French Level 4
Course Description: The main objective of this course is to enhance the reading,
writing, listening and speaking skills of upper level students to prepare them for success
on the Advanced Placement Exam and college-level courses. French will be spoken
exclusively by the instructor and the students will be encouraged to speak French as
much as possible as well.
Materials:
 Textbooks
o Trésors du Temps
 Author: Yvone Lenard
 Publisher: Glencoe Publishing Company
 2005
o En Bonne Forme (Seventh Edition)
 Author:Simone Renaud Dietiker and Dominique van Hooff
 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
 2001
○ Moments Littéraire
 Author: Bette G. Hirsch and Chantal P. Thompson
 Publisher: D.C. Heath and Co.
 2001
 Trésors du Temps Workbook
 French/English Dictionaries
 501 French Verbs or other verb conjugation book
 Music
o MC Solaar
o Carla Bruni
o Jacques Brel
o others
 Movies
 Paper or composition notebook for Journal writing
 Supplemental reading material
o French magazines
 Paris Match
o Newspapers
 Le Figaro
o Internet articles and websites
 Espace Francophone
 TV5
o Harry Potter à L’école des Sorciers
 Author : J.K. Rowling
 Publisher :
o L’Etranger
 Author : Albert Camus
 Publisher :
o Barron’s AP Exam 2nd Edition
 Author : Laila Amory
 Publisher : Barron’s Educational Series
o Others chosen by teacher
First Semester : First 9 Weeks
First 3 Weeks
 Trésors du Temps « Première Etape »
 Supplemental:
o Listening: Listen to a cassette/CD of music or speaking for dictation for 5
minutes on the first class of the week.
o Speaking: Students will look at pictures chosen by the teacher and will
describe in French what is occurring/has occurred in the picture once a
week.
o Reading: Outside reading assigned by teacher. Students will take a
comprehension test at the end of the 3 weeks.
o Writing: Students will write a composition using Inquiry-based Research
and Heuristic Procedures about a topic of the student’s choice to be due at
the end of the 9 Weeks grading period.
o Journal Entry to be written during the first 15 minutes of the first class of
the week focusing on research/thoughts/questions students encountered
during the break regarding the topic for their 9 Weeks Composition.
2nd 3 Weeks
 “Deuxième Etape”
 Supplemental: Repeat 1st 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
3rd 3 Weeks
 Troisième Etape
 Supplemental: Repeat 1st and 2nd 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
9 Weeks Assessment:
 Inquiry-Based Research Composition
 Barron’s 2008 AP Practice Exam
Second 9 Weeks
4th 3 Weeks
 Trésors du Temps « Quatrième Etape »
 Supplemental:
o Listening: Listen to a cassette/CD of music or speaking for dictation for 5
minutes on the first class of the week.
o Speaking: Students will look at pictures chosen by the teacher and will
describe in French what is occurring/has occurred in the picture once a
week.
o Reading: Outside reading assigned by teacher. Students will take a
comprehension test at the end of the 3 weeks.
o Writing: Students will write a composition using Inquiry-based Research
and Heuristic Procedures about a topic of the student’s choice to be due at
the end of the 9 Weeks grading period.
o Journal Entry to be written during the first 15 minutes of the first class of
the week focusing on research/thoughts/questions students encountered
during the break regarding the topic for their 9 Weeks Composition.
5th 3 Weeks
 “Cinquième Etape”
 Supplemental: Repeat 4th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
6th 3 Weeks
 Sixième Etape
 Supplemental: Repeat 4th and 5th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
9 Weeks Assessment:


Inquiry-Based Research Composition
Barron’s 2008 AP Practice Exam
Second Semester: 3rd 9 Weeks
7th 3 Weeks
 Trésors du Temps « Septième Etape »
 Supplemental:
o Listening: Listen to a cassette/CD of music or speaking for dictation for 5
minutes on the first class of the week.
o Speaking: Students will look at pictures chosen by the teacher and will
describe in French what is occurring/has occurred in the picture once a
week.
o Reading: Outside reading assigned by teacher. Students will take a
comprehension test at the end of the 3 weeks.
o Students will write an essay about a topic of the student’s choice to be due
at the end of the 9 Weeks. The essay will be at least one page in length,
skipping lines.
o Writing: Students will write a composition using Inquiry-based Research
and Heuristic Procedures about a topic of the student’s choice to be due at
the end of the 9 Weeks grading period.
o Journal Entry to be written during the first 15 minutes of the first class of
the week focusing on research/thoughts/questions students encountered
during the break regarding the topic for their 9 Weeks Composition.
8th 3 Weeks
 “Huitième Etape”
 Supplemental: Repeat 7th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
9th 3 Weeks
 Neuvième Etape
 Supplemental: Repeat 7th and 8th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
9 Weeks Assessment:
 Inquiry-Based Research Composition
 Barron’s 2008 AP Practice Exam
Second Semester: 4th 9 Weeks
10th 3 Weeks
 Trésors du Temps « Dixième Etape »
 Supplemental:
o Listening: Listen to a cassette/CD of music or speaking for dictation for 5
minutes on the first class of the week.
o Speaking: Students will look at pictures chosen by the teacher and will
describe what is occurring/has occurred in the picture once a week.
o Reading: Outside reading assigned by teacher. Students will take a
comprehension test at the end of the 3 weeks.
o Writing: Students will write a composition using Inquiry-based Research
and Heuristic Procedures about a topic of the student’s choice to be due at
the end of the 9 Weeks grading period.
o Journal Entry to be written during the first 15 minutes of the first class of
the week focusing on research/thoughts/questions students encountered
during the break regarding the topic for their 9 Weeks Composition.
11th 3 Weeks
 “Onzième Etape”
 Supplemental: Repeat 10th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
12th 3 Weeks
 “Douzième Etape”
 Supplemental: Repeat 10th and 11th 3 Weeks
 Mini-conferences with individual students regarding the 9 Weeks Composition
each week.
9 Weeks Assessment:
 Inquiry-Based Research Composition
 Barron’s 2008 AP Practice Exam
Topics to be covered in French 4
I.
Review and expansion of verbs
a. Present Tense
1.–er
2.–ir
3.-re
4. Avoir
5. Etre
6. Faire
7. Aller
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
8. Vouloir
9. Pouvoir
10. Devoir
11. Venir
12. Partir
13. Dormir
14. Sortir
15. Voir
16. Prendre
17. Mettre
Near future
Imperative
Past Tenses
i.Passe Compose
ii.Imparfait
iii.Passe compose vs. Imparfait
Reflexive Verbs
i. Present
ii. Past
Simple Future
Conditional
Subjunctive
Plus-que-parfait
Conditionnel Passe
Introduce Present Participle
Recognize Passe Simple
Future Anterior *
II.
Grammar
a. Review grammar from French 1 through 3
b. Expand:
i. Dont
ii. Ce qui, ce que and questions with both
iii. Lequel, laquelle, etc.
iv. Object pronoun
v. Pendant and depuis
vi. Prepositions
1. à
2. de
3. sur
4. sous
5. dans
6. devant
7. derrière
III.
Expand vocabulary
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Physical descriptions
Toiletries
Fashion
Home vocabulary
Health
Travel
IV.
Linking Terms for writing skills
a. Review terms from French 1 through 3
b. Expand vocabulary
i. Subjunctive expressions
2. Bien que
3. Malgré que
4. jusqu’a ce que
5. moins que
6. Quoique
7. afin que
ii. car
iii. par conséquent
iv. sinon
V.
Expand Idiomatic Expressions
VI.
Expand francophone Culture and History