{"id":321,"date":"2015-01-18T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T00:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2015-01-20T14:52:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T19:52:52","slug":"bon-appetit-proficiency-based-unit-novice-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Bon App\u00e9tit : A proficiency-based unit for Novice learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bon<\/a>My goal for today was to complete my French 1 unit on food and mealtimes (See https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=282<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0for the breakfast lessons.). Although I didn\u2019t get everything done that I had hoped to, I wanted to share what I have so far.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the packet of activities and resources:\u00a0French 1 Meals Unit<\/a><\/p>\n

While the packet is fairly self-explanatory, here are a few notes about how this part of the unit is organized.<\/p>\n

Les Fruits.<\/strong> (1-2 days) For this lesson I will play a short video with fruit vocabulary using the projector and the students will complete a matching activity in their packets. They will then complete a pair activity in which they describe pictures to a partner who finds the matching picture on his\/her own paper. (fruit pair act<\/a>) I will follow this up with a formative assessment in which I describe a few of the pictures and the students identify which picture I am describing.\u00a0 The students will then read an article about bananas and complete an abbreviated interpretive task. As a closing activity they will listen to a song about fruits.\u00a0 I have also included a website for vocabulary practice and worksheet (prendre ws<\/a>)\u00a0for this lesson.\u00a0 Although I\u2019ve managed to avoid grammar\/vocabulary worksheets so far with these students, I felt that it was important to focus briefly on form, in order to increase their accuracy and move them along to a Novice High proficiency level.<\/p>\n

Les L\u00e9gumes <\/strong>(2 days) The students will also begin this lesson with a video and matching activity from the Le Monde des Petits series. <\/em>They will then complete an interpersonal activity (veggiepair<\/a>)\u00a0in which they describe pictures to a partner in order to determine whether they have the same or a different picture for each number.\u00a0 As a formative assessment, I will ask a series of true\/false statements about some of the pictures.\u00a0 I will, of course, only ask questions about the pictures that were the same on both papers.\u00a0 After this interpersonal activity, the students will watch a video in which a nutritionist talks about eating five fruits\/vegetables a day.\u00a0 Because this video is not from Youtube (which is blocked on my students\u2019 accounts) I intend to have the students complete this activity individually using the department IPads. After the video, the students will interview a partner about their vegetable preferences and then listen to a song about vegetables.\u00a0 The order of this lesson might change slightly depending on how far we get each day.\u00a0 I would use the song as either a closing activity or as an introduction at the beginning of a class.\u00a0 I have again included an accuracy worksheet here (veggie ws<\/a>), as well as assigned a website for homework that they can use to review vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Ce que les Francais mangent <\/strong>(1-2 days) After building the students\u2019 vocabulary with these lessons, I will continue the unit with lessons to develop their knowledge of French eating habits and increase their overall proficiency.\u00a0 In this lesson, we will first look at a website that shows how much of several different foods\/dishes are eaten by the French per second.\u00a0 After responding in writing to a few questions about the information at this site, the students will interview each other about the frequency with which they eat the same items.\u00a0 They will then read an article about what the average French person consumes in a year (ce_que-consomme-1-francais<\/a>)\u00a0and complete an interpretive task.\u00a0 Following this activity, they will respond to a series of statements by writing French sentences based on the same article.\u00a0 Lastly, they will play a Guess Who game (Guess Who<\/a>)\u00a0designed to review some of the vocabulary for lunch and dinner dishes.\u00a0 Because my students are familiar with this game, I did not devote space for the directions.\u00a0 However, if you\u2019re new to this game, each partner selects the identity of one of the names on the paper.\u00a0 They then take turns asking questions about what their partner is having to eat in order to determine their partner\u2019s identity.\u00a0 (Tu prends de la pizza?)<\/em> This game is easier for students when the papers are placed in plastic page protectors.\u00a0 This allows them to use dry erase markers to eliminate identities as they ask questions.\u00a0 I am also able to use this activity on another day, if I need a short filler.<\/p>\n

Le Fast Food<\/strong> (2 days) I will begin this lesson by projecting a couple of MacDonald\u2019s commercials.\u00a0 Although I have included a few comprehension questions in the packet, I would not expect these students to be able to answer them independently.\u00a0 Instead, I will play the video in its entirety, and then pause it frequently, inviting the students to informally (I just have them shout it out) share anything they were able to understand.\u00a0 After the video, the students will read an infographic on hamburgers and another on French fries (fries infog<\/a>)\u00a0and complete an abbreviated interpretive activity.\u00a0 For the following activity, they will interview a partner about his\/her fast food preferences.\u00a0 I have provided possible answers, to provide the necessary vocabulary to the students.\u00a0 As a culminating activity for this lesson, the students will write a paragraph describing their fast food habits.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s what I have so far.\u00a0 The final lessons for the unit will be organized around the context of the school cafeteria, and eating out\/restaurants.\u00a0 I\u2019ll post them when I\u2019m finished\u2014make sure to follow the blog for updates!<\/p>\n

As always, I’m happy to answer any questions you have about these lessons and am grateful for any feedback that you have.<\/p>\n

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