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FRENCH 1, DISCOVERING FRENCH, NOUVEAU! BLEUSCHOOL'S NAME

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTIONS: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester1 / Unit 1, Faisons connaissance
 Lesson 1 (A, B & C), Bonjour
  • Explore the geography of France
  • Locate French speaking countries
  • Useful classroom vocabulary found on p. 132-133
  • Greet people
  • Ask others & express how you feel
  • Introduce oneself
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 Lesson 2,
Famille et copains
  • Describe others
  • Introduce one’s family
  • Ask for and tell one’s age
/ What influence does your family have on your personal identity?
How can speaking French change your perspective of the world?
  • Do Web search to find information to support your theories.
/  Lesson 1
  • Gender agreement
  • Pronunciation:
-Final consonants
-Accents
-Silent letters
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 Lesson 2
  • Indefinite articles
  • Pronunciation:
-Liaison
-Nasal vowels
  • Indefinite articles
  • Definite articles
  • Possessive
adjectives / Lesson 1
  • Greetings & salutations
  • Alphabet
  • Accents
  • Nationalities
  • Asking & telling how you feel
  • Numbers 0-60
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 Lesson 2
  • Introducing someone
  • Numbers 60-1000
  • Family members
and other people
  • Pets
  • Age
  • Colors (p. 40-41)
/  Lesson 1
  • Why speak French? (p.2-3)
  • Geography of France (p. 4-5)
  • French speaking countries (p.8-9)
  • Back to school
  • French names
  • Astérix
  • La Martinique
  • Statue of Liberty & the EiffelTower
  • Formal vs. informal greetings
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 Lesson 2
  • The French family
and friends
  • The Tour de France
  • Flags (p. 40-41)
  • Introduction to
  • Quebec
/
  • Math
  • Geography
  • English
  • Family & Consumer Science

Project ideas:
  • Ma famille idéale – illustrez une famille imaginaire dont les membres sont les personnages fameux – la mère = Oprah, le père= Bill Gates, etc. Utilisez PowerPoint ou faites une affiche et présentez-les à la classe.
  • La Culture – Choisissez un des points culturaux et faites une présentation pour montrer à la classe – par exemple: La Martinique ou Le Tour de France.
/ Links:
  • Alphabet -
  • Introductions -
  • Resources -

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 1 / Unit 2, La vie courante
 Lesson 3 (A, B & C), Tu as faim?
  • Express hunger and thirst
  • Ask for food and/or drink
  • Order and pay at a café
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 Lesson 4 (A, B & C),
De jour en jour
  • Express time, dates,
weather, and seasons
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Unit 3, Qu’est-ce qu’on fait?
 Lesson 5, Mes activités
  • Talk about what you like & don’t like to do
  • Invite someone to do something
/ How do food choices and eating styles illustrate cultural differences?
  • Make Venn Diagram showing similarities/differences between eating habits in France and in US
  • Research the Food pyramid
/  Lesson 3
  • Definite vs.
indefinite articles
  • Pronunciation:
-Intonation &
-Word stress
-The consonant “r”
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 Lesson 4
  • Expressing the
date in French
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 Lesson 5
  • Verb + infinitive
/  Lesson 3
  • Expressing hunger & thirst
  • Asking for things
  • Food
  • Drinks
  • Ordering food
  • Asking about cost
  • Lending something
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 Lesson 4
  • Expressing the time
  • Asking about time
  • Days of the week
  • Months of the year
  • Weather expressions
  • Seasons
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 Lesson 5
  • Basic activities
  • Preferences & wishes
  • Inviting someone to do
something
  • Accepting & refusing an invitation
/  Lesson 3
  • Different places to eat
  • Young people & food
  • Traditional French sandwiches & drinks
  • Importance of the café
  • The euro
  • French restaurants
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 Lesson 4
  • Holidays
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 Lesson 5
  • After-school activities
  • French
teenagers and
the telephone &
cell phones
  • Telephone
etiquette /
  • Family and
Consumer Science
  • Math
  • English
  • Health & PE

