BHS French

Purposeful communication: Tell and ask questions using the following terms and language functions and features: ● Leisure, activities

● Adverbs ● Calendar ● Il faut ●

Weather, seasons, months, date

● numbers 101 and higher ● V. faire, jouer, …, présent ● -ir irregular ( venir, partir, sortir etc…) ● 100+, ● spelling change

https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals with to define meaning of words and phrases (ie. pictures of leisures activities, sports etc.). ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new vocabulary ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice speaking. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Model conversation and sentence frames. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in French aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Students ask each other how frequently they do each activity. Encourage them to use as many different adverbial expressions as possible. ( Avec qui? Combien de fois par…? Comment?... Où? Pourquoi? Quand? etc….) ● Students give their opinions about different activities. Have students provide extended responses/more details. ● Have students recognize and read the new vocabulary orally. ● Make a resource list to post online for fast finishers – YouTube links to songs, grammar resources, and stories ● Ask students to conduct a survey about their preferred activities. ● Culture: Football vs. Soccer ● Make a resource list for fast finishers – sentence frames, grammar resources, and stories

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