Mademoiselle Armour

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Mademoiselle Armour

• e-mail armour_at_arrowheadschools.org
• voice mail [phone] ext. 3617

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Course Goals

• Develop proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on
  Teaching Foreign Languages) Standards
• Novice (French I and II)
• Intermediate (French III and IV)
• Beginning Advanced (AP French)

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Course Goals (continued)

• Proficiency developed using the 4 skill areas
• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Skills will be developed in thematic units that
  emphasize culture of France and the French
  speaking world

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Grading (French III and IV)

• A 90-100
• Speaking 15
• B 80-89 Listening 25
• Reading 15
• C 70-79 Writing 15
• Grammar acquisition 15 Vocabulary
  acquisition 15
• D 60-69
• Students and parents will be able to
  understand strength and practice weakness
  skill areas
• F 0-59

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Grading (French I)

• A 90-100
• Speaking 15
• B 80-89 Listening 20
• Reading 20
• C 70-79 Writing 15
• Culture 10
• Grammar acquisition10
• Vocabulary Acquistion 10
• D 60-69
• Students and parents will be able to
  understand strength and practice weakness
  skill areas
• F 0-59

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Grading (French II)

• A 90-100
• Speaking 15
• B 80-89 Listening 20
• Reading 20
• C 70-79 Writing 15
• Culture 5
• Grammar acquisition15
• Vocabulary Acquistion 10
• D 60-69
• Students and parents will be able to
  understand strength and practice weakness
  skill areas
• F 0-59

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Grading ( AP French)

• A 90-100
• Presentational Speaking 15
• B 80-89 Listening 15
• Reading 15
• C 70-79 Presentational Writing 15
• Interpersonal Speaking 15
• Interpersonal Writing 15 Class
  participation 5
• Grammar Vocabulary Acquistion 5
• D 60-69
• Students and parents will be able to
  understand strength and practice weakness
  skill areas
• F 0-59

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Skyward grade access

• PLEASE CHECK SKYWARD ON A REGULAR BASIS!!
• Grades and assignments will be updated regularly.
• Grade printouts will not be given in class.

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Homework

• Daily assignments will be posted on Canvas. You
  MUST look on Canvas every day for the
  assignment!!!
• Homework is assigned daily.
• It is expected that all homework be attempted
  and completed.
• A 20 minute after school detention will be
  assigned after 3 missing assignments within a 2
  week period
• Daily review and practice is very important!

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Make-up Work

• All tests, quizzes and assessments are to be
  taken on the scheduled day unless arrangements
  have been made ahead of time.
• Any work that was due on the day of the absence
  is to be turned in when the student returns to
  school.
• Students have 1 day to make up missed homework
  assignments.
• French in Action quizzes will normally be given
  on Fridays (2nd semester levels I and III). One
  low episode will be dropped per quarter. If a
  student misses more than 1 episode per quarter,
  they must make it up with me after school or
  receive a 0 for the quiz.

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Attendance

• New material is presented every day so it is
  important that students attend class regularly!
• A Saturday detention will be assigned after the
  fourth tardy.

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Materials to be brought to class every day

• Textbookshould be covered at all times!
• French IDiscovering French Bleu
• French II----Discovering French Blanc
• French III and French IVDiscovering French Rouge
• AP FrenchAllons au-delà
• 3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper
• OR
• A 70 page notebook just for French
• Discovering French Workbook (I, II, III, and IV)
• Folder
• Pens and pencils
• French I and II students need an additional
  composition notebook to be left in the classroom
  for a journal
• Advanced students may want to invest in a good
  French dictionnary of 70,000 or more entries (I
  like Larousse or Websters New World)

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Use of French

• The class will be conducted in French!
• Students of French III and higher (French II
  second semester) will be expected to use French
  at all times while in the classroom!

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Getting Extra Help

• It is important to get help right away if a
  concept is not well understood instead of waiting
  for assessment time.
• Make an appointment with me in class, by e-mail
  or phone.
• I am available at North during 4th hour, 8th
  hour at South and after school every day at
  South.
• Extra practice activities are available on my
  Quia web pages. There are links to these sites
  on my AHS home page and each classs Canvas page!

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Classroom Expectations

• Be appropriate, be respectful, be responsible
• NO gum, food or beverage of any kind
• Be respectful and courteous of all others listen
  when others are talking
• Bring materials to class every day
• Be on timein your seat when the bell rings
• Clean up after yourself
• Students are expected to use technology
  repsonsibly and only when needed

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Technology Expectations

• Students will use laptops primarily for
  occasional short research assignments in the
  classroom
• Students are expected to stay on website
  determined by Mademoiselle and follow all other
  classroom instructions for laptop use
• You may use an online dictionary to look up
  individual words but not to translate larger
  chunks of language

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Questions?

• The syllabus for this class is posted the classs
  Canvas page
• Questions about specific assignments can be
  answered by looking at Skyward
• Extra practice activities can be accessed by the
  links on my page of the Arrowhead website or the
  classs Canvas page

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French Club

• French Club activities are available to any
  French students
• Approximately 1 activity per month
• Scavenger Hunt September 19th
• Tentative date for the Chicago trip
• Friday, December 13th
• Look for information in class

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Trip to France

• There are trips to France during spring break
  every other year
• Dates potential trip 2021 info will be made
  available in class
• Approximate cost 4500 plus spending money