J’aime – beginning French Comprehensible Input unit 2

A  beginning French Comprehensible Input unit 2 that can be used the very early in the first year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the Bonjour unit. Includes lesson plans for 10 days, introducing likes and dislikes.

This French Comprehensible Input unit 2 includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• Powerpoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page
• Handout to practice writing about what you like and dislike
• Handout to practice going from the ‘tu’ to the ‘je’ form of -er verbs
• Handout for students to practice asking each other what activities they like
• Handout for students to practicing making and responding to invitations
• Song activity to go with the song “J’aime”
• Short story using vocabulary from the unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story – one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany short story
• “Four corners” signs to use when discussing likes and dislikes
• Handout for short story retell/rewrite
• animated video of short story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentation speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing
• Unfair Game for the unit story

Use this French comprehensible input unit on its own or as a follow-up to the Bonjour unit.

Use the unit as a jumping off point to start your year off comprehensibly! This French comprehensible input unit is especially useful if:

• You are required to teach a textbook curriculum but prefer CI – it follows some of the most common sequencing found in current French textbooks.
• You want to do CI but you need a little bit of structure.
• You are required to give a common district final – it covers many of the things found in most first semester courses.

Units 1-7 are available now. All units build on the previous units’ vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here: