AP ® French Language and Culture / French V Honors Pacing Guide – Curriculum B
The following is a list of themes required to be taught for AP French Language and Culture and French V Honors for SY 2014-2015. All teachers should note
that there are some changes in this guide which align our program more closely with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century and French Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools. Students will need to be able
to perform proficiently in listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities within these themes in order to be successful with this curriculum.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that the contents of this pacing guide represent the basic elements of each unit which should be approached with students
targeting responses to the overarching essential questions as part of each AP ® theme. These essential questions are found under each theme in the guide.
SEMESTER 1
THEME I : CONTEMPORARY LIFE
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Overarching Essential Questions:
How do societies and individuals define quality of life?
How is contemporary life influenced by cultural products,
practices, and perspectives?
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What are the challenges of contemporary life?
TOPIC 1: EDUCATION
TOPIC 2: TRAVEL
TIME FRAME :
TIME FRAME :
Monday, September 29 – Friday, October 24, 2015
(19 days / 9-10 class sessions)
 VOCABULAIRE : Le voyage et le transport
 Modes of Transportation
o (1) Urban vs. Rural Transportation
o (2) Air Travel
o (3) Land Travel
o (4) Water Travel
 Hospitality / Hotel Reservation Practices
o Trip Planning via Travel Agencies
 GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Le passé composé
1. Passé composé avec avoir / être / Reflexive verbs
2. Verbs which use both avoir / être in passé composé
according to context
(monter/descedre/sortir/rentrer/retourner/passer)
3. Time expressions with Le passé composé
B. Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns / y / en
C. L’imparfait
1. Time expressions with L’imparfait
2. depuis
3. venir de
D. Prepositions / Prepositions with Geographic Nouns
Tuesday, September 2 – Friday, September 26, 2014
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VOCABULAIRE : L’éducation / L’enseignement
Day Care  High School
o Public educational structure in modern
Francophone societies
o Le baccalauréat
University System
o Les grandes écoles
o Les universités
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Le présent et l’impératif
1. Regular –er/-ir/-re verbs
2. Regular –er verbs with spelling changes
3. Irregular verbs
4. Reflexive verbs
5. Interrogative forms (est-ce que, inversion,
intonation, n’est-ce pas?)
6. en train de / sur le point de
7. depuis / ça fait…que / il y a … que /
voilà…que
8. venir de
9. avoir / faire / être / prendre / mettre / aller
idiomatic expressions idioms
10. Time expressions with Le present
B. Definite v. Indefinite Article / Gender/Plural of Nouns
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THEME 2 : GLOBAL CHALLENGES / THEME 1 : CONTEMPORARY LIFE*
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Overarching Essential Questions:
What environmental, political, and social issues propose challenges
to societies throughout the world?
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What are the origins of those issues?
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What are possible solutions to those challenges?
TOPIC 1 : ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
TOPIC 3 : PROFESSIONS*
TIME FRAME :
Monday, October 27 – Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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IMAGINEZ ! (VOCABULAIRE): Leçon 6 : Le travail et
les finances : Por commencer / COURT MÉTRAGE :
Bonbon au poivre
VOCABULAIRE : L’économie
European Union
Brief History of the Euro
Professions and Trades
Unemployment
o Compare/contrast rates in US/France/African
countries, etc.
Economic Partner – Canada
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Le futur proche / simple
1. Time expressions with Le future proche / simple
2. Quand / lorsque / dès que / aussitôt que / tant
que + futur simple, futur simple
B. Le conditionnel present
1. au cas où + Le conditionnel présent
2. aimer (mieux) / vouloir / pouvoir / avoir /
savor / connaître / devoir / faire (mieux) in
phrases of desire / politeness / suggestion
C. Conditional Phrases: Si + présent,
présent/futur/impératif / Si + imparfait,
conditionnel
D. Negative Expressions
TOPIC 2: PEACE AND WAR
TIME FRAME :
Thursday, November 20 – Friday, December 12, 2014
(14 days / 7 class sessions)
A. IMAGINEZ ! (VOCABULAIRE) : Leçon 5 : La société en
évolution : Pour commencer / COURT MÉTRAGE :
Samb et le commissaire
B. VOCABULAIRE : La paix et la guerre
C. Current World Conflicts
D. Effects of War
E. How to Avoid War
F. Historical World Conflicts : Francophone v. US
Perspectives
G. GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Le plus-que-parfait
Time Expressions with Le plus-que-parfait
B. Le futur antérieur
Quand / lorsque / dès que / aussitôt que / tant que +
futur antérieur, futur simple
C. Le conditionnel passé
Condtional Phrase: Si + plus-que-parfait, conditionnel
passé
D. Disjunctive Pronouns
E. Indefinite Adjectives, Adverbs, and Pronouns
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TOPIC 3: NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY
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Monday, December 15 - Friday, January 16, 2015
(15 days / 7-8 class sessions)
VOCABULAIRE : La nutrition et l’alimentation
French / Francophone World Cuisine and Recipes
Global Food Safety issues / potential solutions
Health / Nutrition Values in Francophone societies
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Le subjonctif présent / passé
B. Relative Pronouns
C. Partitive Article and Adverbs/Expressions of Quantity
D. Coordinating / Subordinating Conjunctions (Words of Transition)
SEMESTER 2
THEME 3 : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Overarching Essential Questions:
How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?
