French 1 Syllabus Northside ISD The French 1 language course is designed to achieve the following objectives as aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English (TEKS for LOTE) and The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL): To satisfy the needs of the students who wish to pursue specific work to increase their ability to listen, speak, read, and write the French language. To provide the students with the opportunity to compare and contrast their language and culture with those of French speaking countries and other parts of the world. To provide students with the opportunity to relate the topics in their textbook to other subject areas, making French relevant to the students overall academic experience. To encourage the students to seek opportunities to practice French outside of the classroom by interacting with family members and members of the community. To encourage the students to understand that they are members of a global society and help them develop survival skills in the language so they may function adequately in social interactions and discussions. To provide the students with the opportunity to utilize technology incorporating the usage of the audio-lingual and multi-media labs. COURSE COMPONENTS: The components of reading, speaking, writing and listening are embedded in three major modes of communication: INTERPERSONAL: The ability to ask, understand, and answer questions. INTERPRETIVE: The ability to comprehend main ideas and identify supporting details. PRESENTATIONAL: The ability to present information by creative use of written or spoken language. TEXTBOOK ADOPTED BY THE NORTHSIDE ISD: D Accord 1 by Vista Higher will be intertwined in all levels and thematic units, and will prepare students for the next level of the target Language. ADDITIONAL TEXTS: online resources and other printed material in the target language. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Learning will include themes and topics as presented in the course outline below. Upon completion of units there will be major exams that will incorporate all skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In each unit, the students are introduced to cultural and/or historical facts of the Frenchspeaking world. Exams and quizzes will be given at the teacher s discretion.
The international language labs are used consistently and students are expected to stay on task when they attend. Labs are used to expand the intellectual knowledge of the student and to reinforce the teaching of the classroom. Truancies and tardiness will follow campus policies. Discipline referral and parental contact will follow. According to district and state standards; the teacher and the students are expected to use the target language at least 90% of the time, comprehensible to the student. Upon completion of the level 1 course, students are expected to achieve novice-mid proficiency level. GRADING POLICY: Grades adhere to the Northside Independent School District International Languages Policy. Formative Assessments: 50% daily work, homework, quizzes, labs, workbook activities, etc. Summative Assessments: 50% major exams and projects Academic dishonesty such as cheating and plagiarism will result in a 0 grade. COURSE OUTLINE FOR LEVEL 1: The proposed outline is very general. Occasionally there will be changes due to special projects assigned by individual instructors. *Essential Overarching Questions will be intertwined in all levels and thematic units, and will prepare students for the next level of the target language. First Six Weeks FIRST SEMESTER Theme 1: Personal and public identities: units 1 and 2 (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 1: Salut! (units 1A and 1B suggested time 3 weeks) Language and identity, multiculturalism, beliefs and values. Introduction to the course, why learning French? Meeting and knowing people Greetings and good-byes Introductions and expressions of politeness Identifying self and others Describing self and others vocabulary related to greetings, farewells and introductions terms to identify people articles nouns and gender of nouns
adjectives and adjective agreement, subject pronouns the verb être present tense, c est and il/elle est, numbers 0-60 The Francophone world French diversity greetings and manners Unit 2: Au lycée (units 2A, 2B suggested time 3 weeks) Life as a student. School in the United States, in France and in the Francophone world School, school subjects and supplies. School schedules Daily routines vocabulary for academic subjects, telling time, days of the week, months of the year, calendars and schedules, dates, expressions for time, colors -er verbs present tense spelling changes in cer and ger verbs, the verb avoir present tense, asking and answering questions, negation, expressing likes and dislikes French high schools le bac high education in France Canadian French immersion program student life university life
Second Six Weeks Theme 2: Families and Communities: units 3 and 4 (4A) (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 3: La famille et les copains (suggested time 3 weeks) Family life and professional life. Family members, friends and relationships. Types of families, marital status. Pets Describing people and pets Professions and occupations, professional qualities. vocabulary for family members, status and professions, some words for pets, age, birthdays possessive adjectives regular and irregular descriptive adjectives numbers 61-100 French families different types of relationships and friendships professions and occupations Unit 4: Au café. (4A) (suggested time 3 weeks) Places in and around town. Places in a city The café: a popular place to meet. vocabulary for places in a city the verb aller in present time prepositions for places regular -ir verbs asking and answering more questions popular places to go to in the Francophone world life in a city communities
Third Six Weeks Theme 3: Contemporary Life: units 5 (5A), 8 and 6 (6A) (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 5: Les loisirs (5A) (suggested time 2 weeks) Leisure activities Pastimes and activities Sports Frequency vocabulary for sports and leisure activities adverbs irregular ir verbs, -re verbs, jouer vs faire contractive articles le football sports and leisure activities in the Francophone world Unit 8: Chez nous (suggested time 2 weeks) Life at home Types of houses and apartments, gardens Parts of the house and furniture Chores at home and appliances vocabulary for parts of the house terms for furniture and appliances savoir (savoir faire) and connaître verbs the verb faire in present tense the verb habiter housing in France and in the Francophone world housing interiors
Unit 6: Les fêtes (6A) (suggested time 2 weeks) Holidays and traditions Parties and birthdays. Stages of life and celebrations Gifts National celebrations in the United States, in France and in the Francophone world. vocabulary for parties, celebrations and stages of life direct and indirect objective pronouns the near future festivals and holidays in France and the Francophone world.
