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Week 1
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Objective: Groups
of students will choose a city to work on for their presentations Topic: Intro to French speaking nations Literacy aspect: With help of map of the
world on overhead showing Fr.speaking nations highlighted and with list of
countries & cities, fill in copy of blank map. +Journal entry |
O: Students
will demonstrate capacity to give and understand directions. Students will start thinking
of activity for Poetry Slam T: Finding
your way in the city L: Draw from list of vocabulary related to city map
and read map. Resources for Poetry Slam + Journal entry |
Computer Lab O: Work on presentations and/or Poetry Slam T: French-speaking cities; French poetry, hip-hop,
drama, etc. L: Gather
& organize material from websites in French & English |
O: Students will demonstrate use of formal
communication & vocab. related to shopping T: Clothes and Food Shopping L: Use new vocab. provided to role-play in groups as
shoppers and shopkeepers then write little story about someone preparing for
a party they’re giving (have to shop for outfit & food) + Journal entry |
O: Students will demonstrate how to order food/state
wants & needs with appropriate verb tenses, using the formal and informal T: Dining out
with friends L: PowerPoint
Pres. with pictures & vocab. related to restaurant scenario. Fake food, silverware, cups
and plates to play with in groups (role-playing). Look up words in dictionary. +Journal entry |
Week 2
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O: Students
will describe and compare people they know as well as different city
dwellings/rooms in home T: Neighbors,
Friends & Family L: Draw home
and people; put labels with new vocab. qualifying them. +Journal entry |
O: Students
will recognize & describe different noises and different objects/buildings T: Sounds
& sights of the city L: With new
vocab., listen to tape of sounds-identify & describe them; look at
pictures on Power Point then identify & describe them. +Journal entry |
Computer Lab O: Work on presentations and/or Poetry Slam T: French-speaking cities; French poetry, hip-hop,
drama, etc. L: Gather
& organize material from websites in French & English |
O: Students will demonstrate use of future tense by
imagining what they’ll do when they go to a city of their choice T: Visiting a city L: Design a travel brochure and map out travel plans
in the future. +Journal entry |
O: Students will demonstrate oral comprehension of
songs and pronunciation through singing T: La Vie en
Rose/ Edith Piaf & Grace Jones versions
L: Fill in the blanks in written text of song and
translate song into English. + Journal entry |
Week 3
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O: Students will demonstrate proper use of different
past tenses orally and in writing. Student presentations begin. T: Your weekend. Your last holiday. L: In literary text written in the present, identify
verbs and change them to past. Take
notes on Presentation I (Paris, France) + Journal entry |
O: Students will be exposed to aspects of Senegalese
culture through 1st part of documentary “Djabote” & student
presentation T: Senegal & West African Drumming L: Free-write on documentary Take
notes on Presentation II (Dakar, Senegal) + Journal entry |
O: Students will finish watching documentary, watch
presentation on Abidjan, and be exposed to major trends in Fr. Colonialism T: Aspects of
French colonialism L: Free-write and summary of documentary. Take notes on Presentation III (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) + Journal entry |
O: Students will demonstrate translating skills from
English to French and vice versa through their chosen texts of spoken word,
hip-hop, poetry, drama. T: Cities in different literature genres. L: Use of bilingual dictionary. Takes notes on Presentation IV (Casablanca, Morocco) + Journal entry |
O: Students will demonstrate understanding of
newspaper articles form different cities T: News in French. Current politics in different
countries L: Write summaries and opinions on articles read. Take notes on Presentation V (Fort-de-France, Martinique) + Journal entry |
Week 4
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O: Students will demonstrate further knowledge of
future tense, and be introduced to subjunctive and conditional tenses through
writing and talking about their future T: Career L: With help handouts on new verb tenses with list of
regular and irregular verbs, write short essay on chosen career. Take notes on Presentation
VI (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) +Journal entry |
O: Students will continue practice of tenses from
previous day through oral and written exercises. They will get together in
groups in preparation for Poetry Slam. T: Wish lists: “If I had a million dollars”; “If I
were president”, etc. L: Write sentences using tenses. Fill in the blanks
exercises. Answer teacher questions verbally. Take notes on Presentation
VII (Hanoi, Vietnam) + Journal entry |
O: Students will prepare for Poetry Slam with help from teacher.
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Rehearsal L:
Proofreading texts for performances; pronunciation of texts. Handouts from
teacher with brief info on some cities that were not covered by student
presentations. +
Journal entry |
Poetry Slam
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Assessment Written test on performances
& presentations + oral discussion on what they learned, liked and didn’t
like. |
