Les objectifs du cours de français
Students will learn French through the four types of communication (reading, writing, speaking and listening), learn and compare his/her own culture with the culture of Francophone countries, and connect what was learned in French class with other subjects.
We will use the following TEKS for Languages Other Than English:
1. Communication. The student communicates in a language other than English using the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The student is expected to:
(A) engage in oral and written exchanges of learned material to socialize and to provide and obtain information;
(B) demonstrate understanding of simple, clearly spoken, and written language such as simple stories, high-frequency commands, and brief instructions when dealing with familiar topics; and
(C) present information using familiar words, phrases, and sentences to listeners and readers.
2. Cultures. The student gains knowledge and understanding of other cultures. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate an understanding of the practices (what people do) and how they are related to the perspectives (how people perceive things) of the cultures studied; and
(B) demonstrate an understanding of the products (what people create) and how they are related to the perspectives (how people perceive things) of the cultures studied.
3. Connections. The student uses the language to make connections with other subject areas and to acquire information. The student is expected to:
(A) use resources (that may include technology) in the language and cultures being studied to gain access to information; and
(B) use the language to obtain, reinforce, or expand knowledge of other subject areas.
4. Comparisons. The student develops insight into the nature of language and culture by comparing the student's own language and culture to another. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the student's own language and the language studied;
(B) demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the student's own culture and the cultures studied; and
(C) demonstrate an understanding of the influence of one language and culture on another.
5. Communities. The student participates in communities at home and around the world by using languages other than English. The student is expected to:
(A) use the language both within and beyond the school setting through activities such as participating in cultural events and using technology to communicate; and
(B) show evidence of becoming a lifelong learner by using the language for personal enrichment and career development.
Plan de cours- Francais I (Course Outline)
Students will learn: how to greet, say good-bye, find out a person’s name, order food, become familiar with the French calendar, and tell the time (numbers 1-30).
Topics: Describing people; numbers 31-69
Students will learn: the singular forms of definite and indefinite articles; agreement of adjectives; present singular forms of the verbs etre and avoir; making a sentence negative.
Topics: School; class subjects; numbers 70-100
Students will learn: the plural forms of nouns, articles, and adjectives; present plural forms of etre and avoir; tuand vous.
Topics: The school day; school supplies; numbers 100-1000.
Students will learn: the present tense of –er verbs; negative indefinite articles.
Topics: Members of the family; birthdays; houses; apartments; the rooms of a house.
Students will learn: possessive adjectives; singular and plural adjectives.
Topics: Going to a café; names of food; eating utensils; going to a restaurant; meals.
Students will learn: Present tense of aller; aller + infinitive; contractions with à and de; present tense of prendre.
Topics: Types of food; shopping for food; open-air market; supermarkets.
Students will learn: Present tense of faire; the partitive and the definite article; negative form of the partitive; present tense of pouvoir and vouloir.
Topics: Clothing; shopping for clothes; sizes and colors.
Students will learn: Present tense of mettre; comparative adjectives; present tense of voir and croire.
Topics: The airport; on board an airplane.
Students will learn: Present tense of –ir verbs; quel and tout; sortir, partir, dormir, and servir.
Topics: The train station; on the train
Students will learn: Present tense of –re verbs; demonstrative adjectives; dire, écrire, and lire.
Topics: Soccer, basketball, volleyball, bicycling, running.
Students will learn: Passé composé of regular verbs; qui, qu’est-ce que, quoi; present tense of boire, devoir, and recevoir.
Topics: Summer weather and activities; spring; autumn; winter weather and activities.
Students will learn: Passé composé of irregular verbs; negative statements passé composé with etre.
Topics: Daily routine; the kitchen; watching television.
Students will learn: Reflexive verbs in the present; reflexive verbs in the passé composé.
Topics: Going to the movies; going to the theatre; going to the museum.
Students will learn: Present tense of savoir and connaitre; indirect object pronouns; direct object pronouns.
Topics: Minor illness; parts of the body; the doctor’s office; the pharmacy.
Students will learn: Pronouns lui and leur; present tense of souffrir and ouvrir; commands; the pronoun en
Plan de cours- Francais II
Topics: Going to the movies, the theater, the museum.
Students will learn: Present tense of savoir and connaitre; direct object pronouns.
Topics: Minor illness; parts of the body; the doctor’s office; the pharmacy.
Students will learn: Indirect object pronouns; present tense of souffrir and ouvrir; commands; the pronoun “en”.
Topics: Computers; fax machines; telephones; making telephone calls.
Students will learn: Forming and using the imperfect.
Topics: The train station; riding in a train; the airport; flying in an airplane.
Students will learn: The imperfect versus the passé composé; telling a story in the past tense; present tense of venir; prepositions with geographic names.
Topics: The bank; exchanging money; managing money; the post office; mailing letters.
Students will learn: relative pronouns; past participle agreement; reciprocal actions; negative statements.
Topics: The kitchen; types of food; recipes; preparing food.
