FRENCH 4 Landahl K
FRENCH 45040 / TERM: full year / YEAR: 2015-2016
Landahl / PIONEER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL / LOTE
(Languages other than English)
C-118
716-492-9300
EXT. 118 / / Help Center schedule will be posted each month by homework board.
Help will also be available during the day. You must request a pass to be released from a study hall or lunch.
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS
Prerequisite: Level III. In level IV students are introduced to literature, cultural readings, authentic materials, and current events through a variety of media. The class allows participants to pursue their personal interests through the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues its emphasis on culture and new grammar is introduced. Students will have researched based projects and may also opt to take this course for three college credits through a community college for a fee.
LEARNING GOALS OF THE COURSE
Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication.
Key Idea: LISTENING & SPEAKING are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Key Idea: READING & WRITING are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action.
Standard 2: Students will develop cross-cultural skills and understandings.
Key Idea: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION involves meanings that go beyond words and require an understanding of perceptions, gestures, folklore, and family and community dynamics. All of these elements can affect whether and how well a message is received.
COURSE TEXT(S) AND/OR RESOURCES [websites]
Champeny, Séverine, IMAGINEZ: le français sans frontières. Vista Higher Learning, 2016.
Additional Resources:IMAGINEZ Supersite, vhlcentral.com, and Student Activities Manual
Teacher Webpage: Click High School then Teacher Tab
GENERAL EXPECTATIONS: READY, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE
Academic Honesty: The Pioneer Central High School policy will be adhered to in all cases of academic misconduct. Plagiarism is a serious offense. All work is expected to be your own, original undertaking. Using another’s work, with or without their permission and attempting to pass it off as your own is never permitted and will be severely penalized. (Consequences for academic dishonesty will be given consistent with the Code of Conduct).
Statement Regarding Student Conduct: Preparing to become a graduate of Pioneer involves more than academic preparation in the classroom. Every day you need to demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviors that are consistent with our Code of Conduct. All adults in our school will be watching to see that you are developing appropriate behavior and will provide you with feedback on your journey toward becoming world-class citizens.
Class Attendance:Attendance is required and necessary to succeed in a foreign language class, as it is in all classes. Attendance is taken every day. If you miss a class with a legal excuse, you may make arrangements to make up work. Any unexcused tardy to class of 15 minutes or longer will be counted as an illegal absence.Repeatedly arriving late or leaving early will affect your grade. It is your responsibility to get the assignment and hand work in on time, this includes missing for music lessons and field trips.
Active Participation Daily oral practice will be provided in class. Informal activities will be assessed using a participation rubric. There will also be formal presentations to the class in French. Presentations will have individualized rubrics for assessment purposes.
Student Submissions of required work: Homework is posted on the side board, next to the door. It is the student’s responsibility to keep track of assignments and tests in an agenda or elsewhere. All assignments not on worksheets should be in a spiral notebook for class. Please use the following heading on all loose assignments:
Je m’appelle Périod
C’est ______, le ______(date) Name of assignment
If you are absent, you are responsible for getting the notes and completing the assignments within two days. If you are absent the day an assignment is due, you must turn it in the day you return.
GRADING
Assignment / Notes / Percentage
Tests/Research/Projects and quizzes / Includes mid-term exam; final is separate grade – 1/5 of overall year average / 40%
Participation / listening and speaking activities / 25%
Homework, writings and readings / Essays, grammar, vocabulary work, and readings / 35%
Overall Percentage / 100%
Practice(grammar and vocabulary based) homework is given 3-4 times per week. These assignments are generally due the next day. Writing assignments are due every two weeks.
MAJOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS (there may be more or less assignments given at the teacher’s discretion):
**All dates and assignments are tentative and subject to change as year progresses**
Date / Topic / Due Date
09/16/14 / Book SudyLe Petit Prince / mid-January
02/01/16 / Research project / 03/14/15
01/15 / Midterm / January 19-21
02/02/15 / Oral Presentation / 04/26/15
Final exam / June 06-10
SUPPLIES: 1½-2˝ 3 ring binder pens and pencils spiral notebook
loose leaf paper dry erase marker (optional) index cards (optional)
Genesee Community College
FRE 202 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II/French 4 (3 credits) Full Year/Fall 2015
Ms. K. Landahl CLASSROOM C-118
Email: PHONE (716) 492-9300 ext. 1318
Catalog Description:Catalog Description: Strengthens French listening, speaking, reading and writing skills acquired in Intermediate French I. Emphasizes increased accuracy and depth of students’ abilities and knowledge of contemporary French culture. Strategies may include lecture/discussion, group and individual work, oral exercises, presentations, video, reading and writing assignments. Requires laboratory-supported practice. Instruction occurs in French. Students express themselves orally and in writing at the high-intermediate level, read authentic sources and understand key concepts when spoken clearly at native speed. Instructor determines final placement. Typically offered Spring.
