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French Places — Les Lieux

Fifth graders learn the French words for places in their community — l’école, le magasin, le parc — so they can talk about where they go in a new language.

Grade 5Les Lieux35 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name places in French.
  • ✓Match places to words.
  • ✓Say where you go.
  • ✓Use place words to speak.
Essential Question

Your community is full of places — school, store, park — and now you can name them in French! What are the words for the places you go?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Lieux Explorer

Project this and tap each place. Have students learn the French word for each place in the community.

🏙️ Explore les lieux — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Où Vas-tu?

5 min

How do we name places in French?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name places they go.
  • Ask how to say them.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Les Lieux

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Lieux Explorer.
  • Present each place.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Repeat.
  • Practice.
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Practice — Practice

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match places to words.
  • Point and name.
  • Draw a map.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Point.
  • Draw.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Je vais à ___.”
  • Name where you go.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand place words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about where you go.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to community learned in social studies.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare place words across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Place picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Use a community map.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with école and maison.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more places.
  • Give directions.
  • Make a French map.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏙️Place pictures
  • 💻The Lieux Explorer
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🗺️A community map
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

le lieuplacel’écoleschoolle magasinstorele parcparkla maisonhousele restaurantrestaurantla bibliothèquelibraryl’hôpitalhospital
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “school” in French?
L’école.
QUESTION 2
What does “le parc” mean?
Park.
QUESTION 3
What does “le magasin” mean?
Store.

Reflect: Je vais…

Have students name one place they go in French — “Je vais à l’école.” A printable lieux sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ French Places (Les Lieux)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: la bibliothèque, la maison, le lieu, le magasin, le parc, le restaurant, l’hôpital, l’école
  1. place
  2. house
  3. school
  4. restaurant
  5. park
  6. hospital
  7. store
  8. library

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “school” in French?
  2. What does “le parc” mean?
  3. What does “le magasin” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) le lieu · 2) la maison · 3) l’école · 4) le restaurant · 5) le parc · 6) l’hôpital · 7) le magasin · 8) la bibliothèque
Part B: 1) L’école. 2) Park. 3) Store.