French 3 · Week 7 · Raconter sa vie
Les témoins
Students compare two witness accounts of the same school incident and decide which details are facts and which are assumptions.
- Students will
- Students compare two witness accounts of the same school incident using past tenses, "venir de", and "être en train de", and sort facts from assumptions.
- SEL skill
- Check evidence before judging someone
- What it looks like
- Students practice separating what they saw from what they assume before judging.
- Content focus
- Past tenses in reporting events; "venir de" and "être en train de"
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
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Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CN2.I: Connections Standard 2, Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives, Interpretive Communication
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
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