Comment ca va? How are you? in French - 3 lesson plan bundle

EYFS/KS1/KS2 (Years 3/4) Group speaking lesson plans for teaching the question ‘How are you?’ in French and various simple responses, for children who are learning French for the first time. The lessons are also extremely active and very fun!

This is Topic 2 in a series of ten lessons called ‘A Year of French Fun’, designed to follow on one from the other, but this package can also be used on its own.

There are three lesson plans and it is recommended that you use one a week. They also contain extension activity ideas if you find the time to do more.

The lessons are extremely simple and humourous and also very short, so you will be able to drip feed French throughout your week whilst keeping the children engaged.

There is also a short video for the children to watch which will help them with their listening and pronunciation.

The first two lesson plans practise asking ‘How are you?’ and three responses…
I am good
I am not good
I am great!

The third lesson focuses on eight more detailed responses…
I am tired
I am happy
I am sad
I am shy
I am ill
I am angry
I am excited
I am bored

All three of the lessons use only the vocabulary above. You will find lots of creative ideas to create funny and engaging conversations with your children so that they learn the vocabulary well and enjoy using it.

The first lesson focuses on the children asking puppets or toys how they are with the puppets modeling the responses.
I have supplied two sets of ‘comment ca va’ cards with the three different responses as a visual reference to aid comprehension during your conversations. Cut out the cards to use in the first and second lessons.
I have added the cards in black and white too for an opportunity to do a colouring extension activity if desired. The children could cut out and colour their own cards and talk about them with their classmates.

The second lesson is a chance for the children to practise the vocabulary in pairs during a hide and seek game. They use the ‘How is teddy feeling’ sheet to tick the correct box for how all the toys are feeling and then everyone comes back as a group to discuss what they have found.

The third lesson is in two parts and requires lots of sets of the ‘Je suis’ cards to be cut out so that the children can play a game of ‘Pairs’, either in pairs or groups of four.
Again I have added a black and white set of cards for a colouring extension activity. The children could prepare for the game of ‘Pairs’ by colouring and cutting out their own cards.

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