Students will learn: Forming the future tense; two pronouns in the same sentence-“me, te, nous, vous.
faire + infinitive.
Topics: Traveling by car; trucks and motorcycles; reading a map; driving on the highway.
Students will learn: the conditional; the future and conditional of irregular verbs; “si” clauses; two pronouns in the same sentence- “le, la, les”.
Topics: Accidents; the emergency room; parts of the body; the doctor’s office; surgery.
Students will learn: Interrogative and relative pronouns; commands with pronouns; the superlative of adjectives; expressing belief.
Topics: Checking into a hotel; the hotel room; the bathroom; checking out of a hotel.
Students will learn: Passe compose of etre and avoir; the pronoun “y”; pronoun + “en”; formation of adverbs.
Topics: The subway; the bus
Students will learn: Questions; verb + infinitive; expressing time
Topics: The city; parking in the city; the country; farm animals
Students will learn: Lequel and celui-la; present tense of suivre, conduire, vivre; infinitive after prepositions.
Topics: Bastille Day; Carnival; Christmas; Hanukah; the New Year; Marriage.
Students will learn: The subjunctive; the subjunctive with wishes and commands.
Topics: Parts of the body; manners; emotions; introductions.
Students will learn: Expressing opinion with the subjunctive; irregularities in forming the subjunctive; expressing emotions with the subjunctive.
Topics: Professions; trades; finding a job; the workplace.
Students will learn: Expressing doubt with the subjunctive; infinitive versus subjunctive; the subjunctive in relative prepositions.
Plan de cours- Français III
Les Regions de France
Géographie de la France: fleuves, montagnes, océans, frontières terrestres
Régions: Les capitaux et villes touristiques
La Revolution Francaise
Les Etats Généraux
Les Moments Clés de la Révolution Française
La Prise de la Bastille
Les Moments Clés de la Terreur
Les Personnages Principaux de la Révolution
Topics: Summer and winter activites; camping; taking vacations; travel by train, car, plane; weather
Culture: ‘Vive les Vacance’ vocabulaire; passé composé, avoir et être
Conversation: ‘Un Voyage d’affaire’ vocabulaire
Journalisme: ‘La meteo’, ‘La Tunisie’ vocabulaire; Le subjonctif des verbes réguliers et irréguliers
Topics: Everyday life of young people in France; shopping
Culture: ‘Jeunes, qui êtes-vous?’ vocabulaire; L’interrogation
Conversation: ‘Au centre commercial’ vocabulaire; les expressions négatives; l’imparfait
Journalisme: ‘Parlez-vous le djeun’s?’ vocabulaire; ‘Tous féminists?’ vocabulaire; Le subjonctif
Topics: Leisure activities in French speaking countries; cultural events in France
Culture: ‘Les loisirs, le temps et l’argent’ vocabulaire; l’imparfait vs. passé composé
Conversation: ‘On va au théâtre?’ vocabulaire; le comparative vs. le superlatif
Journalisme: ‘’Les Native’ vocabulaire; ‘Les loisirs utiles’ vocabulaire; Le subjonctif
Topics: North and West Africa
Culture: ‘Groupes culturels francophones’ vocabulaire; les prépositions
Conversation: ‘Une grande fête’ vocabulaire; le futur et le conditionnel
Journalisme: ‘Le français, la langue de culture’ vocabulaire; ‘Les homes bleus’ vocabulaire;
Le subjonctif; ‘depuis’
Topics: French media; the police and firefighters; social problems and petty crime
Culture: ‘La presse et les médias’ vocabulaire’ les COD et les COI
Conversation: ‘Au commissariat’ vocabulaire; les CO avec l’impératif
Journalisme: ‘Le gros titre’ vocabulaire; ‘Un mort dans un incendie’ vocabulaire; le subjontif après des conjonctions
Topics: French customs
Culture: ‘Les passages de la vie’ vocabulaire; le partitif; ‘en’
Conversation: ‘Un mariage’ et ‘Un enterrement’ vocabulaire; ‘qui’ et ‘que’; ‘dont’
Journalisme: ‘Le carnet du jour’ vocabulaire; le plus-que-parfait; le conditionnel passé; propositions avec ‘si’
Topics: Public health; exercise; going to the doctor’s office; nutrition
Culture: ‘La santé et la forme’ vocabulaire; les verbes réfléchis; les verbes réfléchis au p.c.
Conversation: ‘En plein forme’ vocabulaire; ‘qui’, ‘que’ et ‘quoi’
Journalisme: ‘L’oreille’ vocabulaire; les pronoms interrogatifs, démonstratifs, et possessifs
Topics: French heritage
Culture: ‘Hier et aujourd’hui’ vocabulaire; le faire causatif
Conversation: ‘Visite à la Grande Arche’ vocabulaire; l’infinitif passé
Journalisme: ‘Festivals en France’ vocabulaire; les prépositions avec les pronoms relatifs; le futur antérieur; le participe présent et le gérondif