Comment mes projets d’été montrent-ils qui je suis ?
De quelle manière nos activités estivales nous poussent-elles à réfléchir à ce que nous apprécions ?
Proficiency Level:
⊕ Intermediate Mid – Intermediate High
Length:
15 days
AP/IB Themes:
⊕ Contemporary Life (professions/travel)
⊕ Experiences (travel, leisure activities, traditions)
⊕ Social Organization (social relationships, working world)
Talking about these topics:
⊕ summer activities (leisure activities, chores, work, trips, etc)
⊕ summer events/festivals/holidays around the world
⊕ typical summer schedules
⊕ study abroad opportunities
⊕ my future summer plans
Using these language skills:
⊕ telling what I want to do (I want/plan [to verb])
⊕ telling what I have to do (I have to [to verb])
⊕ describing actvities (intensify adjectives) and festivals
⊕ telling what will be at an event (will be)
⊕ discussing schedules and plans
⊕ recommending summer jobs (I would recommend, would enjoy)
Planning
Objectives
Experiences/Homework
Assessments
Interpretive Reading → Presentational Writing
Interpersonal Speaking
Presentational Speaking
Presentational Writing
Fonts: Sears Tower
Poiret One
Unit Vocabulary
Partners
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Add these: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z889srd/revision/2
Don’t skip the Intro lesson!
What are your main goals for the summer?
Pick a “summer motto.”
Extra special items
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Buckets
Get from a local dollar store, Amazon, or ask on a “buy nothing” group.
Books & AudioBooks
Look for these on websites and at your local library.
Prizes/Giveaways
Rubber Stamps
We love these dice!
clothes pins
A fun way to challenge them to stay in the TL.
Summer Activities
What I have to do + Chores
Summer Trips
Google “Quelles sont vos projets pour l’été?” and there are some chats.
https://www.efswiss.ch/fr/blog/language/comment-ne-pas-perdre-son-ete/
Where do they go with their friends?
friends’ homes, movies, mall, theme parks, water parks, etc
Invite someone to do something (make the plans, or maybe reject as well) similar to: https://www.adiostextbook.com/french/sports-athletes/rendez/
Summer Events
Fairs, festivals, holidays: https://www.france-voyage.com/evenements/
Summer Schedules
Homestay / Study Abroad Opportunities
Language and Friendship is a homestay program that has several summer opportunities to host and travel.
They are partnering with AT and provided these real profiles for the lessons. Check them out!
Thanks to Language & Friendship for these real bios! →
Remove the school/area on the top of the first page before you share them if you are using the questions (that answers one of the inference questions).
Summer Jobs
stats or infographics about teens and jobs here and other countries and different decades
summer job postings
Summer Opportunities
Summer Festivals/Celebrations
Summer Plans
- Earn money
- Complete service/school requirements
- Build resume
- Have fun
- Make new friends
- Gain new skills
- Improve old skills
- Give back to community
- Spend time with old friends
- Train in their sport or instrument
- Spend time with family, including vacation
- Staying busy and challenged
- Relax and rejuvenate
Give them this list to rank them in a list in order of importance, with the most important at the top of the list and the least important at the bottom.
Additional Resources Not in Lessons
Summer Camps
Epic fail or success?
Show a video. Stop before the ending is revealed. They guess – fail or success? – And predict what will happen next.
SEL: Look for videos like “summer expectations vs reality”
What feelings do they have when they see what others are doing (social media posts). Remind them to not compare their plans to others. Make the best of the moment.
Assessments
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