York Suburban High School Course Syllabus French V CPA 651

York Suburban High School
Course Syllabus
French V CPA
651
I. Course Description
Credit; 1.20 weighted course
Length: Year; Format: Meets Daily
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
Co-requisite: Passing French IV with a 75% or higher
Course description…
French V will be conducted in the target language. The aim of the course is a deeper
understanding and study of French culture, grammar, and improved oral and aural
comprehension. The requirements will include the study of French literature, assignment of a
short novel, reading of French short stories, oral presentations, and discussions on assigned
topics.
II. Materials & Equipment
Trésors du temps
Writing activities workbook
III. Course Goals & Objectives
The student will be able to:
1. Speak with an intermediated to high level of fluency on most ordinary subjects.
2. Write with a minimum of grammatical errors.
3. Read and discuss a wide range of subjects from French culture and literature.
IV. Course Topics (Summary Outline)
Trésors du temps
1. Une somber période mais de grands homes (La Chanson de Roland, le passé)
2. Croisades, cathedrals et calamites (La Ballade des pendus-Villon, les pronoms d’objet)
3. La France en transformation (Le jugement de Jehan le Fou-Rabelais, Ode a CassandreRonsard, Le future et le conditionnel/le verbe devoir)
4. Le dix-septieme siècle: Le Grand Siecle ou l’Age Classique (Le Bourgeois GentilhommeMoliere, Le Subjonctif)
5. Le dix-huitieme siècle (Candide ou l’optimisme-Voltaire, Les verbs pronominaux/faire
causatif)
6. Descente vers la terrible Révolution (Souvenirs-Mme. Vigée-Lebrun, La Prise de la
Bastille par un de ses défenseurs-Louis Deflue, L’adjectif/La negation/Le participe présent)
7. Une sanglante Révolution (Les pronoms)
8. Napoléon et le début du XIXe siècle (Le Lac-Lamartine, Les verbs de communication et
d’expression et le discours direct)
9. Le dix-neuvieme siècle (Une succession de gouvernements, La machine a vapeur et la lampe
de gaz, Le passif/l’infinitif/quelque chose + preposition)
10. Le vingtieme siècle (Age de grand progres, Le Petit Prince-St. Exupéry)
V. Assignments & Grading
Quizzes
Tests
Projects
Oral assessments
Homework
Journals
Classwork
Quarterly assessments