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=FRE 7 – Grade 7 Core French=

Description
Middle School French invites students to learn French on a voyage of discovery. On this trip, they will read and write comics, visit the doctor, go to a winter resort, visit a wax museum and a cave, play with adaptive technology and visit architectural monuments. Students are invited to bring along their passions and a curiosity for things they have yet to discover. Passion and curiosity are like two walking sticks: you can walk without them, but having them makes the journey easier and more enjoyable.

Understandings for Languages
Learn a language. Encompass the world. Expand your mind!

Understanding for FRE 7
I learn French better when I learn in French.

Essential Questions
What am I learning when I learn in French? What am I passionate about? What am I curious about?

PROGRAM CONTENT
AIM for critical fluency (September) • practice the high frequency vocabulary needed to survive in the classroom without using English • a play (//Salut mon ami!// or //Veux-tu danser?//) • present a family photo (review singular possessive adjectives)

Unit 1. Galaxie virtuelle (October) • speak about favourite activities and video games • create a comic strip for the end of a story • adverbs (peu, assez, beaucoup, trop), conjunctions (et, mais, parce que), the imperative, the present of irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire • use a dictionary to understand a text

Unit 2. Le rythme de la vie (November) • create an instrument from every-day objects and describe how to make it • write a song and create a rhythm • use the imperative, the present of irregular verbs vouloir, pouvoir • listen to sounds in order to understand a text

Unit 3. Les bons et les méchants (December) • speak and discuss good and bad microbes and their functions • design an imaginary microbe • use qualifying adjectives which precede a noun, the irregular verb devoir, plural possessive adjectives • use visual clues which accompany a text

Unit 5. Destinations d’hiver (January) • speak about favourite destinations and winter sports in Canada and overseas • discover how people have fun in winter • write a postcard from a winter destination • irregular adjectives and demonstrative adjectives • use words in the same family to discover the meaning of a new word

Reading Units (February - March) Unit 4. Au musée de cire and Unit 7. Une aventure souterraine

Unit 6. Un monde pour tout le monde (April) • discover technology available for people who live with different abilities • learn about people with invisible disabilities • use the //futur proche//, questions using inversion, //à//, //de// in contractions • find cognates with English to understand a text better

Vivre le français (May) • practice functioning in French in a simulated village • contexts for practice to be determined by the class

//Term : 80% of year//
Oral Knowledge 30% (pronunciation, listening, structural comprehension) Oral Communication 20% (speaking, listening comprehension, presentations, improvisations) Written Knowledge 30% (grammar and vocabulary knowledge) Written Communication 20% (compositions, reading comprehension)

//Final : 20% of year//
listening comprehension, dictation, oral interview, written exam

Expectations
Students are expected to: • speak French to teacher and to classmates at all times • bring textbook, workbook, binder and dictionary to every class • refer to wiki course calendar on a regular basis and especially when absent • expose themselves to as much French as possible: radio, TV, newspapers/magazines, internet, DVDs • maintain an **organized binder** with the following sections:
 * Références**: reference pages, thematic lists, personal vocabulary journal
 * Unités**: grammar notes, exercises, activities, and other practice
 * Évaluations**: corrected tests and quizzes, and other assignments
 * Verbes**: notes, practice pages, verb exercises
 * Culture**: Allons-y magazines, readings, songs, recipes, etc.

STUDENT RESOURCES
• //On y va 1//: textbook, workbook • French/English Dictionary • Allons-y magazine (each student has a subscription; magazines distributed in class) • [] : games and drills for individual reinforcement, posted by teachers from our department. • //Jeunesse en action//: student DVD distributed in class, word list, play

Thinking Ahead
• what would you like to accomplish in French by June 2010 (other than an excellent mark in FRE 7)? How will you know you’ve got there?

//Bonne Rentrée! //