Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Form and Function
Global Contexts: Personal and cultural expression
Orientation in time and space
Statement of Inquiry
Languages and linguistic systems have their own unique characteristics which enable us to successfully communicate in today’s diverse world.
Related Concepts: Form and Function
Global Contexts: Personal and cultural expression
Orientation in time and space
Statement of Inquiry
Languages and linguistic systems have their own unique characteristics which enable us to successfully communicate in today’s diverse world.
Students will:
Learn the different places of a city
Learn how to ask for and give directions
Learn how to complete a transaction in a shop
Learn about the European monetary system
Learn the different places of a city
Learn how to ask for and give directions
Learn how to complete a transaction in a shop
Learn about the European monetary system
Content
Vocab
Places in town
Prepositions (continued)
Names of shops
Numbers 60-100
Grammar
Imperative
Verbes –IR
Verbes irréguliers (Savoir, Connaître, Vouloir (+polite form ‘je voudrais’), Acheter, vendre)
Partitive article
Adverbs of intensity
Demonstrative adjectives
Communicative
Ask/give directions
Say where places are
Talk about/describe your or the ideal neighbourhood
Buy items in different shops
Ask for and give prices
Comment on price and quality
Cultural
‘la vie de quartier’ : types of shops, services
Shopping in France
European currency
Vocab
Places in town
Prepositions (continued)
Names of shops
Numbers 60-100
Grammar
Imperative
Verbes –IR
Verbes irréguliers (Savoir, Connaître, Vouloir (+polite form ‘je voudrais’), Acheter, vendre)
Partitive article
Adverbs of intensity
Demonstrative adjectives
Communicative
Ask/give directions
Say where places are
Talk about/describe your or the ideal neighbourhood
Buy items in different shops
Ask for and give prices
Comment on price and quality
Cultural
‘la vie de quartier’ : types of shops, services
Shopping in France
European currency
Assessment
Task: We will turn the classroom into a shop. Half the students will be customers and the other half, the sales people. They will be asked to bring some clothes, CDs, DVDs or other potential gifts to sell. We will have made price tags in euros.
Students will complete a transaction/make a purchase by:
Task: We will turn the classroom into a shop. Half the students will be customers and the other half, the sales people. They will be asked to bring some clothes, CDs, DVDs or other potential gifts to sell. We will have made price tags in euros.
Students will complete a transaction/make a purchase by:
- greeting the sales person
- saying what they would like to purchase, or ‘I’m looking for…’
- asking how much it costs
- commenting on the price
- asking if there are cheaper models
- concluding
- Students are encouraged to use other vocabulary or expressions they have learnt in order to personalise the dialogue.