This class is designed to teach students French through conversation, rather than learning lists of vocabulary words with no idea of how to put them together in a sentence! Each unit is divided into 4 lessons (2 weeks), starting with an introduction and finishing with a mini-exam. Units build on each other, so students get lots of exposure to previously learned grammar and vocabulary. This is not a writing course, so students do not need to worry about how to spell words or accents. All assessments and activities will include all French words and will have them match them to English, translate into English, or provide the question/answer for the sentence provided. 

Students will be given links to a quizlet to practice outside of class. I will also provide a kahoot students can use to quiz themselves. There will be various discussion posts provided to help students practice the content each week, and a google doc of vocabulary and talking points for each unit. 

Each week there will be 2 videos to watch (approximately 10-15 minutes in length each), as well as an audio clip of the vocabulary words. Students will be given various resources with which to practice, and I will be available upon request to help students as needed. 

Unit 1: 
Grammar: Personal Pronouns
Verb" "be" verbs
Adjectives: happy, sad, tired, hungry
Sentences: How are you? I am happy. How is he? He is hungry.
Learner to learner interaction: Discussion post--How are you? 

Unit 2:
Family members: grandmother, grandfather, father, mother, sister, brother
Rooms: house, room, living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen, garage
Prepositions: in, with, under
Sentences: Where is my father? He is in the living room. Where is your sister? She is in the kitchen.
Other: the (le, la, les)
Learner to learner interaction: Project: Introduce your family through a short powerpoint or video presentation. Share this in the classroom so other students can see your family! (Sentence structure: This is my father. He is in the living room. He is happy!)

Unit 3:
Furniture: bed, chair, sofa, table, dresser, stove, refrigerator, tv, lamp, bath, toilet. 
Verb: "have"
Sentences: The bed is in the bedroom. My house has a kitchen. My brother is under the bed. 
Learner to learner interaction: Post pictures of some rooms in your house. Students will comment on each other's pictures labeling what each room is. 

Unit 4: 
Food: Fruit, vegetable, cheese, chicken, bread, rice, egg, salt, pepper
Verb: "want", "buy"
Adjectives: other, today, numbers 1-10
Adverb: please
Sentences: My father buys bread today. I want to buy cheese, please. 
Learner to learner interaction: Project: Make a grocery list. Print out pictures of each food you want to buy and label it with the name and how many you want. Share a picture of your project in the classroom. Alternatively, make your grocery list in PowerPoint!
Learner to learner interaction: Discussion--favorite foods post

Mid-Term Exam

Unit 5: 
Food: Coffee, hot chocolate, water, juice, milk, cake, ice cream, potato, carrot, apple, banana
Verbs: "eat", "drink"
Adjectives: hot, cold, large, small, favorite
Sentence: I want to eat three cakes. I eat a small apple. 
Learner to learner interaction: Project: Scavenger hunt--go grocery shopping. Take a picture of as many foods as you can find with the prices (label the pictures with the French word for each). Compare results in a discussion post

Unit 6: 
Places: city, park, restaurant, movie theater, bank, hospital, school, store
Verb: "go"
Preposition: to, after
Sentences: I want to go to school. I go to the store after school. My favorite restaurant is ________. 
Learner to learner interaction: GROUP PROJECT: Students work with a partner from class to create a map of a (fictional) city. One student will describe something and give directions to where the next building is located. 
ALTERNATIVE SOLO PROJECT: Students may also work alone to design a city (if they'd rather not work with a partner). They will label all locations, and create a short video presenting their map and the different elements on it. 

Unit 7: 
Hobbies: dirt-biking, hockey, basketball, reading, singing, cooking, fishing, music 
Verb: "like"
Grammar: Possessive pronouns. 
Sentences: I like to read. I like to cook. 
Learner to learner interaction: Discussion post on our hobbies. 
Learner to learner interaction: "I have, who has" game with different activities

Unit 8: 
Activties: homework, housework, shopping, clean
Verb: "do"
Sentences: I do my homework. I go shopping after I clean my room. 
Learner to learner interaction: TEAM PROJECT: Students will partner with a classmate and interview each other about their hobbies. They record their partners answers and write a short report on their partner to share in the classroom. 

Unit 9: 
Weather: sunny, rainy, hot, cold, snowy, cloudy, stormy
Verb: make (necessary for describing the weather, as we can't use the "be" verb)
Sentences: How's the weather? It's rainy today. 
Learner to learner interaction: PROJECT: Students will keep a "weather" journal--they will take a picture of the weather and put in PPT (or other software) with a caption stating the weather in French. They will share this in the classroom. Students will respond to each other using a discussion post

Final Exam