French III & IV
Week of August 20 - 22
Students will be welcome to their French Class.
Students will review class rules & procedures, school rules & procedures
Class contract due in class on Monday 8/25/08
French III-
Rappel I Review- ( description of self & others, expressions with Avoir such as "avoir chaud", the Future with Aller + infinitive, être en train de + infinitive, venir de + infinitive )p. 4 & 5 in Red Book.
Rappel II p. 6 & 7 ( depuis + Present tense of regular & irregular verbs)
Workbook p. 3- 7
Ditto review due on 8/27
Assessment on Rappel I & II ( adjective agreement, expressions with avoir, regular, irregular and helping verbs) on Wednesday 8/27
French IV-
Review of Reprise
Workbook practice p. 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16 & 17
Assessment on Reprise on Wednesday 8/27
Week of August 25 - 29
French III
Assessment on Rappel I and part of II
Students wil be reviewing "depuis" + present tense in Rappel 2 p.6
Expressions with FAIRE p. 7
In Rappel 3 they will be reviewing articles with food & drinks, verbs "prendre & boire" p. 8 & 9
They will be introduced to indefinite pronouns "Y" & "EN"
Practice of Pronouns in White book p. 248, 249, 282, 284, 309 #4
Practice ditto on Rappel 2 & 3
Assessment on Rappel 2 & 3 on Tuesday 9/2
French IV
Assessment on Wednesday 8/27 on REPRISE
Students will Review Unité I L'importance du look p. 33 - 55
La description physique p. 36 & 37
La toilette et les soins p. 42
Les verbes réfléchis au présent p. 44 & 54
La routine quotidienne p.48
Les verbes réfléchis au passé-composé p. 50
La conditionphysique et les sentiments p. 52
Assessment on Unité 1 on Tuesday 9/2
Week of September 2 - 5
French III
Assessment Rappel 2 & 3 on 9/2
Workbook practice p. 5 - 9
Practice Pronouns ( direct & indirects)
Assessment on pronouns Rappel 3 part 2 on Wednesday 9/3
Culture p.11, 20, 21
Reprise B Rappel 4, 5, 6 p. 12 - 18 -Imparfait vs. Passé-Composé
Ditto practice on above
Workbook p. 11 -14
Assessment on Rappel 4, 5 & 6 on Monday 9/8
French IV
Assessment on Unité 1 on Tuesday 9/2
Révision de l'Unité 2 p. 71 - 91 (Les Passe-Temps actifs, les travaux domestiques, la formation du subjonctif & comment décrire un objet)
Activités p. 79 # 2, p. 81 # 7 , p. 86 # 3, p. 87 # 10 & 11,p. 91 # 2
Assessment on Unité 2 on Friday 9/5
Révision de l' Unité 3 La Nature, le Passé- Composé, l'Imparfait et le Passé Simple
p. 109 - 133
Week of September 8 - 12
French III
More Practice on Passé-Composé vs. Imparfait Check workbook p. 11 - 14
Quiz on Passé-Composé vs. Imparfait
Révision Rappel 7 & 8 ( Connaître vs. Savoir, direct vs. indirect pronouns, negative expressions) p. 22 - 26
Workbook p. 15 - 18
Quiz on Rappel 7 & 8 on Monday 9/15
Lecture "Les trois bagues" p. 27 - 31
Introduction Unité 1 Partie I - Vocabulaire p. 37 & 38, p. 42
Introduction of the Reflexive verbs formation p. 44
Activités p. 37- 41, p.43 & p.45 - 47
Workbook p. 19 - 22 & p. 107 - 112
French IV
Révision de l' Unité 3 - Vive la Nature p. 109 - 133
Vocabulaire & Passé-Composé vs. Imparfait & Passé Simple
Activités p. 115 # 3, p. 116 # 6, p. 119 # 13, p. 129 # 2, p. 130 # 4 & p. 133 # 11
Assessment on above on Wednesday 9/10
Révision de l'Unité 4 Aspects de la vie quotidienne p. 149 - 169
Vocabulaire, les pronouns directs et indirects, le verbe faire + infinitif & expressions de quantité.
