This lesson teaches you how to use French vocabulary words when visiting with friends at an event or a party.
Vocabulary used in this episode:
- I’m ________ years old. / J’ai ________ ans.
- I’m from ________ . / Je viens de ________ .
- All is well that ends well. Tout est bien qui finit bien. head la tête
- shoulder / l’épaule (f)
- knee / le genou
- foot / le pied
- mouse / la souris
Lesson 10 - Celebrating with Friends
Objectives
- To review vocabulary learned throughout the previous nine lessons
- To hear the story “The Lion and the Mouse”
- To learn two songs: “Frère Jacques” and “Tête-Epaules-Genoux et Pieds
Information for the Teacher
In France, when you introduce a person to another you say: “Paul, je te présente Pierre” (Paul, this is Pierre). Both people then shake hands and say: “Enchanté” (Pleased to meet you).
Before Viewing the Video Lesson
Tell the students that this is the last program in the Next Step French series. Review with them the things they have learned this year.
Description of the Video Lesson
Jeremy, a nine-year-old French boy is visiting Mme. Dubois who introduces him to the other children. They ask him how old he is and where he is from. Two more children drop by. They decide to play a game. They blindfold students who, through asking questions, have to guess who is in front of them.
Video Clips
Review adjectives, Houses, Animals, Prepositions
Mme. Dubois tells them the story of “The Lion and the Mouse.” One day, in the forest, a lion catches a little mouse. The petrified rodent manages to persuade the lion to let her go. Some time later, the mouse finds the lion caught in a trap. He begs the mouse to help him out. The mouse remembers how the lion let her go instead of eating her and, with her little teeth, frees the lion from the net. All is well that ends well.
Video Clips
Open/Close, Soccer, Weather
Song
Mon chat (My cat)
Mme. Dubois and children decide to sing “Frère Jacques” and “Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds (head, shoulders, knees and toes.)”
| Video Clips | Fish, Professions | |
| Song | Nous allons au Zoo | |
| il fait beau | c’est nuageux il pleut | il fait orage |
| il neige | le triangle le carré | le cercle |
Follow-up Activities
- Use the Next Step French Again video lesson to review the emphasized vocabulary and conversations.
- Who had a birthday party in the program? What kind of party was it? Review the words related to a birthday party. Joyeux Anniversaire is Happy Birthday in French.
- Discuss in French the words related to sports by using different types of balls. Refer back to the graph made before viewing the program and change the sports names to French names for those sports.
- After these follow-up activities, let students view the video lesson again so they can respond and practice with the children on the lesson.
Supplemental Activities
- In PE play the different sports learned in the program. Ask the PE teacher to explain the differences in sports in the United States and in other countries of the world.
- Invite a high school soccer coach to your class to explain the popularity of soccer through out the world. Ask them to talk about some of the players who are known the world over. Why would soccer be so popular in other countries and just growing in popularity here?
- In music sing the Happy Birthday song as it is done in French-speaking countries. Listen to French music and talk about the rhythm and the types of instruments used.
- Have a party to celebrate learning French. Have French foods from different countries as part of the celebration, sing French songs and afterwards, play a game of soccer.
Remember to review the vocabulary words as much as possible in class during the rest of the year. Encourage the students to use the language. Give them many different opportunities to experience the language even after you have finished viewing the lessons in Next Step en Français.
