Course Schedule French I
Fall 2014
French 1 Course Syllabus-Schedule
Topics to be covered are subject to change
depending on the needs of the group and
how fast students are progressing
WEEK 1 (NO BOOKS YET)
La Rentrée GREETINGS, Choisir des noms français, LA DATE (birth year)
Je m’appelle, Comment t’appelles-tu? (vous) Frère Jacques
Introduce objects in room /ABCs, 1-10, La France [DVD] / nationalities
Student info, Course manuals
Quebec / NOMBRES 1-20, ABCs, greetings, nationalities (m/f)
Le monde francophone
Salut, Ça va?
oral presentation #s20-60, vocabulary
La Martinique
Review
Initial Pre-Mastery experience survey
ORAL QUIZ Greetings, numbers, alphabet
Lesson famille et copains
liaison- pronunciation numéros de telephone,
Day 5 Quel coïncidence
#s 80-1000,asking who people are, talking about people
accents worksheet
Week 2
Photos de La Famille ( OR Special topics)
La Famille, animaux domestiques age, possessive pronouns
TOPICS/ à Votre Tour- Review Quiz
Interlude- Colors et drapeux- Make flags, SONGS
Test
Bon Appétit food vocab. L’intonation
Au Café ; Boissons Commander au Café—Culture
Practice dialogues accent final
WEEK 3
Pre & post dialogue surveys
Present Café dialogues – (Presentation grade)
L’EURO, MENUS Ça fait combien ? Pronunciation “r”
De jour en jour A L’heure Dialogue Quizlet- time
Quizlet, days, months, date
Quelle est ton anniversaire? Le Temps
Dialogue
Birthdays, Weather
DIALOGUES
QUIZ À Votre Tour Les parties du corps
Review : Unit 2
Week 4
First 3 weeks TEST
END OF THREE WEEKS - PROGRESS REPORTS
Activities, preferences and wishes
Invitations- Culture, le téléphone, À Votre Tour Review
Quiz Lesson / être
culture- Wedneday afternoons, subject pronuns Quizlet practice
Week 5
Question words- Où- affirmative and negative responses
Expressions for conversation, Negation, mots utiles (useful words)
Pronunciation – vowel sound « a ». À votre tour, review lesson 6
Quiz,
Une boum- culture, regular -er verbs
–er verbs cont. + plural, affirmative and negative
Week 6
Expressions for conversation, mots utiles, verb + infinitive
Pronunciation : vowels « i », « u »., À Votre Tour, review
Quiz
Le Sénégal- culture, musique project
Information questions, intonation, Expressions interrogatives
Qui, est-ce que, faire, expressions w/ faire, inverted questions, « y »
WEEK 7
À Votre Tour review , Tests de contrôle
END OF FIRST SIX WEEKS
REPORTS CARDS
quiz, cont. tests de contrôle, review
Quizlet practice, Test Music project presentations
Reading and culture
Quizlet practice,
Pre & Post surveys
Oral quizzes
Schools in France, the internet, Ethnic groups in France
Expressions for the classroom, project-Pays francophones
Objects, description of people, one’s things, my bedroom
WEEK 8
My computer, prepositions- location (shoe box activities)
À Votre Tour review lesson
Quizlet practice & quizzes, Quiz- Haiti
The verb « avoir », nouns, articles, pronouns, where things are
Agreement- articles & nouns, singular & plural articles, shopping
Negative sentences- Il y a , Il n’y a pas DE. Possessions, use of the
Definite article le sens général, avec les jours de la semaine
WEEK 9
Schedules , À Votre Tour review lesson 10
Project presentation,
Pre & post surveys Oral assessments Quiz
Masculin & feminine, friends, groups- culture,
Descriptions, Plural adjectives, nationalities, placement,
Final consonants- pronunciation ,À Votre Tour review
WEEK 10
Quiz
colors, cars, culture, expressions
Placement of adjectives- Before noun, after noun, Il est, c’est ,« ch »
À Votre Tour review Begin tests de contrôle, Quizlet
Quiz Continue tests de contrôle, review
Day 47 Test
Reading and Culture (Movie Red Balloon)
WEEK 11
Continue culture and reading- animals, compliments, letters
Where do you live ? My town, street names, shops, directions, My houserooms ; regions in France, things to see (project)
À Votre Tour
review Quiz Quizlet
PARISWEEK 12
Paris attractions, the verb aller- to go, vacations, places
à + def. article. Preferences, in town – places to go, « Chez »
Aller + infinitive- (near future), « w », « j »
À Votre Tour review lesson 14, Quiz– Culture (movie)
WEEK 13
–AU café- culture « venir »
Pre & post surveys Oral assessments
venir- cont. Quizlet, de + def. Article, D’où viens-tu? Jouer + à , de
sports, games cont. stress pronouns, nom+de+nom , pronunciation
END OF SECOND SIX WEEKS : REPORT CARDS
À Votre Tour review, Quizlet quizzes Quiz
My neighbors, pets, buildings, floors
WEEK 14
Possession with « de », la famille, possessive pronouns, things, Possessive
adjectives , Expressions for conversation- tu es sûr?
Ordinal numbers, pronunciation, À Votre Tour & Quiz
WEEK 15
REVIEW
Tests de cotrôle review
Test
Culture and reading PARIS- places to visit- slide show
PROJECT monuments of Paris
Buying clothes, accessories, adj., acheter
In stores, #2 100-1000, prices, vocabulary, dialogues
WEEK 16
À Votre Tour review Quizlet Review VERBS
Quiz Verb practice & Projects Acheter, Préférer, culture- magasins
Demonstrative and interrogative adjectives, mettre
Opinions, preferences, review+ À votre Tour, Quiz
Prepare for Interpersonal & Presentational WLI assessment
WEEK 17
La mode, –Ir verbs
–ir verb practice, Adj- beau, nouveau, vieux, comparaison
À Votre Tour REVIEW- ALL VERBS, +interrogtives, demonstratives
Quiz Introduce–re verbs- practice Project Presentations
(Cultural Sampling)
HOLIDAYS
WEEK 18
Money&jobs, Quebec City
Imperative : -er,-ir,-re, +au neg, À Votre Tour
REVIEW #s, days, months, seasons, weather
Verb quiz- -re verbs
REVIEW family, food, VERBS, possession, culture
TESTS de Contrôle + REVIEW
WLI Assessments
EXAMS