Instructional Session 2
Objective: By the end of class, you will be able to… (NOTE: The example objectives and lesson are given in French; they can be used with any language. You can download materials in multiple languages from our Teachers Pay Teachers store (CI Liftoff), or use the examples to make your own materials.
Beginner: answer questions with one or more words in French about the weather and date. Intermediate: answer questions with sentences in French about the weather and date and compare the weather here with locations in the francophone world Advanced: answer questions with strings of sentences in French, to describe the weather today and the activities that people in class are doing, and describe the weather yesterday
Again, greet the students in English, review where to put their things, etc., remind them briefly that in this class we will be communicating a good deal in the language and that this is the best way for them to learn! Tell them that each day the first activity of class will be reading about a student’s dreams/goals for the school year, and then you will continue the discussion of the calendar and weather that you began yesterday. You might want to set up your Videographer before you begin this lesson. If so, please see the HR Manual in the Appendices for the Videographer job description and some guidance on how to interview and hire for the student jobs. Hand out (or project/display) the Reading Workshop text (an example is provided below and you can download this text in multiple languages from our Teachers Pay Teachers store (CI Liftoff). Then, share the lesson objective, check in with your Class Starter, and have them give the signal (or give it yourself) and begin speaking in the language.
Find That Cognate Project or distribute paper copies of a short text that has many cognates. You can download these texts from our Teachers Pay Teachers store (CI Liftoff) or create your own. When preparing your own text for the Find That Cognate strategy, it is best to think of a category of words that naturally contains a lot of cognates. For instance, these examples use the cognate-heavy categories of school activities. Page 123
