Teacher:
Jimmy Douangdara
Subject:
French Level 1 H
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Time Frame |
Essential Questions |
Content/ Concept |
Skills |
Assessments |
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September |
Can I describe
activities that I am going to do at a certain place in a certain time in
French? Can I describe where
people are going and what activity they are going to do? |
Communication: ü Activities ü Describe what students themselves and other people are going to do ü Make comparisons Grammar: ü Futur proche: aller+infinitif ü places (review) ü Expressions with the verb faire ü Faire in the negative form ü Demonstrative and Interrogative Adjectives ü Comparative forms of adjectives Culture: ü French concept of leisure time activity ü Find out about how French teenagers do during their free time |
ü French pronunciation, speaking and listening ü Verb conjugations ü Adjective agreements
ü Observe similarities in ways French and English make commands and express comparisons |
ü Quizzes ü Simulations (the
market place) ü Test ü Dialogue ü Homework |
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October |
Can I talk and write
about what I did a few hours ago, yesterday, last week, and last month? |
Communication: ü Talk about individual sports, helping out at home, weekend and summer activities ü to describe your vacation and travel plans ü to talk about what you do and what you never do Grammar: ü How to form past tense in French (regular er verbs) ü Past Participle ü Irregular verbs: voir,être,avoir,faire,mettre Culture: ü
Popular French sports and activities and
importance of leisure time in |
ü
Comprehension ü Speaking ü ü Listening ü Indicate the order in which actions take place ü Negative form ü Ask questions |
ü Journal entries ü Quizzes ü Chapter test ü Homework |
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November |
Can I buy food in a
French market or order food in a French restaurant and get what I want? |
Communication: ü Describe the different
meals of the day ü Talk about your favorite
foods ü Prepare a shopping list
and do the grocery shopping ü Set the table Grammar: ü Object pronouns ü Partitive articles Culture: |
ü French pronunciation, speaking and listening ü Increase fluency ü Recall past participle ü Use new vocabulary |
ü Simulation (market
/ resto) ü Role play (ordering/serving
food) ü Listening (CDs/videos)
ü Quizzes ü Tests ü Writing (French
menu/ shopping
list/ French
recipe) ü Homework |
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December |
Can I speak and
write using object pronouns? |
Communication: ü Order a meal and a drink
in a restaurant ü Ask for certain amount or
a certain quantity of something ü Ask for a price, check,
whether or not tip is included ü Ask people to do things
for you ü Talking about others using
pronouns Grammar: ü Recall commands ü Object pronouns ü Irregular verbs: prendre/vouloir/ boire/devoir/pouvoir/ connaître Culture: ü French table manners |
ü French pronunciation, speaking and listening ü Perform skills which include the use of object pronouns ü Use new vocabulary |
ü Role play (Talking
about others) ü Listening (CDs/videos)
ü Quizzes ü Tests ü Writing (dialogue
using object pronouns) ü Homework |
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January |
Can I fluently
introduce myself, my family and the people I know? Can I make a
telephone call? Can I read and write
a newspaper article about family events such as birth, wedding, birthday? |
Communication: ü to give basic information about yourself and your family ü Professions ü Describe your friends and other people: their personalities and what they look like ü Express feelings ü -to talk about what they plan to do ü -to describe what they have recently done ü -to introduce their friends to other people Grammar: ü Vocabulary ü
Recall verb être ü Expressions with être ü Irregular adjective ü Recall adjectives agreement Culture: ü French family ü French employment system |
ü Increase fluency ü Read newspaper adds about jobs and family events Interview Use new vocabulary |
ü Call your teacher and leave a message ü Quizzes
ü Test ü Homework ü Listening activities ü Role Play ü Create a newspaper add |
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February |
Can I talk about up
coming events? Can I talk about an
event that just occurred or something that I have just done? |
Communication: Grammar: ü
Recall
verb avoir/faire ü
Expressions
with avoir/faire ü Verb venir to express past events ü Verb aller to express future events Culture: |
Verb conjugation in past tense Use correct helping verb Negative form Interrogative form Performing skills which include the use of idiomatic expression |
Listening Oral presentation Quizzes Tests Writing Homework |
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March |
Can I talk about the
trip I made during the vacation? Can I tell what
famous site, historical place I saw? Where I took pictures? |
Communication: To talk about your trip to a foreign country Grammar: Recall verbs: voir,choisir,finir,vendre,attendre Culture: French teenagers, TV and movies |
Conjugations of regular ir and re verbs in present and past tense Conjuation of irregular verbs:être,avoir,faire,mettre,voir in the past tense |
Listening comprehension Short oral presentation Tests Quizzes Homework |
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April |
Can I get around in |
Communication: Talk about subways stations in Grammar: Verbs monter and descendre in present tense Recall le future proche aller+prendre Culture: -How the French subway system works and why it is convenient-to use
the public transit system |
Consult and comprehend the subways billboard Listening comprehension (announcement in French) |
Vocabulary quiz Listening quiz Writing Homework |
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May |
Can I distinguish the use avoir
and être as a helping verb in the
passé composé? |
Communication: Talk about going shopping and what I bought Grammar: *Negative expression Ne………personne Ne………rien *Il y a + elapse time Culture: |
Incorporate past tense in the speech Writing skills which include agreement in the past participle |
Quiz sur la lecture Listening quiz Writing Homework |
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June |
How much did I
remember from the entire year? |
Review for the exam should help students develop test taking skills |
Practice test |
Final Exam |