French 2 Syllabus Syllabus Design: Stella V. Sourelos, French Teacher Textbook : Valette, Jean-Paul., and Rebecca M. Valette. 1998. Discovering French- Blanc, McDougal Littell. Unité 1 Qui suis-je? Presenting oneself and others Providing personal data Identifying one s family Talking about professions Cultural Context Oneself and others The verb être C est and il est Interacting with others Introducing people Making phone calls Reading birth and wedding announcements Talking about oneself and others Describing looks and personality Talking about age Describing feelings and needs Describing one s plans Saying where people are going and what they are going to do Saying where people are coming from Saying how long people have been doing things Unité 2 Le weekend, enfin! Talking about weekend plans Describing weekend plans in the city Planning a visit to the country Regular and irregular adjectives The verb avoir The verb faire Inverted questions The verb aller The construction aller + infinitive The verb venir The present with depuis Cultural Context Weekend activities The verbs mettre, permettre, and promettre The verb voir The verbs sortir, partir, and dormir
Getting from one place to another Getting around in Paris Visiting the countryside Narrating past weekend activities Talking about where one went Talking about what one did and did not do Unité 3 Bon appétit! The verb prendre The passé composé with avoir The passé composé with être Impersonal expression: quelq un, quelque chose, personne, rien Il y a + elapsed time Cultural Context Meals and food shopping Planning a meal Talking about where to eat Setting the table Going to a café Ordering in a café Talking about favorite foods Discussing preferences Expressing what one wants Shopping for food at market Interacting with vendors and asking prices Asking for specific quantities Discussing what one can get Talking about what one should buy or do Unité 4 Les loisirs et les spectacles The verb boire The verb préférer The verb vouloir Partitive article The verbs acheter and payer Expressions of quantity with de The adjective tout The verbs devoir and pouvoir The expression il faut Cultural Context Free time and entertainment Planning one s free time Going out with friends Extending, accepting, and turning down
invitations Talking about concerts and movies Talking about your friends and your neighborhood Describing people and places you know Discussing relations with others Asking others for assistance Describing services of others Reading and writing about daily events Writing a letter to a friend Discussing what you like to read Talking about what others have written or said Narrating what happened Talking about losing and finding things Unité 5 Les sports et la vie quotidienne Discussing sports Finding out what sports your friends like Talking about where you practice sports and when Giving your opinion Discussing fitness and health Describing exercise routines Describing common pains and illnesses Talking about one s daily activities Describing the daily routine Caring for one s appearance Giving others advice Asking about tomorrow s plans The verb connaître Object pronouns le, la, les The verb savoir Object pronouns me, te, nous, vous Object pronouns lui, leur Object pronouns in commands Double object pronouns The verbs écrire, lire, and dire Object pronouns in the passé composé Cultural Context Sports and health The verb courir The expressions faire du The pronouns en and y The expression avoir mal à Definite article with parts of the body Reflexive verbs: present tense Reflexive verbs: imperative Reflexive verbs: infinitive constructions
Narrating past activities Describing one s routine activities in the past Unité 6 Chez nous Discussing where you live Describing the location of your house or apartment Explaining what your house or apartment looks like Renting an apartment or house Reading classified ads Asking about a rental Giving more complete descriptions Talking about the past Explaining what you used to do in the past and when Describing ongoing past actions Giving background information about specific past events Unité 7 Reflexive verbs: passé composé Cultural Context House and home The verb vivre Relative pronouns qui and que The imperfect Contrasting the imperfect and the passé composé Cultural Context Clothes and accessories Talking about clothes Saying what people are wearing Describing clothes and accessories Shopping for clothes Talking with the sales clerk Expressing opinions Comparing people and things Ranking items in a series Expressing comparisons Saying who or what is the best Ordinal numbers Comparisons with adjectives Superlative constructions
Referring to specific items Talking about how things are done Describing how things are done Comparing how things are done Unité 8 Discussing summer vacations Talking about vacation plans Planning a camping trip Making travel arrangements Buying tickets Checking schedules Expressing polite requests Pronouns lequel? and celui Adverbs ending in -ment Comparisons with adverbs Cultural Context Travel and summer vacation Prepositions with names of countries The verbs recevoir and apercevoir The use of the conditional to make polite requests Talking about what you would do under various circumstances Making future plans Talking about the future Setting forth conditions Talking about what one would do under certain circumstances Discussing what would occur Discussing conditions Unité 9 Talking about cars Describing cars Having one s car serviced Getting one s license Rules of right way The constructions verb + à + infinitive, verb + de + infinitive The future tense The future with si-clauses The future with quand The conditional The conditional with si-clauses Cultural Context Getting around by car The verbs conduire and suivre
Expressing how one feels about certain events Talking about past and present events Describing purpose and sequence Describing simultaneous actions and cause and effect Discussing what has to be done Expressing necessity and obligation Letting others know what you want them to do Adjectives + de + infinitive Prepositions + infinitive Present participle constructions Present subjunctive: regular forms Present subjunctive: irregular forms