Project ideas:
  • Skit – Dans un café – Order and pay for a meal in French
  • Create a mini café where students make, sell and pay for items in French
  • Make menus in French with the prices in euros
  • Time – Make a TV Guide using French times
  • Give students a set amount of euros and have them “shop” on line – see Monoprix website
/ Links:
  • French TV guide
  • French Pizzas
  • Great resource!
  • Monoprix

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10
TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 1 / Unit 3, Qu’est-ce qu’on fait?
 Lesson 6, Une invitation
  • Describe where people and
things are located
  • Ask questions
  • Express negation
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 Lesson 7, Une boum
  • Describe what a person is doing
  • Describe what several people are doing
  • Describe what people do and don’t do
  • Talk about what people
like and don’t like to do
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 Lesson 8, Un concert de
musique africaine
  • Ask for information
  • Ask about people
  • Ask and telling what
people are doing / Free time activities – How do they differ between Francophone countries and the US?
Go to /  Lesson 6
  • Subject pronouns
  • Tu vs. vous (formal/informal)
  • Être, Est-ce que, N’est-ce pas
  • Ne…pas
  • Pronunciation: vowel /a/
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 Lesson 7
  • -er verbs
  • Ne…pas
  • Verb + infinitive
  • Pronunciation: vowels /i/ & /u/
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 Lesson 8
  • Forming information questions (question words + est-ce que)
  • Forming questions with qui
  • The verb faire
  • Forming questions using inversion
  • Pronunciation: vowel /y/
/  Lesson 6
  • Expressing location
  • Answering a yes/no question
  • Basic prepositions
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 Lesson 7
  • Common –er verbs
  • Common adverbs
  • Expressing approval & regret (Super! & Dommage!)
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 Lesson 8
  • Question words
  • Expressions with faire
/  Lesson 6
  • Wednesday
afternoons &
the French
school system
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 Lesson 7
  • French teenage
parties
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 Lesson 8
  • Le Sénégal
  • African Music
/
  • Geography
  • English
  • Fine Arts

Project ideas:
  • Write questions to “martians” using –er verbs/être and interrogative expressions. May use a Blog or send questions to students in another class.
  • Have an actual party where students write invitations and bring items. Students speak French. You may wish for students to research francophone recipes
  • PowerPoint presentation based on a francophone country
/ Links:
See what young people do in Nancy:

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 1 / Unit 4: Le monde personnel
et familier
 Lesson 9: Les personnes
et les objets
  • Describe people
  • Identify objects
  • Discuss possessions
  • Describe one’s room
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 Lesson 10: Vive la difference!
  • Talk about what one has
  • Designate people and
things
  • Identify people and things
  • Express negation
  • Make generalizations
  • Discuss repeated events
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Midterm Exam review / How do the objects you own reflect your personality? /  Lesson 9:
N/A
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 Lesson 10:
  • The verb avoir
  • Nouns and articles: m/f & s/p
  • Indefinite articles in the negative
  • Uses of definite articles
  • Definite articles with days of the week
/  Lesson 9:
  • Descriptions of people
  • Objects
  • Personal items
  • Il y a
  • Bedroom items
  • Prepositions of location
  • The computer
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 Lesson 10:
  • Expressions with avoir
  • Contradictions (si)
  • Pronouns ilelle with objects
/  Lesson 9:
  • Youth culture
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 Lesson 10:
  • Haïti
/
  • English
  • Technology
  • Geography

Project ideas:
  • Take digital photos and/or draw a diagram of your room and your possessions. Share with class in French.
  • Work in groups to create a model of your dream bedroom or house. Could be like a “Celebrity Cribs”
/ Links:
Site with many links:

See home décor in France:

