French I - II Syllabus
Unit I
..........Comps. Students can spell in French
.......... ..........Students can greet one another appropriately
.......... ..........Students can write a simple family essay
..........Grammar: The verb être
.......... ..........The French alphabet
.......... ..........Adjective agreement and pluralizing
.......... ..........Verb Conjugation
.......... ..........Subject pronouns
.......... ..........Basic Negation
.......... .Vocab: Greetings
.......... ..........Immediate family
.......... ..........Basic descriptive adjectives/colors
.......... Evaluations: Quiz on greetings
.......... ..........Oral spelling evaluation
.......... ..........Quiz on être and pronouns
.......... ..........Essay on the family
Unit II
..........Comps. Students can satisfy classroom needs
.......... ..........Students can ask tag questions, n’est-ce pas ?
.......... ..........Students can count to 100 in French
.......... ..........Students can use days and dates accurately
..........Grammar: il
y a
.......... ..........Tag question formation .......... ..........
.......... ..........Definite determiner
.......... ..........Date formation
..........Vocab: The classroom
.......... ..........Days, Months, Seasons, Times of the day
.......... ..........Numbers to 100
.......... Evaluations: Quiz on the classroom
vocab
.......... ..........Math quiz in French
.......... ..........Quiz on days, months seasons and dates
Unit III
..........Comps.: Students can form regular
questions
.......... ..........Students can identify and describe parts of the town
..........Grammar: The verb Aller
.......... ..........Questions formation - inversion and intonnation
.......... ..........The indefinite determiner
..........Vocab: The places in the town/The
French town
..........Evaluations: Quiz on the verb
aller and the places
.......... ..........Quizzes
on the professions
Unit IV
..........Comps: Students can use interrogative
pronouns appropriately
.......... ..........Students can express likes and dislikes
..........Grammar: Conjugation
of -Er verbs
.......... .......... ......Use
of the infinitive
..........Vocab: Interrogative pronouns
.......... ..........List of 45 -Er verbs
..........Evaluation: Quiz on the meaning
of -Er verbs
.......... ..........Oral quiz on questioning and answering
.......... ..........Student
calendars
.......... ..........Oral
evaluation about likes and dislikes
Comprehensive exam on units 1-4
Unite V
..........Comps: Students can describe
each other’s clothing
.......... ..........Students can describe the weather
..........Grammar: Regular -ir and -re verbs
.......... ..........The verbs avoir and faire
.......... ..........How to indicate possession with “de”, the partitive with “de”
.......... ..........Possessive adjectives
.......... ..........Adjective placement
..........Vocab: Basic clothing
.......... ..........The weather
.......... ..........-Ir verbs and -re verbs
..........Evaluation: Quiz on the meanings
of -Ir and -Re verbs
.......... ..........Written excercise describing clothes
.......... ..........Catalog project
.......... ..........Written and oral weather report
Unit VI
..........Comps: Students can identify
parts of the building
.......... ..........Students
can describe their condition and how they feel
.......... .......... Students can describe
their daily routine
.......... ..........Students can tell time
..........Grammar The verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, savoir, connaître,dire, écrire,
lire
.......... ..........Non-direct translation with “avoir idioms”
.......... ..........How
to tell time
.......... .......... Reflexive verbs
.......... Vocab The school
.......... ..........Basic prepositions
.......... ..........Avoir idioms
.......... ..........Compass directions
..........Evaluations: Quiz on the vocab of the school
.......... ..........Oral quiz on condition
.......... ..........Quiz on telling time
.......... ..........Written description of something in the classroom
.......... ..........Essay
on “ma journée” with presentation
.......... ..........Essay (in English) on cultural differences
Unit VII
..........Comps: Students can describe
meals and mealtime
.......... ..........Students can recognize foods and foodgroups on a menu
.........Grammar: Prendre Vs. Boire & Manger
.......... ..........Direct object pronouns
..........Vocab: Food and associated vocab
.......... ..........verbs prendre, mettre, voir, recevoir, boire, partir, sortir
..........Evaluations: Vocabulary quiz on
food (2)
.......... ..........Quiz on irregular verbs
.......... ..........Written activity demonstrating success with irregular verbs
.......... ..........Students write their own menu based on a theme
.......... ..........Comprehensive
verb test
Unit VIII
..........Comps: Students can function
in a restaurant at level
.......... ..........Students can order from a menu
..........Grammar: Indirect object pronouns
.......... ..........Demonstrative determiners
..........Vocab: The restaurant/
table settings
.......... ..........Demonstrative determiners
..........Evaluations: Vocab quiz on the restaurant/table settings
.......... ..........13 situations from a restaurant
.......... ..........Quiz
on all determiners
Unit IX
..........Comps: Students
can express themselves in the future
.......... .......... Students can descibe a scene from
the outdoors
.......... ..........Students can identify french speaking countries in the world
.......... ..........Students can identify countries of the world using French
..........Grammar: The
future using the futur proche
..........Vocab: Adverbs of the future
.......... ..........Nations
and nationalities
.......... .......... The Outdoors
..........Evaluations: Oral interviews about future plans
.......... ..........Quiz on nations and nationalities
.......... ..........Geography quiz on the Francophone world
.......... ..........Student presentation on a Francophone country
Unit X
.................Comps. ...Students
discuss past events that pertain to themselves (first and second
person)
..................
..................Grammar : .Regular
and Irregular preterites
......................................Adverbs
in the past used with the preterite
...................Vocab.::...... Review
of all verbs o
.......................................
....................Evaluation .Quiz
on the preterite (yo and tú forms only)
.......................................Presentation
on students' past life mps .............
Unit XI
............. Comps. ......Students
respond to situations in a hotel
.......................................Students
use the preterite and imperfect appropriately
Grammar Regular
and irregular forms of the imperfect
....................................... The
difference in usage between the preterite and imperfect
Vocab.. The
hotel
.........................................Adverbs
used with the imperfect tense
Evaluation Quiz
on the imperfect
..........................................Quiz
on the vocabulary of the hotel
..........................................Role
play situations in the hotel
..........................................Hotel
presentation
..........................................Quiz
on the difference between the preterite and the imperfect
Last revised 7/15/2005 BB
Copyright Beth Brodie & Karen Molina