Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: French greetings
Learning and practising simple French greetings using 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 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 as a class, say 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 (masculine), la maîtresse or la professeure (feminine).
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
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