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The FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY In collaboration with

The FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY In collaboration with The NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and NEW JERSEY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION Presents : Two-Part Technology Workshop Series Wednesday , January 21, 2009. A French Thematic Unit By Marie-Laure Hoffmann

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The FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY In collaboration with

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  1. The FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEYIn collaboration with The NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION andNEW JERSEY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION Presents: Two-Part Technology Workshop Series Wednesday, January 21, 2009 A French Thematic Unit By Marie-Laure Hoffmann Westfield High School American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) New Jersey ChapterCo-President

  2. Les Elections Présidentielles:Comparing and contrastingPresidentialElection Systems in the United and France.

  3. French Presidential ElectionsSunday April 21 and SundayMay 6, 2007 1st round: Sunday April 22, 2007 2d round: Sunday May 6, 2007 NICOLAS SARKOZY 53.06% SEGOLENE ROYAL 46.94%

  4. United States Presidential Elections:Tuesday November 4, 2008 BARACK OBAMA Electoral vote: 365 Popular vote: 52.9% JOHN MC CAIN Electoral Vote: 173 Popular Vote: 45.7%

  5. NJCCCS: Standard 7: Communication & Culture for the 21st CenturyAll students will be able to communicate, to understand and be understood in real world contexts, in at least one world language in addition to English. Students will use language to… … understand and interpret spoken and written language (interpretive) … engage in meaningful conversation and negotiate meaning (interpersonal), and… … present information, concepts and ideas (presentational) as they gain understanding of the perspectives of the culture(s)… … while experiencing its products and practices… … make connections with other content areas… … compare the language/culture studied with their own, and participate in home and global communities in or outside a school setting. \

  6. Content Strand: Interpretive Interpersonal Presentational Essential Questions: How does the US system compare with another country? What are the differences and what conclusions do we draw from them? What is democracy? Enduring Understanding: Our election system and its comparison to another country’s. Advantages and drawbacks of our system. The meaning of democracy. Advantages and drawbacks of our election system. Content: Election system and democracy, social needs and priorities, personal identity, geography (Social Studies connection).

  7. Process Interpretive mode: • Set the context: • Concept Mapping to visualize the objectives of the unit. • Watch French TV news clip on the US elections. • Scaffolding: • Build a vocabulary bank. • Identify elements of the US and French electoral processes. • Read, discuss, compare and contrast US and French electoral systems from blogs, web sites (delicious) and other media sources. Interpersonal mode: • Groups of students will: • Identify and choose vocabulary for the vocabulary bank. • Identify and discuss elements of the electoral process in the US and France. • Compare, contrast , and evaluate both systems. Presentational mode: • Present group reports on other countries/ ideal candidate (Power Point or Voice Thread embedded into Wiki). • Essays. • Class discussions

  8. Interdisciplinary/Assessment Implementation Strategies Interdisciplinary Connections • Geography: Location of countries. • Social Studies and Government: How to elect a president? What does democracy mean? • Language Arts Literacy: Comprehension and Communication strategies. Global Perspectives • Explore electoral systems from different countries • Research products and practices of target cultures.

  9. Final Assessments Interpretive: Demonstrate an understanding in oral (class discussions/ oral questioning) and written assessments (cloze paragraphs) of the vocabulary necessary to describe and discuss the election systems in both countries. Demonstrate an understanding in oral (class discussions) and written assessments (paragraphs/ essays) of how the US and the French electoral systems work. Synthesize information by highlighting strengths and weaknesses in both systems, and creating a description of an ideal system/ candidate (class discussions/written comparisons entered on wiki/in-class essay writing) Interpersonal: Q/A w/ whole class or group. Q/A using voice thread. Students share information on the Wiki (vocabulary, differences between both systems, web site from delicious, opinion poll using Google Docs). Presentational: Create a new page on the wiki for a group Power Point presentation, Voice Thread presentation, or video.

  10. Technology Integration • INTERPRETIVE: • Web search (delicious.com) • INTERPERSONAL: • Wiki • Google Docs • Doodle • Voice Thread • PRESENTATIONAL: • Wiki • Doodle • Voicethread • Power Point

  11. PROCESS: Set the context: http://bubbl.us/ LES ELECTIONS/THEMATIC UNIT CreateInterest: -A funnyvideo on You Tube: Find the video on « delicious » -View French News on the US elections on the French channel TV5

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