Core French Oral Literacy Walkabout

Equipment list

  • Laminated images from various categories (food, sports, etc)

Explanation

Key learning area: oral practicing structures

Duration: 20 minutes

Enduring understanding/deep learnings:

● Making connections to classmates’ preferences.

● You can adapt this activity to any structure you are practicing.

● If doing this outside, make sure you have laminated images and plenty to choose from.

* Please note that this lesson plan has been aligned with the ANL.

*Teacher tip: Be aware that if the students have too long to do this activity, they will transfer to speaking in English.

Task 1: Turn and Talk

Students, in pairs, will select a minimum of 3 images that are scattered around the field. They must ask and answer whether they like the object in the image. “Aimes-tu l’ananas?” etc. (Duration 6 minutes)

Variation / Progression:

Task 2: Discussion

Ask students to pair up with a different person and share their findings. The expected responses may include:

« J’aime l’ananas, mais Amanda ne l’aime pas. »

*Teacher tip: Only give groups two or three minutes to discuss their key messages.

Laminated images of a variety of foods

ASK ID 2024-11-01-001-E

Grade 3 - 4, Grade 5 - 6, Grade 7 - 8, Grade 9 - 10, Grade 11 - 12Gasta DesignCore / Integrated French