Ten-Month Planning Calendar
September
October
In Level 3 text, Unit 1,
Lesson A
*Review of regular verbs
(ER, IR & RE) in the
present tense
*Vocabulary of school
items for university
students
*Review of adjectives
and other French II & III
concepts
*Review of the passé
compose
*Savoir vs. Connaitre
Unit 1, Lesson B
*Reading about the
educational systems in
France and Senegal
*Reading about Dakar,
Senegal
*Grammatical review of
the usage of object
pronouns and double
object pronouns
*Interrogative pronouns:
qui, qui est-ce que,
qu’est-ce que etc.
*READING/WRITING:
Reading children’s
READING/WRITING:
literature such as Un
Un drôle de fantôme
drôle de fantôme,
reader OR the Histoire
BABAR or Les Trois
de la France from French Ours etc)
reader
WRITING/PROJECT:
TEST: Lesson A Unit 1 Write an expository
essay about the
importance of the French
language in the world
TEST: Lesson B Unit 1
November
Unit 2, lesson A
*vocabulary of an
amusement park
*Review of reflexive
verbs in both the present
and passé compose
constructions
*Introduction of the
pronouns Y and EN and
their usage with other
pronouns in both the
past and present
construction
December
Unit 2, lesson A/B
*Negative constructions
*Relative Pronouns QUI
and QUE
Reading from French
reader—l’histoire de la
France or L’arbre au
grand Coeur
CULTURE: La fête de
Saint Nicolas, Le Noël
January
Unit 2 Lesson B
*Declaration de Vol
(theft reports)
*Cultural reading
about the French
police and passport
& airline security
measures
*completion of an
authentic Theft
Report
*review for the Mid
Term Exam
*Mid-Term Exam
TEST: Lesson A Unit 2
WRITING: Vol dans
le metro—Letter
writing communicative
activities book
assignment
CULTURE: La Fête
des Rois (King’s
Day)
MID TERM EXAM
February
Unit 2 lesson B
*Imperfect tense
*Passe compose vs.
Imparfait
WRITING/PROJECTS:
1. Essay: Quand j’étais
jeune…--THIS COUNTS
AS A TEST
2. Timeline of life of
student using both passé
compose and imparfait
CULTURE: Mardi Gras
TEST: BABAR or other
reading
March
April
May
Unit 3 lesson A
*Cultural reading of
artists, cinema stars and
movies
*Introduction to the
subjunctive mood
*Subjunctive
conjugations
Unit 3 lesson B
*Irregular subjunctive
formations
*Impersonal expressions
requiring the use of the
subjunctive
Unit 3, Lesson B
*continued work on the
subjunctive mood
*continued reading of
authentic French literary
works and readers
Reading novel: Le bossu
de Notre Dame or other
literary work
WRITING: A new
ending: Write a letter to
the current 8th graders at
Brackman convincing
them to study French.
Tell them why French is
useful and significant
and what to expect.
June
Unit 4 lesson A
*Vocabulary of
employment, want
ads etc
*Subjunctive mood
to express
uncertainty
Finishing novel
TEST: Un it 3 Lesson B WRITING/TEST: Write a
new ending to the Trois
Ours book—what if the
bears had entered
Goldilocks house instead
of the reverse situation?
WRITING:
1. Write a letter
about your
experiences in
French over the
past four years.
Final exam
2. Respond to a
fictitious want ad
and ‘sell yourself’ for
employment
FINAL EXAM
TEST: Lesson A Unit 3
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR STUDENTS WILL READ A VARIETY OF CHILDREN’S AND ADULT LITERATURE, BOTH AUTHENTIC
AND VERSIONS EDITED FOR STUDENT USAGE.