TEACHER:
Nathalie Toutant
ROOM: B3.10
E-MAIL: Nathalie_Toutant@eu.odedodea.edu
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course is an introduction to the French and Spanish language and culture. The student will achieve a basic level of vocabulary and receive a general knowledge about the major French/Spanish speaking areas, as well as being introduced to some of the more famous/infamous French/Spanish speaking personalities. Spanish will be study during 1st semester, and French during the 2nd.
COURSE
GOALS/OBJECTIVES/STANDARDS:
SCOPE &
SEQUENCE:
At the end of the school
year, students should be able to:
Introduce themselves and
somebody else;
Use the usual greeting
expressions;
Tell the date, the time
and the weather;
Conjugate and use some
verbs (avoir, ętre,”er” verbs);
Use the question words;
Ask or give direction;
Name the parts of the
body;
Name some animals,
clothes, colors, family members, food, etc.
Talk about the culture and
history of different countries.
Talk about known persons.
COURSE
GRADING/ASSESSMENT:
This will be done through projects, games, songs, etc. using the 6
traits + 1.
The students’ grade will be determinate by:
Written and oral presentations about a famous/infamous French/Spanish
speaker and about a French/Spanish area (30%);
My family album (30%);
Worksheets, quizzes and
mini-projects (40%).
CLASSROOM
EXPECTATIONS/CONSEQUENCES:
The
teacher is expecting to see your motivation and effort to learn a foreign
language, listening, participating and enjoying the different activities in a
calm atmosphere conducive to learning. Showing a sense of autonomy
responsibility and organization is also expected (be on time with all your
materiel and your work due). Failure to do so will result in a tardy mark. A notebook is required for the course.
Students must keep all graded assignments, tests and quizzes in a binder until
the end of the semester.
Group work is essential in the foreign language classroom to practice and master conversation in the target language. During group time, all students are required to stay on task in the target language. Students who interrupt the learning process will be asked to leave. The time out procedures will be in effect with an administrator in the office. A conference will be held with their teacher, counselors, and administrator to discuss the problem.
TEXTBOOKS: None
SUPPLEMENTAL
MATERIAL: Games, CD, DVD, video, worksheets, etc.
SUPPLIES
(REQUIRED/RECOMMENDED): Sheet, binder, pencils, etc.
HOMEWORK POLICY:
Students
will have to review after every class session. If there is homework or a
project, students are expected to have
their work completed before entering the classroom. Work that is not ready to be turned in at the beginning of class
of the date due may not be accepted. If
there are exceptional circumstances, work may be handed later after discussion
with me. It is the students’ responsibility
to come to see me for an arrangement and to hand in work on the first day
returning to school after an absence.
If a test or quiz was missed, the student may take it during class or
seminar of the first day back.
Exercises and activities assigned during class
and not completed are considered homework.
When we correct this work in class it is considered formative
evaluation. This is work that the
student is doing to monitor his or her progress. The student is expected to complete work, and to make corrections
when we take it up. This is part of the
students’ responsibility to make use of feed back for improvement. He/she should then ask for help with
anything that is not clear so that results of summative assessment (tests,
quizzes, projects….) are as strong as possible.
MAKE-UP WORK
POLICY: It is the student’s responsibility to keep appraised
of any missed work and to make arrangements with the teacher to make them up in
a timely fashion.
SUGGESTED
OTHER: Do your best
and participate in class! Read and study your notes at home and practice your
pronunciation. Watching DVD in French or Spanish with English subtitles will
help you. Try to read everything you see in French/Spanish. Try to speak
French/Spanish with French/Spanish students. DON’T BE SHY,
TRY!
Nathalie
Toutant