Direct instruction

Teachers: Mr Salazar, Eduardo Subject: French (9-12)

Standards:

World and Native Languages Standards:

IL.IM.1: Understand the main idea in messages, presentations, and overhead conversations on a variety of topics
related to everyday life, personal interests, and studies.
CUL.IM.1: Investigate and describe similarities and differences in practices, products, and perspectives across cultures
(e.g., holidays, family life, historical and contemporary figures) to understand ones own and others ways of thinking.

Objectives (Explicit):

Students will be able to write a 2-3 sentence summary of a video about La Chandeleur, create a Venn diagram with a
partner, and write a brief description of a holiday, in order to understand the main idea of a presentation as well as
identify and describe the similarities and differences in the products, practices, and perspectives of holidays across
cultures.

Evidence of Mastery (Measurable): Students will listen to/watch a video about the history and significance of La
Chandeleur. They will complete a worksheet by taking notes on what they hear, what their partners heard, and synthesizing
the main idea in a summary of the video. Students will also post on a classroom Padlet, identifying the products, practices,
and perspectives (3Ps) of both La Chandeleur and Christmas, as they move around the classroom. In pairs, students will
turn in a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the holidays that each student chose and a short, accurate description
containing the 3Ps for their holiday (and explaining why their chosen one is their favorite).

Mastery will be 2-3 sentences and include all 3Ps of culture. Ex: Christmas is my favorite holiday because there are
presents and lights! (Products.) During Christmas, we all sing carols by the Christmas tree and drink hot chocolate
together (Practices.) because family is the most important thing for us. (Perspectives.) Nothing beats Christmas!

Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):

- Identify the common celebrations of La Chandeleur

- Define the products, practices, and products (3Ps) of culture
- Identity the products, practices, and perspectives of La Chandeleur
- Identity the products, practices, and perspectives of Christmas
- Compare and contrast La Chandeleur to Christmas

Key vocabulary: Materials/Technology Resources to be Used:

crpes YouTube
La Chandeleur Polleverwhere
culture Padlet
products projector
practices sticky easel pad
perspectives markers
worksheet (see attached document)

Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life): Students will create a word cloud on
Polleverywhere.com, by answering in 2 words what their favorite holiday is and why. A discussion about holidays will be
facilitated, focusing on how and why they are celebrated. The French holiday La Chandeleur will be introduced and an open
discussion will be held as to why the French would eat crpes as a custom for that day.

Teacher Will: Student Will:

Play a video about crpes and their Watch/listen to video and take notes on
significance during La Chandeleur the left-hand side of the worksheet
Model the completion of the worksheet (left Share and compare with a partner, filling
Instructional Input

side, right side, definitions, summary) in the right-hand worksheet with what
Define and explain the products, practices, they learned from their partner
and perspectives (3 Ps) of culture, using the Identify and write the main idea of the
video as a reference video in 2-3 sentences (explaining the
Ask students to identify the main idea of the significance of La Chandeleur and how it
video (referring to the 3Ps) is celebrated), on the bottom of the
worksheet
Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation: Students will work in pairs and be provided with the worksheet.

Teacher Will: Student Will:

Guide students to identify the 3Ps of both Identify the 3Ps of La Chandeleur
La Chandeleur Identify the 3Ps of Christmas
Guide students of identify the 3Ps of Think-Pair-Share:
Guided Practice

Christmas o Walk around classroom while

Facilitate the discussions with their peers music plays, when music stops,
Model an example for comparing and they will be asked to share a
contrasting La Chandeleur and Christmas product, practice, or perspective of
La Chandeleur or Christmas, and
Post what they discussed on the classroom
Padlet (with a premade Venn diagram)
Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation:

Teacher Will: Student Will:

Monitor classroom and facilitate Identify the 3Ps of their individually

Independent Practice

discussions chosen holiday (referring to the opening

Perform Check for Understanding: of lesson)
o What part of culture is ______? Students will create a Venn diagram on
o Why is ______ a product, practice, or sticky easel note sheet with markers
perspective? Write a brief and accurate description of
their holiday, using the 3Ps
Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation: Students will work in pairs to better support learners. They will have the
definitions and examples of products, practices, and perspectives.

Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections: Students will be asked to search the internet for a picture or quote that
represents a product, practice, or perspective of their favorite holiday to be posted onto a second, Padlet (blog page). They
will walk around and try to guess the holiday of a classmate by hearing only its products, practices, or perspectives.
 Worksheet

Name: ____________________

Date: ________

What I heard: What my partner heard:

Products of a culture: Practices of a culture: Perspectives of a culture:

Summary of the video: