FRENCH 3 B
REGULAR/HONORS

2006-07

Instructors
Laurie K. Ainsworth          Email
Teresa W. Nowogorska              Email

Review Days and Oral Presentations : June 1-6, 2007
Semester Review Date: June 7, 2007
Semester Exams: June 8-14, 2007

Textbook : Discovering French Rouge

Topic:  Fitness and Health   January 23-February 16

Objectives: Students will be able to:

• Exchange, interpret and present information on fitness and health issues including advice, treatment and consequences.
• Identify, interpret, and exchange information on fitness activities, sports and nutrition.
• Describe health services in a francophone country
• Compare francophone and American fitness activities and nutrition

• Definite articles with body parts
• Present tense of croire and craindre
• Reflexive verbs in the passé compose
• Use of subjunctive with expressions of doubt emotion and need

Topic:  On the Screen   February 20-March 23

Objectives: Students will be able to :

• Exchange, interpret and present information and opinions about different types of films and television broadcasts.
• Critique and retell the plot of a film or television broadcast
• Describe television stations and shows available in France

Essential Structures:

• Object Pronouns
• Passe Compose
• Imparfait
• Relative pronouns

Topic:  Let’s Travel   March 28-April 27

Objectives: Students will be able to:

• Discuss present, past and future travel experiences
• Describe travel practices in a francophone country
• Interpret information about travel experiences
• Describe the advantages and promotions offered by the SNCF
• Compare and contrast travel preferences of people in francophone countries and the U.S.

Essential Structures:

• The future tense
• The conditional tense
• The future with quand
• Prepositions with geographic locations

Topic:  At the Hotel   April 30-May 31

Objectives: Students will be able:

• Describe hotel accommodations in francophone countries
• Make arrangements for accommodations
• Describe the importance of Le Guide Michelin
• Use the internet to access information on the topics of travel in francophone countries

• Si clauses
• Negative expressions
• Comparative and Superlative of adjectives, adverbs and nouns

FREE TIME/LE TEMPS LIBRE

In the first theme of the semester, students communicate about activities they like to do in their spare time in order to stay in shape. The first topic, Fitness and Health/La forme et la santé, asks students to exchange, interpret, and present information on such subjects as fitness activities, sports, and nutrition. Students also present basic instructions for playing a sport or participating in a fitness activity. In order to perform successfully in these varied tasks, students must use previously learned structures including object pronouns, reflexive verbs, definite articles with body parts, and the subjunctive. Verbs of emotion (e.g., craindre) and doubt (e.g., croire) will help them to express their thoughts about the topic. They will also exchange, interpret, and present information on health issues. They enhance their linguistic skills by comparing the French and English uses of articles with body parts. Students describe health services available in a francophone country, the acquisition of health-related products in a francophone country, and the universal health care afforded French citizens. They also compare this care with that available in the United States. Students use the vocabulary necessary to describe a health-related problem and practice conversations between a doctor and a patient, including analyzing symptoms, giving a diagnosis, and recommending a treatment. Students also identify contributions of major French-speaking scientists in the field of medicine. Students may be asked to examine one particular element in the realm of health identified with the francophone world, for example, bottled water.

The second topic, On the Screen/Sur l’écran, allows students to describe, share opinions, and critique French-language television shows and films as well as identify types of television shows and films. They retell the plot of a specific episode or a film, using the passé composé and the imparfait; when exchanging opinions, they use le subjonctif with expressions of emotion learned in the Fitness and Health topic. Students give detailed descriptions of the characters in the television show/film using adjectives learned in French 2 and French 3. They may speculate on a different ending for a film or television episode using the le futur and le conditionnel. While viewing a French-language film, students observe and discuss the cultural practices and perspectives of French-speaking people. If time allows, students watch a film related to a French 3 theme (chosen at the teacher’s discretion). Using the Internet, students explore television programs and films in francophone areas and compare their findings to television and the cinema in the United States.

HAVE A GOOD TRIP!/BON VOYAGE!

