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French as a Second Language — High School Level I
As students progress through French I in high school,
they will demonstrate beginning
level proficiencies at mid term and developing
level proficiencies at the end of the year as described by the benchmarks
for these stages by completing activities related to the following themes
while using certain linguistic concepts as listed below. They will demonstrate
progress between the novice-mid and novice-high ranges of the ACTFL proficiency
guidelines. Below are the Themes, Linguistic
Concepts, Context, Text
Type, and Accuracy expectations of students
for this grade level. (Scroll down or click on the highlighted topic in
the previous sentence for details.)
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| Topics of conversation in which instruction is presented, elaborated upon, or cultivated will include but are not limited to | ||
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of new instruction |
on instruction from previous levels |
of instruction from previous levels |
| Senses and Feelings
opinions World Around Us
School
People
Activities
Possessions
Food
Travel and Vacation
Food
Home
Shopping
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None. | None. |
| Grammar structures and linguistic functions students will know by the end of this level include but are not limited to | ||
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of new content |
on instruction from previous levels |
of instruction from previous levels |
| Subject, stress, direct, and indirect object pronouns,
Infinitive constructions, Idioms with avoir & faire, Definite and indefinite articles, Present tense of regular and common irregular verbs, Il y a / Il n'y a pas, Adjective formation and position, Possession, Comparisons, Prepositions, Adverbs, Interrogatives, Near future, Affirmative and negative constructions, Verbs with spelling changes, Imperative mood, Passé composé with avoir, Partitive (de), Contractions, Demonstratives. |
None. | None. |
| Students will be able to use French when |
| Speaking face-to-face with someone,
Listening to someone or to audio or video texts, Viewing age-appropriate materials or reading brief written messages on familiar topics, and Writing notes, lists, postcards, simple poems, short letters, and brief guided compositions. |
| Text type: Students will use French to |
| Use and understand learned expressions, sentences and strings
of sentences, questions, and polite commands,
Write simple paragraphs, and Read and understand important ideas and some details in authentic texts. |
| Precision in the students' ability to communicate in French as related to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary will reflect |
| Increasing fluency and control of vocabulary,
No significant pattern of error when performing beginning stage functions, Effective communication with some pattern of error when performing developing stage functions, Understanding of oral and written discourse with few errors in comprehension. |