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French Personality — La Personnalité

Ninth graders learn French adjectives to describe personality — sympa, drôle, intelligent, travailleur, gentil — so they can describe themselves and the people they know.

Grade 9La Personnalité50 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 personality.
  • ✓Name key traits.
  • ✓Describe people.
  • ✓Talk about others.
Essential Question

How would you describe your best friend — funny? kind? smart? Now you can in French! What are the personality words?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Personnalité Explorer

Project this and tap each word. Have students learn French personality adjectives.

😊 Explore la personnalité — tap eachTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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

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Warm-Up — Describe a Friend

5 min

How would you describe a friend — funny? kind? Now you can in French!

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about a friend.
  • Ask how to say traits.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — La Personnalité

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Personnalité Explorer.
  • Present each trait.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match traits to people.
  • Describe yourself.
  • Describe a classmate.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Describe.
  • Describe.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Je suis ___.”
  • Describe a friend.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a trait.
  • 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 1.1

Interpersonal: describe personality.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand trait words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Describe people across cultures.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare adjectives across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Trait picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Je suis ___.”
  • Use example people.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with sympa.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more traits.
  • Describe a character.
  • Use être + adjective.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 😊Trait cards
  • 💻The Personnalité Explorer
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

la personnalitépersonalitysympanicedrôlefunnyintelligentsmarttravailleurhard-workinggentilkindtimideshycourageuxbrave
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 “sympa” mean?
Nice or friendly.
QUESTION 2
What does “intelligent” mean?
Smart or intelligent.
QUESTION 3
What does “gentil” mean?
Kind.

Reflect: Comment es-tu?

Have students describe themselves with two French personality words — “Je suis…” A printable personnalité 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 Personality (La Personnalité)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: courageux, drôle, gentil, intelligent, la personnalité, sympa, timide, travailleur
  1. hard-working
  2. smart
  3. personality
  4. shy
  5. kind
  6. nice
  7. brave
  8. funny

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “sympa” mean?
  2. What does “intelligent” mean?
  3. What does “gentil” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) travailleur · 2) intelligent · 3) la personnalité · 4) timide · 5) gentil · 6) sympa · 7) courageux · 8) drôle
Part B: 1) Nice or friendly. 2) Smart or intelligent. 3) Kind.