1 - How Are You, and Why? ~5 mins
Faces first, no French pressure yet. How are you today, and why? Answer in English, and finish with because.
Today you will say the same kind of answer in French: how you feel, plus a reason.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight feelings in French
- Say how you feel and give a simple reason
- Spot emotion words when you hear them in a short scene
Take four or five quick answers only. The point is the pattern I feel X because Y, not a long chat. Do not introduce the French yet; the flashcards in the next step carry the new words.
If a pupil gives a feeling with no reason, gently prompt: because…? so the class hears the full shape before they meet it in French. Keep the tone light: smile, nod, move on quickly.
2 - Eight French Feelings ~10 mins
Meet today's feelings in two short rounds on the board. First you hear the French (with a say-aloud cue), the class repeats together, then you see the English meaning. Only after every word has been heard and said do we flip English to French.
Listen for the clear ay ending on words like fatigué: that written é sounds like the é in café. Je in Je suis sounds like zhuh.
Try this pattern (play the audio, then say it with the class):
Je suis content / Je suis contente parce que c'est l'anniversaire de Léa. (I am glad because it is Léa's birthday.)
Say-aloud help: zhuh swee kon-TAHN (or kon-TAHNT) / par-skuh / seh la-nee-vair-SAIR duh LAY-ah
Word strip stays on screen all lesson. Most of you can use the forms on the cards; if you want the -e form for a girl speaker, add e (contente, fière).
Teach order (do not ask for bare recall first):
- Round A (five high-frequency items): content, triste, fatigué, en colère, surpris. For each: play/say French + phonetics, class choruses twice, show English, then model full phrase Je suis….
- Quick thumbs-up check: anyone still unsure?
- Round B (three more): effrayé, excité, fier. Same hear → say → mean sequence.
- Second pass only: English shows first; volunteers say the French. Keep a persistent word strip of all eight on the IWB for the rest of the lesson.
Full phrases with phonetics (model each once):
- Je suis content — zhuh swee kon-TAHN / Je suis contente — zhuh swee kon-TAHNT
- Je suis triste — zhuh swee treest (same for all)
- Je suis fatigué — zhuh swee fa-tee-GAY / fatiguée — fa-tee-GAY
- Je suis en colère — zhuh swee ahn ko-LAIR (same for all)
- Je suis surpris — zhuh swee soor-PREE / surprise — soor-PREEZ
- Je suis effrayé — zhuh swee eh-fray-YAY / effrayée
- Je suis excité — zhuh swee ek-see-TAY / excitée
- Je suis fier — zhuh swee fee-AIR / fière — fee-AIR; natural frame: Je suis fier / fière de mon match (zhuh swee fee-AIR duh mon match)
Agreement: when pupils speak about themselves, match the ending: content/contente, fatigué/fatiguée, effrayé/effrayée, excité/excitée, fier/fière, surpris/surprise. En colère and triste stay the same. One line on the slide is enough; do not run a grammar mini-lesson.
Worked example: play the TTS on the full sentence, then two choral repeats of Je suis content / contente parce que c'est l'anniversaire de Léa. Point out parce que (par-skuh) = because. Final -é = clear ay (fa-tee-GAY, ek-see-TAY), not a zh sound. The zh is in je (zhuh).
content = glad/pleased: very common in everyday French; heureux is a finer/stronger 'happy'.
Chain before you leave this step: teacher gives a bank reason (or English prompt), class choruses Je suis [emotion] parce que… once through all eight. Big choral repeat, then a cheer for anyone brave enough to try alone.
3 - Match the Feelings ~8 mins
Flip two cards at a time and find each French feeling with its English meaning. Say the French quietly as you turn each card. The word strip is still up if you need a quick glance.
Whole class on the IWB, pupils taking turns. If a pair is missed twice, stop and say the French together before moving on. Keep the article-free shape natural: these are adjectives, so the answer is triste, not le triste.
Pronunciation watch-outs: en colère (ahn ko-LAIR), effrayé (eh-fray-YAY), fier (fee-AIR), excité (ek-see-TAY). Praise clear first syllables more than perfect accent. Keep energy up: a quiet cheer when a tough pair is found.
4 - Into Your Copy ~5 mins
One honest sentence beats a perfect one: accents you can fix as you go. First we say one class sentence out loud together. Then open your copy and write one sentence: how you feel + why.
Model (stays on the board):
Je suis fatigué / fatiguée parce que c'est lundi.
