Syllabus

French II:  Goals and Course Outline

  

 

DEPARTMENT:  World Languages                             DATE: 2010-2011

COURSE TITLE:  French II Honors                             COURSE NO: 4220

                                                                         CREDITS: 5

 

 

TEXTBOOK:     Discovering French Blanc

WORKBOOK:  Discovering French Blanc, Activity Book

 MATERIALS:    Discovering French Blanc, video, audio, computer-assisted

                           components               

PUBLISHER:  McDougal Little, 2004

 

GOALS: Students will

  1. Converse or correspond in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, exchange opinions.
  2. Understand and interpret spoken and written French on various topics.  
  3. Gain knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the Francophone world.
  4. Use French to connect with other disciplines.
  5. Develop insight into the nature of language and culture.
  6. Use French within and beyond the school setting for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

CONTENT OF COURSE

FIRST QUARTER

    Unit 1:  “Qui suis-je?”

  1. Identifying oneself and one’s family and providing personal data
  2. Talking about professions
  3. Making introductions
  4. Making a telephone call
  5. Talking about what one plans to do  and where one is going using aller + l’infinitif
  6. The present tense with depuis
  7. Review of the verb être and expressions with être
  8. The verb faire and expressions with faire describe what people are doing
  9. Questions with inversion
  10. Review of question words
  11. Review tu and vous
  12. Review questions using intonation and est-ce que
  13. Talk about where one is coming from and what one has just done using the verb venir

 

SECOND QUARTER :

Unit 2:  “Le Week-end, enfin!”

1.     Describing weekend and other leisure activities

2.     Telling where one goes and how one gets there

3.     Describing the countryside

4.     Describing what one did yesterday, last weekend, or last summer

5.     The passé compose with avoir

6.     The verbs prendre, mettre, voir, sortir, partir

7.     Irregular past participles

8.     The passé composé with être

9.     Paris and the Paris subway

10.   Impersonal expressions :  quelqu’un, quelque chose, personne, rien

11.   Il y a + elapsed time

12.   aller + infinitive for future activities

13.   Using expressions with faire

14.   Reading for pleasure and developing logical thinking

15.   Daily activities of young French people

 THIRD QUARTER

Unit 3:  “Bon Appetit”

1.     Talking about favorite foods and beverages and expressing preferences

2.     Ordering in a café or restaurant

3.     Shopping for food

4.     Learning about shopping in France

5.     Learning what is served in restaurants in France and Quebec

6.     Learning about French fast-food

7.     Learning about French water consumption

8.     Learning about tipping

9.     The verbs boire, préférer, vouloir, acheter, payer, devoir, pouvoir

10.   The partitive

11.   Expressions of quantity with de

12.   The expression il faut

13.   Reading authentic documents for information and reading for pleasure

14.   Preparing a croque-monsieur and the French numbering system for building floors

 

FOURTH QUARTER

 

Unit 4:  “Loisirs et Spectacles”

 

  1. Describing and discussing various forms of entertainment
  2. Discussing types of movies
  3. Talking about favorite stars
  4. Describing relationships with others
  5. Using French to write a letter to a French friend
  6. Discussing what one likes to read
  7. The verbs connaître, savoir, écrire, lire, dire
  8. Direct, indirect, and double object pronouns
  9. Object pronouns with the passé compose
  10. Learning where young French people go in their free time
  11. Learning what kind of entertainment French teens prefer
  12. Learning about the history and cultures of Canada, Louisiana, Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Tahiti, French Guyana

 

 French II Unit Proficiencies

 

Students will be able to. . .

Unit 1:  "Qui suis-je?" 

  1.     Give basic information about self and family.  

  2.     Name many professions

  3.     Describe friends and other people

  4.     Say how you feel

  5.     Talk about what you plan to do and have recently done

  6.     Introduce your friends to other people

  7.     Make a telephone call

  8.     Discuss the diversity of France and talk about its people

Unit 2:  “Le week-end enfin !”

1.     Discuss weekend plans and activities

2.     Talk about visiting the countryside

3.     Use vocabulary to get around by subway

4.     Talk and describe what happened and did not happen in the past

5.     Ask questions about the past

6.     Describe actions and times of actions

7.     Read for pleasure and develop logical thinking

8.     Write mini-stories

9.     Express how long ago things happened

10.   Use:  quelqu’un, quelque chose, personne, rien, jamais, déjà

11.   Use the verbs sortir, partir, dormir

 

Unit 3 :  « Bon Appetit »

1.     Discuss meals and table settings

2.     Order food in a café or restaurant and ask for the bill

3.     Identify foods and beverages and discuss preferences

4.     Shop for food, ask for prices

5.     Read authentic documents for information

6.     Use quantity expressions for foods

7.     Learn where French people shop

8.     Compare French and American supermarkets

9.     Use the partitive

10.   Use vouloir, pouvoir, devoir to express what one wants to do, can do, must do

11.   Use the verb boire, acheter, préférer, payer

12.   Learn about typical French beverages

13.   Read for information and/or pleasure and to develop cultural awareness

14.   Discuss quantities

15.   Express obligation or necessity

16.   Read a recipe and prepare a croque-monsieur

 

 Unit 4:  “Loisirs et Spectacles”

1.  Talk about entertainment and movies

2.  Discuss places to go and things to do with friends

3.    Extend, accept, and reject invitations

4.    Read authentic realia and read for information

5.    Learn where French young people like to go in their free time

6.    Be aware of the kind of entertainment young French people prefer

7.    Write a letter to a friend

8.    Read for pleasure, for information, and to develop logical thinking and expand cross-cultural awareness

9.    Use object pronouns with declarative, imperative, and infinitive constructions

10.  Use verbs asking for a service

11.  Give orders, make and respond to requests

12.  Discuss tourist attractions in Quebec City

13.  Talk about people, places, and things in the present and the past

14.  Talk about possessions

15.  Discuss what they like to read

16.  Use the verb savoir and distinguish between savoir and  connaître

17.  Talk about what one knows and does for others.

 

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