1. Bienvenue à la classe de Français Avancé (IV)!
Key questions:
What is my life like?
What is your life like?
How do I look at the world?
How do you look at the world?

2. PHS World Language Department Awarded a PSMLA Gold Globe

3. Contact Information
Tracy C. Jackson rm B122
Phone number: (610)
RTM homepage:
(select a school: Penncrest; e-faculty)
Homework will be posted daily via Twitter on my Optional: you may follow my Twitter account @grandemamanj

4. Tracy C. Jackson University of Pennsylvania, BA French 1987
- Université de Rabelais,Tours France Summer ‘87
Banking Industry - 10 years
West Chester University, M.Ed. French 2001
Media Resident since 2001: 2 children (1 at the OSU and 1 at PHS)
Penncrest faculty since 2001
Francophone destinations visited:
France, Québec, Switzerland,
St. Martin, New Orleans
PHS Language/Immersion trip, China June 2014

5. AP French/College prep Organization/time management
Objectives
AP French/College prep
Organization/time management
Study skills (cognitive awareness)
21st Century Literacy- ipads!
Incite Enthusiasm for learning

6. Curriculum
Bien Dit 3 Textbook – chapters 1-8; parts of 9 and 10; there is a midterm (January) and a final (June)
Topics: Vacations, past times and hobbies; the workplace; fables, fairytales and legends; love and friendship; the press and the media; nature, health and well-being; the environment; Francophone countries (colonization) and the European Union; family, society, values and fundamental rights; arts and sciences;
Supplementary: Current events – French Newspapers; Official sites in French for news/employment; interviews with parents
Literature (short stories; excerpts from classic literature; thematic discussions)
Cultural Appreciation: Fine Arts, Music, Film, Sites and Monuments
Oral Presentations: ; daily oral communication exercises; at least two formal oral presentations and one video project

7. Cultural Knowledge: field trips: local and abroad
Learning Principles
Student as worker: during class and after class (10-20 min homework daily)
Increased Communications Skills/Problem- solving; Opinions and perspectives (mix and mingle)
Cultural Knowledge: field trips: local and abroad

8. World Languages Standards

9. Parental Involvement Ask about French class Encourage your child
(encourage them to travel!!)
Contact me and/or Guidance
Trust that I have your child’s best interests at heart

10. Course Syllabus
Curriculum content
Classroom courtesies - RESPECT
Homework
Assessment (Bienvenue yellow parent signature page)