We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos

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1 We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos Course Title: French 1 Credits: 1 Text: Bon Voyage, Chapters 1-7, (2005, Glencoe-McGraw Hill) Course Overview: This course introduces students to the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. All activities are aimed at developing proficiency in these four areas. The fundamentals of French grammar are presented in contextual situations, as vocabulary is simultaneously developed. Students will engage in daily interactive exercises to foster good oral communication, as well as proper pronunciation. Through daily assignments, students will begin to read authentic materials and write simple practical sentences. Students are also introduced to French culture. Course Objectives: Students will use the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing their own language and culture with another Students will make connections with other subject areas and acquire information Students will participate in communities at home and around the world in other languages Course Content: Vocabulary: greetings, telling time, days of the week, months, numbers, descriptions, school subjects, family members, homes, food and drinks, clothing, stores, shopping, seasons, air travel Grammar: articles, nouns, adjectives (regular and irregular), plurals, "tu" vs. "vous", the pronoun "on", irregular verbs and regular -er, and -ir verbs in the present tense, negation of verbs, possessive adjectives, contractions, futur proche, partitive, comparative adjectives, quel, tout, demonstrative adjectives Culture: Francophone world, ways of greeting, French high school classes, teen activities after school, families, housing, eating habits, shopping for food, markets, procedures at airport Required Reading: short narratives in Bon Voyage All students in World Languages are required to write on a regular basis. In French 1 they must write a short composition for each chapter. In the second half of the year they must write a full length paper.

2 Course Evaluation Criteria: Grades will be generated based on TOTAL POINTS. Class participation (1x), homework (1x), projects (1-2x), quizzes (1-2x) and tests (2x). Percentage Grade Percentage Grade % A % C % A 73 76% C 90 92% A % C % B % D % B 63 66% D 80 82% B % D- Below 60 (70) % NC / F Respect: Uses respectful tone when speaking with adults and peers Actively listens while others are talking Refrains from using derogatory remarks when talking about other people Follows directions Does not interfere with others learning Demonstrates empathy toward others Responsibility: Completes and turns in assignments on time Follows through with assigned tasks in group work Arrives on time to class Arrives to class with needed materials Course Policies: Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic honesty, and make-up of work: as outlined in the BHS Notebook. Class preparation: bring your textbook, notebook, pen or pencil, and agenda book each day. Homework: It will mainly be given nightly. Homework is given as an aid in understanding the concepts and skills presented in class. Homework will be checked at the beginning of each class. Classroom rules: Be on time, respectful to all, use appropriate language, and be responsible. Extra help: after school or during study halls. Essential Learnings: 1. Interpersonal: Conversation Conversations: Students will carry on a short conversation about personal interests, including what they are doing, and are planning to do. Questions: Students will ask and answer questions, including biographical information 2. Interpretive: Listening and Reading Listening: Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that have strong visual support. Strategies: Students will use previous classroom experience with the language to understand its spoken and written forms. 3. Presentational: Speaking and Writing Speeches: Students will write and present a short narrative about themselves Forms of writing: Students will write personal journals and/or brief messages to friends (postcard, letter or e- mail) 4. Culture-Practices Beliefs and Attitudes: Students will identify some common beliefs and attitudes within the cultures studied such as social etiquette or the role of the family.

