French Greetings and Introductions Lesson Plan

1. Préliminaire I

2. Essential Question • Whatvocabulary and grammar do the studentsneed in order for them to communicate about content?

3. Content Objective • Studentswillbe able to greet and use polite expressions as well as ask and answer questions.

4. Greetings • If youfoundyourself in the middle of Paris, how wouldyousay hi to someone?

5. Greetings • You could use the expressions: • Bonjour! (meaningliterally « good day ») • Salut! (the informal hello)

6. You foundsomeonespecial to say hi to. . . • You canadd to yourgreetingsdifferenttitles. • Bonjour Monsieur (mister) • Salut Madame (madam/ mrs) • Bonjour Madameoiselle(mrs, but to someone not yetmarried)

7. So, we’vegottenthroughsaying hi. . . • Theirnext question maybe: • Ça va? (how are you) • Comment ça va? (how are you) • Comment allez-vous? (how are you) • Quoi de neuf? (what’s new)

8. In order to answer, youneed to use the phrase • Je vais. . . . • Ça va • Or just an expression that shows how you are doing. ______________________________________________ • If youwant to say how someoneelseisdoing, use the expression « il va ______ » or « elle va ______ » • (heis or sheis)

9. Expressions that show how you are doing • Très bien (verywell) • Bien (well) • Pas mal (not bad) • Comme ci comme ça (not bad) • Mal (badly) • Très mal (verybadly)

10. So. . . Comment va-t-il?

11. Comment va-t-il?

12. Comment va-t-elle?

13. Comment va-t-elle?

14. Comment va-t-il?

15. Comment va-t-il?

16. Let’s put these to use Find a sheet of scrappaper, foldit in to columns. In the first column, write one way to ask how someoneisdoing and a greeting. On the other, listfrom one to 7. After and not before the signal, stand up and ask 7 people how they are doing and write (in french) theirresponses.

17. CULTURAL NOTE • Les bises • The French greet one another in many cases by placingone’scheeknext to anotherperson’scheek and making a kissingsound

18. Nowthatwe’vegreetedother people, let’stry to saygoodbye • There are severalways of sayinggoodbye: • Au revoir (untilweseeeachotheragain) • À bientôt (untilnext time (soon)) • À tout à l’heure (if you are going to see the person in a few hours) • À plus tard (if you are going to see the personlaterthatday) • Adieu (if youmayneversee the personagain) • Ciao (goodbye) • À demain (untiltomorrow)

19. Turn to the person to your right. Tell themgoodbye one way. • Then, turn to the person to yourleft. Tell themgoodbyeanotherway.

20. You cannowsay: • Hello • Ask how someoneisdoing • Say how you are doing • Say goodbye • BUT youhaven’tgotten the person’snameyet!!! How rude • (grossier is rude in French, for thosewho are curious)

21. Finding out a person’sname • How do youfind a person’sname in French? • Use: • Tu t’appelles comment? (whatisyourname) • Quel est ton nom? (whatisyourname, veryliteral) • Quel est ton prénom préférée? (whatisyourpreferedname, itsmostlyfound on applications and official documents) • Comment t’appelles-tu? (whatisyourname) • Comment vous appellez-vous? (whatisyour (respect) name)

22. Take a clocksheet • Whengiven the signal, eachpersonneeds to take the clocksheet and find a partner for eachnumber on it. • (youwill have a one o’clock, twoo’clockpartner, etc) • This must bedone by introducingyourselves to the othermembers of the class in french and writing one namenext to eachnumber. • If youdon’t have a partner for a number, go to the front of the room

23. HINT- You mightwant to writethis down • Numbersfrom one to twelve in French • Un(uh) • Deux (duh) • Trois (twa) • Quatre (cat ra) • Cinq (sank) • Six (seece) • Sept (set) • Huit (wheat) • Neuf (nerf) • Dix (deece) • Onze (oh z) • Douze (dooz)