French AS Unit 1

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 Subject  French  Teacher  
  1. Mr Glew
  2. Ms Kanczes
  3. Ms Orde
 
 Unit    Duration: 6 weeks
 out of 30

Week Details & links Assessed work / further work
 
  1. You will look at an introduction to the AS course and the demands of it. You will also have advice on work patterns and skills.
  2. La Famille: Talk about your family and about how well or badly you get on. Possessive adjectives and “depuis with present tense”.
  3. Droits et responsabilités: You will discuss ways of being independent, considering the French point of view.
 Ongoing:   Complete grammar exercises from workbook linked to each topic.

Listening exercises:
la famille:
Page 16 Ex 1
Page 16 Ex 2

Ms Orde
3
  1. Les Loisirs: Discuss hobbies and pastimes in French speaking countries
  2. La Famille: Talking about common parent-teenager disputes and reasons for and against marriage. Grammar point: adjectives – agreement, position and irregulars.
  3. Grammar point - verb + infinitive

Ongoing preparation of oral questions to be handed in for formal assessment at the end of each unit.

Listening Exercises:
Les loisirs: Page 38 Ex 1

 4
  1. Les Loisirs: Complete French pastimes and hobbies in French speaking countries and grammar point:: venir de + infinitive.
  2. La Famille: Changes in the family unit in French society today. Grammar point: definite and indefinite articles.
  3. Droits et responsabilités: Looking at young people's rights.
 
5
  1. Les Loisirs: Sporting trends in France.
  2. Completion of la Famille topic area with built in oral notes and essay writing skills.
  3. Droits et Responsabilités: Organising a presentation on young people's rights in France.

6
  1. Completion of Sporting trends in France. Grammar point: question construction.
  2. La Famille – extension and consolidation work: Objectif Bac Feuille 4.
  3. Droits et responsabilités: You will look at freedom of expression and look at the skill of writing a summary in English.
Hand in la famille oral questions.
7
  1. Holidays – you will look at what kinds of holidays appeal and why.
  2. La santé – Introduction to the topic with lifestyle. Grammar point – the comparative.
  3. Droits et responsabilités: Looking at the qualities of a good citizen.

Half Term

Preparation of a presentation on a region of France
8
  1. Presentations
  2. La santé: Looking at the debate on tobacco addiction, including organising a debate in class.
  3. Droits et responsabilités: Completion of topic area with oral questions. Grammar point: partitive articles.

 9
  1. Les loisirs: You will look at the attraction of France as a holiday destination.
  2. La santé - Addiction and drugs. Grammar point: the imperfect tense.
  3. Droits et resposabilités: Assessment and revision section.
Formal Assessment: Revision section of La Famille and Droits et Responsabilités.

10
  1. Tourism in France - French trends.
  2. Health in France and the French health system.
  3. Les Médias: discussion of the French media.
Rights and Responsibities Oral Questions
Ongoing: Students will produce 2 written assignments on the French media by week 23
11
  1. Grammar point: the perfect tense in detail.
  2. La santé: completion of the topic area with oral exam question preparation.
  3. Les médias: French radio and its relevance today.
Hand in La Santé oral questions
12
  1. Leisure: oral exam questions and essay writing skills.
  2. La santé: Focus on longer answers and essay writing skills and practice.
  3. Les médias: the passive voice.
Passive explained

13
  1. L'éducation: The school day and the French education system. Baccalauréat.
  2. Assessment of Units 3 and 4
  3. Les médias: Formal debate on the relevance of the radio.
Hand in Les Loisirs oral questions
Formal Assessment: Revision section of Les Loisirs and La Santé

14
Consolidation and catch up week (allowing for time lost due to field work etc.)

15
  1. Grammar review of the term
  2. Environment: Ways of protecting the environment and personal attitudes towards it.
  3. Les Médias: The French written press.
Ongoing: Students will produce 4 written assignments on the environment by week 23