UMF Unit-Wide Lesson Plan Template

Name: Jacqueline GB Program: WL Education K-12 Course: EDU

480
Lesson Topic / Title: TWS Unité 3 Leçon 1

Lesson Date: February 25 Lesson Length: 80 minutes Grade/Age: 9-10

2020

Learning Objectives & Content Standard Alignment - Selects, creates, and sequences
learning experiences and performance tasks that support learners in reaching rigorous
curriculum goals based on content standards.
Learning Objective(s) Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Objectif: Since conjugating être is one of the

I can conjugate être in the present tense ‘bases’ of speaking French, I have
decided to make my first objective
Objectif: for the unit the ability to conjugate
I can tell time in French être.

Objectif: I have also included participation as

I can be an active participant in class
an objective as I have noticed many
students going on devices during
courses/not listening to teacher.
Having this as a clear objective can
help students to gain self-awareness
and think more critically about their
own behavior.

Content Standard(s) Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

These are two of the standards used

MDL.ICM.RDG.01 - Is skilled at understanding
sentences within simple texts related to everyday life.
MDL.ICM.LIS.01 - Is skilled at understanding the
main
topic of what is being said or asked.
at ELHS for all world language
courses. These two will be relevant
in the lesson as students will
comprehend spoken and written
French.

Assessment - Uses assessment flexibly to expand and deepen understanding of learner

performance and determines best supports for continued learner growth.
Assessment Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Quizziz – quizziz is an online tool where students can All assessment used in this lesson
compete against one another in real time. The quiz
that will be used for this lesson will be over the verb
être.
Exit Ticket – être conjugation and self-assessment of
participation
will be informal and formative
assessment used to measure students
ability to meet the standard of the
day.

Instructional Materials and Resources - Stays current in content knowledge and expands
expertise in reviewing instructional materials from the perspectives of both the discipline and
individual learner needs.
Materials, Resources, and / or Technology Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Computer Both handouts and technology will

Whiteboard be used during lesson to
Pens/Pencils differentiate instruction and keep
Guided Notes students engaged in learning.
Exit Ticket

Instructional Methods: Selects, creates, and sequences learning experiences and performance
tasks by using a variety of instructional approaches, strategies, and technologies that make
learning accessible to all learners and support learners in reaching rigorous curriculum goals.
Teaching and Learning Sequence Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Bonjour Routine (avec peluche?) 5 minutes  In this lesson I will be using a large
Comment ça va ? variety of instructional strategies. I
Chanson will have students moving
Allégeance (kinesthetic intelligence) during
Quelle est la date ? ‘levez-vous si’ and during the
Quel temps fait-il ? stretch break.
Qu’est-ce que c’est ?
The placemats I will be introducing
Go over objectives 1 minute will help all students to feel more
comfortable speaking French. It may
Introduce Placemats (switch to English). 5 minutes also help tactile learners as they will
I found these really great ‘placemats’ during break have a physical document to
that I want to use with you all. They provide you a lot reference during teaching.
of useful phrases so that you can still communicate in
French. Let’s practice using them. Guided notes are being used to help
students stay on task during note
Levez-vous si… 5-7 minutes taking.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QyrM-
A3vN2- A song is being introduced (musical
Vr_1qaSEw2gNNytuBPXi5jpRzmIFwwvE/edit#slide intelligence) to help students
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Si- if
Pendant – during Quizziz is an interactive website that
 will put students at the forefront of
Guided notes – être 15 minutes their learning and get them engaged
Aujourd’hui, quel est (what is) notre premier in the material.
objectif ?
Être : to be
Je suis I am
Tu es You are
Il est He is
Elle est She is
On est We are
Nous sommes We are
Vous êtes You (Pl./formal) You are (y’all are)
Ils sont They are (masculine)
Elles sont They are (ALL WOMEN)

Il est _____ time

Chanson 5 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=_9_QC29JReE
Ok, nous allons écouter une chanson. Pour mémoriser
le verbe être. La chanson est bizarre, mais effective.

Stretch break 5 minutes

Etre and Time Practice

Sentences will be broken into their words and I will
call out a sentence in English. Students with that part
of the sentence in French will come to the front to
form a sentence.

If time allows, whiteboard practice for times.

Handout exit ticket and give time 5 minutes

Meeting students’ needs (differentiation, extensions, Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

modifications, accommodations)

Guided notes Certain students in French 1 have

Placemats difficulty paying attention in class,
Levez-vous si so I have created guided notes for
Stretch break the lesson in the hopes that it helps
Quizziz them to stay on task.

I have decided to incorporate

placemats for the same reason. This
may help students to stay speaking
 in French.

Levez-vous si and stretch break are

parts of class that will allow students
to move around. Levez-vous si is a
TPR that will ask students to stand
up if they have done something
during vacation.

Field Courses Only – Post lesson

Reflection

5 students met the standard

5 students partially met the standard
1 student did not meet the standard

3 students were absent.

Based on this data, it is clear to me that I will need to continue practicing the content given
today. I have planned to do a review quizziz on day 2 so that students can review the content
and use their guided notes. One problem that I face when grading students’ French level is
spelling. Spelling is challenging for students and arguably, is not the most important aspect of
language learning. However, I found myself giving partially meets to students who left out
letters in words.

Teaching Standards and Rationale

Overall, my first TWS lesson went well, and students responded positively to the guided
notes and clear explanation of objectives.

Standard #7 Planning for Instruction

7(q): Believes that plans must always be open to adjustment and revision based on learner
needs and changing circumstances.
My first lesson also presented its own challenges. My original plan was to use technology
(like quizziz) to review material right after the guided notes, but the morning of my lesson I
received an email from the school informing me that the district’s internet was not working. I
had to re-invent my lesson plan the morning of, without technology, so that I could still get
across my content.
Standard #2 Learning Differences
2(g): Understands and identifies differences in approaches to learning and performance and
knows how to design instruction that uses each student’s strengths to promote growth.
Before beginning my teacher work sample, I handed out a student interest survey to all
students that asked various questions related to their interests and preferred learning methods.
I noted that many students found note-taking to be effective, so I developed my own guided
notes to use throughout the unit to help students have a clear, organized way to access
content.

Standard #4 Content Knowledge

4(l): Knows and uses the academic language of the discipline and knows how to make it
accessible to learners.
When teaching students about grammar, certain vocabulary related to linguistics/speech are
necessary but can seem convoluted from a student perspective. I used my guided notes to
help bridge this gap, and gave students real-life examples of sentences that demonstrated the
different uses of the verb “etre”. I remember from my own learning that trying to understand
the meaning of “to be” was difficult at first. This is why I chose to introduce the meaning of
the verb and its conjugations at the same time.