| UNITS OF INSTRUCTION are taught in sequence. Time varies per unit, with most chapters spanning six weeks. Standards listed are aligned to state and PAUSD content standards. | ||||
| Click here for a detailed description of standards: 1 COMMUNICATION 2 CULTURES 3 CONNECTIONS 4 COMPARISONS 5 COMMUNITIES |
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| Major Units of Instruction Topics may or may not be taught in this sequence) Communication Outcomes |
PAUSD Standard Focus & ESLRS | Sample Strategies in Listening (L), Speaking (S), Reading (R), and Writing (W) | Culture | Connections with Core |
| PRE LESSON: Chapitre Preliminaire: Introducing yourself, spelling, counting, and understanding classroom expressions |
Communication Cultures |
L: understand classroom instructions and directions; understand greetings. S: express basic classroom needs; introduce themselves and greet each other. R: read simple vocabulary based on cognate recognition. W: write words with accents, short notes, and spell numbers. |
French-speaking World Importance of learning French French gestures for counting |
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| Chapitre 1: Greeting people and saying goodbye; asking how people are and telling how you are Asking someone's name and age and giving yours; expressing likes, dislikes, and preferences about things and activities |
Communication Cultures |
L: understand basic information about other people during social interactions. S: ask people how they are; ask someone's name and age; express likes, dislikes, and preferences about things and activities. R: read personal and business ads and short letters and notes from and about people in the French-speaking world. W: write a short letter introducing yourself, asking how someone is doing, expressing likes and dislikes, ask questions about likes and dislikes, and saying goodbye. |
Poitiers, France Greetings and goodbyes Hand gestures Leisure-time activities |
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| Chapitre 2: Agreeing and disagreeing, asking for and giving information, telling what you have class, asking for and expressing opinions |
Communication Cultures Communications |
Listening: listen to French-speaking students talk about school Speaking: tell their class schedule, express interest and opinions about school Reading: read a class schedule and a letter about students' interests in school Writing: write their class schedule |
Poitiers, France French educational system/le bac 24 hour clock Curriculum in French schools |
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| Chapitre 3: Making and responding to requests, asking others what they need and telling what you need, telling what you'd like to buy and what you'd like to do, getting someone's attention, asking for information, expressing thanks |
Communication Cultures Comparisons Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking students talk about what they need for
school S: tell what you'd like and what you'd like to do R: read a page from a French catalogue W: write a list of supplies you need for your classes |
Poitiers, France Buying school supplies in French-speaking countries French currency (francs and euros) |
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| Chapitre 4: Telling how much you like or dislike something, exchanging information; making, accepting, and turning down suggestions |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking students talk about what they do for fun S: tell how much you like or dislike doing an activity in certain weather conditions R: read about a sports resort in Canada W: write about your hobbies and what you do to have fun |
Quebec, Canada Old and new in Quebec City Celcius and Fahrenheit Sports in francophone countries |
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| Chapitre 5: Making suggestions and excuses, making a recommendation, getting someone's attention, ordering food and beverages, inquiring about and expressing likes and dislikes, paying the check |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to people ordering in a café S: ask for the check in a café, order food and beverages R: read a café menu W: write about your food and drink preferences, create your own menu |
Paris, France Food served in a café Tipping |
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| Chapitre 6: Making plans, extending and responding to invitations, arranging to meet someone |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to French teenagers talk about where they go to have fun S: interview classmates about their plans R: read brochures and advertisements W: write about weekend plans |
Paris, France Famous Paris landmarks Going out Dating |
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| Chapitre 7: Identifying and introducing people, describing and characterizing people; asking for, giving, and denying permission |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking teenagers talk about their families S: present family members to classmates; describe household chores R: read magazine articles about pets W: write a description of someone you know, create a family album |
Paris, France Family life Pets in France |
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| Chapitre 8: Expressing need; making, accepting, and declining requests; telling someone what to do; offering, accepting, or refusing food |
Communication Cultures Comparisons Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking people talk about the foods they like S: describe what foods they eat and during which meals R: read recipes for African dishes W: write about your favorite and least favorite foods |
Abidjan, Ivory Coast Shopping at a market Metric system Foods of Ivory Coast |
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| Chapitre 9: Asking for and expressing opinions, inquiring about and relating past events, Making and answering a telephone call, sharing confidences and consoling others, asking for and giving advice |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking students talk about what they did during
the weekend S: talk on the phone about what you did last weekend, ask a friend for advice about a problem R: read about students' problems (seeking advice in newspapers) W: write about what you did over the weekend, write advice for a friend's problem |
Arles, France French telephone system Telephone habits of French-speaking teenagers |
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| Chapitre 10: Asking for and giving advice, expressing need, inquiring, asking for an opinion, paying a compliment, criticizing, hesitating, making a decision |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to French-speaking students talk about what they like to
wear on different occasions S: describe what you and other classmates are wearing R: read about the clothing styles French-speaking teenagers like W: write about what you wear of different occasions, describe fashion trends |
Arles, France Clothing sizes Fashion in Francophone countries Responding to compliments |
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| Chapitre 11: Inquiring about and sharing future plans; expressing indecision and wishes; asking for advice, accepting and refusing suggestions; reminding and reassuring; asking for and expressing opinions; inquiring about and relating past events |
Communication Cultures Communities |
L: listen to francophone students talk about their vacation plans S: sharing summer plans and upcoming trips with classmates R: read about tourist attractions in Provence W: write a letter about your ideal vacation, including what there is to do and see, and what the weather is like |
Arles, France French vacations |
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| Chapitre 12: Pointing out places and things, making and responding to requests, asking for advice, making suggestions, asking for and giving directions |
Communication Cultures Comparisons Communities |
L: listen to people give directions S: asking for and giving directions around school and around town R: read a story from Martinique W: create a map of your city, identifying commercial buildings and their relation to one another |
Fort-de-France, Martinique Store hours in France and Martinique DOMs and TOMs |
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posted by Leslie Goldman 6-4-2007