B5 French · Term 3 Week 10: Demander et expliquer la position des personnes ou des objets les uns par rapport aux autres

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.4.8.2.1 - Poser et répondre à des questions sur la position d’une personne ou d’un objet.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Ask at least three correct questions in French about the position of a person or an object using “où” and “qui” (e.g., “Où est mon père ?”, “Qui est devant ma mère ?”).
Answer questions about position using the prepositions “à côté de”, “devant”, “derrière”, “sur”, “sous”, and “entre” in complete French sentences.
Identify people and objects in a family photo and describe their positions relative to one another using at least two different prepositions.
Participate in a short question-and-answer dialogue with a partner about positions, exchanging at least four turns each.
Distinguish between asking about a person’s identity (“Qui est …?”) and asking about a location (“Où est …?”).

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Curriculum details

Strand: Les activités (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Demander et expliquer la position des personnes ou des objets les uns par rapport aux autres (4.8)
Content standard: B5.4.8.2 - Production Orale
Indicator: B5.4.8.2.1 - Poser et répondre à des questions sur la position d'une personne ou d'un objet.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 10 (Week 34 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.67: the document prints the four-segment code B5.4.8.2 here; completed to B5.4.8.2.1, which is free, and the page's next indicator is B5.4.8.2.2
Curriculum reference: French Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 67
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

A l'aide d'une photo de famille.
Exemple :
- Cet homme c'est ton père ?
- Non c'est mon oncle ? Mon père est à côté de ma mère.
- Et qui est devant a mère ?
- C'est moi.