Curriculum Map 2006-2007    

The Dwight School
French 6 / Grade 6 (Bentley House)  

Period  Content  Purpose/ Objectives  Activities & Resources  Areas of Interaction  Assessments 
September

(No Unit Name)  
Greetings and salutations
Names (spelling)
Describing and presenting yourself

VOCABULARY
- Dates
- Months
- Nationalities

 

Oral communication
Formal & informal greetings
 

-mini-dialogues
-game (hangman)
-games with numbers
-calendar
-birthdays and important events in France
 

Why self image is important to langage learning? (ATL)
Cultural differences in greetings (Social Education)
Cultural differences (comparing and contrasting important events and holidays)
 

Formative: workbook and homework
Summative : oral presentation of themselves
comprehension test(multiple-choice) format
 


October


November

(No Unit Name)   Basic school objects
- colors
- countries
The family
Grammar: prep habiter (a en), possesive adj, re-entry adj agreement
Pets
Grammar avoir/etre, re-entry adj possesive
 

Speaking about school
Talking about yourself
Talking about family
Speaking and reading to establish relationship
Pronunciation
 

Describing school subjects
Memory game
Listening- dialogue
Mini-dialogues
Get a penpal
Poetry
 

How to use knowledge of English to learn French and vice versa(English grammar v French)
How pets are important in France?
Look at others?
 

Formative:
Fill in forms
Worksheets
Quizzes
Summative:
Presentation of a family tree
Dictation
Test
Poems
 


December

(No Unit Name)   Talk about what you like and dislike
Re-entry grammar Sep/Nov
 

Introduction to writing
Speak and write about yourself
 

Writing to a penpal
Reading a paragraph
Reading ads
Dialogues
 

How to look at oneself (social ed)
Analyze information(ATL)
 

Formative:
Quizzes (grammar vocabulary)
Summative:
Writng a letter
 


January

(No Unit Name)   School subjects
Time
Numbers 21-100
Culture curriculum in French school
French grading system
Grammar verbs "er"(aimer/detester)
 

Talking about school
Saying what you like/dislike
Understand other cultures
Talking about timetables
 

Flashcards- subjects
Clock/time
Ideal schedule
Reading about schools
 

Importance of school in France. (social ed)
Similarities / differences(Social ed)
 

Formative:
Quiz vocab/grammar
Summative:
Ideal schedule:presentation
Reading /writing about school from and to a penpal
Internet exchange with a school
 


February

(No Unit Name)   Sports and hobbies
Places to go- things to do
Grammar
Questions
Re-entry negative form
Verbs "ir"- "re"
 

Talking about sport and hobbies
Leisure
Express their preferences

 

Dialogue
Ads
Relating current events
(what you do on weekends)

 

Importance of sports and leisure(Social ed/Health)
Similarities/differences (Social ed)

 

Formative:
Quiz
Worksheet
Summative:
Interview
Opinion polls


 


March

(No Unit Name)   Weather
Clothes
Conversion :F/C
 

Knowing the world around us
Talking about the weather
Describing what you wear
 

Internet
Weather report in a French speaking city
Listening to a weather report
 

How to be aware of the French speaking world ( Social ed)
What to wear when? (Health)
Conversion Fahrenheit/Celsius (Math)
 

Formative:
Quiz
Worksheet
Summative:
Listening to a weather report
Presenting a weather report in a French speaking city.
 


April


May


June


Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2006
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