Numbers and Time

Days, Months, and Calendar

Classes, Schedules, and Supplies

Topic: Numbers and Time

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Ask and answer questions about age.
  

• Ask and answer questions about street addresses and telephone numbers.
  

• Ask and answer questions about time and scheduled activities.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Interpret a time schedule (bus, train, class, movie listing, or TV guide).
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Explain a schedule of activities.
  

• Present information about ages, phone numbers, addresses, and class schedules.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Discuss the way numerals are written in French.
  

• Demonstrate how numbers are counted on one's hand.
  

• Discuss a typical day's schedule in francophone countries (meal times, etc.).
  

• Discuss the metric system and the Euro.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language.
  

• Explain the use of the metric system.
  

• Do simple mathematical computations in French.
  

• Discuss temperatures.
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Discuss the concept of time in francophone countries.
  

• Compare the 24-hour clock used in francophone countries to the American system of a.m. and p.m.
  

• Discuss the use in French of the period to indicate thousands and of the comma for decimals when writing and reading numbers.
  

• Discuss the use of the metric system.
  

• Compare French time expressions to English expressions such as quarter-past, half-past, noon, and midnight.
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Interpret a time schedule in French
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Etre
  

• Il est vs. à 
  

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Topic: Days, Months, and Calendar

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Ask and answer questions about days of week, dates, and months.
  

• Ask and answer questions about birthdays and celebrations.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Identify dates of events and celebrations.
  

• Comprehend simple announcements that include dates.
  

• Understand written numerical information as used in newspapers, announcements, letters, brochures, etc.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Prepare and present a weekly activities calendar.
  

• Present important dates and celebrations.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Identify holidays and/or celebrations in francophone countries.
  

• Relate different products to celebrations such as weddings and holidays (e.g., la bûche de Noël).
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Make connections with historical events that involve or relate to the United States and francophone countries (e.g., Mardi Gras).
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Recognize that the French calendar starts on Monday.
  

• Recognize that days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized in French.
  

• Recognize that the order in saying and writing dates is different in French (day, month, and then year).
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Use community resources to identify cultural celebrations within the student's own community.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Phrases for asking and telling the date
  

• C'est
  

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Topic: Classes, Schedules, and Supplies

Communication

• Person-to-Person Communication
  

• Ask and answer questions related to class schedules and school subjects.
  

• Ask and answer questions about school supplies, furnishings, and rooms.
  

• Ask and answer questions related to a typical school day and routine.
  

• Listening and Reading for Understanding
  

• Understand simple instructions related to classroom commands and procedures or basic computer terminology.
  

• Comprehend a class schedule, locations in the school, and opinions of classes.
  

• Oral and Written Presentation
  

• Prepare and present a class schedule.
  

• Describe necessary materials for various classes.
  

• Identify in which rooms classes are held.
  

Cultures

• Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
  

• Discuss the importance of the bac.
  

• Discuss the balance of academic demands, family commitments, and activities in the life of a student from a francophone country.
  

• Discuss the courses taken at various grade levels in francophone countries, including the quantity of courses and frequency of class sessions.
  

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

• Making Connections Through Language
  

• Compare names of courses in English with the names in French
  

• Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
  

• Compare American and francophone education systems.
  

• Compare a typical school day in the U.S. with ones in francophone countries.
  

• Compare grading scales in American and francophone schools.
  

• Compare the types of school supplies typically used by francophone students and American students.
  

• Identify cognates and false cognates related to classes and school supplies.
  

• Communication Across Communities
  

• Interpret a school schedule of a student from a francophone country.
  

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to school schedules, rooms of the school, and classroom objects
  

• Time vocabulary
  

• Question formation and interrogative expressions
  

• Use of definite articles with class subjects
  

• Adverbs of frequency
  

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