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Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Level: I, II, III Return to Home Page |
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French as a Second Language — High School Level II
As students progress through the expanding stage
of the second language learning continuum in French II, they will demonstrate
expanding
level proficiencies as described by the benchmarks for this stage
by completing activities related to the following themes while using certain
linguistic concepts as listed below. They will demonstrate progress between
the intermediate-low
and intermediate-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 |
of instruction from previous levels |
| Travel and Vacation
camping planning trips travel documents banking driving Activities
Clothes
Communities
Food
Social Issues
Health
Places to Live
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Senses and Feelings
Socializing Home People Travel and Vacation Shopping Food School World of Work Body Parts |
| 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 |
previously taught concepts |
| Common irregular verbs,
Pronouns y and en, Reflexive verbs, Passé Composé with être, Relative pronouns, Imperfect tense, Venir de + infinitive, Ordinal numbers, Comparatives, Superlatives, Interrogative pronouns, Future tense, Connaître vs. savoir. |
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. |
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| Students will be able to use French when | |
| Speaking with
someone face-to-face or on the telephone,
Listening to someone or to audio or video texts, Reading short stories, poems, essays and articles, and Writing journals, letters and short compositions. |
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| Text type: Students will use French to | |
| Speak using
strings of related sentences,
Listen and understand most messages carefully conveyed by a speaker accustomed to dealing with learners, Write simple paragraphs, and Read and acquire knowledge and new information from comprehensive, authentic texts. |
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| Accuracy: | |
| Precision in the students' ability to communicate in French as related to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary will reflect | |
| Tendency to
become less accurate as the message becomes more complex,
Patterns of error which may occasionally interfere with meaning, Appropriate vocabulary use for familiar topics, Hesitation, groping for words, patterns of mispronunciation and intonation in complex situations, and Understanding and retention of key ideas and some supporting detail when reading and listening. |
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Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Level: I, II, III
Web page is based on the Calcasieu Parish Schools Articulated
Second Language Curricula, and conforms to the Louisiana Foreign
Language Content Standards
Web site created and curricula formated by Éric
LeGros, 1997 - 1999.
Date last modified: 23 February 2001.