Year Plan (Fall 2021)

September-December
French Second Language
Grades 4/5
Senator Buchanan School, Lethbridge
Teacher: Aquinna Brokenshire

Contextual Information: Students begin French Second Language (FSL) classes in grade 4. I will be working with two grade 4/5
classes. At this point it is uncertain whether they are split classes, or full grade classes. My Teacher Mentor advised me that the
grade 5 students are by the vast majority still at the same level of the grade 4 students, so they will succeed best if they are working
at the grade 4 level, or somewhere between grade 4 and 5. For students who are succeeding above the level of grade 4 work,
modifications and differentiations will be made in their classroom content as well as in their assessments. Her suggestion was that
the grade 4 and 5 curriculum be combined to cater to all students. The grade 4 and 5 FSL program of studies are very similar, so a
combined approach of the two is not too difficult to achieve and should help set the students in each grade up for success in the
following grade.
I was also informed that since Senator Buchanan has such a high rate of immigrant students, they are still struggling with English, so
French might be too difficult for them to begin at the beginning of the year. My TM told me that for these students, they can be
encouraged to complete their work in English, as they will still be getting language experience if this is the case. This is going to be
decided on a student-by-student basis, and it is hard to know how many students these modifications will have to be made for until I
meet the students.

Over the course of the three units students will be continually filling out their personal language portfolios as well as their personal
dictionaries. This is so that they can track their learning and progress throughout the school year.

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Subject: French Year: Fall 2021
Second
Language
Teacher: Aquinna Brokenshire
Year Plan
(September to
December)

Topic Dates Outcomes Materials and Resources Activities and

(GLOs and SLOs) Assessments

Introduction to August 31 - Grade 4: - https://tbltfrenchreso Formative

French October 5 Communication: 4.1.3 urces.weebly.com - Discussions
Language: 4.2.8, 4.2.10, 4.2.12, 4.2.13, 4.2.14, - Spare paper - Brainstorming
4.2.15 - “Que préfères-tu?” activities
Culture: 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.10 handout - Observations
Language Learning Strategies: 4.4.1, 4.4.2, - Students’ personal - Think-pair-share
4.4.3, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.9 dictionaries - Sorting activities
- Students’ language - Surveys
portfolios - Reflections
Grade 5: - Charades list - Personal
Communication: 5.1.3 - Classroom item dictionaries
Language: 5.2.11, 5.2.12, 5.2.13, 5.2.14, labels - Stand up-hand up-
5.2.15, 5.2.20, 5.2.21, 5.2.22 - Labeling list pair up
Culture: 5.3.1 - French-English - Language
Language Learning Strategies: 5.4.1, 5.4.2, dictionaries Portfolios
5.4.3, 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.7, 5.4.9 - Classroom word - Reading aloud
jumble - Role-plays
- Pencil crayons - Charades
- Classroom matching - Presentations
game - Dictionary Search
- Classroom supplies - 4 corners colour
go fish cards game
- Bingo cards and - Matching games
boards - Go fish
- Number matching - Bingo

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 cards - Pronoun game
- Video: - Labeling worksheet
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?
v=pWImW4lfulk&feat Summative
ure=youtu.be - Classroom word
- Birthday survey jumble
- Monthly calendars - Ask and answer
- Calendar labels survey
- Personal Pronoun - Small group
matching worksheet calendar activity
- Fill-in-the blanks
sentence writing

Seasons, October 7 - Grade 4: - https://tbltfrenchreso Formative

Traditions, and November 9 Communication: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 urces.weebly.com - Discussions
Celebrations Language: 4.2.6, 4.2.14, 4.2.15 - French-English - Observations
Language Learning Strategies: 4.4.1, 4.4.2, dictionaries - Brainstorming
4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, 4.4.9 - Seasons worksheet activities
- Fall memory game - Season adjectives
- Fall picture group activity
Grade 5: sentences - Think-pair-share
Communication: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 - Students’ language - Memory game
Language: 5.2.21, 5.2.22 Portfolios - Partner picture
Language Learning Strategies: 5.4.1, 5.4.2, - Students’ personal practice
5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.7, 5.4.9 dictionaries - Sentence writing
- Video: - Traditions
https://www.youtube. worksheet
com/watch?
v=sYfmQ5eAQlg
- Printed screenshots Summative
from the video - Halloween
- Winter holiday sentence
matching cards translation (group
- Holiday build-a- activity)
sentence worksheet - Sentence writing