What factors have driven innovation and discovery in the fields of
science and technology?
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What role does ethics play in scientific advancement?
TOPIC: DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Monday, January 27 – Tuesday, February 17, 2015
(15 days / 7-8 class sessions)
VOCABULAIRE: Les découvertes et les inventions
Les anciennes découvertes
Les communications
Les nouvelles technologies
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. L’infinitif présent / L’infinitif passé (Préposition + infinitif passé) / L’infinitif + à / de
B. Possessive Adjectives + Pronouns
C. Demonstrative Adjectives+ Pronouns
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THEME 4: PERSONAL AND PUBLIC IDENTITIES
Overarching Essential Questions:
How are aspects of identity expressed in various situations?
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How do language and culture influence identity?
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How does one’s identity develop over time?
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TOPIC 1: ALIENATION AND ASSIMILATION
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Wednesday, February 18 – Friday, March 13, 2015
(18 days / 9 class sessions)
VOCABULAIRE: L’aliénation / L’assimilation
Immigration
Emigration
International relations
Acceptance and Rejection of Illegal Aliens / New Members
of Francophone Society
Political, Social, and Cultural Institutions in Francophone
society and their relationships to the theme of alienation and
assimilation in the modern world
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
Le participe présent / Le gérondif
faire causatif
TOPIC 2: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
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Tuesday, February 18 – Friday, March 13, 2015
(18 days / 9 class sessions)
VOCABULAIRE: Le sexe / La sexualité
Gender/Sexuality vocabulary
Sexual Identity / Discrimination
Gender “Roles” and Societal / Political Factors /
Conventions
Males v. Females at the Workplace / Gender Equality
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
Passive Voice
THEME 5: FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
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Overarching Essential Questions:
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What constitutes a family in different societies?
How do individuals contribute to the well-being of communities?
How do the roles that families and communities assume differ in
societies around the world?
TOPIC 1: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Monday, March 16 – Thursday, April 16, 2015
(16 days / 8 class sessions)
 IMAGINEZ ! (VOCABULAIRE) : Leçon 6 : Les générations qui bougent :
Pour commencer / COURT MÉTRAGE : De l’autre côté
 VOCABULAIRE : L’enfance et l’adolescence
 Development of Personality
 Stages of Life
 Generations, Family, and Relationships
 GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Descriptive Adjectives
B. Adverbs : Adverbs stemming from adjectives / not stemming from adjectives / Position of the Adverb
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THEME 6: BEAUTY AND AESTHETICS
Overarching Essential Questions:
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What constitutes a family in different societies?
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How do individuals contribute to the well-being of communities?
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How do the roles that families and communities assume differ in
societies around the world?
Friday, April 17 – Friday, May 8, 2015 (16 days / 8 class sessions)
TOPICS 1/2/3: CONTEMPORARY FRANCE: VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS / MUSIC
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VOCABULAIRE : Les arts visuels / Les spectacles / La musique / Le musée / Le théâtre / Le ciné
Historical and modern contributions to the world of visual and performing arts
Stage, screen, and cinema
Classical and popular music
Museums, urban architectural landmarks by visual artists
GRAMMAR REVIEW:
A. Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives
B. Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs
C. Comparative and Superlative of Nouns
YEAR-LONG THEME: LE MONDE FRANCOPHONE
o Le monde francophone : Countries and Capitals of Francophone World / Famous cultural sites / events
NOTE: This theme is spread logistically throughout the year via individual/group student Francophone projects.
Official Francophone Countries
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Canada
Madagascar
Cameroun
Côte d’Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Niger
Sénégal
Mali
Rwanda
Belgique
Guinée
Tchad
Haïti
Burundi
Bénin
Suisse
Togo
République Centrafricaine
République Démocratique du
Congo
Gabon
Comoros
Guinée Équatoriale
Djibouti
Luxembourg
Vanuatu
Seychelles
Monaco
Official Francophone Dependent
Entities
Polynésie Française
Nouvelle-Calédonie
Vallée d’Aoste
Jersey
Guernsey
Saint-Martin
Wallis-et-Futuna
Saint-Barthélemy
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Terres Australes et Antarctiques
Françaises
Clipperton
Puducherry
Unofficial Francophone
Countries/Regions
Algérie
Maroc
Tunisie
Liban
Mauritanie
Maurice
Andorre
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