FRANÇAIS 4

La classe de Français 4!

Curriculum for French 4: Based on Discovering French rouge

Introduction: Technology tools: Google Classroom sign up, how to use pdf format with Kami and upload completed assignments.

Review: La France et ses régions - Recall names of French regions and where they are located, review geography of France.

Assessment: Quiz and Padlet Project «Ma région préférée».

UNIT 1: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND DAILY ROUTINE

Thème: Les Facteurs qui Impactent la Qualité de la Vie

Thème: Les Influences de la Beauté et de l'Art (L' Esthétique, Le Beau, Le Patrimoine)

Activities:

Physical description: review from French 3: body parts, clothing, and bath items.
Vocabulary of appearance, physical condition and feelings.
Looking at fashion in France: «La mode en France» - Compare/contrast with fashion in western Africa : “Beauté et mode au Sénégal" + videos: "Les Sénégalaises et le boubou", "Le pagne Wax".
Learn about a particular fabric and patterns very fashionable in French speaking African countries.
Les entrepreneurs africains: la mode au Ghana, la mode en Côte d'Ivoire.

UNIT 2: CHORES, CHILD LABOR, AND TEEN JOBS

Thème: Vie Contemporaine (Monde du travail, Éducation, Professions)

Thème: Famille et Communauté (Enfance et Adolescence, Croyances et Valeurs)

Review: passé composé/imparfait, reflexive verbs in present and past tenses, agreement of past participle.
New verb tense: subjonctif.

Activities:

Review from French 3: house, rooms, and furnishings.
Chores: video: «Ziva à Madagascar» + «Une école au Togo».
Child labor in developing countries: «Le travail des enfants en Côte d'Ivoire». How to help children in poor countries stay in school? Differences between boys and girls?
French teenagers and jobs. Cultural comparison between French and American teens.
Videos about jobs for teens: positive and negative aspects of having a job.
Discussion on similarities and differences between French and American jobs for teenagers and some summer/part-time jobs available: «Les promeneurs de chiens».

UNIT 3: BEAUTY AND ART: IMPRESSIONISM

Thème: L'Esthétique (Les Arts Visuels, Les Arts Littéraires, Le Patrimoine)

Review: passé composé/imparfait, reflexive verbs in present and past tenses, agreement of past participle and subjonctif.
Review colors and adjective agreement.

Activities

Culture: Historical background of France during the 19th century - timeline.
The industrial revolution in France.
The mines and Zola - use vocabulary of societal and industrial revolution in context.
Artistic evolution in France in the 19th century and its worldwide expansion .
Video: "Bougival, Louveciennes, Croissy sur Seine, la Grenouillère, sur les pas des impressionnistes"
Podcast: "Les trésors intimes de Claude Monet".
Text: "La révolution impressionniste" + the importance of the industrial revolution for the impressionists.

UNIT 4: NATURE AND OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Thème: La Vie Contemporaine (Le Loisir et Les Sports)

Thème: Les Défis Mondiaux (L'Environnement)

Review: passé composé/imparfait, reflexive verbs in present and past tenses, agreement of past participle and subjonctif.
Comparative and superlative sentences.

Activities:

Review of outdoors sports.
National parcs in Madagascar.
Videos: "Les Uns, les Autres: Défendre sa région", "Le parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne".
Protection of the environment (recycling).
Text: "Jean-Michel Cousteau" (protection of the oceans).
Cultural comparison: How do French people vacation? The favorite outdoor activity: camping in France (for French people and for Europeans).
Videos: Experience 5 different campsites in different regions of France. Use comparative/superlative statements.
Video: "Le paradis des camping-cars"
Why does France welcome a record numbers of tourists? How was this number affected in 2019 and 2020?

UNIT 5: VACATION AND TRAVEL

Thème: La Vie Contemporaine (Les Voyages, Les Loisirs)

Theme: La Quête de Soi (L'Identité Linguistique)

Review: names of countries and use of prepositions with names of countries

Indefinite and negative expressions.

New verb tenses: futur, conditionnel (la subordonnée de condition "Si Clause").

Activities:

Use vocabulary of transportation, train station, airports in context to talk about travel options in France.
Cultural comparison: Importance of train (and particularly TGV) for French travelers as opposed to American travelers relying on air transportation.
Video: «TGV world speed record 574.8 km/h 3 April 2007». + Podcast: "Le TGV"
Texts: «La France en train» , «L'Eurotunnel» + videos boarding the Eurostar.
Text: «La passion des voyages», «Les jeunes touristes en France», study of French teen/youth travels in the world.
Cultural comparison between French and American teenagers and their choices: travel and destinations. «Tourisme ado: le marché de l'aventure».