VA FL Instructional Activity Template/2002
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY TOPIC: “Et toi, Brutierre?”
Target Language: French German Latin Spanish
Target Level: Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
SOL CORRELATION: (Note the Virginia Standards of Learning addressed in this activity.)
English: 8.4, 8.5, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 10.7, 10.10, 11.7, 11.8
History and Social Science: WH I.2, I.6, 10.10
Foreign Language:
Listening and Reading for Understanding - FI.3
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products - FI.7, FI.8, FII.7, FIII.6
Making Connections through Language - FI.9
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons - FI.10, FI.11
Computer Technology: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
OBJECTIVES:
Students will explore connections between French and Latin.
Students will identify the correlation between historical events and language development.
Students will recognize that Latin derivatives are a part of their French course.
RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
Resources may include maps (of the Roman Empire and of modern Europe), blackline map of Europe, textbooks, flashcards of examples of Roman architecture (in France and elsewhere), charts (Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. Constitution with Latin-based words highlighted). [Resources here do not need to be French specific. Appropriate items could be substituted to accommodate other target languages using this activity.]
Web sites
Latin derivatives
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/osier1.html
http://www.latintutor.com/derivatives.htm
http://cdsjcl.f2g.net/derivatives.html
http://www.thelibrarylady.com/derivatives2.htm
Let’s Learn Latin
http://www.latintutor.com
Greek and Latin Roots
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/page_1.html
Harry Potter and Latin
http://www.amyly.f2s.com/derivatives.shtml
Roman Ruins
http://www.culturalencounters.com/content/France/france.html
Roman Influence in Lyon, France
http://www.all-travel.net/france/lyon/
Maps of the Roman Empire
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/maps/basicmap.html
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap.html
Latin Prefixes and Suffixes
http://www.latintutor.com/let's_learn_latin/prefixes_and_suffixes.htm
Blank Outline Map of Europe
http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxeurope.htm
Pledge of Allegiance in Latin
http://www.summitcds.org/ashcraft/pledge_of_allegiance.htm
Ancient History Timelines
http://ancienthistory.about.com
Roman Products and Trade Routes
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/images/Trajan/Maps/trading.jpeg
Roman Trade Routes
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/Rmap2.html
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/page_1.html
PROCEDURE/IMPLEMENTATION:
1. The teacher will discuss French vocabulary, highlighting suffixes (ex. –tion, -ment, -té, -ant, -eur/-euse, -ette).
2. The teacher may note that French (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanche) sprang from Latin.
3. Students will investigate in discussion how and where Latin spread by sea along the Mediterranean (use picture flashcards or internet graphics of Roman architecture in Provence and throughout France).
4. The teacher may list (on board) sample French words with students providing the English equivalent.
vocabulaire = vocabulary famille = family
professeur = professor côte = coast
maison = house (mansion) château = castle
zèbre = zebra souterrain = subterranean
fille = girl (filly) mur = wall (mural)
5. Students may fill in the Latin base for the French/English cues, using same list and a teacher-provided Latin word bank.
L-famil = family
L-voc, vok = voice (vocal)
L-lingu, langu = tongue (F. langue = tongue, language)
6. Students will label, at home or as classwork, an outline map of European countries (today), highlight Rome, Italy using an Internet or other resource.
7. The teacher will check answers to the student’s map, then following teacher’s demonstration, students label their map with a line by sea from Rome to Marseille, France (noting that Marseille [Massalia] was founded by the Greeks in 600 B.C.). The student will mark on map major Latin and modern French city names ex. Nice/Nicaea, Nantes/Namnetes, Bordeaux/Burdigala.
ASSESSMENT:
Option 1
The students will be asked to complete the worksheet on the following page to demonstrate their understanding of connections between French and Latin.
Grading Criteria
English relative 2 points each
English definition 2 points each
Latin root 1 point each
Name
Date
DERIVATIVES WORKSHEET
Fill in the English word that you think is related to the French word, give its definition, then fill in the Latin root for each word (if you can go to the Web site listed below).
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/page_1.html
French English relative English definition Latin root
1. bibliothèque
2. terre
3. décembre
4. famille
5. animé
6. anniversaire
7. biographie
8. centenaire
9. courir
10. corps
11. credibilité
12. dur
13. dentiste
14. finir
15. gens
16. hôpital
17. lumière
18. nécessaire
19. ordinateur
20. répondre
Option 2
The students will be asked to create a multi-media presentation showing an understanding of connections between English and Latin.
Criteria and assessment tool: (suggested)
a. 7 slides – 1 title, 5 content, 1 bibliography or source documentation
b. each content slide containing one image (no larger than 25% of screen), a Latin root, and from 3 to 5 English derivatives
c. font size- no smaller than 24, font style- Times New Roman
d. Students may select any options that the software provides.
e. Scoring:
· 10 points per slide (70 )
· 10 points for following formatting criteria (10)
· 10 points for following image size restrictions (10)
· 10 points for accuracy (10)
Total points (100)
ADDITIIONAL COMMENTS
This concept can be expanded depending upon the comfort level of the instructor with the material. Discussion could include trade routes and products, Roman architecture, other cultural remnants (i.e., food customs, style of houses, sports, linguistic items). Other project ideas (depending upon time and grade level) may include:
posters of French/Latin/English cognates
graphics of Latin city names within France
wall maps of the Mediterranean with trade routes and trading goods (olives, wine, copper, tin)
models of Roman buildings in France
collage-map using Roman architectural images, taken from the Internet, labeled and pasted in the correct location on an outline map of France