Course Syllabus Outline for French II

Timeline Name of Unit Content/skills Assessment

Aug May Narration in the past High frequency vocabulary andor structures necessary
for fluency!
"reterit# i$perfect# pluperfect# past infinitives# gerunds#
and conditional
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"articipation
Structure/ocabulary
,ui22es
Structure/ocabulary
&ests
In3Class 'ssays
Spea4ing e5a$s
1aily infor$al in3
class assess$ent
Aug May )osetta Stone Ne6 vocabulary and gra$$ar structures introduced
6ith pictures# 6ords# andor aural cues
0i36ee4ly scores
earned on individual
lessons
Aug May Free reading7ournals 0oo4s chosen by the students fro$ classroo$ library
7ournals 6hich docu$ent the follo6ing(
8title of the boo4
8a$ount of ti$e spent reading
8personal reaction to the boo4 9Is the boo4 too hard: Is
the boo4 interesting: 'tc;<
'ffort grade for
co$pleting the 6or4
on ti$e
Aug Sept *e /oyage de Sa /ie 0laine )ay reader about 7ean *uc 0artolin and his
fa$ily as they travel to S6it2erland!
Class discussions
,ui22es
In3class essay
Sept Nov Ma /oiture = Moi 0laine )ay reader about a >? year old boy na$ed 0en
6ho spends the su$$er in Haiti rebuilding houses for
hurricane victi$s in order to get a car!
Class discussions
,ui22es
Chapter su$$aries
In3class essayshort
ans6er test
Mid3Nov 7oan of Arc I$portance of 7oan of Arc to French history
@ey battles in 6hich 7oan fought
Outco$e of her battle to reunite France
1etails of her capture# i$prison$ent# and her death
NO&'( &his study begins 6hen I have a sub for t6o days before
&han4sgiving brea4! &his 6ill include a video!
In3class essay
,uestionnaire
Mid37an Canada History of the "rovince of ,uebec
I$portant $onu$ents and cities
Cultural activities i$portant to French spea4ing
Canada
Ainter Carnival
Canadian $usic and poetry
NO&'( &here is a class trip during the second 6ee4end of the Ainter
Carnival 6hich includes a ho$e3stay!
In3class discussions
, B A pac4et
Feb March Largent de poche French fil$ by FranCois &ruffaut about childhood and
the difficult lessons young people are often forced
learn at an early age!
Class discussions
Aee4ly 6riting
assign$ents
/ocabulary
testsqui22es
In3class essay
March May OD est passE Martin: 0laine )ay reader about a >F3year3old girl# Catherine#
6ho acco$panies the ? year3old son of her $otherGs
friend to +uadeloupe to visit his grandparents!
Class discussions
Chapter su$$aries
'5a$
April May ChildrenGs boo4s French II students 6rite and illustrate boo4s for our
beginning French classes!
)ough draft
Final Copy
Aug May Miscellaneous
Activities
Musicsongs
French card ga$es
French Scrabble
French "ictionary
French &6ister
Ahite board races 9Ho6 do you say<
,uia!co$
NFC practice
S$iles and laughter