ANNUAL French 1 B Goals – Core Body of Knowledge
For each of the sections that follow, students may be required to analyze, recall, explain, interpret,
apply, or evaluate the particular concepts being taught.
Reprise: Bonjour!
Grammar review
♦ The verb être
♦ Articles
♦ Adjective formation and agreement
♦ The verbs avoir and faire
♦ Regular –er verbs
♦ Negation
♦ Question formation
Vocabulary review
♦ Family and friends
♦ Room and object vocabulary
♦ Leisure activities
♦ Likes and dislikes (preferences)
♦ Extending and responding to invitations
♦ Pets and animals
♦ Directions
♦ Weather and seasons
♦ Cultural and historical figures
♦ Places and events
♦ Numbers
♦ Days, months, dates
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Telling time
♦ Foods and customs
Culture
♦ Aspects of French daily life
♦ The French speaking world
♦ French-American relations
Unit 5: City Life, the home, the family, and urban activities “En ville”
Grammar review
 The verb aller to express where you go
 Contractions with à
 Stress Pronouns
 Possessive Adjectives
 Aller + infinitive to form the future tense
 The verb venir
 Expression Chez
 Contractions with de
 Answering Questions in the Past Tense
Vocabulary review
 City Places and Buildings
 Transportation
 Giving Directions
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Culture
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Rooms of the House
Family Members
Ordinal Numbers
Activities (Sports, Musique, Games)
Pastimes in France.
Unit 6: Buying Clothes “Le shopping”
Grammar review
 The verb mettre to express what you wear
 The verb préférer to express what you like or prefer
 The verb acheter to express what you buy
 The demonstrative ce
 The question word quel
 The pronoun on
 Making Comparisons
 Answering Questions about the Past
Vocabulary review
 Clothing and Accessories
 Adjectives (Descriptive)
 Adjectives (BAGS)
 Numbers 100-1000
 Money-related expressions
 Regular –re verbs
 Regular –ir verbs
Culture
 Types of French stores.
 Euro
Unit 7: Leisure-time Activities “le temps libre”
Grammar review
 The use of the verb faire + de to express sports
 The verb voir to express what you see
 Past tense formation or –er, -ir, -re Verbs
 Past tense formation of irregular verbs
 Past tense formation with être
Vocabulary review
 Weekend Activities
 Summer and Winter Sports
 Household Chores
 Transportation
 Divisions of Time
 Adverbs of Sequence
 Periods of Past Time
Culture
 Common weekend activities in France.
 The Metro
Unit 8: Food and Meals “Les repas”
Grammar review
 The verb vouloir to express what you want to eat
 Partivtive Article
 Pronouns
 The verbs prendre, boire, connaitre, dire, and écrire
Vocabulary review
 Food/Beverage Vocabulary
 Verbs of Preference
 Quantities
 Meals
 Place Setting
Culture
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French Eating Habits
Specialty Food Stores