Montgomery County Public Schools
French 1B
Final Exam Format
June 2014
Oral Communication (1 item/ 20 points)
• Students will speak for two minutes in response to a prompt based on topics studied during the semester.
• This portion of the final exam is administered during class, not during the two hour block of time allotted to the exams.
Listening (30 items/ 15 points)
• Students will listen to their teacher read short statements related to topics studied during the semester.
• They will then answer selected response questions in French.
Reading (32 items/ 16 points)
• Students will read passages related to topics studied during the semester.
• They will then answer selected response questions in French.
Grammar (18 items/ 9 points)
• Students will select the best completion for sentences.
• This section contains grammatical structures studied during the semester.
Writing (2 items/ 20 points)
• Students will respond to two different writing prompts, each worth 10 points, based on topics studied during the semester.
Culture (2 items/ 10 points)
• Students will write, in English, about two cultural topics studied during the semester.
French 1B …June 2014
French 1B
Les passe-temps / Pastimes
Students will be able to:
Students will learn and apply:
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Communicate about pastimes
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Present tense of faire
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Identify months of the year and seasons
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Question words
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Describe basic weather conditions
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Adverbs
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Extend, accept, and decline invitations
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Present tense of aller
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Communicate about places in the community
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Near future (aller + infinitive)
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Passé récent (venir de + infinitive)
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Identify pastimes in Francophone countries and compare them to these in the United
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Idioms with avoir
States
Les repas / Food
Students will be able to:
Students will learn and apply:
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Communicate about food and beverages for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Partitive
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Communicate about preferences for foods and beverages
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Present tense of –ir verbs
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Offer, accept, and decline food
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Present tense of vouloir
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Order food in a restaurant
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Present tense of prendre
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Present tense of boire
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Identify and describe foods and beverages from Francophone countries and compare
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Imperative
them to those in the U.S.
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Describe open-air markets in Francophone countries and compare it to open-air markets
in the U.S.
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Identify and describe customs related to food and meals in Francophone countries and
compare them to those in the U.S.
Les vêtements / Clothing
Students will be able to:
Students will learn and apply:
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Describe clothing and accessories
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Demonstrative adjectives
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Offer and ask for help in stores
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Interrogative adjectives
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Ask and give information about clothing items
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Present tense of mettre
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Communicate about preferences regarding clothing
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Numbers 100 – 1,000 (Written forms of numbers are required for 0 – 10 only)
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Identify and describe typical clothing items from Francophone countries and compare
Students will begin to recognize:
them to those in the U.S.
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Passé composé of –er verbs
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Identify and describe customs related to clothing and shopping in Francophone
countries and compare them to those in the U.S.
A la maison / House
Students will be able to:
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Give simple descriptions of a house, including location of rooms and furnishings
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Communicate about household chores
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Ask for, give, and refuse permission
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Communicate about the frequency of activities
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Identify and describe typical housing in Francophone countries and compare them to
those in the U.S.
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Identify and describe customs related to hospitality in Francophone countries and
compare them to those in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Present tense of pouvoir
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Present tense of devoir
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Present tense of dormir
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Present tense of sortir
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Present tense of partir
Students will begin to recognize:
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Passé composé of –ir verbs
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Passé composé of –re verbs
French 1B …June 2014