French III Course Overview

Taught by: Kathy Saich

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Course Parameters

Course Title:     French 3 

Grades: 9-12

Prerequisite:     French 2 (B- average minimum)

Book & materials:  Allez!  Viens! (level 2) - textbook (chapters 9-11)
                               Allez!  Viens! (level 3) - textbook (chapters 2-5)

Course Description:  An intermediate course where the language is used as an effective means of communication and a tool for the discovery of another culture.

Processes

Attitudes:  Students are using French willingly in and out of the classroom.

 Applications:  Through a total immersion in the French speaking environment provided by the textbook, videos and class format, students strengthen their knowledge of the language as well as of the culture. 

Writing:  The function, grammar and vocabulary features give students the building blocks they need to enrich the writing proficiency acquired in level 2.

 Speaking/Listening:  Students understand native speakers and engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

 Thinking Skills:  Students develop insight into different cultures and languages as well as into their own.  Students recognize that languages and cultures develop different patterns and can apply them to their own.

 Group Skills:  Students gain mutual respect and understanding when practicing pair/group activities.

 Ethics:  A high standard of intellectual honesty is stressed throughout the program as this course prepares students to play a role in a global society.

Critical Questions

•  How is a language the expression of a culture?
•  How can behavior and values vary from one culture to the next?
•  How valuable the mastery of a foreign language can be in the professional life.
•  How are cultural values reflected in literature?

Technology Use

• Contextualized listening activities through audio/video tools
• Communicative activities reinforced through the video program French in Action
• MicrosoftWord for correction in the resource center

Functions:                                                 Breaking some news

                                                                  Sharing a confidence

                                                                  Making excuses

                                                                  Giving opinions

                                                                  Asking for and giving directions

                                                                  Expressing impatience

                                                                  Expressing conditions, wishes, indecision

                                                                  Writing a formal letter

                                                                  Making arrangements

                                                                  Making and accepting apologies

                                                                  Showing and responding to hospitality

Vocabulary in context

French grammatical structures:Passe compose vs. imparfait

                                                                  Direct object pronouns with passe compose

                                                                  C'est vs.  il/elle est

                                                                  Relative pronouns qui and que

                                                                  Ne ... pas + infinitive

                                                                  The causitive faire

                                                                  Interrogative and demonstrative pronouns

                                                                  Reciprocal verbs

                                                                  Past infinitive

                                                                  Using the subjunctive

                                                                  Structures and their complements

 Irregular Verbs                                        Conduire and devoir

Subjective                                                 Present: regular and irregular verbs

Indicative                                                  Future

Conditional                                               Present 

Literature                                                 Mondo by Le Clezio

                                                                  Le voleur d’enfants  by Jules Supervielle

                                                                  or a another short story             

Examples of Expanded Assessment

Lesson quizzes - oral and written over vocabulary and grammatical structures

Evaluative tests - oral and written

Exams - Semester  and final

Daily homework - sentences, paragraphs, essays

Role playing oral activities

Oral presentations

Those involved with preparing this syllabus:  Annick Blanchon

Revised  June 7, 2001