Nous sommes 1 Unit 4

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

This resource includes everything you need to teach a comprehensive 9-day French 1 unit centered on future plans, professions, universities, and linguistic diversity in Canada. Students acquire language naturally through comprehensible input, personalized discussion, authentic music and videos, co-created stories, literacy activities, cultural exploration, and performance-based assessments.

Core Vocabulary:

• il parle - he talks/speaks
• il prend - he takes
• il veut être - he wants to be

Students will...

• learn new vocabulary in context
• discuss future plans, professions, interests, and talents in French
• interact with the song Je veux by Zaz
• participate in conversations about what they want to be in the future
• co-create a class story using TPRS® techniques
• retell, sequence, and process a familiar class story
• read and compare multiple versions of familiar stories
• create and describe original characters in French
• explore universities in Francophone countries
• interpret authentic infographics about professions
• explore the geography of Canada through an authentic video and Map Talk
• investigate the linguistic diversity of Canada
• learn about Indigenous languages in Canada
• examine the relationship between Indigenous languages and Canadian universities
• hear examples of Indigenous languages through authentic videos
• build cultural knowledge through authentic texts, maps, videos, music, and infographics
• 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 veux by Zaz
• Card Talk
• Storyasking script for a co-created class story
• Top Nine story summarizing activity
• Running Dictation
• Parallel Reading
• Same/Different reading comparison
• Imagination Lab creative writing activity
• Bonus: personality quiz
• Shared readings
• Individual reading and comprehension activities
• Authentic infographics and analysis activities
• Authentic videos
• Canada Map Talk
• Canadian language map analysis
• Crush the Cockroach cognate activity
• Indigenous language resources and authentic videos
• Tic Tac Bingo review game
• Interpretive Reading Assessment with answer key and grading guide
• Presentational Writing Assessment
• Daily warm-ups and discussion activities
• Detailed lesson plans for nine 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 teacher scripts
• Printable Student Activity Pages
• Absent Student/Accommodations worksheets
• Can-Do Statements
• ACTFL World-Readiness Standards alignment
• Common Core alignment
• Proficiency-oriented instructional guidance
• Answer keys and teacher support materials
• Summative assessments with grading guides

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

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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This is Unit 4 of The Comprehensible Classroom's French I curriculum. Click here to view a resource map listing the most popular French resources from The Comprehensible Classroom.