3 We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos Course Title: French 2 Credits: 1 Text: Bon Voyage, chapters 9-14, (2005, Glencoe-McGraw Hill) Course Overview: French 2 continues the objectives of French 1 and increases the student's ability to speak, understand, read, and write correctly in idiomatic French. Included in this course is further study of regular and irregular verbs, new tenses, and other new grammatical forms, which are all presented in the context of a communicative situation that is simultaneously expanding the student's vocabulary. Directed compositions are frequently assigned to increase correct use of the language. Reading is intensified with the introduction of the short story. During the year, students will be further exposed to French culture, family life, Francophone regions, and certain aspects of French history. Prerequisite: demonstrated proficiency in French 2 or demonstrated proficiency on the French 1 foreign language common assessment test. Course Objectives: Students will use the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing their own language and culture with another Students will make connections with other subject areas and acquire information Students will participate in communities at home and around the world in other languages Course Content: Vocabulary: train travel, weather expressions, summer and winter sports, daily routine, past times, theater and movie terms, health terms, expressions of illness. Grammar: stress pronouns, regular -re verbs, irregular verbs, demonstrative adjectives, passé composé, reflexive verbs, reflexive verbs in the past, interrogative "qui", negative expressions, connaître vs. savoir, direct and indirect object pronouns, the pronoun en, prepositions with geographical names. Culture: train travel in France, vacationing in France and francophone countries, Tour de France, leisure activities and doctors' visits. Required Reading: short narratives in Bon Voyage - (others may vary year to year) Examples: Mort à Paris, Le Monstre dans le Métro All students in World Language courses are required to write on a regular basis. In French 2, students must write a composition bi-weekly and must do one long paper a term.

4 Course Evaluation Criteria: Grades will be generated based on TOTAL POINTS. Class participation (1x), homework (1x), projects (1-2x), quizzes (1-2x) and tests (2x). Percentage Grade Percentage Grade % A % C % A 73 76% C 90 92% A % C % B % D % B 63 66% D 80 82% B % D- Below 60 (70) % NC / F Respect: Uses respectful tone when speaking with adults and peers Actively listens while others are talking Refrains from using derogatory remarks when talking about other people Follows directions Does not interfere with others learning Demonstrates empathy toward others Responsibility: Completes and turns in assignments on time Follows through with assigned tasks in group work Arrives on time to class Arrives to class with needed materials Course Policies: Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic honesty, and make-up of work: as outlined in the BHS Notebook. Class preparation: bring your textbook, notebook, pen or pencil, and agenda book each day. Homework: It will mainly be given nightly. Homework is given as an aid in understanding the concepts and skills presented in class. Homework will be checked at the beginning of each class. Classroom rules: Be on time, respectful to all, use appropriate language, and be responsible. Extra help: after school or during study halls. Essential Learnings: 1. Interpersonal: Conversation: Conversations: Students will sustain a conversation including descriptions on selected topics about themselves and their state or country. Questions: Students will ask and answer a variety of questions, giving reasons for their answers. 2. Interpretive: Listening and Reading Listening: Students will understand spoken language that incorporates familiar vocabulary and structures. Reading: Students will comprehend the main idea and some supporting ideas of selected authentic written materials. 3. Presentational: Speaking and Writing Oral presentations: Students will present student-created and/or authentic short plays, stories, skits, poems, and songs. Forms of writing: Students will write short compositions and letters. 4. Culture-Practices Beliefs and Attitudes: Students will identify some common beliefs and attitudes within the cultures studied and compare them to their own beliefs and attitudes.

5 We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos Course Title: French 3 Credits: 1 Text: A Bord (or Bon Voyage 2) and/or Reprise Course Overview: This course establishes a more thorough knowledge of the language. Students will continue their study of the major elements of French grammar, syntax, and idiomatic speech. The course will examine the historical, literary, artistic, and cultural heritage of France through the centuries. Brief text from important original works, as well as contemporary writings will be studied and discussed. Students will be regularly assigned oral and written reports related to these texts. French history, civilization and culture are examined in more depth. Prerequisite: demonstrated proficiency in French 2 or demonstrated proficiency on the French 2 foreign language common assessment test. Course Objectives: Students will use the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing their own language and culture with another Students will make connections with other subject areas and acquire information Students will participate in communities at home and around the world in other languages Course Content: Vocabulary: hotel terms, banking terms, post office procedures, household items, telephone terminology, beauty products, hairdresser terms, emergency room treatment Grammar: pronouns "en" and "y", relative pronouns, reciprocal actions in the past and present, the imperfect, negations used as subjects, interrogative and demonstrative pronouns Culture: French hotel service, using the banks, post office, and telephone in France, the TGV, hospital stays, getting haircuts in France Required Reading: Suivez La Piste All students in World Language classes are required to write on a regular basis. Students in French 3 write short compositions bi-weekly, and do one long paper a term.

