Français AP
Syllabus
BobJonesHigh School / Teacher: / Madame Angela Mooney650 Hughes Road / Email: /
Madison, AL 35758 / Phone: / 256-772-2547
I. Course Description: / This course is designed as a third year college level writing and conversation course which will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the language and literature. The course will be conducted in the target language. Students will continue their study of culture and advanced grammar concepts. They will write compositions, participate in debates, and lead discussion groups. College credit may be obtained by taking and scoring a 3 or higher on the AP exam. This exam is recommended but not required.
II.Course Objectives: /
- Ability to understand authentic conversations, lectures, oral presentations, and instructions.
- Ability to express original thoughts by arguing, convincing, and by describing.
- Ability to read and discuss a wide variety of authentic texts in the target language.
- Ability to express original thoughts through the usage of a wide variety of different writing strategies.
- Ability to compare and contrast target language and culture to those of the United States.
III.Classroom Rules and Expectations: / Classroom Rules:
- Be on time and ready to learn. This includes having your materials ready ON your desk WHEN the bell rings.
- Be respectful towards the teacher, fellow students, and the French language and culture.
- Productive classroom participation is required. (This includes bringing ALL materials to class. I don’t give locker passes.)
- Do nothing that prevents the teacher from teaching or students from learning.
- Obey all rules and policies stated in the Student Handbook.
- Student will be warned ONCE about the offense.
- Next, the student will receive detention with Mme Mooney and will serve that detention at HER discretion.
- The third time the student commits an offense the parents will be contacted.
IV. Classroom Policies and Procedures / Golden Rule: Speak French at all times to all people!
- Be productive from bell to bell. If you finish an assignment early, you must be doing something school related and productive.
- Begin your bell work immediately and independently.
- Be in your assigned seat when the bell rings.
- Complete all portions of assignments.
- Handwriting should be neat and legible. Please use only a pencil or a blue or black pen when completing assignments that will be turned in. Remember if Mme Mooney can’t read it for any reason,it’s wrong!
- Bring all materials daily.
- To end the class period, pack up belongings only when instructed and remain seated until officially dismissed. I dismiss you…not the bell.
- If you are absent, check Google Classroom for assignments.
- Do not text or use your cell phone unless instructed. It will be confiscated for at least the remainder of that class.
- Keep my room clean. NO FOOD or DRINK unless you have earned that privilege.
- Practice self-control of your emotions and actions.
- “Franglais” (half French, half English) is strongly discouraged for classroom use. It is just as easy to learn the appropriate vocabulary.
- When I am absent, I expect you to follow all rules, policies, and procedures established for the class.
- Seek help from me or tutors early if you need help. Help is always available.
- Students may bring laptops / tablets to class for school related work only. If laptops/ tablets are used inappropriately, you will be asked to shut them down and they will be banned from the class.
- Under no circumstances are student laptops / tablets to be wired to
2. No discs, flash drives, jump drives, or other USB devices will be
allowed.
- Neither the teacher, nor the school is responsible for broken, stolen, or lost laptops / tablets.
Additional Procedures
Homework: Check GOOGLE CLASSROOMevery night. It is YOUR responsibility to check GOOGLE CLASSROOM EVERY night even if homework wasn’t announced during class. All students are expected to turn in their assignments on time. Late homework and /or partial credit will be determined by the situation. Homework done or turned in during an unexcused absence will not be accepted. If you are absent the day that homework is taken up, you are expected to turn it in on the day you return. If you are absent on the day that homework is assigned, you have 3 days to turn it in. This is your responsibility and no reminders will be given.
Portfolios: Every student will keep a portfolio of their work in the classroom at all times. Any assignment returned to students, tests, or quizzes will be kept in the portfolio. You and your parents are encouraged to review your folder at school.
Projects are to be expected throughout the semester. These may be group or individual projects. Information on projects will be given with sufficient time to ensure completion.
Cheating: Any act of dishonesty will constitute as academic misconduct. Plagiarism is a form of cheating. Students are NOT permitted to copy information from the Internet and / or use electronic translators.
Extra Credit: Individual extra credit opportunities will not be given under any circumstances. Class extra credit opportunities may be offered by teacher discretion.
Any student who receives failing grades during this course is urged to discuss this with the teacher immediately.
V.BJ Grading Policy: / Daily and homework grades will be 30% of your nine weeks grade. Quiz, project, and test grades will be 70% of your nine weeks grade. The final exam is worth 20% of your final average.
VI. BJ Make-up Test Policy: / After an excused absence, it is the student’s responsibility to make up all
work missed. Homework should be completed and turned in the next day (except for extended absences). Tests, quizzes, and oral activities shouldbe made up on Friday mornings in the language classroom. Students will have 2 Friday morning opportunities to complete all work. Students not adhering to this schedule will receive a zero.
