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Term 1
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Half term 2
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-Story
1: L’arbre Ungali
The story is adapted
from a traditional African tale that takes place during a drought. At the
beginning of the story, animals express their concerns over of rain. They
look for a solution to their problem. The turtle proposes to seek the lion
‘help because he is the king. The cheetah goes first because he is the
fastest of them. He sees the lion who tells him that he should go to the
magic tree *Arbre Ungali* and the magic tree can help the animals. But on his
way, he falls, forgets the name of the tree and returns back to the animals.
Each animal takes turn in going to the Lion but they all fall in their way to
the tree and forget its name because they run very fast. Finally, it’s the
turtle turn to go to the lion and she is able to make it to the tree because
it walks and talk to it. The tree tells the turtle to return to its friends
and to tell them that it has spoken to the tree. The turtle returns to its
friends. As it tells them about the tree, it starts raining.
PS. We have a
discussion about this story with the students questioning about the magic of
the tree. The purpose of the discussion is to have students award that the
power is to God not to anyone or anything else.
Teacher-led activities :
Ø Gesture teaching:
Word – gesture association to carry the word meaning.
Ø Gesture teaching and review.
Ø Kinesthetic review
for high - frequency words (mainly use for diagnostic assessment)
Ø Play rehearsal:
teacher introduces the play with gesture
Ø Play rehearsal with gestures
Ø Reading the play
with gestures
Ø Play total questions
oral
Ø View the play on
DVD.
Ø Play rehearsal:
reading the story.
Ø Choisis le bon mot:
oral and written.
Ø Mets les mots en ordre;
oral and written, sentence structure.
Ø Les phrases
bizarres: reading comprehension
Ø Questions totals:
oral and written (question – statement).
Ø Les questions partielles:
sentence structure and analyzing information.
Ø French Africa cultural
activity.
Ø Retelling the story.
Cooperative writing
Ø Story extension. Cooperative
creative writing
Ø Games: competition between
groups, Madame dit…
Language
structures:
Ø Some verbs at the present
tense. Avoir, etre , first group
Ø Noun: masculine, feminine.
Singular, plural
Ø Adjectives: masculine,
feminine. Singular, plural
Ø Articles le, la, les, un,
une, des.
Ø Prépositions : sur,
sous, dans, de
Ø Interrogative construction
(est-ce que, combien, pourquoi, etc.)
Ø The opposites
Ø Double verb construction. Oral
Ø Mais, peut-être, et,
alors, puis, dommage
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4O1: follow basic classroom instructions;
4O2: ask very simple questions, and ask
for repetition to clarify understanding;
4O3: use visual and verbal cues to understand
what they hear, following repetition
(e.g., gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice);
4O4: use some conventions of oral language
(e.g., pronunciation, intonation) to speak in rehearsed contexts;
4O5: respond briefly to oral texts (e.g.,
answer
short, simple questions; act out the
words of a song);.
4O6: give an oral presentation of up to five
sentences in length (e.g., a description of
themselves,
skits, songs);
4R1: read aloud familiar material, using
correct
pronunciation
and intonation;
4R2: read at least six simple passages or
stories
(e.g.,
greeting cards, song lyrics),
4R3: read and respond briefly to written
materials
(e.g., answer short questions, fill in
missing words, draw a picture, select answers);
4W1: copy and write simple words, phrases, and
short sentences and questions, using basic
vocabulary and very simple language
structures;
4W2: write responses to very simple questions;.
4W3: write, using a model, a first draft and
corrected version in guided and cooperative
writing tasks
(e.g., greeting cards);
4W4: use and spell the vocabulary appropriate for this
grade level.
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Diagnostic
and
Kinesthetic
review: teacher does the gestures and students say the words and do the
gestures.
Oral
questioning.
Formative:
Spelling
test
In class
work.
In class
participation
Using French
spontaneously with teacher and peers.
Summative:
(subject to modification)
Test 1: choisis le bon
mot, les mots en ordre and vocabulary
Test 2 :
Les questions totales oral and written
Test 3 : Les
questions partielles. Choisis le bon mot oral
Oral test :
retelling the story.
Play presentation
Participation in the
cooperative writing.
Maybe a final
writing project?
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Tem
3
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Half Term 2
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-Story
2: Les animaux du bayou
This story is about friendship.
The animals that live in the bayou are all good friends and enjoy spending
time together. It’s Suzie the mouse birthday and on this special occasion she
wants to spend time with her friends. Her friends, the lizard, Louis the frog
and the alligator are sick or busy and refuse to invite her over in their
houses. Very sad, the mouse returns to her place and to her surprise, when
she opens the door of her house, all her friends greet her with presents and
a party.
Teacher-led activities :
Same
as first story, plus
Ø Les phrases coupées
(Reading comprehension)
Ø Past tense of the
high-frequency verbs (oral)
Ø Describe a picture and draw it
Language
structures:
Ø Double verb construction using
verbs (implicit)
Ø Negative form “ne……pas”
Ø Question form
”Est-ce que..?
Ø Expression “parce que…”
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Same as first unit,
plus:
4O7: make simple revisions to oral language
in
form and content (e.g., correct use of
(gender), using feedback from the teacher.
4R4: use all available cues (e.g.,
visual cues,
knowledge of basic sounds, and
context) to determine meaning.
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Same as first story
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