La vie quotidienne ici et ailleurs : extended speaking and writing
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can compare daily life in different countries in speaking and writing, using prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'Moi', 'toi', 'lui', 'elle', 'eux', and 'elles' mean 'me', 'you', 'him', 'her', and 'them' as emphatic pronouns.
- Emphatic pronouns can also be used after a comparative, e.g. 'il est plus sérieux que toi'.
- Planning a speaking task answer carefully, pre-rehearsal and immediate repetition of the task improve performance.
Keywords
Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Emphatic pronoun - a word used to emphasise a person, or when the pronoun stands alone
Common misconception
'Elle' only means 'she' and 'elles' only means 'they', when naming a group of girls or women.
When used as emphatic pronouns, 'elle' means 'her' and 'elles' means 'them'.
Teacher tip
Cycle 2 focuses on the cities of Plymouth, UK and Brest, France. Teachers using this resource will most likely wish to adapt the material in this cycle to better suit their own setting.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pen, if available, would be useful.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words are adverbs?
Q2.Match the tense, mood with the French sentence.
Je vais souvent en ville.
Je suis allé(e) en ville.
J'allais en ville.
Je voudrais aller en ville.
Je vais aller en ville.
Q3.The imperfect tense stem for most verbs is formed by ...
Q4.Which verb does not use the 'nous' for in the present tense to create its imperfect tense stem?
Q5.Which is the missing word in this sentence? 'Quand j'étais petit(e), je le ménage pour aider mon père.'
Q6.Put the words in order to make this sentence: We used to eat lunch at school in the past.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which pronoun is never an emphatic pronoun?
Q2.What do 'elle' and 'elles' mean in this sentence? 'Elle sort souvent avec ses amies et va en ville avec elles.'
Q3.Match the English and French emphatic pronouns.
me
you
him
her
them (m)
them (f)
Q4.Which emphatic pronoun is missing here? 'Mes frères sont négatifs. Je suis plus positif qu' .
Q5.Which emphatic pronoun is missing here? 'Ma sœur est malade mais je suis plus malade qu' .
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