8/10/08
6ieme
1 Hour
English in French
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- Not tense
- Calm
- Students can sense that there is a new person in the room (me)
ACTIVITIES AND NOTES
1) Ask me questions that you would ask a new friend (which they had just learned last week
a. Phone #
b. Address
c. Name
d. Age
e. Where I came from
2) Listening activity in workbook
a. Simple 3 person conversation about a new girl in school
b. Very much like how I learned French in the states
3) Listen and repeat the same conversation
a. Students seem very interested in what is being said
4) Translate the same conversation
5) Explain what was said in the conversation
6) Talk about where it takes place, words they don’t know, and words they do know
FIANL NOTES
The students worked on the same conversation for the entire class. They seemed to loose interest about half way through. Keep your activities moving when you start to teach. Also it was very much like a French class at home, but just in the reverse.