Objectives
LISTENING
TLW recognize and recall
French when spoken at normal
tempo on a subject within the
range of pupil experience.
• Understand oral classroom
directions in French
• Comprehend oral questions
and statements within their
range of vocabulary and
verb knowledge
• Comprehend stories,
dialogs, songs or other
spoken material that utilize
known vocabulary and
grammatical structure
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Teacher (TPR
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Guest speakers
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Teacher directed
questions
Notes
Handouts
Realia
Props for acting
Flash cards
Pictures
Transparencies
Games
Situation cards
Textbook
Workbook
Activities for
communication
Listing part of test
Interactive CD
Rom
Posters
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Listening includes correct
interpretation of oral text
• Using vocabulary and
grammatical structures
learned
• Using context clues and
cognates
• Recognizing/analyzing
specific details.
TLW apply listening skills
when exposed to new or varied
material.
• Apply listening skills when
learning new vocabulary
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Cues
Pop music
Film excerpts
Objectives
Analyze stories, dialogs,
songs or other spoken
material in the French
language that expand
vocabulary knowledge and
verb use skills
• Evaluate the spoken usage
in situations(specialty stores,
restaurants, post office, train
station) that may include
different meanings of
previously learned material
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SPEAKING
TLW speak spontaneously on
familiar topics in a manner,
which can be understood by a
native speaker.
• Pronounce French
correctly with proper
intonation
• Use the correct
grammatical structure,
vocabulary and verb tense
speaking
• Express themselves orally
using a basic vocabulary
based on everyday situations
and the appropriate tense of
verb (self, family, school,
weather, greetings) in
French
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Group and
individual
responses both in
guided exercises
Notes on French
pronunciation
Answering teacher
generated questions
Activities for
communication
Pair activities
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French pronunciation follows
predictable phonological rules
and patterns of stress
• Speaking includes correct
production of all grammar and
verb tense rules already known
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Family
introductions
Objectives
Respond orally to
questions asked in the
French language
• Describe pictures, posters,
props, etc. in French
• Ask relevant questions in
French after analyzing a
situation or topic.
READING
TLW read and understand
material in French.
• Read and understand
stories, dialogs, etc. using
known vocabulary,
grammatical structure and
verb tenses
• Read and comprehend
material containing new
vocabulary with the aid of a
dictionary (short stories,
poetry, newspaper articles,
cultural articles)
• Translate material read in
the French language to
English
• Use context clues to
understand the written word
• Analyze and recognize new
aspects of grammar and
vocabulary use while
reading material in the
French language
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Reading includes correct
interpretation of written text
• Use vocabulary and
grammatical structures learned
• Use context clues and cognates
• Recognizing and analyzing
specific details
Recipes
Magazine articles
Short stories or
novels
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Ancillary
materials
Including realia
Internet
Reading dialogs
and stories in the
textbook
Children books in
the target language
Newspapers
Magazines
Books about
French history, art,
music and literature
including short
stories, poems etc.
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Objectives
Time
WRITING
TLW write compositions :on
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familiar topics in French:
• Copy written models
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• Write paragraphs and
sentences from dictation
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• Use correct grammatical
structure, vocabulary and
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verb tense in writing
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• Respond, in writing, to oral
or written questions in the
French Language
• Apply writing skill on
guided compositions on
everyday topics (self,
family, school)
• Compose sentences and/or
paragraphs on a topic of
their choice (letter to France)
VOCABULARY
TLW recognize the meaning of
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the French words, recall the
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French words. And spell the
words correctly
• Places, review of countries
and adjectives of nationality
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• Additional professions
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• Art and music
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• Animals
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• Transportation
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• Musical instruments
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• Toiletries
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• Daily routine
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Text-based
exercises
Workbook
exercises
Teacher-assigned
compositions
Cassettes / CD
French pen pals
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Textbook
Ancillary
materials
(workbook,
transparencies, etc)
Notes
Flash cards
Pictures
Realia
Situation cards
Games
Worksheets
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Propositions
Cues
Student journals
French spelling follows
Pen pals (optional)
predictable phonological rules
• Writing includes correct
production of all grammar and
verb tenses rules already known.
