| Curriculum Map 2006-2007 | |||
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The Dwight School |
| Content | Purpose/ Objectives | Activities/ Assessments | Resources | ||
| Architecture (Week 1, 3 Weeks) |
Names of buildings Dates Maps, especially of Paris. Addresses Countries Grammar: verb "habiter" |
To learn the names of different buildings in a town. To learn how to give your address. To learn how to say when something was built. To learn the names of different countries in French. |
Reading articles. Looking at plans of a town. Drawing a plan of one's street. Listening to directions. Dialogues Sentence building with"habiter" |
Alex et Zoe 2 Unite 12 Le nouvel Espaces 1 Dossier 4 French for beginners Workbook pages 5, 18, 19 Video: Visages de la France: 5,Ca, c'est Paris Usbourne: Chateaux, Cathedrales et Pyramides |
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| Questions (Week 4, 4 Weeks) |
Question forms: qui, que, comment, ou etc |
To learn/review basic question forms |
Question/answer sessions Dialogues Question marathons |
Alex et Zoe 2 |
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| Weather (Week 8, 5 Weeks) |
Revision of weather expressions. Beaufort wind scale. Revision of numbers. |
To learn how to talk about the weather in French in present and past tenses. |
Listening exercises. Reading. Acting out the wind scale with charades. Keeping weather journal in French. |
Alex et Zoe 2 Unite 5 Internet websites for the actual weather. La meteorologie: Le vent |
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| Calendars (Week 13, 3 Weeks) |
Revision of days and months. Poems about the seasons and weather. |
To revise dates and days and months. To read some French poetry. |
Reading poetry. reciting poetry . Listening to poetry. |
Various anthologies of poetry. |
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| Publishing (Week 16, 4 Weeks) |
Publishing houses. Producing a publication. Prepositions. |
To find out the name of some French publishers. To learn how to put a page into print. To learn how to say where things are on a page and elsewhere. |
Looking at French books to find the publisher Making a page for the holiday calendar with poetry and illustrations. Preposition exercises. Hide and Seek. |
Dokeo p344 Un livre, ca se fait comment? Alex et Zoe Unite14 |
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| Religions (Week 20, 4 Weeks) |
Vocabulary about religions Countries Large numbers(thousands/millions) |
To learn the names of different religions To review countries To practice using large numbers |
Reading articles Question/answer |
Dokeo |
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| Constitution (Week 24, 3 Weeks) |
The birth of the French Republic. Voting in France. Election of presidents. Grammar: Use of "Vous" form. |
To look at the French constitution. To start asking questions , using the "Vous" form. |
Reading. Voting. Asking and answering questions. |
Alex et Zoe 3 Unite 1 |
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| Francophonie (Week 27, 3 Weeks) |
Countries Grammar: en/au with country verb:parler |
To talk about different counties where French is spoken To learn where they are situated |
Map work Speaking about the different countries Written exercises with en/au |
Alex et Zoe 3 Unite 2 |
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| Water (Week 30, 5 Weeks) |
Vocabulary on water: rivers, lakes etc La Seine |
To learn vocabulary concerning water To learn about the Seine river and where it flows |
Magazine reading about the Seine Independent research on water terms |
Magazine Wapiti: La Seine Questions/Reponses 3/6 ans: La riviere L'eau, la terre, l'air, le feu |
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| Water cont'd (Week 35, 2 Weeks) |
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Updated: Friday, January 05, 2007 |
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