Collaborative Curriculum Map 2006-2007  

The Dwight School
French II / Grade 9 (Franklin House)

Period Content Purpose/ Objectives Activities & Resources Areas of Interaction Assessments
September auxiliaires,imperatifs : Review of ETRE/AVOIR - Commands
Review Present Tense - Group 1
Read Boucle D'Or et les Trois Ours
-Describe yourself & others
- express likes & dislikes
- ask for & give advice
- Vocabulary for reading and understanding a text

- reading text aloud in class
- answering comprehension questions
- through vocabulary review
- what is the importance of verbs in message? (ATL)
- words expressing questions? (ATL)
- how does one express oneself however simply? (soc.ed)

- homework
- class conversations
- quizzes
- tests


October interro.prep.chartres. : - 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

adjectives/imm.future: - adjectives - use & agreement - interrogoative forms - some prepositions
- immediate future
- intro to various Frenchspeaking countries
- Chartres- some geography
- vocab related to section
- see purpose of adjectives in a sentence

- some history thru language (colonisation)



- reading
- speaking
- anwering (orally) questions


- is French only spoken in France?
- importance of learning a second language
- daily homework
- end of unit quiz : written
oral



November pronouns/quantities : - personnel pronouns (indirect)
- idioms
- food
- expressions of quantities
- making a purchase
- offering, accepting or refusing food
- paying & responding to a compliment
- choosing each meal of the day
- going to the market
- imagining daily life activities & learning to express them (soc. ed.)





- same as previous lessons + small dialogues:
- at the restaurant
- at the market


December relat.pro.reflexive : - relative pronouns
- reflexive mode
- idioms : - weather expressions
-cultural : La Martinique
La Guadeloupe
- what are some of French overseas department?
- describing a place
- asking & making suggestions



- each student reads & translates
- dialogues initiated by teachers
- what is status of some former French colonies? (soc. ed)
- some geography (soc.ed.)
formative :
- reading aloud
- oral period
summative : end of chapter test - identifiying geographically the 2 islands studied


January p.comp. - imparfait : - use passe compose
with ETRE
WITH AVOIR
- imperfect
- express feelings of frustration & satisfaction
- give reasons & make nexuses
- congratulate & reprimand
- learning differences between 2 past tenses (passe compose & imperfect)
- reading of 2 poems - emphasis on oral part + translation
- dialogue between students on related vocabulary
- reading of a fairy tale (Sleeping Beauty)
- le Chateaux de la Loire (internet)


- when to use : - ETRE
- AVOIR (ATL)

- presentation of surrealism in poetry (Homo Faber)
- history : castels - different periods (soc. ed.)

Formative :
- reading & writing
Summative : - oral dialogues - written quizz
- personal project ; choose a castel!





February pron.EN - La Cote d'Ivoire : - pronoun EN
- vocabulary : - to be in shape
- nutrition, exercises
- idioms
- learn to express complaints, concerns, giving advice
- expressions of encouragements
- advice concerning one's health
- La Cote d'Iivoire
- reading aloud & translating
- students write description of personal regiment re to be in shape















- what is the importance of being in good health? (Health)

- what is the meaning of "la francophonie"?
Formative : - daily homework - quizzes
Summative : - personal project re nutrition & physical activities
- end of chapter test


March imp.LaProvoence : - imperfect (cont'ed) (when to use it)
- vocabulary - idioms
- a French region : La Provence

- when to use the imperfect vs. the passe compose
- describes yourself & others
- reading aloud & translating
- oral exercises
- famous artists from Provence






- how well is a message conveyed in using the proper past tense (ATL)
- compare la Provence to another French region (soc.ed)
Formative : - daily home work
- written & oral quizzes
Summative : personal presentation of an artist from Provence


April object pron.Ionesco : - reading"La Cantatrice chauve" by Ionesco
- indirect & direct object pronouns
- idioms
- food in Provence
- reading & translations
- theater of the absurd
- getting acquainted with la Provence



- virtual visit of la Provence
- personal project - inventing a tour
- How one region is different (customs - food) from another

- how a phrase is clearer by using adequate pronouns
Formative : - daily homework, vocab quizz- oral & written

Summative : test re entire chapter (9)


May irreg.verbs/cult.events : - irregular verbs at the imperfect
- vocabulary
- idioms
- cultural events (music & cinema)
-identify people/things
- ask for advice & info
- give opinions
- summarize
- sameness & differences between French & american youth
- reading & translation
- dialogues
- one film (to be chosen)
- is it difficult for an American teenager to understand French customs? (soc. ed.)
Formative : - daily homework, vocab. quizzes - daily review of imperfect
Summative : - class discussion based on film
- written exercise based on same


June


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