Dover-Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

 

Course Title:  French        Grade:  6

 

Unit:  2

 

Month Presented:  November/December         Unit Length:  8 weeks

 

Essential Question(s):

  1. What are the similarities and differences between French and American friendships and family relations?

 

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify friends, family and relatives.
  2. Inquire about and express an individual’s age.
  3. Recognize important French holidays.
  4. Recognize other important family events such as birthdays.
  5. Numbers 80-1000.
  6. Calendar.
  7. Grammatical gender.
  8. Pronunciation.

Skills: 

  1. Vocabulary relating to friends and family.
  2. Use of indefinite and definite articles.
  3. Use of possessive adjectives relating to family members.
  4. Manipulation of numbers 0-1000.
  5. Pronunciation of nasal vowels.
  6. Speaking in the 3rd person.
  7. Calendar vocabulary and expressions.

Instructional Strategies and Activities:

  1. Choral repetition.
  2. Communication activities.
  3. Songs/Poems
  4. Language Lab activities.
  5. Games.
  6. Reading/Writing/Listening/Speaking Exercises

 

Materials Utilized:

  1. Textbook and ancillary materials.
  2. Teacher generated materials.
  3. Student generated dialogues.
  4. Teacher generated computer exercises.

 

Assessment Strategies:

  1. Reading comprehension:  multiple choice, true-false
  2. Writing:  spelling
  3. Listening:  multiple choice, true-false
  4. Speaking:  oral project  (Present 5 family members’ birthdays, nationalities, ages, etc…)

5.     In-class participation.