Workshop: Using Universal Design for Learning in the Foreign Language Class



Unit title: La Famille (Family)
Unit focus (course, grade level, students) : Middle/High School Level I students
Topics and key concepts : Family (vocabulary and life), numbers, dates/days and months, likes and dislikes,
Course: World Language (French)
Summary : This Unit (2 weeks) is a culmination of previously learned terms and concepts. Students will create a L’album de Famille (Family Photo Album) where they will describe themselves and the special people who are in their family. They will provide pictures and brief descriptions: names, birthdays and adjective descriptions.
Print materials needed

Text: French for Fluency (or other World language texts level I) Chapters that cover Family, Dates, numbers, likes and dislikes, adjectives (Physical and Personality traits)
hand outs:
ü Vocabulary (family, numbers, days of the week, Months, date
ü Readings: Family life in target language country
Internet resource links and other technologies


ü Online Text
ü www.Yabla.com
ü www.Byki.com
ü www.transparent.com