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French Feelings — Comment ça va?

Fifth graders learn to say how they feel in French — je suis content, je suis triste, je suis fatigué — so they can answer “comment ça va?” and share their emotions in a new language.

Grade 5Les Sentiments35 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…

  • ✓Answer comment ça va?
  • ✓Say how you feel.
  • ✓Use je suis + feeling.
  • ✓Ask about feelings.
Essential Question

When someone asks “comment ça va?” (how are you?), how do you answer? Now you can say how you really feel in French! How?

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Interactive Task
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French Feelings Check

Project each item and have students answer about feelings in French. The tool teaches je suis content, triste, and more.

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Answer each question about feelings in French.
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Comment ça va?

5 min

When someone asks how you are, how do you answer in French?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask comment ça va?
  • Model an answer.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Consider.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Je suis…

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present je suis + feelings.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Show feeling faces.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Make faces.
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Practice — Feelings Check

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to French Feelings Check.
  • Answer each one.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Answer comment ça va?
  • Say how you feel.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Say it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a feeling.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say 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: ask and answer about feelings.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand feeling words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Recognize how feelings are expressed.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare feeling expressions across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling-face cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Je suis ___.”
  • Show feeling faces.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with content and triste.
  • Use face pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more feelings.
  • Ask and answer with a partner.
  • Explain être.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🙂Feeling-face pictures
  • 💻French Feelings Check
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🪞A mirror
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

comment ça va?how are you?je suisI amcontenthappytristesadfatiguétiredfâchéangryexcitéexcitedbiengood / fine
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 “I am happy” in French?
Je suis content(e).
QUESTION 2
What does “je suis fatigué” mean?
I am tired.
QUESTION 3
What does “comment ça va?” mean?
How are you?

Reflect: Comment ça va?

Have students answer “comment ça va?” in French with a family member — “Je suis content.” A printable feelings sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Check your understanding

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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: bien, comment ça va?, content, excité, fatigué, fâché, je suis, triste
  1. I am
  2. tired
  3. how are you?
  4. good / fine
  5. excited
  6. happy
  7. angry
  8. sad

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I am happy” in French?
  2. What does “je suis fatigué” mean?
  3. What does “comment ça va?” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) je suis · 2) fatigué · 3) comment ça va? · 4) bien · 5) excité · 6) content · 7) fâché · 8) triste
Part B: 1) Je suis content(e). 2) I am tired. 3) How are you?