1. Topic-
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| Understanding the NYS French Regents Exam |
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2. Content-
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| Practice strategies for success on the state assessment. Vocabulary
and key phrases, verb review sheets, and Power Point of successful
strategies for practice. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1.increase comfort with test format
2. identify key words/phrases helpful for writing and writing
3.reading strategies for multiple choice |
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4. Objectives-
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Student can
1.write a 100 word essay in France on a given task
2.complete 6 utterances without errors on a given speaking task
3. receive a passing score on a practice exam |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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Castle Learning for practice exams
previous year's exams
Smart Board
Power Point |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
3-2-1: What are your feelings about the Regents exam?
3 things you know
2 things you want to know
1 thing you are worried about
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B. Development-
1.describe the test format
2.introduce writing strategies
3.introduce speaking strategies |
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C. Practice-
Asking important questions.
Students use pictures they brought to class to formulate questions
in English.
1) Student A says as many questions related to the image as possible
in 60 seconds. Student B writes down the questions. At the end of
1 minute Student B offers feedback, proposing other questions that
could have been asked.
2) Students switch roles/pictures.
3) Class discussion: Did Student A think of every question? Did Student
B help? Did you look beyond the picture?
4) What is the point of this activity?
5) Can you put these questions in a logical order? How is a story
told?
6) Now tell the story of your picture.
7) Can you tell the story in French?
8) Key words/phrases.
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D. Independent Practice-
1.write a 100 word story about your picture
2.practice speaking tasks with a partner
3.castlelearning.com practice exam for multiple choice |
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F. Checking for understanding-
1.speaking performance
2.key questions
3.what key phrases |
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G. Closure-
1.What did you learn?
2.Is your fear still there? |
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7. Evaluation-
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1.success on practice exams
2.progress in speaking and writing fluency |
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