Intermediate French Unit 4
Unit 4: The tension between individual freedom and collective responsibility.
- 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.
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.
- CYWLIV.FR.2.1.05 Read independently.
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.4.1 Develop awareness of the target culture geography.
- CYWLIV.FR.4.1.01 Correctly identify geographic features.
- 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.5.2.02 Distinguish between different meanings when adjective precede or follow the noun.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.2.03 Locate adverbs correctly in sentences with increasing consistency and accuracy.
- 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.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3.05 Form and use the future.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3.06 Form and use the conditional.
- CYWLIV.FR.5.3.06 Use future and conditional in hypothetical sentences.
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
- Individual freedom in France is characterized by the private expression of thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes.
- The “mosaic” model defines some theories on American identity, whereas French national identity is based on the concept known as “laïcité” (neutrality, or secularism). Both strategies aim to preserve individual freedom. Do
Know
- The history of the French Revolution and the Second World War define the French approach to individual freedom.
- It has been illegal since 1978 France to collect data on race, religion, ethnicity, and political affiliation.
- In France, the wearing of religious symbols has been prohibited in the “public sphere,” including public schools, since 2004.
Do
- Define and describe personal definition of American identity
- Read short articles about the banning of religious symbols in the French public sphere
- Compare and contrast local and global head coverings as religious symbolism (Amish, Mennonite, Muslim, etc.)
- Vocabulary: Apply vocabulary in debates about the tension between individual freedom and collective responsibility
- Grammar: Apply grammar to propose hypotheses and suggest conclusions
Lesson Essential Questions
Vocabulary
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Un athé Imposer (qqc à qqn) S’assimiler à Laïque |
Pratiquer (une religion) Catholique Autrui Seul(e) *Au sein de at the heart of La banlieue
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Avoir de la liberté (de + inf.) Le but Agresser Asiatique Ainsi À moins que…
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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.
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/france-islam-and-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9/id1200361736?i =1000508726838
- Other Resources:
- www.quizlet.com
- www.wordreference.com
- www.larousse.fr
- https://www.definitions.net/definition/la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9
- https://www.la-croix.com/amp/551046
- Teacher created powerpoints, worksheets, puzzles, and game