Course+description+Fr+6

Un Voyage au monde francophone **//__ Bienvenus! Welcome! __//**

__ French 6 Curriculum Duration: 1 year __ The primary goals of the French 6 program are to expose you to the French language, culture and geography in a meaningful and engaging partial-immersion classroom. Emphasis is on __creating a basic foundation__ of vocabulary, questions and answers and proper pronunciation. You will read illustrated stories, sing French children’s songs and play games that stretch and reinforce your knowledge. Themes covered include greetings, classroom objects and commands, numbers and time, home and family, food, clothing, parts of the body and shopping. Your performance will be assessed via written and pronunciation quizzes, projects, skits and your ability to respond correctly in class.

By the end of the 6th grade French program, you are expected to be able to:
 * Follow instructions given in French.
 * Distinguish between masculine and feminine words.
 * Ask and answer questions in conversations about the themes studied.
 * Identify major francophone speaking countries and talk a little bit about them.
 * Participate with confidence in all work, oral and written.

__ Assessments: __ Your conversational ability will be assessed while or after playing interactive games. The teacher may ask the student directly or grade while students ask each other and respond.

Verb recognition, vocabulary, spelling and word gender memorization will be assessed by quizzes that are both oral and written. There are no formal tests in Fr. 6

You will be graded on all written work, and your binder will be checked frequently.

__ Grading categories: __ Class participation (formative) Oral work (some formative and some summative) Homework and written work in class (formative) Quizzes (summative)

__ Unit Themes/ Francophone countries: __

= Semester 1- =

1 + 2: Introduction to French; Greetings and Expressions of Courtesy/ Mali 3: Classroom Objects / Cameroun 4: Numbers/ Switzerland 5: Geography/ Paris and France 6: Time and Colors/ Luxembourg 7: Date and Weather / Haiti; Canada

= Semester 2- =

8: House/ Burkina Faso 9: Leisure and Recreation/ Togo; Bénin 10: Family / Monaco 11: Clothing/ Belgium 12: Food/ Martinique 13: Parts of the Body/ Madagascar

My goal is to use as much French as possible because I want you to realize how much you can understand in French, however I will not use French exclusively.

I only have one rule: Use your common sense!

My school email address is: cshaffer@aisdhaka.org

**//__ Amusez-vous bien! Have a good time! __//**

(revised Aug. 2014)