Bienvenue!

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Bienvenue!

• Welcome!

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Madame Reed

• Graduated from Hillsboro High School
• Associates degree at Jefferson College
• Attended SMSU for one year
• Bachelors degree at Webster University
• Masters degree at Missouri Baptist

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• This is my seventh year at Hillsboro High School.
• I am the French Club Sponsor and was the Freshman
  Class Sponsor in the past.

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Course Description

• Introduction into the French language
• Learn basics of speaking, reading, and writing
  French
• Learn about culture of French speaking countries
• Year long class

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Instructional Philosophy

• Students will acquire and develop the
  fundamentals of oral and written communication.
• Students will learn respect for humanity and
  dignity of other cultures and civilizations.
• Students become more functional members in a
  world-oriented society.
• Students become more tolerant, sensitive, and
  knowledgeable people who understand linguistic
  and cultural diversity.

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Major Course Goals

• Engage in conversation, provide and obtain
  information, express feelings and emotions, and
  exchange opinions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the culture
• Reinforce and further knowledge of other
  disciplines
• Learn and apply vocabulary
• Comprehend and answer questions in complete
  sentences
• Write sentences that agree in gender and number
• Compose sentences using regular and irregular
  verbs
• Translate from French to English and English to
  French
• Conjugate regular and irregular verbs
• Discuss Francophone lifestyle

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First Quarter

• Introductions
• Alphabet
• Numbers
• Nationalities
• Time
• People
• Age
• Date

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Second Quarter

• Café
• Money
• Weather
• Seasons
• Activities
• Preferences
• Invitations
• Etre (to be)
• Er Verbs
• Negation
• Questions
• Faire (to do)

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Third Quarter

• Descriptions
• Objects
• Prepositions
• Avoir (to have)
• Articles
• Pronouns

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Fourth Quarter

• Places
• Directions
• The House
• Aller (to go)
• Venir (to come)
• Possession
• Clothing
• Shopping
• Ir Verbs
• Irregular Verbs
• Comparisons
• Re Verbs

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Major Course Projects and Instructional Activities

• Several small projects
• Few large projects (depending on time and
  atmosphere of class)
• Homework packet for every unit
• Quizzes
• Unit Test
• Finals

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Grading Scale

• 90-100 A
• 80-89 B
• 70-79 C
• 60-69 D
• 0-59 F

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Tardy Policy

• One free tardy per semester (Warning)
• Eighth hour for every other tardy
• (Students must be in their seat when the bell
  rings)

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Absent Work

• Can be found on the website under homework.
• Label make-up work absent and the date absent
• You have three days to make up missed work

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Sign Out

• Please sign the sign-out sheet when you exit and
  enter the classroom with name, destination, time
  out, and time in. (This is for your safety.)

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Food and Drinks

• Food and drinks are not allowed in the school
  except the commons.
• Water is allowed.

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Other

• Reading non-class materials, writing and passing
  notes, and doing other homework are NOT allowed
  in class unless time is given to work on French
  homework and it is completed.
• Show completed homework to teacher before
  engaging in outside activities.
• 1st offense-Warning and outside activity taken
  away until the same hour the next school day.
• 2nd offense-Outside activity taken away and
  eighth hour.
• 3rd offense-Outside activity taken away and two
  eighth hours.

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Materials

• French book
• Paper (Youll need a lot)
• 2 Binder and Dividers
• Pen or Pencil
• Completed Homework
• French dictionary is strongly advised but not
  required.

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Extra Help

• Is available, but must be requested in advance.
• There is no official tutoring available for this
  class, but I am willing to help.

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Instructor Information

• Name Michele Reed (Madame)
• Prep Fifth Hour
• Email reed_michele_at_mail.hillsboro.k12.mo.us
• Phone [phone] X1211