Je suis fier / fière de mon match parce qu'on a gagné.
Feeling: French from today's eight (word strip on screen). Reason: pick a bank phrase below, or a short English reason if you are stuck.
Reason bank:
- parce que c'est lundi / vendredi
- parce que c'est l'anniversaire
- parce que j'aime le sport
- parce que j'ai un test
- parce qu'on mange un gâteau
Before pencils move: keep the model sentence and the eight emotion words (with accents) on the IWB. Choral one full oral sentence as a class (feeling + bank reason). Then write.
Walk the room and check both halves are there: the feeling and the reason. The feeling must be French; the reason should be a bank phrase when possible. English reasons are allowed if a pupil is stuck. Do not collect these.
Accents on fatigué, excité and effrayé matter; a quick point to the acute accent helps. For fier, the natural model with de… is on the board if anyone chooses that word. If questions arise about feminine forms, point to the slide line: add e where needed (contente, fière); triste and en colère stay the same.
5 - À L'anniversaire De Léa ~10 mins
Listen to a short scene at Léa's birthday party in France. We play it twice (or your teacher reads the short script). Then answer the three questions on the board. Listen for how people say they feel; you do not need every word.
Questions (on the board after the second play):
- Who feels glad (content / contente), and why?
- Who is surprised (surpris / surprise) or excited (excité / excitée)?
- Which of today's eight emotion words did you catch? Name at least two.
Word strip stays up. Thumbs up if you also hear parce que or a reason.
Goal: recognition of today's emotion words in a short party scene. You do not need perfect transcription. Success: pupils name at least two of today's eight words and can say roughly who felt what.
Setup: try the auto scenario first (birthday-party / emotions). Check speakers. Books closed for play 1. If the clip is missing, muffled, or clearly uses different vocabulary (for example an older ennuyé line), skip straight to the Teacher read-aloud script below and treat that as the listening text. Do not invent lines beyond the script.
Run order:
- Play the clip once, or read the full script once at steady pace.
- If faces look blank, freeze and pre-teach with the class: Je suis content / contente! (zhuh swee kon-TAHN / kon-TAHNT).
- Second play (or second read). Then put the three IWB questions on screen and take oral answers together.
Exact class questions (match the IWB):
- Who feels glad (content / contente), and why?
- Who is surprised (surpris / surprise) or excited (excité / excitée)?
- Which of today's eight emotion words did you catch? Name at least two.
Teacher read-aloud script (authoritative for feedback; use as the listening text whenever the auto clip is uncertain):
Scene: Léa's birthday at home in France. Four short turns.
- Léa: Je suis contente parce que c'est mon anniversaire! (zhuh swee kon-TAHNT par-skuh seh mon a-nee-vair-SAIR) — I am glad because it is my birthday!
- Ami (friend, boy): Oh! Je suis surpris! Un vélo! (zhuh swee soor-PREE) — Oh! I am surprised! A bike!
- Amie (friend, girl): Je suis excitée parce qu'on mange un gâteau! (zhuh swee ek-see-TAY par-skuh on monzh uh gah-TOH) — I am excited because we are eating cake!
- Papa: Je suis fier de Léa. (zhuh swee fee-AIR duh LAY-ah) — I am proud of Léa.
- Optional extra if you want a fifth line: Je suis fatigué après les jeux. (zhuh swee fa-tee-GAY a-preh lay zhuh) — I am tired after the games.
Answer key (for the script above):
- Q1: Léa is contente because it is her birthday (parce que c'est mon anniversaire).
- Q2: The boy friend is surpris (bike/gift). The girl friend is excitée (cake).
- Q3: From the script: contente, surpris, excitée, fier, and optionally fatigué. Accept masculine card forms (content, excité) as correct recognition.
- Bonus: parce que appears in Léa's line and the girl friend's line.
If the interactive shows its own on-screen questions: answer those first, then use Q1–Q3 above as follow-up so every class still hits who/feeling/which words. If the auto clip contains different emotion words, prefer the read-aloud script for teaching and mark the interactive as optional practice only.
Words deliberately not required from the clip: triste, en colère, effrayé may not appear in this party scene; that is fine. Do not hunt for ennuyé (bored); it is not in today's eight.
Feedback prompts:
- Which feeling did you hear first?
- Did anyone sound surpris or excité?
- Thumbs up if you caught parce que or a reason.
Celebrate catches, not perfect spelling of what they heard.
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