French IV B

VHS Catalog 12-13

Course Title:	French IV B: Connections Learning
Course Code:	CL1427
MA NCES Code:
Discipline:	Foreign Language
Grade Level:	09, 10, 11, 12
Level:	Standard
Offering:	Connections Learning Fall/Spring (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:	15 weeks
Prerequisites:	Successful completion of French IV A
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:	Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility through Connections Learning; Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students: No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor (see additional details below): No
Description: This course is offered through a Connections Learning / VHS partnership. This is a fee-based core course offering. VHS member schools receive a discount on this Connections Learning course enrollment (school will be invoiced). Non-members will be invoiced at standard list prices. Course pricing is listed on the enrollment form, and is based on the course selected. To enroll in this course, please complete the enrollment form: VHS Connections Academy Registration For further assistance with Connections Learning courses offered through VHS, please submit a service request at service.goVHS.org. Description: In the second semester students continue to cover present-tense verbs, past-tense verbs, future tense, conditional tense, subjunctive mood, articles, and adjectives while delving more deeply into French culture. This course, rich in authentic reading material, uses nativespeaker recordings to enrich culture, grammar, and vocabulary lessons.

MediaKit Contents:

Syllabus:
Units:

Possibilites
In this unit, students will:
1. review talking about the future and things that would happen (if other conditions were met)
2. learn patterns in words
3. analyze proverbs in French
4. learn about France and their contributions, musically and artistically, to the French-speaking world

Le Passe
In this unit, students will:
1. use adverbs to talk about how frequently or how well they do things
2. talk about their past and things that happened in the past

students will be introduced to:
1. verbs in the past tense that take on a special meaning
2. new proverbs in French
3. additional suffix patterns that will help them expand their vocabulary in French
4. additional food vocabulary

Les Arts
In this unit, students will learn to:
1. learn to talk about what others have said
2. learn about the fine arts in the French-speaking world
3. review the correct sequencing of tenses for expressing thoughts in the past, present, and future
4. learn additional proverbs or sayings that are well known in the French-speaking world and that will help them gain insight to the French thought process
5. learn about artists, both contemporary and historic, of great significance
6. learn to talk about other art forms and learn ways in which they relate to the French-speaking world

Maintenant
In this unit, students will:
1. learn vocabulary that will allow them to talk about electrical items that are very common in today's world
2. learn to talk about actions that happen that were not planned
3. review irregular verbs in French in order to be able to use them in conversation
4. learn shortcuts in order to be able to use colloquial expressions instead of always using the noun
5. learn additional idioms and sayings in French and learn to analyze them for understanding
6. sharpen listening skills

C'est Fini!
In this unit, students will:
1. review talking about happenings in the past, present, and future
2. review "shortcuts" for talking about others using a variety of pronouns
3. review ways to talk about how they do things
4. learn of additional writers important to the French, both contemporary and historical
5. learn of additional traditions that are important to the French-speaking world

Semester Exam

Course Objectives:
see above

This catalog description was last modified on 06/01/2012