Day 1

Objectives/ Outcomes Skills: - Students will be able to interact effectively and collaborate with others - Students will develop an awareness of learning, social, and communication strategies Knowledge and Simple Understanding - Students will access knowledge about the French language by using a variety of reference materials and by seeking information from knowledgeable people

Method/ Procedure/ Activity - Have students get into 2-3 large groups of 10-11 students - Hand out the assignment and briefly outline what they will be doing - Provide students with real newspapers and past students work to give an example of what they will be doing - As a class, create a rubric of what is to be expected and included in each groups newspaper and how the project will be assessed - Let each group member choose the topic they wish to cover - Give students the rest of the class to begin brainstorming ideas for their newspaper

Evaluation/ Assessment Informal Observation: - Teacher will move around the classroom and ensure students are on topic and understand the assignment. - Teacher will offer feedback on pronunciation and proposed project content.

Materials/ Media - Handouts (assignment) - Newspapers - Projector and screen

Common Essential Learnings Critical and Creative Thinking (p.6) Foundational objective: - To contribute to the development of... critical and creative thinkers Learning objective: -Participate in decision making related to evaluation and assessment Foundational objective: - To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts Learning objectives: - Develop ways to evaluate assignments, projects, or creative processes

Skills: - Students will be able to interact effectively and collaborate with others - Students will develop an awareness of learning, social, and communication strategies Knowledge and Simple Understanding - Students will access knowledge about the French language by using a variety of reference materials and by seeking information from knowledgeable people

- For a warm-up, look at a few e-journals to show students ideas for formatting their newspapers - Give the students the remainder of the class period to work on rough drafts of articles for their newspapers

Informal Observation: - Teacher will move around the classroom and ensure students are on topic and understand the assignment. - Teacher will offer feedback on pronunciation and proposed project content.

- Newspapers - Projector and screen

Independent Learning (p.7) Foundational objective: - To develop students abilities to meet their own learning needs Learning objectives: - Connect what they already know with what they are learning - Focus on and complete learning tasks - Function effectively in collaborative groups - Decide when and how to request help in diagnosing needs - Take responsibility for their own learning by setting goals, designing plans, [and] managing activities... - Find and use information independently

Skills: - Students will identify a variety of learning, social and communication strategies - Students will interact effectively with others - Students will demonstrate their ability to use specific language structures to enhance communication

- Allow students time to continue working on their projects - Teacher and peers will help students to edit their work and ensure correct spelling, punctuation, wording, verb conjugation, etc.

Informal Observation: - Teacher will move around the classroom and ensure students are on topic and understand the assignment. - Teacher will offer feedback on pronunciation and proposed project content.

- French-English Dictionaries - French Thesauruses - Bescherelle

Personal and Social Values and Skills (p.2) Foundational Objective: - To develop compassionate, empathetic, and fairminded students who can make positive contributions to society as individuals and as members of groups Learning Objectives: - Practice and reflect upon cooperative, respectful or empathetic behaviours - Work cooperatively and contribute positively in group learning activities - Respond sensitively to the ideas, comments, and products of others

Product: -Students will demonstrate the ability to use linguistic structures to communicate accurately and effectively - Students will express and comprehend a variety of language functions in the form of written...texts Skills: - Students will interact effectively with others Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will develop an awareness of some of the characteristics of language

- Students will be in the computer lab typing up their articles - Students will begin to work on formatting their newspapers - Group members will work together, respect each others ideas and opinions, and compromise if necessary to create a final product that all group members are proud of

Informal Observation: - Teacher will move around the classroom and ensure students are on topic and understand the assignment. - Teacher will offer feedback on pronunciation and proposed project content.

- Computers - Rough copies of articles

Personal and Social Values and Skills (p.2) Foundational Objective: - To develop compassionate, empathetic, and fairminded students who can make positive contributions to society as individuals and as members of groups Learning Objectives: - Practice and reflect upon cooperative, respectful or empathetic behaviours - Work cooperatively and contribute positively in group learning activities - Respond sensitively to the ideas, comments, and products of others

Product: -Students will demonstrate the ability to use linguistic structures to communicate accurately and effectively - Students will express and comprehend a variety of language functions in the form of written...texts Skills: - Students will interact effectively with others Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will develop an awareness of some of the characteristics of language

- Students will continue to work on formatting and finishing touches of their newspapers - Group members will work together, respect each others ideas and opinions, and compromise if necessary to create a final product that all group members are proud of - Students will assess their final product

