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French 3 Teacher: Christopher Houseman Email: [email protected] Phone: (714) 569-6300 x 69509 Room: 302 Textbook: Vallette, Jean-Paul and Vallette, Rébecca: Discovering French Nouveau 3 (Rouge), Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2007.

Course Description French 3 is a third-year French course designed to enhance and build upon what students learned in their previous two years. Students succeeding in French 3 will be able to create conversations, ask and answer questions, briefly describe things, and express needs and wishes. They will become more fluent in using grammatical structures from the first two years including: use of pronouns, reflexive verbs, the futur proche (near future), and two French past tenses, the passé composé and the imparfait (imperfect). In addition, they will learn the subjunctive and the future tense. In order to gain a better understanding of French cultural contributions, French 3 students will be exposed to French art, literature, and history in the target language.

French 3 Course Calendar Dates Unité/Themes Grammar/Vocabulary/Culture August Reprise: Vive les vacances! verbs in the present, passé composé, pronouns Septembe Unité 1: Au Jour le jour describing people, reflexive verbs, French art r October Unité 2: Soyons utiles! subjunctive, household chores, early French history November Unité 3: Vive la nature! passé composé vs. imparfait, passé simple environment, French history 1453-1715 December Unité 4: Aspects de la vie pronouns, shopping quotidienne First Semester Final Test January Unité 5: Bon voyage! future tense, conditional tense, travel, French history 1715-1870 February Unité 6: Séjour en France comparative, superlative, more about travel, French history 1870-present March Unité 7: La forme et la santé health, le plus-que-parfait April novel: Le Petit Prince culmination using authentic French literature May novel: Le Petit Prince culmination using authentic French literature Second Semester Final Test

1 Grading Policy I. Classwork and Participation Various assignments including warm-ups, songs, and active participation—25% II. Homework—25% Homework will be checked the day following the day it is assigned. Students completing homework assignments on time will receive 3 points. Students who complete homework one day late will receive 2 points. Students with excused absences may delay submission of homework with no penalty corresponding to the number of days they are excused. Otherwise no homework later than one day will be accepted. III. Quizzes—25% Quizzes will usually be given on Friday, and usually test vocabulary or oral proficiency. Students with excused absences will be excused from the quiz. V. Tests—25% Students with excused absences may make up unit tests.

Make-Up Work Students who miss class should check the binder labeled ‘French Lesson Plans’ in order to see what they missed.

Grading Scale <90% A 70%-79% C >60% F 80%-89% B 60%-69% D Note: Colleges/Universities do not accept a ‘D’ grade or less when considering a student for admission Classroom Rules Saddleback High School has a TRACK policy. TRACK stands for: Tolerance Responsibility Achievement Community Knowledge Students should adhere to the TRACK guidelines to achieve the best results both socially and academically.

Phone Policy Students should: 1. enter the classroom, turn off their phones and put them in their backpacks 2. take the things that they will need for class out of their backpacks 3. put their backpacks against the side wall 4. retrieve their backpacks at the end of the period Violation Consequences 1. Phone will be confiscated until the end of the school day. If the teacher is gone, you must retrieve your phone the next school day. 2. Phone will be confiscated as above, and parent will be notified. 3. Phone will be confiscated and parent notified. Student will also receive a referral.

2 Tips for Doing Well in French Class I really do want you to succeed in French class. Here are some basic ways you can do well in this class: 1. Come to class. 2. Focus: do not draw, write notes, do work for other classes. Be an active learner. While others are answering questions, you try to figure out the answer as well. 3. Participate. 4. Take notes. 5. Do your homework. 6. Review what we have learned by studying the textbook every day. 7. Pay attention to the song. There is at least one song in every class. Many students learn better through music than by any other method. The songs are chosen because they: a. stress a certain grammar point we are working on at the moment b. are a well-known part of French or francophone culture c. have lyrics that are easy to understand d. are good songs. Try to understand a little more of the song each time you hear it. 8. Get to know your textbook. The textbook is a wonderful resource full of stories, pictures, grammar explanations, cultural notes, maps, and vocabulary lists. 9. Study outside of class. Watch a movie with French subtitles. Get a French book, magazine, comic book, or CD-ROM from a bookstore to reinforce what you learn in class. Go to websites such as French at About (french.about.com) to test yourself with quizzes on-line. 10. Make connections with English (or Spanish) The more you read in English, the more you will discover connections to French words and phrases. The French word for teeth is dents, similar to the English words ‘dentist’ and ‘dental’ and the Spanish dientes. Some common French words are obscure English words, for example the phrase chef d’œuvre is sometimes used in English rather than the more common ‘masterpiece’. Some phrases from art, fashion, or news are taken directly from French, for example trompe l’œil, prêt-à-porter, and coup d’etat. 11. Come in for tutoring after school. FAST (French After School Tutoring) will be held regularly. In addition, Mr. Houseman is generally available on other days as well.

3 Materials Recommended materials include: a pen or pencil, eraser, notebook, planner, or agenda to write assignments in, and index cards or a notebook for vocabulary.

Equipment Students are not to come in contact with teacher’s desk, storage, the ELMO/LCD projector, the TV/VCR/DVD, or other equipment and materials in the room.

Interruptions Students should be polite when other people come into the room.

Fire and disaster drills Students must be quiet and orderly during drills. Students will follow the teacher and line up on the basketball court in the place designated for room 203.

Cheating Students caught cheating on tests or quizzes will receive a grade of ‘F’ for the semester.

National Standards—French Communication 1.1 Students engage in conversations or correspondence in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 Students understand and interpret spoken and written French on a variety of topics. 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas in French to an audience of listeners or readers. Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the francophone world. 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding between the products and perspectives of the cultures of the francophone world. Connections 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through French. 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through francophone cultures. Comparisons 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of French and their native language. 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of francophone cultures and their own. Communities 5.1 Students use French both within and beyond the school setting. 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using French for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

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