French as a Second Language
Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Level: I, II, III
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Articulated Linguistic Concepts

The following tables present a global view of the linguistic concepts articulated in grades 4 - 8. Click here or scroll down to see the articulated linguistic concepts for High School levels I - III. Click on each column heading to see a specific curriculum.

Elementary and Middle School French
Grade 4
Beginning Stage
Grade 5
Beginning Stage
Grade 6
Developing Stage
Grade 7
Developing Stage
Grade 8
Developing Stage
Subject pronouns,
Tu vs vous,
Être,
Avoir,
Adjectives,
Interrogatives,
ER verbs in the present tense,
Imperative mood,
Prepositions,
Il y a / Il n'y a pas,
Possession.		 Negation,
Expressions with être, avoir, aller and faire,
Contractions,
Comparisons,
Possession,
Present indicative & imperative of common verbs,
Pronouns -
subject & stress
(moi, toi, lui,etc.).		 Forms of questions,
Present tense of regular and irregular verbs,
Near future,
Jouer + à,
Faire + de,
Il faut,
Infinitive constructions,
Adjective placement and agreement.		 Pronouns,
Definite and indefinite articles,
Infinitive constructions,
Present tense of common regular & irregular verbs,
Adjective formation and position,
Possessive adjectives,
Prepositions,
Interrogatives,
Near future,
Affirmative and negative constructions.		 Direct & indirect object pronouns,
Comparisons,
Passé Composé with avoir,
Adverbs,
Partitive (de),
Stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui, nous, etc.),
Imperative mood,
Verbs with spelling changes.

High School French I - III
French I
Beginning and Developing
French II
Expanding Stage
French III
Extending Stage
Subject, stress, direct, and indirect object pronouns,
Infinitive constructions,
Idioms with avoir & faire,
Definite and indefinite articles,
Present tense of regular and common irregular verbs,
Il y a / Il n'y a pas,
Adjective formation and position,
Possession,
Comparisons,
Prepositions,
Adverbs,
Interrogatives,
Near future,
Affirmative and negative constructions,
Verbs with spelling changes,
Imperative mood,
Passé composé with avoir,
Partitive (de),
Contractions,
Demonstratives. 		 Common irregular verbs,
Pronouns y and en,
Reflexive verbs,
Passé Composé with être,
Relative pronouns,
Imperfect tense,
Venir de + infinitive,
Ordinal numbers,
Comparatives,
Superlatives,
Interrogative pronouns,
Future tense,
Connaître vs. savoir.		 Irregular verbs,
Faire + infinitive,
Passé Simple,
Pluperfect tense,
Present & past conditional tenses,
Present & past subjunctive moods,
Indefinite expressions of quantity,
Possessive pronouns.

French as a Second Language
Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Level: I, II, III
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This web site is based on the Calcasieu Parish Schools Articulated Second Language Curricula,
and it  conforms to the Louisiana Foreign Language Content Standards
Web site created and curricula formated by Éric LeGros, 1997 - 1999.
Date last modified: 18 May 2001.