Prerequisite: FRE 201 or equivalent. (French 3)
Last date of withdrawal: Mar. 15
Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs):
Upon successful completion of this course as documented through writing, objective testing, case studies, laboratory practice, and/or classroom discussion, the student will be able to:
Speaking:
1. Employ effective everyday speaking skills such as asking and answering spontaneous questions, using circumlocution, interviewing, carrying on conversations, leading class discussions and making oral presentations. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through interviews, task cards, laboratory activities, oral exams and/or presentations.
2. Demonstrate proficiency through the completion of a ten-minute oral presentation that will be formally evaluated using a standardized grading rubric.*
Listening:
3. Demonstrate listening comprehension skills such as understanding native speech, extracting the main idea and detailed information from a passage, and identifying tone and register. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, textbook activities or laboratory exercises.
Reading:
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension and analysis abilities by answering questions about selections such as authentic articles, short stories and poems. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, workbook or homework assignments or laboratory activities.
Writing:
5. Demonstrate written proficiency by writing journals, dialogs, letters, essays, articles and/or informative and persuasive papers. At least two of which will be formally evaluated using a grading rubric and at least once of which will be a paper of at least 500 words.
The above areas will be evaluated through the activities mentioned and a minimum of 5 quizzes and/or homework assignments and a minimum of two closed-book exams. In online classes the closed-book exams may be replaced by a synchronous oral evaluation.
In addition students will:
6. Discuss and describe key aspects of French or francophone culture, traditions and values through the completion of a research paper in French of at least 500 words. The paper will be evaluated using a standardized grading rubric, and form the basis for a minimum ten-minute oral presentation to the class in French.*
7. Demonstrate the ability to use appropriate language technology by completing laboratory-supported exercises at least four of which will be formally evaluated.
* This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the Comprehensive Assessment Plan of the college. All faculty teaching this course must collect the required data and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.
Content Outline:
I. SKILLS
Producing complex utterances, ordering past action, predicting, justifying, and protesting, interviewing, admiring, complaining, expressing moral stances, questioning advice, negotiating, compromising, making/breaking/avoiding commitments, telling jokes, requesting/offering translations, offering explanation or clarification, writing short research papers, controlling flow and direction of communication, controlling tempo of conversation.
II. VOCABULARY TOPICS
Expansion of topics covered in FRE 101-201 with the addition of customs and traditions, future society, the Press and communication, the environment, and literature. Topics will be determined in part by the goals of the students that make up the class.
III. GRAMMAR TOPICS
Review of French syntax and grammar, application of these concepts to new and varied situations.
III. CULTURAL TOPICS
Current events and topics of interest to students.
V. PROFICIENCY LEVELS
A. LISTENING
Understands standard speech delivered by native speaker with some repetition. Understand main idea of authentic video segments with prior introduction. Comprehends essential points of discussions or presentations on familiar topics, detects emotional overtones and understands inferences.
B. SPEAKING
Handles most communicative situations. Errors may occur due to stress and/or use of complex structures. Handles elementary constructions accurately, limited control of more complex structures may interfere with communication.
C. READING
Comprehends most factual information. Understands main idea of excerpts from literature.Detects overall tone or intent of a given text.
D. WRITING
Composes well-organized and unified texts on topics covered in class with a minimum of errors. Vocabulary is sufficient to cover most daily topic. Commands most frequently used syntactic structures, minor errors may occur. Complex structures may still cause difficulty in comprehension to a native speaker.
*Topics covered will vary slightly depending on the text adopted by the French faculty.
RequiredMaterials:
RequiredText: Champeny, Séverine, IMAGINEZ: le français sans frontières. Vista Higher Learning, 2016.
