School Administrative District #4
Unity of purpose
Department:" Foreign Language
Course:" French I"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Credit: 1
Grade-Level Appropriateness:" 9-12
Prerequisite(s):" None
Course Overview:
This course reviews and extends the vocabulary and concepts taught in grades 1-5." Students need to apply knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, usage, and mechanics to oral and written work, in a non-threatening and comfortable environment." Students will lean to write short paragraphs and compositions and to converse in French." A video program that incorporates the grammar and vocabulary in a cultural setting will be viewed throughout the year.
Basic Outline of Course (By Units):
""""""""""" Semester 1: "(pages 1-147)
á Culture (E1-4), (F1, F3-5)
á Basic, practical conversation and vocabulary (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4, C7), (D1-5)
á Regular er verbs (present tense) (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4), (D1-4)
á Pronouns (subject, stress, possessive) (D1-4)
á Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences (A1-3), (B1, B3-5), (C4), (D1-5)
á Liason (D2)
á Question words (A1-3), (B1-2, B5), (C2, C4, C7), (D3-4)
á Verb + infinitive (A2-3), (B1, B3-5), C3-4, C7), (D1-3)
á Irregular verbs (present tense) (A1-3), (B1-5), C1-4, C7), (D1-5), (E2)
á Definite/indefinite articles (A1-2), C1-2), (D1-4)
á Noun/adjective agreement (B1, B3), (C2), (D1-4)
á II est/c'est (A1-3), (B1), (C2), (D1-4)
á a and de + article (D4)
á Near future (A2-3), B1, B3-5), (C3, C4, C7), (D1-5)
á Possession (D1, D3-4)
á Short compositions (A1, A3), (B1-5), (C1-4, C7), (D1-5), (E1-4), F4)
á Miscellaneous oral and written activities (A1-3), (C1-7)
""""""""""" Semester II: "(pages 148-256)
á Expressions with etre (A2-3), (B1), (C1-3), D1-4)
á er verbs (passe compose) (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4), (D1-4)
á ir, re verbs (present, passe compose (time permitting)) (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4), (D1-4)
á Irregular verbs (new) (Present, passe compose (time permitting)) (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4), (D1-4)
á Interrogative and demonstrative adjectives (A2), (D1-4)
á Irregular adjectives (B1-3), (C2), (D1-4)
á Comparison of adjectives (A1), (B1), (D1-5)
á Expressions with avoir (A1-3), (B1), (C1-3), (D1-4)
á Definite articles in a general sense (A1-2), (C1-2), (D1-4)
á Partitive articles (A1-2), (C1-2), (D1-4)
á Expressions with faire (A1-3), (B1), (C1-3), (D1-4)
á Commands (A3), (D1-4)
á Short compositions (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4, C7), (D1-5), (E1-4), (F4)
á Miscellaneous oral and written activities (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4, C7), (D1-5), (E1-4), (F4)
Major Assignments:
á None
Evaluation Techniques:
á Quizzes and tests (oral and written)
á Writing assignments
á Projects
á Journal activities
á Class participation
""""""""""" Textbooks:
á Discovering French:" Bleu" (McDougal Littell 1998)
Supplementary Materials:
á Discovering French:" Bleu" (Video Program) (McDougal Littell 1998)
á Discovering French:" Bleu" (Workbook) (McDougal Littell 1998)
á Teacher's resource binder (McDougal Littell 1998)
á Cassette program (McDougal Littell 1998)
á Miscellaneous videos for culture/holidays
á Testing & Assessment Kit (McDougal Littell 1998)