French 1
Unit
Duration
Unit 1
4 weeks
Greetings,
Introductions,
numbers and
the verb to
be
Unit 2
School
Activities and
School
culture
6 weeks
Unit 3
Family and
Friends
5 weeks
Unit 4
Restaurants
and Food
6 weeks
Primary Standards
All standard reference the 5 C’s of Foreign Language Learning
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language, ,
4.1 Students demonstrate the understanding of the nature of language
through comparisons of the French language and their own. 4.2
Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through
comparisons of the culture and their own.
Unit emphasis on sentence structure and time schedules, and basic
verbs to read, to write, to say and to be. Vocabulary emphasis on
classroom objects and adjectives of emotion.
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language, 2.1
Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of the culture studied 4.1 Students
demonstrate the understanding of the nature of language through
comparisons of the French language and their own. 4.2 Students
demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through
comparisons of the culture and their own.
Unit emphasis on questions and answers using proper verb forms with a
focus on regular ER verbs and school vocabulary.
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language, 4.1
Students demonstrate the understanding of the nature of language
through comparisons of the French language and their own. 4.2
Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through
comparisons of the culture and their own.
Unit emphasis on describing members of the family,the verb avoir, avoir
expressions and stem changing verbs. Vocabulary emphasis on family
members.
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language, 2.1
Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of the culture studied 4.1 Students
Essential Question(s)
How does initiating a
conversation differ in
France from the United
States?
How does school in France
and School in the United
States differ? Why
questions can be difficult to
ask?
What make a family in the
United States and in
France?
What is the difference
between food shopping
preferences and a desire for
Unit 5
Weather
4 weeks
Unit 6
Clothing and
Shopping
5 weeks
demonstrate the understanding of the nature of language through
comparisons of the French language and their own. 4.2 Students
demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through
comparisons of the culture and their own.
Unit emphasis on food shopping and meals, regular IR verbs. Vocabulary
emphasis food and restaurant words.
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language,
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines
through French.
Unit emphasis on weather and weather expressions.
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language, 3.1
Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines
through French, 4.1 Students demonstrate the understanding of the
nature of language through comparisons of the French language and
their own. 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of
culture through comparisons of the culture and their own.
Unit emphasis on describing clothes, using the past tense and a more
complex sentence structure.
quality or convenience
between France and The
United States?
How do you describe
weather using the correct
expressions and verbs?
Which clothes are necessary
for the time, occasion and
place?