French III Syllabus
Review - reflexive verbs - present tense. Ma Journée presentation
Unit I - Ma Vie Quotidienne
Proficiency Students can generalize about their daily routine at home and in school
Students can use numbers up to one million in a range of situations
Grammar Review grammar principles from French I
Verbs in the present and present progressive tenses
Progressive verbs
Vocabulary Regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs
Numbers to one million
Evaluation Usage quiz on verbs
Recognize 35-40 -er verbs & all -re/-ir verbs
Oral quiz on numbers to one million
Presentation about students’ daily routine
Taped dialog using numbers
Unit II - La Déscription
Proficiency Students can make comparisons about their classmates
Students can describe people and objects with multiple adjectives
Grammar Comparative and superlative adjectives
Multiple adjective placement
Vocabulary Adjectives used in personal description
Irregular comparative adjectives
Evaluation Vocabulary quiz on adjectives
Essay describing a person who has impacted your life
Usage quiz on comparative and superlative adjectives
Unit III - La Nature
Proficiency Students can describe a scene from the outdoors
Students use impersonal constructions/reflexives
Students compare animals
Students depict the geography of the French speaking world
Grammar Use of impersonal/reflexive constructions in French vs. the use other passive voice in English
Vocabulary The outdoors
Animals
geographical terms
Evaluation Vocabulary quizzes on the great outdoors
Vocabulary quiz on animals
Habitat presentation
Quiz on the geography of French speaking world
Unit IV - Au Restaurant
Comps. Students order food from a restaurant
Students discuss events in the past that pertain to themselves (first person)
Grammar Regular passé composé (with avoir) and Vandertramps (with être)
Adverbs in the past used with the preterite tense
Vocabulary The restaurant (advanced)
Verbs of action
Evaluation Quiz on vocabulary from the restaurant
taped 13 situations from the restaurant
Quiz on the preterite (first person form only)
Essay about an event in the past
Presentation about students’ life
Unit V - Ma Journée
Proficiencies Students can discuss life at home
Students can use the preterite and imperfect appropriately
Students can describe what they did at the mountain today
Grammar Reflexive verbs
Regular and irregular forms of the imperfect
The difference in usage between the preterite and imperfect
Vocabulary The house and activities in the house
Adverbs used with the imperfect tense
Vocab from skiing & Winter Sports
Evaluation Quiz on the imperfect
Quiz on the vocabulary of the house
Presentation of their day at home house
Exam on the difference between the preterite and the imperfect
Written Essay on your day at the mountain.
Unit VI
Proficiencies Students can direct one another around the school building or town
Students can ask and comprehend basic directions
Students can use informal commands
Grammar Informal commands
The difference between por and para
Vocabulary Advanced prepositions
Asking directions
Evaluation Quiz on the vocabulary of giving directions
Usage quiz on giving and getting directions
Taped dialog of person asking for and getting directions
Quiz on informal commands
Uint VII
Comps. Students can express themselves in the future
Students can comprehend a French weather forecast
Grammar The future tense
three ways to express the future
Vocabulary The weather and climate (advanced)
Adverbs used with the future tense
Evaluation Quiz on the vocabulary for the weather
Taped Student presentation for forecast for three French speaking countries
Essay about what I will do this summer
Quiz on the future tense
Proficiencies : students can express themselves in the present and future
students can describe the geographical features of French speaking countries in Africa
students can identify and describe life in French speaking countries in Africa
students can identify countries of the world using French
students can plan an ecotourism trip to a French speaking country in Africaand what they will do there
Grammar Review: expressing the future using the futur proche
using verbs in the present (regular and irregular)
Vocab: adverbs of the future
nations and nationalities
the outdoors & Activities of the outdoors
Evaluations: oral interviews about future plans*
quiz on nations and nationalities
geography quiz on the Francophone countries of Africa
student presentation on trip to a Francophone country in the future
reading comprehension activity on the francophone country in Africa
creating an ecotourism brochure
Proficiencies. students can ask each other’s sizes
students can role play buying clothes in a store
students can discuss events that took place
students can use être and avoir appropriately in the passé composé
Grammar Review : the preterite, and imperfect tenses
review reflexive verbs
passé composé w/être and avoir
comparison of equality
adjective placement and description with multiple adjectives
Vocab: more advanced clothing, jewelry, footwear
types of materials
retail vocabulary
Evaluations: 2 quizzes on vocabulary
J.Peterman type story in the past about clothing*
taped retelling of a story or picture sequence*
taped role play scenes at a store*
clothing description evaluation
exam on preterite and imperfect
Proficiencies: students can discuss preferences, wishes, and future plans
students are familiar with different geographical regions of France
students can discuss different sports, and equipment
Grammar : future, conditional
Review of pronouns and basic pronoun sequence
Review of pronouns
Vocabulary - sports and equipment
Verbs that use à and de
Evaluations: oral evaluation on preferences, wishes and future plans
quiz on vocab of sports
taped presentation or dialog on the recreation of region of France*
test on future and conditional
design and record picture sequence for sports*
listening comprehension activity about sports *
Proficiencies - students can function at the airport and in the airplane
students can pass through customs
. students can explain a series of events that happened in the past
Grammar : pluperfect tense
formation of if - then questions
concordance of time
Vocab: the airport, the airplane, customs
Evaluations: ..students tape role play at the airport/airplane (choice of 4 scenes)*
vocab quiz on the airport
vocab quiz in the airplane
essay : mon expérience à l’aeroport*
. students retell and tape a travel experience*
oral question and answering activity about travel *
Unit IV
Proficiencies: Students can respond to situations in a hotel
Students can use the preterite and imperfect appropriate
Grammar Regular and irregular forms of the imperfect
The difference in usage between the passé composé and imparfait
Review of comparative adjectives
Vocab.. The hotel
Adverbs used with the imparfait tense
Evaluation Quiz on the imparfait
Quiz on the vocabulary of the hotel
Taped Role play situations or dialog in the hotel
Writing assignment: Comparison of 2 hotels
Quiz on the difference between the passé composé and the imparfait
Proficiencies: Students can follow a French recipe
Students make conversions using the metric system
Students can use the command forms
Grammar pronoun placement with positive and negative commands
review of command forms
Vocab Cooking terms
Measurements
Evaluation Students describe how to make something (video)*
Students prepare food from a French recipe
quiz - Vocab of cooking/conversion
Proficiencies : Students can discuss differences between Quebecois culture and the culture of the United States
Students can make parallels between the history of French Canada and the United States
Students can recognize characteristics of the regions of Quebec
Students can access travel information form the internet
Grammar all determiners
Vocab adverbs of the past
various vocab from the readings
Evaluation : Historical debate between the “Canadians” and the “Americans”
Student report on a region of Quebec*
Voyage à la ville de Quebec?
Proficiencies: Students teach their own Vocab unit
Students prepare lessons
Students design evaluative tools
Students give and receive constructive feedback about learning
Grammar Appropriate to students’ lessons
Vocab student choice of 5-7 vocabulary units
Evaluation As developed by the students
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