Curriculum Map for French II
Teacher: Tina Lowry
School: Girard High School
Month
August
Content
Review present
tense of regular
and irregular
verbs.
Review
vocabulary from
French I
Review Futur
Proche
Review Passé
Composé
September
Review Passé
Composé
Skills
- Identify and
conjugate present
tense of the
following verbs:
être; aller; avoir;
faire; pouvoir;
vouloir; verbs
ending in –er, -ir,
and –re; lire; dire;
écrire; boire;
devoir.
- Recognize
vocabulary from
French I
- Identify and use
futur proche
- Identify and use
passé compose
- Recognize the
difference
between past,
present, and
future tenses.
Assessment
Daily board work on
all topics
- Identify and use
passé compose
Write a paragraph of
at least 10 sentences
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
Essential Questions
Standards
How do I use a present
tense verb properly in a
sentence?
28.C.2a
What are the six forms of
each verb?
28.C.2b
28.C.1a
How can I recognize the
difference between past,
present and future in a
sentence?
How do I formulate a
future- or past-tense
sentence?
How do I formulate a pasttense sentence?
28.A.2a
New Vocabulary
–culture,
museums, art,
sculpture
Artists of France
New Present
tense verbs
Object Pronouns
Short Reading on
museums in
France
- Identify and use
new vocabulary
terms related to
museums, theater,
and movies
- Identify French
artists’ work by
name and artist
- Use inverted
object pronouns
to tell what
happens to
someone
- Speak generally
about French
museums and
theaters
using passé compose.
Create a PowerPoint
Presentation about a
French artist. Show
their most famous
works and give a
short biography of
the artist.
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
28.C.2a
How can I recognize
French artists’ works?
Who are some of the most
renowned French artists
and sculptors?
Where can I find their
work?
28.C.3a
28.D.2a
28.D.3b
29.B.1a
29.B.2a
How do I use an inverted
object pronoun to tell what
happens to someone?
29.B.2b
29.B.3a
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
When are French museums
open and what can I expect
to find there?
Daily board work on
all topics
October
Direct object
pronouns
Listening in the
target language
Vocabulary –
items regarding
the computer, the
telephone and
- Identify and use
‘lui’ and ‘leur’
(telling what you
do for others)
- Watch a film
with which the
students are
familiar in the
target language
with English
Daily board work on
all topics
How do I express what I do
for someone?
28.A.2a
28.B.2b
Fill in the blank
How do I describe the parts
vocabulary quiz –
of a computer?
English to French and
French to English.
What are the proper
expressions to use when
Test: Fill in the
making a phone call?
blank; Translation
28.C.2a
28.C.3a
28.D.2a
communications
Imperfect tense
The differences
between the
imparfait and
passé composé
English language
reading about
French
computers
November
Vocabulary
The differences
between the
imparfait and
passé compose
Telling a story in
the past – using
imparfait
Present tense
subtitles
- Identify and use
vocabulary terms
regarding the
parts of a
computer, how to
make a phone
call, and other
communications
- Identify and use
the imperfect
tense to express
past-tense
situations
-Recognize the
difference
between imparfait
and passé
compose
- Know when to
use imparfait vs.
passé composé
- Identify and use
new vocabulary
related to postal
service and
banking
- Differentiate
between passé
composé and
imparfait
-Use imparfait to
recount a story
How do I formulate and
use the imperfect tense?
29.A.3
29.C.2c
When do I use imparfait
versus passé composé?
Why do I use imparfait
rather than passé composé
for past tense phrases?
30.A.2d
30.B.2a
30.B.3a
What problems might I
face being an English
speaker and computer-user
if I were in France?
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
28.A.2a
When do I use the
imperfect tense as opposed
to passé composé?
28.B.2b
28.C.2a
How do I express come,
become, and come back in
the present tense?
28.C.2b
29.D.2
How do French trains
differ now from historic
30.A.2a
irregular verbs
Illustrated
reading on
historic and
present-day train
travel
Relative
pronouns qui and
que
Illustrated
reading on
typical French
teenagers
December
Vocabulary
Simple Future
tense
Referring to
something
already
mentioned
Illustrated
reading on
- Conjugate and
use the irregular
verbs venir,
devenir, and
revenir
- Discuss and
compare train
travel of today
and historically
- Be able to give
more information
in a single
sentence using the
relative pronouns
qui and que
- Discuss daily
life situations of
French teenagers
- Identify and use
vocabulary
related to food
and cooking
- Conjugate and
use the simple
future tense
- Recognize key
differences
between futur
simple and futur
proche
trains?
30.A.1b
How can I give more
information in a single
sentence using a relative
pronoun?
30.B.2b
What are some differences
in French train systems in
the past to now?
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
28.A.2a
What does a typical French
meal consist of?
How can I identify the
appliances in the kitchen?
28.A.3a
28.A.3b
28.B.2a
How do I express what will
happen?
How do I use two pronouns
in a single sentence?
28.B.3b
.
