Planned Course: French I Course Number: AH504
th th
Unit: Au lycee (At School) Grade Level: 8 – 12 grades
Estimated Time: 6 weeks Level/Track: 1
PA Academic Standards/ ACTFL Core Concepts (in question format)
Standards  Skills/Knowledge
PA Standards AP Themes:
12.1 A-F, 12.3 A, B, 12.5 A, C, D Contemporary Life, Personal
and Public Identities, Family
and Community
ACTFL Standards Essential Questions:
How do I describe my
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1,
4.2, 5.1, 5.2 school schedule?
How do I tell time?
How do I express likes and
dislikes?
How do I express action?
What similarities and
differences are there between
French and American school
systems?
How do I ask questions?
Department: World Language
Activities/Strategies/Study Skills
(identify some activities as remedial or
enrichment activities)
MODES:
Interpretive (Audio, visual
and audio visual)
- Students watch a short video
of French students discussing
their school schedules.
- Students identify cognates as
they listen to authentic French-
speakers discuss school life.
- Students tell time.
Interpretive (Written Print)
- Students read examples of
typical French students’ school
schedules and compare and
contrast the schedules to their
own.
- Students look at examples of
French report cards and
compare and contrast the
French and American grading
systems.
Interpersonal (Spoken)
- Students interview their
classmates about their opinions
of different school subjects.
-Students complete an
Date Approved: 08/22/2016
Assessments
(include types and topics)
MODES:
Interpretive (Audio, visual and
audio visual)
-Students listen to conversations
about school and answer
comprehension questions.
-Students listen to people telling
what time they do certain
activities and match each to a
picture of a clock.
Interpretive (Written Print)
-Students read a conversation
and complete missing words
with logical vocabulary.
-Students read a school schedule
and answer comprehension
questions.
Interpersonal (Spoken)
-Students use Lingt Language to
respond to and ask questions in a
conversation.
Interpersonal (Written)
-Write an e-mail response in
which you describe your school
schedule and ask your friend
questions about his or her
Planned Course: French I
Unit: Au lycee (At School)
Estimated Time: 6 weeks
PA Academic Standards/ ACTFL
Standards
Course Number: AH504 Department: World Language
th th
Grade Level: 8 – 12 grades
Level/Track: 1 Date Approved: 08/22/2016
Core Concepts (in question format) Activities/Strategies/Study Skills Assessments
 Skills/Knowledge
(identify some activities as remedial or (include types and topics)
enrichment activities)
information gap activity with a schedule.
partner in which they complete Presentational (Spoken)
a school schedule based on -Students are given a typical
their partner’s descriptions. French high school student’s
-Students use moveable clocks schedule. They record
to practice asking and telling themselves comparing and
the time. contrasting this person’s
Interpersonal (Written) schedule to their own.
-Students have a discussion on Presentational (Written)
Schoology about their favorite -Students write a paragraph
subjects in school. telling about their typical day
Presentational (Spoken) from morning to night, including
-Students report information to activities and times.
the class about their partners’
schedules after interviewing
them.
Presentational (Written)
-Students practice writing out
times based on clocks.
-Students write sentences to
tell what times they do certain
activities.