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 - Traditions sorting (two writing
worksheet activities will be
- Family traditions summative
survey throughout the unit)
- Mes phrases - Group winter
worksheet project
- Poster paper
- Art supplies
- Party survey
- Winter project
outline

Grammar and November 15 Grade 4: - https://tbltfrenchreso Formative

Vocabulary - December Communication: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 urces.weebly.com - Discussions
Development 17 Language: 4.2.4, 4.2.6, 4.2.7, 4.2.11, 4.2.14, - Students’ Personal - Brainstorming
4.2.15 dictionaries - Observations
Language Learning Strategies: 4.4.1, 4.4.3, - Students’ language - Think-pair-share
4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.9 portfolios - Charades
- Poster paper - Find your match
- Sorting adjectives activity
Grade 5: list - Celebrity interviews
Communication: 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 - Class list - Role-plays
Language: 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, - Blank papers - Matching game
5.2.10, 5.2.15, 5.2.20, 5.2.21, 5.2.22 - Charades list - Family member
Language Learning Strategies: 5.4.1, 5.4.3, - Emotions crossword worksheet
5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.9 - French-English - Qui suis-je riddle
dictionaries answers
- “Find your match”
cards Summative
- Videos: - Classmate
- https://www.y description
outube.com/ - Emotions
watch? crossword
v=osDDTB9E - Newspapers
F-I - Qui suis-je (who am
- https://www.y I) poem

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 outube.com/
watch?
v=x1h462hO
AGw
- Microphone cut outs
- Newspaper
worksheet
- Family memory
game
- Family survey
- Family member
worksheet
- Likes and dislikes
worksheet
- Qui suis-je guessing
page
- Qui suis-je riddle

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 French Second Language Schedule for Each Class:
Each class has 4 FSL courses per week, with each class lasting 30 minutes (2 hours/week in total).
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Time Friday
8:15-8:50 8-15-8:50

8:50-9:20 8:50-9:20

9:20-9:50 Zentner - Grade 9:20-9:50

4/5

9:50-10:20 Stretch - Grade 9:50-10:20

4/5

10:20-10:55 10:35-11:05 Zentner - Grade

4/5

11:00-11:30 11:05-11:35 Stretch - Grade

4/5

11:30-12:00 Stretch - Grade Stretch - Grade 11:35-11:50

4/5 4/5

12:00-12:30

12:30-1:00

1:00-1:35

1:35-2:10

2:10-2:40 Zentner - Zentner - Grade

Grade 4/5 4/5

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2:40-3:10

September 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

31 1 2 3
First day for students First day for students All students.
last names A-M last names N-Z.

Introductions & Introductions for the rest Bonjour!

Pourquoi le français of the class & Pourquoi
le français

6 7 8 9 10

No School - Labour Day Bonjour! Introduce Language Vous vs. Tu

Portfolios

13 14 15 16 17

Phrases de bases Phrases de bases La salle de classe La salle de classe

20 21 22 23 24

Les couleurs Chasse au trésor Pioche! Les numéros

27 28 29 30 1

Les numéros Les anniversaires La date Les pronoms

personnels
Seminar PM (1:00-3:00)

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 October 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 5 6 7 8

Review/Catch up Summative sentence Les saisons L’automne

writing

11 12 13 14 15

No school - No students No students No students No students

Thanksgiving Parent Teacher Parent Teacher
Interviews PM Interviews

18 19 20 21 22

L’automne L’Halloween Les célébrations et les Les célébrations et les

traditions de l’hiver traditions de l’hiver

25 26 27 28 29

Les traditions Les traditions et les Seminar AM Les traditions et les Les traditions et les
célébrations de me célébrations de ma célébrations de ma
famille famille famille

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 November 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3 4 5

L’hiver projet L’hiver projet L’hiver projet L’hiver projet

8 9 10 11 12

L’hiver Projet L’hiver projet No school - No school

Remembrance Day

15 16 17 18 19

Adjectives Adjectives Déscriptions Les émotions

Seminar PM - Sub plans

may be needed

22 23 24 25 26

Les émotions Les questions Les questions Les interviews des

célébrités

29 30

Les interviews des Les interviews des

célébrités célébrités

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 December 2021

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3

La famille La famille

6 7 8 9 10

Les préférences Les préférences Review Introduce final project:

Qui suis-je?

Seminar all day - Sub

plans needed

13 14 15 16 17

Qui suis-je? Qui suis-je? Qui suis-je? Qui suis-je?

My last day

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