Level 1 · Novice · 13 assignments
The present tense in the book's chapter order, from être and avoir through the regular -er, -ir and -re verbs, the irregular verbs each chapter names, and reflexive verbs. Two closing assignments put the full 72-verb core set in scope by year end.
Voix 1 has 11 chapters. This curriculum has 13 assignments, all in the present tense. The infinitive is drilled with each verb's first appearance. Only chapters that teach a conjugation get an assignment.
| # | VerbMaster Assignment | Textbook Chapter | Verbs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ch 3 — Être | Ch 3 | être |
| 2 | Ch 4 — Avoir | Ch 4 | avoir |
| 3 | Ch 5 — Les verbes réguliers en -er | Ch 5 (and Ch 2 J'aime) | 13: regular -er, -cer and -ger verbs, plus aimer |
| 4 | Ch 5 — Aller (et le futur proche) | Ch 5 | aller |
| 5 | Ch 6 — Les verbes réguliers en -ir et -re | Ch 6 | 7: finir, choisir, vendre, attendre, rendre, entendre, perdre |
| 6 | Ch 6 — Mettre | Ch 6 | mettre |
| 7 | Ch 7 — Boire, prendre, vouloir et pouvoir | Ch 7 | boire, prendre, apprendre, vouloir, pouvoir |
| 8 | Ch 8 — Faire, dire et écrire | Ch 8 | faire, dire, écrire |
| 9 | Ch 9 — Lire, courir, dormir, partir et sortir | Ch 9 | lire, courir, dormir, partir, sortir |
| 10 | Ch 10 — Voir et croire | Ch 10 | voir, croire |
| 11 | Ch 11 — Les verbes réfléchis | Ch 11 | 8 reflexive verbs |
| 12 | Les verbes en -er à changement de radical | Not in the book | 7: acheter, préférer, jeter, appeler, envoyer, payer, ennuyer |
| 13 | Autres verbes irréguliers | Not in the book | 19 remaining core irregulars |
Chapters with no VerbMaster assignment: Chapter 1 (alphabet, greetings, numbers, cognates) and Chapter 2 (gender and number, articles, il y a). Chapter 2's J'aime is covered by assignment 3; see below.
Apprendre is included in assignment 7 because it conjugates like prendre. Avoir mal à (Chapter 10) is a use of avoir, already drilled in assignment 2. The futur proche (Chapter 5) and the negation and futur proche of reflexive verbs (Chapter 11) are usage topics built on aller and on the reflexive present, both already drilled.
Start VerbMaster around week 2 or 3, after the Chapter 1 material. The first assignment is Être, which the book reaches in Chapter 3. Starting early gives students a base before the chapter arrives.
Suggested cadence: 1 week for the single-verb assignments (1, 2, 4, 6) and 2 weeks for the rest. That fills about 22 weeks of a 36-week year and leaves room for the assignments that usually take longer (7 to 9, and 13).
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The textbook introduces J'aime… in Chapter 2 as a phrase, three chapters before regular -er verbs. Aimer is a regular -er verb, so VerbMaster drills it in assignment 3 with the other -er verbs rather than as a one-verb assignment in Chapter 2. Students meet j'aime in class in Chapter 2 and drill aime, aimes, aime, aimons, aimez, aiment when the pattern is taught in Chapter 5. The book's phrase and VerbMaster's conjugation agree, so no special framing is needed.
Assignments 12 and 13 cover verbs Voix 1 never teaches: the stem-changing -er families (acheter, préférer, appeler, jeter, envoyer, payer, ennuyer) and the remaining irregular verbs in VerbMaster's 72-verb core set (devoir, savoir, venir, connaître, vivre, ouvrir, recevoir and others). They are included so that a student who finishes the year has the full core set in scope, matching VerbMaster's generic French 1 template and preparing them for the Voix 2 Révision du présent.
If you want a curriculum that follows the book exactly, delete assignments 12 and 13 in the curriculum editor before saving. Their verbs will then be left out of the curriculum entirely. Voix 2's first assignment reviews the full core set, so students who skip these will meet those verbs as new material in Voix 2.
Voix 2's first assignment, Révision du présent, covers every verb in this curriculum in the present tense, including the reflexives and aimer. A student who finishes Voix 1 with VerbMaster will find that assignment already complete in Voix 2 and can go straight to Mastery Reviews.