Curriculum Map 2010-2011
Walsingham Academy
Chiddo, Domenick / 325: AP French
La voix de
jeunesse
(11
Weeks)
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La vie
quotidienne:
aujourd’hui
et demain
(6 Weeks)
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Content
Vocabulary and Culture
 Growing up: Life
from a child's
perspective
 Vocabulary from Le
Petit Prince
Structure
 Present Indicative
 Imperative
 Past tenses
 Nouns & articles
 Adjectives
 Present Subjunctive
 Past Subjunctive
Vocabulary and Culture
 Computers and technology
 Health and disease
 Environmental Issues
 Politics and government
Structure
 Future
 Future perfect
 Conditional
 Past conditional
 The verb devoir
 Object pronouns
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Skills
Identify main ideas and list
supporting details.
Find synonyms, antonyms, and
other vocabulary connections.
Recognize tense and mood.
Identify significant stylistic
elements (e.g., irony).
Read passages expressively.
Participate in daily discussions.
Summarize and discuss
readings.
Narrate events
and experiences.
Role-play situations to
demonstrate understanding of
texts and to convey meaning.
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Resources
Textbook: Barron's AP French, Une fois pour
toutes
Novel: Le Petit Prince
Film: Le Petit Prince, spectacle musical
Write from dictation.
Compose dialogs and short
paragraphs using grammatically
correct sentences.
Edit language for accuracy (e.g.,
subject-verb agreement).
Incorporate new vocabulary and
grammar structures in writing.
Discuss issues faced by
contemporary and future citizens of
France.
Conduct research about current
events using French sources.
Keep a journal in French.
Make predictions about the future.
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Textbook: Barron's AP
French, Une fois pour toutes
Film: Entre les murs
Novel: Kiffe-kiffe demain
La vie
ensemble
(9 Weeks)
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Vocabulary and Culture
 Describing character, feelings, and
personal growth
 Relationships: love, friendship, and
family
Structure
 Prepositions w/infinitives
 Relative pronouns
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Le monde
francophone
(9 Weeks)
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Vocabulary & Culture
 Colonialism
 Immigration
 Identity
 Racism and prejudice
Structure
 Indirect discourse
 The passive voice
 The causative with faire
 Negation
 The present participle
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Discuss and debate a character’s
actions from various points of view.
Analyze a character’s moral growth
in the course of a literary work or
film.
Describe feelings for someone.
Analyze and discuss a relationship
between two people.
Read and illustrate poetry written in
French.
Recite poetry from memory with
correct pronunciation.
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Identify areas of the francophone
world.
Name and describe key cultural
variables affecting development in
targeted francophone regions.
Interpret socio-linguistic cues in
readings and films.
Distinguish between francophone
cultural attitudes and behaviors and
those of American culture.
Conduct research using sources in
French.
Incorporate new vocabulary and
grammar structures in writing.
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Textbook: Barron's AP
French, Une fois pour toutes
Novels:
 Bonjour tristesse
 L’Etranger
Films:
 Amélie
 Le P'tit chaos
 Bienvenue chez les
Ch'tis
Barron's AP French, Une
fois pour toutes
Novels:
 Rue cases-nègres
 L’Enfant noir
Films:
 Chocolat
 Indochine