C’est à toi: Level Three- Scope and Sequence

 

 

Functions

Contexts

Accuracy

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La vie scolaire et les passe-temps

·          Describing past events

·          Expressing inability

·          Giving orders

·          Expressing astonishment and disbelief

·          Expressing enthusiasm, emotions, and desires

·          Summarizing

School, home

The present tense

Interrogative pronouns

Direct object pronouns

Indirect object pronouns

The passé compose with avoir and être

The pronouns y and en

Double object pronouns

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Les rapports humains

·          Apologizing

·          Writing a letter

·          Telling a story

·          Describing how things were

·          Describing physical traits and temperament

Home, school, in town, traveling abroad

The imperfect tense

The present participle

Reflexive verbs

Negative expressions

 

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Les arts

·          Asking about importance and unimportance

·          Inquiring about likes and dislikes

·          Stating preferences and generalizations

·          Asking for and giving opinions

·          Agreeing and disagreeing

·          Comparing

·          Expressing possibility and impossibility

·          Expressing need

·          Stating location

Town, museums, cinema, concert hall, stores

The imperfect vs. the passé compose

The irregular verb plaire

The present subjunctive after il faut que

C’est vs. il est/elle est

The subjunctive after impersonal expressions

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Le Monde du travail

·          Expressing intentions, wants, and desires

·          Expressing certainty and uncertainty

·          Expressing hope

·          Describing talents and abilities

·          Interviewing

·          Expressing appreciation

Jobs and professions, office, school, university

Depuis + the present tense

The subjunctive after expressions of wish, will, or desire

The relative pronouns qui and que

The relative pronouns ce qui and ce que

The subjunctive after expressions of doubt and uncertainty

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Comment se débrouiller en voyage

·          Writing postcards

·          Indicating knowing and not knowing

·          Expressing dissatisfaction, complaint, fear, and regret

·          Expressing patience, surprise, and happiness

Travel in various French-speaking regions, airport, train station, hotels

The conditional tense

The subjunctive after expressions of emotion

Verbs + de + noun

The relative pronoun dont

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L’avenir : la technologie et l’environnement

·          Requesting and giving information

·          Hypothesizing

·          Expressing probability

·          Predicting

·          Congratulating and commiserating

·          Forgetting

Home, school, office

Comparative of adjectives

Superlative of adjectives

The future tense

The future tense with si

The future tense with quand

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Les Français comme ils sont

·          Reporting

·          Requesting and making clarifications

·          Comparing

·          Expressing importance and unimportance

·          Proposing solutions

·          Expressing surprise and compassion

·          Describing character

France, Togo, home, school

The conditional tense with si

The interrogative adjective quel

The interrogative pronoun lequel

Demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative pronouns

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L’histoire de France

·          Stating factual information

·          Expressing obligation

·          Expressing incapability

·          Criticizing

·          Stating a generalization

·          Boasting

France

Expressions with faire

Faire + infinitive

Expressions with avoir

The past infinitive

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L’Afrique francophone

·          Asking what something is

·          Identifying objects

·          Expressing ownership

·          Reminding

·          Expressing enthusiasm, indifference, and disappointment

French-speaking Africa

Expressions with être

The pluperfect tense

Possessive adjectives

Possessive pronouns

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On s’adapte

·          Inquiring about health and welfare

·          Giving information

·          Inquiring about capability

·          Admitting

·          Asking for help and permission

·          Expressing confirmation

·          Asking for a price

·          Estimating, comparing, and hypothesizing

·          Expressing displeasure

·          Accepting and refusing an invitation

·          Expressing gratitude

·          Terminating a conversation

Stores, pharmacies, doctor’s office, hospitals

Expressions of quantity

Indefinite adjectives

Indefinite pronouns

The past conditional tense

The past conditional tense with si clauses