J’aime …. Me gustaI like ….
->le tennis/el tenís->marcher dans les montagnes/caminar en las montanas
-> cuisiner avec ma famille/cocinar con mi familia
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Expectations for ALL 7th & 8th grade Students
• Come prepared every day to class:
• to learn and actively participate.
• with ALL supplies.
• Demonstrate:
• Responsibility (take control of his/her academic success; check AVA website for daily or weekly class information and documents. Check Infinite Campus weekly.
• Ability to self-advocate and self-empower (ask teachers & peers for help)
• Leadership (role models for younger students)
• Competence (becoming a young adult/preparing for high school)
How do I teach?Immersion
• Speak French/Spanish at least 50 percent of class
Differentiated Instruction
• Oral practice
• Group & individual conversation/repetition
• Rapid-fire exercises with vocabulary recall
How do I teach – cont.
Materials
• D’accord (French textbook, workbook & on-line textbook with activities & assessments
• Descubre (Spanish textbook, workbook & on-line textbook with activities and assessments
Projects
• Multi-media research project (choose region/culture)
• International marketplace
How do I teach? – cont.
• On-line tools• Illustrated grammar tutorials
• Short story videos
• On-line activities & quizzes (using smartboard, tablets and at home devices)
• TPR = Total Physical Response• An engaging and effective method to teach a foreign language
What do I teach? (Curriculum based on Colorado Based Standards
for World Languages)
I teach students the five Cs of Foreign Language Learning:
1) Communication
2) Cultures
3) Connections
4) Comparisons
5) Communities
What do I teach? – cont.
• Over the course of the year (3 trimesters) I aim to cover the following topics:
• Greetings
• Academic and everyday activities
• Family, friends & pets
• Places & activities around town
• Leisure activities, sports & shopping
• Weather
Curriculum – cont.
• Parties & celebrations
• Clothing & colors
• Travel & transportation
• Parts of house & household chores
• Food, dining
• Parts of the body, daily routine
Curriculum – cont.
As we go along I will sprinkle in some of the following topics:
• Errands, giving & getting directions
• Professions, making phone calls
• Nature & Environmental concerns
• Performing & literary arts, T.V. and movies
• International Relations, Interpersonal Relationships & Contemporary Life
Curriculum – cont.
• Towns & cities
• News & media
• History, Human rights and politics
• Technology, inventions & science
• Banking & finances
Day in the life of a student in French or Spanish Class
• Practice Greetings in French/Spanish at door and in classroom
• Sharing: Good things/Les Bonnes Choses/Las Cosas Buenas
• Warm-up on Smart Board (usually a review of what they learned the previous day in the form of a:
• Reflection
• Writing exercise utilizing grammar & vocabulary just learned
• Introduce new topic in the form of a:
• Tutorial
• Small group exercise
• Game
Day in the life .... cont.
• Practice new concept utilizing one or more of the following techniques: reading, writing, listening & speaking in the form of ……
• Dictation (listen & write)
• Audio or audio-visual exercise on smart board or tablets
• Read text and answer questions
• Check for understanding
• Launch (quote, video clip related to lesson, often in Spanish or French)
Launch
• Questions???
• Mrs. Partridge
Quote --- ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞‒Nelson Mandela
About me • First year at AVA; Love the positive culture here!
• 5 + years teaching experience.
• Married with two sons, ages 13 & 15, who help me daily to be in tune with your sons and daughters.
• French major in college; Masters in International Administration
• Lived and travelled in Europe, Africa & Latin America.
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