Elana+Phipps+Unit+Plan

=Introduction to Unit Plan=


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Language: French
 * Level:** 2nd year, high school
 * Textbook:** Allez Viens!
 * Unit Topic:** Regional Identities
 * Essential Question:** How does culture create identities among groups of people?


 * Rationale:** When I went to France, I found that each region had its own identity--including cheese, dialect, traditional clothing, wine, other food dishes, architecture, and natural resources (such as fishing, farming, truffles, dairy farming, etc). Every community has its own culture, and I want the students to see that a person's culture is a very important part of one's identity. I think that when the students understand this better, then they will be more accepting of people who are different than themselves.


 * Goals:** Have students better understand the idea of culture so that they understand and accept more groups of people.


 * Communication-** Students will collaborate with their peers, give an oral presentation in French, and read, write, speak, and listen to French.
 * Culture-** Students will be introduced to and study the different cultures of all the regions in France.
 * Connections-** Students will use their knowledge from other areas such as reading, writing, geography, agriculture, science, art, and many other disciplines to connect what they are learning to what they already know.
 * Comparisons-** Students can compare the culture of France to their own through studying the regional identities.
 * Communities-** Understanding culture creates a tighter knit community. Students will have the opportunity to use their newfound knowledge to better understand their own community.


 * Assumed Prior Knowledge:** Basic conjugations of verbs in the present and past tenses. Limited vocabulary of family, food, adjectives, colors, numbers, animals, and places (stores, city, country, park, etc.). Basic formation of a sentence.


 * New Vocabulary**
 * Region (and learn all 26 region names)
 * departement
 * arrondissement
 * Prefecture
 * etat
 * pays
 * capitale
 * dans le nord
 * dans le sud
 * dans l'est
 * dans l'ouest
 * plus grand que
 * moins grand que


 * New Phrases**
 * Ce que je prefere, c'est...
 * Ce qui me plait, c'est...
 * Ce qui je n'aime pas, c'est...
 * Ce qui ne me plait pas, c'est
 * Ce qui m'ennuie, c'est
 * Qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire?
 * On peut....

Each student must present a region of France to the class.
 * Project**


 * Internet Lesson Plan**


 * Draft of Unit Test**


 * Draft of Daily Schedule**