Français 3/4/5 IB

"Learning to speak another's language means taking one's place in the human community. It means reaching out to others across cultural and linguistic boundaries. Language is far more than a system to be explained. It is our most important link to the world around us. Language is culture in motion. It is people interacting with people."Sandra Savignon Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice.Reading, MA Addison Wesley, 1983, p. 187 .

Syllabus

Français III/IV – Baccalauréat International

 

 

Unit 1 Identités (Identities)

Unit 2 Expériences (Experiences)

Unit 3 Ingéniosité humaine (Human ingenuity)

Unit 4 Organisation sociale (Social organization)

Unit 5 Partage de la planète (Sharing the planet)

 

CODES :

 

 

Google Classroom codes:

 

French IB Year 1 = 6xfyowk

 

French IB Year 2 = i5rmlmf

 

Remind code: fascinant

 

Ici, nous parlons Français!

 

Class participation is crucial. Your progress will depend on your participation in class! Interaction with classmates will be encouraged. Come prepared. Study the vocabulary ahead of time.

PARLEZ, PARLEZ, PARLEZ FRANCAIS!

 

Classroom procedures:

 

PONCTUALITY: Students must be in their assigned seats when the bell rings. If you are late, you must go to the front office to get a pass and provide me with your pass upon return. 

PREPARATION: All course work will be completed via Google Classroom (unless otherwise specified). You will be expected to bring your Chromebook to class daily and take it home daily.

 

CONDUCT: Profanity, inappropriate behavior, and disrespect to fellow peers will not be tolerated in this classroom. You are expected to treat your classmates and Madame Easter with respect and courtesy.  If you are disrespecting others, you will be sent to the hallway or to the office.  Depending on the severity of the offense, a discipline referral will be sent to administration, as well as a phone call to parents.     

CELLPHONES: NO CELL PHONE USE IN THIS CLASSROOM.

BACKPACK:  If you brought your backpack to class, leave it in the hallway! There is a designated backpack area in the hallway (along the wall) where you will be required to stow your bags, to allow for additional space within our desk/class work area. 

ATTENDANCE:  Attendance is crucial when learning a second language. What you miss in class in terms of valuable verbal class work cannot be made up; frequent absences will inevitably affect your success and grade in the class. If you miss a class, excused or otherwise, you will need to log on Google Classroom to see what work you missed.  YOU are responsible for making up work that you missed. Don’t hesitate to use Remind to communicate with your teacher!

HALL PASSES:  Passes are available upon request. Make sure your teacher knows where you are at all times!

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Plagiarism as well as the use of Google Translate or any other online translators will not be tolerated and will result in a disciplinary referral as well as loss of credit.

 

FOOD/DRINK: Beverages MUST have a lid.  (No cans!)  Food needs to be consumed and put away before class starts.

 

Responsibilities (Rules: the 3 Rs):

 

1) Respect yourself and others.

2) Be Responsible.

3) Recognize that hard work always pays off.

 

                All school rules apply in this classroom!

 

French Supplies for Madame Easter’s classes:

 

· Your school-issued chromebook computer (Make sure it’s charged!)

· Earphones

· Paper/ pencil

 

Grading:

 

Deadline to turn in late work: END OF QUARTER.

 

LATE WORK: Points will be deducted if work is not turned in on time. 

 

Assessments are divided in two sections.

 

1) Formative Assessments (30%) are part of the instructional process.

 

In class participation/ Homework/ Bell Quizzes (daily)

 

2) Summative Assessments (70%) are given periodically to determine at a particular point in time what students know and do not know.

 

Quizzes (end of lesson)/ Tests (end of unit)/ Orals/ Projects

 

Extra credit will be offered throughout the semester (example: online tutoring, Yule log cake, King Cake, Declamation, etc.) Do not depend on extra credit to significantly raise your grade!

 

It is the student’s responsibility to check his/her grades on Synergy regularly.
 

How to be successful in this class?

 

1-Do participate in class discussions!

2-Do your homework and turn them in on time.

3-Do practice French online (see useful websites at the end of the syllabus).

4-Do come to class ready to learn.

5-Do bring materials to class, we will use the textbook everyday.

6-Do go ask for help to your teacher during lunch time.

7-Don’t miss or be late to class.

8-Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

9-Don’t be shy with your classmates.

10-Don’t speak English in class, the more you speak French, the better you’ll improve.

11-Don’t forget to study regularly.

12-And finally, DON'T EVER GIVE UP!!!

 

I. French Level IB SL/HL

 

In the course of language study, the following belief is essential: language and culture are inseparable.

 

Essential Questions in French IB

 

1. How can I express myself with others in French?

2. How can I develop my understanding of the nature of language?

3. How can I develop my understanding and appreciation of the Francophone world?

4. Are words alone sufficient for communication?

5. How does studying another culture make an individual understand and appreciate our own?

6. What roles do language and culture play in shaping society?

7. How has colonization by the French affected the cultures of the Francophone world?

8. How can we compare and contrast urban and rural cultures in Francophone countries and here in the US?

9. How do languages and cultures evolve?

10. What roles do language and culture play in global issues?

 

TEST YOUR FRENCH LEVEL ONLINE:

https://ticsenfle.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/tests-de-francais-connaissance.html

 

WORRIED????

Do you need to review grammar, vocabulary, linkwords? Check out those websites and PRACTICE!!!

1) Browse the QUIA, QUIZLET, MEMRISE, and CONJUGUEMOS sites for review of grammar and usage.

