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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: September
Content
Skills
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Get-acquainted activities
1. Prepare questions and interview
classmates
2. “Cherchez quelqu’un” – find
classmates with whom have things
in common
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To “refresh” verbal proficiency
To review questions forms and verb
tenses
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Vocabulary review pages
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To review vocabulary
To provide a personal glossary
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Chiffres et Temps (all about numbers
and time)
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Les objets (describing physical objects)
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Comment demander de l’aide
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Assessment
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After the interview, write 5 lines about
partner
To review and expand vocabulary
concerning numbers and time
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Written and oral exercises
A group quiz
To acquire vocabulary necessary for
describing objects, e.g., size, shape,
volume, consistency, etc.
To learn to circumlocute, i.e., define a
word by “talking around” the idea
To review adjective forms and
placement
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Using the new vocabulary, each student
will write and present a description of
something typically found in a school or
classroom, e.g., file cabinet, bulletin
board
To learn to ask for help, in preparation
for using only French in class
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From here on, students may not speak
English without asking permission
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Caractère et Personnalité
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Poster de Moi
Essential Questions:
1. How can I describe simple objects in French,
according to size, shape, texture, and purpose?
2. How can I describe my past, my present, and
my intended future in French? What are my
likes and dislikes?
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To acquire new vocabulary concerning
character and personality
To practice irregular adj.
To expand on the placement of adj.
1. before and after group
2. beyond BAGS
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To make a visual display of student’s
past, present and future life
To be able to use all of the above
(vocabulary, numbers, dates, adjectives,
verbs) in an oral presentation
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Graded written assignment using all adj.
forms
Conversation in which “child”
convinces “parent” to accept a new
friend by describing his/her character
traits
Oral presentation (mid-October), using
only the poster (no written script)
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: October
Content
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Reflexive verbs
Conjunctions, e.g., therefore, whereas
Futur et Conditionnel
Pronunciation
Skills
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Assessment
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To review reflexive verbs in all forms,
i.e., single verb, passé compose, verb +
infinitive
To expand vocabulary
Written quiz
Oral interviews, using reflexive verbs
related to relationships, e.g., to get
along, to argue, etc.
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To review verb forms
To practice “Si” clauses
To use future with quand, lorsque, etc.
To practice the polite conditional
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To be included on the oral presentation
for their “Poster de Moi”
Translation exercise
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To be able to pronounce the French “R”
To focus on particular vowel
combinations
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Recite a poem which includes all of the
most important sounds. Must score at
least 22/25.
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Oral presentations – “Moi”
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Essential Questions:
1. How can I perfect the pronunciation of the
French “R”?
2. Am I able to use the future and conditional
tenses correctly to describe “If” situations and
result clauses?
3. Do I understand the rhyme, imagery and
meaning of Paul Verlaine’s “Chanson
d’automne”, and am I able to recite it?
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: November and December
Content
Skills
Assessment
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“Mon portrait de A à Z”
1. Read the interview that appeared
in Paris Match
2. In groups, identify structures and
themes in sample portrait which
will be required in own portrait
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To write an autobiographical sketch,
using the alphabet to organize themes
To incorporate all of the grammatical
points already reviewed
To use new vocabulary
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Written (typed) self-portrait using 22 of
the 26 letters in the alphabet and a list of
structures
To find and read news articles related to
any French-speaking country
To look for the “who, what, when, etc.”
in those articles
To simplify and explain own article
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Oral report to the class (2-3 per week at
the beginning of class for the balance of
the marking period)
(End of first marking period)
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Reportages
1. In groups, read and analyze news
articles provided by teacher
2. Practice presenting to class
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Les adverbes
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To learn formation and practice
placement of adverbs
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Written quiz
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“Le Horla”
1. Who was Guy de Maupassant?
2. Why this story?
3. Introduce PLN technique, using
worksheets
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To read a famous story in its original
version
To apply reading techniques from PLN
course
To be able to discuss story in French
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Comprehension quizzes in French and
English
Written summaries of parts of story
Oral test at the end
Irregular verbs like souffrir and
apercevoir
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To use these verbs in the telling of the
story
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Verb exercises
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Differences between imparfait and passé
composé
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To relate a story in the past using the
correct past tense
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Passé simple
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To be able to read and understand the
literary past
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Project – Pays francophones
1. Choose a country
2. Begin research
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To learn about a French-speaking
country not previously studied in depth
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Essential questions:
1. Can I write a self-portrait that incorporates
appropriate cumulative grammar?
