Intermediate French Unit 3
Unit 3: Has the movement for women's rights attained its objectives?
- 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.
- 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.4.2 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.
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
- Olympe de Gouges was the first major advocate for women’s suffrage in France (1791).
- French women gained the right to vote in 1944.
- In 1999, French political parties became required to endorse an equal number of male and female candidates in municipal and national elections.
- In 2021, France voted to introduce gender quotas for executive teams of large companies.
Do
- List American stereotypes about French men and women
- Skim and scan French comics to define “equity,” “parity,” and “equality”
- Read and respond to short French articles
- Vocabulary: Apply vocabulary to discuss students’ experience of expectations regarding their gender in school sports and chores at home
- Grammar: Use the comparative and the superlative to discuss stereotypes about male and female strengths, competencies, and limitations
Lesson Essential Questions
Vocabulary
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L’apparence (f) physique *Améliorer, s’améliorer (to improve, to improve oneself) Un fait accompli Agir Bas(se) |
Évoluer Amusant(e) Privilégié(e) Avoir le droit de + infinitif Une carrière Aider |
Offensif (offensive) C’est dépassé Un avantage Demeurer Actuel(le) Dès Des congés (m.) payés |
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.
- Other Resources:
- www.quizlet.com
- www.wordreference.com
- www.larousse.fr
- TV 5 Monde
- https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/decouvrir-l-assemblee/histoire/le-suffrage-u niversel/la-conquete-de-la-citoyennete-politique-des-femmes
- Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen & Déclaration des Droits de la Femme et du Citoyenne (Olympe de Gouges)
- Teacher created powerpoints, worksheets, puzzles, and games