French level 2 Comprehensible Input unit 3 – Le Weekend Passé

A complete French level 2 Comprehensible Input unit 3 that can be used to begin the second year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the first year units 1-8 and second year unit 1. Includes lesson plans for 12 days, talking about the passé composé for verbs using avoir (regular and irregular), reflexives, and other verbs that use être.

This French level 2 Comprehensible Input unit 3 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 their weekend

• Grab it! game for past participles
• Handout for students to write about “what happened?”
• Handout for students to practice putting things in order
• Handout for students to write about the steps to do something
• Unit story using vocabulary from this unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story – one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany unit story
• Handout for unit story retell/rewrite
• Animated video of unit story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the level 1 units 1-8 and level 2 unit 1 and 2.

Use the unit as a jumping off point to start your year off comprehensibly! This 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 1-8 for level 1 and units 1-8 for level 2 are available now. All units build on the vocabulary of the previous units.