French III-Unit 2-Les souvenirs de mon enfance
Language
Course/level
Targeted
Proficiency Level
Thematic unit
Unit length
French
French III
Novice-High
Les souvenirs de mon enfance
about 4 weeks
Stage 1: Desired Results
Standards: Check as
many as apply.
Enduring
Understanding(s)
Essential Question
Guiding Questions
___x__1.1 Interpersonal communication
___x__1.2 Interpretive communication
___x__1.3 Presentational communication
_____2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives
___x__2.2 Cultural products and perspectives
___x__3.1 Connections to other disciplines
___x__3.2 Acquiring new information
___x__4.1 Language comparisons
___x__4.2 Cultural comparisons
Our childhood experiences shape who we are, and sharing them with others
promotes global understanding.
How has my childhood shaped who I am today?
• What are my favorite childhood memories?
• What makes a children’s story universally appealing?
• What do we learn about history when listening to personal narratives?
• How do we learn from our past?
At the end of this unit the learner can narrate in the past by retelling childhood stories
and experiences. The learner can describe self and others as children and sequence
events in the past. The learner can interpret and analyze literature and film as well as
express opinions about the literature in the film.
Functions
Knowledge
What can learners do?
What context, structure and culture will learners need to show their knowledge?
Functions
Context
Structure
Culture
narrating in the past
 WWII (D-Day)
 imparfait
 multiple perspectives
of history
 Vocabulary from Au
 passé composé
sequencing events in the past
Revoir les Enfants
 imparfait vs. passé  historical narratives
film
composé
 transitions:
d’abord, et, mais,
cependent,
néanmoins, donc,
puis, prochain,
premierment,
enfin, ensuite,
finalement
 qui, que
retell personal childhood
 personal childhood
 imparfait
 Compare childhood
stories and experiences
vocabulary (use of
histories from one
 passé composé
dictionary to
culture to another
 imparfait vs. passé
personalize childhood
composé
experience stories)
 transitions:

d’abord, et, mais,
cependent,
néanmoins, donc,
Learning goals
Interpretive
Interpersonal
Presentational



puis, prochain,
premierment,
enfin, ensuite,
finalement
 qui, que
 comparative and
superlative
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
Summative Performance Assessments
1. Listening: Call to Arms (De Gaulle)
2. Additional listening exercises unit 9
1. Mon enfance speaking task
1. Mon enfance-Quand j’avais_______ans (childhood memory) Narrative blog entry
Formative Assessments
passé composé quiz
imparfait quiz
passé composé vs. imparfait quiz
Other Summative Assessments
Movie summary: Au Revoir les Enfants
Stage 3: Learning Activities
Interpersonal


Role play interviews of two
soldiers (French and American) or
two characters in film Au Revoir
les Enfants.
Explain still images from the film.
Interpretive


Poetry analysis: La Liberté
Le Ballon Rouge (to compare
and contrast cultures)
Other Learning Activities
Resources
District Resources- C’est à toi: Niveau 2
• Unité 9- (passé composé, imparfait, Charles DeGaulle)
Other resources
• “Au revoir, les enfants” film
• “La liberté” (Paul Eluard)
• “A Call to Arms” (DeGaulle)
• La Resistance-WWII
• Aurélie and Julien video #2 from Level
Presentational

Oral presentation of
childhood stories