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 2 / Unit 4: Le mondepersonnel
et familier
 Lesson 11: Le copain
de Mireille
  • Describe people and objects
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 Lesson 12: La voiture de Roger
  • Describe colors
  • Describe objects
  • Describe people and things
  • Express opinions
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Unit 5: En ville
 Lesson 13: La ville et la maison
  • Talk about where one lives
  • Identify places in one’s hometown
  • Ask for directions
  • Describe one’s home
/ How does our home environment reflect our culture? /  Lesson 11:
  • Adjectives: m/f
  • Adjectives: plurals
  • Adjective placement
  • Pronunciation: final consonants
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 Lesson 12:
  • Using adjectives of color
  • Adjectives before the noun (Bags/Bangs)
  • Il est vs. C’est
  • Impersonal expressions with C’est
  • Pronunciation: ch
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 Lesson 13:
  • Review of m/f of places in the city
  • Review of question formation
/  Lesson 11:
  • Descriptions (personality traits)
  • Adverbs asseztrès
  • Adjectives of nationality
Conclusions (alors)
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 Lesson 12:
  • Colors
  • Adjectives that precede the noun
  • Getting someone’s attention (dis; dis donc)
  • Expressing opinions
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 Lesson 13:
  • Talking about where you live
  • Places in town
  • Asking for & giving directions
  • Houses & apartments
/  Lesson 11:
  • Friendship and groups of friends
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 Lesson 12:
  • The French, cars and drivers’ licenses
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 Lesson 13:
  • French cities
  • The WC
  • Lecentre-ville vs. la banlieue
  • The city of Tours
  • Names of
streets /
  • English
  • Geography
  • Family and Consumer Science

Project ideas:
  • Teacher writes out directions either in the classroom, school or community – Students must follow these directions to arrive at a certain place. Students can do this as well.
  • Research difference between obtaining a driver’s license in the US vs. in a francophone country.
  • Create a driver’s license - either for yourself, a cartoon character or a famous person. Use address, descriptions and photo
/ Links:
Sample driver’s license to illustrate project at left;

PLANS FOR HOUSES:

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 2 / Unit 5: En ville
 Lesson 14: Week-end à Paris
  • Talk about where one is going
  • Talk about going places
  • Talk about going to someone’s house
  • Talk about future plans
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 Lesson 15: Au café de
l’Univers
  • Say who is coming
  • Talk about where people are coming from
  • Refer to people
  • Describe objects and people
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 Lesson 16: Mes voisins
  • Talk about possessions
  • Indicate sequence
/ Compare and contrast city life vs. suburban life. What similarities and differences are there between France (Tours and Paris) vs. US (Richmond and Washington)? /  Lesson 14:
  • The verb aller
  • Expressions vas-y, va-t’en & allons-y
  • Preposition à
  • à + definite article
  • Preposition chez
  • Aller + infinitive
  • Pronunciation:
semi-vowels /w/ & /j/
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 Lesson 15:
  • The verb venir
  • Preposition de
  • De + definite article
  • Stress pronouns
  • Noun + de + noun
  • Pronunciation:vowels /Ø/ &/œ/
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 Lesson 16:
  • Possession with de
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Pronunciation: vowels /o/ & //
/  Lesson 14:
  • Places and events
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 Lesson 15:
  • Sports, games & music
  • Jouer à vs. jouer de
  • Expressing surprise (vraiment?)
  • Making contradictions (pas du tout!)
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 Lesson 16:
  • Family members
  • Expressing doubt
(Tu es sûr?) /  Lesson 14:
  • Paris:
-Les Champs-Elysées
-Le Centre Pompidou
-Le Parc de la Villette
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 Lesson 15:
  • The café
  • Places in Paris
(p. 219 and
246-253)
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 Lesson 16:
  • Apartment buildings in France
  • Floor numbering system
  • Pets in France
/
  • English
  • Geography
  • Health & PE
  • Family & Consumer Science
  • Math

Project ideas:
  • Les châteaux – Construct, report, design a French château.
  • Research locations of French châteaux and make a travel guide/itinerary using directions to several destinations
  • Make a PowerPoint presentation including Parisian monuments and present to the class.
/ Links:
  • Paris – webcam
  • Châteaux

