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French A2 – français A2
Paris Granville Room 1601Please Sign in on the List
Teaching Experience
• Taught in– Ankeny, Iowa– Princeton, New
Jersey– Piedmont,
California– Odle MS, Bellevue– Interlake HS,
Bellevue
Accomplishments - Educaton• 1996 Iowa Foreign
Language Teacher of the Year
• Filmed for the Standards Project by WGBH / Annenberg
• Authored 2 books for teachers
• Edited the refereed journal Learning Languages
• B A French, Drake University
• Certificat d’étude supérieure, la Sorbonne
• MA French Literature, University of N. Iowa – Angers campus
Curriculum
• Francophone Literature– Germinal– Les faux
monnayeurs– L’aventure
ambiguë
• Language and culture
• Media and Culture
Grades
55%30%
15%
Total Grade
EvaluationsProjects Participa-tionHomework
Participation Points• Purpose
– To support clear, well thought, pertinent discussion
– To help students develop the skill and nuance to express their thoughts.
– To encourage collegiality and respect among classmates (Requested by students)
– Center instruction on students not teacher
Homework
• Purpose– Increase the
amount of time that students read French
– Allow them to dig into the text at their own speed.
• Expectations– Mondays:
current article– Reading up to 50
pages– Answering
Questions from textbook
Achieving success• Focus in class• Homework on time• Tuesday tutorial• Mme Granville will create an action plan
for grades below B• Watch the nightly news TV5• Read for pleasure in French• Speak French at register of courant or
soutenu.
