GLEN RIDGE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: French
1A - Grade 7
Subject: Le
Français
Grade Level: 7
Department/School: World
Language/High School
Duration: One
Year
Number of credits: 3
Prerequisite: None
Elective or Required: Elective/Required for 2 years in
the High School
Author: Lillian Serghides
Date Submitted: Summer 2005
Course
Description
The Middle School World Language Program is continually refined to provide interdisciplinary and cross-curricular units that are infused with special projects that are designed to maximize student second language acquisition. French 1A is an introduction to francophone culture and French language at an introductory level. The language laboratory and audio programs are an integral part of the curriculum. Realia, such as music, newspapers, magazines and videos are used in the target language for motivation and for the enhancement of speaking, reading, and for listening proficiency. The students will be able to read, write, listen and speak at a beginning level in the present and simple future tenses. They will develop an appreciation and an awareness of the cultures in the French speaking world through their class readings and discussion and furthered through their own research.
French
STANDARD 7.1 (COMMUNICATION)
STANDARD 7.2 (CULTURE)
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WORLD LANGUAGE
In a changing world of technology and multiculturalism, the world is getting smaller and the importance of multilingual abilities is becoming increasingly important. We in the World Language Department believe every individual in our school is capable of learning a foreign language to the best of their ability. Our emphasis is on communication and culture. Students will use correct syntax, grammar, and pronunciation. Included in our repertoire of activities is a study of both Francophone and Hispanic cultures. This also includes non-verbal clues common to these cultures. Students will be exposed to all forms of literature in the native language in their chosen second language, in the original form, depending on the level of study.
Students will also be exposed to the language not only through the use of the textbook but also through the use of multimedia, listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Native speakers will be invited and engaged whenever possible. Students will be expected to take an active role in the learning of the language since true communication is an active process. Students will be assessed in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Authentic assessment in real life and survival situations will be a part of all teachers’ classrooms. Available technology will be employed, working on collaborative activities within the framework of the topic.
Curriculum
Description
Faisons Connaissance
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1. Say hello and ask someone’s name. (7.1,11)
2. Introduce oneself and spell one’s name. (7.1,8)
3. Talk about telephone numbers using 0-79. (7.1,12)
4. Employ je/tu (subject pronouns) and moi/toi (emphatic pronouns). (7.1,10)
5. Recognize spelling marks and accents. (7.1,14)
6. Compare
greetings and interactions used in
7. Pronounce and recognize French first names. (7.1,8, 7.2,10)
8. Say where you are from. (7.1,8)
9. Introduce friends, family, and relatives. (7.1,12)
10. Describe people and give their nationalities. (7.1,8)
11. Use masculine and feminine adjectives. (7.1,9)
12. Recognize silent letters at the end of words. (7.1,14)
13. Become more
familiar with
14. Understand the extent of French national territory. (7.2,8)
15. Greet friends/classmates and teachers/other adults appropriately. (7.1,11)
16. Ask how people feel. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
17. Express feelings of frustration and appreciation. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
18. Say good-bye. (7.1,10)
19. Learn when to pronounce final consonants. (7.1,14)
20. Be aware of formal and casual greetings used in French. (7.2,5, 7.2,8)
21. Become familiar with the use of monsieur, madame, and mademoiselle and their abbreviations. (7.2,5)
22. Introduce or point out someone. (7.1,13)
23. Find out who someone is. (7.1,12)
24. Get someone’s attention or express surprise. (7.1,13)
25. Talk about people. (7.1,14)
26. Employ definite and indefinite articles. (7.1,11, 7.1,16)
27. Be aware of the French concept of friendship. (7.2,5, 7.2,8)
28. Talk about area codes for French cities using numbers 80-100. (7.1,12, 7.2,8)
29. Be aware of
the importance of French heritage in
30. Tell age, how old a friend is, and ask how old others are. (7.1,12, 7.1,13)
31. Employ possessive adjectives ma, mon, mes, ta, ton, tes and make agreement with the nouns that they introduce. (7.1,13, 7.1,14)
32. Compare French and American concepts of the family. (7.2,7, 7.2,8)
Duration of time: 7 weeks
Activities:
Students will:
- Meet and greet each other, introduce themselves, ask someone’s name, spell their names, and provide telephone numbers.
