French 3 · Week 23 · Les liens et les lieux
Les mots qui blessent
Students analyze online comments with "ce qui" and "ce que", "ce qui me blesse", "ce que je voudrais entendre", and rewrite them with respect.
- Students will
- Students use "ce qui" and "ce que" to analyze invented online comments, say what hurts and what they would like to hear, and rewrite them respectfully.
- SEL skill
- Imagine how a comment feels to the reader and rewrite it with respect
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy by considering how words land on others and choosing respectful wording.
- Content focus
- Relative pronouns "ce qui" and "ce que"
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people see things and caring about their feelings, including people whose lives differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
More social awareness activities for French 3
- Il était une fois Social awarenessStudents retell a Leuk le lièvre tale from Sénégal with the right past tenses and discuss how the clever hare's choices affect others.
- L'odeur du café Social awarenessStudents read a childhood memory inspired by "Dany Laferrière's L'odeur du café", set with his grandmother in Haïti, and write a sensory memory of their own.
- À ta place Social awarenessStudents read advice column letters from Francophone teens and respond with "à ta" place, imagining the writer's feelings first.
- Les droits des jeunes Social awarenessStudents read articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and discuss what young people everywhere need "pour que" they can thrive.
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