M. Martini                                                            French IV/V                                                            

I.  Course Description:   Having successfully completed the Regents Comprehensive Exam in French III,        exceptional students are encouraged to go on to French IV/V.  This course is designed to introduce the

Student to French literature and to refine the listening, speaking, reading and writing of French so as to prepare the student for entry into the AP course.  French 4/5 is conducted in French.

II.  Goals:  Students will continue to expand vocabulary, practice more lengthy conversations, write with

greater idiomatic correctness, engage in a survey of French authors and literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and, as time permits, be introduced to the music and art of the French masters.  All students may participate in the National French Exam and have the opportunity to be inducted into the Société Honoraire Française.  Pending time constraints, students may engage in French Immersion Day.

III.  Classroom Expectations and Requirements:  Students are expected to be on time, participate actively in             class, and bring all necessary materials to class every day.  Students are expected to behave in a

respectful manner at all times.

IV.  Textbook and Materials:  The French IV/V textbook is Trésors du Temps, which students must bring to class every day along with a notebook for French class only and a pen.  Students will also make use of Nouvelles Lectures Libres as a bi-weekly reader.  Learning Activity Packets are used for the literature part of the course.  Students will also need a French/English Dictionary for essays and translations.

V.  Topics:  Review of French grammar, introduction of the passé simple, faire causatif, le passif, expressions    indéfinies, pronoms possessifs, François Villon, LaFontaine, Molière, Chateaubriand, Camus and Sartre.

VI.  Testing & Grading:  Homework will constitute 10% of each quarterly grade.  Class work will constitute             10% of the quarterly grade.  Quizzes and tests and essays will constitute 60% of the quarterly grade and

an independent project will constitute 20% of each quarterly grade.

            Quarterly Projects:    1st quarter conversation with another student of at least five minutes in length

                                                2nd quarter writing of a poem

                                                3rd quarter research paper on an important figure of French Civilization

                                                4th quarter teaching of a class on a French author, musician or artist

            All quarterly projects are to be completed in French with copies to the teacher.  Late projects lose five

points per day of lateness.  All work missed must be made up upon returning to school.

Tests and assignments not made up will receive zero credit.

VII.  Progress Reports:  At the midpoint of each quarter, all students receive progress reports in order to       inform parents of the student's effort and accomplishments.

VIII.  Extra Help:  Students who seek mentoring are encouraged to come during activity period or free time.

I look forward to a year full of achievement and fun-in-learning-French for my students.

REMEMBER: HARD WORK + COOPERATION = SUCCESS & ENJOYMENT

B O N N E   C H A N C E !