French II Syllabus

King William High School Mrs. Elizabeth Schroll Room 210 French I Syllabus [email protected] 2015-2016 Phone: 540-319-0404 Learning Intentions  Students begin to develop communicative competence in French and expand their understanding of the cultures of francophone countries. We will focus on speaking and writing as an interactive and creative process in which students communicate with each other. Students will speak and write in a presentational context, with a focus on organization of thoughts and awareness of the audience in delivering information.  Students will use vocabulary relating to daily living, including terms for basic greetings, likes and dislikes, requests, descriptions, and directions. Chapters in the text deal with such topics as friends and school situations, family, foods, travel and transportation, entertainment and past times, and seasonal activities. We will also study the influence of the geography of francophone countries on cultural elements, such as food, clothing, dwellings, transportation, language and art.  SOL Strands to be covered include: interpersonal speaking and writing as interactive processes in which students learn to communicate with another French speaker; Interpretive listening and reading as receptive processes in which students develop comprehension of French; presentational speaking and writing in which students focus on organization of thoughts and awareness of their audience in delivering information.  Students will present both oral and written materials that they create and that are provided for them in the form of authentic materials, using a variety of familiar vocabulary, phrases, and structural patterns. There will be a strong emphasis on proper pronunciation. Several projects will be produced using research skills.  Daily review time is essential for learning a foreign language. As we say, “Use it or lose it!” Consequently, students will need to plan for daily graded homework assignments or simply review and oral practice among family members,  usually no less than 15 to 20 minutes per week day!!

Course Content and Materials Text for French I is: Bon Voyage! Level One Supplementary Materials include: videos on culture and conversation music and stories in the target language

Course Outline per Grading Period 1 st Grading Period: Students will cover preliminary chapter and chapters 1-2: greetings, finding out a person’s name, ordering food, the calendar, telling time, describing people, numbers to 100, French language in Africa, school and classes, describing things, how to speak to people formally and informally. 2 nd Grading Period: Students will cover chapters 3-4: the school day, school supplies, numbers to 1000, members of the family, birthdays, houses and apartments, housing in France and French-speaking countries, origins of French names, how to talk about what you and your friends do after school, how to identify and shop for school supplies, how to talk about what you do and don’t do and what you do and don’t like, how to tell what belongs to you and others. 3 rd Grading Period: Students will cover chapters 5-6: going to a café, names of foods, eating utensils, going to a restaurant, meals in France, types of food, shopping for food in an open-air market and at the supermarket, how to ask for quantity, how to talk about what you or others have or don’t have, how to tell what you or others are able to do and want to do.

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4 th Grading Period: Students will cover chapters 7-8: clothing and shopping for clothes, sizes and colors, shopping for clothes in Paris and in Africa, differences between sizes in the U.S. and in France, how to identify and describe articles of clothing, how to describe people’s activities, how to make comparisons, travel at the airport, a trip to Paris, how to talk about some services aboard the plane, how to talk about people and things as a group. Student Supply List All students must have the following with them in class every day: a 3-ring binder with at least 3 section dividers; ruled paper for the binder; pens and pencils; their text book. Participation points will be taken if the student does not arrive to class with these items.

Grading Grades for each marking period are based on the following: Class participation (includes homework and in-class work, both oral and written) 20% Weekly quizzes (oral and written) 30% Projects 10% Tests 40%

Homework Policy Homework is a vital component of the educational process. When homework is assigned, the expectation is that it will be completed before the next class period by the student himself, not copied from another student (see honor code expectations in the Student Code of Conduct). Homework will be collected and reviewed promptly, and a grade will be given to the student based on the attempt made for its successful completion. If the student does not understand the assignment, or has an inordinate amount of difficulty with it, he should stop and wait until the next class when the review takes place to be sure accuracy is attained. It is better to complete the assignment correctly, than to mark incorrect answers just to show a completed assignment.

Classroom Procedures and Expectations  Everyone will show Respect for others in the classroom. This means that when the teacher or another student is talking, everyone else is paying attention to what is being said.  Everyone will observe Consistent Attendance and On-time Arrival with books, supplies and homework assignments.  Everyone will come to class Prepared for learning in a safe and challenging environment. This means arriving to class with all the necessary materials.  Students should be in their seats before the tardy bell, with materials out, and should begin working on the bell-ringer they will see on the board.  Discipline for non-compliance to these expectations: First offense: Warning; Second offense: Warning and call home to parent; Third offense: Call home to parent and detention; Fourth offense: Call home to parent and two days detention; Fifth offense: Call home to parent and office referral.

A note from the teacher: It is my hope that students will enjoy classes in French, and learn to love the language as much as I. This can only occur if every student pays attention during each lesson, and adheres to the classroom expectations. Please consider this as you sign the next page.

I look forward to another wonderful year with the outstanding students of King William schools. No one may prevent or inhibit another from learning or from teaching! Please read the syllabus, then sign and return this page to Mrs. Schroll on the second class day; this is for a participation grade.

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