Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Advanced French / Grades 9-10 (Franklin House)  

Period  Content  Purpose/ Objectives  Activities & Resources  Areas of Interaction  Assessments 
September

Some grammar review/intro Grammar : Present & Imperative

Reading : excerpt of "Eugenie Grandet" (Balzac)
 

Learn to use tenses adequately

Brief intro to H. Balzac
 

Grammar : "Une fois pour toutes"

Literature : "Cours supérieur"

 

Homo Faber
 

Homework : grammar & answers to questions related to "Eugenie Grandet" excerpt


 


October

(No Unit Name)   Grammar : Subjunctive tense

Literature : short story : "L'Hote" (Albert Camus)
 

To write more fluently

Intro to A. Camus
Brief intro to French colonization in Algeria
 

Grammar : same as in September

Literature : collected works by A. Camus
 

Homo Faber - History
 

Written exercises related to above mentioned text
 


November

La symponie pastorale - A. Gide Grammar : Passé composé vs. Imparfait & Passé simple

Literature : "La Symphonie pastorale" André Gide
 

Learn to distinguish the differences between the 2 above mentioned past tenses

Class discussion based on novel read ("La Symphonie")
 

as in previous month


 

Homo Faber
 

Grammar exercises

Weekly written exercises related to "La Symphonie"
Class discussion based on "La Symphonie"

 


December

End of novel Grammar : Passé composé vs. Imparfait
The negative form

Literature : "La Symphonie"
 

Literature : how to improve in-depth reading, for instance examining the role of religion in narrator
 

Same as previous month
 

Homo Faber - Religion
 

Class discussion

Test related to conclusion of "La Symphonie"
 


January

The Middle - Ages - theater Grammar : review of tenses, etc....studied during 1st 2 months

Middle-Ages literature (Theater)
 

Reinforce correct usage of tenses studied

Intro to "La Farce de Maitre Pathelin"
 

Français 5 - Publisher Hatier

Reading aloud in class

Oral discussion
 

Homo faber
 

Study origins of theater

Written exercices related to text read
 


February

Maitre Pathelin (2 & 3) Grammar : adjectives

Literature : part 2 & 3 of "Maitre Pathelin"
 

Grammar : learn to make correct agreements

Literature : Intro to text analysis
 

Study of the comical character

Answer questions related to play read
 

Homo Faber
 

Oral discussions

Homework : write a short play in the genre studied
 


March

Travels/ discoveries Grammar ; subjunctive

Literature : Intro to great discoveries (Marco Polo, C. Columbus, etc..)
 

Grammar : learn to use subjunctive

Literature : intro to epistolary literature
 

Homework : grammatical exercises

Reading aloud & answering orally






 

Homo Faber - Geography
 

Oral expression

Homework : write a letter from a foreign land
 


April

Marco Polo's letters Grammar ; the comparative

Literature : "Le Livre des merveilles " Marco Polo
 

Grammar : learn to make effective comparisons

Compare cultures
 

Same as previous month
 

Homo faber - Geography
 

Oral discussion:

Homework : identification of enunciation - descriptive speech - compare 2 authors
 


May

Intro to detective stories Grammar : irregular adjectives

Literature : short intro to detective stories (20th cent.)
 

Grammar : written skills improvement

Literature : how to recognize the detective story at first glance?
 

Grammar : homework - related exercises

Literature : definition & reading of 3 excerpts of "L'Echarpe rouge" (M. Leblanc)
 

Homo Faber
 

oral questions related to 3 chapters of "L'Echarpe rouge"

Write a detective short story
 


June

"L'Echarpe de soie rouge" Grammar : general review

Literature : general review
 

Grammar : reinforce material studied

Literature : recognize types of literary genre
 

Representative selections of final exam


 

Homo Faber
 



Final examination
 


Updated: Thursday, June 08, 2006
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