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French


Core Code Alignment

Foreign Language
    French
        03030000031: French - High school third year


Recommendation

Recommended Limited

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Rubric : Generic

Content
Item 3 - Extensive 2 - Adequate 1 - Inadequate 0 - None
Alignment The content of this resource aligns with appropriate grade level Core standards, is current, well-researched, and referenced from reliable sources. The content of this resource aligns with most grade level core standards, but will need supplementary materials to insure coverage of all the objectives for this course. The content of this resource aligns with a few grade level core standards for a portion of the course. The content of this resource does not align with standards and objectives for this course.
Each unit describes the objectives that align with the core standards. The materials could include the standards and essential questions in the text.
Scaffolding Scaffolding supports for these materials are complex and challenging, engage learners from various skill levels and provide assistance for all students to enhance conceptual understanding; and offer opportunities for students to share evidence and research. Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels and provides assistance for students to enhance conceptual understanding. Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels. Scaffolding supports for these materials do not engage learners from various skill levels or provide scaffolding to enhance conceptual understanding.
The activities offer a few options for students, based on teacher's directions.
Navigation This resource contains directions that are clear and understandable and are easy to navigate through. N/A N/A The instructions in this resource are unclear and navigation is difficult.
The resources a lot of materials, subsections, and supplemental icons. The navigation becomes easier as the students explore and use the resources. It would take some training and exploring. Navigation for the online book is difficult, because you cannot navigate by topic or chapter, but page number, or turning page by page. Navigating for cultural references and authentic materials took effort. At the end of the review, the source to an ebook was found as a source at the bottom of the page.
Accessibility
Item 3 - Extensive 2 - Adequate 1 - Inadequate 0 - None
Bias Free This material is free from bias and can be used by all students regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or disability, and is free from advertising, e-commerce or political interest, and is in compliance with the law and community standards. This series or title has material that may be interpreted as bias or promoting a commercial or political agenda, or may be considered to treat some groups unfairly. N/A This series or title has material that is clearly biased and favors a point of view that may be distracting to the educational experience of students.
The resource favors North America (Canada) and France. There is little about other francophone cultures. The only reference to other countries were in images given to introduce a topic of study, not to discuss their culture.
Adaptability Instructional materials in this resource are easily updated and adaptable for teacher and student use in individualized or group instructional settings, and are accessible for an appropriate time period to facilitate a proper learning environment for all students. Instructional materials in this resource have some features which are adaptable and are available for an acceptable time period. N/A Instructional materials in this resource are not adaptable or easily incorporated into a variety of educational settings.
This resource is adaptable if the teacher does not use the gradebook supplied. The instructions give options for teachers to use their own direction in how they would like an activity completed, offering a little adaptation.
Technical Standards This curriculum meets the requirements of federal and state laws and accepted technical standards. Technical specifications and limitations, including hardware requirements, bandwidth demands, student data privacy, and software and web access restrictions are adequately described and noted, and allow for error free installation and use without purchase of additional components. N/A N/A This curriculum is limited by specifications that may require additional materials or technical assistance, or additional hardware, software, or infrastructure.
There are customer support and help, and the site includes a place to send user feedback. All the components are included, and if not, the text will reference Youtube, or an online place to search.
Pedagogy
Item 3 - Extensive 2 - Adequate 1 - Inadequate 0 - None
Physical Characteristics In physical terms, this resource is durable, interactive, and provides high quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for all users. In physical terms, this resource is somewhat fragile in construction and provides limited tactile experiences for students. N/A In physical terms, this resource is designed to be disposable and temporary.
Instructional Support Provided materials reference numerous available supplemental resources. Provided materials reference some available supplemental resources. N/A Provided materials do not refer to other supplemental resources.
The course begins with a course introduction to introduce the navigation, and offers support and references.
Supplemental Resources This item has not been graded.
Assessments These instructional resources contain a variety of formative and summative assessments that are aligned with core objectives, provide appropriate intervention strategies, and lead to observable performance and real-world experience. These instructional resources contain a limited number of assessments without intervention strategies. N/A These instructional resources do not provide assessment materials.
Many of the assessments are real world scenarios and applications that connect the language to real world situations. There were also a variety of assessments that include the four areas of language: speaking, reading, writing, and listening, as opposed to more simple quizzes.

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