This Eiffel Tower comprehensible input lesson tells the story of the the Tower.  Comprehensible input is important in a world languages class – but you can’t always do stories. This is a lesson that uses target structures in a comprehensible way to teach about a non-fiction topic – the Eiffel Tower. The text is appropriate for 2nd semester French and later.

The target structures are:

• n’aimaient pas – didn’t like
• laid(e) – ugly
• on peut – one can

The lesson includes:

➯a 29-slide powerpoint with repetition of the target vocabulary

➯ a text version of the powerpoint

➯ comprehension questions

➯ a grammar explanation and exercises for the pronoun ‘on’

➯ a story retell sheet with photos – one for writing, one for oral retell

➯ a list of associated videos and websites

➯ a complete answer key