MS French Guide

YEAR AT A GLANCE French Level 1B

GRADE 6-8

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

3 weeks

6 weeks

9 weeks

9 weeks

9 weeks

Suggested Pacing

Welcome back

Around Town and at the Café

My house and Daily Chores

Parties and Clothing

Leisure/Hobbies

Unit

● classroom

● School vocabulary ● schedule ● regular -er

● Rooms in the house ● furniture ● possessive adjective ● Chores ● Verb: faire

● Time ● Telling time ● Clothing items and accessories ● Sizes and color ● Verb: porter, aimer, detester etc…

● leisure activities ● adverbs ● compare and contrast

procedures ● “all about me presentation ● Review: adjectives ● regular present tense conjugation - er, être ● 0-100

● negatives ● questions ● avoir ● time

Essential Vocabulary & Structure

● calendar ● weather

Pre: Beg of Aug

Mid: End of Dec - Beg of Jan

Final: End of May

Testing Window

WORLD LANGUAGE STANDARD(S) - NOVICE MID (NM) INTERPRETIVE INTERPERSONAL

PRESENTATIONAL

● Listening NM-IL 1-3

● Reading NM-IR 1-2

● Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing NM-IC 1-7 I can communicate on some very familiar topics using single words and phrases that I have practiced and memorized.

● Speaking NM-PS 1-5

● Writing NM-PW 1-4

I can recognize a few memorized words and phrases when I hear them spoken.

I can recognize a few characters. I can identify a few memorized words and phrases.

I can present information about myself and some other very familiar topics using single words or memorized phrases.

I can copy some familiar words or phrases using the correct stroke order.

INTERCULTURAL

Cultural Products & Practices N.CPP

Cultural Perspectives N.CP

Cultural Interactions N.CIA

I can identify some products and practices of cultures

I can identify some basic cultural beliefs and values.

I can function at a survival level in an authentic cultural context.