Intermediate French Unit 2
Unit 2: How does technology shape interpersonal relationships?
- Standards
- Unit Essential Questions
- Understanding/Key Learning
- Know
- Do
- Lesson Essential Questions
- Vocabulary
- Materials/Resources
- Assessments
Standards
Listening/Speaking
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1 Engage in conversation and respond to target language.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1.01 Ask/answer questions.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1.02 Provide information using familiar vocabulary and cognates.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1.03 Use memorized phrases.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1.04 Express individual opinion and perspective.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.1.05 Use circumlocution.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.2 Use correct pronunciation.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.2.01 Attempt to approximate native pronunciation.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.4 Present information to an audience.
- CYWLIV.FR.1.4.01 Provide personal/topical information using level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
Reading
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1 Read longer texts from authentic materials and other sources.
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1.01 Identify main idea/topic.
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1.02 Identify supporting ideas/details.
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1.03 Paraphrase in target language.
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1.04 Examine glossed/unabridged texts.
Writing
- CYWLIV.FR.3.1 Communicate about self, others, culture, and literature.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.1.01 Write paragraphs.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.1.02 Write essays.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.1.03 Answer questions.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.2 Use correct mechanics.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.2.01 Use correct grammar.
- CYWLIV.FR.3.2.02 Spell correctly.
Culture
- CYWLIV.FR.4.2 Develop awareness of pertinent topics, customs, and traditions in countries where the target language is spoken.
- CYWLIV.FR.4.2.01 Identify similarities and differences between cultures.
- CYWLIV.FR.4.2.02 Identify main idea and supporting details.
- CYWLIV.FR.4.2.03 Share informed opinions.
Grammar
- CYWLIV.FR.5.1 Use nouns and pronouns correctly.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.1.01 Use various types of pronouns with increasing consistency and accuracy.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.2 Use adjectives/adverbs correctly.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.2.01 Use correct agreement and placement with an expanded repertoire of regular and irregular adjectives.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3 Use verbs correctly.
- +CYWLIV.FR.5.3.01 Form and use the imparfait correctly.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3.02 Distinguish between uses of passe, compose, and imparfait.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3.03 Form the present of regular and irregular verbs.
Vocabulary
- CYWLIV.FR.6.1 Build vocabulary in target language.
- CYWLIV.FR.6.1.01 Identify meaning.
- CYWLIV.FR.6.1.02 Use vocabulary in proper context.
Unit Essential Questions
Understanding/Key Learning
Know
- Key similarities and differences between French and American expressions of politeness, expectations for professional (work) relationships, and tenants of casual relationships (friendship)
- French texting language
- Vocabulary: Intermediate vocabulary on technology, social media, and relationship-building
- Grammar: Comparing the “passé composé” and the “imparfait” (imperfect) tenses
Do
- Apply the past tense in a journal to describe when you first met a current close friend
- Express thoughts and feelings in French texting language
- Read and respond to short French articles
- Vocabulary: Apply vocabulary to debate how social media strengthens or weakens interpersonal relationships
- Grammar: Use the past tense to describe the evolution of social media in an oral exam
Lesson Essential Questions
Vocabulary
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Avoir confiance en À cause de Les attentes (f.) |
Partager ses affaires Apprécier |
Un échange Dans un premier temps Dont |
Materials/Resources
- Textbook & Audio: Controverses. Oukada, Didier Bertrand, and Janet Solberg (2016 – third edition) Cengage Learning Publishing.
- Workbook: Controverses, Cahier. Larbi Oukada, Didier Bertrand, and Janet Solberg (2016). Heinle Cengage Learning.
- Art & Music: “Formidable” (Stromae)
- Other Resources:
- www.quizlet.com
- www.wordreference.com
- www.larousse.fr
- www.lemonde.fr
- www.lefigaro.fr
- Evidences invisibles (Raymonde Caroll)
- Teacher created powerpoints, worksheets, puzzles, and games