French 4AP/ IB Curriculum
1st 9-weeks
Carole Chambers and Karen Breslin
Objective: TLW get familiarized with the new format and
themes of the test.
TEKS: 1A, 1B
Activities: Presentation of new books; oral practice discussing
past summer; journal; peer editing of journal using
new criteria for AP
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd, 2012; Bravo!, HeinleThomson
Assessment: Discussion of expectations; survey of strengths
and difficulties; journal
Objective: TLW learn how to offer or ask for a service ; review
present tense (irregular verbs in particular)
and imperative form; practice writing, reading
and listening parts of the AP test
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 2A
Activities: notes on grammar pp.2-5 of Bravo; listening comp of
train trip; review of grammar with la grammaire à
apprendre from Chapter 1 of Bravo! ; practice with
section 1 part B # 12 or section 2 part A # 1 of the
new AP French preparation Ladd book; HW:
Summary of an article from France-Amérique
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Bravo!, HeinleThomson; magazine France-Amérique
Assessment: discussion of listening comprehension; notes of
comprehension vocabulary; vocabulary quiz;
results of Ladd selection
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of taking leave; compare
three pieces of literature dealing with world
challenges; practice writing and speaking parts
of the AP test
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 2A
Activities: cultural readings pp.10, 21, 30 of Bravo!; reading
pp.18-20 and p.39 of En Bonne Forme; reading
pp.10-12 of Allons au-delà ; reading pp.36-37 of
Bravo!; speaking activities Interactions pp. 13 and
26; oral discussions of readings emitting opinions;
Vocabulary notes p.408; grammar review pp. 7,8, 11,
15-17, 28-29 of Bravo!; activity B p. 18; illustration
of an idiom or French à la Cartoon; essay writing
from parts B or D section 2 of Ladd; HW: listening to
a news report on TV5
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd, 2012; Bravo!, HeinleThomson; En Bonne Forme, 2001;
www.TV5.org
Assessment: vocabulary quiz; oral responses; essay; chapter 1
test
Objective: TLW review more irregular verbs, article uses, and
interrogative pronouns.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: Notes on pp. 42-46; review verb charts; grammar
notes p.52, pp.62-64; pp.71-73; listening
comprehension of conversations (tracks 5, 6, 7 of
Chapter 2); discussion of listenings
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: grammar quiz; oral responses to listening
comprehension
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of invitations and education
;learn culture of outings, meal customs, and
education
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 4B, 2B
Activities: Vocab notes pp.408-410; B p.71; activité écrite p. 76;
Readings pp. 54, 62, 70, 78,79 and Français en
couleur in En Bonne Forme; Reading p.67 or p.304
of Allons au-delà; essay writing (prompt p.55 and 66
or selection 4, section 2, part B); HW: p.79 expansion
to present to class
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: vocab quiz; essay; oral presentation; Chapter 2
test
2nd Nine Weeks
Objective: TLW review possessives, reflexives, and adjectives;
learn vocabulary of family life
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: Cornell notes on pp.84-86, 91-92, 94, 101-103, 110111; listening comprehension (tracks 8,9,10); Ladd
section 1 Part A #17,18 or 34; vocabulary notes
pp.410-411; essay with writing prompt pp.96 and
105 about a family member; p.104 exercises;
illustration of Je t’épouse.
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; En Bonne Forme, 2001; paper for
illustration
Assessment: vocab quiz; oral responses to listening comp;
grammar exercises (handout on possessives and
reflexives); essay
Objective: TLW learn about French family relationships.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3A
Activities: readings from Bravo! pp. 95, 102, 110, 120-121;
questions p.122 with oral responses ; Speaking
activity p.96 Interaction A, p.105 A or B, p. 113 A or
B; readings from Allons au-delà pp. 304, 339;
analysis of the song Ne me quitte pas! Sung by
Jacques Brel; analysis of the movie Tristan et Yseult;
find map or chart about adoption in the francophone
world ( Newsmap.jp, IFOP. Fr); have a debate about
adoption; HW: Read Le papillon dans la Cité for
discussion.
