Welcome to French 1B
click
here for homework assignments and practice activities=
Félicitations! You are now in your second year of
studying French! At the end o=
f this
year, you will have earned one High
School credit of second language study.
At
the end of this year, you will be taking the New York State Second Language Proficiency Examination in
French. This exam focuses on =
the
four communicative skills:
·
speaking (you will be tes=
ted individually
by the teacher to see how well you can hold simple conversations in French)=
·
listening<=
/b> (which consists =
of 20
multiple choice questions based on French passages you will hear)
·
reading (which consists o=
f 10
multiple-choice questions based on French passages you will read)
- writing (you will have to write 2 short
compositions on assigned topics)
This
year, we will be completing our coverage of the following topics in French:=
- personal
identification (describing ourselves and others)
- family life =
(talking
about members of our family)
- education (t=
alking
about school subjects, classroom objects and school supplies)
- neighborhood=
and
community (describing locations, giving directions)
- house and ho=
me
(talking about the rooms in a house, furniture, appliances, and househ=
old
chores)
- physical
environment (talking about weather, climate, geographic features, anim=
als)
- sports and l=
eisure
(sports, games, TV, movies and other popular pastimes)
- shopping
(clothing, personal items)
- health and w=
elfare
(parts of the body, describing illness, asking for medical attention)<=
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- foods and
meal-taking
- travel and transportation
- jobs and professions
- public and private services (g=
oing
to the bank, post office, etc.)
You
will also have to do a major culture project. Click here for
information on the French 1B Culture Project.