VII. Text and Other Required Reading: / Allons au-delà! La langue et les cultures du monde francophone
AP French: Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination
Trésors du temps
Supplementary readings (provided by Mme Mooney)
VIII. Materials and Supplies Needed: / 3 ring binder, loose-leaf paper, dividers, French / English dictionary (or app), 501 French Verbs (or app), blue or black pen, pencils
IX. Suggested Additional Supplies / Colored pens / pencils
18 Week plan
Weeks1-2 / Unit 1: Vocabulary and Grammar Review
Vocabulary: review of previous levels
Verb Tenses: present, impératif, passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait, futur, futur simple, futur
antérieur, conditionnel, conditionnel passé, subjonctif, passé simple
Additional Grammar: pronouns, prepositions, comparative vs. Superlative
Weeks
3-4 / Unit 2: Families and Communities
Sub themes: Childhood and Adolescence; Customs and Ceremonies; Family Structures,
Friendship and Love
- Vocabulary
- Family
- Holidays and Celebrations
- Emotions
- Grammar
- Review various tenses such as passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait, futur simple,
conditionnel, etc
- Listening (students listen to clips and answer questions based on content)
- excerpts from newscasts, films, songs
- Reading
- Articles from Le Monde, Le Figaro and other periodicals
- Speaking
- Record answering questions on families and traditions
- Presentations on how I will raise my child in the future - emphasizing discipline
- Role play : family dinner
- Role play: dating game
- Debate about the changing role of families
- Writing
- Write a blog entry on family topics such as generation gap, curfew, etc
- Write a letter to a family member in the future
- Description of a childhood memory
- In-class essay based on the theme
Weeks 5-8 / Unit 3: Personal and Public Identities
Sub themes: Alienation and Assimilation; Beliefs and Values; Language and Identity;
Multiculturalism; Nationalism / Patriotism
- Vocabulary
- adjectives of description and nationality
- idiomatic expressions
- French slang
- hobbies, interests, and past-times
- Grammar
- Review present tense forms of regular and irregular verbs
- Review regular and irregular adjective forms
- subjunctive
- Listening (students listen to clips and answer questions based on content)
- excerpts from newscasts, films, songs
- Reading
- Articles from Le Monde, Le Figaro and other periodicals
- Excerpts from Une Si Longue Lettre
- Historical overview of France’s role in slave trade and colonization of Africa
- Excerpts from Candide
- Speaking
- Record answering questions on difference between nationalism and patriotism
- Students interview each other
- Role play: meeting friends at a café using French slang
- Presentations on various stereotypes and how we can eliminate them
- Writing
- Write a blog entry comparing and contrasting public identities and
stereotypes in France with that of the United States - - Students write a letter about a students’ problems
- Students write an autobiography in order to introduce themselves
- Students write an in-class essay
Weeks
9-11 / Unit 4: Science and Technology
Sub themes: Ethical Questions; Future Technologies; News Media; Social Impact ofTechnology
- Vocabulary
- Various technologies
- Media
- Texting / email language
- Grammar
- Review of various tenses (as seen in evidence of student work)
- Listening (students listen to clips and answer questions based on content)
- excerpts from newscasts, films, songs
- Reading
- Articles from Le Monde, Le Figaro, and other periodicals
- Speaking
- Describe photos of actual inventions
- Debate controversial issues such as nuclear energy
- Present a French discovery: real from the past or pretend for the future that
solves a current problem
- Role play: my cell phone isn’t working
- Writing
- Write a review of a recent discovery and put in “class” newspaper
- Write responses to editorials in a French newspaper
- Send texts and emails in class and from home
- Write a blog about how social networking is changing the world
Weeks 12-14 / Unit 5Global Challenges
Sub themes: Economic Issues; Environmental Issues; Health Issues; Human Rights; Peace and War
- Vocabulary
- government
- political issues
- health issues
- environmental issues
- Grammar
- conditional
- si clauses
- imperative
- nouns and articles
- Listening
- online debates of political candidates
- newscasts from TV 5 and France 2
- Short film of L’homme qui plantait des arbres
- Reading
- Articles from Le Monde, Le Figaro and other periodicals
- L’Homme qui plantait des arbres
- Speaking
- Presentation on French and American government systems or specific political
parties
- Class elections: Students must list the issues that are most important to them and
what their solutions might be
- Debate on how other countries handle life-threatening health conditions in
comparison to the United States
- Writing
- Write a blog on your confidence in various political leaders
- Write a blog on whether we should judge the personal life of a candidate
Weeks
15-18 / Unit 6 Preparation for AP Exam
- Review of Themes Covered in Level 4
-Contemporary Life
-Beauty and Aesthetics
-Practice Examinations
-Grammar and Vocabulary Review
Week
19 / Review and Final Exam
**This syllabus is a tentative plan and is scheduled
to change at the teacher’s discretion. **
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