Fifth Grade French
Recommended Prerequisite: None
Grades Offered: 5th
Credit: None (one 6 weeks grade)
State Code: 0504
MNPS Course Code: FLA1065Y
Course Description
The French program for fifth grade is a basic introduction to the language and people of the French-speaking world. The course is designed to peak students’ interest in learning a foreign language and prepares them for future study in a credit course. Generally taught as a segment of the middle school related arts program, fifth grade French promotes conversational, listening, and pronunciation skills with some instruction devoted to reading and writing. Relevant culture, geography, and history are taught in tandem with the appropriate lesson.
Course of Study: Students are expected to use and understand the following topics.
· Greetings, farewells and courtesies
o Formal and informal greetings and farewells along with answering the question “how are you?”
· French alphabet
· Cognates
· Classroom vocabulary
o Both classroom objects and classroom commands are included in this unit.
· Numbers 1-30
· Colors
· Months of the year and days of the week
· Rooms in a house
· Yes/no questions
The following additional topics may be integrated for a twelve week rotation.
- Body parts
- Seasons (included with months and days)
- Question words (included with yes/no questions)
- Accent marks
- Articles and their uses
- Family members and animals
These cultural topics may be covered with these units of study.
- Classroom vocabulary: The French school system and scheduling.
- Numbers: Using the numbers, students can talk about telephone numbers in France and learn different vocabulary for phone etiquette.
- Colors: For 5th grade, art can be included with colors. A suggestion is to have students study one particular artist or movement. For example, Monet can be studied along with impressionism.
- Months of the year: Holidays relating to French culture can be covered, including, but not limited to:
- Bastille Day
- Mardi Gras
- Fête des Rois
- Rooms in a house: The history of the Versailles Palace can be studied along with a brief outline of Louis XIV’s life.
- Body parts: Vocabulary for going to the doctor can be included in this unit of study.
Standards
Standards are based on the American Council of Teachers of French (AATF), the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) standards, and Tennessee Standards.
ACTFL Standards:
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards
TN Standards:
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflmodern1.htm
Recommended Textbook
No MNPS purchased textbook is available.
Text Resources
Discovering French Nouveau! McDougal Littell, 2004
Internet Resources
Textbook Website: http://www.classzone.com
Versailles: http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
Discover France (includes topics such as education, pastimes, food, culture etc…): http://discoverfrance.net/
French Cognates: http://french.about.com/library/vocab/bl-vraisamis.htm
Geography: http://french.about.com/od/geography/
French Holidays- http://www.joyeuse-fete.com