On va sortir – French Comprehensible Input unit 4 for beginning French

A French comprehensible input unit 4 that can be used in the first year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the Bonjour, J’aime and le Lycée units. Includes lesson plans for 10 days, talking about things to do when you go out – sporting events, movies, and eating at a restaurant or a café.

The On va sortir French comprehensible input unit 4 includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• Powerpoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about what you like to eat
• Handout to practice using the je/tu/il/elle/on forms of prendre
• Handout for students to talk to each other about sports and teams
• Handout for students to read about movie genres
  Handout to practice making invitations via text message
  Unit story using vocabulary from this unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story – one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany short story
• Handout for short story retell/rewrite
• animated video of short story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentation speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the Bonjour, J’aime and Le Lycée units.

Use the unit as a jumping off point to start your year off comprehensibly!

This French comprehensible input unit 4 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 1-8 are available now. All units build on the previous units’ vocabulary.