be

doing:
Students will discuss traditions for Easter in
the United States along with their own

http://lmp.ucla.edu

Time
5 min

anticipate new material through a short,

meaningful task that students can
complete on their own.

practices that may or may not take place in

their own families.
Setting the state question: Students will list
holidays that we celebrate in the United
States and we will talk about why those
Holidays would or would not be celebrated in
the French community.
Teachers (Takira & Josh) will explain that
Easter is a holiday that is celebrated in both
the United States and France, which is why we
chose to present about it.
1) Do you celebrate Easter?
This is where students have the opportunity
to talk about holidays they celebrate other
than Easter. We want all students to feel
included and this is why we started with this
question.

Teaching Stage
You should use input strategies to teach
and model new material in the target
language. Present with lots of visuals
and comprehensible and compelling
input.

For those who dont celebrate Easter, we can

explain its origin and what the celebration
looks like.
2) What does Easter look like in your
family/community?
3) What does Easter mean to you and
your family?
4) In your own words, what is the
purpose of Easter? Did the original
meaning of Easter get lost?
5) What do you think is different about
how Easter is celebrated in France?
Teacher will give a presentation about various
traditions for Easter in France, including food
and other practices.

Adapted from http://lmp.ucla.edu and ACTFL Keys to Learning App (2013)

4min

Guided Practice

You are helping the students practice

what they just learned: play an audio or
video clip, a game, ask questions, quick
question/answer activities, etc.

Teacher will pronounce vocabulary words and

students will repeat them.
(4 words)

3min

1) Bells
2) Eggs
3) April Fish

Independent Practice
Students generate the language orally or
in writing on their own; teacher
circulates to monitor but is a facilitator
at this point.

Evaluation/Assessment
Design a short task where students
show evidence of what they have
learned; this task should show you
whether or not your learning objectives
were met by students

Students will match vocabulary words to

picture.
NEW: Students will participate in an activity
which will be determined with Takira & Josh
meet on Wednesday after doing reserach on
other cultural aspects that students can learn
about in France. This is mostly because we
ended up having extra time.*
Students will take a mini-quiz (multiple
choice) based on the learning objectives to
test their knowledge of newly learned
material.

Closure

Teacher will let students know how this lesson

Close the lesson with a quick review

task, exit pass, game, etc.

relates to what we will be doing next time.

Exit pass is that students must say Joyeuse
Pques.
What did you learn today? Are there any
questions?

Adapted from http://lmp.ucla.edu and ACTFL Keys to Learning App (2013)

5min

2 min