Ça Marche – Exploratory French – Curriculum

This is a growing bundle of units for the Ça marche! Exploratory Curriculum.

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.

These lessons are intended for classes that last about 40-60 minutes and are usually geared toward upper elementary or middle school. You can use it for 9 weeks, semester, or a year long. This can even be used as a high school French 1 course for learners who need a slower pace. There will be 10 units when it is completely finished.

Included:

  • 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

In this offer, you will receive this:

Slide Deck Lessons (41-60 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 (varies per unit)

  • Lesson Plans (editable)
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Game Materials
  • Maps
  • Printables
  • Grouping Strategies
  • Supplemental and Extended Reading
  • TPR Guide
  • IEP Modifications
  • Viewing guides for videos
  • Assessments (Formative and Summative)

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. See pricing on the website.

A new Ça marche! unit will appear every month until all 10 have been published. The first year introductory price will be $179 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.  Price will increase in SEPTEMBER 2026!

Consider joining the Ça marche! community Facebook group to make communication easier.

Due to the nature of this product, it is non-refundable.  To preview before you buy, download one of the free samples available to you on this site or on Teachers Pay Teachers. You can also inspect the units more closely on Teachers Pay Teachers.