FRENCH II Pre-AP SYLLABUS 2014-15
FIRST SEMESTER
WEEK #
1
2
3
4
FIRST SIX WEEKS
Review of French Ireprise
Review of French Ireprise
5
Review of French Ireprise
PROGRESS REPORT
6
Unit 1, Lesson 1
Unit 1.1
“Between friends” French schools, teenagers, activities
Students will learn: Identities, nationalities, family/friends,
professions, introductions, clothes & body parts.
Vocabulary/Grammar: Numbers, dates, time, weather,
definite/indefinite articles, contractions with à and de, jouer à
and jouer de, prepositions, possessive adjectives, demonstrative
adjectives, interrogative adjectives, –ER, -IR, -RE verbs
(present indicative and imperative), negation, forming questions,
stress pronouns, est-ce que & qu’est-ce que, identities,
nationalities, family and friends, professions, introductions and
telephone etiquette, things you like, places you visit, daily
activities, answering YES & NO questions.
CULTURE – French schools, Euro, clothes, Review of geography
of France, la Francophonie, Fashion show, Borrowed words-G
GRADES- 1 or 2 Tests, 1 Oral grade (presentations) & 1 Written
grade (letter)
WEEK #
SECOND SIX WEEKS
1
Unit 1, Lesson 2
2
Unit 1, Lesson 2
3
4
Unit 1, Lesson 3
PROGRESS REPORT
Unit 1, Lesson 3
5
Unit 1, Lesson 4
6
Unit 1, Lesson 4
“Who am I?” Diversity of French people, European
countries, invitations, announcements
Students will learn : giving information about self, family,
friends, professions ; describing feelings, plans what you do and
recently did, making phone calls.
Grammar & vocabulary : être, expressions using être,
regular and irregular adjectives (formation and position),
c’est/il est, avoir, expressions using avoir, faire,
expressions using faire, inversion, aller, aller + infinitive,
venir, revenir, devenir, venir de, depuis, family words.
CULTURE – Diversity of France, French-speaking countries,
readings in text, Borrowed words H. GRADES: 1-2 Tests, One
Oral grade, or one Written grade or Project (powerpoint on self
or France-regions or Francophonie)
WEEK #
1
2
French 2 Pre-AP
First Semester continued
THIRD SIX WEEKS
Unit 2, Lesson 5
“The weekend” What teens do, Paris subway, nature
The student will learn: about Paris, traveling to town & to
the country and expressing what they do on the weekends.
Unit 2, Lesson 5
4
Unit 2, Lesson 6
PROGRESS REPORT
Unit 2, Lesson 6
Vocabulary/Grammar: Leisure activities (in town, in the
city, at the countryside), preterite indicative (le passé
composé): regular verbs, negative formation, narration,
asking questions with est-ce que, inversion, prendre,
mettre, voir, many irregular past participles, parts of a
5
Unit 2, Lesson 7
house.
6
Unit 2, Lesson 7
(through passé
composé)
CULTURE –Paris-map, metro, city & surroundings, Borrowed
Words I
3
GRADES: 1- 2 tests, 1 Oral grade, 1 Written grade or project
Final Exam-required
French 2 Pre-AP
SECOND SEMESTER
WEEK #
FOURTH SIX WEEKS
1
2
Unit 2, Lesson 7
(completion)
Unit 2, Lesson 8
“Bon Appétit” Shopping, French foods, Eating, tipping
The student will learn-to tell what he/she did & talk about
recipes & food
4
Unit 2, Lesson 8
PROGRESS REPORT
Unit 3, Lesson 9
5
Unit 3, Lesson 10
Grammar : Quelqu’un, quelque chose, ne . . . rien, ne . . . personne,
preterite tense of aller, epxressions of time, irregular –ir verbs
(dormir, partir, sortir), preterite tense with être, il y a (ago).
Vocabulary: meals, food shopping, at the café, vouloir, pouvoir,
devoir, partitive articles, partitive articles – negative formation,
boire, verbs with spelling changes, comparison of definite,
indefinite, partitive articles
6
Unit 3, Lesson 11
(through articles)
CULTURE: short stories, grocery shopping, recipes, Borrowed
Words J
3
GRADES: 1-2 Tests, 1 Oral, 1 Written grade or Project
FIFTH SIX WEEKS
WEEK #
1
2
3
Unit 3, Lesson 11
(completion)
Unit 3, Lesson 12
4
Unit 4, Lesson 13
PROGRESS REPORT
Unit 4, Lesson 14
5
Unit 4, Lesson 15
6
WEEK #
1
Unit 4, Lesson 16
SIXTH SIX WEEKS
Unit 5, Lesson 17
2
Unit 5, Lesson 17
3
4
Unit 5, Lesson 18
PROGRESS REPORT
Unit 5, Lesson 19
5
Unit 5, Lesson 1
“Entertainment” Hobbies, Free time, famous people
TSWL: Grammar/Vocabulary: Quantities, the adjective tout, il
faut, at the movies, at the theater, at the museum, at the
stadium, invitations, object pronouns: placement in the present
indicative, present indicative + an infinitive, preterite tense
(including agreement), with the imperative, connaître, lire, dire,
écrire, savoir, comparison of connaître and savoir, double object
pronouns
CULTURE: French foods, restaurants, Borrowed Words K
GRADES: 1-2 Tests, 1 Oral, 1 Written/Project
“Sports” Activities, athletes, body parts & routine
TSWL: Grammar/Vocabulary, courir, faire + de, body part
vocabulary, health vocabulary, y and en, croire, use of the
definite article with body parts, reflexive verbs, sports
vocabulary
CULTURE: Sports, Borrowed words L, Famous Frenchmen
GRADES: 1- 2 Tests, 1 Oral, 1 Written/Project
Final Exam (exemption policy applies)