Inside: Resources to plan a French 1-4 curriculum without using a textbook. A French CI curriculum.
French Comprehensible Input Curriculum
For many years I have been sharing my comprehensible input based curriculum for a department of 1 Spanish 1-4 using novels. I have been recently asked what I would do if I was a French teacher since I do have a few of my resources in French. So, a full disclaimer that I am not a French teacher, but am sharing what I would use based on the reviews of others, as well as my experience using the Spanish counterparts to many of these resources and novels. You can get the French resources that I do have in this French Mega Bundle.
It would be helpful to also read how I create a CI curriculum first.
Resources for all levels of French Class
- Proficiency Puzzle – for week 1 to intro levels
- Weekend Chat Find Someone Who & Digital French Weekend Chat – to use variations on Mondays
- mardi autour du monde – geography of the French speaking world
- La danse de vendredi – for each Friday
- First Week of French class ideas
- NEW Find Someone Who Pre Holiday Break – interpersonal speaking for the day before Winter Break (future tense)
- NEW Find Someone Who French Post Holiday Break – interpersonal speaking for the day after Holiday break in French 2+ (past tense)
French 1 Curriculum
(Mostly high-frequency verbs and story units to lay a foundation)
- High Frequency verb units – Super 7 + Sweet 16
- Edi l’éléphant (if this novice French class was elementary or MS) OR
- Brandon Brown dit la vérité (if this novice French class was high school)
French 2 Curriculum
(Mostly novel units – each unit about a quarter including teacher’s guide materials)
- Mon Été – 1st day of school
- (review if needed) High Frequency verb units – Super 7 + Sweet 16
- BRANDON BROWN À LA CONQUÊTE DE QUÈBEC (French Canada)
- Bart veut un chat
- La France en Danger (France)
- UNE OBSESSION DANGEREUSE (French Louisiana)
French 3 Curriculum
(Mostly novel units)
- Mon Été – 1st day of school
- (review if needed) High Frequency verb units – Super 7 + Sweet 16
- LE MANOIR DE LA DENTISTE – graphic novel + Sr. Wooly song materials
- NUITS MYSTÉRIEUSES À LYON (France)
- La classe des confessions (1) & Le Beau mensonge
- La Statue (Haiti)
French 4 Curriculum
(Mostly novel units – dig deeper into the diverse French speaking world)
- LE VOL DES OISEAUX (Cameroon)
- PROBLÈMES AU PARADIS (Martinique)
- L’île au trésor (French Canada)
- AU REVOIR L’ACADIE (1755 Acadia)
Do you teach French with CI? What is your French Comprehensible Input Curriculum? What would you add or change? Get all resources mentioned all together in this French Bundle.
