Sherer

Profile for Technology Final project May 2010
=**Course name: French II; Michele Sherer; Romeo et Juliette Unit.**=

Standards:

 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 1: ||~ INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION - The learner will engage in conversation and exchange information and opinions orally and in writing in the target language. ||
 * || **1.01** Communicate present and past information by recombining basic vocabulary and structures orally and in writing.
 * 1.02** Exchange information by asking and answering original questions orally and in writing.
 * 1.05** Use culturally acceptable vocabulary, idiomatic expressions or gestures. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 2: ||~ INTERPRETIVE COMMUNICATION - The learner will understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics in the target language. ||
 * || **2.01** Demonstrate understanding of some oral and written idiomatic expressions, phrases, sentences and passages.
 * 2.02** Demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex oral and written questions relating to familiar topics.
 * 2.03** Understand authentic materials.
 * 2.04** Identify main idea(s) and some details from simple oral and written passages about familiar topics.
 * 2.05** Make inferences and draw conclusions from simple oral and/or written passages (e.g., conversations, dialogs, narratives, advertisements, songs, rhymes, chants, and literature) about familiar topics.
 * 2.06** Interpret phrases presented with accompanying gestures, intonation, and other visual or auditory cues. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 3: ||~ PRESENTATIONAL COMMUNICATION -The learner will present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics in the target language. ||
 * || **3.01** Give oral and written presentations about people, places, things, and events using simple sentences and paragraphs in present and past time.
 * 3.06** Compose paragraphs related to personal experience.
 * 3.07** Summarize orally and in writing main idea(s) from selected material. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 4: ||~ CULTURES - The learner will gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives, of cultures other than his/her own. ||
 * || **4.01** Recognize and use cultural practices and expressions in daily activities.
 * 4.04** Identify major geographical features, cities, and regions of the target countries where the language is spoken and show their relationship to the culture.
 * 4.07** Identify differences in cultural products, practices, and perspectives which lead to generalizations or stereotyping among cultures with the same language. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 5: ||~ COMPARISONS - The learner will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing his/her own language(s) and culture(s) to others. ||
 * || **5.03** Develop an awareness of the similarities and differences of familiar genres of written texts (e.g., simple poems, letter writing) in the target language and his/her own.
 * 5.04** Recognize words, phrases, idioms that do not translate directly from one language to another and their impact on communication.
 * 5.06** Continue to develop an appreciation for cultural differences by comparing patterns of behavior or interaction in various cultural settings including his/her own.
 * 5.09** Investigate the cultural traditions and celebrations that exist in the target cultures and other cultures and recognize the viewpoints behind them. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 6: ||~ CONNECTIONS - The learner will acquire, reinforce, and further his/her knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. ||
 * || **6.01** Identify and process information and skills that are common to the foreign language class and other disciplines.
 * 6.03** Transfer information acquired in the foreign language class for use in other disciplines. ||
 * ~ COMPETENCY GOAL 7: ||~ COMMUNITIES - The learner will use language and/or demonstrate cultural knowledge and understanding within and beyond the school setting for personal, educational, and professional growth and enrichment. ||
 * || **7.01** Perform and/or participate in a school or community celebration or competition.
 * 7.03** Interact with people of other cultures in the target language about familiar topics.
 * 7.04** Visit places in person or via technology which provide opportunities to use the target language and/or experience the target cultures.
 * 7.06** View, listen to, and read various forms of media that utilize the target language and reflect the target cultures. ||

Romeo and Juliet Unit
==Students explored the story of Romeo and Juliet using original French texts from the Shakespearean play, songs from the musical by Gerard Pregurvic, arias from the opera by Gounod, a comic strip version translated into French, mp3 audio in French, studied scenes and dialogue from the French musical using You Tube and recordings of the songs, the French translation of Taylor Swift's song "Romeo and Juliet" [Youtube], and studied scenes from the French-Canadian film "Romeo et Juliette" by Yves Degagnes, and Baz Luhrman's "Romeo + Juliet", only in French, reading the texts, listening to the dialogues, engaged in question-answer sessions on the content, did various cloze activites, and then, as final project, wrote a poem in French using vocabulary from the texts.==