<p>Emma Cilliers V00679693 Sept 12 2012 EDCI 469</p><p>French 10 minute Grammar lesson.</p><p>The verb Avoir and The Game.</p><p>Grade Level: 5</p><p>PLOs: Ask and respond to simple questions</p><p>Objectives: Students will: - Be familiar with the verb avoir -Understand why avoir is an important verb – past tense -Be able to conjugate and pronounce the verb avoir in the present tense and in context of common sentences</p><p>Materials: - cue cards with all the present tense conjugations of avoir written on them individually and some sentence endings. - Egg timer - Prizes for the winning team (optional)</p><p>Procedure:</p><p>Ask the class what an irregular verb is. Talk about the two most important irregular verbs – Être and Avoir WHY is avoir so important – think about when you use “to have” in English. eg – I had a great time today - I had lunch this morning</p><p>PAST TENSE – in French we call this PASSÉ COMPOSE However for the purpose of this mini lesson we are just going to focus on conjugating the verb in its present tense.</p><p>Put the magnetic verbs up on the board and go through them with the students, starting with “je” and ending with “ils” and “elles”. Present Tense</p><p>J’ai I have Tu as You have Il a He has Elle a She has On a One has Nous avons We have Vous avez You(the group) have Ils You(boys group) have elles You(girls group) have</p><p>Talk about some phrases that use the verb avoir.</p><p>GAME TIME</p><p>**for the purpose of this class we will divide up the stronger French students with the weaker French students. Divide the class into 2 teams On the board there will be cue cards and I will say a sentence in English and one person from each team has to go up and rearrange the words in the correct order. First one finished wins a point for their team. Depending on how many people we have will depend on how many rounds we have. </p><p>Game phrases: - Lots of chocolate Beaucoup de chocolat - A Headache Un mal de tete - A Grapefruit Une Pamplemousse - Three Cats Trois chats - A Blue Car Un auto bleu - A Big Dog Une grande chien - Brown Eyes Les yeux Brun - 16 years old Seize ans - Cold Froid</p>