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Subject: French
Semester: 2
Period: 6
Week: 35
School Name:
Teacher’s Name:
Subject: French
Grade Level: Grade 6
Date: Week 35
Lesson Duration: 45 minutes
Week & Period: Week 35, Period 6
Topic: Auxiliary Verbs in French
Sub-topic: Review and Oral Expression Practice
Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Consolidate their knowledge of être and avoir in different contexts.
Use auxiliary verbs correctly in conversations.
Apply être and avoir in present, past, and future forms.
Previous Knowledge
Students already know être and avoir in different tenses.
Instructional Materials
Role-play cards, flashcards with prompts, blackboard, dialogue samples.
Lesson Development – ABC Model
A – Anticipation (Warm-up / Starter)
Time: 5–10 minutes
Teacher starts a role-play with a student using être and avoir sentences. Students are asked to listen and then create their own quick examples.
B – Building Knowledge (Main Lesson Body)
Time: 25–30 minutes
The teacher begins by explaining that today’s lesson will focus on putting together everything learned about auxiliary verbs être and avoir, and using them in sentences to talk about identity, possession, past actions, and future plans. This will help students communicate more fluently and confidently.
🟣 Role-play Introduction and Modeling
The teacher models simple oral role-plays using the auxiliary verbs in different tenses and contexts:
- Identity/Description (être)
- Tu es fatigué ? – Oui, je suis fatigué.
- (Are you tired? – Yes, I am tired.)
- Possession (avoir)
- Vous avez un livre ? – Oui, nous avons un livre.
- (Do you have a book? – Yes, we have a book.)
- Past action (passé composé with être)
- Hier, il est allé à l’école.
- (Yesterday, he went to school.)
- Future plan (futur proche with aller + avoir)
- Demain, je vais avoir un chien.
- (Tomorrow, I am going to have a dog.)
The teacher writes these examples on the board and reads them aloud slowly, emphasizing pronunciation and sentence structure.
🔵 Students’ Practice Activities
- Pair and Group Oral Role-plays:
Students work in pairs or small groups to create short dialogues using the auxiliaries être and avoir. They take turns asking and answering questions similar to the modeled examples. For example:
- Student A: Tu es content ?
- Student B: Oui, je suis content.
- Student A: Tu as un stylo ?
- Student B: Oui, j’ai un stylo.
- Dialogue Writing:
Students write their own short dialogues (4-6 sentences) combining the different uses of auxiliary verbs in present, past, and near future tenses. - Oral Presentation:
Selected groups or pairs read their dialogues aloud to the class. Peers listen carefully and give constructive feedback, supported by the teacher.
🔍 Assessment Checks
- The teacher circulates around the room during role-plays, listening carefully to the students’ pronunciation, correct use of auxiliaries, and sentence structure.
- The teacher provides immediate correction and support where necessary.
- Written dialogues are collected and checked for:
- Proper conjugation of être and avoir in various tenses
- Correct sentence construction
- Appropriate vocabulary and tense consistency
🗒️ Notes (Expanded & Detailed)
- This activity reinforces and links the use of auxiliary verbs across different contexts: describing identity and feelings, talking about possessions, narrating past events, and expressing future intentions.
- Regular oral practice through role-play builds fluency and confidence, while writing exercises support accuracy.
- Auxiliary verbs être and avoir are essential tools in French; mastering them enables students to express a wide range of ideas.
- Peer correction promotes collaborative learning and helps students notice and self-correct common mistakes.
- The teacher encourages students to use complete sentences and to pay attention to gender agreement and verb forms.
C – Consolidation (Conclusion & Assessment)
Time: 5–10 minutes
Summary: Teacher recaps être and avoir uses in all forms. Students summarize orally.
Evaluation Method (Expanded):
Exit slip/quiz: Students write two sentences, one with être and one with avoir, in any tense.
Assignment (Expanded):
Write a short paragraph (6–8 sentences) using être and avoir in present, past, and future.
Follow-up Activity:
Students practice oral dialogues at home with family members or friends.
Differentiation / Inclusive Strategies
Role cards with prompts help weaker students. Advanced learners encouraged to expand sentences and add negatives.
Teacher’s Reflection (After Class)
What worked well? ___________________________________________
What needs improvement? ____________________________________
Students’ engagement level: ☑ High ☑ Medium ☑ Low