Studying French helps you in many ways, including by expanding your knowledge and competency in English and being prepared for an increasingly globalized job market, even locally. Classes will revolve around practicing the four communication skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and learning about French cultures around the world. In order to help each student be successful, we will maximize our class time by having a variety of lessons and activities and by having high expectations. One expectation necessary to maximize class time is that students will take responsibility for review and practice of unmastered material.

 

Classroom Expectations:

1. Respect yourself, your classmates, and teacher, as well as your surroundings.

2. Have all appropriate materials and be seated at your desk when the bell rings.

3. Follow directions the first time they are given.

4. Leave food, drinks, candy, gum, and inappropriate language outside of the classroom. Inappropriate language includes profanity, disrespectful language, and name-calling.

5. Participate daily in French (even if it isn’t perfect) and ask questions when you don’t understand (using as much French as possible).

6. Come to class prepared to learn and with a positive attitude.

 

Absence/ Make-up Work:

If you are absent for one day, check the learning site, or email me on that day and/or ask a classmate to find out the missed assignments and material. Do NOT ask me when you return. It is YOUR responsibility to find out about and take care of missing assignments, notes, and materials. You will be allowed one day to make-up work for each day of excused absence. Prior to a field trip, you should ask what you need to do. For a field trip, all work is due on time; you will not be given extra days to complete assignments.

 

Academic Honesty:

High school is a time for students to develop independent skills and in French class you will be expected to develop your language skills. In order to achieve these goals, it is imperative that all work produced for this class is completed by YOU. Students may use paper dictionaries and online dictionaries; however, USE OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS NOT PERMITTED! Cheating is defined as, but not limited to:

• copying someone else’s work

• allowing your work to be copied

• talking during a quiz or test

• using prohibited resources

• representing the work of others as your own

• turning in work generated from the Internet

 

Cellphones:

Student cell phones are NOT allowed in the classroom. Please read the Student's Handbook for any details regarding the phone policy in our school.