LA CULTURE DATE April 7, 2014

SUBJECT French GRADE: 5/6/7 DURATION: 12 lessons UNIT OVERVIEW Established Goals (PLO’s)

Grade 5:  Identify elements of their own cultural backgrounds  Identify elements of Francophone culture in Canada  Respond to creative works from the Francophone world  Ask and respond to simple questions  Identify greetings and expressions of politeness  Communicate likes, dislikes, wants, and needs  Respond to classroom instructions Grade 6:  Make and respond to simple requests  Use greetings and expressions of politeness  Express preferences and interests  Participate in known and predictable classroom situations  Respond to creative works from the Francophone world  Identify elements of Francophone cultures that are different from or similar to their own Grade 7:  Ask for and give simple information  Exchange information about themselves  Participate in classroom activities  Begin to derive meaning in new language situations  Respond to creative works from the Francophone world  Identify elements of Francophone cultures present in British Columbia and Canada Enduring Understandings Students will be able to:  Learn the lyrics and pronunciation of O Canada in French  Identify common French food  Write an informal penpal letter  Present a popular French song and the artist  Create a travel brochure of a Francophone country/city Assessment Evidence Summative: Formative:

Travel brochure poster Checking for understanding French song presentation Participation Self-assessment Peer-assessment Ability to work with others

Lesson PLOs SWBAT Activities and Materials/ Assessment Covered Teaching Strategies Resources 1. O Canada - Identify Learn the lyrics Missing lyrics worksheet from O 1* O Formative assessment: elements of and pronunciation Canada Can - Check for completion Francophone of O Canada in Listen twice and fill in the blanks ada - Participation culture in French Switch and mark lyric Canada Go through pronunciation of words s - Respond to together wor classroom Sing together with lyrics kshe instructions Try to sing together without lyrics et - Participate 2* Aud in classroom io activities play er 2. La nourriture - Identify Identify Go through La nourriture francaise 3* PPT Formative assessment: Francaise elements of traditional French powerpoint 4* Bin - Participation Francophone foods Ask favourite French food go culture in Conjugate Bingo game Canada ‘manger’ and use - Respond to it in a sentence classroom Properly use instructions ‘aime’ ‘n’aime - Participate pas’ ‘prefere’ in classroom activities - Communicate likes, dislikes, wants, and needs

3. Penpal letters - Ask and Write an informal Write a penpal letter to give to  Letter Formative Assessment: respond to letter to another students of the other French class writing - Check for completion simple student Pick names randomly template - Participation questions Provide template of letter writing  Envelop - Identify Ask two other students to proofread es greetings and **might extend to 2 classes expressions of politeness

4. - Identify Learn about Watch music video 5* TV Formative Assessment: Popular French elements of current singers in Introduce singer in French 6* iPad - Participation Songs Francophone Quebec and What is the song about? culture in France Missing lyrics game Canada - Respond to creative works from the Francophone world 5. Popular French - Identify Research and Explain presentation criteria and 7* iPad Formative Assessment: songs elements of present a popular grading rubric s - Check for completion (extension) Francophone French song and Provide list of artists & songs - Participation culture in singer/band in Use iPads to research Canada groups Give me song name by the end of the - Respond to day for approval creative Give script that students can work off works from of the Francophone world 6. - Identify Research and Research and working on  Formative Assessment: Popular French songs elements of present a popular presentation block - Check for completion (extension) Francophone French song and - Participation culture in singer/band in Canada groups - Respond to creative works from the Francophone world

7. Popular French - Identify Research and Presentations  TV Summative: songs elements of present a popular Groups of 2 or 3 ~5min per group  iPad Grading scale for presentations (extension) Francophone French song and 2 min talking, 1 min song sample culture in singer/band in Formative: Canada groups Ability to work with others - Respond to creative works from the Francophone world

8. Travel brochure - Identify Create travel Introduce poster project:  iPads Formative Assessment: poster elements of brochure poster Create giant sized travel brochure to  Books - Check for completion their own and present to the attract tourists to a francophone - Participation cultural class country - Ability to work with others backgrounds Make groups, give criteria, choose - Identify location elements of Francophone culture in Canada

9. Travel brochure - Identify Create travel Research & group work  iPads Formative Assessment: poster elements of brochure poster Focus: paragraph writing, use of  Books - Check for completion their own and present to the dictionary, verb conjugations - Participation cultural class - Ability to work with others backgrounds - Identify elements of Francophone culture in Canada

10. Travel brochure - Identify Create travel Work period  iPads Formative Assessment: poster elements of brochure poster Focus: writing sentences  Books - Check for completion their own and present to the - Participation  Posters cultural class - Ability to work with others backgrounds - Identify elements of Francophone culture in Canada 11. Travel brochure - Identify Create travel Work period  iPads Formative Assessment: poster elements of brochure poster Focus: pronounciation  Books - Check for completion their own and present to the - Participation  Posters cultural class - Ability to work with others backgrounds - Identify elements of Francophone culture in Canada 12. Travel brochure - Identify Create travel Presentations & rotations Posters Summative: poster elements of brochure poster 7 groups Poster/presentations their own and present to the visitors and “passport”? cultural class Formative: backgrounds Self/peer assessment - Identify Ability to work with others elements of Francophone culture in Canada

**other lesson ideas: French cultural celebrations, telephone etiquette, art de la bise