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Course Outline

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Module 1 | En Ville

1.1 Lesson Overview: Common Places in Town

  1.1.1 En ville Vocabulary and Le passé composé with AVOIR (Explore and Connect)
  1.1.2 Le bon endroit (Engage With Concepts)
  1.1.3 La famille Gauthier fait les courses en ville (Engage with Concepts)
  1.1.4 Pixel Art: Passé Composé Conjugation with AVOIR Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  1.1.5 Au passé (Engage With Concepts)
  1.1.6 Past or Present? Listening (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  1.1.7 Passé Composé (Engage with Concepts)

1.2 Lesson Overview: Giving Directions in Town 

  1.2.1 Giving Directions in Town Vocabulary and the Imperative (Explore & Connect)
  1.2.2 Directions Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  1.2.3 Directions Vocabulary Practice 2 (Engage With Concepts)
  1.2.4 Imperative Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  1.2.5 Advice to do well at school and Weekend Activity Suggestions (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  1.2.6 Giving Directions Around Town (Engage with Concepts)

1.3 Lesson Overview: What errands did I do? 

  1.3.1 Errands Vocabulary and the Passé Composé with ÊTRE (Explore & Connect)
  1.3.2 Passé Composé with ÊTRE (Explore and Connect
  1.3.3 PIXEL ART Passé Composé Conjugation with ÊTRE Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  1.3.4 À la poste, à la banque, ou à la pharmacie? (Engage With Concepts)
  1.3.5 Errands about town - using Imperative et Passé Composé (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  1.3.6 Les pharmacies en France (Engage with Concepts

1.4 Lesson Overview: Talking About the Past

  1.4.1 Talking About the Past: Key French Expressions and Vocabulary (Explore & Connect)
  1.4.2 Talking About the Past (Explore & Connect)
  1.4.3 Practice of Passé Composé with Both AVOIR and ÊTRE Helping Verbs (Engage with Concepts)
  1.4.4 Passé Composé Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  1.4.5 Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait? Paris Map (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  1.4.6 La Dictée - passé composé (Engage with Concepts)

1.5 Lesson Overview: Where did I used to go when I was younger?

  1.5.1 The Imparfait (Explore & Connect
  1.5.2 The Imparfait and Expressions Often Used with the Imparfait (Explore & Connect)
  1.5.3 Imparfait Conjugation Practice (Engage with Concepts
  1.5.4 Why Use the Imparfait (Engage with Concepts)
  1.5.5 Expressions That Use the Imparfait Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  1.5.6 Trois boucs bourrus - Identifying Examples of the Imparfait in a Story (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  1.5.7 Quand j'étais petit(e) Writing (Think Aloud and Reflect)

1.6 Lesson Overview: Francophone Cities

  1.6.1 Francophone Cities (Explore & Connect)
  1.6.2 Francophone Cities from Above (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  1.6.3 Les villes francophones Research and Present (Engage with Concepts)

Module 1 Assessment

Module 1 Assessment, Part I
Module 1 Assessment, Part II

Module 2 | Faisons la fête!

2.1 Lesson Overview: Let's have a party!

  2.1.1 Let's Party & Direct Object Pronouns Notes (Explore & Connect)
  2.1.2 Recognizing Holidays and Celebration Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  2.1.3 Direct Object Pronouns Practice - Identify (Engage With Concepts)
  2.1.4 Direct Object Pronouns with the Passé Composé Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  2.1.5 La fête du travail (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  2.1.6 Direct Object Pronouns: Writing/Speaking Practice (Engage with Concepts)

2.2 Lesson Overview: Party Preparations!

  2.2.1 Organizing a Party and Indirect Object Pronouns Notes (Explore and Connect)
  2.2.2 Party Preparations Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  2.2.3 Indirect Object Pronoun Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  2.2.4 Emilie prépare une fête d'anniversaire Writing (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  2.2.5 Indirect Object Pronouns (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  2.2.6 Les tâches d'Emilie Reading (Think Aloud & Reflect)

2.3 Lesson Overview: Party Foods

  2.3.1 Party Foods and the Pronoun EN Notes (Explore and Connect)
  2.3.2 Party food-which one? (Engage With Concepts)
  2.3.3 Pronoun EN Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  2.3.4 Tu peux faire les crêpes! (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  2.3.5 Traditional French Wedding Cakes (Engage with Concepts)

