syllabus for french ab initio

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Syllabus for French Ab Initio

Materials Required:

1. Binder with dividers strictly for French!2. Verb book/ good French dictionary for use at home

3. Highlighter

4. Sketchbook for ongoing Inquiry Notebook project.

5. Barrons Mastering French Grammar (Ab Initio 2)

ALL WORK WILL BE IN FRENCH- oral and written. You will be expected to make several presentations in French andparticipate in class discussions in French.

Themes to be covered throughout this 2 year course: Individual and Society, Leisure and Work, Urban and RuralEnvironment

Topics for each theme:

Individual and society Leisure and work Urban and rural environment

Daily routines Employment Environmental concerns

Education Entertainment Global issues

Food and drink Holidays Neighborhood

Personal details, appearance

and character

Media Physical geography

Physical health Sport Town and services

Relationships Technology Weather

Shopping Transport

Students will be expected to communicate orally and in writing at an intermediate level, and acquire informationthrough reading, writing, listening and research of authentic documents.

Grading will use the IB rubric in order to get comfortable with the system.

The rubric is as follows:

7 Excellent A (100)

6 very good A- (93)

5 good B (89)

4 satisfactory C (79)


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3 mediocre D (70)

2 weak F (65)

1 very weak F ( 50)

Grading Policies:

Test/quizzes: 50%

Oral Assessments: 20%

Classwork/homework: 20%

Inquiry Notebook: 10%

Grading is wholistic- in accordance with IB standards. You will be graded according to the IB rubrics, but your quarter

grade will be judged on performance and growth.

Skill building will also be an important aspect of class. We will do daily warm ups for a grade. We will also have quizzeson vocabulary and grammar concepts to fine tune our ability to use French.

Assessments will be scored on the following criteria:

Internal: Productive skills, interactive and receptive skills.

External: Paper 2- Language, Message and Format

Written Assignment: Description, Comparison, Reflection, Register, Language, Formalrequirements.

Rubrics will be handed out today. You must refer to them often.

Assessments:

Internal

Individual Oral Assessment:

The Individual Oral will take place in late February and counts as 25% of your IB mark. This consists of a 15 minute preptime in which you choose one of two pictures based on the themes taught and talk about it. You will speak for 1-2 minutes,followed by 2-3 minutes of questions/discussion from me about your topic and finally, questions about your written

assignment (at least 2) and a general discussion for 4-5 minutes.

External Assessments:


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Written Assignment: Done in March of your senior year and counts as 20% of final mark. It is a 200-300 word essay basedon the themes studied. This takes place in class, in an exam setting over 2 class periods, lasting 2 hours. Two to fourresources are permitted. The assignment should include: a description of the chosen topic, a comparison of Francophoneand American culture, a reflection related to the topic. All must be done in French!!

Paper 1 and Paper 2: Given in May. Counts as 50% of final mark.

Paper 1 is text handling with a variety of responses to readings- multiple choice, fill in the correct word, sentenceresponse,etc- and counts for30%.

Paper 2 is 2 essays- one is 80 words and the other is 150 words. It counts as 25% of the final mark.

syllabus for french ab initio

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