French 1A & 1B Curriculum Map - Seventh and Eighth Grades

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.
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1 COMMUNICATION   2 CULTURES    3 CONNECTIONS    4 COMPARISONS    5 COMMUNITIES
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
 
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
 
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
 
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)
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

posted by Leslie Goldman 6-4-2007