Students in French I will be using the textbook and workbook Discovering French Bleu. We will quickly move from the basic study of the alphabet, numbers and greetings. Over the year, we will cover vocabulary about likes and dislikes, family, food, weather, daily activities, descriptions of people and objects. The students will familiarize themselves with the concepts of masculine and feminine nouns and of conjugations. At the end of the year, they will master the regular -er verbs and the main irregular verbs such as etre, avoir and faire. They will be able to correctly use articles, preposition such as a and de and adjectives. Many class games and activities will supplement the textbook and encourage the students to express themselves as much as possible.
Expectations:
I expect my students to arrive prepared in class with their school material and their homework completed. There will always be homework to do for the next class, whether it is a series of exercises, a review for a quiz, or a journal entry.
Second to Fourth marking periods, students are expected to write a short paragraph in their composition book each week. This journal entry is due on the last day of the week our class meets.
I expect my students to participate in class, ask questions when they feel confused and contribute to a respectful and positive atmosphere. Learning a Foreign Language is a difficult task that requires feeling comfortable to express oneself, even if it means making mistakes or mispronouncing words. One has to try over and over sometimes to get it right and this progression is much more constructive in a fun environment where each student can build self-confidence and be encouraged to try, no matter what.
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The year will start with a series of reviews to ensure everyone feels comfortable when we start the first chapter of the book. The study of “foundations” may last the entire first marking period, if necessary. It will include vocabulary about places, houses, money and clothing. Grammar will cover stressed pronouns (me), possessive adjectives (my), demonstrative adjectives (this/that) and interrogative adjectives (what/which). Conjugations of the three types of regular verbs (-er, -ir, -re) will be studied in the present tense and the imperative.
After this introduction, we will start using the textbook and workbook Discovering French Blanc. This program allows the students to “recycle” what they have learned and add to it gradually. They will, for example, review “etre, avoir and faire” but learn expressions that use them in different contexts. Vocabulary will include professions, descriptive adjectives and activities. Conjugating the past tense will be a big step this year as we study the Passe Compose.
Expectations:
I expect my students to arrive prepared in class with their school material and their homework completed. There will always be homework to do for the next class, whether it is a series of exercises, a review for a quiz, or a journal entry.
Students are expected to write half a page in their composition book each week. This journal entry is due on the last day of the week our class meets.
I expect my students to participate in class, ask questions when they feel confused and contribute to a respectful and positive atmosphere. Learning a Foreign Language is a difficult task that requires feeling comfortable to express oneself, even if it means making mistakes or mispronouncing words. One has to try over and over sometimes to get it right and this progression is much more constructive in a fun environment where each student can build self-confidence and be encouraged to try, no matter what.
For Review
http://www.marincatholic.org/
http://www.classzone.com/cz/
Students in French III will continue to use the textbook Discovering French Blanc along with different class activities. Over the year, we will cover vocabulary about food, entertainment, sports, health and home. We will study different prepositions, pronouns, irregular verbs and adjectives. Students will be able to write stories at the past tense using the Passe Compose and the Imparfait. We will incorporate more French reading material into the curriculum.
Expectations:
I expect my students to arrive prepared in class with their school material and their homework completed. There will always be homework to do for the next class, whether it is a series of exercises, a review for a quiz, or a journal entry.
Students are expected to write half a page in their composition book each week. This journal entry is due on the last day of the week our class meets.
I expect my students to participate in class, ask questions when they feel confused and contribute to a respectful and positive atmosphere. Learning a Foreign Language is a difficult task that requires feeling comfortable to express oneself, even if it means making mistakes or mispronouncing words. One has to try over and over sometimes to get it right and this progression is much more constructive in a fun environment where each student can build self-confidence and be encouraged to try, no matter what.
For Review
http://www.marincatholic.org/
http://www.classzone.com/cz/
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