CORE CURRICULUM: SYLLABI

Department: Foreign Language

Course: French IV Credit: 1

Grade-Level Appropriateness: 12

Prerequisite(s): French I, II and III

Course Overview:

This course builds on vocabulary, grammar, usage, and mechanics acquired from previous classes in French. It stresses oral and written communication skills and requires a high level of comprehension and interest. Students will be expected to function in the language during most of each class period.

Basic Outline of Course (By Units):

Semester 1:

á Culture (E1-4), (F1, F3-5)

á Regular and irregular verbs, (present, passe compose, imperfect, past perfect, passe simple, future, conditional) (A1-3), (B1-5), (C1-4), (D1-4)

á Gender of nouns (D4)

á Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles (A1-2), (C1-2), (D1-4)

á Position and agreement of adjectives (D4)

á Position and use of direct and indirect object pronouns (D4)

á Review of y and en (D1, D4)

á Miscellaneous oral and written activities (including reading) (A1-3), (C1-7), (D1-5), (E1-4), (F4-5)

Semester II:

á Inifintives (D1-2, D4)

á Present participle (D1-2,D4)

á Subjunctive (D1-2, D4)

á Negative expressions (D3-4)

á Adjectives (comparative and superlative) (D1, D4)

á Adverbs (D1, D4)

á Numbers (D1, D4)

á Impersonal adjectives (D1, D3-4)

á Negatives (D3-4)

á Textbook (optional)

á Future (review) (A1-3), B1-5), (C1-7, (D1-2, D4)

á Conditional (review) (A1-3), B1-5), (C1-7, (D1-2, D4)

á Future anterior (D2-4)

á Past conditional (D2-4)

á Passive tenses (D2-4)

á Faire with expressions of perception (A1-3), (B1), (C1-3), D1-4)

á Miscellaneous oral and written activities (A1-3), (C1-7),(D1-5),(E1-4),(F4-5)

Major Assignments:

á None

Evaluation Techniques:

á Quizzes and tests (oral and written)

á Writing assignments

á Projects

á Class participation

Textbooks:

á Discovering French: Rouge (McDougal Littell 1998)

Supplementary Materials:

á Discovering French: Rouge (Workbook) (McDougal Littell 1998)

á Teacher's resource binder (McDougal Littell 1998)

á Miscellaneous videos for culture/travel/holidays