Dover Sherborn Middle School Curriculum Road Maps

Course Title: French Grade: 7

Unit: 6

Month Presented: September/October Unit Length: 10 weeks

Essential Question(s):

1. What would my life be like in Paris?

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe your city and its public buildings and places of interest.
2. Directing people around a town.
3. Description of your home and the home of others.
4. Getting around in other cities.

Skills:

1. use of verbs: habiter, aller, rester, arriver, rentrer, venir, revenir, devenir.
2. City and home vocabulary spelling and meaning.
3. Asking for and giving directions.
4. Proper use of au/à la/à l’/aux.
5. Proper differentiation between à and de.
6. Proper differentiation between à 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.

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: “Cribs” Describe your town and home.