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Course Outline
Introduction: Be sure to read the course introduction before beginning any lessons or assignments.
1.1 Lesson Overview: What's Your Home Like?
1.1.1 Vocabulary For Describing Your Home (Explore And Connect)
1.1.2 Description de La Maison (Engage With Concepts)
1.1.3 Quizlet: La Maison (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.1.4 Dream Home (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.1.5 What's Your Home Like (Self Reflection)
1.2 Lesson Overview: What Are the Objects in Your Home?
1.2.1 Vocabulary For Objects In Your Home (Explore And Connect)
1.2.2 Circumlocution (Engage With Concepts)
1.2.3 Household Objects Practice (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.2.4 Record Yourself Talking About Objects In Your Home (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.2.5 What Are The Objects In Your Home? (Self Reflection)
1.3 Lesson Overview: What Chores Do You Do?
1.3.1 Vocabulary For Chores (Explore And Connect)
1.3.2 Chores Quizlet And Review (Engage With Concepts)
1.3.3 Household Chores Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
1.3.4 What Chores Do You Do? (Self Reflection)
1.4 Lesson Overview: How Do I Talk About What I Want To Do, Have To Do, And Can Do?
1.4.1 Vouloir, Pouvoir, And Devoir (Explore And Connect)
1.4.2 Vouloir, Pouvoir, And Devoir In The Present Tense (Engage With Concepts)
1.4.3 What I Want To Do, Have To Do, And Can Do (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.4.4 Vouloir, Pouvoir, And Devoir (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.4.5 How Do I Talk About What I Want To Do, Have To Do, And Can Do?(Self Reflection)
1.5 Lesson Overview: How Do I Use The Verbs Dormir, Partir, And Sortir?
1.5.1 Using And Pronouncing The Verbs Dormir, Partir, And Sortir (Explore And Connect)
1.5.2 Practice With The Verbs Dormir, Partir, And Sortir? (Engage With Concepts)
1.5.3 Dormir, Partir, And Sortir Practice (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.5.4 How Do I Use The Verbs Dormir, Partir, And Sortir? (Self Reflection)
1.6 Lesson Overview: What Are Common Characteristics Of Homes In The Francophone World?
1.6.1 Les Maisons Francophones (Explore And Connect)
1.6.2 Home Characteristics (Engage With Concepts)
1.6.3 French VS American Homes (Think Aloud And Reflect)
1.6.4 A Typical French House (Engage With Concepts)
1.6.5 What Are Common Characteristics Of Homes In The Francophone World? (Self Reflection)
Module 1 Assessment, Part 1 & Module 1 Assessment, Part 2
Module 2 | La Routine
Module 2 Introduction | La Routine
Module 2 Prepare For Learning Self-Assessment
2.1 Lesson Overview: What Are Common Activities In Our Daily Routines?
2.1.1 Vocabulary For Daily Activities (Explore And Connect)
2.1.2 Quelle est la Routine? (Engage With Concepts)
2.1.3 La Routine Practice Pronunciation (Think Aloud And Reflect)
2.1.4 La Routine Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
2.1.5 What Are Common Activities In Our Daily Routines? (Self Reflection)
2.2 Lesson Overview: How Do I Conjugate Reflexive Verbs?
2.2.1 Introduction To Reflexive Verbs (Explore And Connect)
2.2.2 Reflexive Verb Practice (Engage With Concepts)
2.2.3 Writing With Reflexive Verbs (Engage With Concepts)
2.2.4 Conjugate Reflexive Verbs (Think Aloud And Reflect)
2.2.5 How Do I Conjugate Reflexive Verbs? (Self Reflection)
2.3 Lesson Overview: What Do I Need To Get Ready For My Day?
2.3.1 Vocabulary For Daily Routine Objects (Explore And Connect)
2.3.2 What Do You Need To Get Ready? (Engage With Concepts)
2.3.3 Adding Detail To Writing (Think Aloud And Reflect)
2.3.4 Get Ready For My Day - Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
2.3.5 What Do I Need To Get Ready For My Day? (Self Reflection)
2.4 Lesson Overview: How Do I Say When I Do Things?
2.4.1 Review Time-Telling (Explore And Connect)
2.4.2 At What Time? (Engage With Concepts)
2.4.3 What Time Do You…? (Think Aloud And Reflect)
2.4.4 Translating How I Say When I Do Things (Engage With Concepts)
2.4.5 How Do I Say When I Do Things? (Self Reflection)
2.5 Lesson Overview: What Are Typical Daily Routines In The Francophone World?
2.5.1 Researching Daily Life (Engage With Concepts)
2.5.2 Francophone Daily Routines (Engage With Concepts)
2.5.3 Typical Daily Routines - Research Report (Engage With Concepts)
2.5.4 What Are Typical Daily Routines In The Francophone World? (Self Reflection)
Module 2 Assessment, Part 1 & Module 2 Assessment, Part 2
Module 3 | La Santé
3.1 Lesson Overview: What Are The Parts Of The Body?
3.1.1 Vocabulary For Body Parts (Explore And Connect)
3.1.2 Parts Of The Body - Pronunciation (Engage With Concepts)
3.1.3 Categorize The Vocabulary Words (Engage With Concepts)
3.1.4 Create A Body Part Diagram (Engage With Concepts)
3.1.5 Body Part Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
3.2 Lesson Overview: What Are Common Health Issues?
3.2.1 Vocabulary For Health Conditions (Explore And Connect)
3.2.2 Health Conditions Pronunciation (Engage With Concepts)
3.2.3 Doctor’s Office Dialogue (Engage With Concepts)
3.2.4 Describing Health Issues - Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
3.3 Lesson Overview: What Is A Healthy Lifestyle?
3.3.1 Vocabulary For Healthy Lifestyles (Explore And Connect)
3.3.2 What Is A Healthy Lifestyle? (Engage With Concepts)
3.3.3 Healthy Lifestyle Scenario (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.3.4 Recording Yourself Talking About Healthy Lifestyle Communication (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.3.5 What Is A Healthy Lifestyle - Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
3.4 Lesson Overview: How Do You Tell People What To Do?
3.4.1 How Do You Tell People What To Do? Imperative Mood (Explore And Connect)
3.4.2 How Do You Tell People What To Do? (Engage With Concepts)
3.4.3 How Do You Tell People What To Do? (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.4.4 Record Yourself Telling People What To Do (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.4.5 Imperative Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
3.5 Lesson Overview: How Do You Say What You Will Do In The Future?
3.5.1 How Do You Say What You Will Do In The Future? (Explore And Connect)
3.5.2 Future Simple Tense (Engage With Concepts)
3.5.3 Say What You Will Do In The Future (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.5.4 Record Yourself Using The Future Simple Tense (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.5.5 Future Tense Quiz (Engage With Concepts)
3.6 Lesson Overview: How Do People In The Francophone World Stay Healthy?
3.6.1 How Do People In The Francophone World Stay Healthy? (Explore And Connect)
3.6.2 How do People In The Francophone World Stay Healthy? (Engage With Concepts)
3.6.3 How Do People In The Francophone World Stay Healthy? (Think Aloud And Reflect)
3.6.4 Francophone Health Quiz (Think Aloud And Reflect)
Module 3 Assessment, Part 1 & Module 3 Assessment, Part 2