Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

Course Title: French Grade: 7

Unit: 7

Month Presented: November/January Unit Length: 10 weeks

Essential Question(s):

1. Do the clothes make the person?

Learning Objectives:

1. Enable students to shop for clothing in French.
2. Present tense use of regular –ir and –re verbs.
3. Understanding how to make and understand imperative sentences. (commands)
4. Understanding the French concept of style and the cultural importance of fashion.

Skills:

1. Discuss weekend activities.
2. Talk about individual summer and winter sports.
3. Make suggestions.
4. Tell others what to do.
5. Narrate past events.
6. Numbers 100-9999 use.
7. Demonstrative and interrogative adjective use.
8. Verb: mettre
9. Use of the pronoun on.
10. Pronunciation of an and en.

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.
5. Real clothing
6. French fashion magazines

Assessment Strategies:

1. Reading comprehension: multiple choice, true-false
2. Writing: spelling
3. Listening: multiple choice, true-false
4. Speaking: oral interviews
5. In-class participation.
6. Project: Fashion show.