French verbs - French basics - 3 lesson plans bundle

EYFS/KS1/KS2 (Years 3/4) Group speaking lesson plans for teaching how to ask ‘What are you doing?’ in French and how to reply with ‘I am…ing’ for eight verbs.

These activities are for children who are learning French for the first time. The lessons are also extremely active and very fun!

This package is the seventh topic in a ten part series of resources called ‘A Year of French Fun’, designed to last an academic year but it can also be used on its own.

Students can also enjoy a fun video with the vocabulary from the topic being modeled by Tonton the Tortoise!
I have provided the script of the video too.

The language covered is…
What are you doing?
I am going out
I am drinking
I am eating
I am dancing
I am singing
I am swimming
I am speaking
I am playing

There are three lessons plans in this package and it is recommended that you use one per week.
The activities are very short and easy to set up, this is to enable you to drip feed French into your weekly routine when you find the time.

The first lesson plan uses a puppet or a language toy to introduce the question and verbs to the children. Children will engage with the puppet and play a game of charades one by one in front of the class.

I have added black and white versions of the actions cards to be used as a colouring extension activity.

The second lesson is a game for children to play in pairs. It tests their listening and speaking skills as they work together to guess what the other one is doing.

The third lesson is a straight forward game of ‘Pairs’ which can be played in twos or fours.

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