Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Caiden , Monique / French I / Grade 8 (Bentley House)  

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

(No Unit Name)   VOCABULARY:
Names (French alphabet)
numbers
Dates ,months,days
Nationality

Things and activities you like and dislike
classroom expressions

GRAMMAR
Etre and Avoir conjugations
ER verb conjugations

 

Introducing yourself
greeting someone
Asking someone about his/her name,age
Expressing likes/dislikes about things, activities
Understanding classroom instructions
 

Listening activities
mini-dialogues (hand gestures)
matching sentences
 

Why is self confidence and self image crucial to language acquisition? (ATL)
Why is learing a Second Language important? (ATL)
 

Formative: Workbook Chapter 1
Vocabulary quizzes
dialogues
summative:
Comprehension testing
multiple-chice format
 


October

(No Unit Name)   - interrogatives, prepositions
- vocabulary
- a French town : Chartres
 

- welcoming somebody
- asking how one is feeling
- asking & giving directions
 

- each student reads & translates
- dialogue based on text
- imagining having a guest who visits your town
 

- how to learn to apply grammar in speech (ATL)
- role of history in architecture
 

formative :
- daily homework
- end of chapter quizz
summative :
oral & written end of chapter test
 


November

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Basic school objects
Time
School schedule
Frenc school system
- personnel pronouns (indirect)
- idioms
- food
- expressions of quantities
agreeing/disagreeing expressions
grammar:
To have (re-entry to be)
Demonstrative articles
Adjective agreement

 

Speaking about school
Culture awareness
Expressing your opinion
- making a purchase
- offering, accepting or refusing food
- paying & responding to a compliment
 

Poster (Ideal school schedule)
Oral presentation
sentence builders
Ads (posters-presentation)

 

What does schooling reflect? (ADL)
Importance of leisure and sports. (ATL - Health)
 

formative:
worksheets
Quizzes
Poetry
summative:
oral presentation
Test (verbs, vocabulary)
 


December

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Sports and hobbies
Clothes
Weather - sasons
re-entry months/days
preferences
grammar:
verbs "er"
 

Re-entry how much you like or dislike something
Accepting/ turning down suggestions
Culture: special holidays

 

Posters (weather)
Use of a weather website
presentation
 

How do we convert Farenheit to Celsius (Maths)
Temperature change round the Globe ( Social. ED)
Clothes related to weather (Health)
 

formative:
worksheets
quizzes
summative:
oral presentation
Tests
 


January

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Food
beverages
ordering food expressions
grammar:
present
imperative
 

Ordering food
Inquiring about food
re-entry expressing likes/dislikes
Culture awareness about France and Spanish countries

 

Dialogues
Internet (menus)
recipes
Projects on French monuments , cities
Every daylife.....
 

What are the similarities and differences in food habits?
(Sciences)
Importance of the past (Social Ed)
 

Formative:
Vocabulary list
worksheets
quizzes
Summative:
dialogues
presentation (posters)

 


February

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Places to go
Things to do
grammar:
Information questions
near future

 

Making plans
Extending/responding to an invitation
Introduction to reading

 

conversation
reading a map
reading
 

Comparing the environment in France and the United States
Importance of Parks
Concept of Leisure (Social ED)




 

Formative:
worksheets
Comprehension multiple choice format
Summative:
Tests
Short paragraphs to fill-in

 


March

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Family members
adjectives to describe people
grammar:
Possessive adjectives
prepositions
 

Identifying people
Introducing people
Culture:
Family links
Relationship teens/parents

 

Projects (family trees)
Dialogues
Dictations
Memorize
 

Importance of family life? (Social ED)
Importance of pets (Social ED)
How independent are teenagers in French countries (Social ED)
 

Formative:
Vocabulary list
Worksheets
Grammatical exercices
Summative:
Tests
Oral presentation
 


April

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Every day events
Inquiring expressions
Sharing confidence expressions
Giving/asking for advice expressions
grammar:
Past tense
object pronouns
 

Expressing opinions
Relating past events
Culture:
Telephone system
French Habits

 

Dialogues
Videos
letters
Checking accuracy
 

Importance of the telephone for teenagers (Social ED)
 

Formative:
Worksheets
grammatical exercices
Summative:
Tests
 


May

(No Unit Name)   vocabulary:
Travel items
Transportation
Vacation places
Grammar:
Prepositions
verbs
re-entry the past tense
re-entry "near future"

 

Inquiring about sharing future plans
Expressing wishes
Asking for advice
Inquiring about/and relating events
 

Dialogues
Ads
Tapes (listening)
Video
Preparing a trip
Internet
 

What vacation means for French people? (Social ED)
What is a goal of an Ad? (Social ED)

 

Formative:
Quizzes
Worksheets
Summative:
Daily journal and diaries
Internet articles
 


June

(No Unit Name)   See May
 

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Updated: Thursday, July 27, 2006
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