Teacher S Name: Kelly Lutz Room: 131 E-Mail

Course Title: French 4

Teacher’s Name: Kelly Lutz Room: 131 E-mail: [email protected]

Course Emphasis: The purpose of French 4 is to help students acquire high-intermediate level understanding, speaking, reading and writing of French, as well as broaden students’ understanding of French-speaking cultures.

Acquisition begins with telling and creating stories using structures in French. In keeping with the principle of Comprehensible Input (CI), each lesson is designed according to what the class is already familiar with plus a bit of new material. Students are primarily responsible for listening but may participate in ways additional according to their comfort level. The story is retold repeatedly multiple times. Questions about details in the story are asked multiple times. Plus, the lesson may also involve voluntary audience participation through the addition of details to the story and even acting the story out. Reading of short selections in French is also used including as component for reinforcement of the same structures studied in a different context. Students will be acquiring the French language by hearing it spoken (by various speakers, live & recorded*) and reading it in writing, used in contexts that they understand.

*French 4 students will watch films in French, possibly including PG-13. If you do not want your student to view these films, please contact me and I will make other arrangements for your student during that class time.

World Language Content Standards: Standard 1: Communication in Languages Other Than English 1. Participate in basic conversations (written or oral) in a variety of familiar and predictable topics using isolated words and learned phrases 2. Comprehend short learned exchanges (written or oral) on learned topics using learned vocabulary and grammatical structures 3. Present (written or oral) using learned and simple phrases or expressions on very familiar topics

Standard 2: Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures** 1. Reproduce common practices of the cultures studied 2. Describe familiar products of the cultures studied

**As a part of Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures, French students will be studying and engaging in activities related to holidays such Mardi Gras and Noël (Christmas). These studies will be objective in nature and directly related to the broader content standard.

Standard 3: Connections with Other Disciplines and Information Acquisition 1. Examine common practices and perspectives within the cultures studied 2. Examine familiar products of the cultures studied

Standard 4: Comparisons to Develop Insight into the Nature of Language & Culture 1. Identify and expand knowledge of similarities and differences of the most basic vocabulary through comparisons of the student’s own language and the language studied 2. Identify, recognize and investigate the nature of culture through comparisons of the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture, and how the cultures interact

Course Objectives: After a completing French 4, students will be able to: initiate, sustain, and conclude in exchanges (written or oral) in a variety of situations based on familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures; comprehend exchanges (written or oral) in a variety of situations based on familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures vocabulary, new vocabulary, and learned grammatical structures; present (written or oral) in a variety of situations based on familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary and learned grammatical structures; analyze how the perspectives of people who speak the target language are reflected in their practices; analyze how products reflect practices and perspectives of the cultures studied; analyze information gathered from target language resources connected to other content areas; examine information and viewpoints presented in authentic resources; analyze the significance of the similarities and differences between the target language and the student’s own language; and analyze the significance of the similarities and differences between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture.

Course Expectations: French students should be prepared for class: bring their supplies, homework and a positive attitude; take responsibility for their learning, using my Fusion Page as a resource; and do their part to create a fun and respectful learning environment. All ACS students are expected to conform to all policies and standards found within the ACS student handbook.

Office Hours: I have office hours on Mondays 3-3:30. Students need to come by room 131 or schedule time with me to ask questions, retake quizzes or catch up on work.

Madame Lutz follows ACS guidelines for grading, homework, make-up work and test retakes.