Informal Observation: - Teacher will move around the classroom and ensure students are on topic and understand the assignment. - Teacher will offer feedback on pronunciation and proposed project content. Product Assessment: - Students will assess their final product according to the coconstructed rubric - Newspapers will be handed in and will be evaluated by the teacher according to the same rubric - Grades will be determined based on the combined results of the two assessments (40% student assessment, 60% teacher assessment)

- Computers - Color printer - Assessment rubric

Personal and Social Values and Skills (p.2) Foundational Objective: - To develop compassionate, empathetic, and fairminded students who can make positive contributions to society as individuals and as members of groups Learning Objectives: - Practice and reflect upon cooperative, respectful or empathetic behaviours - Work cooperatively and contribute positively in group learning activities - Respond sensitively to the ideas, comments, and products of others

Product: - Students will be able to create a French dish. Knowledge and Simple understanding: - Students will be able to read, understand, and follow a recipe written in French. - Students will be able to interpret and measure mathematical data presented in recipes. Affect: - Students will be able to convey their feelings about how learning about French cuisine has affected their attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and interests in French culture.

- Students will be in the foods lab to prepare a typical French dish. - Students will be provided with a copy of a French recipe and a list of relevant vocabulary terms. - Students will prepare the recipe according to the directions and measurements and then enjoy eating their creations. - Students will write a brief reflection on the experience.

Informal observation: - Teacher will observe students and answer questions about vocabulary or instructions. Performance: - Students will be given a mark out of five based on their effort and enthusiasm, ability to follow directions, and creation of a visually appealing dish. Student self assessment: - Students will write a brief explanation as to how learning about French cuisine has affected their attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and interests in French culture.

- Foods lab - Cooking dishes and utensils - Recipes - Vocabulary lists

Numeracy (p.3): Foundational Objective: - to strengthen students knowledge and understanding of HOW to... measure, estimate and interpret mathematical data... Learning Objective: - recognize situations where measurement is necessary and select appropriate measuring tools. Critical and Creative Thinking (p.6): Foundational Objective: - to promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences, and objects in meaningful contexts. Learning Objective: - participate in a wide range of experiences which involve all the senses and all ways of knowing.

Knowledge and simple understanding: - Students will be able to understand and use vocabulary relating to media. - Students will be able to compose and interpret text messages using French texting shorthand. - Students will be able to decipher key information about an article from the headline.

- Students will be provided with a list of vocabulary terms related to the media. - Students will play a memory game to help them remember the terms. - Students will complete an exercise to practice seeing, hearing, and using the vocabulary words in complete sentences. - Students will then receive a handout about text message shorthand in French. - Students will discuss how and when they use texting and why it is important to them. - Student will create their own series of text messages in pairs. - Students will create their own French texting shorthand words (2 each) - The class will look at a few headlines and try to determine what they mean. - Students will write their own attentiongetting headlines.

Informal Observation: - Teacher will observe students activities and help with answering questions and correcting pronunciation.

- Texting handout - Media-related vocabulary list and accompanying worksheet - Memory game - various print/digital headlines

Technological Literacy (p.4): Foundational Objective: - to develop an understanding that technology both shapes society and is shaped by society. Learning Objective: - explore how technology has affected family and community life, past and present. Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to develop students understanding of the use of language for differing audiences and purposes Learning Objectives: - discuss the meaning of a message and the appropriateness of the medium used. - identify and understand persuasion and propaganda techniques in all media.

Knowledge and simple understanding: -Students will be able to use the negative in seven different ways. - Students will be able to understand how, when, and why to use the negative in a variety of real-life situations.

- Students will receive a handout detailing how to form the negative. The teacher will go over the handout with the class, and then the teacher and class will model several examples. - Students will work independently on worksheets to practice using the negative. - The class will then learn how to use the negative with the pass compose. - Students will each write one question on the negative that could potentially be used on a future exam. - Then class will play Je ne fais jamais.

Informal Observation: - Teacher will observe students activities and help with answering questions and correcting pronunciation.

- Handouts and worksheets on the negative.

Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to use a wide range of language experiences for developing students knowledge about French Learning Objective: - compose questions related to material to be studied and discuss multiple responses Foundational Objective: - to enable students to understand and use the vocabulary, structures, and forms of expression which characterize metalanguage Learning Objective: - gradually incorporate the vocabulary needed to talk about language into their talk and writing

Deep Understanding and Reasoning: - Students will be able to understand and explain the significance of idioms in a language.

