Units!

Preliminary Unit: Small talk: What's up?

1. I can greet others politely.

2. I can introduce myself.

3. I can describe myself in basic terms (age, how I feel, my family).

4. I can describe the weather in basic terms.

5. I can say the day of the week and the date.


(My life)

1. I can recognize cognates.

2. I can greet people.

3. I can talk about myself and my friends and family.

4. I can make adjectives agree with nouns.

5. I can conjugate the verbs “to be” and “to have”.


(I like / I don't like)

1. I can express my likes and dislikes.

2. I know when to use definite and indefinite

articles. (“the” and “a”)

3. I can form sentences in the present

tense using ER verbs.

4. I can give my opinions on a variety of topics.


(At School)

  1. I can discuss my courses.
  2. I know about schooling in Francophone countries.
  3. I can tell time in conversational and military time.
  4. I can express wants and needs.
  5. I can use adjectives to point out specific objects.
  6. I can use common classroom phrases and commands.


(The weather)

1. I can describe the weather.

2. I can tell how often I do activities.

3. I can form and respond to questions.

4. I can use idiomatic expressions.


(I go to the café)

  1. I can order common café foods.
  2. I can carry on a food-related conversation with a server.
  3. I can conjugate regular –re and –ir verbs.
  4. I know how to say what I am going to do in the near future.
  5. I can say where I am going and what I am doing at that location.
  6. I can identify major landmarks in Paris.


(At the market)

  1. I can carry on a food-related conversation with a merchant.
  2. I can shop for some clothing items.
  3. I can use the metric system to order foods.