Additional Resources:IMAGINEZ Supersite, vhlcentral.com, and Student Activities Manual
Handouts and resources distributed in class
Supplies: 1½-2˝ 3 ring binder spiral notebook dry erase marker (optional)
paper writing utensils index cards (optional)
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS:
Course Description: French 4 students are introduced to literature, cultural readings, authentic materials, and current events through a variety of media. The class allows participants to pursue their personal interests through the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues its emphasis on culture and new grammar is introduced.
- Class Attendance: Attendance is required and necessary to succeed in a foreign language class, as it is in all classes. Attendance is taken every day. If you miss a class with a legal excuse, you may make arrangements to make up work. Any unexcused tardy to class of 15 minutes or longer will be counted as an illegal absence.Repeatedly arriving late or leaving early will affect your grade. It is your responsibility to get the assignment and hand work in on time, this includes missing for music lessons and field trips.
- Homework Assignments: Homework from the text will be assigned almost daily and checked for completion and accuracy. It is due at the beginning of class.
- Make up Policy: If you miss class with a legal excuse, you may make arrangements to makeup work.
- Responsibility: It is the student’s responsibility to actively participate in class as well as check his/her grades in Powerschools. Extra help is available after school in the library HELP center, or see Ms. Landahl for an appointment.
- Quizzes and Tests: There will be a minimum of four quizzes per quarter. Quizzes will consist of a variety of vocabulary, grammar and cultural topics. Tests will assess communicative skills based on the content of the text, handouts, classroom and on-line material. Questions may include true/false, multiple choice, short answer and essays as well as others. There will be eight tests throughout the year.
- Listening Activities: Listening will be assessed through authentic music pieces, newscasts, podcasts, dialogues with one another, and a variety of other authentic pieces. Questions will be asked written and orally.
- Class Participation and Oral Component: Daily oral practice will be provided in class. Informal activities will be assessed using a participation rubric. There will also be formal presentations to the class in French. Presentations will have individualized rubrics for assessment purposes.
- On-line/Lab Assignments: On-line assignments usually consist of multiple exercises at the textbook website or at alternate websites including grammar, culture, listening and vocabulary exercises as well as possible voice recordings. It may also include answering blog questions on the school website.
- Reading Comprehension Activities: Excerpts from literature, including poetry and current events texts will be used to assess your reading comprehension. Short answer, multiple choice and other methods of questioning, both written and oral, will be used for assessment purposes.
- Writing Assignments: Writing assignments will be based on cultural topics discussed in the text or current events covered in class. Writings can vary in length and style and will be in addition to daily homework assignments
- Final Cultural Research Project and Oral Presentation: A final cultural research project will be developed during the second semester with an oral presentation scheduled for the end of the school year. Current events and student interests along with the theme(s) being addressed in class will determine each student’s project topic.
- Cell Phones/iPods/Electronics Cell phones, iPods and other portable wireless communication devices should not be on or out during class. They must remain in your locker, pocket or backpack throughout the class. If I see you using a cell phone, iPod or other electronic device in this class, I will confiscate it.
- ELECTRONIC TRANSLATION DEVICES and TUTORS (electronic translators, software and web-pages). Electronic translation devices can be very useful to people who, during the course of their jobs, need to get their point across to French speakers. However (in addition to other inherent problems), they do not promote a genuine learning of the French language because one would not be able to reproduce the language without this aid. Under no circumstances should you use an electronic translation device to complete a class assignment. In addition, working with a tutor when having difficulty is a great way to improve your language skills, nevertheless, the work you hand in must be your own. If I suspect that you have used an electronic translation device to complete a class assignment or if I suspect that the work is not your own (but rather a tutor’s, friend’s, etc.) I will ask you to come to my classroom and redo the assignment under supervision. If, without a reasonable doubt, the work is not your own you will receive an “F” on the assignment.
