Français 1A

Tully Central School District

Department of World Languages

Mlle Altmann 2020-2021

Course: French IA

Time: period 8 Room 125

maltmann@k12.tullyschools.org

Textbook: Bien dit! French 1A, HOLT McDOUGAL

Summative Assessment: Final Exam administered during Final Exam Week

Student Learning Objectives:

Speaking: Student oral responses will be comprehensible and appropriate demonstrating competence in pronunciation and intonation.

Listening: Student will demonstrate understanding of in-class instruction, audio activities and videos.

Reading: Student will incorporate various reading strategies to actively read and demonstrate understanding of authentic documents and short reading passages.

Writing: Student will write short essays on various topics demonstrating competence of vocabulary, syntax and organization.

Grading Policy:

Class Participation 15%

Homework 15%

Quizzes 30%

Tests/Projects 40%

Coursework Overview:

Chapter 1

Vocabulary: Greetings Someone & Saying Goodbye

Asking How Someone Is Doing & Responding

Introducing Someone

Inquiring About Someone’s Age & Responding

Numbers 0-30

Classroom Objects & Expressions

Grammar: Accents & Special Characters

Subjects & Verbs

Subject Pronouns

Indefinite Articles

Plural Nouns

Conjugating AVOIR

Classroom Commands

Negation

Chapter 2

Vocabulary: Inquiring About Likes & Dislikes

Agreeing & Disagreeing with Someone

Leisure Activities

Expressing How Often You Do an Activity

Expressing How Well You Do an Activity

Expressing Personal Preferences

Grammar: Definite Articles

Conjugating Regular –ER Verbs

Irregular Plurals

Contractions with à

Conjunctions

Est-ce que…

Chapter 3

Vocabulary: Physical Description & Personality Traits

Inquiring About & Describing People

Asking for & Giving Opinions

Family & Pets

Identifying Family Members

Inquiring About Someone’s Family

Grammar: Conjugations of ÊTRE

Descriptive Adjectives

Demonstrative Adjectives

Adjective & Noun Agreement

Contractions with de

C’est vs Il/Elle est

Chapter 4

Vocabulary: School Subjects

Inquiring About Classes & Teachers

Ask For & Give an Opinion About Classes & Teachers

Days of the Week

Telling Time

School Supplies

Asking Others What They Need for Certain Classes

Explaining to Others What They Need for Certain Classes

Inquiring About & Purchasing School Supplies

Colors

Numbers 31-201

Grammar: Conjugating –RE verbs

Conjugating –CER verbs

Conjugating –GER verbs

Creating Nouns Using Adjectives

LE with days of the week

Agreement with Numbers

Chapter 5

Vocabulary: Sports & Activities

Inquiring About Interests

Expressing How Often Someone Does an Activity

Seasons & Months

Weather

Places in a Town

Extending, Accepting & Refusing an Invitation

Making Plans

Grammar: Conjugating FAIRE

Question Words

Adverbs

Conjugating ALLER

Future Proche Construction

Conjugating VENIR

Recent Past Construction

Idioms with AVOIR