Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this comprehensible input unit for French is for you!

This unit is the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - it covers some of the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the second semester of French 1, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

A complete unit that can be used in the first year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the Bonjour, J'aime, le Lycée and On va sortir units. Includes lesson plans for 10 days, talking about your family and other people, and being able to describe physical appearances and personalities.

This unit includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• Powerpoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page

Word Wall printables with all vocabulary words
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about families
• Handout to practice using the je/tu/il/elle/on/ils/elles forms of ir/iss verbs
• Handout for students to talk to each other about physical descriptions
• Handout for students to read about physical description
• Handout to practice describing yourself by writing a personal ad
• 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, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

• It's not fair game in English and French to check comprehension of unit story

• Links to Quizlet/Blooket/Gimkit vocabulary practice sets

• NEW! Now includes access to digital/virtual version of student activities.

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

Units 1-8 are available for level 1 and units 1-7 for level 2.  Each unit builds on the previous units' vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here:http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK

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