Welcome to Ça marche!, an innovative French language curriculum designed to make learning engaging and effective. Whether you are looking for a primary curriculum or a supplemental resource, Ça marche! is tailored to meet your teaching needs with a focus on comprehensible input and comprehensive grammar instruction.
There are lessons for daily schedules (40-60 min), A-B Block (70-80 min) and Semester Courses (4X4 – 70-80 min). The exploratory is only 40-50 min each. Level 3 is only offered in 80 minute lessons currently, but it can be adapted to shorter classes.
This is a DYNAMIC curriculum: when you purchase you will continue to get updates every year with nothing more to pay. When you buy textbooks, you have to buy them over and over. With Ça Marche, you pay once and you will get updated and improved curriculum every year and we are open to YOUR feedback!
Exploratory
Unit 1 “Le Zoo Magique” –156 slides, 84 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
Unit 2 “Mes amis et moi” – 114 slides, 76 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
Unit 3 “Les Sandwichs Bizarres” – 183 slides, over 100 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
Unit 4 “La Famille SUPER” – 143 slides, 80 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
Unit 5 “Fêtons Ensemble!” – 122 slides, 71 pages of lesson plans and printables – 5 lessons
Unit 6 “Les Choses Bizarres” – 162 slides, 90 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
Unit 7 “VOYAGI” – 166 slides, 41 pages of lesson plans and printables – FLEX unit, 7 lessons
Unit 8 “Tout le monde aime les marionnettes!” – 90 slides, over 60 pages of lesson plans and printables, 7 lessons
Unit 9 “Le Cirque Mystérieux” – 197 slides, over 60 pages of lesson plans and printables, 7 lessons
Unit 10 “Le Monde de l’Art” – 83 slides, over 60 pages of lesson plans and printables, 6 lessons
Level 1
Unit 1 “J’aime”
250 or 350 slides, 85 pages of lesson plans and printables
8 Lessons or 16 lessons
Unit 2 “Moi et Toi”
245 or 424 slides, over 100 pages of lesson plans and printables
8 Lessons or 16 lessons
Unit 3 “Académie des Monstres”
8 lessons or 16 lessons
Halloween edition – 243 slides and 103 pages of lesson plans and printables
Non-Halloween edition – 241 slides and 99 pages of lesson plans and printables
Unit 4 “Top Chef”
242 slides, 82 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 5 “Guerres de Noël” or “Guerres de la Mode”
Holiday Edition: 134 slides, 82 pages of lesson plans and printables
Non-Holiday Edition: 119 slides, 81 pages of lesson plans and printables
6 lessons or 12 lessons
Unit 6 “La Magie de l’Hiver”
102 slides, 83 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 7 “Le Coup de Foudre”
143 slides, 82 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 8 “Les Clés du Succès”
228 slides, 116 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 9 “Les Gardiens du Temps”
167 slides, 132 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 10 “Rêves et Réalités”
104 slides, 64 pages of lesson plans and printables
5 lessons or 10 lessons
Ca Marche 1 Scope and Sequence
Level 2
Unit 1 “En Vacances”
135 slides, 67 pages of lesson plans and printables
8 Lessons or 16 lessons
Unit 2 “Des invités inattendus”
168 slides, 82 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 Lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 3 “Mystères Non Resolus”
274 slides, 78 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 Lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 4 “L’Art de l’Influence”
175 slides, 72 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 5 “Souvenirs de Noël Passé”
Holiday Edition: 108 slides, 82 pages of lesson plans and printables
Non-Holiday Edition: 112 slides, 2 pages of lesson plans and printables
6 lessons or 12 lessons
Unit 6 “La Quête du Dragon”
146 slides, 99 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 7 “La Belle et La Bête”
130 slides, 117 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 8 “Bienvenue sur Terre”
94 slides, 93 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 9 “L’île mystérieuse”
139 slides, 100 pages of lesson plans and printables
7 lessons or 14 lessons
Unit 10 “Nous, les ados”
76 slides, 51 pages of lesson plans and printables
5 lessons or 10 lessons
Scope and Sequence for Ça Marche 2
Level 3
- Unit 1 “Double Vie” – 162 slides, 64 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 Lessons
- Unit 2 “Impressions et Expressions” – 157 slides, 72 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
- Unit 3 “Autoportraits” – 148 slides, 77 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
- Unit 4 “Heirlooms” – 130 slides, 80 pages of lesson plans and printables, – 7 lessons
- Unit 5 “La Grande Expédition” – 118 slides, 88 pages of lesson plans and printables – 5 lessons
- Unit 6 “Fables” – 166 slides, 85 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
- Unit 7 “Les Visionnaires” – 120 slides, 91 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
- Unit 8 “Le Plateau (et Voix des Femmes)” – 379 slides, 90 pages of lesson plans and printables – 7 lessons
- Unit 9 “Allons au cinéma” – 131 slides, 80 pages of lesson plans and printables, 7 lessons
- Unit 10 “Nos plus belles années” – 53 slides, over 50 pages of lesson plans and printables, 5 lessons
Ca Marche 3 Scope and Sequence – French_3_Scope_and_Sequence
All Levels include:
Slide Deck Lessons (65-80 minutes each or 45-60 minutes each)
- Starters (called “Sonneries”)
- Vocabulary lists
- Customizable Date Slide for Calendar Talk
- Weather slides to discuss weather conditions
- Well-being chats
- TPR prompts
- Guided Practice (can be reading, writing, listening, speaking)
- Brain Breaks
- Mini-stories
- Games
- Randomizers
- Picture Talks
- Music
- Cultural readings and references
- Learning intentions and success criteria mentioned throughout the lesson
- Bulletin Board Materials
- Lesson Plan Packet
- Game links for Gimkit and Blooket already made.
Lesson Plan Packet (usually 60-100 pages each)
- Lesson Plans
- Graphic Organizers
- Game materials
- Printables and Handouts
- Maps
- Grammar charts
- Crafts and Projects
- Grouping Strategies
- Supplemental Reading
- TPR Guide
- IEP Modifications
- Assessments (Formative and Summative)
- Bulletin Board Materials
Access to verbninja.com is FREE for students! Teachers can subscribe to the premium version to be able to manage classes – create classes, add students, assign lessons. Only $29.00 per year!
The first year price will be $249 and when you buy it, it is yours forever, even with the lifetime updates! You will save hundreds of dollars when you buy the complete curriculum instead of individual units.
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You can buy the curriculum in our store or on Teachers Pay Teachers.