The Show, Tell, Read Framework in the unit Tu aimes le sport?

• Show: Students see vocabulary with images and/or translations. In Day 1, they draw after-school activities and the class interprets these drawings while the teacher provides French vocabulary. 
• Tell: The teacher presents content orally using the target vocabulary in context. On Day 4, the teacher reads through slides about reasons for playing sports before students complete a fill-in-the-blank activity. 
• Read: Students encounter the vocabulary in written texts. By Day 2, they’re ready to read an article about sports using ping-pong reading (partners alternate reading sentences and translating). 

Reading Strategies in Action The unit integrates six comprehension strategies:

• Cognate Recognition: Before reading the article, students complete a cognate matching worksheet, connecting French words to English definitions. 
• Predicting: Students anticipate what will happen before reading or listening.
• Think-Alouds: The teacher says what she is thinking out loud as she models making inferences, using context, or any other reading skill.
• Chunking: The teachers breaks text into manageable sections with comprehension checks. As well, the ping-pong reading format naturally breaks text into sentence-level chunks with immediate comprehension checks through translation.
• Rereading: Students return to the article when answering true/false statements and comprehension questions, using text evidence to support answers.
• Questioning: Question words (où, pourquoi, avec qui) guide comprehension throughout the unit, from Card Talk on Day 1 through pair practice on Day 3.

Keeping Practice Separate from Assessment

The unit includes four days of practice before a fifth-day reading assessment. Games like Blooket and the Marker Game provide vocabulary reinforcement without grading pressure. The EdPuzzle activity checks comprehension formatively, allowing the teacher to clarify before the formal assessment.

Practical Implementation Notes

• Card Talk works well for introducing topics because students create the content, increasing investment
• Ping-pong reading keeps both partners engaged and provides immediate comprehension checks
• Sentence frames (“J’aime _____ parce que c’est _____”) give students language structures for responding
• Authentic materials (the video “À quoi ça sert de faire du sport?”) expose students to real French while maintaining focus on main ideas appropriate for Novice learners
• Movement activities (Lève-toi si…, Tout débout) maintain energy while practicing vocabulary

The complete unit plan includes slides, vocabulary lists, the sports article, cognate worksheet, comprehension questions, and the EdPuzzle video activity. The vocabulary set remains consistent across all four days, appearing in different contexts and formats to support acquisition.

This approach prioritizes repetition without redundancy as students encounter the same words through drawing, speaking, reading, and listening, building both vocabulary knowledge and reading skills simultaneously.