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Choice Lesson Plan 1
Title: La musique, Tu m'as promis- IN GRID Level of Learners: Level 1 Age: High school Brief Description: using a song to focus on the meaning and grammatical structures of passé composé

**Rationale**
Purpose: learning about culture, practicing passé composé, listening comprehension and also showing students that they can use their language skills and background knowledge and to figure out complex song lyrics. (using context clues and previous knowledge to negotiate meaning)

How does it fit into the unit: two ways- fits into the context of leisure activities (listening to music, going to concerts) and also fits into the grammatical theme (passé composé) watching a music video (very popular among teens in France).

Why do you think students would care: It is a fun song and it is more interesting to practice grammar in the context of a song than practicing with worksheets. This will be challenging but motivating for students because they will find out how much they already know and be able to apply it to this activity.

What type of language proficiency will it build: listening, reading, speaking

Objective
What will students be able to do after participating in this lesson: Conjugate the past tense of irregular verbs, read using context cues, discuss opinions in the target language.

How will you/they know if they've achieved this goal: We will know if the goal is accomplished through: understanding of grammatical concept (conjugation in the past tense), comprehension of the song lyrics, and participation in the class discussion.

Standards addressed
Communication 1.1.N.SL.j Sharing likes and dislikes in the target language with a classmate, 1.2.N.L.d Understand main idea of an audio presentation (CD, lecture, radio, podcast, songs/music) Comparisons 4.2.N.a Identify basic differences and similarities in vocabulary between one's own language and the target language (cognates and borrowed words) Community 5.2.N.a Willingly use the target language within the classroom setting.

Materials needed
Computer with internet connection (for teacher presentation) and handouts with lyrics for students

**Procedure**
1. We will begin by talking about the title: //Tu m'as promis//. What does this mean? What do you think that the song will be about? 2. View music video of the song at: http://cielro.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/le-passe-compose-et-la-chanson/ 3. After, students will receive a handout with the transcription of the the song lyrics. With a partner, students will read the words and circle the ones that they already know and the ones that are cognates of English. I will tell them not to get hung up on not knowing all the words and that they should feel free to guess the meanings. 4. Allow students to ask any questions. 5. After listening to the song, ask students if they noticed anything special about the verbs in the song. Begin the implicit teaching of the passé composé. 6. Watch the music video again and have students follow along with the lyrics (these will also be displayed on the overhead). 8. After, we will explicitly teach the passé composé- how it is formed, what it means. 9. Following that, we will discuss the meaning of the song and how the passé composé fits into it. (English and French will be used) 10. Talking with the class- do you like the song- yes, no? why or why not? Is it like the American songs that you like to listen to? [Est-ce vous aimez la chanson- oui, non ? pourquoi ? C’est comme des chansons américaines que vous aimez ?]