Lesson 1: French greetings
Learning the formal and informal greetings for hello and goodbye and how to make introductions, giving names. Practising these greetings with the help of finger puppets.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Enter the classroom as a French speaker and greet some of the children individually by:
- Shaking their hands and saying, bonjour ! (hello!).
- Waving, saying, salut ! (hi!).
Repeat several times, so the children know which action to respond with. Give lots of praise to those that speak up and have a go, even if they don't get it quite right.
Then say to the class, bonjour ! with a mimed handshake, and salut ! with a wave.
Do a rapid-fire mix of bonjour ! and salut ! with children showing the right gesture.
Ask a confident child to come up and be the teacher (le maître or le professeur (male teacher), la maîtresse or la professeure (female teacher - see Teacher knowledge).
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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.
Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppets, playground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.
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