September 3rd, 2015
Dear Parents-Guardians:
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the Grade 9 French program at St. Mary’s Academy.
Your child has been given a tentative outline for the year and is asked to keep this outline in his/her
binder. Please take time to review this outline with your child.
In recent years there has been a great deal of change dealing with the way Core French is taught in the
classroom. No longer are students required to focus entirely on written French; instead they are given
opportunities to speak the language. This is known as the “neuro-linguistic” approach. Students will
learn new sentence structures orally (with a great deal of practice) before reading and writing similar
sentence structures. Reading and writing still have their place in the French classroom, but it is done at
the appropriate times.
My goal as your daughter’s/son’s French teacher is to provide a safe classroom environment in which
they feel free to take risks with the language. When preparing my lessons this is always a consideration.
As a parent I would like you to reinforce with your child the idea that participation in French class is
extremely important and if they make an effort to participate they will notice a great deal of
improvement.
I look forward to working with your child and hope that he/she has a successful year. If you have any
questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at any time.
Sincerely,
Daniel Arpin
(902) 872-1322
Email: daniel.arpin@srsb.ca
Grade 9 tentative outline:
2015-2016
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Mon été
Autobiographie
Les monstres (adjectives)
Les Animaux
Les passe-temps
Les films
September
End September/October
November/December
January/February
March/April
May/June
Tentative evaluation Format
Tests/quizzes
15 Points
Oral Projects
25 Points
Reading & writing projects
20 Points
Oral Activities & Participation
25 Points
(Will be based on numerous in class observations of sentence structure, grammar, and pronunciation
throughout the entire process, not just at one given point. This is to view the student’s progress)
Final assignments
15 Points