French I - Alpha Omega Academy

French IThroughout the text of French I, students accompany fictional charactersIsabelle and David, two Americans who are going to be studying French in an"Academic Year Abroad" in France. They will be staying with host families andwill be learning the language, culture, and customs of people in France, as wellas in other French-speaking countries. Some of the subject areas studied includegreetings, alphabet, numbers, geography, schooling, family and friends, leisuretime, sports, celebrations, traditions, food, daily life, the media, and summervacations.Course Requirements1. Keep up with daily lesson plan. If student falls a day behind, he/sheshould work extra hard to catch up the next day.2. Direct interaction with teacher. Some projects require student to callin and speak in French with teacher. Students are encouraged to callin anytime to talk with their teacher.3. Students must listen and repeat each word or phrase in theglossary/reference section at least three times for each lesson.4. Student must keep a notebook for taking notes on important anddifficult concepts, charts, vocabulary, conjugations, etc. Studentmust create additional tools as aids for learning such vocabulary andgrammar flashcards and conjugation charts for regular and irregularverbs.5. Student may NOT use online translator sites when completing shortanswer questions or projects.6. Students must cite the sources they’ve used in research projects.7. Student should open and review projects before beginning work ineach unit keeping instructions in mind while working through unitassignments. Projects must be submitted before taking the unit test.They may take up to two days to complete.8.Academic PoliciesProjects will be graded in the order that they are received.All projects within a unit must be completedprior to the test being unblocked.Each week your parent or guardian will receive an email from your teacher or AlphaOmega Academy outlining weekly office hours that a teacher will be available in anonline classroom for this course.You may ask for an alternate test to be assigned.This will be averaged with the original test score.Grading ScaleA+ 98.00-100%A 93.00-97.99%A- 90.00-92.99%B+ 88.00-89.99%B 83.00-87.99%B- 80.00-82.99%C+ 78.00-79.99%C 73.00-77.99%C- 70.00-72.99%D+ 68.00-69.99%D 63.00-67.99%D- 60.00-62.99%F 0-59.99%Assignment Weightingper UnitLessons: 10%Quizzes: 20%Projects: 40%Tests: 30%1

1. Contrôle semestrielUnit 6: Contôle semestrielAssignmentsUnit 7: En villeAssignments1. Visitons la ville 9. Les verbes réguliers en -re2. Aller 10. Les verbes irréguliers en -re3. Les prépositions de lieu 11. Interrogation 2: la ville des lumières4. La Bretagne 12. Dossier: l’itinéraire pour mon voyage5. Interrogation 1: la vie en ville 13. Dossier: Parlons français 76. Paris 14. Révision7. Les nombres ordinaux 15. Contrôle8. Les moyens de transport 16. Glossaire et référencesUnit 8: Bon appétitAssignments1. Les repas français 10. À table2. Faire les courses 11. Au restaurant3. Les verbes réguliers en -ir 12. Dossier: Au restaurant4. Les verbes irréguliers en -ir 13. La cuisine française5. Interrogation 1: la nourriture 14. Dossier: Parlons français 86. Au café 15. Interrogation 3: la cuisine française7. L’article partitif 16. Révision8. Les expressions de quantité 17. Contrôle9. Interrogation 2: la nourriture et les quantités 18. Glossaire et référencesUnit 9: La vie quotidienneAssignments1. Les vêtements et les couleurs 9. Les verbes réfléchis2. En solde 10. L’interrogation et la négation3. Mettre 11. Dossier: votre routine quotidienne4. Faisons du shopping 12. Dossier: Parlons français 95. Le look en France 13. Interrogation 2: la routine6. Interrogation 1: les vêtements 14. Révision7. Les parties du corps 15. Contrôle8. Les gestes et les expressions 16. Glossaire et références4