SECOND SEMESTER Fourth Six Weeks Theme 4: Global challenges: units 4(B), and 6 (B) (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 4: Au café. (4B) (suggested time 3 weeks) Food and beverages, nutrition Going to a café: ordering food and beverages Expression of quantity Table manners Diversity of food habits vocabulary for food items and beverages expressions to talk about food and meals the verbs boire, prendre and vouloir in present tense regular ir verbs, partitives, interrogatives words expressions of quantities the role of the café in France and in North Africa the cyber café regional food in France and specialties in the Francophone world Unit 6 (B). Très chic (suggested time 3 weeks) Clothing and shopping, economy (the fashion industry, shopping habits) Describe what people wear Shopping for clothes Fashion in France and the Francophone world vocabulary for clothing, colors (variable and invariable), fashion and shopping demonstrative adjectives the verb porter regular and irregular re verbs (mettre) objective pronouns and more disjunctive pronouns fashion in France fashion and traditional clothes in the Francophone world shopping habits
Fifth Six Weeks Theme 5: Science and technology: units 5 (B), 7 (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 5 (B): Quel temps fait-il? (suggested time 3 weeks) Weather, seasons, weather forecast Ask about the weather Describe the weather, seasons Weather forecast in France and in the Francophone world weather expressions seasons and dates il fait verbs pleuvoir and neiger Celsius vs Fahrenheit temperatures weather in various French regions and in the Francophone world Unit 7: En vacances (suggested time 3 weeks) Travel and vacation, transportation, technology Geography, countries and capitals. Transportation Trips and travel arrangements Hotels and accommodations Getting help and giving instructions vocabulary for transportation, The T.G.V, the metro, trips and hotels name of countries and nationalities articles and prepositions for places adverbs and locutions of time ordinal numbers, cardinal numbers geography transportation in France and in the Francophone world vacations in France and in the Francophone world types of vacation
Sixth Six Weeks Theme 6: Beauty and Aesthetics (suggested time 6 weeks) Unit 6 (B). Très chic (suggested time 2 weeks) Traditional clothing, fashion, fashion designers, ideals of beauty Describe what people wear Fashion in France and the Francophone world, fashion designers. vocabulary for clothing and fashion adjectives colors demonstrative adjectives pronouns the verb porter regular and irregular re verbs fashion in France fashion and traditional clothes in the Francophone world Units 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Contributions to the world artistic heritage, ideals of beauty, literature, music, architecture, performing arts, visuals arts (suggested time 4 weeks) Cultural sections à la loupe and savoir-faire Panorama Paris and its monuments Architecture, gardens and parks in France (Versailles, Le Corbusier, Parc Astérix, etc.). Festivals, museums, the arts. French regions (la Normandie, la Bretagne, les Pays de la Loire, le Centre, l Aquitaine, la région Midi-Pyrénées, le Languedoc-Roussillon, la Côte d Azur, la région Rhône-Alpes, Alsace and Lorraine): historical and cultural information, gastronomy, monuments and architecture, art. vocabulary to discuss various art forms and art appreciation general review of regular and irregular verbs in present tense future tense with futur proche introduction to past tense with passé composé art forms art appreciation
geography Paris France and its regions art and history art and culture in the Francophone world