28.C.3a
cuisine
throughout
France
January
- Use a direct and
and an indirect
object pronoun in
a single sentence
Review
- Discuss
different French
foods associated
with the regions
of France
- Review all
major topics from
August to
December for
Final Exam
Vocabulary
- Use and identify
vocabulary
The conditional
concerning cars
tense
and traveling by
road
The future simple - Use and identify
tense
vocabulary
concerning
Expressing
emergency
conditions
medical care,
accidents and
Illustrated
hospitals
reading about
- Conjugate and
driving in France use the
conditional tense
Reading in
- Recognize
English about
similarities and
French rules of
differences
the road
between the
28.C.3b
Where can I use the two
object pronoun sentence
structure?
28.D.3b
30.A.2a
What types of meals do
they eat in the different
regions of France?
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
29.A.3
28.A.3a
How can I express what I
need at a service station or
while traveling by car?
28.A.2b
28.B.2a
How do I express what I
could or would do?
28.B.3a
How are the conditional
tense and the future tense
different?
28.C.3a
What differences can I
expect if I were to drive in
France?
29.A.3
How do I express direct
and indirect questions?
28.D.3a .
conjugations of
Expressing what, the conditional
direct and
and future simple
indirect questions tense
- Use an ‘if’
The superlative
clause to express
the conditions or
Expressing
possibilities
“better”
- Understand the
differences in
road signage and
rules of the road
between France
and the United
States
- Use appropriate
forms of qu’est-ce
que and qu’est-ce
qui to express
direct questions
- Use appropriate
forms of ce que
and ce qui to
express indirect
questions
- Use the
superlative to
express best or
worst
- Use
meilleur/mieux to
express
good/better/best
How do I use the
superlative to tell the least
and the most?
How do I express
good/better/best?
February
Vocabulary
Illustrated
reading
Passé composé
using être or
avoir with
descendre,
monter, passer,
rentrer, and sortir
Adverbs
March
Geography of
France
Destination:
- Understand and
discuss an
illustrated reading
concerning an
accident and a
trip to the
emergency room
- Identify and use
vocabulary
concerning travel
and hotel stays
- Understand the
difference in
meaning if you
use être or avoir
to conjugate the
passé composé
with the verbs
descendre,
monter, passer,
rentrer, and sortir
- Use and make
adverbs from
adjectives
- Read and
discuss an
illustrated reading
on traveling to
Nice
- Identify rivers,
mountains,
neighboring
countries, and key
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
What do I do if I have a
medical emergency while
traveling in France?
28.A.2a
How do I appropriately
check in and ask questions
at a hotel desk?
28.A.3b
When do I use être versus
avoir with descendre,
monter, passer, rentrer, and
sortir?
28.C.3a
28.A.3a
28.B.3b
30.A.1a
30.B.2b
How do I formulate an
adverb from an adjective?
What can I expect if I wish
to travel to Nice, France?
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
Where are key geographic
features located in France?
28.A.3a
28.A.3b
France video
Provinces of
France
Research a
province of
France for
presentation to
the class
April
Vocabulary
The Paris Metro
Forming
questions
Expressing time
Illustrated
reading
cities on a map of
France
- Locate and label
the provinces of
France
- Discuss some of
the different
characteristics of
the provinces of
France
- Identify
different products
produced in
different areas of
France
- Research in
depth a chosen
province of
France and
present findings
to the class
- Use and identify
vocabulary
concerning public
transportation,
metro and bus
- Learn how to
use the Paris
metro; create
itineraries and tell
how to get from
point to point
- Learn how to
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
Oral Presentation on
a French province
What are the 22 provinces
of France and what makes
them different from one
another?
What products are
produced in France and in
which areas?
28.C.3a
28.D.3a
28.D.3b
29.D.3
29.E.3
30.A.3c
30.B.2a
30.B.3a
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
What are some common
forms of public
transportation in
France/Europe?
28.A.3a
28.A.3b
28.C.3a
How do I get around on the
metro system in Paris?
How do I formulate a
question?
28.D.3a
28.D.3b
29.D.3
How do I express a
May
Vocabulary
distinguishing
between two
people or things
Present tense
irregular verbs
Illustrated
reading
Review
formulate and use
proper questions
- Use the
expression
‘depuis’ to
describe an action
that began in the
past and
continues into the
present
- Read and
discuss public
transportation in
Paris
- Use and identify
vocabulary
concerning the
city and the
country
- Use lequel or
celui-là to ask
‘which one’
- Conjugate and
use the irregular
verbs suivre,
conduire, and
vivre in the
present tense
- Read and
discuss a short
reading on
farmers in France
- Review all
statement that began in the
past and continues into the
present?
29.E.3
30.A.3c
30.B.2a
Daily board work on
all topics
Fill in the blank
vocabulary quiz –
English to French and
French to English.
Test: Fill in the
blank; Translation
28.A.3a
How can I ask for
directions when traveling?
What are some traffic rules
and signs I should know
before driving in the city or
in the country?
28.A.3b
28.C.3a
28.D.3a
28.D.3b
How do I make a present
tense sentence using the
verbs suivre, conduire or
vivre?
What kinds of agriculture
products are found in
France?
How do they farm
29.D.3
major topics from
January to May
for Final Exams
differently than we do in
the United States?