To begin a new unit I usually create a slideshow with images students can relate to and then write a paragraph or sentence about the images. Students study the image, relate it to the text and then ask the following question, “Est-ce que les cheveux blonds veut dire blond hair?” They will earn a reward (like group points) just for asking the question even if it is wrong or quite obvious. They fill in a vocab page for the unit accordingly. Invariably, when we get to the last slide, they ask, “Is that all?” It’s all in the pictures you use.
Heather Deardorff on 19 Feb 13could use for new 8th grade Unit 1, 6th grade Unit 3,