 

2) Try these links for more practice on grammar , usage, reading comprehension

[[@http://www.vanin-methodes.be/cms_master/images_sub/Arcades/ia/IA-AR296LycéeEtrangers.htm]] Reading Comp

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tQ_Si0F_XedvU5Q75gTpDzrWrHD1wvjOKhpgECYahyw/edit?pli=1 Letters

http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect18/index.htm Letters

http://www.livremot.be/les-connecteurs-logiques/ logical connectors – a coherent text

http://www.lepointdufle.net/relationslogiques.htm Go to the section on Les Connecteurs Argumentation and choose any exercise there that helps you to remember and use logical connectors in your argument.

http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/ Bonjour de France est un « cyber-magazine » éducatif gratuit contenant des exercices, des tests et des jeux pour apprendre le français.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/vp/

http://www.conjuguemos.com

http://platea.pntic.mec.es/cvera/hotpot/exos/index.htm

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/lf/langue_francaise.php 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/

http://www.wordreference.com/

http://french.about.com/

http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr/en/

http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/frlinks.htm

http://www.emcp.com/cestatoi/

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/francophony-french-language_1113/french-language_1934/french-language-in-the-world_3441/why-learn-french_10849.html

 

II. Planning

Check google classroom.

III. Homework and coming up quizzes/tests!!!

Check google classroom.

IV. Projects

V.Final exams

VI. Deadlines

VII. Events

Declamation

http://www.asdk12.org/depts/world_lang/events

VII. EXTRA CREDITS!

Tutoring: we are always looking for tutors if you wish to receive extra credit points.

(When? during 4Cs time)

VIII. Websites, power points used in class.

Check google classroom.

IX. FRENCH IB SL/HL candidates

Suggested instructional resources and texts

Imaginez, Le Français sans frontières, Mitschke, 2008

 

TV5 www.tv5.org (television from the Francophone world)

 

Radio France Internationale (RFI) www.rfi.fr (listening experiences

 

From French radio)

 

authentic materials from a variety of print publications, including

 

Le Figaro, Clés de l’actualité, Paris-Match, France-Amérique

 

activities from www.lepointdufle.net

 

X. INDIVIDUAL ORAL PRACTICE

 

Study the following picture (15 minutes), present (record your voice for 6-8 minutes), and email your recording to Mme Easter margot.easter@matsuk12.us. Please, check with your teacher to make sure she has received your recording.

 

PHOTO

 

http://www.thinkib.net/frenchorals/page/12739/sant

 

Practice IB French vocabulary with the website below when finished recording your presentation.

 

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

 

https://quizlet.com/subject/ib-french/

 

https://www.memrise.com/course/382112/ib-french-vocabulary/

 

Suggested grammar themes

 

A complete review of French grammar is enforced in context to facilitate a greater understanding of communication.

 

1. the present and the imperative

2. the compound past

3. the imperfect

4. the past perfect

5. the simple past (literary and conversational)

6. the noun and the adjective

7. the articles

8. the comparative and the superlative

9. negation

10. interrogation

11. the personal pronouns

12. the reflexive verb

13. the infinitive

14. the future and the future perfect

15. the conditional and the past conditional

16. the subjunctive

17. the possessives

18. the relative pronouns

19. the demonstratives

20. indirect discourse

21. the passive voice

22. participles

23. the complex sentence (usage of various conjunctions)

Suggested readings

 

Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et Tremblements

 

Mariama Bâ, Une si longue lettre

 

Gabrielle Roy, Rue Deschambault

 

Eugène Ionesco, La Cantatrice Chauve

 

Azouz Begag, Le Gone de Chaâba, Un Mouton dans la Baignoire, La Guerre des Moutons

 

Tristan et Yseut, La mort

 

Corneille, Le Cid

 

Racine, Bérénice

 

Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro

 

Musset, Les caprices de Marianne

 

Dumas, Les trois Mousquetaires

 

Maupassant, Farce normande, L’Enfant et autres histoires de famille

 

Camus, L’étranger, Le Malentendu

 

Prévert, Pour toi mon amour

 

Tournier, Les fiancés de la plage

 

Senghor, To a dark girl in Poèmes perdus

 

Molière, L’avare, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

 

Balzac, Le père Goriot, La comédie humaine

 

La Fontaine, Le loup et l’agneau

 

Montesquieu, Les lettres persanes

 

Voltaire, Candide

 

George Sand, La mare du diable

 

Aimé Césaire, Cahier du retour au pays natal

 

Nina Bouraoui, Garçon manqué

 

Rabelais, Gargantua

 

Cocteau, Les Enfants terribles

 

Assia Djebar, L’amour, la fantasia, Oran, langue morte

 

Chamoiseau, Chemin d’école

 

Rousseau, Les confessions

 

Chateaubriand, Mémoires l’Outre-Tombe

 

Hugo, Les Misérables, Notre-Dame de Paris

 

Colette, La maison de Claudine

 

Simone de Beauvoir, Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée

 

Apollinaire, La cravate et la montre

 

Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal

 

Le Clézio, Désert, La Ronde, Mondo et autres histoires

 

Nancy Huston, Nord perdu

 

Sartre, Huis clos, Les Mots

 

Stendhal, Le rouge et le noir

 

Annie Ernaux, la place, Une femme

 

Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Correspondance

 

Prosper Mérimée, Mateo Falcone

 

Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse

 

Maryse Condé, Moi, Tituba, sorcière