Greetings and Introductions

Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics, Feelings, and Emotions

Family Members

Clothing and Colors

Topic: Greetings and Introductions

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Use appropriate forms of address to peers and adults when making introductions.
  

• Use appropriate gestures and expressions of greeting and leave-taking.
  

• Ask and respond to simple questions about someone else's identity and well-being.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Differentiate between informal and formal exchanges.
  

• Comprehend phrases related to a person's state of well-being.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Demonstrate attention to accuracy of register in introducing self and expressing greetings.
  

• Present rehearsed and spontaneous greetings and introductions.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Recognize and distinguish between various culturally-authentic gestures and levels of formality of greeting and leave-taking.
  

• Demonstrate understanding of hand-shaking, body language and greetings, including those used in telephone, computer, and letter-writing situations.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Discuss the use of morning and evening greetings.
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Contrast customs of greeting and leave-taking between the United States and francophone countries.
  

• Contrast the use of formal address in French and English.
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Recognize the importance of greetings in French-speaking countries.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Tu/vous
  

• Formal and informal expressions
  

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Topic: Physical Descriptions and Personality Characteristics, Feelings, and Emotions

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Use a variety of adjectives to ask and answer questions about the physical appearance of people and objects.
  

• Ask and answer questions about a description, mood, or emotional state.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Comprehend spoken and written descriptions of physical appearance, personality traits, and emotions.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Describe physical and personality attributes using a variety of appropriate adjectives.
  

• Present descriptions, both rehearsed and spontaneous, of people and/or objects.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Discuss cultural generalizations and stereotyping based on physical appearance.
  

• Discuss characteristics of famous people from francophone countries.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Identify well-known francophone people studied in other disciplines.
  

• Identify well-known francophone Americans.
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Identify adjectives that are cognates and those that are false cognates.
  

• Compare adjective placement and agreement in English and French.
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Describe well-known people in francophone countries.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Descriptive adjectives
  

• Avoir with eye and hair color
  

• Agreement and placement of adjectives
  

• Present tense of the verb être
  

• Subject pronouns
  

• Question and answer formation
  

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Topic: Family Members

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Ask and answer questions pertaining to family members and relationships, including pets.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Identify family members and relationships based on spoken and written descriptions.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Describe family relationships.
  

• Describe family members and pets.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Identify characteristics of the family unit in various francophone cultures.
  

• Explain the importance of the family in francophone societies.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Compare the role of the extended family in francophone countries and in the U.S.
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Compare and contrast families in the U.S. and in francophone countries.
  

• Contrast ways to express possession.
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Use print and Internet resources to access information about families in francophone countries.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Pet vocabulary
  

• Possessive adjectives
  

• Possession with de
  

• Descriptive adjectives
  

• Present tense of être, avoir, and faire
  

• c'est..., ce sont..., voici... voilà
  

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Topic: Clothing and Colors

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Ask and respond to questions pertaining to clothing and colors.
  

• Ask and answer questions to elicit a description of clothing and colors.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Identify clothing based on spoken and written description, such as in advertisements or announcements.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Use descriptive adjectives to describe clothing.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Discuss standards and styles of dress in various francophone countries.
  

• Discuss the influence of climate and geography on dress in francophone countries.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Discuss the use of color (e.g., in clothing, art, architecture).
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Compare standards and styles of dress in francophone and American cultures.
  

• Identify cognates and false cognates related to clothing and colors.
  

• Discuss adjective placement and agreement.
  

• Compare ways of expressing possession ('s in English vs. de in French).
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Identify differences in sizes and appropriateness of clothing.
  

• Describe clothing available on the Internet and through catalogues and/or advertisements from francophone countries.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Colors and other descriptive adjectives
  

• Adjective agreement and placement
  

• Etre, avoir, porter, and acheter
  

• Definite and indefinite articles
  

• Use of the possessive de
  

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