Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French

Display the Presentation: Identifying what is in a sentence.

Slide 1 shows this sentence:

Henri porte la chemise bleue et mange un énorme croissant.

Henry wears/is wearing the blue shirt and is eating an enormous croissant.

Ask the children to translate it. They should know all the words.

Go through as many of the following slides as you feel appropriate in the time, asking the class to consider the question first and then select children to answer:

• Ask the children to identify the nouns. Slide 2 shows the nouns highlighted (Henri, chemise, croissant). You may want to encourage the children to recall that nouns are either masculine or feminine.
• Ask the children to identify the verbs. Slide 3 shows the verbs highlighted (porte, mange).
• Ask the children to identify the adjectives. Slide 4 shows the adjectives highlighted (bleue, énorme). You may want to ask the children questions about adjectives to get them to recall that adjectives of colour go after the noun and adjectives of size go before the noun and adjectives must 'agree' with the noun for number and gender.
• Ask the children to identify the connectives. Slide 5 shows the connective highlighted (et).
• Ask the children to identify the indirect article. Slide 6 shows the indirect article highlighted (un). You might want to ask whether this is masculine or feminine (it is masculine), and why (croissant is masculine), and what the feminine form would be (une).
• Ask the children to identify the direct article. Slide 7 shows the direct article highlighted (la). You might want to ask whether this is masculine or feminine (it is feminine), and why (chemise is feminine) and what the masculine form would be (le).