- Students will discuss what idiomatic expressions are. - Students will brainstorm a number of expressions that they can think of in English. - Students will use laptops to research French idiomatic expressions. - Students will each choose one expression and determine its origin and meaning as well as how to use it in everyday language.

Informal Observation: - Teacher will observe students activities and help with answering questions and correcting pronunciation.

- Laptops - Assignment handouts

Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to use a wide range of language experiences for developing students knowledge about French Learning Objective: - explore and express the purpose for and meaning of what they are doing Critical and Creative Thinking (p.6): Foundational Objective: - to develop an understanding of how knowledge is created, refined, and changed Learning Objective: - reflect on how language is developed and changed, eg. How new words are added to a language

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Product: - Students will be able to use their knowledge from the previous lesson to produce a one-paragraph description of the origin and meaning of an idiomatic expression, as well as provide an example of the expression being used correctly in a sentence.

- Students will have the class period to work on their paragraphs about idiomatic expressions.

Performance: - Students will hand in their completed work to be assessed by the teacher.

- Computers - Printer

Independent Learning (p.7): Foundational Objective: - to develop students abilities to access knowledge about the French language and culture Learning Objective: - acquire information in one context, then apply that knowledge to other contexts. Personal and Social Values and Skills (p.2): Foundational Objective: - to support students in coming to a better understanding of the personal, social, and cultural aspects of French... Learning Objective: - relate school material to real-life experiences

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Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will be able to read an article and answer questions based on the content.

- Students will be given an article about a popular celebrity. - Students will read the article and answer questions about it independently. - Students will then discuss their answers in groups. - Students will make up their own questions about the article and have their peers answer them.

Brief Constructed Response: - Students will write responses to the questions and then determine if they are correct by discussing their responses in groups. - Students will give themselves a grade and hand in their work to the teacher.

- Articles - Comprehension questions

Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to use a wide range of language experiences for developing students knowledge about French Learning Objective: - Discuss or write about the ideas presented using their own expressive language in order to understand the material under study - compose questions related to material to be studied and discuss multiple responses

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Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will be able to use superlatives in their speech and writing - Students will be able to change sentences into superlatives using plus and moins

- The class will listen to/ watch a Youtube video on Tenacious Ds Tribute - Discuss what the superlative is - Students will be provided with handouts detailing when and how to use the superlative. - The teacher will model several examples of how to use the superlative - Students will work on worksheets to practice using the superlative

Informal Observation: The teacher will move through the class and answer questions.

- Computer - Projector and screen - Handouts and worksheets

Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to enable students to understand and use the vocabulary, structures, and forms of expression which characterize metalanguage Learning Objective: - gradually incorporate the vocabulary needed to talk about language into their talk and writing

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Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will be able to use comparatives in their speech and writing - Students will be able to compare nouns using plus...que, aussi...que, and moins...que. - Students will be able to determine when to correctly use irregular comparatives, meilleur, mieux, and pire.

- The teacher and students will go over the handout together. - The students will fill in the worksheet. - The class will then play comparative/superlative games (ie. Comparing celebrities, Eigomon, or split class into two groups and have them each come up with a list of sentences; the opposite team will have to correctly complete the sentences and if a group member is incorrect, the team can answer together for half a point.)

Informal Observation: The teacher will move through the classroom and answer questions or offer guidance/ clarification where needed.

- Handouts - Worksheets - Pictures of popular celebrities - Eigomon cards

Communication (p.5): Foundational Objective: - to enable students to understand and use the vocabulary, structures, and forms of expression which characterize metalanguage Learning Objective: - gradually incorporate the vocabulary needed to talk about language into their talk and writing

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Knowledge and Simple Understanding: - Students will be able to ask and answer brief questions pertaining to grammar and vocabulary. Deep Understanding and Reasoning: - Students will be able to write extended responses to essay questions relating to the material covered.

Day 14: - Students will review the grammar and vocabulary covered in this unit so that they know what to study for the upcoming quiz. Day 15:

Selected Response and Brief Constructed Response: - Students will answer a series of questions on their quiz. Essay:

Day 14: - Practice questions - Review handout Day 15: - Quizzes - Pencils and erasers - Dictionaries

- Students will write a quiz on Unit 1.

- Students will write a long-answer response to one question pertaining to Unit 1.