2014-2015 COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Syllabus for French 1
Teacher: Madame Muzac
Room Number: E2102
Semester: second
Textbook: French 1 Bien dit!
Phone Number: 404-802-5200
Email: [email protected]
Tutorial Days: Wednesdays
Tutorial Hours: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Tutorial Location: E2102
Course Description:
The Level 1 French course focuses on the development of communicative competence in French and
understanding of the culture(s) of the people who speak French. Students will become accustomed to the
instruction in the target language and will earn receptive skills in listening and in speaking.
Course Content Standards:
Description of standards/Objectives from Georgia Performance Standards for High School French (level
1) will be taught during this course. Please refer to the following website: www.georgiastandards.org.
Strategies for Student Learning: In order to help students maximize their achievement in French, this
course will include the use of paired and small group activities, songs, mnemonic devices, kinesthetic,
oral activities, projects, and lab works
Course Outline:
Week 1:
Chapitre 4: Mon annee scolaire: Vocabulaire 1
Week 2:
Chapitre 4: Mon annee scolaire: Grammaire 1
Week 3:
Chapitre 4: Mon annee scolaire: Vocabulaire 2
Week 4:
Chapitre 4: Mon annee scolaire: Grammaire 2
Week 5:
Chapitre 5: Le Temps libre: Vocabulaire 1
Week 6:
Chapitre 5: Le Temps libre: Grammaire 1
Week 7:
Chapitre 5: Le Temps libre: Vocabulaire 2
Week 8:
Chapitre 5: Le Temps libre: Grammaire 2
Week 9:
Chapitre 6: Bon Appetit: Vocabulaire 1
Week 10:
Chapitre 6: Bon Appetit: Grammaire 1
Week 11:
Chapitre 6: Bon Appetit: Vocabulaire 2
Week 12:
Chapitre 6: Bon Appetit: Grammaire 2
Week 13:
Chapitre 7: On fait les magasins: Vocabulaire 1
Week 14:
Chapitre 7: On fait les magasins: Grammaire 1
Week 15:
Chapitre 7: On fait les magasins: Vocabulaire 2
Week 16:
Chapitre 7: On fait les magasins: Grammaire 2
Week 17:
Review: Revisions Cumulatives Chapitre 4-5
Week 18:
Review: Revisions Cumulatives Chapitre 6-7
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Evaluation and Grading:
Students will be evaluated throughout this course using announced quizzes and tests, unannounced short
quizzes (pop quizzes), written and oral presentations as well as daily class participation.
Course Components
Learning Skills (interactive notebook and
executive function skills including, timely
assignment completion, organization, sustained
attention)
Classwork and Participation
Homework
Lesson Quizzes
Unit Tests (or Performances)
Projects
TOTAL
Weights
10%
20%
10%
20%
25%
15%
100%
Grading Scale
100-90
89-80
79-70
69-0
Not Evaluated
A
B
C
F
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Homework is announced in class and written on the board each day, and it is the student’s
responsibility to listen and write it down. This goes for class notes as well. Students are expected to
pay attention in class and take notes that are on the board.
Campus Portal for Parents and Guardians: Visit https://ic.apsk12.org/portal to view class
schedules, attendance records and grades. To activate your account, visit the school to receive your
login (activation key).
Required Materials:
Materials: Students are responsible for bringing these materials to class every day.
 composition notebook
 3-ring binder
 index cards and index card rings (to hold your index cards)
 pencils and pens (blue and red)
 French/English dictionary
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Other materials that will come in handy throughout the semester include:
 Jump Drive
 Poster Board (for projects)
 Highlighter
 Construction paper
 Markers/colored pencils
 Glue stick
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Additionally, each student is required to keep a 3-ring binder for this class. It is the student’s
responsibility to keep the notebook neat and organized at all times. Student is recommended to
divide binder into these sections:
a. Syllabus
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b.
c.
d.
e.
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Echauffements (warm-ups)
Devoirs (homework)
Travail en classe (handouts/activities done in class)
Examens, Interros, and Projets (tests, quizzes, and projects)
Students may use the online free dictionary wordreference.com. This is the only online
dictionary that students are allowed to use. Word processing programs with a translate
feature or online translators are NOT DICTIONARIES.
Classroom Expectations:
Expectation/Consequences/Discipline- Students must adhere to the Atlanta Public Schools Code
of conduct.
 Be on time to class and be prepared.
 Take care of personal needs in between classes. Participation is essential and leaving the room
will cost at the discretion of the teacher (a portion of the participation points earned that day.)
 Always be respectful of school property, faculty, and other students.
 Inappropriate language (in any language) will not be tolerated.
 Grooming, combing hair, applying makeup, gum chewing, eating and drinking are also
unacceptable in class, (only water as drink).
