Youssou N’Dour – Mali, West Africa
Welcome
Bienvenues
Bienvenidos
Please hold your questions until the end. Gracias! Merci!
J’aime …. Me gusta
I like ….
->le tennis/el tenís
->marcher dans les montagnes/caminar en
las montanas
-> cuisiner avec ma famille/cocinar con mi
familia
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Expectations for ALL 7th & 8th grade Students
• Come prepared every day to class:
• to learn and actively participate.
• with ALL supplies.
• Demonstrate:
• Responsibility (take control of his/her academic success; check AVA website for
daily or weekly class information and documents. Check Infinite Campus weekly.
• Ability to self-advocate and self-empower (ask teachers & peers for help)
• Leadership (role models for younger students)
• Competence (becoming a young adult/preparing for high school)
How do I teach?
Immersion
• Speak French/Spanish at least 50 percent of class
Differentiated Instruction
• Oral practice
• Group & individual conversation/repetition
• Rapid-fire exercises with vocabulary recall
How do I teach – cont.
Materials
• D’accord (French textbook, workbook & on-line textbook with
activities & assessments
• Descubre (Spanish textbook, workbook & on-line textbook with
activities and assessments
Projects
• Multi-media research project (choose region/culture)
• International marketplace
Parler/Hablar
Talk, Talk Talk!
How do I teach? – cont.
• On-line tools
• Illustrated grammar tutorials
• Short story videos
• On-line activities & quizzes (using smartboard, tablets and at home devices)
• TPR = Total Physical Response
• An engaging and effective method to teach a foreign language
What do I teach?
(Curriculum based on Colorado Based Standards
for World Languages)
I teach students the five Cs of Foreign Language Learning:
1) Communication
2) Cultures
3) Connections
4) Comparisons
5) Communities
What do I teach? – cont.
• Over the course of the year (3 trimesters) I aim to cover the
following topics:
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Greetings
Academic and everyday activities
Family, friends & pets
Places & activities around town
Leisure activities, sports & shopping
Weather
Curriculum – cont.
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Parties & celebrations
Clothing & colors
Travel & transportation
Parts of house & household chores
Food, dining
Parts of the body, daily routine
Curriculum – cont.
As we go along I will sprinkle in some of the following topics:
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Errands, giving & getting directions
Professions, making phone calls
Nature & Environmental concerns
Performing & literary arts, T.V. and movies
International Relations, Interpersonal Relationships &
Contemporary Life
Curriculum – cont.
• Towns & cities
• News & media
• History, Human rights and politics
• Technology, inventions & science
• Banking & finances
Day in the life of a student in
French or Spanish Class
• Practice Greetings in French/Spanish at door and in classroom
• Sharing: Good things/Les Bonnes Choses/Las Cosas Buenas
• Warm-up on Smart Board (usually a review of what they learned the previous day in the
form of a:
• Reflection
• Writing exercise utilizing grammar & vocabulary just learned
• Introduce new topic in the form of a:
• Tutorial
• Small group exercise
• Game
Day in the life .... cont.
• Practice new concept utilizing one or more of the following techniques:
reading, writing, listening & speaking in the form of ……
• Dictation (listen & write)
• Audio or audio-visual exercise on smart board or tablets
• Read text and answer questions
• Check for understanding
• Launch (quote, video clip related to lesson, often in Spanish or French)
Launch
• Questions???
• Mrs. Partridge
• cpartridge@aspenviewacademy.org
Quote --- ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that
goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes
to his heart.❞
‒Nelson Mandela
About me
• First year at AVA; Love the positive culture here! 
• 5 + years teaching experience.
• Married with two sons, ages 13 & 15, who help me daily to be in
tune with your sons and daughters. 
• French major in college; Masters in International Administration
• Lived and travelled in Europe, Africa & Latin America.
Professional Goal
To empower my students with the
communication tools necessary to learn French
or Spanish, and help them explore
Francophone and Hispanic societies and their
cultures that surround us in our increasingly
diverse and global world.