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French 1
This secular course is completely FREE and it is a recommendation of You Tube videos and other free online activities to do in order to continue on with your journey to learn the French language. If a specific link is no longer available, please post in the comments below which “week” and “day” so that I can replace it.

I recommend that in Google Drive, you create Folder for French 1 and create “Documents” for your notes and assignments throughout this course. This way you can save your notes and assignments digitally. Of course you may opt to taking physical notes in a notebook or binder.
In addition, in order to help immerse you with the target language of Spanish, you will be watching a telenovela-style video series.

And last, you are responsible for staying in compliance with your home school state laws. I did not create the videos or assignments in this curriculum, they are just a suggestion of free resources available online. Use what is useful to you and skip what is not.

I hope that this helps and blesses your family. Please leave comments if you have any questions, tips or suggestions!

You may be interested in these other free curriculum. Be sure to check them out too!

Week 1:   Take Notes
Monday:   7 Tips for Learning a New Language
  Culture- French Speaking Countries
Tuesday:   France Geography
Wednesday:  French Greetings
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   Numbers 0-20
Friday: Numbers 1-20 Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.

Week 2:   Take Notes
Monday:      The French Alphabet
  Spell out your name in French.
Tuesday:      Alphabet Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   Watch Greetings again and practice.
French songs that will improve your French.
Friday:     Culture- Paris, France
*Nude art is shown.
  Video Handout

Week 3:   Take Notes
Monday:   Accents-Part 1
Greetings Song
Tuesday:   Accents- Part 2
  Greetings Song
Wednesday:  Accents- Part 3
Greetings Song
Thursday:    Accents- Part 4
  Numbers/Hello Song
Friday:   Culture- French Canada
  Video Handout

Week 4:   Take Notes
Monday:   Days of the Week
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Months of the Year
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Days of the Week Song
Months Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity
Thursday: Practice Worksheet or Activity
Friday: Culture- French influence in Vietnam
  Video Handout

Week 5:     Take Notes
Monday:      The Weather & Seasons
  Weather and Seasons Song
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Watch Greetings again and practice.
  Watch Numbers 0-20 again & practice.
Wednesday:  Study flashcards then take the Quiz- Greetings/Introductions
  Study flashcards then take the Quiz- Numbers
Thursday: Study flashcards then take the Quiz- Weather/Seasons
Friday:    Culture-Travel Guide to Quebec City
  Video Handout

Week 6:   Take Notes
Monday:      Definite Articles
  Practice  Worksheet  or Activity.
Tuesday:   Indefinite Articles
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Definite/Indefinite Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   Subject Pronouns
Subject Pronoun Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:    Culture- Gabon, Africa
     Video Handout

Week 7:   Take Notes
Monday: Subject Pronouns Song
  Subject Pronouns Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:   Tu or Vous?
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Être (to be) & Avoir (to have)
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:     Etre Verb Song
  Avoir Verb Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday: Culture- Africa’s French Problem
  Video Handout

Week 8:   Take Notes
Monday:     Etre Verb Song
  Avoir Verb Song
"Etre & Avoir" Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Etre et Avoir Verbs Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: "Etre & Avoir" Test
Thursday: Watch Greetings again and practice.
Friday:    Culture- French Superstitions
  Video Handout

Week 9:   Take Notes
Monday: Aller (to go)
Aller Verb Song
Flash Cards
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday: Aller Verb Song
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Aller Verb Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday: Test
Friday:   Culture- French Urban Legends Part 1
*May be scary.
   Video Handout

Week 10:     Take Notes
Monday:      The Colors- Part 1
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      The Colors- Part 2
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Colors Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:      Colors Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:    Culture- French Urban Legends Part 2
   *May be scary.
  Video Handout

Week 11: Take Notes
Monday:   French Adjectives Rules- Masculine/Femenine
  Adjectives Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Describing People
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  100 Useful Adjectives
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:    Watch Greetings again and practice.
Friday:      Culture- Halloween in France
All Saints Day- November 1st
  Halloween in France
(All in French, for listening practice)
   Video Handout

Week 12:    Take Notes
Monday:      Expressing Likes and Dislikes
Tuesday:    Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday: Fill-in-the-blank Song Listening Activity
Listen to the song as many times as needed.
  Song:  Derniere Danse by Indila
Friday:       Culture- Guinea
  Video Handout

Week 13:     Take Notes
Monday:   Age and Birthday
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:   Family Vocabulary- Part 1
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Family Vocabulary- Part 2
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday: Family Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:      Culture- What is Bastille Day?
  History of Bastille Day
   Video Handout

Week 14:
Monday:          Family Project
Tuesday: Project
Wednesday:  Project
Thurday: Project
Friday: Culture- Things You Didn’t Know About Paris
       Video Handout

Week 15:     Take Notes
Monday:      Christmas Vocabulary
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:   20 French Christmas Emojis
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  French Christmas Greetings
Make Christmas cards in French.
Thursday:     Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday: Culture- Christmas in France
   Video Handout
Christmas Color By Number

Week 16:
Monday:   Culture-Traditions
   Video Handout
Tuesday:      Culture- Christmas in Paris
   Video Handout
Wednesday:  Culture- 440 Year Old Christmas Market
   Video Handout
Thursday:   Christmas (In French for Listening Practice)
  Video Handout
Friday:     French Christmas Log Recipe
  Video Handout

Week 17:     Mid-Term Exam
Monday: Review for the Midterm Exam by studying the flashcards in Quizlet.
Tuesday: Review for the Midterm Exam by studying the flashcards in Quizlet.
Wednesday: Review for the Midterm Exam by doing the Match in Quizlet.
Thursday:   Review for the Midterm Exam by doing the Match in Quizlet.
Friday:    Mid-Term Exam: Take the Test in Quizlet.

