French 1 · Week 23 · Mes projets, ma famille et mes fêtes
On fait la fête
Students explore Carnaval in Martinique and the "Fête nationale du Québec" and share a celebration that makes them feel they belong.
- Students will
- Students use dates, months, and celebration vocabulary to explore Carnaval in Martinique and the "Fête nationale du Québec".
- SEL skill
- Notice what celebrations in different places have in common
- What it looks like
- Students appreciate how celebrations connect people and name a celebration that makes them feel they belong.
- Content focus
- Dates, months, and celebration vocabulary ("le 24 juin", "le carnaval", "la fête nationale")
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people see things and caring about them, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
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Standards
- WL.CM1.N: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Novice range)
- WL.CL2.N: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Novice range)
- WL.CL3.N: Cultures Standard 3, Cultural Comparisons (Novice range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Cultural Comparisons, Interpretive Communication, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- 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.
- Le monde francophone Social awarenessStudents meet teens from Sénégal, Québec, Haïti, and Belgique and use "être de" to discover that French belongs to people on five continents.
- 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.
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