French 2 Curriculum
1st 9-weeks
Carole Chambers
Objective: Review of French 1
TEKS : 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 5B
Activities: Pronunciation review by sound readings and
oral questioning using mid-term
questionnaire
Written review by journaling in target
language; Metacognitive journal after pretest ; Reteach of material based on results of
pre-test; Use of manipulatives, such as
assembling cards to create sentences and
matching pictures to words; Dry-erase
boards conjugation practices; Chain board
work on regular conjugations (team work);
Questionnaire on culture
Resources: French 1 book, pages 15, 47, 79, 109, 141,
and 183; French 2 work book pages R1 –R20;
conjugation charts; self-made manipulatives;
dry-erase boards and markers;
transparencies or power points for sounds
and questionnaires
Assessments: Pre-test, Post-test, Vocabulary quizzes
and quizzes on verbs and partitives
Objectives : Learning passé composé, including reflexive
verbs; learn vocabulary of sports and daily
routine
TEKS : 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B
Activities: Direct teach with PPT; dry-erase board
practice; written practice of regular past
tense with avoir with workbook; direct teach
of irregular verbs with avoir; group practice
with given verb; written practice of irregular
past tense with workbook; manipulative
sequencing of sentences to tell a story; direct
teach of sports vocabulary review of vocab
with charades; direct teach on the house of
être; MrsDr Van der Trampp song; workbook
written practice; direct teach on reflexive
verbs (present and past); matching pictures
to sentences (Carlex) ; journal writing on
personal daily routine; translation of passage
using all types of verbs in the past tense;
group story writing in the past tense, using a
starter; oral presentation of stories
Resources: Power Points; dry-erase boards;
manipulatives for sequencing; Carlex
reflexive verbs interactive bulletin board set;
Mrs.Dr.V der T song; posters to write stories;
French 2 workbook pages R30, R 31, R 36,
R37
Assessements: quiz on verbs with avoir; quiz on
vocabulary of sports; quiz on reflexives
2nd 9-weeks
Objective: Learn about cultural leisure in France
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5B
Activities: Readings from book (pages 2 to 7); oral
exercises (pp.4-5 and 8); written exercise 5
page 5; guessing game with secret flashcards;
group cultural translations (pp.20-23)and
presentations; student-made impressionist
pictures; watching French commercials
Direct teach on savoir and connaître; practice
with hand signals; work book written
practice
Resources: French 2 book; French 2 work book p.5;
flashcards; blank paper and crayons;
commercials DVD
Assessment: oral and written applications; hand signals;
presentations
Objective: Learn object pronouns
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 5B
Activities: Direct teach on object pronouns; oral
practice; color-coded manipulatives with
pronouns; work book written applications
Resources: French 2 book; French 2 work book, pp. 6
and 7; self-made manipulatives
Assessment: fill-in-the-blank pronoun quiz; test on
Chapter 1
Objective: Learn health and medicine vocabulary and
culture
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2B, 4B, 5B
Activities: Readings pp. 34-35, pp. 38-39; TPR vocab
review; book written application #4 p.37;
body parts matching cards; doctor’s skits;
cultural translations pp. 52-55;
presentations; watching DVD of the
catacombs
Resources: French 2 book; cards; props (medical kit…);
DVD
Assessment: written work and skits
Objective: Learn more indirect object pronouns
TEKS: 1A, 1B
Activities: Direct teach on object pronouns; color-coded
manipulatives with pronouns; book written
applications (exercises 14 and 15 p.43);
direct teach on souffrir and ouvrir ;
conjugation round tables
Resources: French 2 book; manipulatives
Assessment : French 2 book assessment pp.60-61;
vocabulary bingo; Test on Chapter 2
Objective: Learn vocabulary of telecommunications
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary p. 95; telecommunication
skits; CD 6 listening comprehension
Resources: French 2 book; French 2 CD
Assessment: Skit; material included in the mid-term
exam
3rd 9-weeks
Objective: Learn the imparfait and contrast it with passé
composé
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 5B
Activities: Direct teach on imparfait; Aggie bricklayer
story stomp and clap exercise; comparing
songs using both past tenses; Reading past
tense poem containing both tenses(Petit
déjeuner du matin by Prévert); direct teach
on imparfait of être; readings pp. 109-111;
writing group stories using both tenses;
matching cards with translations
Resources: handouts for song lyrics, poem, and story, as
well as summary of lesson; book for readings;
cards to match
Assessment: putting present tense text in past tense,
choosing the correct tense.
