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**Mme Stephanie Bryant**

 * sbryant@havergal.on.ca**
 * 416.483.3519 voice mail 7607**

This course enables students to increase their knowledge of the French language, further develop their language skills, and deepen their understanding and appreciation of francophone culture around the world. Exploring a variety of themes, students will develop and apply critical thinking skills in discussion, in their analysis and interpretation of texts, and in their own writing.
 * FSF 2D/2D1 COURSE DESCRIPTION: (from course information sheet)**

Understanding grows through telling and listening to stories. The storyteller and the listener both engage in an exchange that offers the possibility for each to gain a deeper appreciation of the other. Learning French enables us to enter into this relationship with citizens of the diverse Francophone world on a more authentic level.

//Learn a Language. Encompass the World. Expand your mind!//
 * Enduring Themes and Understandings for Languages**

//Words do not tell the whole story. I want to tell my story in French.//
 * Understanding for FSF 2D/2D1**

//What makes story? What’s my story? How can I enter someone else’s story, and what happens when I do? //
 * Essential Questions**

Stories of childhood and adolescence are some of the most compelling. We connect to and identify with their universal themes of shared humanity. They also ask us to re-examine our constructed stereotypes and thus explore and develop our own cultural awareness of others. Discovering and becoming a part of the Francophone world is a vital aspect of this cultural awareness. Personal stories along with the stories found in literature, film and articles will provide food for our conversations and reflections in French.
 * COURSE PARTICULARS**
 * Program Content**

This course uses //Quant à moi…// materials to develop students’ language skills further and to explore the Francophone world. Stories, drama, audio texts and articles help students develop oral and written fluency. Throughout the year, the program is enriched with the exploration of various themes, cultural experiences, and readings. Students will become increasingly functional in French by communicating only in French in the classroom.

Examples of language tasks across the year include: - story-telling - sharing and justifying one’s opinion - expressing possibilities - asking for and giving advice - discussing cultural differences and similarities

Introduction to //La Francophonie// Personal discovery of a Francophone country Eating habits in the Francophone world
 * YEAR AT A GLANCE**
 * // September - October //**

Excursion to a restaurant (2D only) Imaginary travel log to a Francophone country // Le petit Nicolas // (stories and film) Improvised storytelling Speech contest (optional)
 * // November – December //**

Excursion to St-Donat, QC (2D1 only) Creation and sharing of a Francophone folktale Introduction to the theme of adolescence Learning French slang Advice columns and letter-writing
 * // January – March //**

Improvised group discussion of a problem // Psy malgré moi // (novel; reading circles)
 * // April – May //**

In accordance with Ministry guidelines, student assessment will be carried out in the following manner: 70% from assessments carried out during the year, based on the most consistent level of achievement in each of the four categories below, with special regard being given to achievement towards the end of the course. The final summative evaluation, involving all four categories, will include an oral interview to take place during the June examination schedule (10%) and a final examination worth 20% during class time. Assessment, both formative and summative, is ongoing throughout the year. Examples of assessments may include: observation, tests, quizzes, dialogues, oral questions / answers, listening and reading comprehension questions / answers, listening and reading responses, unit tests, literature tests, oral presentations, various forms of writing. Clear criteria for assessment will be established before each assessment. Students will be assessed and evaluated in the following four categories: Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, Application.
 * Evaluation**


 * Students may expect the teacher to:**
 * speak French at all times
 * encourage and support student efforts
 * give timely, descriptive feedback
 * deviate from the course plan as necessary


 * Students are expected to:**
 * speak French to teacher, to classmates at all times
 * contribute to group’s learning
 * prepare for discussion and activities in each class
 * refer regularly to electronic course calendar, //especially// in case of absence


 * maintain an organized binder with the following sections:


 * ** Mes notes de cours ** : //exercices, réflexions personnelles, activités du manuel de classe//
 * ** Mes évaluations: **// corrected tests, quizzes and assignments //
 * ** Mes expériences culturelles: **// articles, songs, etc. //
 * ** Mes références: **// reference pages, thematic lists, personal vocabulary list/journal //


 * HAVE FUN!

// Quant à moi… 4e. // Heinle Cengage Learning, 2010. (//manuel de classe// only) // Quant à moi… // companion website: [|www.academic.cengage.com/french/quantamoi] Goscinny-Sempé. //Le petit Nicolas.// Longman: Paris, 1967. Labrèche, Marie-Sissi. //Psy malgré moi; 1.// La courte échelle: Montréal, 2009. // Okapi //. Bayard Jeunesse Magazines, Montréal QC Collins Robert French Paperback Dictionary, New Edition Selected films, audio files and websites Games and exercises for our course: [|www.quia.com/pages/fsf2dfriesen.html] On-line verb conjugation reference: []
 * Resources**