- Role-play in pairs situations which require that they introduce themselves or others, provide spelling of names, and telephone numbers.
- Listen to native speakers using the language lab and participate in related, reinforcement exercises.
- Participate in total physical response activities to indicate comprehension of the concept of gender.
- Listen to conversations and choose appropriate responses using the CD program.
- Be encouraged to present to the class any of the video activities or Communipak role-plays.
- Create a list of situations for using formal and informal greetings in French. Compare to American customs.
- Read Cultural Notes and see Vignette Culturelle describing where French-speaking people live.
THEMATIC
La Vie Courante
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1. Say that they are hungry or thirsty. (7.1,8)
2. Offer a friend something. (1,10, 7.1,11)
3. Talk about foods and beverages. (7.1,12)
4. Distinguish between masculine and feminine nouns. (7.1,14, 7.1,16)
5. Recognize and repeat intonation. (7.1,14, 7.1,16)
6. Order food or beverage at a café. (7.1,8, 7.1,10)
7. Request something from a friend and from an adult (s’il te plaît and s’il vous plaît). (7.1, 11, 7.1,12)
8. Learn about “le café. ( 7.2,5)
9. Ask how much something costs. (7.1,8, 7.10, 7.1, 11)
10. Ask a friend to lend you something. (7.1,11, 7.1, 13)
11. Use third person singular subject pronouns il and elle to replace subject nouns. (7.1,13, 7.1,16)
12. Learn how to make purchases using the euro. (7.1,13, 7.2,5)
13. Become aware of what kinds of fast foods French young people buy. (7.2,5)
14. Tell time. (7.1,8, 7.1,12)
15. Give the date and the day of the week. (7.1,8, 7.1,12)
16. Talk about the weather. (7.1,8,7.1,12)
17. Identify
parts of the body and play common children’s game: Jacques a dit. ( 7.1,12, 7.2,5, 7.2,7, 7.2,8)
18. Sign popular French-Canadian folksong: Alouette and identify parts of a bird. (7.1,12, 7.2,5, 7.2,7, 7.2,8)
Duration of time: 7 Weeks
Activities:
Students will:
- Compare French and American customs regarding leisure time activities.
- Identify parts of the human body and parts of animals.
- Sing popular folksong.
-
Participate in common French children’s game: Jacques
a dit.
-
Act out skits taking place at a café by ordering
food and beverages, inquire how much items cost, pay the check, and perhaps
borrow/lend money.
-
Listen to native speakers conversing about
eating out using the language lab.
-
Do paired activities in the Communipak and then
present their conversations to the class.
-
Listen to conversations and choose appropriate
responses using the CD program.
-
Read Culture Notes and Vignette Culturelle
describing outdoor cafes in French-speaking countries.
-
Discuss differences and similarities between
what French teenagers and American teenagers eat.
-
Imitate correct intonation patterns and
pronunciations.
-
Tell time and read train, bus, and airline
schedules that are in military time.
-
Provide days of the week, months, and dates.
-
Describe the weather.
THEMATIC
Qu’est-ce qu’on fait?
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1. Talk about where people are. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
2. Ask and answer yes/no questions. (7.1,13, 7.1,14)
3. Express negation. (7.1,8, 7.1,10)
4. Use subject pronouns. (7.1,9, 7.1,10, 7.1,16)
5. Use the verb être and the negative ne…pas. ( 7.1,8, 7.1,9, 7.1,10, 7.1,16)
6. Use
yes/no questions with est-ce que/est-ce qu’.
