PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT YEARATAGLANCE PACING GUIDE 200809 SCHOOL YEAR
School: Prescott High School Course: French 56 Teacher: Cathleen Cherry Core Text: Discovering French Rouge Time/Days: daily Grade Level: 912
Time Segment Unit (Thematic Big Ideas/ Essential Standards Focus (notate as “P” for Assessments (Projects, Resources & Materials (9 Week Grading Topic or Subject) Questions (Put Power/Essential Power, “E” for Essential, & “N” for Tests, Presentations, Etc.) Needed NonEssential) Period Maximum) Standard into Qu estion Format for the Unit) All four Current events Current events Communication Read and discuss a news www.yahoo.fr or similar quarters, on Culture article or editorial from French news Wednesdays Connections the current week organization’s website Comparisons Communities st 1 quarter Reprise Describing the present Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French (Review) Describing the past Culture leçons AC Reprise Referring to people, things, Connections Reprise Exam and places Comparisons Final Exam Communities st 1 quarter Unité 1: Au Describing people Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French jour le jour Caring for one’s appearance Culture leçons 1.1& 1.2 Chapter 1 Describing the various aspects Connections Chapter 1 Exam of one’s daily routine Comparisons Final Exam Expressing how one feels and Communities inquiring about others st 1 quarter (may Unité 2: Helping around the house Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French continue into 2nd Soyons utiles! Asking for help and offering to Culture leçons 2.1& 2.2 Chapter 2 quarter) help Connections Chapter 2 Exam Describing an object Comparisons Final Exam Communities st nd 1 or 2 quarter Cyrano de Watching and discussing an Communication Discussion Cyrano de Bergerac Bergerac awardwinning film by Culture DVD & comprehension director JeanPaul Rappeneau Connections questions Comparisons Communities nd 2 quarter Unité 3: Vive Talking about outdoor Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French la nature! activities Culture leçons 3.1& 3.2 Chapter 3 Describing the natural Connections Chapter 3 Exam environment and how to Comparisons Final Exam protect it Communities Talking about the weather and natural phenomena Relating a sequence of past events Describing habitual past actions st nd 1 and 2 Poetry How do modern and historic Communication Read and discuss poetry “Le singe” Roy, quarters poetry reveal information? Culture Quiz over poems “L’accent grave” Connections Prévert, “Le miroir” Comparisons Baudelaire, “Le pont Communities Mirabeau” Apollinaire, “Mon rêve familier” Verlaine 3rd quarter Unité 4: Shopping for various items Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French Aspects de la Buying stamps and mailing Culture leçons 4.1& 4.2 Chapter 4 vie quotidienne items at the post office Connections Chapter 4 Exam Having one’s hair cut Comparisons Final Exam Asking for a variety of Communities services rd 3 quarter Unité 5: Bon Planning a trip abroad Communication Weekly Quizzes for Discovering French voyage Going through customs Culture leçons 5.1& 5.2 Chapter 5 Making travel arrangements Connections Chapter 5 Exam Travel in France Comparisons Final Exam Communities rd th 3 or 4 quarter Entre les murs Watching and discussing an Communication Discussion Entre les murs DVD & awardwinning film by Culture comprehension director Laurent Cantet Connections questions Comparisons Communities th 4 quarter Le Petit Prince Allegorical novel about life Communication Weekly Quizzes for le Le Petit Prince by and friendship Culture Petit Prince Antoine de St. Exupéry Connections Written summary of student texts and Comparisons novel (part of final teacher’s guide Communities exam)