Task Time 1 5 min

10 min

5 min

Activity Warm-up The teacher asks students for words they identify with French food, and writes the words on the board. For words that are in English, the teacher provides the French equivalent. For words that are already in French (eg. baguette, croissant), the teacher explains that they are in fact French words. Les Cornichons Intro Students listen to Les Cornichons twice through. After the first time, the teacher asks students what words they recognized and understood. The teacher makes a list of these words on the board. Les Cornichons Lyrics Students work in small groups to decipher the cognates in Les Cornichons.

Purpose Students begin identifying their prior knowledge of French food, and associating it with real French products, or their English equivalents.

Students begin to train their ears to listen for words they recognize, even without understanding all the lyrics. Students take note of EnglishFrench cognates.

5 min

5 min

Students use knowledge of English, French, and other languages to work through translation of food words (mostly cognates) in the lyrics. Vocabulary Confirmation Students receive confirmation for The teacher reviews the words with the words they correctly identified, students as a class. and correction for words they did not understand. Picnic Basket Intro Students learn new phrases and Teacher explains that students will now use prior knowledge to create pretend they were on the picnic when it questions and negate sentences. started to rain (as in the song). Each Students identify authentic person grabbed a handful of items, but phrases as necessary for this some food may have been left behind. situation, and learn new Students must discover which food vocabulary as necessary. items they forgot to grab. Teacher asks students to come to the board to write questions and phrases will need for the activity. Teacher provides vocabulary such as jai pris or other phrases as needed.

15 min

5 min

Picnic Basket Activity Students work in pairs to discover what is missing from their picnic baskets. Student A asks Student B what they took, and vice versa. They then use the song lyrics to figure out what they are missing. Homework Teacher asks students to look up more food words at home, and post on the blog with their favorite foods.

Students negotiate for meaning and use confirmation checks to discover what each other has in their basket.

Students take learning outside of the classroom, and continue to expand their vocabularies.

Worksheet A Translate the following vocabulary items from the song lyrics.

Les Cornichons
Nino Ferrer On est parti, samedi, dans une grosse voiture, Faire tous ensemble un grand pique-nique dans la nature, En emportant des paniers, des bouteilles, des paquets, Et la radio ! Des cornichons De la moutarde Du pain, du beurre Des petits oignons Des confitures Et des ufs durs Des cornichons Du corned-beef Et des biscottes Des macarons Un tire-bouchon Des petits-beurre Et de la bire Des cornichons _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________
We didnt forget anything, mom made it all She worked for three days without stopping To prepare the baskets, bottles, packs (of cigarettes) And the radio! On Saturday, we left in a big car To go picnic together in nature We brought baskets, bottles, packs (of cigarettes) And the radio!

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On n'avait rien oubli, c'est maman qui a tout fait Elle avait travaill trois jours sans s'arrter Pour prparer les paniers, les bouteilles, les paquets Et la radio ! Le poulet froid La mayonnaise Le chocolat Les champignons Les ouvre-botes _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________

Et les tomates Les cornichons

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But when we got there, we found it was raining The one thing we forgot were umbrellas We brought back the baskets, bottles, packs (of cigarettes) And the radio! We went back To eat at home

Mais quand on est arriv, on a trouv la pluie Ce qu'on avait oubli, c'tait les parapluies On a ramen les paniers, les bouteilles, les paquets Et la radio ! On est rentr Manger la maison Le fromage et les botes Les confitures et les cornichons La moutarde et le beurre La mayonnaise et les cornichons Le poulet, les biscottes

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Les ufs durs et puis les cornichons _____________________

Worksheet B
Student A: You and your partner were on the picnic when it started to rain! You each grabbed a handful of items, but some food may have been left behind. The pictures below represent the items you grabbed. Ask your partner questions to determine which items they have, and which items you are both missing.

Student B: You and your partner were on the picnic when it started to rain! You each grabbed a handful of items, but some food may have been left behind. The pictures below represent the items you grabbed. Ask your partner questions to determine which items they have, and which items you are both missing.