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Describe trips you have taken and tell where you went and what you did (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify objects, people, places associated with travel
Identify activities related to travel
Identify countries in French
Identify the verbs that take ÊTRE in the passé composé
Show past participle agreement in written work
Talk about past events using verbs conjugated with both AVOIR and ÊTRE
Participate in conversations about past events
Communicate a written message about past events
String together sentences in the passé composé to tell a simple story in the past
Identify direct objects in a sentence
Replace direct objects with pronouns in writing and speaking activities
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Make hotel reservations and give instructions and advice (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify objects and people associated with hotel stays
Identify and use ordinal numbers
Identify and form adverbs
Use regular and irregular adverbs in creating sentences and questions
Form negative and affirmative commands to offer directions, hints, and suggestions
Create sentences, commands, and questions using the verbs DIRE, LIRE, and ÉCRIRE
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe your home, make descriptions in the past, and talk about habitual past activities (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the parts of a house
Identify furniture and objects in a house
Describe your house/room.
Identify and form verbs in the imparfait verb tense
Make descriptions in the past using the imparfait
Identify the imparfait in reading & listening activities
Participate in verbal exchanges using imparfait
Distinguish between the passé composé and the imparfait
Use the pc and imparfait together to create sentences in the past
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and some strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about chores and identify appliances (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify household chores
Identify home appliances
Talk about chores you like/dislike and explain why
Identify whether to use the passé composé or the imparfait when talking about activities
Create sentences and questions using the imparfait and passé composé
Identify the difference between the verbs SAVOIR and CONNAÎTRE
Talk about what you know and what you are familiar with
Identify the meaning of SAVOIR and CONNAÎTRE in the past
Write a short past narrative
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and some strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about food and express needs, desires, abilities (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify food items
Categorize food by shops
Talk about shopping habits
Talk about likes and dislikes and preferences on the subject of food
Participate in exchanges using VENIR and similar verbs
Tell what just happened using the passé récent
Ask and answer questions about how long it has been since you did (or did not do) something
Make invitations
Refuse invitations and give excuses
Express need, desires, and abilities using DEVOIR, VOULOIR, POUVOIR
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe and discuss eating habits and make comparisons (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the parts of a meal
Identify objects used for eating
talk about eating habits
Compare people, places, and things using adjectives
Compare how people do things using adverbs
Use the superlative of adjectives and adverbs to express extremes in writing and short verbal exchanges
Identify direct and indirect objects in sentences
Use pronoun replacements to avoid repetition in dialogue
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe your daily routine and discuss personal hygiene (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify body parts
Recognize reflexive verbs and identify their meaning
Identify bathroom objects
Use reflexive verbs in the présent, futur proche, passé récent
Use the definite article with body parts
Make affirmative commands with reflexive verb
Make negative commands with reflexive verbs
Identify the meaning of idiomatic reflexive verbs
Ask and answer questions using idiomatic reflexive verbs
Conjugate the verb SOUVENIR
Correctly spell and use spelling change reflexives
New and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe your health and talk about remedies and well-being (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify symptoms and some common illnesses
Identify the meaning of and use new reflexive verbs
Use vocabulary related to health and healthcare
Use reflexive verbs in the past tenses (passé composé and imparfait)
Create questions with reflexives in the past tenses
Use the correct form of the past participle for both regular verbs and reflexive verbs
Participate in conversations in which the pronouns Y and EN are used to avoid repetition
Write sentences with Y and EN to avoid repetition
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about communication and talk about electronics (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify technology tools
Talk about how you use technology
Identify the meaning of and use new reflexive verbs
Conjugate the verb éteindre
Identify which preposition is required for certain verbs followed by an infinitive
Use the infinitive with pour and sans
Use reflexive verbs to show reciprocal actions
Use the correct form of the past participle for reciprocals
Use regular and reflexive verbs in the present tense, the passé composé, the imparfait, the passé récent, the futur proche
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about cars and traffic and say what you would do under certain conditions (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the parts of a car
Identify the people and places related to car usage
Identify some problems related to cars
Use the verb OUVRIR and verbs like it in the present, passé composé, imparfait
Identify the use of the reflexive form of these verbs
Conjugate verbs in the conditional tense
Say what you would do
Use the conditional to make requests more polite
Use the conditional to explain what you would do in hypothetical situations
Use the imparfait to create a hypothetical situation
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Make business transactions and discuss errands around town (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the places and people around town and talk about what you do there
Talk about banking and payment methods
Use the verbs voir, croire, recevoir, and apercevoir in the present tense, passé composé, imparfait, and conditional
Identify affirmative expressions and their corresponding opposite negative expression
Correctly place negative expressions
Create sentences and questions with appropriate negative and affirmative expressions
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Ask for directions and tell what you will do in the future (in French).
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify landmarks helpful for understanding directions
Ask for directions
Give directions
Put verbs into the futur simple form
Use the following terms appropriately: le futur, l’avenir
Use verbs that have irregular forms in the future tense
Create sentences and questions with futur simple
Talk about what you and others will do based on real conditions
Initiate and maintain conversations in the future
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Develop an awareness of the linguistic and cultural diversity of French speakers of the world, including the use of inclusive language, the rejection of one “correct” standard above all others, and the impact historical systems have had on language and identity
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use authentic texts in French
Explore the people and places of the French-speaking world
Explore culture and identity in the French-speaking world
Explore linguistic diversity, common usage, and inclusive language
Explore the ideas that language is dynamic, language matters, and language must evolve to reflect the people who speak it
Analyze the one “correct” standard
Examine variations that reflect the unique history and cultural identity of the people who speak it
Develop increasing language proficiency by using a variety of diverse voices from around the world
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Develop a self-reflexive understanding of the complex intersectionality of identities that impact perception of self and others
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use authentic texts in French
Develop an awareness of one’s own identity in relation to other people and cultures
Develop curiosity and nonjudgment about self and others
Explore one’s own limited beliefs about identity and language
Explore how language impacts our identity and beliefs and vice versa
Develop language skills that demonstrate a sensitivity to the positionality of self and others