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Join Madame Inger Moran's French course using TPRS teaching method - Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. Dive into French culture, novels, and films while focusing on acquisition over memorization. Study with a warm, fun, and respectful atmosphere. Grades based on quizzes, interpersonal communication, and summative assessments. Engage in constant French practice with minimal studying required. Contact Madame Inger Moran for any questions or concerns.
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French 1 IntensifiedPeriods 1, 2, 3 and 4 Madame Inger Moran
About this course: I use TPRS teaching method: Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (also CI – Comprehensible Input) • Teaches ACQUISITION, not memorization • Compeling words = better recall • HIGH FREQUENCY!!!
Password • Transition with music • Talk about what is going on in our lives • Create stories • Read novels • Learn about culture • Study a film “La gloire de mon père” (Rated G) • T’es Branché 1Atextbook What we do in class
Class jobs in play • ONLY positive, respectful talk allowed • Practice staying in bounds- circumlocution • French first….checks for understanding are constant. • Read, write, speak and listen in French, with support • FUNNY, WARM, EXCEPTING, RESPECTFUL How all that looks
5% homework – on Canvas – practice (textbook vocabulary, articles, etc) • 10% quizzes • 15% Interpersonal Communication Score • 70% Summative Assessments • Given when the class is ready • Little to no studying required • County-wide mid-term and final exam (HS credit) • LAST YEAR – all students had an ending grade of A or B (more As than Bs) GRADES
When a student is absent, the student should: • Check Canvas • Remind me in class of his/her absence. • Available during 7th grade lunch and after school for making up work. Absences
Canvas and ParentVue • Please use my e-mail address to contact me: inger.moran@apsva.us • I will contact you with concerns or kudos! • Please contact me with any concerns or questions you may have. Communication
10th year teaching • From Iowa City, Iowa! • An Arlington county resident and parent • Husband is a product of Arlington schools • Son in Hong Kong, Daughter at YHS • I studied in Rennes, France but love Quebec! • Family in Marseille, France Who I am…