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTER-DISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 2 / Unit 6: Le shopping
As needed
Please introduce clothing and –ir & -re verbs
 Lesson 17: L’achat des
vêtements
  • Talk about clothing and
accessories
  • Buy clothing in a store
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 Lesson 18:
Rien n’est parfait!
  • Indicate what people prefer
and are buying
  • Point out people & things
  • Ask for clarification
  • Say where to put things
/ How does what you wear affect and reflect your mood? /  Lesson 17:
N/A
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 Lesson 18:
  • Stem changing verbs
  • Demonstrative adjectives: Ce, cet, cette, ces
  • Interrogative adjectives: Quel, quelle, quels, quelles
  • The verb mettre
  • Pronunciation:
Letters “e” and “è” /  Lesson 17:
  • Clothing
  • Nouns ending in –eau
  • Verbs acheter, porter &
mettre
  • Shoes and accessories
  • Talking with a salesperson
  • Discussing clothing with a friend
  • Verbs chercher, coûter, penser, penser que, & trouver
  • Expressing opinions
  • Numbers from 100 to 1000
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 Lesson 18:
  • Verbs like acheter and préférer
  • amener vs. apporter
/  Lesson 17:
  • Places to buy clothing
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 Lesson 18:
Department stores /
  • Math
  • English
  • Family & Consumer Science

Project ideas:
  • Present a fashion show – each student introduces himself or present in pairs – must use adjectives / clothing/accessories/jewelry (Video or MovieMaker)
  • Make a catalogue – include specific items, adjectives and sentences to describe items. (Booklet or PowerPoint)
/ Links:
  • Clothing site:
  • Clothing site:
  • Department store catalogs

BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

TIME
FRAME / CHAPTER, TITLE, & OBJECTIVES / ESSENTIAL/GUIDING QUESTION: / GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY / CULTURE / INTERDISCIPLINARY
CONNECTIONS
Semester 2 / Unit 6: Le shopping
 Lesson 19:
Un choix difficile
  • Describe actions
  • Describe people and things
  • Express comparisons
  • Express opinions
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 Lesson 20: Alice a un job
  • Talk about people in
general
  • Describe actions
  • Give commands
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Final Exam Review / How do nationality and/or background affect how people generally dress in different countries around the world? /  Lesson 19:
  • Regular -ir verbs
  • Adjectives beau, nouveau, and vieux
  • Comparisons with adjectives
  • Pronunciation:
the letters “–ill”
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 Lesson 20:
  • Pronoun: on
  • Regular –re verbs
  • The imperative mood
  • Pronunciation: the letters “an” and “en”
/  Lesson 19:
  • Verbs in –ir
  • Introducing personal opinions (à mon avis)
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 Lesson 20:
  • Nouns, adjectives & expressions related to money
  • Verb payer
  • Indicating approval (C’est une bonne idée)
  • Regular –re verbs
/  Lesson 19:
  • Young people and fashion choices
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 Lesson 20:
  • Teenagers and spending money
  • Multicultural societies
/
  • Family & Consumer Science
  • Math
  • English
  • Social Studies

Projects:
  • Imaginez que vous allez faire un voyage. Faites votre valise (en papier ou en PowerPoint) avec les vêtements. Expliquez combien d’argent vous en aurez besoin et comment vous allez le dépenser. Qu’est-ce que vous allez faire pour gagner l’argent?
  • Combien ça coûte pour être un adolescent de nos jours? Ecrivez un journal avec les phrases complètes expliquant toutes vos activités pendant un week-end typique. Ex. Je vais au centre commercial. Je mange un hot dog. Ça coûte deux dollars. On peut ajouter les photos, etc.
/ Links:
Article – How teens (ados) spend their money…Canada
BASED ON THE FOUR SKILLS ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED:
FI.1 FI.3 FI.5 FI.7 FI.9 FI.11
FI.2 FI.4 FI.6 FI.8 FI.10

NOTES:

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