Noël Unit

STANDARDS-BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Language: French
Level: 135, 235, 336, 446
Theme/Important Question: Noël/Qu’est-ce que les français font pour Noël?
Sub-Questions: How do I want others to perceive me? What are my goals? (i.e. in life/in school/in the future) How am I willing to be myself?
GOALS: What should students know and be able to do by the end of the unit?
1. SWBAT identify & understand French Christmas traditions and practices.
2. SWBAT perform a concert and sing French Christmas carols with improved pronunciation.
3. SWBAT compare and contrast French Christmas traditions to their own family traditions.
4. SWBAT formulate questions about a story, questions to ask a classmate, and the appropriate use of question words.
5. Students will be prepared for finals.
Communication
Performance
Assessment
(Note: The performance assessment
tasks are integrated throughout the
instructional unit;
they are not meant to be given as a
whole at the end of the unit.)
Select one: Interpersonal task
Interpretive task
Presentational task
Select one: Interpersonal task
Interpretive task
Presentational task
Select one: Interpersonal task
Interpretive task
Presentational task
French 1: Learn French Christmas
carols and understand their meaning.
French 2: Recite winter and Christmas
poems with improved pronunciation.
French 3 & 4: What do I want
Christmas want to be like this year?
Interview classmates and share
responses.
Cultures
(Products – Practices –
Perspectives)
Video- How Paris prepares for Christmas. Presentation on Strasbourg-what is sold at Christmas market. Copies of
French Christmas Carols, jingles,
Watch film (3/4) on the Christmas cease fire in World War I. (Joyeux Noël)
Christmas Markets (
Connections
(To and From Other
Subjects)
Reading from the English library about French Christmas traditions.
Speech. Poetry.
World War I History
Alsace/Lorraine Christmas Markets (connection to Germany). Cooking.
Reading articles and library books about Christmas in France and other Francophone countries around the world.
Comparisons
(Language and Culture)
Communities
(Beyond the Classroom;
Lifelong Learning)
Internet searches.
STANDARDS-BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
What do students need in order to successfully complete the performance assessment?
Language Functions
Singing
Reciting Poetry
Comparing/Contrasting
Discussing/Explaining Wishes
Maintaining a conversation
Structures/Patterns
Modal Verbs
Vouloir
(Je veux) (Je voudrais)
Pouvoir
(Je peux) (Je pourrais)
Souhaiter
Verbs
chanter, danser, manger,
offrir, recevoir, ouvrir,
descendre, illuminer, inviter,
Talking about the future
Speculating on the future
Identifying Traditions
Responding
Recounting
experiences/events
Question Words
Qui?
Où?
Pourquoi?
Quand?
Comment?
Combien?
Avec qui?
Qu’est-ce que…
Est-ce que…
Essential Vocabulary
Noël:
le sapin de Noël, le crêche,
le révillion, la bûche de Noël,
le repas, les cadeaux,
le Nouvel An, les cartes de
voeux, la neige, les chants de
Noël, les vacances de Noël,
l’hiver, un renne
Key Activities
TPR with new vocabulary
words and pictures
Materials/Resources
Les Activités de Noël
Book
Histoire de Noël Story
French Christmas Carols
Music & Lyrics
Singing Christmas Carols
Film: Joyeux Noël
Fête de St. Nicholas
Interview Format
Readings
on
French
Christmas Traditions
Sapin de Noël
Ornaments with Facts
Christmas Poems
Bûche de Noël Recipe
Christmas Interview
Le Sapin de Noel
Important French History
Events that happened on
Christmas
Tradition: Bûche de Noël
Christmas Games
Christmas Skit