Bienvenue
à la classe
de Français
Élémentaire
Key questions:
What is my life like?
What is your life like?
How are we similar?
How are we different?
PHS World Language
Department Awarded a
PSMLA Gold Globe
Contact Information
¡ Tracy C. Jackson rm B122
¡ Phone number: (610) 627-6245
¡ e-mail: tjackson@rtmsd.org
¡ RTM homepage: http://www.rtmsd.org
(select a school: Penncrest; e-faculty)
¡ Homework will be posted daily via Twitter
on my webpage @e-Faculty; optional: you
may “follow” my Twitter account
@grandemamanj
Tracy C. Jackson
¡  University of Pennsylvania, BA French 1987
Université de Rabelais, Tours France Summer ʻ‘87
¡  Banking Industry - 10 years
¡  West Chester University, M.Ed. French 2001
¡  Media Resident since 2000- 2 children at Penncrest
¡  Penncrest faculty since 2001
¡  Francophone destinations visited:
France, Québec, Switzerland, St. Martin, New Orleans
¡  PHS Language Immersion trip, China – June 2014
Objectives
¡ AP French/College prep
¡ Organization/time management
¡ Study skills (cognitive awareness)
¡ 21st Century Literacy- ipads!
¡ Incite Enthusiasm for learning
Learning Principles
¡ Student as worker (during class and
after class( 10-15 min homework daily)
¡ Increased Communications Skills
(mix and mingle)
¡ Cultural Knowledge and
appreciation(field trips: local and
abroad)
World Languages Standards
Curriculum
¡ Bien Dit 2 Textbook and Workbook, chapters 1-5
¡ Full review of Bien Dit 1 (chapters 1-10) until
mid-October
¡ Chapter 1 – family, friends, school
¡ Chapter 2 – holidays and festivities (oral
presentation in groups)
¡ Chapter 3 – Shopping (groceries) and Food
¡ Chapter 4 – Before, during, after school;
computers
¡ Chapter 5 – Daily Routine
Parental Involvement
¡ Ask about French class
¡ Encourage your child
(encourage them to travel!!)
¡ Contact me and/or Guidance
¡ Trust that I have your child’s best
interests at heart
Course Syllabus
¡ Curriculum content
¡ Classroom courtesies RESPECT
¡ Homework
¡ Assessment (Bienvenue signature page)