 Always do your own work. Cheating and plagiarizing will not be tolerated. Offending students
will be penalized according to the Student Code of Conduct. Do not use on-line translators.
They are ineffective, and I can always tell when one has been used.
 Keep all class notes, handouts, and graded assignments (homework, quizzes, etc.) in your
notebook.
 CELLPHONES & OTHER ELECTRONICS may not be used in class at any time. Don’t use
your phone to see what time it is. There is a clock in the room.
 Have a positive attitude! Have fun! Study French!
Intervention for any infractions will include:
1. Verbal warning: after three verbal warnings, you will receive a conduct card, and after three
conduct cards, you will have detention.
2. Seating reassignment
3. Cross teaming and parent phone call
4. Afternoon detention (after parent notification)
5. Administrative referral
Note: a) No student is exempted from the policies of the classroom.
b) Using Physical force in classroom is an automatic referral, no negotiation.
c) Absolutely no food or drink, except water, in the classroom
Tardies: All students are expected to be on time to class every day. Any unexcused tardy to class will
result in detention.
Failure to serve detention will result in the student being referred to the office for disciplinary
action.
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Participation: Active participation is essential to language acquisition, and therefore it is an essential
part of French class. Class participation consists of students contributing to teacher-led discussions or
to paired/small group activities. Spoken communication should be in French. I will keep records of
participation, and I will use these records when determining class work grades. Students are
encouraged to volunteer at all times, but I will occasionally call on students to answer questions in
class.
 Because being in class is essential to language acquisition, it will cost students at the
discretion of the teacher (a portion of the participation points earned that day) to go too
often to the bathroom during class. I suggest students to take care of this between classes!
 Students will also at the discretion of the teacher lose a portion of the participation points
earned by talking out of turn, being disrespectful, being off-task.
Target Language Policy: Students are required to speak French in the classroom.
LATE ASSIGNMENTS: It is important that students are responsible and meet established due dates
for assignments. Late is defined as anytime work is submitted after the assignment has already been
collected by the teacher.
MAKE-UP AND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS: Students with an excused absence will be expected
to submit missed work on or before the third class meeting after the absence.
Any work missed due to an excused absence may be made up. It is the student’s responsibility to ask
for any missed work and make it up within the time required (usually 3 days).
Recovery Policy: Recovery is made available for students with a significant drop in cumulative grade
(from a B to a C or a drop of 10 or more points) and must be completed no later than 10 days before
the end of the session. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate recovery. Students eligible for
recovery have done all course work, have taken all tests and quizzes, and have no more than 10
unexcused absences. If qualified, personal points of weakness will be identified, and a recovery test
will be created to help the student bring up his or her grade. The grade on the recovery assignment will
replace the failing or low grade for which recovery is sought.
Work progress: when student is failing, parent will receive a “Progress Information sheet”.
Outstanding student(s) will receive a “Certification of Merit”.
School-wide Expectations:
MASTERY LEARNING: With mastery learning, a unit of material is taught, and student
understanding is evaluated before students are able to move on to the next unit. Students who have
not shown mastery for a particular unit will receive feedback and support in reaching mastery. They
may be given practice exercises, study guides, group work or complementary resources to help them
improve and achieve mastery. Students who demonstrate mastery of the content for a particular unit
are given enrichment exercises like special projects, tasks or academic games to further or broaden
their knowledge of the material.
DEFICIENCY REPORTS: Parents and guardians are informed when students are making
unsatisfactory progress in classes. Poor performance will be reported to parents and guardians as
soon as problems are evident. Deficiency reports with plans for remediation will be written for all
students making unsatisfactory progress, and parent-guardians conferences must be scheduled.
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Unsatisfactory grades should never come as a surprise to parents, guardians, or students. Teachers
will:
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Contact parents and guardians early in the semester if academic, attendance, or behavioral
difficulties are apparent.
Notify the counselor, SST/RTI Chair, and the academy leader of serious problems that are
affecting classroom performance.
ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY: Students wanting to participate in athletic programs governed by the
GHSA and extracurricular activities must meet eligibility requirements to participate. The Athletic
Director (and the Extracurricular Activities sponsors) will collaborate with teachers to monitor and to
identify students in danger of failing courses. All faculty members will be given a master list of
students participating in extracurricular activities and athletics under the auspices of the GHSA.
 The teacher reserves the right to adjust the course work and policies as needed to meet the
needs of students and ensure academic success.
PARENT/ GUARDIAN/ STUDENTS
 Please return the signed syllabus to Madame Muzac; keep a copy for your record.
By signing this syllabus, you are hereby considered knowledgeable of the requirements outlined in this
document.
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Student Signature and date
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Parent/ guardian Signature and date
Parent/ guardian email: -----------------------------Parent/ guardian phone number: ----------------------
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