Instructional Session 25
Objective: By the end of class, you will be able to… Beginner: say sentences in French to teach/inform about regions of France, using transitions from the anchor chart to organize the information Intermediate: say a series of connected sentences in French to teach/inform about regions of France, using transitions from the anchor chart to organize the information Advanced: say well-organized paragraphs in French to teach/inform about regions of France, using transitions from the anchor chart to organize the information
Preparation: The Guided Oral Input strategy you will be using today is a Visual Syllabus. A Visual Syllabus, like the syllabus for any course, gives an overview of the entire topic study. It situates the subtopics (i.e. in this example, the subtopics are the four regions: Normandy, Corsica, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and the Grand Est) and the “shape concept categories” (i.e. in the example, Geography, Important Sites, Economy, and Cuisine) within the larger, overall structure of the topic (i.e. in this example, “Regions of France)” using some kind of
visual metaphor to arrange the subtopics and some basic information about the Shape and Concept Categories. In this example lesson, the “visual metaphor” is the blank outline of a map of France. A blank map is wellsuited for the Visual Syllabus if you are presenting geographical information. If you are presenting historical or biographical information, you might use a timeline or road. If you are presenting information about different
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