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; Newsmap.jp; IFOP.fr; song ; movie;
Le papillon dans la Cité by Gisèle Ciseau
Assessment: discussions from all readings; Chapter 3 test
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of vacation memories; review
and practice past tenses.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: Grammar notes pp.124-126, 132-133, 140-145, 154;
Listening comprehension (tracks 11-13); exercise C
p.156; vocab notes pp.411-412; writing a personal
past narrative ( ex: a birthday, a vacation); Ladd
section 1 Part A #11, 35, 39, 40; HW: B p.131
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: grammar quizzes; vocab quiz; personal narrative;
oral responses to listening
Objective: TLW learn about culture of vacationing and
transportation
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A
Activities: Readings pp.130, 144, 151, 159-160 from Bravo!;
discussing readings; brochure on a masterpiece,
artifact or monument; readings from Allons au-delà
pp. 210, 217; writing a “Dear Abby” letter p. 164
Interaction B; group activity p.147 B; HW: p.135B
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; materials for brochure
Assessment: discussion of readings ; brochure, letter writing;
Chapter 4 test
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of press and media; review
subjunctive mood; practice writing and
speaking parts of AP test
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: Notes on vocab pp. 412-413 to study for HW;
listening comprehension (tracks 14, 15, 16);
grammar notes pp. 166, 173-174, 182-183, 192-193;
written application (giving each student a different
starter to create a sentence); review WEIRDOS; Ladd
section 1 Part A #1, Part B #3 or 11, Part C
selections # 6, 10, 11, 12, 22, or 25; section 2 Part A
courriel #1; essay writing with prompt pp.176 and
186 of Bravo!; peer editing using pp.196-197.
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; sentence strips
Assessment: vocab quiz; subjonctive quiz; courriel and essay
Objective: TLW learn about use of media and the press
TEKS: 1A, 1B
Activities: readings pp. 170-171, p.184, 194, 198-200;
discussion; Activité E p. 185; oral presentation of a
persuasive commercial announcement; do a report
on a French magazine or newspaper found on line;
speaking activities B p. 176 and A p.186; readings in
Allons au-delà pp. 112-116, pp.122-123, pp.140-141,
pp. 146-147; watching La grande vadrouille; review
for mid-term exam
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; movie La grande vadrouille
Assessment: cultural discussions; commercial; media report;
speaking exercises; reactions to movie; chapter 5
test; mid-term exam
3rd Nine Weeks
Objective: TLW review object pronouns and learn uses of
devoir; write an essay defending an opinion
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: grammar notes from pp.204-205, pp. 210-212, 220223, 231, and 233-234 in Bravo! and p.330 in En
bonne forme; listening comprehension (tracks 17,
18, 19); essay following prompt p. 214 and help p.
226;
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; En Bonne Forme, 2001
Assessment: discussion of listening activity; essay (1st draft);
responses from Ladd readings
Objective: TLW learn about the art of discussion and
vocabulary of politics, art, and racism.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B
Activities: vocabulary notes on pp. 413-414; exercises A or B p.
226 and B p. 230; editing essay (pp.235-237) and
final draft ; readings from Bravo! pp. 211, 224, 232,
238-239; readings from Allons au-delà pp. 5-6, 17,
81, 239-240, 367- 368, 372-375 ; Ladd section 1
Part A selections #3, 10, 22, 26, 36, 37; Part C #26;
PPT report on artist, museum, or antiracism activist
or organization; watching movie Rue Case-Nègres or
Indochine; Ladd essay, section 2 Part B, selection 2
or Part D, selections 1, 6, or 8
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; film Rue Case-Nègres or Indochine
Assessment: essay( final draft); discussion of readings; report;
Chapter 6 test, unless report counts as a
summative
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of job and house hunting,
bank and economics; review future tense and
use of si clauses and learn the anterior future
and conjunctions followed by the subjunctive
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 5B
Activities: Vocab notes pp. 414-416; Listening comprehension
(tracks 20-22); Grammar notes pp. 246, 253-255,
263, 270-272; exercises B p.256, p. 112 of Breaking
the French Barrier Advanced, and C p. 274; essay
using the future and subjunctive ( prompt p. 257,
help D p. 266 and D p. 275); translation A p. 276;
fortune- teller skit
Ladd section 2, Part A, selection 6 , Part C #5, 7, 9
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: vocab quiz; grammar exercises; essay; translation
Objective: TLW learn about careers, economy and lodging in