( 7.1,8, 7.1,9, 7.1,10, 7.1,16)
7. Talk
about where French young people spend their free time. (7.2,5, 7.2,8)
8. Describe
daily activities. (7.1,12, 7.2,5)
9. Express
personal preferences. (7.1,8, 7.1,12)
10. Invite
friends to do things. (7.1,8, 7.1,10)
11. Accept
and turn down invitations. (7.1,12,
7.1,13, 7.1,14)
12. Learn
about
13. Learn how
the French use the Internet. (7.2,5,
7.2,6)
14. Learn
about the Vietnamese in
15. Compare
French and American attitudes towards cell phone use. (7.2,5, 7.2,6)
16. Compare
school schedules in
17. Tell
time using the 24-hour clock. (7.1,11,
7.1,12)
18. Recognize
and decipher cognates. (7.1,13, 7.1,14,
7.1,15)
19. Compare
parties in
20. Compare
TV schedules in
21. Compare
Internet use of teens in the
22. Use
French when making a phone call. (7.1,11,
7.1,12, 7.1,13)
23. Use
French when writing e-mail. (7.1,11,
7.1,12, 7.1,13,7.1,15)
Duration of time: 7 weeks
Activities
Students will:
-
Through choral repetition of target objectives,
mimic correct pronunciation.
-
Practice individual pronunciation of topical
vocabulary.
-
Create dialogues in cooperative pair activities.
-
In pairs employ role-play situations which
require them to talk about where people are, respond to yes/no question, tell
where people spend their free time, and describe daily activities.
-
Listen to native speakers using the language lab
and participate in related, reinforcement exercises.
-
Listen to conversations by native speakers and
choose appropriate responses using the CD program.
-
Present to the class any of the video activities
or Communipak role-plays.
-
Provide personal information and preferences
relative to target objective regarding communication in French and make connections
to English by learning grammar terms and recognizing cognates.
- Read Culture Notes and Vignette Culturelle describing where French-speaking people spend their free time, their use of telephones/cell phones, their daily activities, and going to parties.
THEMATIC
Le monde personnel et familier
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Talk about what one possesses. (7.1, 8, 7.1,9)
2.
Identify and designate people and things. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
3.
Express negation. (7.1,8, 7.1,9)
4.
Make generalizations. (7.1,13, 7.1,14)
5.
Discuss repeated events. (7.13, 7.1,14)
6.
Contradict a negative statement or question. (7.1,14,7.2,5)
7.
Use singular/plural and masculine/feminine nouns. (7.1,16)
8.
Use the verb avoir and expressions
with avoir. ( 7.1,16)
9.
Use definite articles in general statements
and to indicate repeated events. (7.1,16)
10.
Use the indefinite article and the negative
article pas de. ( 7.1,16)
11.
Pronounce and employ the definite articles le
and les. (7.1,16)
12.
Learn about
13.
Tell others about oneself. (7.1,8, 7.1,9)
14.
Describe friends and family. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
15.
Ask and tell ages. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
16.
Describe where one lives. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
17.
Talk about and describe everyday objects. (7.1,11, 7.1,12)
18.
Learn how French teens spend their free time. (7.2,5, 7.2,7, 7.1,15)
19.
Learn about Haitian art and styles of music. (7.2,5, 7.2,6, 7.2,7, 7.1,15)
20.
Learn how to get a driver’s license in
21.
Learn how French teenagers use scooters or
mopeds. (7.2,5, 7.2,6)
22.
Learn French grammar and compare it to
English grammar. (7.1,16)
23.
Compare attitudes toward friendship in
24.
Compare animal expressions in French and
English. (7.2,5, 7.2,6)
25.
Use French for personal enjoyment. (7.1,13)
26.
Use French to write a letter. (7.1,9, 7.1,16)
27.
Make agreement between articles, nouns, and
adjectives in gender and in number. (7.1,9,7.1,16)
28.
Use colors to describe objects. (7.1,12, 7.1,14)
Duration of time: 7 weeks
Students will:
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Engage in conversations.
-
Express likes and dislikes.
-
Use the French language to make requests.
-
Obtain information by constructing questions.
-
Understand some ideas and familiar details.
-
Create and participate in cooperative-pair
activities relative to social interactions.
