Lesson 23: Home & Future Plans

🇫🇷 Cultural Insight: French Homes

Traditional maisons de campagne (country houses) often have shutters (volets) and stone walls.

📚 Core Concepts

• Pièces: Cuisine (kitchen), Salon (living room), Chambre (bedroom)
• Directions: À gauche (left), Au fond du couloir (end of hallway)
• Example: "La salle de bain est à droite" (The bathroom is on the right)

🎯 Teaching Mission

Create a house blueprint labeling 8 rooms in French. Include directional instructions between rooms.

🇫🇷 Cultural Insight: Letter Writing

Formal letters use "Madame, Monsieur," and end with "Veuillez agréer..." (Please accept...)

📚 Core Concepts

• Structure:
  - Objet: [Subject]
  - Formule de politesse (polite closing)
• Expressions:
  "Je vous écris concernant..." (I'm writing about...)

🎯 Teaching Mission

Draft a letter to a French landlord about house repairs. Include 3 formal request phrases.

🇫🇷 Cultural Insight: French Calendar

Note: Months are lowercase in French (janvier, février...) and seasons use "en" (en été = in summer)

📚 Core Concepts

• Futur Proche: Aller + infinitif
  "Je vais déménager" (I'm going to move)
• Futur Simple: Verb endings
  "Je trouverai" (I will find)

🎯 Teaching Mission

Create 5 future plans using both tenses. Ex: "En mars, je vais visiter..." (In March, I'll visit...)

🇫🇷 Cultural Insight: French Cities

Look for "plan de ville" (city maps) at metro stations. Streets often have historical names.

📚 Core Concepts

• Directions:
  "Tournez à droite" (Turn right)
  "En face de" (Across from)
• Prépositions:
  À côté de (next to), Entre (between)

🎯 Teaching Mission

Design a city map activity with 8 directional challenges. Include landmark vocabulary.