Le message du jour (The Message of the Day)

New Brunswick Curriculum Outcomes

Oral Communication:
Participate in classroom routines conducted in French using phrases and expressions that are
useful in many different situations (e.g., asking for repetition, clarification, position,
direction)
Relate personal experiences with some understanding of the present, past and future, and
express feelings
Reading and Viewing:
Regard reading/viewing as sources of interest, enjoyment and information
Use, with support, a combination of cues (semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic) and a variety
of strategies to construct meaning from text
Identify the main ideas and some supporting details in texts containing familiar and some
unfamiliar vocabulary
Read orally demonstrating correct sound/symbol relationships, and good intonation and
appropriate phrasing reflecting an overall comprehension of the text
Content to be taught
Students will strengthen their French oral skills, as well as their French vocabulary by reading
the daily message.
Prior knowledge
The majority of the students will be able to recognize some vocabulary and sounds that have
been previously taught. They will also know the current date used (ex: Le mardi 4 novembre,
2014). The majority of the students will also have prior knowledge on seasons and current
temperature.
Materials
- 23 handouts of Le message du jour.
- The SmartBoard, as well as the activity saved as a notebook on the SmartBoard.
- Students will need their own blue, green, black, and red markers.
Teacher preparation
The teacher must have Le message du jour already posted in the SmartBoard notebook
activity.
Print the handouts (23).

Student and Teacher procedures

Total time: Student
50 minutes

Teacher

7 minutes

Set a timer and tell the students (this

will help keep them on track)

Engagement/Opening:
Students will say yesterdays date.
Another student, chosen at random form
clothing pin bin, will say todays date.
Another student will say tomorrows date.
Another student will write todays date on the
board.
(We wont cover wind and temperature)
A student will show and say the season.

Demonstrate yesterdays date (in

French) using the calendar, then today
and tomorrows date.
Ex: Aujourdhui cest mardi le 4
novembre, 2014
Pick name from bin at random.
Help students complete their sentences
if needed.

1 minute

Students will place their sheet in their duo tang.

Handout Le message du jour

3 minutes

Students listen.

Read the message aloud.

5 minutes

All students repeat the sentences after the T.

Read one sentence at a time.

8 minutes

Point out any words/expressions they dont

understand.
Underline these words in their handouts.
Listen to explanations/translations. Make notes.

Ask if there are any new

words/vocabulary they dont
understand.
Underline these words/expressions.
Explain these words, sometimes by
translating in English if needed. Make
sure you ask if they understand before
moving on.

5 minutes

Repeat the sentence aloud and then translate the Read one sentence at a time.
sentence aloud (whole class participation).
Afterwards, explain the message in
English.

3 minutes

Have two students read the entire message

aloud.

Pick two students who havent read in

the past few days.

3 minutes

Participate/answer particular questions

(in French)

Discussion: Ask the students questions

related to the message.
Help students if needed.

6 minutes

One student at a time will circle in green on the

chart paper the sound of the week in the
message.

Choose a random student to find the

sound of the week.
Help if needed.

Sound: En, an, em, an.

Ask students to repeat.
Ex:
Voici le son de la semaine dans le mot ______. *Students may refer to wall of sounds.
Trouvez le son de la semaine dans le message.
Continue with other students until most have
been found.
Others will circle the words in their handout.
6 minutes

One student at a time will circle in yellow on

Help if needed.
the board the articles in the message. (le, la, les, Ask students to repeat.
des, du, nos, vos)
*Students may refer to the articles
Continue with other students until most have
handout.
been found.
Others will circle the words in their handouts

5 minutes

One student at a time will circle in blue the

adjectives and adverbs on the board.

Help if needed.
Ask students to repeat.

Continue with other students until most have

been found.
Others will circle the words in their handouts.
2 minutes

Identify/circle the numbers in the message.

Help if needed.
Ask students to repeat.

Before continuing with this section of the lesson, add a brain/body break. Ideas are on the yellow
cards.

This lesson can technically end here, however it leads into:

4 minutes

One student at a time will write a number on the Teacher will after say the number
chart (between the numbers of the week). Quel aloud.
est le numero violet?
All students repeat the number.
Another student will come up to the chart and
respond Le numero violet est # and then
writes another number. This continues.

4 minutes

The chores:
One student will ask and another will answer.
Ex: Qui est le cabousse?
Le cabousse est

Help if needed.
*Students may refer to backpack chart
on wall with the designated chores.

Qui est le chef du ligne, le distributeur, le

coureur?
4 minutes

Using the schedule on the wall, one student will Help if needed.
place the red arrow in front of a class; another
student will say what time this class starts or
ends.
Fait une phrase complete.
Continue a few times.