1. Madame Harradine prof de français JOSEPH SEARS SCHOOL

2. MES ÉTUDES B.A. in French from SUNY Brockport, New York M. Ed. from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Brevet d’études françaises, Institut de Touraine, Tours, France

3. TRAVAIL – AVANT ET MAINTENANT Lycée Français de Chicago, 1996-2002 Francis Parker, 2002 Joseph Sears School, 2003- Present

4. NOTRE LIVRE Bien Dit, French I at my.hrw.commy.hrw.com Your child has an electronic interactive textbook titled Bien Dit! It covers a year 1 French program.

5. GOALS Emphasize communication with accuracy and meaningful cultural contexts Experience France and the Francophone world Enhance learning through integrated technology

6. BUILDING BLOCKS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING Build student confidence and develop basic conversation skills Focus on the formal development of language for accurate communication Introduce more complex language functions

7. Notre Curriculum à Sears Emphasizes speaking, writing, reading and listening in French Linguistic base needed for basic communication skills Emphasis on asking and answering questions More complex language functions

8. TOPICS COVERED Greeting people Introducing someone Questions/answers School Ask and tell how words are spelled Subjects and verbs Subject pronouns Indefinite articles and plural of nouns Negation Likes and dislikes Agree and disagree Idioms Food House Travel Culture  How well or often you do something  Definite articles  Irregular plurals  Contractions  Conjunctions  Questions  Describe people  Opinions  Family  Adjectives  Needs  Agreement  Interests/Activities

9. STRENGTHEN PROFICIENCY Presenting the communicative focus and functional language Introducing students to the lesson content through video, audio materials Supporting the lesson content through workbook Practicing new vocabulary with student-centered activities Language comparisons

10. QUESTIONS POUR MADAME mharradine@kenilworth38.org 847-853-3852