2. Who was Guy de Maupassant? Do I
understand his story, “Le Horla”, and am I able
to describe it in French?
3. What do I know about a French-speaking
country, and what did I learn and share with my
class by researching a current news item there?
4. Can I read, understand, and use the passé
simple tense correctly?
To be able to write about and present
orally the information found
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Description of the patient’s symptoms
and the actions he took
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Verb exercises (changing passé composé
to passé simple and vice versa)
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Poster or booklet with all required
information (2nd marking period)
Oral presentation with Power Point for
those who chose to make a booklet (3rd
marking period)
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: January and February
Content
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“Le Horla” (cont.)
Skills
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To review story in preparation for
written and oral test
To prepare own vocabulary list to be
used during test
Project – Pays francophones (cont.)
Assessment
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Test – 6 questions
1. 3 Oral
2. 3 Written
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Poster or booklet due
(End of 2nd marking period)
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Foods and recipes
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To expand foods vocabulary
To learn recipe vocabulary
To translate recipes from French to
English
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Translation exercise
Recipe translation as part of Pays
francophones project
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Articles and quantities
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To review the use of definite, indefinite
and partitive articles
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Written exercises using all articles with
foods
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Object pronouns
Double object pronouns
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To use the object pronouns correctly
To use more than one object pronoun in
a sentence
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Quiz on articles, quantities and pronouns
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L’Afrique francophone
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To understand issues concerning
French-speaking Africa, e.g.,
immigration, racism, religion
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Comprehension questions (quiz) on
reading
Class discussion about reading
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Movie “Au revoir les enfants”
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Relative pronouns
Essential Questions :
1. What is a recipe of a food typical of the
French-speaking country I have researched ?
Can I express that recipe in French ?
2. What are some current issues concerning
French-speaking Africa ?
3. How does the French movie, Au revoir les
enfants, help my understanding of the problems
of racism and tolerance ?
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To watch a French movie set in France
during WWII
To learn about France during WWII
To continue discussion of racism and
tolerance
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Notes taken during the film
Class discussion of film and the main
characters
To be able to use the relative pronouns
correctly in complex sentences
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Written description of main characters
(personality traits with examples)
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: March
Content
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Project – Pays francophones
Skills
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Essential Questions:
1. What did I learn about the French-speaking
country that I researched, with particular
attention to the topics of unemployment, AIDS,
illiteracy, pollution, cultural and religious
traditions, and government?
2. What did I learn about the other countries
that my classmates spoke about?
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To speak in French for 10-15 minutes,
using notes but no script
To understand what classmates are
saying about their countries
To take notes about other countries
To compare and contrast countries and
regions
1. Location
2. Problems, e.g., unemployment,
AIDS, illiteracy, pollution
3. Cultural and religious traditions
4. Government
Assessment
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Oral presentation, using poster and/or
Power Point
Written translation of typical recipe
Notes on each presentation
Test on all countries
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade: 12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: April – May (1st half)
Content
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“Comte de Monte Cristo”
Skills
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Subjunctive
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Essential Questions:
1. Do I understand Alexandre Dumas’ work,
Comte de Monte Cristo, after reading excerpts
from the book?
2. Can I successfully debate the concept, “Is
vengeance right or wrong?”
3. Can I use the subjunctive and the past
subjunctive moods correctly to explain event in
Dumas’ story?
Assessment
To read and understand this famous
story
To understand the historical context
To expand working vocabulary
To discuss the idea of vengeance
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Comprehension quizzes
Chapter notes and summaries
Debate (oral participation) – Is
vengeance right or wrong?
To learn the forms of the subjunctive
To use the expressions which require the
subj. – WEIRD
To be able to use the past subjunctive
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Verb quizzes
Written explanation of the story, using
verbs in the subjunctive
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Course/ Subject:
French V
Grade:
12
Teacher: Weaver/Benton
Month: May (2nd half) - June
Content
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Livre pour enfants
Essential Questions:
1. Am I able to create an original children’s
story in French and illustrate it in the form of a
small book?
2. Can I use aspects that I have learned about a
French-speaking country in my story?
Skills
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To write and illustrate a children’s story
To use all structures studied this year
To incorporate aspects of the Frenchspeaking country from the project into
the story
Assessment
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Children’s story