2011-2012 Syllabus - French V AP

MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Department of Instruction
Course Syllabus
Aural: Listen to French songs. (Liane Foley – Rêve Orange and
Disney’s Sing-a-Long)
Reading: Voltaire – Candide.
Assessment: Written test on Candide.
Listening quiz on Candide
Presentation – Original Script based on Candide’s characters - both oral and written
grades.
Picture Prompt quiz
January
Grammar: Review the Conditional; all previously studied tenses for the Mid-Term, idiomatic expressions relating to the
body, and television / weather vocabulary. (Une fois pour toutes, Schaum’s French Vocabulary, En d’autres
termes)
Oral: Student led discussions on their favorite television shows and movies. Question and answer sessions on the
readings.
Aural: Listening activity – Chapter One - Qui file Cécile?
Reading: Sacha Guitry – La Dactylo (La France: Une Tapisserie)
Romain Rolland - L’Enfant Solitaire (La France: Une Tapisserie)
Assessment: Reading quiz
Listening quiz
Oral quiz – La Météo
Mid-Term – Written grammar component, reading component, and oral component.
February
Grammar: Continue with the Conditional and “Si” Clauses. (Une fois pour toutes)
Oral: In-class discussion on the reading and relate La Négritude to
the chapter on slavery in Candide – Le Code Noir.
Aural : Listening Activities – Chapter Two and Three – Qui file Cécile?
Poetry Narration: Michèle Lalonde - Speak White
Reading: La Francophonie – La Côte d’Ivoire – La Négritude
Bernard Dadié – La Cruche (La France: Une Tapisserie)
Michèle Lalonde – Speak White. (Littératures En Contextes)
Assessment : Rédaction – Le But de la Négritude
Written test on La Cruche.
Le Répondeur – Oral test over the phone.
March
Grammar : Review the Subjunctive ; its structure ; with expressions of volition; with impersonal expressions; with
negation; and with conjunctions. Do work on “Verb Fill-In” series. Vocabulary on Household Electronics,
Chores, and Proverbs. (Une fois pour toutes, Amsco Cours Supérieur, AP French, Schaum’s French
Vocabulary, and En d’autres termes.)
Oral: Paired picture sequence prompt activity. (Advanced Placement French)
Aural: Listening Activities – Chapter Four and Five – Qui file Cécile?
Reading: André Maurois – La Maison (La France: Une Tapisserie)
Romain Gary - La Promesse de l’aube – extrait (La France: Une Tapisserie)
AP reading strategies (AP French)
Assessment : Rédaction - Le rôle de la bibliothèque dans votre école.
Written test on Subjunctive.
Written quiz on Subjunctive.
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