Activités p. 157 # 3, p. 159 # 5, p. 163 # 1, p. 165 # 7
Week of September 15 - 19
French III
Quiz on Rappel 7 & 8
Practice vocabulary Unité I
Practice Reflexive formation - Ditto activities practice
Check workbook p. 19 - 22 & p. 107 - 112
Assessment on Part I of Unité I on 9/22
Introduction of Part 2 Unité I La routine quotidienne et la formation du Passé-Composé des verbes réflexifs p. 48 - 55
French IV
Assessment on Unité 4 on Monday 9/15
Review Unité 5 p. 187 - 207 (les expressions négatives p. 192, le futur simple p. 201 & 204, le conditionnel)
Activités p. 193 #2, p. 202 # 2 ( only in the JE form), p. 206 # 10, p. 207 # 12
Assessment on Unité 5 on 9/19
Week of September 22 - 26
French III
Review Part I Unité I (vocabulaire & formation reflexive)
Check workbook p. 19 - 22
Introduce part 2 Unité 1 - La Routine Quotidienne- p. 48
Assessment Part I Unité 1 on Tuesday 9/23
Practice Part 2 p. 48 - 45 Les verbes reflexifs au Passé-Composé
Workbook practice p. 23 - 26
Ditto practice Partie 2 Unité 1
Assessment on above on 9/26
French IV
Révision Unité 6 p. 227 - 245
Activités p. 237 # 8, p. 243 # 2 & 3, p. 245 # 6 & 7
Assessment on Unité 6 on Thursday 9/25
Introduction Unité VII Partie I- La Forme & la Santé & Le Subjonctif- p. 261 - 277
Week of September 29 - October 3
French III
Lecture Unité 1 p. 56 - 59 (avec questions)
Culture Unité 2 p. 60 - 69 ( & questionnaire)
Pas de classe Mardi
Unité 2 Partie p.74 - 83
Vocabulaire p.74 - 77
The formation of the subjunctive with IL FAUT QUE p. 78 -81
Workbook p.27 -30
Practice Ditto Unit 2 Part 1
Quiz on 10/7/08
French IV
Unité 7 Part 1 review
Workbook p. 69 -73
Practice Ditto
Quiz Part 1 on 10/6
Introduce Unité 7 Part 2
Week of October 6 - 10
French III
Check workbook Unité 2 Part 1
Check Practice Ditto
Quiz on Part one on 10/7/08
Introduce Part 2: vocabulary p. 84, 90 & 91
Formation of the subjunctive of irregular verbs p. 86, 87 & 88
Workbook p. 31 - 34
Practice ditto part 2
Reading & Culture Unité 2 p. 92 - 107 + questionnaire
Quiz Unité 2 part 2 on Tuesday 10/14
French IV
Unité 7 Partie 2 Book p. 278 -281 Le Passé du Subjonctif
Workbook p. 74 - 76
Practice dittos part 2
Reading & Culture p. 282 - 301 + questionnaire
Quiz Unité 7 Partie 2 on 10/14
Week of October 13 - 17
French III
Review Unité 2 part 2
Check workbook & package ditto
Quiz on Unité 2 part 2 on 10/14
Introduce Unité 3- vocabulaire p. 112, 124, 125 & 126
Review Imparfait vs. Passé-Composé p. 114 -119, p.128 -132
Introduce Passé-Simple p. 133
PSAT testing on 10/15
Workbook p.36, 38, 40 & 41
Reading & Culture + questionnaire p. 134 - 147
French IV
Review Unité 7 Partie 2 on Monday
Quiz on above on Tuesday 10/14
Study vocabulary & grammar Unité 8
PSAT testing on Wednesday
Review Unit 7 & 8 for midterm
Week of October 20 - 24
French III
Students will review Unité 1 - 3 for Midterm
On Tuesday 10/21, they will take the oral part of their Midterm (Speaking Proficiency)
Fourth period will take their exam on 10/23
First period will take their exam on 10/24
French IV
Students will review Unité 7 & 8
They will take their exam on 10/24
Week of October 27 - 31
French III
Students will learn in Unité 4 about shopping and asking for services in French
Part I vocabulary p.149 - 155
Review of Pronouns Y & EN p. 156
Expressions indéfinies de quantité p. 158
Workbook practice p. 45 - 48
Package activities practice
Quiz Partie 1 on 10/31
Introduce Partie 2 on Personal Style p. 160 & 161
