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French Daily Routine — La Routine

Seventh graders learn to describe their daily routine in French — waking up, getting dressed, eating breakfast, and going to school — an introduction to reflexive verbs and everyday storytelling.

Grade 7La Routine Quotidienne40 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…

  • ✓Describe your routine in French.
  • ✓Put actions in order.
  • ✓Use je me réveille, je m’habille.
  • ✓Talk about your day.
Essential Question

From the moment you wake up, your day follows a routine. Now you can describe your whole morning in French! What do you say?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Daily Routine

Project this and have students put a morning routine in order in French — from waking up to going to school.

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Tap “Je me réveille” (I wake up) first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

40 minutes, five moves

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

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Warm-Up — Ma Journée

5 min

Your day follows a routine — how do you describe it in French?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their morning.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Consider.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — La Routine

9 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each action.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note the order.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Order the Routine

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Daily Routine.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

10 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe your morning.
  • Use the actions in order.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Describe.
  • Order it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a routine action.
  • Say what comes first.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say first.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

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

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe a daily routine.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand routine verbs.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare routine expressions across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Routine picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “D’abord ___, puis ___.”
  • Use action pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with wake up and dress.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add an evening routine.
  • Tell your whole day.
  • Explain reflexive verbs.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕑A clock
  • 💻Order the Daily Routine
  • 🖼️Action pictures
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

la routineroutineje me réveilleI wake upje me lèveI get upje m’habilleI get dressedle petit-déjeunerbreakfastje vaisI goje me coucheI go to bedtous les joursevery day
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
What does “je me réveille” mean?
I wake up.
QUESTION 2
What comes after “je me lève” (I get up)?
Je m’habille (I get dressed).
QUESTION 3
What does “le petit-déjeuner” mean?
Breakfast.

Reflect: ma routine.

Have students say two things they do every morning in French, in order. A printable routine 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.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: je me couche, je me lève, je me réveille, je m’habille, je vais, la routine, le petit-déjeuner, tous les jours
  1. I get dressed
  2. every day
  3. I go to bed
  4. breakfast
  5. I get up
  6. routine
  7. I wake up
  8. I go

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “je me réveille” mean?
  2. What comes after “je me lève” (I get up)?
  3. What does “le petit-déjeuner” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) je m’habille · 2) tous les jours · 3) je me couche · 4) le petit-déjeuner · 5) je me lève · 6) la routine · 7) je me réveille · 8) je vais
Part B: 1) I wake up. 2) Je m’habille (I get dressed). 3) Breakfast.