Montgomery County Public Schools
French 1A
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 1A …June 2014
French 1A
Bienvenue à la classe de français ! / Welcome to French Class!
Students will be able to:
Students will learn and apply:
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Exchange greetings in a culturally appropriate manner
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The alphabet
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Make introductions
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Accent marks
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Ask how old someone is
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Numbers from 0–30
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Ask about things in the classroom
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Subjects and verbs
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Ask the teacher questions
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Subject pronouns
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Understand classroom commands
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Indefinite articles and plural of nouns
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Ask how to spell words
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Present tense of avoir
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Ask for e-mail addresses
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Negation (ne…pas)
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Identify use of tu and vous
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Identify some famous Francophone people
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Compare ways of greeting people in Francophone countries and in the U.S
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes ? / What do you like?
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about their preferences
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Express agreement or disagreement
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Communicate about the frequency of activities
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Give simple descriptions of their favorite activities
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Identify some famous Francophone people
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Identify leisure activities in Francophone countries
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Compare leisure activities in Francophone countries and in the U.S.
Students will be able to:
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Ask and answer simple questions about people
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Exchange basic information about someone’s family
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Give simple descriptions of people
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Identify some Francophone countries
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Identify some famous Francophone people
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Identify family traditions in Francophone countries
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Compare family traditions in Francophone countries and in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Definite articles
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Present tense of -er verbs
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Infinitive construction (e.g. J’aime téléphoner à des amis)
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Contractions with à
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Adverbs of frequency (souvent, de temps en temps, …)
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Conjunctions (et, mais, ou, …)
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Question formation with Est-ce que
La famille / Family
Students will learn and apply:
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Present tense of être
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Adjective agreement
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Possessive adjectives
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Contractions with de
A l’école / At School
Students will be able to:
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Communicate about school schedules and course preferences
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Describe their school day
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Communicate about items they need for school
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Tell time and use the 24 hour clock
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Ask questions about and purchase school supplies
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Identify courses students take in Francophone countries and compare them to courses
taken in the U.S.
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Identify differences in school schedules in Francophone countries and in the U.S.
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Identify differences in calendars in Francophone countries and in the U.S.
Students will learn and apply:
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Present tense of -re verbs
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Present tense of -ger and -cer verbs
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Present tense of préférer and acheter
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Adjectives as nouns
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Days of the week
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Numbers from 30 – 100 (orally)
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Colors
French 1A …June 2014