HS French Instructional Guide

FRENCH LEVEL 2

UNIT 3 AT THE TABLE

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE

5-6 weeks/unit

Novice-High

● HS DLI/WL PL Canvas Course ● USBE Standards ● World Readiness Standards for Languages

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LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE - HIGH PROFICIENCY READING LISTENING

When students exhibit Novice High reading ability in French, they can: 1. understand the main idea and some details in short, simple texts on familiar topics. 2. interpret basic information, forms, signs, schedules, directions, and instructions, especially when supported by visuals. 3. identify key information in age-appropriate informational and narrative texts. When students exhibit Novice High speaking ability in French, they can: 1. ask and answer questions to exchange information about people, places, daily routines, and familiar events. 2. discuss plans, activities, and meeting arrangements. 3. describe familiar events and explain simple processes or directions. 4. share information about themselves and topics learned at school or in the community. SPEAKING

When students exhibit Novice High listening ability in French, they can: 1. understand the main idea and some details in short, simple conversations about familiar topics and daily life. 2. understand short descriptions, messages, announcements, and simple stories supported by context or visuals. 3. follow one- or two-step directions and identify key information related to familiar school and everyday topics.

WRITING

When students exhibit Novice High writing ability in French, they can: 1. write short, simple texts about themselves, people, places, daily routines, and familiar events. 2. share information and ideas about topics learned at school or in the community. 3. ask questions and provide basic information to communicate with others.

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS ● Describe foods, meals, specialty food shops, and dining experiences. ● Order food, make requests, and discuss wants, needs, and abilities. ● Compare foods, meals, people, and preferences. ● Describe actions that have just happened using the recent past. ● Exchange information using complete sentences and connected language. ● Vocabulary related to food, dining, gastronomy, restaurants, cafés, and specialty food shops (la gastronomie, la nourriture, la boulangerie, la pâtisserie, la boucherie, la poissonnerie). ● Present tense of vouloir, devoir, and pouvoir. ● Recent past with venir de + in fi nitive (Je viens de fi nir; Nous venons de commander). ● Comparatives (plus...que, moins...que, aussi...que). ● Direct and indirect object pronouns (le, la, les, lui, leur). ● Sequencing and transition words (d'abord, ensuite, puis, en fi n).