Dynamo 1, Unit 4.1 - Décris-moi ta famille

A lesson on family members based on Dynamo 1, Module 4, Unit 1. Each task includes an extension to cater for the more able students.

STARTER: students decide if the adjectives provided are masculine or feminine. This is an important recall task to check previous learning. An extension task is provided (translating the adjectives into English).

GRAMMAR POINT: explanation of adjectival agreement.

MINI-PLENARY: assessment for learning opportunity to check for understanding and gauge how confident students are with the topic so far.

LANGUAGE INPUT + TASK 1: introduction of family members. Students look at the photo and translate the word for each family member into English (example: ma mère = my mother).

MINI-PLENARY: assessment for learning opportunity. This is particularly helpful for the teacher as it gives an insight into how difficult students found the language and grammar introduced up to this point.

TASK 2: listening task linked to outcome of the mini-plenary. Students complete a different number of question depending on the level they chose. A transcript is provided for teacher without access to Pearson Active Learn.

MINI-PLENARY: assessment for learning opportunity. This is particularly helpful for the teacher as it gives an insight into how difficult students found the language and grammar introduced up to this point.

TASK 3: writing task linked to outcome of the mini-plenary. Students complete a different task based on their level of confidence.

PLENARY: final opportunity to assess learning within the lesson.