Nous sommes 1 Unit 11

Looking for an engaging, proficiency-based French unit that builds communication skills through authentic resources, storytelling, culture, music, reading, discussion, and writing?

This resource includes everything you need to teach a comprehensive 10-day French 1 unit centered on sports, athletes, and cultural perspectives from across the Francophone world. Students acquire language naturally through comprehensible input, personalized discussion, authentic videos, music, co-created stories, literacy activities, and performance-based assessments.

This unit targets the high-frequency structures:

• joue à (un sport)
• veut jouer à (un autre sport)
• tu es

Students will...

• learn new vocabulary in context
• discuss sports, hobbies, athletes, and personal interests in French
• interact with the fun song Je fais du sport
• co-create a class story using TPRS® techniques
• read and process multiple versions of familiar stories
• compare soccer and football through authentic resources and class discussion
• explore sports and leisure activities in Francophone countries
• examine authentic infographics about sports in France and Cananda
• learn about programs in other countries
• investigate ice hockey
• read about the cultural importance of soccer
• build cultural knowledge through authentic texts, videos, music, and athlete biographies
• participate in personalized communicative activities that connect language to students' lives
• complete listening, reading, speaking, and writing activities
• demonstrate proficiency through interpretive and presentational assessments

This unit includes:

• Vocabulary introduction activities
• Vocabulary-in-context practice
• Personalized Questions and Answers (PQA) discussion prompts
• Authentic song activities featuring Je fait du sport
• Storyasking scripts for co-created class stories
• Story retells and literacy-based story processing activities
• Shared readings about sports, athletes, and culture
• Authentic videos and video comprehension activities
• Sports-themed infographics and discussion tasks
• Glyph activities and personalized reflection tasks
• Reading comprehension activities and answer keys
• Athlete biographies and discussion activities
• Interpretive Listening Assessment with answer key and grading guide
• Presentational Writing Assessment with rubric
• Review games and whole-class review activities
• Daily warm-ups and slides
• Detailed lesson plans for eleven plus days of instruction

Also included:

• Editable slideshow presentations compatible with Google Slides™
• Detailed daily lesson plans with step-by-step teaching guidance
• Unit overview and pacing guide
• Activity instructions and implementation notes
• Can-Do Statements
• ACTFL World Readiness Standards alignment
• Common Core alignment
• Proficiency-oriented instructional guidance
• Answer keys and teacher support materials

Perfect for novice French learners, CI classrooms, TPRS® teachers, acquisition-driven programs, and educators looking for engaging, low-prep lessons that promote real communication and language acquisition.

French 1 Unit 11 Topics Include:

• Sports vocabulary
• Athletes and biographies
• Soccer and football
• Basketball
• Ice Hockey
• Hand Ball
• Martial Arts
• Tennis
• Cycling
• Lutte
• Authentic French-language music
• Cultural comparisons
• Comprehensible Input (CI)
• Reading and literacy development
• Performance-based assessment
• ACTFL-aligned instruction

The product download is a PDF containing a clickable link to a Google Drive folder with all unit materials. Slideshow presentations are editable and compatible with Google Slides™

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