Unité 8.6

Field of experience: Conservation

Topic to be developed: Energy Conservation

Experiential Goal: Students will create and describe a poster depicting one or more ways to conserve energy.

Suggested steps:

1. Identify the different types of energy required throughout the day. e.g. heating, fuel, etc.
2. Discuss the experiential goal and the possible steps to achieve the goal.
3. Discuss energy waste in the home.
4. Discuss methods of conserving energy in the home.
5. Determine the cost of one 100 watt light bulb burning for 24 hours (and other various mathematical problems).
6. Discuss energy waste at school.
7. Discuss ways of conserving energy at school.
8. Calculate the savings when one practises energy conservation in reference to lights, water, heat.
9. Discuss methods of conserving fuel for cars.
10. Compare the amounts of gas used by different makes of cars.
11. Calculate the amount of electricity used to plug in a car,90 days of the year for 12 hours per day.
12. Identify new technological devices designed to save energy and resources.
13. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of some of these energy saving ideas.
14. Discuss what could be included on the poster.
15. Create the poster.
16. Present the poster to the class.
17. Reflect on the unit. Is there some way that students will now be able to try to conserve energy. Did they learn something about energy conservation.?

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Teaching Notes

Field: Conservation Topic: Energy Conservation Goal: Students will create and describe a poster depicting one or more ways to conserve energy.
Functions	Linguistic Content
	Suggested Structures	Possible Vocabulary
identifying making comparisons describing asking for information making a list stating knowledge about something evaluating cost identifying advantages and disadvantages making generalizations suggesting a course of action convincing by making suggestions reacting	présent passé composé futur proche verbe + infinitif Il faut conserver négation impératif Ferme les lumières Prends la bicyclette. adjectifs (masc. fem. sing. plur) les fenêtres ouvertes les grandes voitures adjectifs possessifs ma maison mon école adjectifs démonstratifs ordinaux adverbes articles (partitifs, contractions) prépositions pronoms interrogatif	baisser augmenter fermer ouvrir prendre conserver l'énergie la sécheuse le lave-vaisselle

Unité 8.7a

Field of experience: Physical Exercise

Topic to be developed: Participation in sporting activities

Experiential Goal: The students will research or interview a famous or local sports celebrity and will summarize findings for a celebrity sports album.

Suggested steps:

1. Become familiar with sports celebrities.
2. Categorize favorite sports people into professional, amateur and local.
3. Discuss the experiential goal and the possible steps to achieve the goal.
4. Examine different interview forms to determine the type of information required.
5. Discuss the athlete's contributions to the sport.
6. Discuss the athlete's contributions to society.
7. Discuss the amount of training required to excel in a particular sport.
8. Describe the necessary or common personality characteristics required for the particular sport.
9. Describe the physical characteristics required for a person to excel in the sport.
10. Predict the future of the athlete in the particular sport.
11. Determine if the sport is played on a full-time or a part-time basis.
12. Discuss the types of interview questions to be asked.
13. Research or interview the athlete.
14. Present the interview to the class.
15. Summarize the interview or place the interview in its entirety in a class sports celebrity album.
16. Reflect on the unit. What did the students learn about the athlete? What did the students learn about the sport? What new French phrases and vocabulary did they learn?

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Teaching Notes

Field: Physical Exercise Topic: Participation in sporting activities Goal: Students will interview or research a famous or local sports celebrity and will summarize findings for a celebrity sports album.
Functions	Linguistic Content
	Suggested Structures	Possible Vocabulary
	présent J'aime... J'admire... passé composé Il a joué... futur proche Elle va jouer... Ils vont participer... verbe + infinitif Je veux jouer... Il veut faire du ski.. négation Elle ne joue pas de... impératif Regarde... Regardez... adjectifs (masc. fem. sing. plur) mon athlète préféré... son équipe favorite adjectifs possessifs mon équipe son avenir adjectifs démonstratifs Cet athlète... ordinaux adverbes Elle joue très bien. articles (partitifs, contractions) prépositions pronoms interrogatif	jouer faire choisir entrainer contribuer être avoir gagner son but une medaille d'or d'argent de bronze en bonne forme être fort(e) courageux(courageuse) sérieux, (serieuse) gentil(le) aimable l'avenir à temps plein à mi-temps

Unité 8.7b

Field of experience: Physical Exercise

Topic to be developed: Participation in sporting activities

Experiential goal: The students will present a sportscast describing a number of recent sporting events.

Suggested steps:

1. Become familiar with different sportscasts.
2. Determine the popularity of sportscasts.
3. Discuss the experiential goal and the possible steps to achieve the goal.
4. Become familiar with the sporting activities that students have recently attended.
5. Describe the results of the most recent sporting activity at the school.
6. Describe the key players of the game and their contributions.
7. Discuss the placement of various teams in the different sports.
8. Discuss the various responses of the crowd during a sporting activity..
9. Discuss the effects of weather on the various sports.
10. Choose a sporting event to attend and report on.
11. Identify the technical terms used in the sport.
12. Summarize the sporting event.
13. Present the summary in the form of a newscast to the rest of the class.
14. Reflect on the unit. Is it more difficult to watch a sporting event with the idea of reporting on it? Is the game appreciated more when the viewer is looking for specificthings? What French phrases and vocabulary were learned?

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Teaching Notes

Field: Physical Exercise Topic: Participation in sporting events Goal: The students will present a sportscast describing a number of recent sporting events.
Functions	Linguistic Content
	Suggested Structures	Possible Vocabulary
predicting doing a survey identifying people gathering information expressing emotion expressing pleasure or displeasure summarizing	présent passé composé futur proche verbe + infinitif négation impératif adjectifs (masc. fem. sing. plur) un événement sportif adjectifs possessifs adjectifs démonstratifs ordinaux en première position... adverbes articles (partitifs, contractions) jouer au golf prépositions pronoms interrogatif	jouer faire marquer un but porter assister gagner perdre le joueur le temps le joueur principal en deuxième position les sports une équipe un match un événement sportif