Short crime stories
Writing a ‘Murder Mystery'
Use of suspense and authorial techniques
Holes
Creative writing The Tulip Touch
Literary Essay
The Art of Persuasion
Persuasive speech study, write a persuasive speech
M3
Stone Cold / The Garbage King The Outsiders
Essay and creative writing
Love Poetry
Reading / Analysis
Writing about poetry - poetry comparison essay
M4
To Kill a Mockingbird
Literary Essay
Macbeth / Romeo & Juliet
Performance
Literary essay and speech
M5
The Assassin
Own creative / descriptive piece
Use of suspense and authorial techniques
1984 / No Longer at Ease
Literary Essay
Pre 20th century poetry units
Analysis / comparison
Travel Writing
Comprehension
Travel Writing Piece
Course Content - French A
Short Story / Fiction
Novel
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
M1
Les fables de la Fontaine
Writing story with moral
Le petit prince
A.de Saint Exupery
Reading aloud / poetry for performance
Comprehension
Writing poetry
Letters (formal, informal)
M2
Les fables d'Esope
The difference between an explainer text and a story
Le château de ma mère
Marcel Pagnol
Movement and point of view in a novel
Introduction to theatre text
Autobiography
Why writing ? To give a message or to tell a story or both?
M3
La main écorchée G. de Maupassant
Atmosphere of a story
Chronology of a story
Le lion Kessel
Description and its organization
The role of the dialogue in a novel
Reading analysis
Writing about poetry
Repliques et didascalies
Travel Story
M4
Le veston ensorcelé D.Buzzati
Tell a story, identify the narrator and his/her point of view
Vipère au poing Bazin
The role of description in a novel
Analyze the rhythm of the narration
L'orientalism
Le poète épique
Le poète engage
George Dandin ou le mari confondu Molière
The art of persuasion and argumentation
Persuasive and argumentative writing study, write a persuasive and an argumentative piece of work
M5
La métamorphose - Kafka
Tell a story - description
Au bonheur des Dames - E.Zola
Lyrism
Poems of the XX century
Rhinocéros - Ionesco
Read and write a scene
Identify the theme and thesis of an argumentation
Influence of the media
Course Content - French B
Topic
Grammar
M1
My classroom
Me, my family, my pets
Dates, celebrations, festivals
Weather forecast
Sports and hobbies
Places in town
Time and routine
Food and meals
Masculine and feminine nouns
Adjective agreements
Question words
Prepositions of places
Possessive constructions
Verbs in -er, aller, être and avoir
Reflexive verbs (introduction)
Partitive articles
M2
Description of a town
Future plans
School and school life
Food and eating out
Travels
Appearances
Short novel study (dependent upon resources available)
Question words
Partitive articles
Futur proche
Reflexive verbs
Perfect tense of verbs using avoir
Perfect tense of verbs using être
Imperative
Agreement of past participles
Direct personal pronouns
M3
Travelling in a big city
Describing daily routines
Talking about the past
Travelling in France
Future plans
Leisure activities
Short novel study (dependent upon resources available)
Question words
Passé composé including negative
Negative (ne rien, ne jamais, ne personne)
Reflexive verbs in Passé composé
Imperfect tense
Direct and indirect personal pronouns
Perfect v imperfect tense
Future tenses
Comparatif/superlatif
Qui/que pronoun relatifs
M4
Friendship
Family
Young people's lives
Describing your environment; city vs. countryside
Travelling
Visiting French-speaking countries
Food and Eating out
Hobbies
Question words
Adjective agreement
Comparative
Use of "depuis'
Directions
Revision of perfect vs. imperfect
Pronom personnel "y", "en"
Revision of all tenses with preposition of time
Revision of all tenses including prepositions of time
Revision of all former topics
Conditional
Course Content - Swahili
Foundation
Standard
Advanced
M1-M3
1. Numbers, days, months, dates, and telling time
2. The home
3. Physical description - daily life and body parts, types of illness
4. Shopping
5. Weather and seasons
6. Sports and hobbies
1. Sports and hobbies
2. Future plans
3. Village, town and cities
4. Weather and seasons
5. Travelling in Tanzania and holidays
6. Environment and pollution
1. Introduction to language & culture
2. Literary terminology and techniques
3. Introduction to literature readings
4. Reading literature
5. More on advanced literature
6. Non-fiction
7. Speech and commentaries (oral and written)
8. Letter writing
M4
1. Personal details
2. Family, food, cultural routines
3. Life style, exchange / friendship
4. Adolescent issues
5. School, education, future plans and employment
6. Means of communication
7. Environment - describing and comparing natural environments of vilages, twons and cities.
8. Environment hazards and pollution
M5
1. Profile of the target language country & politics of the target language country
2. Short stories and poems
3. The Media (current affairs, news reports, newspaper articles)
4. Careers (Discussion: Where do I go from here?
5. Technology (simple programs in the target language)
6. Art forms (Comprehension exercises on art from the target language country)
