French II - Travel Unit - Lesson 11 Rationale State Standards Learning Objectives Materials Direct Instruction (Modeling) To compose a story

using learned words and phrases related to travel. Communication 1.1, Cultures 2.1 Students will compose and dramatize a story about traveling. TPRS (Total Physical Response Storytelling) story guide 1) Write any new structures and key vocabulary on the board. 2) TPR review of known vocabulary. 3) Personalized Questions and Answers Have students help create the story by responding to foundation questions. In this story, is there a boy or a girl. Is his name Brad Pitt, Pierre, Justin Beiber? Is he going to visit France or Australia?. [Add in actors and props as appropriate.] As the story is being created, model the complete sentence Pierre va en France. and have students repeat the complete sentence. Checks for Understanding 4) Circling - Ask recognition (Yes/No, Either/Or) questions about actions in the story. Pierre va en France ou en Australie? Oui il va en France. Then, ask recall questions (Who ? What ? Why?) Pourquoi il va en France? Il va en France voir la Joconde. If students are able to easily answer the recall questions, they understand the story. If they have difficulty answering the recognition or recall questions, return to the modeling and repeating the complete sentences in the story.

Independent Practice

Have students write or draw as much of the story as they remember and practice telling it to a parent, sibling, friend, etc.

TPRS Story Guide Pierre va Paris!

Pierre adore lart. Son uvre dart prfr est la Joconde. Pierre prend le train Paris voir la Joconde. Pierre arrive La Gare du Nord. Mais il ne voit pas la Joconde ! Il sait que la Joconde se trouve dans la Louvre. Donc, Il demande un homme : Je cherche la Louvre. O est la station de mtro plus proche dici ? Lhomme dit La station de mtro est en bas de la gare. Prend lascenseur au rez-de-chausse. Tourne gauche et voil le mtro. Pierre dit Merci bien ! et lhomme dit Je vous en prie ! Pierre arrive a larrt de mtro Louvre Rivoli. Mais il ne voit pas la Joconde ! Il sait que la Joconde se trouve dans la Louvre. Donc, Il demande une femme : Je cherche la Louvre. O est lentr de la muse ? La femme dit Lentr de la muse est en bas dune pyramide de verre. Tourne droite, continue toute droite et voil lentr de la muse. Pierre dit Merci bien ! et la femme dit Je vous en prie ! Pierre arrive la Louvre. Finalement il voit la Joconde et elle est si belle !