{"id":502,"date":"2015-03-19T21:39:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T01:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T15:51:16","slug":"spring-cleaning-a-novice-mid-unit-on-household-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madameshepard.com\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cleaning?: A Novice Mid unit on household chores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cleaning\"<\/a>Although I had intended to include vocabulary and structures related to chores in my French 1 unit on the house, I ended up having to abbreviate the unit in order to administer the IPA before Spring Break.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to totally omit this part of the unit, however, so I\u2019m incorporating this vocabulary and structures into a mini-unit that we will do when we come back to school.\u00a0 I thought this unit was especially important because the house unit was very heavy on vocabulary and very light on sentence structures.\u00a0 Although I was happy with my students\u2019 performance on the IPA, they were able to complete those tasks by relying primarily on structures such as \u201cIl y a\u201d and \u201cest.\u201d\u00a0 As we begin the fourth quarter, I want to make sure that my students are able to use a variety of verbs with different subjects.\u00a0 While I won\u2019t expect total accuracy at this point, I want to make sure that they\u2019re beginning to develop an understanding of the idea of verb conjugation.<\/p>\n

Click here (Chores unit<\/a>)\u00a0for the packet of activities that I will give to my students in this unit.<\/p>\n

Lesson 1<\/strong> (2 days) On the first day of this lesson students will begin by reading an infographic about how much time French people spend on household tasks and will complete an IPA-style interpretive task.\u00a0 Next, they will play a Guess Who game (Guess Who<\/a>\u00a0) to reinforce the vocabulary related to household chores.\u00a0 Following this pair activity, they will write a paragraph about their personal responsibilities around the house. I will begin the second day of this lesson by playing the video and having the students complete the comprehension questions.\u00a0 Following this interpretive activity, they will interview a partner about his\/her chores and complete a Venn diagram comparing their responsibilities. Note: This activity is not included in the packet, I just have them do it on loose-leaf.\u00a0 I like using Venn diagrams because they provide a context for practicing both first and third person verb forms in written form, while orally practicing the second person.<\/p>\n

Lesson 2<\/strong> (2 days) The students will also begin this lesson with an IPA-style interpretive task in which they read two different infographics about gender differences as they relate to household tasks.\u00a0 Next, they will interview a partner about who does various tasks in his\/her family, after which they will write sentences telling what chores various members of their family do.\u00a0 Lastly we will listen to a video in which discusses chores and gender.<\/p>\n

Lesson 3<\/strong> (2 days) The students will begin this lesson by reading a comic about two brothers and how each one clears the table (Pic<\/a>,\u00a0Pik<\/a>)\u00a0. \u00a0They will then watch a children\u2019s video about a creative way that one girl clears the table.\u00a0 This video will be very difficult for them, so I\u2019ll provide lots of scaffolding as we listen as a class.\u00a0 Next they\u2019ll do an information gap activity (Chores Matching<\/a>)\u00a0to practice the vocabulary, followed by a writing activity in which they write a note to a sibling in which they explain how to do the dishes.<\/p>\n

Click here for the IPA on this mini-unit. (chores_ipa-2015<\/a>\u00a0) \u00a0Here’s a quick description of the tasks:<\/p>\n

Interpretive Listening:<\/strong> Trotro range sa chambre<\/em> cartoon video.<\/p>\n

Interpretive Reading:<\/strong> Article about the types of chores that children can do at various ages.\u00a0 All of the tasks can be completed by reading only the sections associated with the age groups.<\/p>\n

Interpersonal Speaking:<\/strong> Students discuss their which members of their families do various chores.<\/p>\n

Presentational Writing: <\/strong>Students write an e-mail complaining about the chores they have to do while staying with a host family.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be doing some traveling over break, so if it takes me a little longer than usual to reply to your comments, please know that I\u2019ll look forward to hearing from you when I\u2019m back home!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I had intended to include vocabulary and structures related to chores in my French 1 unit on the house, I ended up having to abbreviate the unit in order to administer the IPA before Spring Break.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to totally omit this part of the unit, however, so I\u2019m incorporating this vocabulary and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-french-1-units","category-integrated-performance-assessments-ipas","tag-chores"],"yoast_head":"\nSpring Cleaning?: A Novice Mid unit on household chores - 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