FRENCH I – Honors Semester ONE NATIONAL (AND STATE) STANDARDS FOR WORLD LANGUAGE LEARNING COMMUNICATION Communicate in Languages Other Than English Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. CULTURES Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied CONNECTIONS Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures COMPARISONS Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. TEXT: Bon Voyage, Level 1 *Advanced vs. Honors 1 levels: distinctions made as appropriate CONTENT: Preliminary chapters through Chapter 5 Topics = Greetings and Introductions, Describing oneself and others, school subjects and classes, family and house/rooms, restaurant/ table settings and foods, numbers 0-1000, telling time and date, days of week and months of year, fruits and colors, school supplies and daily school activities Verbs (present tense) = etre, avoir, regular ‘er’, aller; “avoir” expressions (hunger/thirst, age); near future tense with “aller” Grammar = definite and indefinite articles, adjective agreement, subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, vous/tu, pronouns “on”, negative constructions, contractions with “á” and “de”, some irregular adjective forms. Culture = France geography and geographical features (vocab); Francophone information as given in student projects (capitals, continents, flags, interesting facts, etc);specific items about family, schools, dining out and greetings in French culture SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Preliminary Sections A – F in textbook 5 days (pg.2-15 + handouts on greetings) greetings /questions/names items numbers 1-30 finding and giving the date polite expressions + some food days of week, months of year telling time Classroom objects(we did more than in book Chapter 3) Chapitre 1 5 days (pg. 18-47) adjectives used to describe people (agreement) vocab about people (fille, soeur, etc) verb être (singular) present tense making a sentence negative indefinite and definite articles (masculine/feminine) numbers 30-60 Chapitre 2 6 days (pg. 50-79) vocab of friends and school describe) verb être (plural forms) present tense vous / tu uses school subjects (+ adj to plural of articles numbers 70-100 Les Couleurs / Les Fruits – review handouts to be able to recognize and identify Chapitre 3 6 days (pg. 82-109) Vocab of school and daily activities (during and after school, more school supplies) regular “er” verbs (arriver, parler, etc.) the pronoun “on” numbers 100-1000 indefinite articles with plural or negative preference vocab (verb + infinitve) info about schools in France Chapitre 4 7 days (pg. 112-141) family house / apt./ rooms vocab verb avoir (present tense forms) avoir expressions (age, il y a , etc) possessive adj (mon, ton, etc) irregular adj (nouveau, beau, vieux) irregular plurals (cadeau/cadeaux, etc) Chapitre 5 7 days (pg. 154-183) vocab in café and restaurant (table settings) avoir expressions (soif, faim, etc.) more “er” verbs (chercher, trouver, commander, etc) irregular verb aller “futur proche” tense (aller + infinitive) contractions (with à or de) verbe prendre (apprendre, comprendre) SEMESTER OUTCOMES Students should be able to complete each area with at least 80% success score. SPEAKING: Students are able to speak in the target language and be understood by their teacher given few pronunciation and grammar errors. Students can form complete sentences using appropriate grammatical structures. Students can respond to personal questions with appropriate responses in complete sentences. Students can describe a picture in completes sentences using appropriate vocabulary. Students can speak with minimal pauses and hesitation. LISTENING: Students can listen to a short conversation in the target language and answer 4 or 5 questions about the content. (True or False) Students can hear a question and choose the appropriate response. (Multiple choice) Students can listen to statements and match with a picture. Students can decide if statement heard is about one or more persons. Students can identify numbers (0-1000) when heard. Students can listen to a paragraph and write what has been said. READING Students can read a short paragraph and choose correct responses to multiple choice questions about the content. Students can match individual sentences to corresponding illustrations. Students can complete a conversation in a restaurant. Students can choose appropriate vocab word to make sentence correct (multiple choice) Students can choose most logical response to a question (multiple choice) Students can read a short selection (1-3 paragraphs) in the target language and answer questions about it in English. WRITING: Students can insert the present tense form of a specific verb into a sentence. Students can select the correct form of the verb indicated within a paragraph given two possible choices. Students can choose the correct form of the verb for the sentence (mult choice – Hon 1) Students can choose the correct grammar form to make sentence correct Students can accurately describe the activity seen in a picture using correct sentence structures and subject/verb forms in at least three sentences. ** Students can perform at 80% success rate per TASK section.