French 1 · Week 2 · Bonjour, c'est moi
Tu ou vous ?
Students compare "tu" and "vous" with English and Spanish and practice reading a situation to choose the respectful form for each person.
- Students will
- Students choose "tu" or "vous" and a matching greeting, "salut" or "bonjour madame" or "monsieur", for people in different situations.
- SEL skill
- Read a situation and choose words that show respect
- What it looks like
- Students read each situation and person to choose words that show respect.
- Content focus
- Formal and informal address ("tu" versus "vous", "salut" versus "bonjour madame")
- Format
- Role play
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people see things and what they expect, including people from different backgrounds. More social 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.CM7.N: Communication Standard 7, Language Comparisons in Service of Communication (Novice range)
- WL.CL1.N: Cultures Standard 1, Culturally Appropriate Interaction (Novice range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Language Comparisons, Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Novice
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More social awareness activities for French 1
- Le monde francophone Social awarenessStudents meet teens from Sénégal, Québec, Haïti, and Belgique and use "être de" to discover that French belongs to people on five continents.
- Portraits de la classe Social awarenessStudents describe a classmate with agreeing adjectives that name character strengths so every portrait is kind and accurate.
- Le lycée ailleurs Social awarenessStudents read schedules from a "lycée" in Lyon and a "lycée" in Dakar and imagine how a student there feels on a long school day.
- Ma famille, mes familles Social awarenessStudents describe an imagined or chosen family, or the people who support them if they choose, and learn that families in the Francophone world and in California take many shapes.
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