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Dive in with us to a movie talk (clip chat) based around an amazing commercial. Au musée is the perfect way to get your students into a chat about art and artists. It provides opportunities for students to learn to describe things in detail (an amazing AP skill). With suggested grammar topics, vocabulary, and a full face to face and remote lesson plan, this is a unit you can use as-is to save two weeks of planning!
Description
Au musée is a French 3 CI curriculum unit from the Empreintes French Curriculum sequence designed to build proficiency through visual literacy and meaningful comprehensible input. In this two‑week unit, students explore art, artists, and museums through a clip chat built around a commercial, using the commercial’s museum setting to support detailed description and interpretation.
This proficiency-based French 3 curriculum unit provides rich opportunities for students to develop interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication skills. Through scaffolded listening, reading, and discussion activities, students learn to describe people, artwork, and settings in detail while engaging with cultural perspectives connected to art and artistic expression. The unit supports literacy growth and communication aligned with comprehensible input and proficiency-based instruction.
Au Musée can be used as a stand-alone French 3 thematic unit or as part of the growing Empreintes 1 French curriculum sequence.
What’s included
- Full 10-day lesson plan
- 13-day remote learning & sub plans
- Clip chat with script and follow-up activities for sustained comprehensible input
- Listening activities that deepen comprehension and interpretive skills
- Readings focused on art, artists, and the role of museums
- Printable or digital reader featuring biographies of artists represented in the video
- Suggested grammar targets and thematic vocabulary
Grammatical Feature
In Au Musée, students will strengthen their ability to compare and contrast and describe in detail.
Why teachers love this unit
- CI-driven instruction anchored in music and visual storytelling
- Strong focus on descriptive language and interpretive skills
- Engaging cultural theme that motivates French 3 learners
- Ready-to-use lessons that reduce planning time
- Flexible implementation across instructional settings
This unit is part of the Empreintes 1 French 3 CI curriculum, a cohesive, proficiency-based program built on comprehensible input and thematic instruction. Use this unit on its own or pair it with other Empreintes units to create a coherent French 3 curriculum sequence.
Pair this unit with other CI units from Somewhere to Share:
- Ressemblances Unit E1.1
- Mer de plastique Unit E2.9
- Zéro Déchet Unit E2.10
- Ma routine quotidienne
- Lily et le Bonhomme de Neige
- Comprehensible Input (CI) Empreintes Curriculum Growing Bundle
French 3 Curriculum Unit | CI Comprehensible Input French 3 | Proficiency-Based Unit | Empreintes Curriculum | Au Musée
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