Services p. 166
French IV
Lecture & Culture Unité 8 p. 326 - 343
Introduce Unité 9 Les Amis & La Famille p. 345 - 351- Le Mariage p. 358 - 359
Gammaire: Les verbes réfléchis au sens réciproque p. 352
Les pronoms relatifs QUI & QUE p. 354 & 355
Le pronom DONT p. 357
Workbook p. 87 - 90
Week of November 3 - 7
French III
Students will practice in all pronouns, direct & indirect, using 2 in a sentence.Book p. 162, 163, 164, 165 & p. 168 the construction FAIRE + infinitive
Students will learn the vocabulary for services at the shoe maker, the photographer, the dry cleaning & the beauty shop Book p. 160, 161, 166 & 167
Workbook partie 2 Unité 4 p. 49 - 54
Activités Package Unité 4
Quiz on Monday 11/10
French IV
Students will take quiz on Unité 9 Partie I
Students will study Unité Partie 2 p. 360 - 365
Students will do activities on p. 361 # 3, p. 363 # 3 & p. 365 # 6
Week of November 10 - 14
French III
Students will correct package activities Unité 4 Partie 2 on Monday 11/10
They will then take the assessment on Unité 4 partie 2 on 11/10 as well
They will work on the Culture (La Musique Française) & Lecture "UNe Histoire de Cheveux) of Unité p.170 - 185 - Package is due in class on Wednesday 11/12
Students will be introduced to Unité 5 Partie 1- Les Voyages & La Passion des Voyages p. 189 - 195
Expressions négatives p. 192
Workbook p. 55 & 56
Activités Unité 5 partie 1
Assessment on Unité 5 partie 1 will be on Monday 11/17
French IV
Students will do Activités in workbook p. 91 - 94
Students will take quiz Unité 9 Partie 2 on Thursday 11/13
Students will work on Unité 9 Culture (L'Afrique) & Lecture (Le Bracelet) p. 366 - 381
Week of November 17 - 21
French III
Check package activities on Unité 5 Partie 1
Assessment Unité 5 Partie 1 on Monday 11/17
Introduce Unité 5 Partie 2
Vocabulaire sur le voyage en train et en avion p. 196 - 198 & p. 204
Formation of the Futur Simple p. 201
Formation "Si" clause + futur p. 204
Formation of the Conditionnel p. 207
Workbook p. 57 - 62
Package activities Unité 5 Partie 2
Assessment Unité 5 partie 2 on 11/24/08
ALL NOTEBOOKS & WORKBOOKS will be collected on Friday 11/21
French IV
Activities package on Unité 9 Partie 2
Assessment on Unité 9 Partie 2
Lecture & Culture Unité 9 p. 208 - 225
Introduce Unité10 Partie 1 p. 226 - Les Jeunes touristes en France
Vocabualaire p. 230 & 231
Grammaire: Le comparatif p. 234, Le superlatif p. 236
Workbook p. 95 - 100
Activities Unité 10 Partie 1
ALL NOTEBOOKS & WORKBOOKS will collected on 11/21
Week of November 24 - 26
French III
Students will work on Unité 5 part 2 of their workbook
Students will work on Unité 5 part 2 Activités
Students will work on Lecture & Culture Unité 5 p. 208 - 225
All work must be turned in on Wednesday 11/26
Students will watch & summarized the movie " Au Revoir Les Enfants" on Wednesday 11/26.
Assessment Unité 5 partie 2 will be on 12/2
All students will recite their poem of choice on 12/1
All students will do their Impromptu Speaking on 12/4
All projects & posters done as extra credit must be turned in to Madame on 12/12
Have a great Thanksgiving!
French IV
Students will work on Unité 10 Partie 1 p. 383 - 393
Workbook p. 95 - 100
Assessment on above on 12/3
Poem recitation on 12/1
Impromptu Speaking on 12/4
All projects & posters due in class on 12/12
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Week of December 1 - 5
French III
Students will recite their poem of choice on 12/1.
