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) P​eriod 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) .