French V Syllabus (French III college credit)
Instructor: Mr. Klankey
Location: Turner High School Room A212
Dates: Monday – Friday 2nd hour August 22nd, 2007 – May 22nd, 2008
Webpages: http://www.turnerusd202.org/klankey
1st Quarter (After a diagnostic AP French test formal grammar instruction will be
matched to individual needs)
Leçon 1
Il Flotte Encore !
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: Contractions
A. The Omission of « e »
B. The Omission of « ne »
C. The Omission of «u » in « tu »
D. The Omission of “re”
E. More common Contractions
3. Dictation
Leçon 2
Quel Boui-Boui !
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: The Spoken Structure of Questions
A. Inversion and “est-ce que” forms
B. The Structure of a question when using interrogative terms
3. Dictation
Leçon 3
On a piqué ma téloche !
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: The structure of a sentence
A. Subject followed by a personal pronoun
B. Subject/Object at the end of a sentence
C. Interrogative terms at the end of a phrase
3. Dictation
2nd Quarter
Notre Dame De Paris (novel)
In this quarter you will read a French novel and discuss the characters, theme,
plot, and symbolism in French.
Leçon 4
La joie d’être bouchon
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: Words that add emphasis
A. Reduction of demonstrative adjectives
B. The adverb un peu after imperatives
C. The adverb ben before imperatives
D. The adverb alors
3. Dictation
Leçon 5
La grande boum
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: Popular usage of objective case personal pronouns and Ça
A. Objective case personal pronouns
B. Further popular use of Ça
3. Dictation
3rd Quarter
De La Terre À La Lune et Le Petit Prince (at least 2 novels)
In this quarter you will read two French novels and discuss the characters, theme,
plot, and symbolism in French.
4th Quarter
Leçon 6
Le chouchou du prof
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: Colloquial use of present tense to indicate future
3. Dictation
Leçon 7
La vie de cossard
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: Further use of personal pronouns
A. The personal pronoun moi
B. Using objective case personal pronouns to add emphasis
3. Dictation
Leçon 8
Dans le zinc
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: The many colloquial uses of bon
A. To begin a conversation or wrap up a thought
B. To express anger
C. Bon + ben
D. Ah + bon
E. Pour de bon
3. Dictation
Leçon 9
Un coup de fil
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: The use of the relative and interrogative pronoun quoi
A. Quoi used euphemistically
B. Quoi used to indicate emotion
C. Quoi used to indicate impatience
3. Dictation
Leçon 10
J’ai la crève !
1. Dialogue et vocabulaire
2. Spoken Grammar: The omission of the possessive adjective
A. In an imperative command
B. In a statement
C. In the passé compose
D. In the past tense using pronominal verbs
3. Spoken Grammar: Personal pronouns when offering and asking for favors
A. In an imperative or command
B. In reference to a favor or service
C. In the passé composé
4. Dictation
Grading will be based on total points for:
Portfolio Entries for each chapter
Homework and Pop Quizzes
Pamphlet, questions, and exam over each novel