La famille Dubois: Read and Answer

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La famille Dubois: Read and Answer
World Languages · French 1-2 · Grades 8-10 · 45 minutes
Time needed
45 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet. No board prep is needed.
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Students read and answer on their own, then compare with a partner.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet
Goal for today: Students will read a short French passage about a family, answer comprehension questions in
English, and use family vocabulary and possessives (mon, ma, mes) in their own sentences.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. It includes an English translation of the passage and every answer.
☐ No board work is needed. A glossary of harder words is printed on the worksheet.
Say this to start
Good morning! Today in French you will read a short passage about a French girl named Léa and her family. Then you
will answer questions in English and write a few French sentences about your own family. If you see words you do not
know, check the glossary on the worksheet. You may read with a partner if you like.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet.
Take out a pencil.
5–15
Tell students to read the passage silently once, looking at
the glossary for hard words. Then ask them to read it a
second time with a partner, taking turns paragraph by
paragraph.
Read the passage twice and use the
glossary.
15–25
Tell students to answer the multiple-choice and true/false
questions (1–8). Remind them to go back to the passage to
find evidence.
Answer the questions using the passage.
25–33
Tell students to complete the family vocabulary matching
(questions 9–14).
Match French family words to English.
33–41
Tell students to write the two items in Part D (questions
15–16).
Write about their family in French and
answer the explanation question.
41–45
Read answers from the key. Students mark their own work.
Collect worksheets.
Check answers and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students say the passage is too hard, tell them to read for words they know and use the glossary. They do
not need to understand every word.
• If a student does not want to write about their real family, tell them they may invent a family (for example, a
family from a book or TV show).
• Remind students not to include addresses, phone numbers or last names in their sentences. First names and
ages are fine.
• If students finish early, direct them to the early finishers list.
Early finishers
• Draw a simple family tree for the Dubois family and label each person in French.
• Write three more true/false statements about the passage and trade with a neighbor.
Support and challenge
• Support: Students may answer questions 1–8 only and write one sentence for question 15.
• Challenge: Students rewrite the passage’s first four sentences to describe their own family.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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