Students will be introduced to Unité 6 Partie 1 p. 227 - 239
Séjour en France - vocabulaire p.230 & 231
Le comparatif p. 234 & 235
Le superlatif p. 236 & 237
Workbook pratice p. 62 - 63
Activités package U.6 Partie 1
Speaking Proficiency on 12/4
Assessment on U. 6 Partie 1 on 12/8
French IV
Students will recite their poem of choice on Monday.
Students will be assessed on Unité 10 Partie 1 on 12/3
Students will do their Speaking Proficiency on 12/4
Students will learn about La Vie Professionnelle in Unité 10 Partie 2- p. 394 - 397
They will also learn how to use the Subjunctive after different prepositions -p. 398 - 401
Students will do activités # 2 & 3 p. 399, # 6 p. 400 & # 7 p. 401.
Students will do workbook practice p. 101 - 104
Assessment on Partie 2 will be on 12/9
Week of December 8 - 12
French III
Students will learn in Unité 6 Partie 2: Services dans un hôtel p. 240, Pronoms Interrogatifs & Pronoms Demonstratifs p. 242 & 243 and the Pronom Possessif p. 244
Workbook p. 66 - 68
Activités Package Unité 6 Partie 2
Assessment on above on 12/15/08
French IV
Students will work on Lecture & Culture of Unité 10 p. 402 - 420
Students will Read & study "Le Petit Prince"
Study 1: Chapters 1 - 4
Week of December 15 - 19
French III
Unité 6 Partie 2
Lecture & Culture p. 246 - 259 + questionnaire due on 12/18/08
On 12/18 & 12/19 students will watch the movie of Victor Hugo " Les Misérables". Questionnaire was done on movie and collected on 12/19
Have a super vacation!
Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année 2009!!!
French IV
Le Petit Prince study 2: Chapters 5 - 8
Have a great vacation!
Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année!!!
Week of January 5 - 9
French III
Review of Units 4, 5, & 6 for the Final Exam
Review Culture as well
French IV
Review Units 8, 9 & 10 for Final
Study 3 of Le Petit Prince: Chapters 9 - 12
Week of January 12 - 15
Final Exams for both French III & French IV
French IV/V/AP
Week of August 14- 18
Students are welcomed to their French class and introduced to class syllabus, class rules and school rules through the code of conduct book.
Students are explained the purpose of the AP class which leads to passing the French AP exam in May 2007.
First assignment: Une Fois pour Toutes- chapter 1: Les Articles
Second assignment: Schaum's Vocabulary- chapter I: L'Aeroport
Third assignment: Listening activities- Chapter I -AP French workbook
Assessment on Les Articles
Week of August 21- 25
Students finish assignments on L'Aeroport and Listening activities.
Students do Reading Comprehension practices.
Students are assessed on vocabulary of L'Aeroport .
Week of August 28- September 1
Students work on Chapter one of Amsco : French Idioms
Students work on Une Fois pour Toutes- chapter 2: Les Verbes (in the Present tense)
Assessment on French Idioms by applying them in their essay.
Week of September 5 - 8
Students will work on Une Fois pour Toutes- Chapter 2: Les Verbes ( in all the other tenses such as Past, Futur, Conditional,
Subjunctive, etc---).
Assessment on above on 9/8
Students will work on Schaum's Chapter 2 Vocabulary :" A la gare ".
Assessment on above on 9/11
Lecture & questions in Triangle p. 69
Week of September 11- 15
Assessment on vocabulaire "A la gare"
Review of Imparfait & Passe-Compose
Une fois pour Toutes p. 20- 37 Les temps du Passe
Assessment on Les temps du Passe on 9/14
Schaum's chapitre 5 & 6 Vocabulaire L'automobile/ la voiture/ l'auto p.29 - 46
AP French -Listening
Triangle -Lectures & questions
Week of September 18- 22
Assessment on Imparfait vs. Passe-Compose
Speaking practice based on AP format
Amsco- Chapter 2- Idioms with verb Faire
Triangles - Lectures & Questions
Week of September 25- September 28
Check ESSAY that was given as assignment over week-end
Check package on Idioms with Faire
Une pour Toutes p. 32-37 Le Plus-que-Parfait
Schaum's Chapter 3 Vocabulaire on L'automobile/ Lavoiture/ L'auto
Quiz on all three topics on 10/3
Week of October 3- October 6
Quiz on Le Plus-que -Parfait & Vocabulaire sur La Voiture 7 idioms with Faire on Tuesday 10/3
Lectures p. 45-50 French AP
Une Fois pour Toutes: Le Passif au Passe p.35
Essay due on Monday 10/9 : Aimez-vous mieux les voitures americaines ou etrangeres?
