BHS French

UNITÉ 6 L’est hétique

FRENCH LEVEL 4/AP

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL

RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

INFORM EXPLAIN ARGUE

● Entre Culture ● Thème

3-4 weeks

Intermediate Mid

NARRATE

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● How are perceptions of beauty and creativity established? ● How do ideals of beauty and aesthetics influence daily life? ● How do the arts both challenge and reflect cultural perspectives? ● Note: many of these contexts will have been discussed in the course of discussing the previous themes. For this reason, this theme has been placed last.

● Francophone Artistic Heritage ● Francophone Literature ● Francophone Music

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

Purposeful Communication: Narrate, describe, handle a situation or transaction by asking questions using the following terms and language functions and features:

● Compare, Contrast and Connect products, practices and perspectives ● Understand essential information and the main ideas in authentic sources ● Exchange information and express opinions. ● Present information to describe, narrate, inform, compare and make recommendations

Language Functions & Features: ● Vocabulary, expressions, grammatical structures used to talk about and express opinion about Francophone Artistic Heritage, Francophone Literature, Francophone Music. ● infinitive constructions

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

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Use a variety of visuals with captions to define meaning of words and phrases. ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & 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.

Skill Building