French 1 | Unit 4: School

Engage your students with this 6-week Proficiency-Based School Unit! This unit has everything you need to teach 30 one-hour lessons.

Topics in this Unit

• School supplies

• Colors

• The verb 'avoir' (especially singular forms)

• Classes in school

• Opinions on classes and teachers

• Introduction to -er verbs (especially singular forms)

• Asking Questions

• Comparing your school to schools in Chad (3 day culture unit)

• Proficiency-based final project: create and deliver a survey about your classmates' opinions on their classes

Here's what sets our curriculum apart:

• Inquiry-based vocabulary introductions

• Current, authentic sources

• Lots of speaking!

• Hands-on cultural experiences

• Proficiency-based assessments

• Graphics designed for older students

• Research-based, classroom-tested, and fun!

The unit can be taught online or on paper and is ready to go - but each product includes a link to copy an editable Google slides document so you can customize it if you wish.

This unit includes:

• A ready-to-teach 6-week lesson plan with clickable links taking you to the correct page in each product!

Teaching & Self-Assessment Tools

• Classes & Teachers Unit Slideshow

• Can Do student goal tracking worksheets

Vocabulary & Language Structures

• School Schedule - Authentic Vocabulary Introduction: Choice of French or English student instructions 

• School Supplies - Authentic Vocabulary Introduction: Choice of  French or English student instructions 

• Avoir sentence builders

• -er verbs sentence builders

• Grammar Puzzle for hands-on verb conjugation

Games & Practice

• Word Wall & Flashcards- School Schedule

• Word Wall & Flashcards- School Supplies

• Link to Blooket game - school subjects

• Link to Blooket game - school supplies

• Scribble Vocabulary game - School Schedule

• Scribble Vocabulary Game - School Supplies

• Color Scavenger Hunt

Reading & Listening 

• Artful Reading Comprehension - School Schedule

• Artful Reading Comprehension - School Supplies

• List of listening resources (free)

• Listening Activities

 Writing & Speaking

• Conversation Templates for Interpersonal Speaking - School (free sample)

• Conversation Templates for Interpersonal Speaking - School 

• Student practice assignments

Culture & Context

• Schools in Africa

• Cultural resource links (free)

Proficiency-based Project

• School - Proficiency Based Project

This is Unit 4 in the Explore! French 1 curriculum.

Note: All external resource links in the lesson are catalogued and checked regularly by our team to make sure they are up to date. If you notice any aren’t working or no longer match the lesson, please email us.