Nous sommes 1 Unit 7

This resource includes everything you need to teach a comprehensive 10-day French 1 unit centered on helping others, kindness, friendship, and the fascinating tradition of stilt jousting in Namur, Belgium! Students acquire language naturally through comprehensible input, personalized discussions, authentic videos, music, co-created stories, literacy activities, and performance-based assessments.

Core Vocabulary:

• tu dois
• elle/il aide
• elle/il ne peut pas (faire)
• sympathique

Students will...

• learn new vocabulary in context through comprehensible input and personalized discussions
• discuss friendship, kindness, helping others, and what makes someone sympathique
• read about the French musical group Kids United Nouvelle Génération
• interact with the meaningful song La Tendresse through listening and lyric activities
• express opinions about what people can and cannot live without through an interactive Four Corners activity
• consider different situations and discuss how a kind person might respond
• co-create a class story using TPRS® techniques
• retell familiar stories through writing, illustrations, and partner presentations
• read and compare different versions of stories
• discover the fascinating Belgian tradition of Les Échasseurs namurois
• participate in an interactive activity that divides the class into the traditional Mélans and Avresses teams
• watch authentic videos featuring the Les Échasseurs de Namur
• develop interpretive listening skills through guided video activities and close listening
• build cultural knowledge through authentic texts, videos, music, and cultural traditions
• participate in personalized communicative activities that connect language to students' lives
• complete listening, reading, speaking, and writing activities

This unit includes:

• Vocabulary introduction activities
• Vocabulary-in-context practice
• Personalized Questions and Answers (PQA) discussion prompts
• Authentic song activities featuring La Tendresse by Kids United Nouvelle Génération
• Kids United Nouvelle Génération biography and listening activities
• Four Corners discussion activity with printable signs
• Qui est plus sympathique ? situational discussion activities
• Storyasking script for a co-created class story
• Write and Discuss story retelling activities
• Qui l'a dit ? comprehension game
• Story illustration and simultaneous presentation activities
• CLOZE reading activities and story comparisons
• Interactive Mélans and Avresses team-sorting activity
• Cultural readings about Les Échasseurs namurois
• Authentic videos and ClipChat activities
• Close listening activities using authentic French video
• Reading comprehension and text annotation activities
• Ping Pong Recall and Shrinking Summary activities
• The Unfair Game® review activity
• Interpretive Listening Assessment with answer key and grading guide
• Interpretive Reading Assessment with answer key and grading guide
• Presentational Writing Assessment with rubric
• Daily warm-ups and slideshow activities
• Detailed lesson plans for 10 days of instruction

BONUS: Original La Motocrotte Lessons!

The updated unit features Les Échasseurs namurois as its primary cultural focus, but the original La Motocrotte lessons are still included! Explore the unusual history of motorcycles designed to clean up dog waste on the streets of Paris through authentic resources, reading activities, video discussions, and interactive learning stations. These lessons can be used instead of or in addition to the new Belgian cultural lessons.

Also included:

• Editable slideshow presentations compatible with Google Slides™
• Detailed daily lesson plans with step-by-step teaching guidance
• Unit overview and pacing guide
• Editable lesson planning resources
• Printable student activity pages
• Activity instructions and teacher scripts
• 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, language acquisition, and meaningful connections to Francophone cultures.

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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