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Bienvenue À la classe de Français !. Mademoiselle Brooks Salle 281 brooksam@wauwatosa.k12.wi.us 773-3129 Prep hour -- 4. Mlle Brooks. Bachelors degree in French Education from Northern Arizona University Long-term substitute for French at Whitewater Middle School
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Bienvenue À la classe de Français! Mademoiselle Brooks Salle 281 brooksam@wauwatosa.k12.wi.us 773-3129 Prep hour -- 4
Mlle Brooks • Bachelors degree in French Education from Northern Arizona University • Long-term substitute for French at Whitewater Middle School • 2nd year teaching both at Tosa West and Whitman
3 modes of communication • Interpretive • Interpersonal • Presentational • These 3 modes guide and help provide structure for our class • Learning Target Sheets
FranÇais 5 / AP • 6 thematic units • Beauty and aesthetics • Science and technology • Global challenges • Personal and public identities • Families and communities • Contemporary life • Grammar and vocabulary in context
FranÇais 3 / 4 • Schooling in France • Relationships • The press and elections • The planet • Society • Art
FranÇais 2 /3 • Family and friends • Planning activities (weekends, parties, etc) • Shopping and food • A typical day • Describing our pasts • The body and its condition • Leisure
FranÇais 1 • Friends and family • Likes and dislikes • School and free time • Food and food culture • Shopping • Home life
How should students practice at home? • Online textbook • Homework - Website • Working with a classmate • 5 /AP only: Blackboard • Please note: We have tutors available!
French honors society • If students have an overall 3.0 GPA and a 3.5 GPA in their first two years of high school Spanish, they are eligible and encouraged to join. • Induction is in the spring. • Members are expected to log tutoring hours and participate in the wider francophone community. • Contest
France Trip 2013 • Applications due Oct. 15th with $350 deposit • The trip will be during Spring Break March 28- April 7th. • Homestay • The price will be between $28,000- $31,125, depending on the number of participants. We will have plenty of fundraising opportunities and welcome parent suggestions.
In the future – placement tests • Students may take the AP placement test in May – we will practice all sections in class. • Students may also take college placement exams to earn college credit after the completion of one semester of Spanish at their college. • Example – Marie passes into the third semester of Spanish. She passes it with a B or higher and receives 8 additional credits for semesters 1 and 2. • The main difference between the two exams – college placement exams focus on grammar, the AP exam focuses on skills.
Oh yeah • Any spare boxes of tissues you have at home have a welcome place in this classroom