This second theme of the semester shifts students’ focus from their immediate surroundings to the wider world of travel. The theme’s first topic, Let’s Travel/Partons en voyage, engages students in authentic situations to role-play travel experiences in the past, present, and future. They also interpret relevant written and spoken travel information and write a postcard, letter, or e-mail message about a travel experience. To perform these communicative tasks, students review past tenses and begin to use the future tense. They also use additional negative constructions, prepositions with geographical locations, and the conditional tense. They use the future and the conditional in si clauses, and use the future with quand. Students continue to use their acquired vocabulary of computers as they use the Internet dealing with travel information. They compare similarities and differences in the use of quand in French and “when” in English, and they compare travel preferences in francophone countries and the U.S.

Students examine francophone travel practices and, in particular, the advantages and promotions of the SNCF, the French national train system. Students are more able to put their understanding of francophone travel into context by comparing francophone and American vacation practices. Students are also asked to investigate both high-tech transportation in France and other travel information through authentic resources, including an interview with a native speaker, if possible. Students are encouraged to pursue travel opportunities in a francophone country.

This theme’s second topic, At the Hotel/À l’hôtel, brings students into a new travel-related activity, finding a place to stay. They role-play situations dealing with past, present, and future hotel accommodations. They also interpret descriptions of accommodations and services available in francophone countries and write a letter, fax, or e-mail message to arrange for these accommodations. Many of these communicative tasks require the use of the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives as well as the past tenses, both of which will be reviewed. Students will also compare the formation of si clauses with their English equivalent, and compare the types of accommodations in the U.S. and francophone countries. In order to deepen their understanding of accommodations, students examine travel practices related to various types of lodging in francophone countries, focusing in particular on the importance of Le Guide Michelin and how it reflects French perspectives.

General Class Procedures
1)  Report on time (3 unexcused = 1 unexcused absence)
2)  Be in your seat when the bell rings
3)  Be ready to work
4)  Bring your notebook, homework, writing utensil, textbook and workbook to class
5)  Be courteous
6)  Bring your handbook to record assignments and to use as a pass ( no handbook = no pass)
7)  Please ask for help if you are having difficulty

Homework
1)  will be assigned daily
2)  homework provides important practice in different skill areas and I expect you to complete it

Make-up Work
1)  It is your responsibility to make up all missed work
2)  If you are in school, arrive late or depart early and miss my class I expect you to call a friend or stop by to get the assignment
3)  If a test has been announced and you are absent the day before you will be expected to take the test
4)  If you are absent on the day of test expect to take it on the day you return unless you are absent for several days
5)  You should get the phone number of one of your classmates so that you can find out about missed work

Behavior
1)  Should be appropriate at all times
2)  Offensive behavior will be handled as follows:
        a)  first offense = warning
        b)  future offenses = 1) detention
                                          2) parental contact
                                          3) administrative referral

English

1)  will not be allowed unless the teacher permits it and is only to be used for clarification when you have difficulty understanding
2)  French, therefore, is the language of our classroom

Grading

1. Grades will be computed out of the total number of points possible and will be based on assessments which may include homework, class work, quizzes, tests, oral presentations and writing assignments which will be worth 90% of the grade. Homework completion will count for 10% of the grade.
2. Final grades will be determined as follows: 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69 D, 50-59 E

Reassessments
The following procedures will be used:

1. Students will need to attend a 45-minute reteach session at lunch immediately following the return of an assessment. Please note--student needs to bring lunch because the session does not allow for time to go pick up lunch.
    
2. The retest will occur at lunch on the Friday immediately following the reteach session. This will be the only opportunity for a reassessment.
    
3. All reteach/reassess sessions will be held in room C-304 and will begin immediately.
    
4. Re-teach sessions will include activities such as one-on-one tutoring by Mrs. Nowogorska or Mrs. Ainsworth or a member of the French Honor Society, as well as completion of practice exercises. Students will be expected to bring completed activities and homework assignments which they used to prepare for the original assessment.
    
5. Summative assessments both oral and written which are given at the end of each unit will not be reassessed. Students will be informed in advance of reassessment opportunities.