The “Discovering French – Nouveau!” program offers superior instruction for high school students who wish to master third year
(French Rouge) French. This program integrates a textbook and activity workbook to help maximize and develop strategies for
reading, writing and speaking skills. Photos, illustrations and text provide the student with many opportunities to learn about not
only France and its people but many other Francophone cultures. All aspects of daily life are covered and the student will learn
about meeting people, ordering food, going out with friends, planning vacations and much more. This program includes a textbook
and activity workbook as well as personal phone instruction with a teacher and is a level “C” teacher service course.
Two semesters
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High School French 2
Discovering French, Nouveau! Rouge (3), Houghton Mifflin –
ISBN# 9780395874868
Workbook ISBN 9780618661770
Text-based
UC Approved
UC a –g: e (Language other than English)
NCAA Approved
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Students will be able to communicate with others through introductions, greetings, and asking questions.
Students will demonstrate a level of language proficiency through readings, writings, activities, and formal assessments.
Students will understand many of the linguistic elements of French and will be able to relate these elements to the English
language.
Students will be introduced to cultural texts and traditions and will be able to understand some of its culture’s practices and
products.
Students will be able to provide information and understand ideas and familiar details.
Students will be able to use short sentences, learned words and phrases, and simple questions when speaking and writing.
Students will be able to understand ideas and familiar details presented in clear, uncomplicated speech when listening.
Students will be able to understand authentic texts and readings.
Students will be able to communicate effectively with few errors through both speech and writing.
Students will be able to demonstrate culturally acceptable behavior and understand important information that is being
relayed.
Students will be able to communicate and understand information regarding family, friends, home, clothes, school, pets,
and health.
Students will be able to demonstrate increasing fluency and control of vocabulary when speaking and writing.
Students will be able to understand and retain most key ideas and supporting detail when reading and listening.
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Semester 1
Unit 3: Vive la nature
Reprise (Unit 0): Vive les vacances!
Lesson 9: Les vacances: Plaisirs et problèmes
Lesson 1: La vie courante
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Review Material
Conversation practice
Expressions with avoir
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Practice with the passé composé
How to tell a story
Lesson 10: Les vacances: Plaisirs et problèmes
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Practice with l’imparfait et passé composé
About vacations
Lesson 2: Hier et avant
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Describing past events
Talking about vacation
Lesson 11: Quoi de neuf?
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Describing the weather
More review: l’imparfait et passé compose
Lesson 3: Nous et les autres
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Asking friends to help
Reading a story in French
Review: le/la/les & lui/leur
Unit 1: Au jour le jour
Lesson 4: La description physique
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Physical descriptions
Matching French and English expressions
Lesson 5: La routine quotidienne
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Describing habits and routine
Verbs: sentir and ressentir
Describing feelings
Unit 2: Soyons utiles!
Lesson 6: Les travaux domestiques
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Domestic chores
Translation practice
Milestone Assignment
Lesson 7: Les travaux domestiques continued
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The subjunctive and il faut que
Writing paragraphs in French
Lesson 8: Pour rendre service
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Irregular subjunctive verbs
Learning and practicing French expressions
Practice with descriptions
Lesson 12: Quoi de neuf? continued
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Using l’imparfait and le passe compose in one
sentence
Further practice with description
Milestone Assignment
Unit 4: Aspects de la vie quotidienne
Lesson 13: Comment faire des achats
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Review: the pronouns “y” and “en”
Vocabulary: running errands
Lesson 14: Comment faire des achats continued
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Indefinite expressions of quantity
Conversation practice
Vocabulary enhancement
Lesson 15: Au salon de coiffure
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Review: pronouns
Direct-object pronouns
Indirect object-pronouns
Lesson 16: Au salon de coiffure continued
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Expressions with faire+infinitif
Further review of object-pronouns
Unit 5: Bon voyage!
Lesson 17: Les voyages
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Negative statements: rien, jamais, etc.
Future tense
Travel vocabulary
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Lesson 18: Partons en voyage
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Unit 8: En ville
Milestone assignment
Expressions in future tense
The conditional tense
Lesson 26: Un rendez-vous en ville
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Semester Exam (material from lessons 1-18)
Semester 2
Lesson 27: Comment expliquer où on habite
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Lesson 19: Partons en voyage continued
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Expressions with: si + imparfait
Practice talking with friends
Learn about “pluperfect”
Reading
French History
Conditional phrases with si
Practice using the conditional tense
Lesson 28: Comment expliquer où on habite
continued
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Unit 6: Séjour en France
Other usages of the conditional tense
Further practice using the conditional tense
Lesson 20: À l’hôtel
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Lesson 29: Comment expliquer où on habite
continued
Expressions / vocabulary for hotels and
accomodations
French culture
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The conditional passè
Vocabulary practice
Lesson 21: À l’hôtel continued
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Unit 9: Les relations personnelles
Write a postcard in French
More travel vocabulary
Using the comparative
Lesson 30: Les amis, les copains et les relations
personnelles
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Lesson 22: Services à l’hôtel
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The interrogative pronoun: lequel
The demonstrative pronoun: celui
The possessive pronoun: le mien
Lesson 31: Les amis, les copains et les relations
personnelles continued
Unit 7: La forme et la santé
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Lesson 23: Une visite médicale
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Expressions / vocabulary related to health
French culture
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The verbs: croire and craindre
Using the subjunctive
Differences between the subjunctive and indicative
Lesson 25: Accidents et soins dentaires
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Translating
The subjunctive and the past-tense
Milestone assignment
Using prepositions with relative pronouns
Vocabulary: friends and personal relationships
Milestone Assignment
Lesson 32: Les phases de la vie
Lesson 24: Une visite médicale continued
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Review: relative pronouns
Reflexive verbs
Review relative pronouns
Pronoun choice
Unit 10: Vers la vie active
Lesson 33: Etudes ou travail?
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Using the past infinitive
Using prepositions and infinitives
Lesson 34: Etudes ou travail? continued
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The present participle
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Lesson 35: La vie professionnelle
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Using the subjunctive with conjunctions
Expressions with conjunctions
Lesson 36: Final Assignment
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Workbook assignment
Essay
Oral assignment
Final Exam (material from lessons 19-36)
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