All topics for all levels of French are based on the Content Elaborations for each level as set by the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce. I use the unit template from ODEW to plan my units.
Levels 3 and 4 are also aligned with the AP French Language and Culture themes.
All levels are designed to cover the Novice and Intermediate levels of the AAPPL test, which is used to test for the Seal of Biliteracy.
The end of quarter exams are all in the IPA (Integrated Performance Assessment) format which is recommended both by ODE and our national language educators organization, ACTFL.
The methodology I use, particularly in levels 1 and 2, is called Extensive Processing Instruction, and it is the brainchild of Gianfranco Conti, a globally renowned Second Language Acquisition expert. Students will learn language in chunks and sentences, which quickly teaches them to communicate in a more natural and accurate manner than memorizing isolated words and verb charts. I am happy to answer questions about methodology if you have them, because I know my class may look very different than yours did as a kid or your student's previous language classes!
GRADE CALCULATION -
Grades will be updated weekly, perhaps more than once a week
At least 2 grades will go in weekly
If the student used Google Translate or another tool to do their work instead of what I have given them or allowed them to use, they will not receive credit. This has been explained to students verbally and is in writing on all their performance assignments. They have chosen to disregard that and to present something they have not created themselves as their own work. This is academic misconduct, they are not learning French that way, and I will not give credit. They may have the chance to redo it following directions. If you have questions about how I can tell when they have used Translate/Siri etc, I can explain that to you via phone or email.
Please refer to PowerSchool for grades. I will post test dates in advance in PowerSchool so you can see when they are coming up.
For assignments and to see if they have been completed, Google Classroom may be of help. However, students can mark an assignment as Turned In in Classroom when they have not in fact done it. I generally try to mark incomplete work as a 0/zero as soon as possible to indicate to families that the work has not been done.