6 Course Evaluation Criteria: Grades will be generated based on TOTAL POINTS. Class participation (1x), homework (1x), projects (1-2x), quizzes (1-2x) and tests (2x). Percentage Grade Percentage Grade % A % C % A 73 76% C 90 92% A % C % B % D % B 63 66% D 80 82% B % D- Below 60 (70) % NC / F Respect: Uses respectful tone when speaking with adults and peers Actively listens while others are talking Refrains from using derogatory remarks when talking about other people Follows directions Does not interfere with others learning Demonstrates empathy toward others Responsibility: Completes and turns in assignments on time Follows through with assigned tasks in group work Arrives on time to class Arrives to class with needed materials Course Policies: Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic honesty, and make-up of work: as outlined in the BHS Notebook. Class preparation: bring your textbook, workbook, notebook, pen or pencil, and agenda book each day. Homework: It will mainly be given nightly. Homework is given as an aid in understanding the concepts and skills presented in class. Homework will be checked at the beginning of each class. Classroom rules: Be on time, respectful to all, use appropriate language, and be responsible. Extra help: after school or during study halls. Essential Learnings: 1. Interpersonal: Conversation Conversations: Students will carry on a short conversation about personal interests, including what they are doing, and are planning to do. Questions: Students will ask and answer questions, including biographical information 2. Interpretive: Listening and Reading Listening: Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that have strong visual support. Strategies: Students will use previous classroom experience with the language to understand its spoken and written forms. 3. Presentational: Speaking and Writing Speeches: Students will write and present a short narrative about themselves Forms of writing: Students will write personal journals and/or brief messages to friends (postcard, letter or e- mail) 4. Culture-Practices Beliefs and Attitudes: Students will identify some common beliefs and attitudes within the cultures studied such as social etiquette or the role of the family.

7 We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos Course Title: French 4 Credits: 1 Text: A Bord and/or REPRISE Course Overview: This course is designed to interest and challenge students who wish to develop further fluency in the French language. Lectures and class discussions are in French with the student playing a much more central role than in earlier levels. Through a variety of original texts and media presentations, a broad working vocabulary necessary for comprehension and effective communication will be developed and practiced. Compositions and oral reports will be assigned to develop mastery of the grammar and vocabulary studied. Prerequisite: demonstrated proficiency on the Level 2 foreign language assessment test. Prerequisite: demonstrated proficiency in French 3 or demonstrated proficiency on the French 3 foreign language common assessment test. Course Objectives: Students will use the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing their own language and culture with another Students will make connections with other subject areas and acquire information Students will participate in communities at home and around the world in other languages Course Content: Vocabulary: airport terms, driving, laundry, metro, bus travel, holidays, high school, savoir-vivre, emotions, the Maghreb, the farm, professions and the workplace. Grammar: future tense, double object pronouns, conditional tense, subjunctive in the present and in the past Culture: l'universite de Paris, Mont St-Michel, the dry-cleaners, French holidays, manners, French Africa, farming in France Possible Required Readings: Les Aventures du Petit Nicolas, Le Petit Prince All students in World Languages are required to write compositions on a regular basis. Compositions are beased on the grammar and the vocabulary that they are studying in each chapter. French 4 students write weekly compositions, and in addition, write a couple of long papers a year.

