The document outlines the assessment breakdown and schedule for a French week 1 course. It includes:
1) A breakdown of the assessment components and their weightings including grammar, vocabulary, writing, oral exams, culture presentations and exams.
2) An overview of topics to be covered on Friday including possessive adjectives, feminine endings, prepositions and verbs.
3) Key terms and concepts are defined such as pronouns, negation words, times of day, common verbs and questions.
The document outlines the assessment breakdown and schedule for a French week 1 course. It includes:
1) A breakdown of the assessment components and their weightings including grammar, vocabulary, writing, oral exams, culture presentations and exams.
2) An overview of topics to be covered on Friday including possessive adjectives, feminine endings, prepositions and verbs.
3) Key terms and concepts are defined such as pronouns, negation words, times of day, common verbs and questions.
The document outlines the assessment breakdown and schedule for a French week 1 course. It includes:
1) A breakdown of the assessment components and their weightings including grammar, vocabulary, writing, oral exams, culture presentations and exams.
2) An overview of topics to be covered on Friday including possessive adjectives, feminine endings, prepositions and verbs.
3) Key terms and concepts are defined such as pronouns, negation words, times of day, common verbs and questions.
The document outlines the assessment breakdown and schedule for a French week 1 course. It includes:
1) A breakdown of the assessment components and their weightings including grammar, vocabulary, writing, oral exams, culture presentations and exams.
2) An overview of topics to be covered on Friday including possessive adjectives, feminine endings, prepositions and verbs.
3) Key terms and concepts are defined such as pronouns, negation words, times of day, common verbs and questions.
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1/ 2
French week 1
Wednesday, August 30th
40% - grammar, vocabulary, writing/comprehension proficiency (10,10,20) + 10% in-class written text and self-corrected
15% - oral exam 1 on 1 + 5% for participation
40% culture – 20 for oral presentation + 10 written in-class exam in English + 10 short portfolio relating yourself and French culture (both in French and English)
-tion, -sion is feminine (BUT exceptions exist ex. MON hesitation)
This – ce (masc), cette (fem), ces (these, plural for everything) BUT cet (for vowels in masculine words, ex. Ami/homme/ete)
Se trouve (find) – find myself
Derriere – behind (also the noun for ass) =/= devant (in front of), sur (on) =/= sous (underneath OR en dessus – stressing its underneath, also hidden things (metaphorically)), a cote de (next to), pres/proche de (near, only spatial vs. also for relationships) =/= loin (far)
Avant (before) =/= apres (after) >> temporel
Gentil – kind/nice (sympa[thique] >> you do not add another e to the feminine adjective)
Soeur – sister, frere – brother
A + (une) ville (you are there now), in few cases where you specify in a city you use dans
There are – il y a
Beaucoup de (many) OR plusieurs (several), when you specify “a lot of THE … (plur)” – beacoup des
Plein de – full of, much of (when it comes to volumes, uncountable), c’est plein – it’s full
Un fils (son), une fille (daughter)
In a country – le/au/aux for countries ending without an e, la/en for countries ending with e BUT au Mexique/en Israel/en Uruguay (?), if an island then a (like city, also for Hong Kong/Singapour)
Some of this – des (les), de la, du (le), with pouvoir/acheter (want/take)
Direct verbs – no preposition, ex. Donner un livre, ecouter un conseil vs. indirect, ex. Dire a…, donner a… - Pronouns – me, te, le, la (indirect lui), nous, vous, les (indirect leur)
Comprendre – direct verb, all communication verbs are indirect
Pas (negation), rien (nothing), plus (anymore) + du tout
