Mountain Range High School
12500 Huron Street  Westminster, CO 80234
Office: (720) 972-6300  Fax: (720) 972-6529
http://www.mountainrange.adams12.org
School Year
2015-16
Teacher name
Website
Email address
Phone
Course Name
Jennifer Honka
https://sites.google.com/a/adams12.org/mrhshonka15-16/
Jennifer.Honka@adams12.org
720-972-6370
French III
French III continues to build and improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening
comprehension skills at an advanced level. In addition, students refine communication skills
using complex grammatical structures. Select works of literature are analyzed for grammatical,
Course
literary, historical, and cultural value. Class activities include literary response, individual and group
Description
projects, original written work and seminars. Instruction and participation will be primarily in the
target language.
Prerequisite: Level II or approval of instructor.
Units of Study and Content Standards
Approximate Timeframe of
Assessment
Allez Viens! Introduction and review of topics from previous levels – various
August - September
chapters: Summer
Vocabulary Topics:
 Travel vocabulary
 Modes of transportation
 Airport / train station /
 Expressing favorites
 Poetry
Grammatical Structures:
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Object pronouns and their syntactic placement
Past tense - conversational
Past tense – narrative
Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Allez Viens!: La musique (Music)
Vocabulary Topics:
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Different types of music
Composers
Instruments
Expressing preferences
Expressing favorites
Expressing opinions
Poetry
September - October
Mountain Range High School
12500 Huron Street  Westminster, CO 80234
Office: (720) 972-6300  Fax: (720) 972-6529
http://www.mountainrange.adams12.org
Grammatical Structures:
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Comparatives
Superlatives
Past tense - conversational
Past tense – narrative
Imperfect tense – conversational
Imperfect tense - narrative
Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Allez Viens!: La Vie quotidienne (Living) in the past, the present, and the
future
End of semester project, review and assessments
November - December
Vocabulary Sets:
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Places to live
Advantages and disadvantages of city life and country life
Parts of a house
Family members
Describing appearances
Personality characteristics
Chores
Giving reasons
Grammatical Structures:
 Future tense
 Imperfect tense – conversational
 Imperfect tense – narrative
 Adjectives and comparatives
 Adjective endings
Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Allez Viens!: L’Art, la littérature, et la Technologie (Art, Literature and
Technology): Le Petit Prince
Vocabulary Topics:
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Art
Literature
Technology
Expressing opinions
Expressing preferences
Expressing envy and admiration
Saying that something is or was being done
Reporting past events
Childhood
January - March
Mountain Range High School
12500 Huron Street  Westminster, CO 80234
Office: (720) 972-6300  Fax: (720) 972-6529
http://www.mountainrange.adams12.org
Grammatical Structures:
 Past tenses (passé compose, imparfait, passé simple) – narrative
 Comparatives
 Superlatives
 Passive voice
Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3,4
Allez Viens! La France, le passé et le present, et le futur (France, past, present,
and futur):
March - April
Vocabulary Topics:
 Historical terms
 Describing advantages and disadvantages
 Giving reasons
 Describing goals
 Talking about possibilities
 Saying what you would have liked to do
 Reporting past events
 Expressing surprise, relief and resignation
 Expressing an assumption
 Giving advice
 Current events and politics
Grammatical Structures:
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Verbs used as nouns
Conjunctions - coordinating
Conjunctions – subordinating
Command forms – informal and formal
Future tense
Conditional tense (revisited)
Conditional passé
Imperfect tense (revisited)
Plus-que-parfait tense
Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Mountain Range High School
12500 Huron Street  Westminster, CO 80234
Office: (720) 972-6300  Fax: (720) 972-6529
http://www.mountainrange.adams12.org
May
End of year project, review and assessments
District Level In-common assessments
Speaking: Students will have a conversation with the teacher to
demonstrate ability to communicate verbally Standards: 1.1 and 1.3
Reading: Students will read four samples and answer questions (twenty in
total) to demonstrate ability to understand through reading Standard:
1.2
Writing: Students will write a short sample/essay to demonstrate
express him/herself through writing Standard: 1.3
GRC 1
GRC 2
GRC 3
GRC 4
GRC 5
ability to
Grade Reporting Criteria/Weights
Interpersonal Communication
Presentational Communication
Interpretive Communication
Grammar/Vocabulary Concepts
Practice
25%
25%
25%
15%
10%
Grades are based on achievement of Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations.
*Weekly progress grades are posted at https://ic.adasm12.org/campus/portal/adams12.isp
General Expectations
 Grades are based upon the demonstration of proficiency on units associated with a standard/essential outcome.
 Assessment: 90% Assessments are a means to determine a student’s mastery and understanding of information, skills, concepts, or processes.
 Practice: 10% Practice includes opportunities for students to receive clear, specific, and timely feedback as they are developing knowledge and
skills, prior to Assessments.
 Assessments will be graded based on teacher/district/state rubrics.
Class Expectations
Missing or incomplete assignments/assessments for this course: Superintendent Policies 6280 Homework and 6281 Make-Up Work will be followed
for this course. They state that it is the student’s responsibility to request and obtain missing work. When a student has an excused absence, the
student has the same number of days they were absent plus one day to make up assignments. Students who are unexcused may not be able to
receive feedback from Practice prior to required Assessments.