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French III-IV
Essential Outcomes
Fairview High School

French III-IV A

Communication/Oral and Written

• Transition into the "immersion" aspect of the Honors Level course.

• Use and place adjectives to enhance writing/speaking.

• Negatively express himself/herself.

• Use the target language in order to write for varied purposes and in varied styles.

Culture/Connections

• Read and discuss highlights of French history from 1715 through 1764 during the reign of Louis XV.

• Read and discuss French history before, during, and after the Revolution focusing on the years form 1759 through 1794.

• Discuss similarities, differences, and connections between the French and American Revolutions.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the discrepancies between the lives of the common people and the lives of the nobility during this time period in France.

Insight/Grammar and Function

• Read and discuss an excerpt from Les Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

• Read and discuss an excerpt from Candide ou l'optimisme by Voltaire.

• Use reflexive and reciprocal verbs.

• Use the possessive, relative, interrogative, and/or demonstrate pronouns in written/spoken French.

• Gain fluency in preposition usage.

French III-IV B

Communication/Oral and Written

• Use communication devices and expressions that aid in indirect discourse in French.

• Practice using descriptive language to enrich speaking and writing performances in French.

• Use passive verbs/voice in French and practice methods that help a speaker/writer avoid passive voice in French.

• Correctly use infinitives including the past infinitive when communicating.

• Write a sonnet in the French language.

• Discuss several 19th century literary excerpts in French.

• Discuss highlights of 20th century French history.

• Discuss several 20th century literary excerpts in French.

• Discuss the novel Le Petit Prince in both verbal and written forms in the target language.

Culture/Connections

• Read about and discuss French history from the beginning of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

• Investigate the French attitudes towards life, love, human relationships, and war through French history, written language, and film.

Insight/Grammar and Function

• Read an example of Alexandrian verse in order to study its syllabication.

• Read and discuss a sonnet in French.

• Read several 19th century literary excerpts in French.

• Read several 20th century literary excerpts in French.

• Read the French novel Le Petit Prince in the target language.

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