French 4 and AP · Week 14 · Identités, beauté et esthétique
L'art qui guérit
Students study how Haitian painters and Congolese musicians use art to process hardship and create a small piece that expresses a feeling.
- Students will
- Students use art and emotion vocabulary and the "subjonctif" after "pour que" to explain how a small creative piece can express a feeling.
- SEL skill
- Choose a creative strategy to express and calm a feeling
- What it looks like
- Students practice choosing a creative outlet to express and calm a feeling in a healthy way.
- Content focus
- Vocabulary of art and emotion; "subjonctif" after "pour que"
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions in helpful ways so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
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Standards
- WL.CM1.I: Communication Standard 1, Interpretive Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM3.I: Communication Standard 3, Presentational Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL2.I: Cultures Standard 2, Cultural Products, Practices, and Perspectives (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpretive Communication, Presentational Communication, Relating Cultural Products and Practices to Perspectives
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
- AP French Language and Culture theme: Beauty and Aesthetics
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More self-management activities for French 4 and AP
- Si j'avais su Self-managementStudents reflect on a past regret with "si j'avais su, j'aurais" and turn it into a takeaway for future choices rather than self-blame.
- Des parcours qui inspirent Self-managementStudents read about the paths of Kim Thúy and Léopold Sédar Senghor, write what they would have done in their place, and name a value they want to carry forward.
- Écrire, réécrire Self-managementStudents write a short story that ends with "si j'avais", "j'aurais" and practice persistence when a first draft does not work.
- Les écrans et moi Self-managementStudents analyze a model survey in French on teen screen time and design a personal plan to protect their sleep and focus.
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