GRADE 7 French - Daily
Standard 1.1 Interpersonal Communication
Standard 1.2 Interpretive Communication
Standard 1.3 Presentational Communication
Standard 2.1
Practices of
Culture
Standard 3.1 Making Connections
Standard 4.1 Language Comparisons
Standard 4.2 Cultural Comparisons
Standard 5.1 School and Community
Standard 5.2 Lifelong Learning
Estimated
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August to June |
The student will
understand that:
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There are linguistic and extra-linguistic distinctions in formal and informal forms of address in French |
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2. |
Different currencies and customs govern consumers’ transaction in French speaking countries |
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3. |
Grammatical gender as well as personal gender characterize describing people, places, and things in French |
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4. |
Differences and similarities exist between societal
aspects of daily living in the |
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5. |
It takes time for social change to bring about linguistic change |
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6. |
Verb conjugation in French is elaborate |
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7. |
Some verb tenses involve the use of auxiliary verbs |
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8. |
Within a verb conjugation several forms may sound the same |
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9. |
Travel in |
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Tests/quizzes Compositions Dictation Q & A
sessions Conversations Projects (Cultural) |
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Why is it important for a non-native speaker of French to know cultural customs for interpersonal interactions in a French speaking place? |
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2. |
How would your life change if you were an exchange student to a French-speaking country? |
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How do French contemporary fashion and eating habits show both the influence of French tradition and the American style of mass production? |
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Why is mass transportation so successful in |
The student will be
able to:
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greet and say goodbye to one another (vocabulary) |
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2. |
ask who someone is and identify a person (interrogative pronouns, verb “to be”, vocabulary) |
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3. |
ask where something / someone is (interrogative pronouns, verb “to be” in the present tense, vocabulary) |
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4. |
name and describe the location of people, places and objects (prepositions, vocabulary) |
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5. |
ask how much something costs (numbers, interrogative pronoun) |
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6. |
understand numbers from 1 to 60 (numbers) |
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7. |
use the irregular verb “to have” in the present tense |
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8. |
identify and use some common expressions of politeness (vocabulary) |
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9. |
order food and drink at a café (vocabulary, interrogative expressions and commands) |
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10. |
describe people, places & things (regular & irregular adjectives) |
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11. |
express differences between French and American schools (reading, realia) |
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12. |
identify and discuss school subjects (vocabulary) |
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13. |
use the French system (ie. calendar, schedules) for telling time (vocabulary, realia) |
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14. |
use regular, common “-er” verbs in the present tense |
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15. |
qualify and quantify people, places and things (interrogative, demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, definite/indefinite articles, partitive articles) |
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16. |
express affirmatively and negatively possessions, preferences and activities (negation, vocabulary, vouloir, pouvoir) |
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17. |
tell a story related to family and home environment (vocabulary) |
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18. |
express what people are going to do (immediate future tense) |
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compare |
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20. |
use regular, common “-re” verbs |
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21. |
Demonstrate idiomatic expressions with “faire”, “avoir” (vocabulary) |
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22. |
Assume the role of a passenger traveling by air, rail and subway in a French-speaking country. (vocabulary, realia) |
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23. |
Use regular, common “-ir” verbs |
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24. |
Use irregular
verbs (sortir, partir, dormir, servir) |
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Schmitt/Lutz Bienvenue, Glencoe, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, ’94, ISBN 0-02-636557-X |
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Geography: History: cultural, economic and political forces which shape the world with an eye on French influence Science/Math: metric system, identification, manipulation Art/Music: French artists / musicians |