French 1 · Week 5 · Bonjour, c'est moi
Le monde francophone
Students meet teens from Sénégal, Québec, Haïti, and Belgique and use "être de" to discover that French belongs to people on five continents.
- Students will
- Students use "être de" with places and choose between "c'est" and "il est" or "elle est" to describe teens from the Francophone world.
- SEL skill
- Ask a curious, respectful question about someone from another place
- What it looks like
- Students show curiosity about the lives of French speaking teens and write a respectful question for one of them.
- Content focus
- Countries and "être de"; "c'est" versus "il est"
- Format
- Think write pair share
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding and caring about the perspectives of others, including people from backgrounds different from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- WL.CM1.N: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Novice range)
- WL.CL3.N: Cultures Standard 3, Cultural Comparisons (Novice range)
- WL.CN2.N: Connections Standard 2, Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints (Novice range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives, Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Novice
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More social awareness activities for French 1
- Tu ou vous ? Social awarenessStudents compare "tu" and "vous" with English and Spanish and practice reading a situation to choose the respectful form for each person.
- Portraits de la classe Social awarenessStudents describe a classmate with agreeing adjectives that name character strengths so every portrait is kind and accurate.
- Le lycée ailleurs Social awarenessStudents read schedules from a "lycée" in Lyon and a "lycée" in Dakar and imagine how a student there feels on a long school day.
- Ma famille, mes familles Social awarenessStudents describe an imagined or chosen family, or the people who support them if they choose, and learn that families in the Francophone world and in California take many shapes.
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