French II

Required Materials:

Student-Supplied Resources:

Students need to supply the following materials to complete the coursework.

Required:

• microphone sound card
• speakers or headphones
• microphone
• device of choice to record video with audio

Optional:

• French language keyboard extension or add-on
• School-Supplied Resources:
• Simply Speak Recording Tool

*A special note about the Simply Speak Recording Tool:

In order for the Simply Speak Recording to function, the course should be opened on a non-mobile device using Google Chrome. If you do not have the ability to access the course following these requirements, you may use the alternative options provided in the Speech Tools Tab on the Menu Bar.

Syllabus:

Segment 1:

• interpret information about your home, describe the French Antilles, and use correct sounds and accents, review the -er, -ir, and -re verbs and irregular verbs (être, avoire, faire, aller, sortir, partir, prendre), use the present imperative and negative form of the imperative of regular and irregular verbs.
• interpret information about activities around the house, describe the history of Martinique & Guadeloupe, compare chores around the house in different parts of the francophone world and the United States, and use stem changing verbs and commands with stem changing verbs, with sortir and partir and with the verb mettre. 
• interpret information about the relative location of element in the house, describe the typical interior of the homes in the Antilles and other francophone countries, and describe typical fabric patterns found in the DROM TOM, use possessive adjectives and possessive with de, and the expressions c'est à moi, c'est à toi, c'est à lui, adjective agreement and position.
• interpret information about getting around within the house and typical things you would do around the house, describe St. Martin and Saint Barthélémie and tourism, use numbers and ordinal numbers, and the irregular verbs vivre and voire
• interpret information about morning routines describe typical French Polynesian outfits, makeup, hairdos, and accessories, use reflexive verbs in the singular and plural
• interpret information about school and time expressions, describe the university track and technical higher education in France and the school system in French Polynesia, use verbs like prendre, comprendre, and apprendre, and question formation, question words, intonations and inversion.
• interpret information about after school activities, describe the Polynesian afterschool activities, and working as a teenager in France, use negative expressions and adverbs in the affirmative and negative
• interpret information about evening routines, describe the islands of French Polynesia, use the negative with reflexive verbs, and reflexive verbs with commands
• interpret information about activities and good habits, describe la Réunion and the activities in the island, use irregular verbs courir & boire, use the expression il faut ... and devoir
• interpret information about visiting the doctors office, describe famous French discoveries in the medical field, medicinal plants from La Reunion Island and alternative medicine, use contractions, avoir mal à…, and pouvoir and vouloir
• interpret information about going to the hospital, describe typical children's games in France and compare and contrast pharmacies in France VS. the United States, use direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns
• interpret information about food, describe typical fruit and vegetables in the French islands, use pronoun y and en, and use quantity and negative w/de

Module 01: Chez moi!

• 01.00 Chez moi! Pretest
• 01.01 Viens chez moi!
• 01.02 Aider chez moi!
• 01.03 Chez moi! Voice Activity
• 01.04 Mon chez moi!
• 01.05 Chez moi! Writing Workshop
• 01.07 La vie chez moi!
• 01.08 Chez moi! Presentational Speaking

Module 02: Au Jour le jour

• 02.00 Au Jour le jour Pretest
• 02.01 Ma routine du matin
• 02.02 Mes études
• 02.03 Au Jour le jour Voice Activity
• 02.04 Après l'école
• 02.05 Au Jour le jour Writing Workshop
• 02.07 Ma routine du soir
• 02.08 Au Jour le jour Presentational Speaking

Module 03: Bien vivre

• 03.00 Bien vivre Pretest
• 03.01 Mes habitudes
• 03.02 Chez le médecin
• 03.03 Bien vivre Voice Activity
• 03.04 A l'hôpital
• 03.05 Bien vivre Writing Workshop
• 03.07 Quoi manger?
• 03.08 Bien vivre Presentational Speaking

Segment 2:

• interpret information about places for vacations and activities during vacations, describe school vacations in France/and as a Professional and Les châteaux de la Loire, use stem changing verbs in the imperfect and negative in the imperfect
• interpret information about activities and staying occupied, describe the importance of la Guyane and French technological innovations, use expressions that trigger the imperfect, weather expressions in the present and weather expression in the imperfect
• interpret information about celebrations and holidays, describe holidays in France and the DROM-TOM, use the imperfect with-Weather, Age, Time/Date (WAT), and with Emotions, Repeated/ongoing action, Setting the scene (ERS)
• interpret information about going to the beach and items you take with you, describe la Nouvelle Calédonie and what to do there (include geography) and famous people from la Nouvelle Calédonie / from French islands, use Passé compose with avoir and Passé composé w/ negative form and in questions
• interpret information about going to the mountains and items you take with you, describe a visit to the mountains and famous ski locations in France and types of skiing, use Passé composé with être.
• interpret information about going to the countryside and items you take with you, describe a visit to the countryside with a focus on different French countryside locations, and who are the NC tribes? use expressions that introduce the PC. Include il y a
• interpret information about animals you would come across during your travels to the beach, countryside, or mountains, describe animals and species in la NC, use Passé composé and the imperfect together
• interpret information about getting ready to travel, describe St. Pierre et Miquelon and clothing you need in a cold climate, use numbers from 1,000 to one million and format for writing numbers
• interpret information about while traveling, describe Les canaux de France (Canal du midi), and the local cuisine (like Canadian poutine/New Orleans' beignets), use near future w/ aller and regular future, and prepositions of locations and prepositions w/city/state/country
• interpret information about post high school paths, describe Les programmes d'échange à l'université, Le programme civique obligatoire, use irregular future tense [être/avoir/aller/faire/venir] and irregular verbs [offrir/recevoir/apercevoir/écrire/lire] in the present
• interpret information about careers, describe minimum wage in US and France, vacations, retirements, CDI, worker union, use C'est+ noun vs. Il/Elle est + adjective (w/professions) and connaître/savoir in the present and past tenses

Module 04: Le week-end dernier

• 04.00 Le week-end dernier Pretest
• 04.01 A la plage
• 04.02 A la Montagne
• 04.03 Le week-end dernier Voice Activity
• 04.04 A la campagne
• 04.05 Le week-end dernier Writing Workshop
• 04.07 Autour de nous
• 04.08 Le week-end dernier Presentational Speaking

Module 05: Mes souvenirs

• 05.00 Mes souvenirs Pretest
• 05.01 Souvenirs d'enfance
• 05.02 Quand j'étais petit
• 05.03 Mes souvenirs Voice Activity
• 05.04 On s'occupait!
• 05.05 Mes souvenirs Writing Workshop
• 05.07 On faisait la fête
• 05.08 Mes souvenirs Presentational Speaking

Module 06: L'avenir

• 06.00 L'avenir Pretest
• 06.01 Prêt à partir!
• 06.02 On fait quoi?
• 06.03 L'avenir Voice Activity
• 06.04 Ma voie
• 06.05 L'avenir Writing Workshop
• 06.07 Ma carrière
• 06.08 L'avenir Presentational Speaking