Bienvenue
à la classe
de Français
Avancé (IV)!
Key questions:
What is my life like?
What is your life like?
How do I look at the world?
How do you look at the world?
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 2001: 2 children at PHS
¡ 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 (10-20 min homework daily)
¡ Increased Communications Skills/
Problem-solving; Opinions and
perspectives (mix and mingle)
¡ Cultural Knowledge: field trips: local and
abroad
World Languages Standards
Curriculum
Bien Dit 3 Textbook – chapters 1-8; there is a midterm
(January) and a final (June)
Topics: Vacations, past times and hobbies; the workplace;
fables, fairytales and legends; love and friendship; the press and
the media; nature, health and well-being; our planet and the
environment; Francophone countries and the European Union;
family, society, values and fundamental rights; arts and sciences;
Supplementary: Current events – French Newspapers; Official
sites in French
Literature (short stories; excerpts; thematic discussions)
Cultural Appreciation: Fine Arts, Music, Film, Sites and Monuments
Oral Presentations: ; daily oral communication exercises; at least
two formal oral presentations and one video project
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 yellow parent signature page)