AP Level V French
Syllabus
Northgate High School 2013-2014
Madame Safran
925-938-0900 ext. 2150
www.safranm.weebly.com
Course Overview and Learning Objectives
v Students will become proficient speakers, readers, writers and listeners of the French Language, exercising the following modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive and Presentational.
v Students and teacher will research and present to the class, in the French language, elements of the francophone world related to the six course themes. Through comparison and contrast of their own cultural upbringing they will enrich their global cultural knowledge and experiences.
v Students and teacher will communicate exclusively in the French Language.
v Students will be able to communicate in French using the six modes of communication: Spoken Interpersonal, Written Interpersonal, Written and Print Interpretive, Audio/Visual/Audiovisual Interpretive, Spoken Presentational, and Written Presentational.
v Students will, through practice, develop products which will in turn present their own perspectives as well as perspectives from French speaking countries on a variety of themes.
VIVE LE FRANÇAIS!
Course materials
1. En Bonne Forme, by Simone Renaud, Dominique Van Hoof, Houghton Mifflin Co., 8th edition (2007)
2. Collage: Lectures Littéraires, By Baker, Bleuzé, Border, Grace, Owen, Williams-Gascon, McGraw Hill, 5th edition (2001)
Supplementary: Audio, Visual, Audio-Visual, literary and non-literary, grammar and vocabulary
· Allons au-delà - La langue et les cultures du monde francophone by Richard Ladd, Pearson (2012)
· AP French: Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination, by Richard Ladd, Pearson (2012)
· AP French Language and Culture All Access by Angelini, O’Neill, Alexandru, Huntington, Stofanak, REA (2013)
· AP French Language and Culture by Elaine Kurbegov, Edward Weiss, Barrons (2013)
· College Board released AP practice exams (2012)
· Littérature moderne du monde francophone: une anthologie by Peter S. Thompson (1997)
· Séquences: Intermediate French Through Film, By Thomson Heinle, Michèle Bissière (2008)
· Internet (may include): (video, music, news, cultural presentations, grammar, vocabulary)
▫ http://www.TV5.org/index.php ▫ http://www.rfi.fr
▫ http://www.france2.fr/ ▫ http://www.france3.fr/
▫ http://www.france24.com/fr/monde ▫ http://french.about.com/
▫ http://www.lepointdufle.net ▫ www.haverford.k12.ps.us/page/3446
▫ www.youtube.com ▫ www.pubstv.com
▫ www.onlylyrics.com/gr_new.php?gid=13 ▫ www.1jour1actu.com
▫ www.rogerfedererfoundation.org.fr ▫ www.quizlet.com
▫ http://www.editionsdidier.com/files/media_file_8166.pdf
· Film and film excerpts may include:
o Rue Cases Nègres (Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, Contemporary)
o Indochine (Contemporary Life, Global challenges, Families and Communities, Personal and Public Identities)
o Coco before Chanel (Beauty and Aesthetics, Personal and public identities, Contemporary life, Science and Technology, Global Challenges, Families and communities)
o Entre les murs (Global Challenges, Contemporary Life, Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities)
o Persepolis (Global challenges, Contemporary Life, Personal and public identities, Families and communities, Beauty and Aesthetics )
· Audio: (may include)
o Christophe Maé
o Benjamin Biolay
o Joyce Jonathan
o Céline Dion
o Isabelle Boulay
o Francis Cabrel
o Edith Piaf
Course Grading
All tests and quizzes will be announced ahead of time. Being absent the day before an announced test or quiz does not excuse you from taking it on the announced day. As per our School Wide Late Work and Make-Up Policy in the student handbook, “Students must hand work in on time for credit. No late work will be accepted.”
The World Languages department does NOT round up grades for any reason. Students are responsible for staying on top of their grades earned, studying and turning in assignments on time.
Any perception of cheating will result in a zero (0) on the assignment or test. Additional consequences may also be assigned. Details of potential consequences for cheating are outlined in the student planner.
