Le marché (The Market)

1. Le marché (The Market)

2. Unit Overview Shopping

3. Unit Goal • Students will gain knowledge about French shopping habits and develop an appreciation for different kinds of markets and stores in France and in other Francophone countries.

4. Pre-Assessment • What is sold at a French marché? • clothes • flowers • food • toys • candy • books • etc.

5. Topics

6. Unit Objectives • 1.1 Students will ask questions about the color, price, size, and material of an item of clothing. (Communications) ? ?

7. Unit Objectives • 2.2 Students will list elements typically found in a French/Francophone market. (Culture)

8. Unit Objectives • 3.1 Students will calculate European sizes and prices using conversions and exchange rates. (Connections)

9. Unit Objectives • 3.2 Students will describe differences between the traditional French market and the modern French shopping centers. (Comparisons)

10. Unit Objectives • 4.2 Students will compare a traditional French market to a store in the United States, or in the student’s home countries. (Comparisons)

11. Unit Objectives • 5.1 Students will be able to shop at a online store using the French language. (Communities)

12. Culminating Activity- Mock Market • Customers shop! • Shopkeepers sell! • Follow scenarios given by teacher

13. Scenarios

14. Culminating Activity- Presentation

15. Culminating Activity: Rubric

16. French Lesson Plan Unit: Shopping

17. Lesson Objectives • 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of French clothing vocabulary by using a French website. • 2. Students will compare different items of clothing using the words “plus” (more) and “moins” (less). • 3. Students will describe the size, price, and beauty of different items of clothing.

18. Warm-up • Qu’est-ce que tu portes aujourd’hui? • (What are you wearing today?)

19. Hook • It’s your birthday! Your mom wants to buy you some new clothes, so you go shopping. But she won’t buy just anything, so you’re going to need to convince her…somehow…in French…

20. Introduction

21. Adjectives (Review) • Grand (grande)- big • Petit (petite)- small • Long (longue)- long • Court (courte)- short • Joli (jolie)- pretty • Cher (chère)- expensive

22. PlusMoins

23. Plus! • La robe est plus chère que la jupe. 10 euros 20 euros The dress is more expensive than the skirt.

24. Plus! • Les bottes sont plus grandes que les baskets. The boots are bigger than the sneakers.

25. Moins! • Le jean est moins joli que la robe. The jeans are not as pretty as the dress.

26. Moins! • Le short est moins long que le jean. The shorts are not as long as the jeans.

27. Guided Practice

28. Plus petit? (Smaller)

29. Moins joli? (Less pretty)

30. Changer Moins -> Plus • Le short est moins long que le jeans. • Le jean est plus long que le short. The shorts are not as long as the jeans. The jeans are longer than the shorts.

31. Changer Plus -> Moins • La robe est plus chère que la jupe. • La jupe est moins chère que la robe. The dress is more expensive than the skirt. The skirt is less expensive than the dress.

32. À Vous! (Make your own)

33. Group Practice

34. Dans vos groupes… • Trouvez un magasin en ligne. (Find an online shop.) • Cherchez des vêtements. (Look for clothes.) • Imprimez des photos. (Print some pictures) • Écrivez 2 phrases avec « plus » et 3 phrases avec « moins ». (Write 2 sentences using « more » and 3 sentences using « less »)

35. Des magasins… • http://www.galerieslafayette.com/ • http://www.etam.com/pret-a-porter.html • http://www.monoprix.fr • http://www.carrefour.fr • Etc.

36. Group Activity Sheet

37. Accommodations

38. Closure • Écrivez une phrase avec « plus » et une phrase avec « moins ». (Write one sentence using « more » and one sentence using « less ».)

39. Homework • Students will practice making comparison sentences with pictures, as done in the closure, and write a brief paragraph (3-4 sentences) on their favorite piece of clothing.

40. Questions?