Week 18:     Take Notes
Monday:      Telling Time in French- part 1
Telling Time Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuessday:   Telling Time in French- part 2
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Reading Comprehension Activity
Thursday: Quiz
Friday:   Culture- New Year Celebrations
   Video Handout

Week 19:     Take Notes
Monday:      Asking Where questions
   Question Words Song
Tuesday:   Asking When questions
  Question Words Rap
Wednesday:  Asking Why questions
Thursday:      Asking Who questions
Friday: Culture- French Heritage in New Orleans, Louisiana
  Video Handout

Week 20:     Take Notes
Monday:      Asking How questions
Tuesday:   Asking How Many questions
Wednesday:  Asking What/Which questions- part 1
Thursday:   Asking What/Which questions- part 2
Friday: Culture- 10 Culture Shocks
     Video Handout

Week 21:     Take Notes
Monday: Asking Which one questions
Tuesday: Asking questions using EST-CE QUE
Wednesday: Asking questions with Inversions
Thursday: Asking questions using NEST-CE PAS
Friday: Culture- Tour de France
  Video Handout

Week 22:
Monday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday: Culture-Louisiana’s Mardi Gras
Celebrating Mardi Gras
History of the King Cake
Recipe for King Cake
     Video Handout

Week 23:     Take Notes
Monday:     3 French Verb Groups
   Present Tense Verb Endings Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:   “ER” Present Tense Verbs
  ER Verbs Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  “IR” Present Tense Verbs
IR Verbs Song
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   "RE" Present Tense Verbs
RE Verbs Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity
Friday:   Culture- Mardi Gras in France
France’s Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday (All in French, for listening practice)
   Video Handout

Week 24:     Take Notes
Monday:      100 Useful French Verbs
Practice Worksheet or Activity
Tuesday: Conjugation Back Song
Verb Conjugation Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Verb Conjugation Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:      Fill-in-the-Blank Song Listening Activity
Listen as many times as needed.
Song:  Je Vole by Louane
Friday:   Culture-French Caribbean Carnival
  French Caribbean Food
      Video Handout
Week 25:
Monday: Verb Conjugation Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday: Verb Conjugation Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Verb Conjugation Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:   Test
Friday: Culture- La Bise (Double Cheek Kiss)
   Video Handout

Week 26:    Take Notes
Monday: Numbers 0-100
  Numbers Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Counting in 10s

Wednesday:  Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers Song
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:      Money
Euro Money Explained
Practice Canadian Worksheet , Euro Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:    Culture- Notre Dame Cathedral
   Notre Dame Fire
   Video Handout

Week 27:     Take Notes
Monday:      Clothes Vocabulary- Part 1
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:      Clothes Vocabulary- Part 2
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Clothes Vocabulary- Part 3
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday: Clothes Shop
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday: Culture- Eating Snails in France
      Video Handout

Week 28:    Take Notes
Monday:     Food Vocabulary
Video Handout
Tuesday:    Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:    Culture- Easter in French
Easter USA vs France
      Video Handout

Week 29:    Take Notes
Monday:           Ordering in a French Restaurant
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday: French Regional Food Project
or French Cooking Project
Thursday:   Continue/Finish Project
Friday: Culture- Top 10 Iconic People From France
   Video Handout

Week 30:    Take Notes
Monday:   Fill-in-the-Blank Song Listening Activity
Listen to the song as many times as needed.
  Song:  Plus de Peine by Ronisia
Tuesday:   Project Watch Greetings again and practice.
Wednesday:  Places Vocabulary Part 1
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:    Places Vocabulary Part 2
  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday:    Culture- Cannes, France
   Video Handout

Week 31:    Take Notes
Monday:      Places Vocabulary Part 3
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday:   Prepositions
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:     Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Friday: Culture- Are French People Rude?
  Video Handout

Week 32:    Take Notes
Monday:      Asking for Directions
  Notes Handout
Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Tuesday: Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Wednesday:  Practice Worksheet or Activity.
Thursday:    Fill-in-the-Blank Song Listening Activity
Listen to the song as many times as needed.
  Song:   "Magic in the Air" by Magic System
Friday:   Culture-Ivory Coast (Côte D'ivoire)
     Video Handout

Week 33:
Monday:   3 Days in Paris Project
Tuesday: Project
Wednesday: Project
Thursday: Project
Friday:    Culture- A Day In The Life at French Public School
Video Handout

Week 34:    Take Notes
Monday:      Emergency Situations
Tuesday:      French You Tubers
  (All in French, for listening practice)
Wednesday:  Reading Comprehension Activity
  Reading Comprehension Activity
  Reading Comprehension Activity
Thursday:    Fill-in-the-blank Song Listening Activity
Listen to the song as many times as needed.
Song: Voila by Bryan Adams
Friday:      Culture- French Men Stereotypes
  Culture- French Women Stereotypes
  Video Handout

Week 35:    Take Notes
Monday:    Introducing Yourself & Common Phrases
Tuesday: Watch again and practice saying out loud.
Wednesday: Watch again and practice saying out loud.
Thursday:    Watch again and practice saying out loud.
Friday:   Culture-10 Top Tourist Attractions in France
  Video Handout

Week 36: Final Exam
Monday:    Review for the Final Exam by studying the flashcards in Quizlet.
Review for the Final Exam by studying the flashcards in Quizlet.
Tuesday: Review for the Final Exam by studying the flashcards in Quizlet.
Wednesday:  Review for the Final Exam by doing the Match game in Quizlet.
Thursday:    Review for the Final Exam by doing the Match game in Quizlet.
Friday:   Take the Final Exam by taking the Test in Quizlet.

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