French 1 · Week 14 · Ma vie au lycée
Plus difficile que ça en a l'air
Students predict in French how long they can hold their arms out, test it, and compare: "c'est plus difficile que ça en a l'air".
- Students will
- Students use numbers, "secondes", minutes, and "je peux" to predict and report how long they can hold a position, and compare with plus "___ que ça en" a l'air.
- SEL skill
- Compare a prediction about yourself with real evidence and say honestly when something is hard
- What it looks like
- Students compare what they expected with what their body told them and practice saying honestly when something is hard.
- Content focus
- Numbers for time, "je peux", and plus "___ que ça en" a l'air
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM2.N: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Novice range)
- WL.CM6.N: Communication Standard 6, Productive Structures in Service of Communication (Novice range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Presentational Communication
- Proficiency range: Novice
More self-awareness activities for French 1
- Bonjour, c'est moi ! Self-awarenessStudents greet classmates and introduce themselves with "je m'appelle" plus one word that describes how they arrive in class today.
- Ça va ? Self-awarenessStudents go beyond "ça va bien" by naming their real feelings in French and learn that every honest answer is welcome.
- Je suis, tu es Self-awarenessStudents use "être" to describe the many identities they hold at once, "je suis élève", "je suis artiste", "je suis californien".
- J'ai, tu as Self-awarenessUsing "avoir", students list things they have that money cannot buy, like "j'ai une bonne amie" or "j'ai un talent".
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