Objective: Learn about traveling in francophone
countries
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 4A, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary of travel; Crossword
Puzzle; Readings pp.98-99 and pp.102-103;
True or false p.101; exercise 7 p.104; airplane
skits; direct teach on prepositions used with
geographic names; oral exercises 24 and 25
p.114 and 27 p.115; written exercise 28;
review of aller and venir; listening
comprehension with CD (p.116 of book);
personal questions about travel; group
translations and presentations (pp.118-223)
Resources: French 2 book; French 2 CD
Assessment: vocab bingo; written work; presentations;
assessment pp.124-125; test on Chapter 4
Objective: Learn about the bank and the post office in
France
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 4B, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary of bank; readings pp. 142143; discussion of culture following silent
reading pp.160-162; written practice #3 and
4 pp.144-145; personal questions; drill on
vocabulary of post office; readings pp. 146147; discussion of culture following reading
p.163; bank and post office skits
Resources: French 2 book
Assessment: skit; reading comprehension; written
practice
Objective: Learn relative pronouns
TEKS: 1A, 1B
Activities: Direct teach on qui and que; Practice with
#13 p.51; Checking with #14; written
handout of application (teacher made)
Resources: French 2 book; handout
Assessment: Fill-in-the-blank quiz with qui or que
Objectives: Learn agreement of the past participle and
reciprocals; learn new negative forms.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 5B
Activities: Direct teach on agreement and reciprocals;
Class practice with work book page 57;
manipulative exercise (find your partners)
for reciprocals; class practice p.57; direct
teach on new negatives; class practice with
p.58 of work book.
Resources: French 2 work book; teacher handout;
manipulatives
Assessment: class review on Chapter 5; Chapter 5 Test
Objective: Learn about new food vocabulary and
regional French cuisine
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B
Activities: Reading pp.174-179; personal culinary
preferences (oral exercise); regional food
project (lab research, group brochure,
presentations and food day)
Resources: French 2 book; internet lab; library; travel
agencies
Assessment: oral responses; brochure and its
presentation; food tasting
Objective: Learn house furnishings
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: Vocabulary translation; Four corner activity,
matching furniture and rooms
Resources: handout; flashcards
Assessment: four corner activity
Objective: Learn the future, conditional present, and
causative faire
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B
Activities: Discovery learning; student-led lesson
presentations based on pp. 182, 216, and
218; written translation using future tense;
direct teach and comparison with the
conditional present; “If I were a millionaire”
paper; review of object pronouns; direct
teach on causative faire; oral practice #22
p.188; written review for test
Resources: French 2 book; transparencies, markers
Assessment: presentations; written applications; oral
exercise; Chapter 6 Test
4th 9-weeks
Objective: Learn about cars and driving in France
TEKS: 1B, 1C, 2A, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocab of vehicles and gas station;
Readings pp. 206-207; oral ex. 2 p.208; #3
and 4 in writing; drill on vocab of driving
and highway; readings pp. 210-211; #7 and
8 p.212 orally; #8 in writing; group
translations (pp.224-227) and
presentations; show and tell of French cars,
French driver’s license, and driver’s manual;
flashcard review for quiz
Resources: French 2 book; handouts
Assessment: vocabulary and culture quiz; presentations
Objective: Learn interrogative and demonstrative
pronouns, and superlatives, including mieux
and meilleur.
TEKS: 1B
Activities: Direct teach on pronouns; oral practice #13
p. 256; Practices with handouts from
www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr; flashcards
with mieux and meilleur
Resources: French 2 book and website from UT (see
activities )
Assessment: quiz on grammar and culture
Objective: Learn about hospitals and medical services in
France
TEKS: 1B, 2A, 4B, 5B
Activities: group questions to present; Give One/ Get
One sharing; show and tell about MSF and
Louis Pasteur
Resources: French 2 book (pp.266-271); question
flashcards; Give One/ Get One handout
Assessment: quiz on grammar and culture (see above)
Objective: Learn vocabulary and culture of French
hotels
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary p.307; written practices
#3p.183 and #8 p. 287; flashcard review
activity; hotel skits; review of pronouns y
and en
Resources: French 2 book
Assessment: vocabulary quiz
Objective: Learn how to form adverbs.
TEKS: 1B
Activities: Direct teach on formation; practice with
individual dry-erase boards; direct teach of
exceptions
Resources: UT website handouts
Assessment: dry-erase board practice
Objective: Learn about vacationing in the francophone
world
TEKS: 1B, 5B
Activities: Group questionnaire; discussion of answers
Resources: French 2 book pp.296-299
Assessment: discussion on answers to questions
Objective: Learn vocabulary and culture of
transportation in the francophone world
TEKS: 1B, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary of p. 337; readings pp.
310-311 and 314-315; metro map reading ;
multiple choice on metro map; culture group
questions on pp. 326-327; Give One/Get One
sharing; direct teach on depuis p. 323; true
or false exercise about French buses
Resources: French 2 book; Give One/Get One handout;
flashcard questions
Assessment: Metro map and bus handouts and Give
One/Get One
Objective: Learn vocabulary of city and country
TEKS: 1B, 4B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary p. 365; Practice #4 p. 343;
learn French animal sounds and names;
direct teach of suivre and conduire and
infinitives after prepositions
Resources: French 2 book; teacher knowledge
Assessment: material included in final exam
Objective: Learn professions
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 5B
Activities: Drill on vocabulary p. 463; guessing game on
professions; oral questions about
professions
Resources: French 2 book; handout on professions
Assessment: handout and oral responses