M/J French 1 - 0701320
Year-at-a-Glance
The textbook
referenced
below is
Bien Dit! By
HMH Publishing.
Quarter 1
Chapter 1,
Lessons 1-2
Chapter 2,
Lesson 1
Quarter 2
Q 2 Chapter 2,
Lesson 2
Chapter 3,
Lessons 1-2
Culture
Vocabulary
Grammar
Students should be able to identify
Francophone countries and culturally
important francophone cities in Europe
and in the covered francophone regions
when geographical features, products,
practices and perspectives are
enumerated.
Students should be able to ask and answer a
variety of questions about these topics; interpret
short passages based on the topics as well as on
cultural topics.
Students should be able to ask and answer a variety of
questions using est-ce que, qu’est-ce que; quel(le) jour,
date, âge, région, pays, temps; quand, où, qui,
comment, pourquoi.
Students will identify and discuss:
 Geography of France, incl.
DOM
 Francophone countries in
Europe
 La Francophonie as a global
concept
 Île-de-France
Students will be able to discuss the following Students will be able
topics:
 To identify subjects and verbs.
 Geography and culture
 To identify nouns as masculine or
 Greetings and Age
feminine, singular or plural.
 Numbers 1-60 and emails
 To use ne…pas.
 Alphabet and accents
 To use AVOIR to state age.
 Classroom Objects and Expressions
 To respond appropriately to questions.
 Likes and Dislikes
 To use AIMER to express what they like to
do and don’t like to do and identify
preferences for people, places, things.
Students will identify and discuss:
 Geography of Quebec
 Cuisine, sports, history and
holidays of Quebec
Students will be able to discuss the following Students will be able
topics:
 To ask and answer questions about what
 Geography and culture
one likes, prefers, wants to do, incl
expressions with FAIRE.
 Activities and how often people do
them.
 To use ne…pas.
 Places where people do those
 To use contractions w/ à.
activities
 To conjugate AIMER and other regular –ER
 Preferences in activities
verbs.
 Making invitations using singular
 To use adjective agreement.
forms of VOULOIR, POUVOIR and
 To interpret the conjunctions et, mais, ou.
DEVOIR
 To use ÊTRE with Il/Elle est or C’est.
 Describing people and things
 To use AVOIR to describe hair and eye
 Family members and friends
color
 To interpret and use possessive adjectives.
 To use contractions with de
Quarter 3
Chapter 4,
Lessons 1-2
Quarter 4
Chapter 5,
Lessons 1-2
Chapter 6
Students will identify and discuss:
 Geography of Western
France
 Sites, architecture, culture,
history, cuisine, sports of
Brittany and Normandy
 Pétanque/Boules
Students will be able to discuss the following Students will be able
topics:
 To use regular and irregular –RE, –IR, -ER
 Geography and culture
verbs.
 School day and classes
 To interpret ALLER and VENIR.
 Opinions of activities
 To use contractions with de.
 Numbers 60-1000
 To ask and answer a variety of questions
 Days of the week, dates and time,
about people and their descriptions.
incl 24-hour clock
 Basic clothing and school supplies
 Places to go associated with a variety
of activities
 Basic means of transportation
Students will identify and discuss:
Students will be able to discuss the following Students will be able
topics:
 Geography of North and
 To use ALLER to say where one is going
West Africa
 Geography and culture
and what one is going to do.
 France and its former
 Weather, seasons and sports
 To use ne…pas and interpret ne…rien, ne
colonies: DOM/TOM and
jamais.
 Places to go associated with a variety
independent countries
of activities
 To use VENIR to say what one has just
 Sites, history, culture,
done.
 Making plans, accepting or refusing
music, architecture, cuisine
invitations using informal register
 To use VOULOIR, POUVOIR, DEVOIR.
and sports of Sénégal
 Foods and meals
 To use AVOIR to state needs, desires, and
 Nice and the south of France
 Ordering food and drink in a café or
to describe personal condition.
restaurant
 To interpret PRENDRE, COMPRENDRE,
APPRENDRE
 To use FAIRE with certain activities.