Placement information for an incoming student of French
To the student: Please give this questionnaire to your current French teacher to complete so that we can place you in the appropriate French class.
To the current language teacher: Please help us place your student in the appropriate level at The Putney School by filling out this form and returning it to us at the address below by July 7 or as early as possible so we can continue the scheduling process. We appreciate your help. Thank you.
Juliane Danielski
Language Department Chair
The Putney School
418 Houghton Brook Road
Putney, VT 05346
Or email it to jdanielski@putneyschool.org
Student Name ________________________________________________________________
Teacher Name ________________________________________________________________
Current School ________________________________________________________________
Grade entering Putney 9 th 10 th 11 th 12 th
Level/Name of current French course ____________________________________________
Anticipated year-end grade A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F
Current French grammar text ____________________________________________________
Literature Text ________________________________________________________________
Percentage of class taught in French 20% 40% 50% 80% 100%
Reading Comprehension: Excellent Good Average Poor
Listening Comprehension: Excellent
Speaking Skills: Excellent
Good
Good
Average
Average
Poor
Poor
Writing Skills: Excellent Good Average Poor
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Place an X by the grammar topics that WILL have been covered thoroughly by the end of the current French class.
_____ definite articles
_____ indefinite articles
_____ the partitive
_____ plural of nouns
_____ numbers 1-100
_____ the verb être
_____ adjective agreement and descriptive adjectives
_____ possessive adjectives
_____ present tense of -er verbs
_____ inversion questions

_____ negations
_____ the verb avoir
_____ prepositions of location
_____ stress pronouns (disjunctive pronouns)
_____ the verb aller
_____ the verb prendre
_____ the verb boire
_____ the verb faire
_____ present tense of -ir verbs
_____ present tense of -re verbs
_____ present tense of spell-change -er verbs
_____ the verbs dire, écire, lire
_____ passé composé with avoir
_____ passé composé with être
_____ the imperative
_____ demonstrative adjectives
_____ indirect object pronouns
_____ direct object pronouns
_____ formation and placement of adverbs
_____ formation of the imperfect
_____ passé composé and imperfect compared
_____ the verbs savoir and connaître
_____ the verb venir
_____ the verb venir and the recent past
_____ the verbs devoir, vouloir and pouvoir
_____ comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
_____ double object pronouns
_____ reflexive verbs
_____ the passé composé of reflexive verbs
_____ the pronouns y and en
_____ prepositions with the infinitive
_____ reciprocal reflexives
_____ the verbs offrir and ouvrir
_____ the conditional
_____ the verbs voir, recevoir, apercevoir, and croire
_____ the future simple
_____ relative pronouns qui, que, dont, lequel, and où
_____ demonstrative pronouns
_____ the pluperfect
_____ the past conditional
_____ the future perfect
_____ “if” clauses
_____ the present subjunctive
_____ the past subjunctive
_____ comparatives and superlatives of nouns
_____ possessive pronouns
_____ the simple past
Are there any additional notes concerning performance, pedagogy, or material that will allow us to accurately place this student?