Week of October 9- October 13
Students will do practices for speaking with pictures strips from French AP book
Students will study the Idioms with Reflexive verbs from Amsco Chapter 3
Students will learn the vocabulary to ask for directions in Schaum's Chapter 8
Week of October 16- October 19
Students will take a quiz on Amsco chapt.3 & Schaum's Chapt 8 & 9
Students will review for Midterm
Students will take Midterm on 10/19
Week of October 23 - October 27
Students will go over Midterm
Students will learn the subjunctive in Une Fois pour Toutes
Students will learn Vocabulary chapter 9
Students will do reading from the AP book
Week of October 30 - November 3
Monday 10/ 30 assessment on vocabulary A la Banque and Futur & Futur Anterieur
Students will learn the Conditionel present and passe p. 44 - 52 in Une Fois pour Toutes
Assessment on Conditionel will be on Monday 11/6
Week of November 6 - November 9
On Monday 11/6 assessment on Futur, Futur Anterieur, Conditionel Present & Conditionel Passe
Essay on Les Choristes due to class on Wednesday 11/8
Mini assessment in Math
Students will learn Idiomatic expressions with verbs in Amsco Lecon 4
Passages de Comprehension p. 69 -97
Speaking Proficiency- Triangle p. 119 -129
Week of November 13 - November 17
Students will review Lecon 4 Verbal Idioms on 11/13 and will be assessed on Verbal Idioms on Tuesday 11/14
Students will do Lectures in Triangle p. 69- 75 on 11/13 and on 11/17 p.76- 90
Students will do study vocabulary "At the post office"p. 70- 74, "Un coup de telephone" p. 75 -86
Assessment on Vocabulary will be on Monday 11/20
Week of November 20 - November 22
Assessment on vocabulary on La Poste & Un Coup de Telephone
Check work done in red Book on Pronouns QUE & DONT
Check Lecture & Questions on Le Bracelet
Introduce Chapter 4 Une fois pour Toutes " Le Subjonctif"
Week of November 27 - December 1
Pratice Le Subjonctif p. 53 - 64
Assessment on above on 12/1
Writing Function Words Practice - AP workbook p. 91
Writing Verbs Practice - AP workbook p.118
Week of January 9 - January 12
Students will learn and practice how to write a perfect paper in French.
Students will study the vocabulary in Chapter 15 & 16 on " Au magasin de chaussures" & " Au magasin de vetements"p. 117 - 133 Schaum's. Assessment on vocabulary will be on Friday 1/12
Students will learn and practice Verbal Idioms- Amsco Lesson 5 p. 236 - 240
Assessment on above will be on Tuesday 1/16
An essay will be given over the week-end to turn in on Tuesday 1/16
Week of January 16 - January 19
Students will be assessed on Idiomatic Expressions on 1/16/07
Students will learn the "Pronoms Relatifs and Pronoms Demonstratifs in "Une fois pour Toutes "
Assessment on above will be given on Monday 1/22/07
Students will practice speaking with pictures samples
Students will listen to authentic French songs and fill in blanks of missing words
Week of January 22 - 26
Students will be assessed on Chapters 6, 7, 8 in Une Fois pour Toutes ( Les articles, les adjectifs possessifs, les pronoms possessifs- Les pronoms, les adjectifs et les adverbes interrogatifs & Les pronoms relatifs)
Lecture sur L'Islam & La France
Vocabulaire Chapitre 26 & 27 p. 154 - 172
Week of January 29 - February 2
Lecture sur l'Islam et redaction sur l'Islam
Expressions idiomatiques avec la preposition "A"
Lecture chapitre des Tresors du Temps : La Prehistoire, les menhirs, les dolmens, la france et ses departements
Les verbes Etre, Avoir, Faire et leurs usages, le verbe Aller, l'emploi de Pendant, Pour, et Depuis.
