Unit Plan

Unit Topic: Bon Apetit!

Time Frame: Block Schedule approx.

Subject/Course: French 1

Grade Level: 9th-12th

CONTENT STANDARDS

IC.NH.1: Communicate and exchange information about familiar topics using phrases and simple sentences.
IC.NH.2: Carry out short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions.
IL.NH.1: Understand words, phrases, and simple sentences related to everyday life; sometimes understand the main topic of
what is heard.
IR.NH.1: Understand familiar words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes the main idea within short and simple texts related
to everyday life.
PS.NH.1: Present basic information on familiar topics using learned phrases and simple sentences.
PW.NH.1: Write short messages and notes using phrases and simple sentences on topics related to everyday life.
CUL.NH.1: Recognize basic practices, products, and perspectives of cultures where the target language is spoken (e.g.,
greetings, holiday celebrations, body language, gestures, traditions).
CUL.NH.2: Participate in age-appropriate and culturally authentic activities such as celebrations, songs, games, and dances;
recognize products of culture (e.g., food, shelter, clothing, transportation, toys).
CON.N.1: “Identify and use familiar vocabulary and phrases in the target language supported by resources (e.g., maps,
graphs, visuals, audio, digital media) to reinforce prior knowledge and make connections to new knowledge of familiar
topics in other content areas (e.g., geography, history, arts, math, science).”

BIG IDEA(S)/ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Unit objectives:
Share preferences, opinions, and habits about food choices and food purchases.
Interpret photographs, videos, advertisements, infographics, blogs, and menus to understand food choices and
culinary customs.
Create a menu based on food preferences and food traditions of a Francophone country.
Recognize how Francophone cultures demonstrate responsible attitudes and practices toward food-related issues.

Essential Questions:
What role does food play in day-to-day life?
Does cuisine help define cultures? If so, how?
What are the habits and traditions affiliated with meals in the Francophone world?
ASSESSMENTS

1 quiz (j’avance)
1 unit exam (j’y arrive)

RESOURCES/MATERIALS

PowerPoints
EntreCulture 1 Textbook
- Activities & Videos pulled and adapted from the textbook
 Unit Calendar

MONDAY (no TUESDAY (45 WEDNESDAY (80 THURSDAY (No FRIDAY (45
class) min class) min Class class) min class)
Rencontre Comment dit-on 1? Comment dit-on
interculturelle Pt 1 1?
Pt 2
Students can discuss I can ask and answer
similarities and questions about food Students will make
differences between preferences with a a decision about
themselves and partner at the Novice their food
Arianne with a Mid-Level preferences by
partner, by watching, interpreting what
reading, and the teacher is
interpreting saying and standing
information about on the side of the
Arianne, at the Novice room that
High level. corresponds, at the
novice mid level.

MONDAY (no TUESDAY (80 WEDNESDAY (No THURSDAY (80 FRIDAY (No
class) min) class) min class) class)
Découvrons 1 Pt. Découvrons 1 pt. 2
1
I can describe a typical
I can ask and answer meal in my community,
questions about food by using the grammar
preferences with and vocabulary learned
partners and record in the unit, at the novice
their partners answers high level.
at the Novice high
level.

MONDAY (80 TUESDAY (no WEDNESDAY (80 THURSDAY (no FRIDAY (80
min) class) min) class) min)
Comment dit-on? Comment dit-on? 2 Découvrons 2
2 Pt. 2
I can understand
I can identify the I can order food from a someone’s food
foods people eat for waiter and identify preferences as
different parts of a whether my order was expressed in an
meal, at the Novice correctly made or not, at email, at the
High Level the Novice High Level. Novice High Level.

MONDAY (no TUESDAY (80 WEDNESDAY (No THURSDAY (80 FRIDAY (No
class) min) class) min class) class)
J’avance 2 Comment dit-on 3?
 1. I can Pt. 1
understand
someone’s I can identify some
food practices related to
preferences food waste in
as Francophone
expressed countries and in my
in an community.
email.
2. I can ask
and
respond to
some
simple
questions
about
eating
habits.
3. I can
caption for
photos
related to
menu
items.
MONDAY (80 TUESDAY (no WEDNESDAY (80 THURSDAY (no FRIDAY (80
min) class) min) class) min)
Comment dit-on Découvrons 3 REVIEW
3? Pt. 2 I can ask and answer
I can compare my questions to exchange
responsible food information about
choices and practices responsible choices and
with those of a practices related to food.
Francophone young
person.
MONDAY (no TUESDAY (80 WEDNESDAY (No THURSDAY (80 FRIDAY (No
class) min) class) min class) class)
Exam
-Share preferences,
opinions, and habits about
food choices and food
purchases.
-Interpret photographs,
videos, advertisements,
infographics, blogs, and
menus to understand food
choices and culinary
customs.
-Create a menu based on
food preferences and food
traditions of a Francophone
country.
-Recognize how
Francophone cultures
demonstrate responsible
attitudes and practices
toward food-related issues.