-
Listen and understand native speakers engaged in
conversations during social interactions using the CD program.
-
Use authentic materials when reading bus, train,
airplane schedules that are presented in Military time.
-
Read authentic materials containing short
narratives.
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Compile lists of personal possessions.
-
Write short letters.
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Employ short sentences when speaking and writing.
-
Utilize topical vocabulary when speaking.
-
Understand some ideas and familiar details
presented in clear, uncomplicated speech during listening comprehension
activities.
-
Participate in cooperative-pair activities in
the Communipak and then present their work to the class.
-
Read Culture Notes and Entracte about culturally-acceptable
behavior for obtaining information.
THEMATIC
Objectives:
Students will be
able to:
1.
Describe a city, public buildings, and other
places of interest. (7.1,8, 7.1,9,
7.1,11)
2.
Obtain and provide directions. (7.1,8, 7.1,9, 7.1,11)
3.
Talk about the places people go. (7.1,8, 7.1,9, 7.1,11)
4.
Describe a house or apartment building. (7.1,9, 7.1,12)
5. Discuss
future plans and say what one will do employing the irregular verb aller followed by an infinitive. (7.1,15, 7.1,16)
6.
Talk about friends and their families. (7.1, 9, 7.1,12)
7.
Talk about the various places that people go to
during the week and on weekends. (7.1,9, 7.1,12)
8.
Learn about several French cities. (7.2,7)
9.
Become familiar with the city of
10.
Ask and provide names of streets. (7.1,8, 7.1,9)
11.
Learn about cafés. (7.2,5)
12.
Become familiar with French attitudes regarding
pets. (7.2,5)
13.
Learn about French movie-going habits. (7.2,5, 7.2,6)
14.
Become acquainted with the French cartoon
character Tintin. (7.2.7)
15.
Read about the country of
16.
Listen to and learn about francophone music. (7.2,5, 7.2,7)
17.
Make a connection with Geography by reading and
creating maps. (7.2,5)
18.
Make a connection to the English language by
making comparisons between French and English.
(7.1,16)
19.
Employ ordinal numbers and make a connection
with Math. (7.1,10, 7.1,11, 7.1,12)
20.
Listen to music from French-speaking countries. (7.2,5, 7.2,6, 7.2,7)
21.
Employ the preposition à and its use with definite articles when followed by places to indicate
where one is going or plans to go. (7.1,14,
7.1,16)
22. Construct
sentences with the preposition chez followed by a person. (7.1,14, 7.1,16)
23. Create
sentences with the preposition de followed by definite articles to
express where people are coming from. (7.1,14,
7.1,16)
24. Employ
emphatic pronouns to replace subject pronouns and proper nouns when referring
to people. (7.1,14, 7.1,16)
25. Construct
sentences with possessive adjectives when talking about people, friends,
family, and possessions. (7.1,12, 7.1,14,
7.1,16)
Duration: 7
weeks
Activities:
Students will:
- Prepare and present original skits, done in cooperative pairs, which convey an understanding about their home, personal living space, and giving directions in their town.
- Design and create a visual aid to present to the class to demonstrate understanding of topical vocabulary relative to cities, buildings, and monuments.
- Read schedules for trains, busses, airplanes, and hours of operation of various businesses.
- Communicate effectively with some hesitation and errors, which do not hinder comprehension.
- Develop dialogue that contains culturally-acceptable behavior for engaging in conversations.
- Listen and understand native speakers engaged in conversations during social interactions using the CD program.
- Read Culture Notes and Entracte containing short narratives relative to furthering cultural awareness about visiting the city of Paris, movies, the cartoon character Tintin, and French rap.
- Participate in cooperative-pair activities in the Communipak and then present their work to the class.
-
View video program and trace a trip on a Bâteau-Mouche
to list and describe monuments that are mentioned.
Texts, Resources,
and/or Literature
Discovering French, Bleu, Valette & Valette, publisher, McDougal Littell,
Copyright, 2004 with all related ancillary materials contained with the series
ISBN 0-395-87483-1