Department: World Languages
Standard(s):
Understanding by Design Course: French 2 / Unit 1
Include the Illinois State Standards addressed in this unit.
State Goal 28: Use the target language to communicate within and beyond the classroom setting.
State Goal 29: Use the taret language to develop an understanding of the customs, art, literature, history and geography
associated with the target language.
State Goal 30: Use the target language to make connections and reinforce knowledge and skills across academic,
vocational and technical disciplines.
Stage 1: Desired Results
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Understandings
Learning another language expands one's opportunities for participating in multilingual communities and global
activities.
The more vocabulary you know in another language, the more you can understand and communicate.
Languages have patterns.
Learning another language helps one understand their own language.
Custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.
Language is a reflection of culture.
Essential Questions
Knowledge & Skill
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What is verb conjugation?
How do French & francophone history and
traditions compare with my own?
How do I talk about my daily activities and
preferences?
How can I get the information I need to know?
How can I describe people and things?
How can I answer questions that people ask me?
Lesson A
1.
I can conjugate present-tense –er, -ir, and –re verbs and use
them to tell what people are doing.
2.
I can tell who owns things or who is related to whom using
possessive adjectives.
3.
I can tell who owns things or who is related to whom using
the construction “de” + owner.
4.
I can tell time in French orally and in writing.
5.
I can give dates in French orally and in writing.
6.
I can answer questions in French.
7.
I can recognize French traditions surrounding the celebration
of the New Year and identify them as true or false.
Lesson B
1.
I can listen to descriptions in French and select an appropriate
explanation for the situation described.
2.
I can conjugate aller and être and use them appropriately in
sentences.
3.
I can use the prepositions à and de appropriately in sentences
and form their contractions.
4.
I can use adjectives correctly in French by placing them
correctly in a sentence and by making agreement (I know how
to write adjectives in their correct form and position.)
5.
I can use the verb aller to tell what is going to happen.
6.
I can answer questions in French and know what changes
need to be made if the answer is negative.
7.
I can identify traditions associated with holidays in
francophone countries.
8.
I can identify the importance of Samuel de Champlain and the
Lion de Belfort.
Lesson C
1.
I can conjugate avoir and faire and use them appropriately in
sentences.
2.
I can rewrite questions using est-ce que and inversion.
3.
I can answer questions negatively using a variety of negative
expressions appropriately.
I can answer questions negatively when they contain
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indefinite articles.
5.
I can answer questions in French.
6.
I can identify the locations of Annecy & Fort-de-France and
recognize some important features of each.
7.
I know how to call the US from France (including how to dial,
what is needed to use a public phone, and where to purchase
it)
Exam
1.
I can recognize an appropriate reply for a dialogue.
2.
I can complete a sentence by selecting an appropriate regular
verb and conjugating it to fit the context.
3.
I can tell who owns things or who is related to whom using
possessive adjectives.
4.
I can conjugate aller, être, avoir and faire and use them
appropriately in sentences.
5.
I can tell what people are going to do and at what time.
6.
I can give the dates of several French holidays.
7.
I can use the prepositions à and de appropriately and use them
in sentences.
8.
I can use adjectives correctly in French by placing them
correctly in a sentence and by making agreement (I know how
to write adjectives in their correct form and position.)
9.
I can write questions 3 different ways.
10. I can answer questions negatively using a variety of negative
expressions appropriately.
11. I can answer questions in French and know what changes
need to be made if the answer is negative.
12. I can answer questions about French, Canadian, and
Martiniquais holidays, traditions, and history.
13. I can read a French travel guide & answer questions about it
in English.
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
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Performance Task Summary
Rubric Titles
Not Optional:
Lesson Quizzes
Unit Exam
Rubric for Oral Proficiency
Rubric for Written Proficiency
Optional:
Written Assessments
Une invitation originale, p. 14 (lesson A)
Une observation, p. 28 (lesson B)
Vos vacances ideales, p. 45 (lesson C)
Evaluation écrite, p. 51 (postcard writing)
Evaluation visuelle, p. 51 (letter writing based on
image)
Oral Assessments
La videocassette, p. 14 (lesson A)
A vous de jouer, p. 45 (lesson C)
Evaluation orale, p. 50 (telephone conversation)
Evaluations visuelle, p. 51 (use image for a
discussion prompt)
Self-Assessments
Student self-assessments (i.e. Post-test
evaluations)
Opportunities to imitate, practice, rehearse
Chapter checklists
Chapter review
Other Evidence, Summarized
Formal/Informal Observations or Interviews of Students
Bellringers or Pop Quizzes
Class Discussion/Participation
Work Samples, Homework
Stage 3: Learning Activities
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Day 1-Invitation (Conversation Culturelle) / Celebrations / Regular Verbs
Day 2-Review Regular Verbs
Day 3-Review Regular Verbs / Posessive Adjectives
Day 4-Posessive Adjectives Team Games Tournament / Telling time
Day 5-Review Telling Time / Dates / Review Celebrations
Day 6- Lesson A Quiz /optional written or oral assessment
Day 7-Conversation Culturelle, lesson B (postcard from Belfort) / Culture B
Day 8-Verbs aller & être
Day 9-Review aller & être / prepositions à & de
Day 10-Form & position of adjectives
Day 11-Form & position of adjectives (incorporate a review regular & irregular verbs) / culture (les fêtes)
Day 12-Review of adjectives / aller + infinitive
Day 13-Lesson B quiz / optional written assessment
Day 14-Conversation Culturelle C / Aperçus culturels
Day 15-Verbs avoir & faire / idiomatic expressions with avoir & faire / Review of regular & irregular verbs
Day 16-Verb review / question formation
Day 17-Review question formation / Negation
Day 18-Review negation / Indefinite articles in negative sentences
Day 19-Lesson C quiz / Optional oral or written assessment /Unit Review
Day 20-Unit Review / Optional oral or written assessment
Day 21-Exam