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Course: FSF 3U
Course Outline
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www.ugdsb.on.ca/westside
Teacher(s): P. Chamberland, E. Tschirhart
Program Leader: A. Willoughby
Email: ​
paul.chamberland@ugdsb.on.ca, emily.tschirhart@ugdsb.on.ca
Course Description: ​
This course offers students extended opportunities to speak and interact in real-life
situations in French with greater independence. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and
writing skills, as well as their creative and critical thinking skills, through responding to and exploring a variety of
oral and written texts. They will also broaden their understanding and appreciation of diverse French-speaking
communities and to develop the skills necessary for life-long language learning.
Prerequisite: Core French, Grade 10, Academic
Big Ideas ​
(overall learning outcomes for the course):
● Students can discuss complex, open-ended ideas
● Students can create a formal written response using appropriate language structures
● Students can read a novel and respond to simple and complex questions
● Students can understand, interpret, and derive meaning from authentic French oral texts
Achievement Categories: ​
Student learning is
assessed and evaluated with respect to the following
four categories of knowledge and skills.
Knowledge and Understanding: 25​
% ​
Thinking: ​
25%
Communication: 25​
%
Application:​
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25%
Instructional Strategies:​
Westside teaching staff will use a variety of instructional strategies to help students
develop and improve skills in the following areas: character, citizenship, communication, critical thinking and
problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, and creativity and imagination.
Assessment and Evaluation: ​
Formative assessments are used to improve student learning by providing varied
opportunities to demonstrate an understanding of course expectations in preparation for summative evaluations.
Summative evaluations test groups of key expectations. Failure to complete a summative evaluation may result in
the expectations of the course not being met and the credit not being granted.
Late Work:​
Students are expected to complete all assigned work and submit it by the teacher’s established due
date. Every attempt will be made to encourage students to complete all assigned work on time so their grade
represents their actual achievement. Should a student submit work past the due date, a late mark penalty will be
assigned. All summative assessments must be submitted for course credit.
Term Work (70%)
Unit of Study
Summative Evaluations
étude de roman
discussions, reading tests, essay
la grammaire
writing tests and assignments, speaking assignments
les médias
spoken defence/debate, written assignment
disscussion/conversation
speaking, listen and respond
Final Summative (30%)
exam
speaking, writing, reading, listening