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French Future — Les Projets

Tenth graders learn to talk about future plans in French using aller + an infinitive — je vais étudier, nous allons voyager — the easy, everyday way to say what you’re going to do.

Grade 10Le Futur Proche50 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…

  • ✓Use aller + infinitive.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Say what you’ll do.
  • ✓Make future statements.
Essential Question

You can talk about the past — now the FUTURE! “Going to” in French is easy: aller + a verb. How does it work?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

French Future Plans Check

Project each item and have students answer about the future with aller + infinitive.

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

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Talk About the Future

5 min

You can talk about the past — now the FUTURE! “Going to” = aller + a verb.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a future plan.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Le Futur Proche

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to French Future Plans Check.
  • Note aller + infinitive.
  • Say examples aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “je vais…”
  • Say “nous allons…”
  • Make a plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Je vais…
  • Nous allons…
  • Plan it.
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Speak — Speak

14 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a weekend plan.
  • Use aller.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Use it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say what aller means.
  • Give a future plan.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Give one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

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

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: express plans.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand the near future.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare future forms.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to time and plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Future sentence frames.
  • Sentence frame: “Je vais ___.”
  • Use a calendar.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with je vais.
  • Use one clear example.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add the simple future tense.
  • Describe next week.
  • Write your plans.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗓️A calendar
  • 💻French Future Plans Check
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

le futur prochethe near futureallerto go / going toje vaisI’m going tonous allonswe’re going todemaintomorrowla semaine prochainenext weekle projetplanbientôtsoon
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 what you’re GOING to do?
aller + an infinitive (je vais étudier).
QUESTION 2
What does “je vais voyager” mean?
I’m going to travel.
QUESTION 3
What does “nous allons manger” mean?
We’re going to eat.

Reflect: Que vas-tu faire?

Have students say two things they’re going to do this weekend using aller. A printable future sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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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: aller, bientôt, demain, je vais, la semaine prochaine, le futur proche, le projet, nous allons
  1. to go / going to
  2. soon
  3. I’m going to
  4. next week
  5. plan
  6. the near future
  7. we’re going to
  8. tomorrow

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say what you’re GOING to do?
  2. What does “je vais voyager” mean?
  3. What does “nous allons manger” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) aller · 2) bientôt · 3) je vais · 4) la semaine prochaine · 5) le projet · 6) le futur proche · 7) nous allons · 8) demain
Part B: 1) aller + an infinitive (je vais étudier). 2) I’m going to travel. 3) We’re going to eat.