FRENCH II
CURRICULUM
COURSE DESCRIPTION
All material introduced in an intermediate level foreign language is based on previously learned language skills.
Vocabulary and grammar concepts are regularly integrated. Good communication requires expansion of the
basic principles of language.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Students will develop skills in reading, writing, pronunciation, and conversation.
Demonstrated Competencies:
Students will…
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Give and respond to oral directions and commands.
Identify ideas and topics from simple texts.
Write postcards, e-mail messages, personal notes, and letters, using culturally appropriate format and
style.
Produce simple creative works with teacher guidance, e.g., poetry recitation, skits, fashion show, etc.
Identify significant cultural practices and behaviors in the foreign culture.
Identify similarities and differences of everyday life in the United States and the foreign culture.
Recognize differences in grammatical structures among languages.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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What are the 5 core verbs in French?
How many forms of the past tense exist in French?
Can I conjugate a verb in the past tense?
Can I understand “the main idea” of a passage written in French?
Can I answer questions in French without translating those questions to English?
Can I comprehend simple French orally?
INDIANA STATE STANDARDS
Standard 1: COMMUNICATION: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information,
express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. (Interpersonal)
Standard 2: COMMUNICATION: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a
variety of topics. (Interpretive)
Standard 3: COMMUNICATION: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of
listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (Presentational)
Standard 4: CULTURES: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the
practices and perspectives of the culture.
Standard 5: CULTURES: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the
products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 6: CONNECTIONS: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines
through the foreign language.
Standard 7: CONNECTIONS: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints
that are only available through the foreign language and its culture.
Standard 8: COMPARISONS: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through
comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Standard 9: COMMUNICATION: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture
through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Standard 10: COMMUNITIES: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Standard 11: COMMUNICATION: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using
the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
UNITS OF INSTRUCTION (STATE STANDARDS)
Unité 1
Unité 2
Unité 3
Unité 4
Unité 5
Unité 6
Unité 7
Unité 8
Les filles (covers all 11 standards)
Paris (covers all 11 standards)
En France (covers all 11 standards)
La vie quotidienne (covers all 11 standards)
Sports et Loisirs (covers all 11 standards)
Les pays du Maghreb (covers all 11 standards)
Les châteaux (covers all 11 standards)
En voyage (covers all 11 standards)
COURSE ASSESSMENTS
Daily Preparedness for class discussions and class activities
Essays
Tests
Oral Interview
Dining Experience/Etiquette Critique
Final Exams
Daily Journal
Projects
Post-project essay using 6+1 Writing Traits
TIMELINE
SEMESTER ONE
Week 1: Introduction to the Course, Unité 1 - Start Leçon A – Writing invitations and giving address
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Week 2: Start Leçon B – Writing postcards, expressing emotions and describing character
Week 3: Start Leçon C – Answering telephone calls, asking to speak to someone, responding to a request to
speak to someone, asking for information, and giving information
Week 4: Review Unité 1 for test on Friday
Week 5: Begin Unité 2 – Start Leçon A – identify professions, describe physical traits, describe character,
express emotions, describe past events, and sequence events
Week 6: Start Leçon B – comparing people and things, giving opinions, and describing past events
Week 7: Start Leçon C – comparing people and things, giving opinions, sequencing events, giving orders, and
making suggestions
Week 8: Review for Unité 2 test on Friday
Week 9: Begin Unité 3 – Start Leçon A – describing past events, sequencing events, describing character, and
expressing concern
Week 10: Start Leçon B – describing past events, sequencing events, and expressing astonishment and disbelief
Week 11: Start Leçon C – making suggestions, pointing out something, choosing and purchasing items and
ordering food and beverages (Do restaurant and etiquette critique)
Week 12: Review for test over Unité 3 on Friday
Week 13: Begin Unité 4 – Start Leçon A – describing daily routine, making suggestions and giving opinions
Week 14: Start Leçon C – describing daily routine, giving orders, asking someone to hurry, expressing likes
and dislikes, stating a preference, and expressing emotions
Week 15: Start Leçon C – describing past events, giving opinions, and expressing emotions
Week 16: Review Unité 4 for test on Friday
Week 17: Begin Unité 5 – Start Leçon A – congratulating and commiserating, describing talents and abilities,
describing character, asking if someone is free, accepting and refusing an invitation, and expressing appreciation
Week 18: Start Leçon B – asking what something is, expressing likes and dislikes, pointing out exceptions, and
making a prediction (Final Exams)
SEMESTER TWO
Week 1: Start Leçon C – describing past events, describing talents and abilities, and describing daily routines
Week 2: Review for Unité 5 test on Friday
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Week 3: assign Regions of France project and go to lab to work on it
Week 4: continue research for Regions of France project
Week 5: presentations on Regions of France project
Week 6: Begin Unité 6 – Start Leçon A – asking someone to repeat something, restating information, making
requests, choosing and purchasing items
Week 7: Start Leçon B – writing a letter, sequencing events, describing daily routines, reporting, giving
opinions, and identifying objects
Week 8: Start Leçon C – expressing need and necessity, inquire about details, pointing out something,
sequencing events
Week 9: Review for Unité 6 test on Friday
Week 10: Begin Unité 7 – Start Leçon A – asking for information, giving information, giving directions,
pointing out something, and stating a preference
Week 11: Start Leçon B – asking for information, giving information, giving orders, expressing astonishment
and disbelief, hypothesize, expressing emotion, congratulating and commiserating, and expressing hope
Week 12: Start Leçon C – indicating knowing and not knowing, inquiring about suggestions, making
suggestions, giving opinions, acknowledging thanks, and leaving someone
Week 13: Review for Unité 7 test on Friday
Week 14: Begin Unité 8 – Start Leçon A – asking for information, giving information, inquiring about details,
stating prices, and giving telephone numbers
Week 15: Start Leçon B – describing people you remember, identifying nationalities, describing past events,
describing daily routines, and expressing reassurance
Week 16: Start Leçon C – describing daily routines, explaining something, ordering food and beverages, and
giving orders
Week 17: Review for Unité 8 test on Friday
Week 18: Final exams
KEY TEXTS:
Semester One
Semester Two
Bien dit!
Bien dit!
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COURSE MATERIALS: MAJOR TEXTS, PRINCIPAL MATERIALS AND FILMS
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:
Semester One
Semester Two
Bien dit! Workbooks
* Parents should contact the teacher or department chair to discuss concerns with texts. If required, the teacher will
provide a substitute text of comparable length that approximates the stated academic purpose. Selected essays, short
stories, poems and articles will be used to teachers to augment major units.
COMMERCIAL FILMS/VIDEOS:*
Teachers may select from the following:
Semester One
Après Vous, Paramount Productions
(Used to reinforce cultural habits of the Francophone world)
Semester Two
Families of France
(Used to show daily routines of French families)
Best of France
(Used to show historical sites in France)
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