Teach students to discuss school schedules, subjects, supplies, time, numbers, and prices with this ten-day Le lycée CI Unit 3. This 199-page beginning French comprehensible input unit includes complete lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, communicative activities, a short story, games, digital practice, and assessments.

Designed for use early in French 1, Unit 3 builds on vocabulary from Unit 1: Bonjour! and Unit 2: J’aime while adding useful language connected to school life.

STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE:

• Reading and discussing a French school schedule

• Asking classmates about their schedules

• Talking about school subjects

• Reading about school supplies

• Telling time in French

• Asking and answering questions about prices

• Working with numbers

• Reading and retelling a short story

• Communicating through listening, speaking, reading, and writing

TEN DAYS OF LESSONS

The unit includes a structured lesson-plan guide and presentation for each instructional day. Circling, repetition, stories, interpersonal practice, and varied student activities help learners encounter the target language repeatedly in meaningful contexts.

TEACHER MATERIALS

• Day-by-day lesson-plan guide

• PowerPoint presentation for each day

• Printable word-wall vocabulary pages

• Student dictionary handout

• Answer keys

• Assessment rubrics

• Digital versions of student activities

SCHOOL AND SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES

• Writing and reading about a school schedule

• Reading about school supplies

• Partner questions about class schedules

• Activities involving prices

• Printable number pages for 0–20, 30, 40, and 50

• Communicative practice connected to school life

STORY-BASED ACTIVITIES

• Short story using unit vocabulary

• Two 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” comprehension game in English and French

ASSESSMENTS

Short assessments address:

• Reading

• Listening

• Presentational speaking

• Interpersonal communication

• Presentational writing

ONLINE PRACTICE

Links are included for Quizlet, Blooket, and Gimkit vocabulary practice. Digital versions of student activities are also included.

Before assigning digital materials, make any required copies and confirm that the links work on your school network.

USING UNIT 3

This unit is designed to follow Bonjour! and J’aime because it builds on vocabulary introduced in those units. Teachers using Le lycée independently should review the prerequisite vocabulary and preteach or scaffold any language their students have not encountered.

WHY TEACHERS WILL VALUE THIS UNIT

• Ten connected days of beginning French instruction

• Structured support for teachers using comprehensible input

• Communicative alternatives to textbook-only instruction

• School and telling-time vocabulary taught in context

• Reading, listening, speaking, and writing practice

• Printable and digital options

• Stories, games, partner activities, and assessments

• Materials that can complement an existing district curriculum

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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