Grading Criteria:
Assignment / Notes / PercentageTests/Research/Projects and quizzes / Includes mid-term exam; final is separate grade – 1/5 of overall year average / 40%
Participation / listening and speaking activities / 25%
Homework, writings and readings / Essays, grammar, vocabulary work, and readings / 35%
Overall Percentage / 100%
Assignment / Notes / Percentage
A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 65-69 F = 0-64
PLAGIARISM / CHEATING: Cheatingis obtaining or intentionally giving unauthorized information to create an unfair advantage in an examination, assignment, or classroom situation. Plagiarismis the act of presenting and claiming words, ideas, data, programming code or creations of others as one’s own. Plagiarism may be intentional – as in a false claim of authorship – or unintentional – as in a failure to document information sources using MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association) or other style sheets or manuals adopted by instructors at the College. Presenting ideas in the exact or near exact wording as found in source material constitutes plagiarism, as does patching together paraphrased statements without in-text citation. Disciplinary action may include a failing grade on an assignment or test, a failing grade for the course, suspension or expulsion from the college, as described in the Code of Conduct. For further information, see
Tentative Syllabus
WEEK / TOPIC / STRUCTURES / CULTURE / LITERATURE1-3
leçon 1
Ressentir
et vivre / les relations personnelles
l’état civil
la personnalité
les relations
les sentiments / spellingchangingverbs
être,avoir,faire, & avoir
forming questions
*-er, -ir &-reverbs
*the imperative / Les Francophonesd’Amérique / “Le Pont Mirabeau”, Apollinaire
Begin reading Le Petit Prince; complete study guide by mid-January
4-6
leçon 2
habiter en ville / En ville
les activités
les gens
les indications
les lieux
pour décrire / reflexive and reciprocal verbs
descriptive adjectives and adjective agreement
adverbs
*nouns and articles
*Il est and C’est / Rythme dans la rue: La Fête de la Musique / Tout bouge autour de moi, Laferrière
7-9
leçon 3
l’influence des médias / L’univers médiatique
le cinéma et la télévision
les gens des médias
les médias
la presse / passé composéwithavoir
passé composéwithêtre
the passé composé vs. the imparfait
*possessive adjectives
*the imparfait: formation and uses / Le Paysage musical au Québec / 99 francs, Beigbeder
10-12
leçon 4
la valeur des idées / la justice et la politique
les gens
les lois et les droits
la politique
la sécurité et le danger / the plus-que-parfait
negation and indefinite adjectives and pronouns
irregular –ir verbs
*demonstrative adjectives
*the passé simple / Haïti, soif de liberté / Discours sur la misère, Hugo
13-15
leçon 5
la société en évolution / crises et horizons
en mouvement
les changements
les problèmes et les
solutions / partitives
the pronouns y and en
order of pronouns
*object pronouns
*past participle agreement / Les Griots, maîtres de la tradition orale / Le Marché de l’espoir, Sathoud
16-18 / reseach
MID TERM
19-21
leçon 6
les générations
qui bougent / en famille
la cuisine
les étapes de la vie
les générations
les membres de la famille
la personnalité la vie
familiale / the subjunctive; impersonal expressions; will, opinion, and emotion
relative pronouns
irregular –re verbs
*disjunctive pronouns
*possessive adjectives / Jour de mariage / Le Cœur à rire et à pleurer, Condé
22-24
leçon 7
les sciences et la technologie / le progrès et la recherche
les gens dans les sciences
les inventions et la science
la technologie
l’univers et l’astronomie / the comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs
the futur simple
the subjunctive of doubt and conjunctions; the past subjunctive
*past participles used as adjectives
*expressions of time / CERN: A la découverte d’un univers particulier / Solitude numérique, Daeninckx
25-27
leçon 8
s’énvader et
s’amuser / le passe-temps
les arts et le théâtre
le shopping et les vêtements
le sport
le temps libre / Infinitives
Prepositions with geographic names
the conditionnel
*prepositions with infinitives
*the subjunctive after indefinite antecedents and in superlative statements / La Réunion, île intense / Le Football – Le Petit Nicolas, Sempé-Goscinny
28-30
leçon 9
persectives de travail / le travail et les finances
les finances
les gens du travail
le monde du travail / demonstrative pronouns
the present participle
irregular –oir verbs
*savoir vs. connaitre
*faire causatif / Des Africaines entrepreneuses / Profession libérale, Le Drian
30-33
leçon 10
les richesses naturelles / notre monde
les animaux
la nature
les phénomènes naturels
se servir de la nature ou la
détruire / the past conditional
the past perfect
si clauses
*indirect discourse
*the passive voice / Les Richesses du Pacifique / «Baobab», Tati-Loutard
FINAL EXAM
* grammar marked with asterisk is optional and class will decide coverage.