Kathryn M Bailey Brevard High School, Transylvania

Kathryn M Bailey
Brevard High School, Transylvania County Schools
“Une amie et un ami”
French I
French I
Chapter 1
Objectifs
In this chapter you will learn to:
ask or tell what someone is like
ask or tell where someone is from
ask or tell who someone is
describe yourself or someone else
Standards:
NL.CLL.1.3 Use a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to ask
memorized questions and express ideas or thoughts with prompting and modeling.
Blooms I
NL.CLL.2.1 Understand the meaning of simple, spoken greetings, words, and phrases,
when accompanied by visual clues and/or prompts, as needed.
Blooms II
NL.CLL.2.4 Interpret phrases, commands, simple questions and
descriptions that are presented with accompanying gestures, intonations, and other
visual and auditory clues.
Blooms II
NL.CMT.1.1 Use single words and simple, memorized phrases to carry out simple
interactions with people from the target culture or with communities of learners of the
same target language.
Blooms I
What
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students should know:
vocabulary identifying a person
adjectives describing a person or school
questions to find out basic information
the verb être in the singular
the verb être negatively
SMART
Specific
Measurable
Aligned to standards
Realistic and Rigorous
Time-bound
Kathryn M Bailey
Brevard High School, Transylvania County Schools
“Une amie et un ami”
French I
Formative Assessments:
1. TPR with vocabulary (nationality, from where, boy/girl, brother/sister/only child, student, etc)
Criteria for success: correctly answer from choices
2. Fill in the blank exercise where students complete with the correct form of adjectives
(masculine/feminine). Criteria for success: choose the correct form of the adjective.
Maïa, Emmanuel et moi Complétez. (Complete.)
1. Maïa est une amie ____________ et ___________ . (amusant, sympathique)
2. Emmanuel est le frère de Maïa. Il est aussi ____________ . Il est____________ et très
____________ ! (sympathique, amusant, sociable)
3. Maïa est ____________ . (français)
4. Et moi, je m’appelle ____________ (your name). Je suis ____________ . Je ne suis pas
____________ . (américain, français)
5. Je suis élève dans une école ____________ ____________ . (secondaire, américain)
6. Je ne suis pas élève dans un collège ____________ . (français)
3. Fill in the blank exercise where students complete with the correct form of être. Criteria for
success: choose the correct form of être.
Complétez. (Complete.)
Voici Antoine Delcourt. Il ____________ français. Il est de Marseille. Moi aussi, je
____________ de Marseille. Marseille ____________ un port important en France. Antoine
____________ élève dans un collège à Marseille. Le collège est assez grand.
Et toi, tu ____________ français(e) ou américain(e)? Tu ____________ d’où? Tu
____________ élève dans une école secondaire? L’école ____________ petite?
4. Rewrite the following sentences in the negative. Criteria for success: correctly use ne and
pas to make the sentence negative.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Justine est américaine.
Elle est de San Francisco.
Et moi, je suis français(e).
Je suis de Paris.
Je suis élève dans un collège à Paris.
Kathryn M Bailey
Brevard High School, Transylvania County Schools
“Une amie et un ami”
French I
Summative Assessment:
Interpretive Task : (teacher grades using rubric)
_____ First, using the attached sheet*, read about several students: Nicolas, Valérie, Diane,
Karim et Christophe. Use the graphic organizer to take notes about each person as you read.
Note: some paragraphs will include just a few pieces of information, while others will be more
detailed. Fill in your graphic organizer with the information that is provided.
nationalité
Nicolas
Valérie
Diane
Karim
Christophe
d’où
comment
physiquement
personalité
élève?, où?
comment
école?
other
Kathryn M Bailey
Brevard High School, Transylvania County Schools
“Une amie et un ami”
French I
*Readings to accompany interpretive:
Nicolas Martin est français. Il est de Paris, la capitale de la France. Nicolas est un garçon sympa. Il est très
intelligent aussi. Nicolas est élève dans un lycée à Paris, le lycée Henri IV. Un lycée est aussi une école
secondaire en France, mais après le collège. Le lycée Henri IV à Paris est une école excellente.
Valérie Boucher est française aussi. Elle est de Fort-de-France, la ville principale de la Martinique. La
Martinique est une île française dans la mer des Caraïbes (la mer des Antilles). Valérie est élève dans un
lycée à Fort-de-France—le lycée Bellevue. Le lycée Bellevue est une école excellente.
Bonjour! Je m’appelle Diane Koffi. Je suis d’Abidjan. Abidjan est la ville principale de la Côte d’Ivoire. La Côte
d’Ivoire est un pays d’Afrique Occidentale. C’est un pays francophone.
Moi, je m’appelle Karim Ashour. Je suis tunisien. Je suis de Tunis, la capitale de la Tunisie. La Tunisie est un
pays nord-africain sur la mer Méditerranée. La langue officielle de la Tunisie est l’arabe. Le français est la
deuxième langue.
This is difficult to read (I have another on hard copy).
Kathryn M Bailey
Brevard High School, Transylvania County Schools
“Une amie et un ami”
French I
Interpersonal Task : (teacher grades using rubric)
_____ You will do this part in front of the teacher. With a partner, find out more about one
another in French. Using what we’ve learned in this chapter, ask informal questions to your peer
to find out the following:
1. name
2. nationality
3. where s/he is from
4. physical description
5. personality description
6. where s/he is a student
7. what his/her school is like
8. is s/he a sister, brother, friend to someone
_____ Take notes as you learn about one another – add to the bottom of the graphic organizer.
You may only speak French. Your goal is communication...not perfection.
_____ Once you have your notes about your partner, write a paragraph about him or her, in
French. Write on the back of your graphic organizer. Write 5-8 complete sentences, in
paragraph form, that give all of the information above.
_____ You will turn in your graphic organizer as well as the paragraph on the back.
Presentational Task: (teacher grades using rubric)
_____ From what you’ve learned about your partner, introduce him/her to the class. Speaking
only in French, tell us about your partner. Use the 3rd person: il/elle and the appropriate form
of the verb être.
Start with “c’est his/her name.” Be sure to include the following:
● nationality
● where s/he is from
● physical description
● personality description
● where s/he is a student
● what his/her school is like
● is s/he a sister, brother, friend to someone
Use correct pronunciation, intonation, projection and eye contact.