• Writing includes correct usage
of taught vocabulary
• Writing includes impromptu
application at a reasonable length.
Each French word has a unique,
specific definition that needs to
be memorized individually
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Flashcards
TPR
Props
Student created
word searches
Bingo
Objectives
Household appliances and
chores
• Relatives
• Film and entertainment
• Leisure activities
• Limited Clothes and
accessories
• Post office vocabulary
• Food- utensils, meals,
specialty shops
• Practical vocabulary
GRAMMAR
TLW understand and
demonstrate the use of the
following grammar:
Verbs:
• Irregular present tense
• Reflexive verbs
• Passe’ compose’
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Foreign Language Curriculum
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Classroom
interaction activities
for communication
Children’s books
Newspapers
Magazines
internet
Text
Ancillary materials
(workbook, etc.)
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The conjugation of irregular
verbs do not follow a pattern and
have to be memorized
individually
• The conjugation of reflexive
verbs in the present tense follow
a set pattern
• The passe’ compose’ is formed
with a helping verb (avoir or etre)
and a past participle. The verbs
are divided into regular and
irregular past participles, the
irregular past participles have to
memorize. The past participles of
etre verbs are verbs often
indication motion. These are
specific verbs and need to be
memorized as “etre” verbs.
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Cues
Songs
Poems
Mnemonic
devices
Objectives
Articles:
• Partitive
Time
Pronouns
• Reflexive pronouns
• Relative pronouns
• Object pronouns
• Direct and indirect
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• French has 5 different ways to
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Adjectives:
• Regular and irregular
• Comparative and
superlative
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Reflexive pronouns are used
with reflexive verbs. Each verb
conjugation has a specific
reflexive pronoun that reflects
back on the subject.
Relative pronouns introduce
relative clauses. There are 2
relative pronouns (qui and que) .
one functions as an object and on
functions as a subject.
Direct object pronouns replace
nouns that can be people or
things and receives the verb’s
action
Direct object pronouns answer
the question “who” or “what”
Indirect object pronouns replace
nouns that are people to whom
the verb’s action is directed
Indirect object pronouns answer
the question “ to whom”.
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In French adjectives agree in
gender and in number with the
noun they modify
• All adjectives follow the noun
they modify except the “bags”
adjectives
• In French the comparative and
the superlative form of the
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Cues
Objectives
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Time
Adverbs:
• Expressions of time, en
retard, a l’heure
• Quantities, un morceau de,
beaucoup de
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On time, early and late follow
the verb in French
• General expressions of quantity
before a noun express “how
many” or “how much”.
• Certain nouns express a specific
quantity. They are followed by
de and a noun.
Prepositions:
• With countries
• With cities
REVIEW VOCABULARY
TLW review the following:
• Numbers
• Days, dates
• Weather
• Time
• Present tense
• Regular and irregular verbs
• Simple future
• Commands
• Classroom/school related
words
• Adjectives and people
Propositions
adjective follows a regular
pattern
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Prepositions used with countries
change depending on whether the
country starts with a vowel, is
masculine or feminine or plural
• All cities take the preposition a
before it. There are some
exceptions
Text
Ancillary materials
(workbook, etc.)
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Objectives
Adverbs
Rooms of the house and
some furniture
Food and drinks
Clithes
Shopping
Nationalities/countries
Activities ( sports, hobbies,
daily activities)
Places
Expressions with avoir
Body
Colors
Family/pets
Professions
CULTURE
TLW demonstrate an
understanding of the cultural
and historical contexts and
interrelationships of the arts
and humanities disciplines
among various cultures
• Identify historical events
related to the Francophone
world
• identify regional
differences within the
Francophone world
• discuss cultural beliefs of
people in the Francophone
world
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Materials
Validation
Time
Texts
Teacher experience,
collections & files
Guest speakers (when
available)
Video
Internet
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Propositions
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Food tasting
Le metro
Art reproductions
Minitel
Film & actors
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Objectives
discuss influence of French
on other languages
compare and contrast
different measuring
systems as well as
monetary systems in
Francophone world and
U.S.
Time
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Cues