Philosophy

GRADE 7 FRENCH PACING GUIDE

Unit or Grade Level Expectations Unit 1 Greetings/Salutations/Farewells

Greetings/Salutations/Farewells Ça va expressions Irregular verb avoir Identifying nouns (review of gender with definite and indefinite articles, making nouns plural) Avoir + age expression Irregular verb être Adjectives of nationality Review of colors & numbers Review subject pronouns, difference between tu & Vous X

Unit 2 Likes & Dislikes

Conjugating regular -er verbs in Present tense (aimer, adorer, détester, bavarder, danser, chanter, jouer, inviter, visiter, rater, for examples) Making a negative sentence using ne...pas Using simple adjectives to describe Asking questions using Est-ce que, intonation or inversion and answering in target language Verb + infinitive construction (aimer + infinitive) Word order and adjective placement in sentences

Unit 3 Calendar & Weather

Day/Month/Season vocabulary Identifying dates/days on calendar Asking and answering questions about one’s birthday Identifying weather in French (using verb faire, il form) Verb commencer

Unit 4 In Town

Places in Town like la poste, le parc, etc. Irregular verb aller Forms of the contraction à Directional vocabulary (à gauche, en face de, etc.) Recognizing commands in the Tu & VOUS forms

Unit 5 Home

House vocabulary like: la cuisine, le salon, etc. Additional furniture vocabulary like le four, le lit, la lampe Prepositional phrases like entre, près de, à droite de, etc. to indicate location of furnishings in a room Question words like comment, qui, quand, pourquoi, où Verb manger (and other -ger verbs) Answering questions with Qu’est-ce que The expression il y a Additional adjectives of description like grand, petit, confortable, for examples

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