grade 7/8 : with Mr.Vescarelli
We have finally received some new textbooks and themes to better teach the new Core French Curriculum at Cliffside. The new series is called "C'est Parti!" (the French way of saying something like 'it's on!"), and it presents topics in a new format that will ideally make it easier for students to learn and use French through a more communicative approach. Students may not notice too much difference, except for a less rigid set of vocabulary and grammar for them to learn within each topic, and more opportunities for them to communicate in French with each other.
While there is no specific defined vocabulary or grammar for the students to learn through each topic (nor are there any rigid expectations in the curriculum), I will be
'topping up' each topic with extra related vocabulary and grammar, and extending certain topics in some ways where there is interest or a need.
Here is the planned sequence of topics for this school year, to be interspersed with other seasonal topics from time to time :
1. "Écolos" (environmental awareness and how plan and describe an 'eco-school' type of initiative)
2. "Original et genial" (individual style and how describe the unique features of various teenage peer groups)
3. "La belle province" (the unique culture of different communities in Québec, and the vital feature of any type of community)
4. "Eurêka" (creativity and invention, and how to plan and describe a new invention to others)
While there is no specific defined vocabulary or grammar for the students to learn through each topic (nor are there any rigid expectations in the curriculum), I will be
'topping up' each topic with extra related vocabulary and grammar, and extending certain topics in some ways where there is interest or a need.
Here is the planned sequence of topics for this school year, to be interspersed with other seasonal topics from time to time :
1. "Écolos" (environmental awareness and how plan and describe an 'eco-school' type of initiative)
2. "Original et genial" (individual style and how describe the unique features of various teenage peer groups)
3. "La belle province" (the unique culture of different communities in Québec, and the vital feature of any type of community)
4. "Eurêka" (creativity and invention, and how to plan and describe a new invention to others)