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    COURSE DESCRIPTION
     
    FRENCH II CP
     
    ACCEPTED GRADE LEVEL: 10, 11, 12
     
    PRE-REQUISITE: “C” in French I or permission from teacher.
     
    COURSE SEQUENCE/PATHWAY: Students who have successfully completed French II CP will have met the pre-requisite for French III CP.
     
    COURSE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 51
     
    CREDITS: 5 credits per semester
     
    DESCRIPTION: French II CP deals in greater depth with the language and culture of France and the French-speaking world. There is further opportunity to master oral and written language conventions and literature through speaking, reading, and writing. Video programs are used to increase comprehension. Class participation, in the form of regular attendance and completed homework, is increasingly important. Completion of this course meets the minimum foreign language requirement for college.
     
    CURRICULUM: 
     
    California Foreign Language Framework
    Foreign Language Framework for California Public Schools
     
    TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
     
    Discovering French, Nouveau! (BLANC- 2), McDougal Littel, 2004
    Ancillary materials package (from McDougal Littel) includes: Overhead Transparencies & Copymasters, Unit Resource Books, Teacher to Teacher Copymasters, Audio CD Program, Chansons Audio CD, Video Program DVD, Test Generator CD-ROM, EasyPlanner CD-ROM and Power Presentations CD-ROM.
     
    EXIT REQUIREMENTS:   Upon completion of the French II CP course, the learners will:
     
    Communicate more creatively and spontaneously; ask and respond to more complex questions.
    Make detailed descriptions of people, places and things; compare and discuss, in simple terms, people, things and actions.
    Describe the future (futur); describe past conditions and narrate past events (passé composé and imparfait).
    Express personal wishes and needs.
     
    MANDATED ASSESSMENTS: The French II CP course will prepare students to participate in the following mandated assessments:
     
    National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
    Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
    California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)