2.4 Lesson Overview: Do you know...?

  2.4.1 SAVOIR & CONNAÎTRE (Explore & Connect)
  2.4.2 SAVOIR & CONNAÎTRE Quiz (Explore & Connect)
  2.4.3 Savoir et Connaître-Do you know? (Engage With Concepts)
  2.4.4 What I know and don't know-Writing and Speaking (Think Aloud and Reflect)

2.5 Lesson Overview: Recent Events

  2.5.1 VENIR and the Passé Récent - the Recent Past (Explore & Connect)
  2.5.2 VENIR and the Passé Récent - the Recent Past Quiz (Explore & Connect)
  2.5.3 From present to the recent past (Engage With Concepts)
  2.5.4 What did they just do? (Think Aloud & Reflect)
  2.5.5 Speaking-Ils viennent de faire (Think Aloud and Reflect)

2.6 Lesson Overview: Francophone Holidays

  2.6.1 Holidays and Celebration in Francophone Countries-Mardi Gras (Explore and Connect)
  2.6.2 Holidays and Celebration in Francophone Countries-Mardi Gras (Engage with Concepts)
  2.6.3 Culture - Les fêtes d'hiver (Engage with Concepts)
  2.6.4 Culture - Le 14 juillet (Engage with Concepts)
  2.6.5 Culture - La Chandeleur (Engage with Concepts)
  2.6.6 Comparing French and American Holiday and Celebration Traditions (Think Aloud and Reflect)

Module 2 Assesssment

Module 2 Assessment, Part I
Module 2 Assessment, Part II

Module 3 | On Voyage

3.1 Lesson Overview: Planning a trip

  3.1.1 Planning a Trip, Countries, and Review of Information Question Words (Explore & Connect)
  3.1.2 Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.1.3 Geography Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.1.4 Question Word Review and Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.1.5 Writing - Travel Plans (Think Aloud & Reflect) 
  3.1.6 Vacation Time from Work in France (Think Aloud & Reflect)

3.2 Lesson Overview: Traveling to Our Destination

  3.2.1 Travel & Transportation Vocabulary, the Pronoun Y, and Review of Prepositions of Location (Explore and Connect)
  3.2.2 Travel Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.2.3 Which one? à, au, aux, en (Engage With Concepts)
  3.2.4 On y va! Y Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.2.5 Y Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.2.6 Pronouns Y and EN Practice (Engage with Concepts)
  3.2.7 Culture - Travel by Train in France (Think Aloud & Reflect)

3.3.1 Double Object Pronouns

  3.3.1 À l'hôtel and Double Object Pronouns (Explore and Connect)
  3.3.2 Hotel Vocabulary Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.3.3 Double Object Pronoun Practice (Engage With Concepts)
  3.3.4 Les Gîtes de France (Think Aloud and Reflect)

3.4 Lesson Overview: Vacation Activities

  3.4.1 Vacation Activity Vocabulary & Passé Composé vs. Imparfait (Explore & Connect)
  3.4.2 Vacation Activities (Engage With Concepts)
  3.4.3 Reasons for L'Imparfait vs. Le Passé Composé (Engage With Concepts)
  3.4.4 Reasons for L'Imparfait vs. Le Passé Composé Practice 2 (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  3.4.5 Reasons for L'Imparfait vs. Le Passé Composé Practice 3 (Engage With Concepts)
  3.4.6 Choose l'Imparfait or le Passé Composé Practice 1 (Engage With Concepts)
  3.4.7 L'imparfait vs. le passé composé (Engage with Concepts)

3.5 Lesson Overview: Tell Me About Your Trip

  3.5.1 Talking About the Past - Using the Passé Composé & Imparfait Together (Explore & Connect)
  3.5.2 Le voleur - passé composé & imparfait in storytelling (Engage With Concepts)
  3.5.3 L'Imparfait or le Passé Composé Storytelling - Cendrillon (Engage With Concepts)
  3.5.4 L'Imparfait or le Passé Composé Storytelling - Blanche Neige (Engage With Concepts)

3.6 Lesson Overview: Traveling in the Francophone World

  3.6.1 Traveling to Francophone Countries other than France (Explore and Connect)
  3.6.2 Francophone Countries Travel (Engage with Concepts)
  3.6.3 Club Med Travel Quiz (Engage with Concepts)

Module 3 Assessments

Module 3 Assessment, Part I
Module 3 Assessment, Part II

Course Evaluation