France and about francophone Canadian and
European culture
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 2B, 4B, 5B
Activities: Readings pp. 248, 264, 274, 278-279, 281 out of
Bravo!; report on a Canadian militant; Ladd section
1 Part A # 10, 16, Part B #15, 18, Part C #1, 6, 11, 16,
31; section 2 Part D #5; Readings out of Allons audelà pp. 153-156, 167-168, 194
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; internet
Assessment: discussion of readings; Canadian report ; results
of Ladd; chapter 7 test
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of daily life problems; review
relative pronouns, negatives, and uses of
prepositions after verbs and with geographical
names.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: vocab notes pp. 416-417; D p. 295; listening
comprehension (tracks 23-25);grammar notes from
Bravo!pp.284-285, 292-294, 302-306, 313-315;
from En Bonne Forme pp. 505-508, 514; activities
pp. 316-317; Ladd section 2 Part A #2, Part B # 5,
Part C #10, Part D #13, 14, 15
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: vocab quiz and exercise; grammar exercises; Ladd
results including essay
Objective: TLW learn how to cope with problems of everyday
life including health; learn more about
Canadian culture
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 2A, 4B
Activities: Readings pp. 290, 301, 316, 321-322, 323-325 in
Bravo!; Ladd section 1 Part B #1, 19, Part C # 21, 29,
33; Readings from Allons au-delà pp. 32, 38, 62, 67,
74-76
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: discussion of readings, Ladd results and Chapter 8
test
4th Nine Weeks
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of furniture, fashion,
technology, cooking ; review demonstratives,
adverbs, comparatives and superlatives, and
faire causatif
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: vocabulary notes pp. 417-418; listening
comprehension (tracks 26-28); grammar notes
pp.328-329, 335-336, 338-339, 346-348, 357-358;
B and C p.340; Ladd section 2 Part A #5, 7, C #3, D
#4, 10
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: grammar exercises; vocab quiz; Ladd responses
Objective: TLW learn about French fashion, French technology,
French friendship, how the French ask for
information; learn more about Haiti.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 3A
Activities: Readings pp. 334, 349, 360, 363-366, 367-368 in
Bravo!; readings out of Allons au delà pp. 27-28,
107-108, pp.112-116, 126-127, 133-134; Ladd
section 1 Part B #6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, Part C #4, 9,
10, 12, 22, 24, 25
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; list of websites provided by teacher
Assessment: discussion of readings; Ladd responses; report on
the following topics: fashion, shopping for food or
clothes in France or the francophone world,
cooking French food, the world of science and
technology, the differences between France and
USA concerning friendship, love and marriage, or
Haiti.
Students will have to use technology, charts,
articles, news videos to research and present
their reports.
Objective: TLW learn vocabulary of competitive sports, theater
and cinema; learn exclamations, present
participle, past conditional, passive voice
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: vocabulary notes p. 419; listening comprehension
(tracks 29-31); grammar notes pp.375-378, 385386, 395-396; critical written review with prompt
p.380 with help from pp. 389, 398, and 400; Ladd
section 1 Part A #12, 40, Part B # 4, Part C #3, 26, 32
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson
Assessment: vocab quiz; discussion of listening comp; critical
review; Ladd responses
Objective: TLW learn about French leisure
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A
Activities: Readings pp. 373, 388, 394, 401-402, 404-405 in
Bravo!; readings pp. 172-174, pp.179-180, 384-390,
395-397 in Allons au-delà; Ladd section 2 Part A #3,
Part C #4, Part D #1, 7; report using technology on a
French leisure or sport of your choice, following
same criteria as for Chapter 9
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012; Bravo!, Heinle
Thomson; websites
Assessment: discussion of readings; Ladd responses; report as
final grade
Objective: TLW practice for AP test.
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C
Activities: AP themes which have not been covered will be
practiced out of the Ladd Prep book and Allons audelà.
Resources: AP French: Preparing for the language and culture
examination, Richard Ladd, 2012; Allons au –
delà! , Richard Ladd 2012
Assessment: AP exam
Addenda: games of different sorts can be included in the
activities if time allows, such as vocab bingo, taboo, categories,
verb conjugations competitions, TPR with commands, etc
Also, movies or authentic audio-visual sources illustrating the
themes can be viewed as time permits.