The mission of the Keystone Oaks School District is to provide a safe learning environment that prepares critical thinkers to become responsible and productive members of society.

KEYSTONE OAKS HIGH SCHOOL

Honors French 4

Mrs. Julie O’Mara

412-571-6000 x1208

omara@kosd.org

This syllabus provides French students and their parents with an explanation of course objectives, content and expected outcomes. It is hoped that this format will give an overview of the scope of the course, and as such will help students to prepare for academic success.

Student Requirements and Expected Levels of Achievement

To meet with success in this course, students will be expected to:

1. Be in attendance and participate productively in class activities daily.

2. Study and practice to the point of memorization all materials presented in class and in the textbook.
3. Complete all homework assignments, and if being excused for another school-related activity, request the work in advance.
4. Pass aural/oral and written quizzes and tests, including the final exam, at a 70% level of mastery to be promoted to the next level.

Learning Objectives

The student will be able to:

1. Develop aural proficiency by listening attentively to the French modeled by the teacher and/or any recorded sources.
2. Develop oral proficiency by first imitating and then actively practicing the spoken language. 3. Comprehend questions, statements and directives in French.
4. Read and write sentences, using vocabulary and grammatical concepts presented in class and/or through the textbook.
5. Express and awareness of the cultural differences which exist in their lives and the lives of French-speaking people.

Evaluation is based on the following criteria each nine weeks:

1. Tests, quizzes

2. Oral activities

3. Classwork

4. Homework

5. Projects

6. Daily participation

The grading scale for Keystone Oaks is:

A 90-100%

B     80-89%

C 70-79%

D 60-69%

F Below 59 %

Summer Assignment is available at kosd.org or on the Honors French 4 Google Classroom website

Google class code titemlg

Homework is assigned approximately 3-4 times per week to reinforce skills learned in class.

The following websites are also recommended for student practice: my.hrw.com (online text), quizlet.com, quiz.com, duolingo.com, kahoot.com

Materials for class: Students will be provided with a Bien Dit textbook and workbook.Students will need to obtain the following: 1 1/2 inch binder, book cover, writing utensil. It is also useful for students to have markers or colored pencils at home for projects.

Honors French 4—Course Overview

Textbook: Bien Dit level 2

Chapitre 7—Un week-end en plein air

●	Vocabulary : Camping, Nature, animals, and activities

●	Culture : Camping, nautical sports, le parc national de la langue de Barbarie, le camping, Le francais dans le monde du tourisme, Fishing, the pirogue
●	Grammar : The passé composé and the imparfait, etre en train de, verbs with etre or avoir in the passé composé, the future, the future of irregular verbs, the verb courir.
●	Communication skills: Say what happened, describe circumstances, tell what you will do, wonder what will happen.
●	Performance assessment: Create a slideshow in French about what you are going to see and/or do in one of Senegal’s National Parks

Chapitre 8—Es-tu en forme?

●	Vocabulary : Parts of the body, injuries and illnesses, improving one’s health

●	Culture: Health care, l’awalé, Malade en France, Le français dans le monde médical, gyms, and Senegalese food.
●	Grammar: The subjunctive of regular verbs, the subjunctive of irregular verbs, more expressions with the subjunctive, the conditional, si clauses, the conditional to make polite requests.
●	Communication skills: Ask and tell how you feel, describe the symptoms give advice, complain about health and give advice, sympathize with someone.
●	Performance assessment: Create a skit that takes place in a doctor’s office. Discuss symptoms and give advice.

Chapitre 9—On s’amuse

●	Vocabulary: Movies and books, Television shows and music

●	Culture: Movies, the Cannes Film Festival, TV in France, to be a translator or interpreter

●	Grammar: Relative pronouns, Present participles, interrogative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, comparatives and superlatives.
●	Communication skills: Describe a movie or a book, ask for and give information, ask about preferences, recommend and advise against something.
●	Performance assessment: Create your own movie trailer video. Then write up a movie listing and review to accompany your movie trailer.

Chapitre 10—Partons en vacances

●	Vocabulary: Vacation and vacation preparations

●	Culture: French tourism and vacations, school holidays and vacation schedules.

●	Grammar:	Object pronouns, the conditional, si clauses, the subjunctive, the passe compose and the imparfait, etre en train de.
●	Performance assessment: Create an advertisement for travel to a location in the French-speaking world.

Three Musketeers, Les Miserables, and/or other current novel Students will be able to:
●	Read a simplified French novel ●	Recount details from the story ●	Summarize the plot of story
●	Give and support their opinion