Week of February 5 - February 9
Quiz vocabulaire A la Pharmacie et chez le medecin.
Redaction sur le dessin et les enfants vs. le dessin et les adultes.
Speaking Proficiency using AP book
Une Fois pour Toutes- Les negations et expressions indefinies- p. 109 -117
Week of February 12 - February 16
Schaums Chapitre 27 & 28 p. 166 - 172 A l'Hopital & Chez le dentiste
Lectures & questions using the French AP book
Essay - free choice
Week of February 20 - February 23
Assessment on the vocabulary of previous week
Une Fois pour Toutes - Lecon 10- Les adjectifs, les comparatifs, les superlatifs p. 118 -125, les adverbes p. 125 - 134
Speaking proficiency using the french AP book
Assessment on above will be on 3/2/07
Week of February 26 - March 2
Schaums vocabulary-chapitres 29 -34 La vie a la maison- La cuisine p. 174 - 180, La salle de bain p. 181 -182, La salle a manger p. 183- 187, la chambre a coucher p. 188 & 189, Le menage p. 190- 192
Reading package & questions
Assessment on vocabulary will be on 3/2/07
Reading package & questions
Assessment on Une fois pour Toutes chapter 10 on 3/2/07
Week of March 5 - March 9
Amsco - Idiomatic expressions chapter 8 - I dioms introduced with DE p. 250 - 253, Chapter 9, Idioms introduced by other prepositions p. 254 -257
Chapter 10- Other idioms & expressions p.258 - 262
General quiz on Idiomatic Expressions on 3/7/07
Last chapter (11) Une Fois pour Toutes - Assessment will be on 3/9/07
Practice paragraphs with blanks
Practice speaking with computer
Week of March 12 - March 15
Monday & Tuesday practice for Midterm Exam
Wednesday & Thursday Midterm Exam ( old AP exam)
Week of March 19 - March 23
Review Midterm AP exam
Une Fois pour Toutes Chapter 12 - p. 152 - 159
Schaum's Vocabulary chapters 35 - 38 p. 194 - 202
Chapter 39 & 40 p. 204 - 218
Assessment on Une Fois pour Toutes & Vocabulary chapters 35 - 38 on 3/27
More practice on filling paragraphs
Week of March 26 - March 30
Check work on Vocabulaire Chapitres 35 - 38
Assessment on above on 3/27/07
Practice filling in paragraphs
Une Fois pour Toutes Chapitre 12
Assessment on 3/30/07
Movie "Cyrano de Bergerac"- One page in French due in class on 4/10
Week of April 10 - April 13
Paper on Cyrano de Bergerac due in class on 4/10
Schaum's vocabulary chapitres 39 - 42 p .204 -227
Assessment on above on 4/13
Practice filling in paragraphs p. 94 - 97 ( #5 - #10)
Speaking practice p. 172 & 173
Week of April 16 -April 20
Assessment on vocabulaire chapitres 39 - 42
Corrections des exercices du livre de AP p. 94 -97
Pratique Lectures p. 85 -90 Lectures # 36 -40
Pratique Paragraphes sans verbes p. 126 - 131 ( #10 -15)
Week of April 23 - April 27
Practice speaking and listening with computer for preparation of AP exam
Vocabulaire chapitres 43 - 46 Schaum's
Practice Reading
Week of April 30 - May 4
Students will be practicing structures of the French language using Amsco
Students will be practicing the verbs using Amsco
Students will be practicing writing- AP exam
Students will be practicing reading - AP exam
Assessment of vocabulaire Chapitres 43 -46 on 5/1/07
Week of May 7 - May 11
Students will take the AP exam on 5/7/07
Students will read Le Petit Prince and do a study on this book in French
Part 1 is due on 5/11/07
Week of May 14 - May 18
Students will be working on part 2 of Le Petit Prince.
Part 2 is due in class on 5/17
Week of May 21 -23
Students will be working on Part 3 of Le Petit Prince.
Part 3 is due on 5/22
Final is on 5/23