Cheating, small or large, is still cheating.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
A. Participation/Homework = 20%
B. Tests/Quizzes/Projects/Essays = 60%
C. Final Exam = 20%
Assessments
Students will be assessed in all areas of language learning, both formative and summative in speaking, writing, reading, and listening. Assessments will include but are not limited to:
A. Discussion / Q & A – Students will engage in all class activities and be expected to speak as often as possible in class (in French).
A. Current events – Each student will be assigned a Francophone country. He/she will select an article in French and summarize it as well as note five (5) new and useful vocabulary words. Each student will also give his/her opinion about what he/she has read. Students must also engage their classmates in a discussion.
A. Homework – This will be assigned daily and might include: answering questions based on a literary or non-literary text, writing a short paragraph about the theme in response to a reading, and completing grammar exercises.
A. Writing in class – Students will need to have a composition book in which they will comment on the theme being discussed, respond to a question from either their teacher or one of their peers, write questions that come up for their peers current event presentations, etc.
A or B. Role-plays – These will be impromptu and/or prepared related to the theme.
B. Tests – Students will be tested on the grammar concepts as well as the theme-based vocabulary learned.
B. At-home compositions/essays – Students will be asked to write on one of the literary readings studied in class or read independently. Students will be graded based on the AP scoring rubric.
B. Oral presentations – Students present the theme being discussed in a format such as a debate, discussion, PowerPoint, video, project, etc. Students will be graded based on the AP rubric.
B. Voice recordings – Students will record (at-home or in the classroom) responding to a specific task set up on the theme being studied.
B. Projects – Individual or group projects will be assigned to be presented at the end of each theme-based unit (creating poems/songs, PowerPoint’s, videos, games).
B. Authentic speaking opportunities – Students will be required to have focused/theme based conversations with native French speakers at least once per semester. They will need to create a video as evidence of their exchange. A grading rubric will be provided.
C. Final Exams – Students will also have a comprehensive final exam at the end of each semester.
Classroom Behavior
Arriving to class after the bell, eating or talking during the class will not be tolerated. Textbooks, paper, pencil and pens (black, blue, red and green) are to be brought to class on a daily basis. You are not to borrow any materials from your classmates; it disturbs the other members of the class when you are not prepared.
Materials needed for AP course: (for school and/or at home)
ü NHS Student planner
ü 1” 3-ring binder (with side pockets is best)
ü 4 tab dividers for binder –(pocket best but not required)
ü Composition book (to remain in the classroom – Please mark your first and last name, French V AP, and period 5 clearly on the front cover using a medium black permanent marker)
ü College ruled paper
ü Multiple packages of flashcards (blank or ruled)
ü Sandwich bags or rubber bands to organize your flshcard sets
ü One letter size manila envelope – punch for three ring to hold in binder (flashcard sets)
ü Several #2 pencils with good erasers
ü 4 – Ball point pens (very important, please) = 1 – red, 1 – green, 1 – blue and 1 – black
ü 1 – Dry erase marker (large chisel tip – dark color best)
ü 1 – Set of colored pencils
ü Flash drive
ü Access to video camera and ability to save on flash drive for class viewing (PC compatible)
ü PowerPoint Program (PC viewing compatible)
ü French/English Dictionary (strongly encouraged)
ü 501 French Verb Book (strongly encouraged)
How do I organize my French binder?
Being organized is VERY important towards academic success. Please set up four dividers, see bold
for labeling. Italics are used for the description of what will go in those sections.
In-side pockets for binder (please place a copy of the class rules = left and the syllabus = right)
You should always have ruled paper in your binder.
1. Grammar (lessons/notes/handouts/exercises, etc.)
2. Literature (lessons/notes/handouts/exercises, etc.)
3. Culture (lessons/notes/handouts/exercises, etc.)
4. History (lessons/notes/handouts/exercises, etc.)
(No label needed) Manila envelope for flashcard sets
Guiding Principles for French classroom
I teach when there are no distractions.
I listen to people who raise their hands and wait to be called upon.
Work is eligible for credit when papers are neat and turned in on time.
Bottles of water are allowed in class.
The bell does not release the students, the teacher does.
We learn when we arrive on time and cooperate.
We speak French in class at all times.
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