Your students will learn all about geography, climate, food, traditions, ethnicities, religions, history and language of Francophone countries in these units. Students engage with the ideas in various ways, from an accessible reading and a Map Talk to writing about the countries and comparing them to another country. There are options for completing a project on paper or digitally as well.
Here is What is included in EACH units:
Page 1: A young person introduces himself or herself and provides details about the country. Students can read on their own, in pairs or small groups or you can read it together as a class.
Page 2: This a Map Talk script with the details mentioned on page 1 in more accessible language. You can simply provide this document instead of page 1 if your students are at a lower proficiency level. This list of details is most effective when used along with a map of the country and you engage the class in a Map Talk. There is a page that walks you through how to do a Map Talk.
Page 3: This is a page for students to keep track of new vocabulary. There are 10 essential words from the text listed with their English meaning along with 10 open spots for students to write in any additional new vocabulary.
Pages 4 + 5: These are graphic organizers for students to keep track of the details about the country. They can be used with the narrative on page 1 or with the Map Talk on Page 2.
Pages 6 + 7: These are note pages for students to keep track of the details about the country. They can be used with the narrative on page 1 or with the Map Talk on Page 2. These are an alternative to the graphic organizers on pages 3 + 4.
Pages 8 + 9: Students write in details about the country in the boxes at the top and draw pictures representing the information in the blank box below. Students can also search for pictures and the print and glue them in the boxes. This is a also a digital version in Google Slides.
Pages 10 + 11: This is an alternative to the project on pages 7+8. Here, students report the information in a mock social media post. They put a picture and then write about it in the caption. Students can get inventive with this and write as if they saw these things in person. This is also a digital version in Google Slides.
Page 12: This is a Venn Diagram for students to compare one country to another country. Once the other country is chosen students can research some of the details presented about the in this unit and then fill in the Venn Diagram. Students will then write a paragraph comparing the two countries.
Page 13: For students at lower proficiency levels, this page has sentence stems that students can use to write sentences.
Page 14: This is a true/false assessment for students once they have worked with the information about the country. If the sentence is false there is a line for students to write the correct information.
Page 15: Answers to the true/false assessment.
These units have everything that you need to bring the French language and Francophone cultures to your French.
