French II Curriculum Overview
French II is broken down into thematic units, each of which each usually contains vocabulary, a grammar concept and culture. In addition, students complete individual reading comprehension tasks from “Cartes Blanches” books all year. Much focus is placed on writing original ideas in French.
1st Semester
Review of French I material based on needs of the class
Assessment: Oral and written tests
Time (includes military time)
Assessment: test
School unit (vocabulary & culture)
Assessment: test; skit
People vocabulary
Avoir and idiomatic expressions; être idiomatic expressions
Definite and indefinite articles
Assessment: test
Adjectives (including regular and irregular adj, BAGS, physical and personality traits)
Comparative adjectives
Technology vocabulary
C’est v. il est
Assessment: test
Clothing unit (vocabulary, clothing adjectives, culture)
Assessment: test; fashion show
Places in the city & specialty stores (vocabulary & culture)
Aller
À + the definite article
Assessment: test
Futur Proche (near future)
Assessment: test
Prepositions of placement & direction
De + the definite article
De to show possession
Imperative (with regular verbs)
Assessment: test; map project
Sports & games (vocab & culture)
Musical Instruments
Jouer à v. jouer de
Assessment: test
1st semester exam is an original story incorporating all topics so far
2nd Semester
Faire and idiomatic expressions
Assessment: Faire writing assessment (also serves as a review as it requires students to apply all previously learned material)
Family (vocabulary & culture)
Possessive Adjectives
Assessment: test
Nationalities
Countries and states
Prepositions
Assessment: test; family tree project (incorporates family, nationalities and previously learned adjectives)
Geography and History of France
Assessment: test; guillotine game
-er verbs
Stem changing verbs
Assessment: test
Ir regular verbs
Re regular verbs
Negative expressions
Assessment: test;
Lire, dire, écrire irregular verbs
Assessment: test
Vouloir, pouvoir, devoir irregular verbs
Assessment: test
Passé Composé (regular, irregular and Dr. Mrs. Vandertrampp verbs)
Assessment: test; time line of your life project
Food Unit (vocabulary & culture)
Prendre & boire irregular verbs
Partitive article and exceptions
Assessment: test; French food celebration
Artist Study
In addition to the above grammar topics, French II students study the lives and art of the following French artists.
Monet
Degas
Van Gogh
Matisse
Toulouse-Lautrec