8 Course Evaluation Criteria: Grades will be generated based on TOTAL POINTS. Class participation (1x), homework (1x), projects (1-2x), quizzes (1-2x) and tests (2x). Percentage Grade Percentage Grade % A % B % A 77 79% C % A % C 87 89% B % C % B Below 70% NC Course Policies: Respect: Uses respectful tone when speaking with adults and peers Actively listens while others are talking Refrains from using derogatory remarks when talking about other people Follows directions Does not interfere with others learning Demonstrates empathy toward others Responsibility: Completes and turns in assignments on time Follows through with assigned tasks in group work Arrives on time to class Arrives to class with needed materials Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic honesty, and make-up of work: as outlined in the BHS Notebook. Class preparation: bring your textbook, workbook, notebook, pen or pencil, and agenda book each day. Homework: It will mainly be given nightly. Homework is given as an aid in understanding the concepts and skills presented in class. Homework will be checked at the beginning of each class. Classroom rules: Be on time, respectful to all, use appropriate language, and be responsible. Extra help: after school or during study halls. Essential Learnings: 1. Interpersonal: Conversation Conversations: Students will carry on a short conversation about personal interests, including what they are doing, and are planning to do. Questions: Students will ask and answer questions, including biographical information 2. Interpretive: Listening and Reading Listening: Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that have strong visual support. Strategies: Students will use previous classroom experience with the language to understand its spoken and written forms. 3. Presentational: Speaking and Writing Speeches: Students will write and present a short narrative about themselves Forms of writing: Students will write personal journals and/or brief messages to friends (postcard, letter or e- mail) 4. Culture-Practices Beliefs and Attitudes: Students will identify some common beliefs and attitudes within the cultures studied such as social etiquette or the role of the family.

9 We Speak~Nous Parlons~Wir Sprechen~Hamblamos Course Title: French 5 Credits: 1 Text: REPRISE Course Overview: This course focuses on total proficiency in speaking and writing and on the study of French classics. Students will be expected to sustain impromptu conversation on a wide range of topics. They will be expected to use the most complex grammatical structures and vocabulary. Prerequisite: a B+ or better in French 4. Prerequisite: demonstrated proficiency in French 4 or demonstrated proficiency on the French 4 foreign language common assessment test. Course Objectives: Students will further develop and use the four language skills in French Students will gain knowledge and an appreciation of other cultures Students will compare their culture and language with others Students will connect French with other subject areas Students will use French in their daily lives and in other communities in the world Course Content: Vocabulary: travel, the media, time and money, ecological terms, reporting the news, values, health, fine arts, banking terms Grammar: subjunctive vs. infinitive, the futur antérieur, depuis, the passé simple, the plus que-parfait, possessive pronouns, the past conditional Possible Required Readings: Les Trois Mousquetaires, L'Étranger, Albert Camus, Huit Clos, Jean-Paul Sartre All students in World Languages write in the target language on a regular basis. The compositions are based on the grammar and vocabulary they are studying. French 5 students write weekly, and in addition, do several long papers during the year.

10 Course Evaluation Criteria: Grades will be generated based on TOTAL POINTS. Class participation (1x), homework (1x), projects (1-2x), quizzes (1-2x) and tests (2x). Percentage Grade Percentage Grade % A % B % A 77 79% C % A % C 87 89% B % C % B Below 70% NC Course Policies: Respect: Uses respectful tone when speaking with adults and peers Actively listens while others are talking Refrains from using derogatory remarks when talking about other people Follows directions Does not interfere with others learning Demonstrates empathy toward others Responsibility: Completes and turns in assignments on time Follows through with assigned tasks in group work Arrives on time to class Arrives to class with needed materials Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic honesty, and make-up of work: as outlined in the BHS Notebook. Class preparation: bring your textbook, workbook, notebook, pen or pencil, and agenda book each day. Homework: It will mainly be given nightly. Homework is given as an aid in understanding the concepts and skills presented in class. Homework will be checked at the beginning of each class. Classroom rules: Be on time, respectful to all, use appropriate language, and be responsible. Extra help: after school or during study halls. Essential Learnings: 1. Interpersonal: Conversation Conversations: Students will carry on a short conversation about personal interests, including what they are doing, and are planning to do. Questions: Students will ask and answer questions, including biographical information 2. Interpretive: Listening and Reading Listening: Students will understand spoken language on familiar topics that have strong visual support. Strategies: Students will use previous classroom experience with the language to understand its spoken and written forms. 3. Presentational: Speaking and Writing Speeches: Students will write and present a short narrative about themselves Forms of writing: Students will write personal journals and/or brief messages to friends (postcard, letter or e- mail) 4. Culture-Practices Beliefs and Attitudes: Students will identify some common beliefs and attitudes within the cultures studied such as social etiquette or the role of the family.