French as a Second Language — High School Level III
Extending Stages
Text used during 1997-2004: Discovering French Rouge

As students progress through the extending stage of the second language learning continuum in French III, they will demonstrate extending 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 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.)

Themes:

Topics of conversation in which instruction is presented, elaborated upon, or cultivated will include but are not limited to
Presentation of new instruction	Elaboration on instruction from previous levels	Cultivation of instruction from previous levels
Health & Medical Care Nature Shopping & Services Culture City Life Relationships Tourism Careers	Travel & Vacation Activities Clothes Communities Food Social Issues Health Places to Live See curricula for French II for details.	Senses and Feelings Socializing Home People Travel and Vacation Shopping Food School See curricula for French I and grades 4-8 for details.

Linguistic concepts:

Grammar structures and linguistic functions students will know by the end of this level include but are not limited to
Presentation of new content	Elaboration on instruction from previous levels	Cultivation of instruction from previous levels
Irregular verbs, Faire + infinitive, Passé Simple, Pluperfect tense, Present & past conditional tenses, Present & past subjunctive moods, Indefinite expressions of quantity, Possessive pronouns.	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.	See curricula for French I and grades 4-8 for more.

Context:

Students will be able to use French when

Speaking face-to-face, on the telephone, or in group discussions, prepared debates, and presentations, Listening to someone or to audio or video texts, including radio and TV interviews, Reading short stories, poems, essays, and articles, and Writing journals, letters, and essays.

Text Type:

Text type: Students will use French to

Speak using simple discourse in a series of coherent ideas, Listen and understand most authentic spoken language, Write series of coherent paragraphs, and Read and acquire knowledge and new information from comprehensive, authentic texts.

Accuracy:

Precision in the students' ability to communicate in French as related to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary will reflect

Engaging in conversations with few significant patterns of error while using a wide range of appropriate vocabulary and Understanding and retention of key ideas and some supporting detail when reading and listening.