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French III
  

French III

Prerequisites: French I and II

Grades Offered:  9-12

Credit:  ½ to 1

State Code:  3043

MNPS Course Code:  FLA1340

 

Course Description

French III offers students the chance to explore and French cultures in depth while continuing the process of learning to speak French.  The four skills are addressed in the teaching of this course:  listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Exposure of the world and its various cultures and literatures integrates itself among the varied lessons of culture, sound recognition and reproduction, grammar, vocabulary, literature and proper usage.  French III is taught almost entirely in French.  As students complete French III, they will be able to comprehend, speak and write French beyond an intermediate-low level and be prepared to study of French IV and AP French Language or AP French Literature.

 

Course of Study

Objectives: Using the target language students will be expected to

  • demonstrate accurate pronunciation of the target language
  • acquire listening comprehension skills with vocabulary introduced
  • respond at intermediate competency in oral interview situations
  • speak correctly on prepared and unprepared topics
  • understand instruction and directions in French
  • apply correct grammar and vocabulary usage in speaking and writing situations at an intermediate level
  • comprehend with understanding reading selections at the beginning and intermediate levels
  • execute written proficiency with provided prompts especially with spelling
  • develop global awareness and tolerance of the diversity of francophone cultures
  • express opinions and feelings on a variety of topics
  • understand more deeply the French speaking peoples around the world
  • relate French loan words incorporated in the curricula of history, literature, and art

 

Thematic Vocabulary:  Students will use the target language with the following topics:

  • physical descriptions of people, places, weather, etc.
  • personal care and hygiene
  • daily life
  • physical conditions and feelings
  • domestic chores
  • asking for and asking to help
  • expressing opinions
  • vacation:  pleasures and problems
  • describing an event
  • telling a story
  • shopping
  • going to the hairdresser’s
  • traveling

 

Grammatical Concepts

  • reflexive verbs
  • the passé composé
  • idiomatic expressions
  • the subjunctive
  • the imperfect
  • passé composé versus imparfait
  • the passé simple
  • pronouns y and en
  • indefinite expressions of quantity
  • indirect and direct objects
  • pronoun order
  • faire plus the infinitive (causative verbs)
  • negative expressions
  • negative expressions
  • the future
  • the future with si and quand
  • the conditional

                 

Culture and Reading Topics:  Students will read and study the following selections and possibly others:

 

  • La Couverture (une fable médievale)
  • La Fourmi
  • Le corbeau et le Renard
  • Le vol de la Joconde
  • The importance of “The Look” in France
  • Faces of beauty as interpreted by various artists
  • Leisure time activities of peoples of the world
  • Nature topics and museums
  • Modern day famous French speaking people
  • International street signs
  • La revolution impressioniste
  • Claude Monet:  le peintre de la lumière
  • Après l’impressionnisme
  • Le surréalisme
  • L’art dans la rue
  • Dates, events, and famous people from 1453—1870
  • Movie:  Cyrano de Bergerac
  • The history, location, architecture and purposes of France’s chateaux
  • French provinces
  • The history of the French song
  • Francophone music in America
  • The heritage of the revolution
  • The history of the Marseillaise
  • Les Misérables
  • Victor Hugo:  writer and man of politics

 

Assessments

Students will be evaluated by means of the following:

  • dictations in French to include poems and short stories
  • selecting appropriate listening rejoinders to oral prompts
  • oral and written quizzes on thematic vocabulary
  • projects requiring the application of knowledge, listening, speaking, reading, writing, research and creativity skills
  • paired, group, individual presentations
  • oral interviews
  • oral readings and recitations
  • written compositions, dialogues, etc. to various writing prompts
  • writing to French-speakers via school mail or e-mail
  • standardized tests generated from the text
  • exercises to show correct application of grammatical concepts

 

Standards

Standards are based on the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards.

ACTFL: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards

Tennessee Standards: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflmodern1.htm 

 

Textbook

Valette, Jean-Paul and Rebecca.  Discovering French Nouveau, Rouge.  Illinois:  McDougal Littell, 2004

 

Resources

All McDougal Littell ancillary material is available with the basal text:  Images reader, crossword puzzles, Test Generator, Easy Planner, resource books, CD listening materials, teachers’ manuals, DVD listening and watching materials, overhead transparencies, and activity workbooks.