French 2
Skills and Abilities
Chapters:
Révision chapters A-F
Chapters 1-3 and part of 6
Révision A-F
Knowledge:
Agreement of adjectives, the verbs être and aller, contractions, -er verbs, partitive article,
verbs avoir and faire, verbs vouloir and pouvoir, the infinitive, the verb prendre, -ir and re verbs, the verbs sortir, partir, dormir, and servir, passé composé with regular verbs
using avoir, irregular past participles, reflexive verbs in the present, passé composé with
être, reflexive verbs in the past tense.
Skills/Abilities:
Students will communicate in spoken and written French on the following topics:
*describing people
*school activities
*describing family
*describing home
*food
*describing shopping for food and clothing
*traveling by plane
*traveling by train
*seasons
*individual and team sports
Chapter 1
Knowledge:
The verbs savoir and connaître; the pronouns me, te, nous, vous; the direct object
pronouns le, la, and les; vocabulary associated with movies, plays and museums;
descriptions of African music; facts about cultural activities in France.
Skills/Abilities:
The student will:
discuss movies, plays, and museums
tell what he or she knows and whom he or she knows
tell what happens to him or her or someone else
refer to people and things already mentioned
talk about some cultural activities in Paris.
Essential Questions:
How do you discuss movies, plays, and museums?
How do you express what happens to you or someone else?
How do you refer to people and things already mentioned?
What are some cultural activities in France?
How would you describe traditional and modern African music?
Topics and page numbers:
Mots 1 – pages 2 and 3
Mots 2 – pages 6 and 7
Savoir and connaitre – page 10
Direct object pronouns; me, te, nous, and vous – page 12
Direct object pronouns; le, la, l’, les – page 14
Lectures Culturelles – pages 20 and 21
Chapter 2
Knowledge:
The pronouns lui, leur; the verbs souffrir and ouvrir; the imperative; the pronouns en; the
relationship between culture and health, medical services in France, vocabulary
associated with minor health problems, speaking with the doctor, more parts of the body,
and speaking with a pharmacist.
Skills/Abilities:
The students will
explain a minor illness to a doctor
have a prescription filled at a pharmacy
tell for whom something is done
talk about some more activities
give commands
refer to people, places, and things already mentioned
discuss medical services in France.
Essential Questions:
How do you describe an illness?
How do you give commands?
How do you refer to people, places, and things already mentioned?
Topics and page numbers:
Mots 1 – pages 34 and 35
Mots 2 – pages 38 and 39
Indirect object pronouns; lui and leur – page 42
Souffrir and Ouvrir – page 44
Commands – page 45
The pronoun, en – page 48
Lectures Culturelles – pages 52 and 53
Chapter 3
Knowledge:
L'imparfait of regular verbs, uses of l'imparfait, vocabulary associated with computers,
fax machines, telephones, and making telephone calls, the telephone - yesterday and
today, telephone cards, and communication advances.
Skills/Abilities:
The students will
talk about computers, e-mail, the Internet, faxes, and telephones
talk about habitual and continuous actions in the past
narrate in the past
discuss today's telecommunications.
Essential Questions:
How do you describe habitual and continuous actions in the past?
How do you narrate in the past?
How do you describe actions you did frequently?
How do you use telephone cards?
What are some communication advances?
Topics and page numbers:
Mots 1 – pages 66 and 67
Mots 2 – pages 70 and 71
The imparfait – page 74
The use of the imparfait – page 78
Lectures Culturelles – pages 84 and 85
Additional material covered will be included in notes, and we may use other parts of
the textbook.