Curriculum

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• Speech
  
  • Coherence of language
  • Use of tenses
  • Pronouns
  • Punctuation
  • Sentence form
• Syntax
  
  • Difference between nature and function of a word
  • Conjugation
• Spelling
  
  • Focus on gender
  • Agreement of verb and subject
  • Agreement with past participle
• Vocabulary

• Comprehension
  
  • Note taking (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • Dictation (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Articulation (Pronunciation & Intonation)
  
  • Recitation - excerpts from plays and poems (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Exchange ideas
  
  • Small group discussions (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • Question and answer (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • Argue a point of view (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Relate experiences
  
  • Presentations (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)

• Gain independence and develop a love of reading in French
• Read different genres with supplemental text and teacher support
  
  • Ancient texts
  • Novels
  • Theater Plays
  • Fables
  • Short Stories
  • Poetry
  • Documentaries
• Comprehend and analyze the following kinds of texts:
  
  • narrative (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • dialogue (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • rhetorical (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
  • descriptive (5ème, 4ème)
  • visual expressions including art, advertising and film (5ème, 4ème)
  • poetry (5ème, 4ème)
  • theater (5ème, 4ème)
  • explanatory (4ème)
  • argumentative (4ème)

• Develop a strong interest in writing in French
• Develop students' "voice" - unique way to express themselves
• Assimilate the idea that a text is written for a particular audience
• Write a variety of texts
• Summaries (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Narratives (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Letters (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• informal
• formal
• business
• Poems (6ème, 5ème, 4ème)
• Short stories (5ème, 4ème)
• a complete text of at least 2 pages (5ème, 4ème)
• use different forms of discourse (4ème)
• use dialogues effectively (4ème)

• At home – read assigned novels
• In class – focus on in-depth analysis
• Literary comments
• Essential notions of author, narrator, character and coherence of narration
• Points of view
• Components of narration
• Develop imagination and comprehension
• Historical and social contexts
• 6ème – Antiquity, art, religion, music
• 5ème - Middle Ages, comedy
• 4ème - 19th Century, fantasy

Every year our teachers select new novels for in-depth study at each grade level in an effort to address the many interests and abilities of those unique students. The following is a sample listing of titles that have been studied at each grade level.

• 6ème
• Le Petit Prince, Saint-Exupéry
• L'Odyssée, Homère
• Fables, La Fontaine
• Le Malade Imaginaire, Molière
• L'Œil du Loup, Pennac
• La Momie Bavarde, Weulersse
• 5ème
• Les Fourberies de Scapin, Molière
• Fabliaux du Moyen Age, collection
• Le Roman de Renart
• La Maison des Lointains, Beaude
• Le Garçon en Pyjama Raye, Boyne
• Le Journal d'Adèle, Bouchet
• L'Ile Mystérieuse, Vernes
• La Farce du Cuvier
• 4ème
• L'Avare, Molière
• Farenheit 451, Bradbury
• La Parure, Maupassant
• Colomba, Mérimée
• La Gloire de mon Père, Pagnol
• Histoires Extraordinaires, Poe
• Le Horla, Maupassant