Beginning French lessons are ready for your first week of French 1 in this eight-day beginning French curriculum unit. Through French comprehensible input, students learn greetings, names, nationalities, origins, and introductions with sequenced presentations, stories, games, digital practice, and assessments.

Plan the first weeks of French 1 with eight days of sequenced beginning French comprehensible input lessons. Unit 1: Bonjour! introduces greetings, names, nationalities, origins, and basic introductions through teacher-guided presentations, repetition, communicative activities, a short story, games, digital practice, and assessments.

This is one introductory unit—not a complete yearlong French 1 curriculum. Use it independently or as the first unit in the larger Beginning French curriculum sequence.

DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS WHO:

• Want to begin using French comprehensible input
• Need structured, day-by-day guidance
• Must complement a district textbook
• Need to prepare students for required assessments
• Want a communicative approach to common French 1 content
• Need their opening lessons planned and organized

EIGHT DAYS OF BEGINNING FRENCH LESSONS

This introductory unit can be used from the first day of class. Students begin with basic greetings and progress toward asking and answering questions about:

• Names
• Nationalities
• Countries and places of origin
• Personal introductions
• Introductions of other people

Students repeatedly encounter the unit vocabulary through listening, reading, speaking, writing, stories, games, and assessment.

TEACHER MATERIALS

• Day-by-day lesson-plan guide
• PowerPoint lesson for each day
• Printable word-wall vocabulary pages
• Student dictionary handout
• Guidance for using circling and repetition
• Answer keys and assessment rubrics
• Digital and online activity versions

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

• Personal-introduction writing activity
• Writing introductions about other people
• Interview activity about names, nationalities, and origins
• Short story using the unit vocabulary
• Two story cloze activities—one with a word bank and one without
• Running dictation game
• Story retell and rewrite activity
• Animated story video
• “It’s Not Fair” story game in English and French
• Quizlet, Blooket, and Gimkit vocabulary practice

ASSESSMENTS

Short unit assessments address:
• Reading
• Listening
• Presentational speaking
• Interpersonal communication
• Presentational writing

WHY TEACHERS WILL VALUE THIS UNIT

• Begin French 1 with a clear eight-day sequence
• Reduce first-week planning time
• Introduce comprehensible input with structured support
• Complement a required textbook or district curriculum
• Give students repeated exposure to useful introductory language
• Assess several modes of communication
• Use printable and digital activities
• Build a foundation for later units in the sequence

DIGITAL USE

The unit includes online versions of activities. Follow the included directions to make copies of any Google Forms or digital files before sharing them with students.

Before assigning the unit, review the daily plan and “Start Here” information so you know where to find presentations, scripts, audio or video components, student handouts, digital links, and assessments.

ADDITIONAL UNITS

Later units build on the language introduced in Unit 1. Review the linked vocabulary sequence and current bundle listings to see which Level 1 and Level 2 units are presently available.

Units 1-8 are available for level 1 and units 1-8 for level 2. Each unit builds on the previous units' vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here: http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK

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