for ages 13+ (grades 8-12)
Tuesday
11:30-12:15 PM ET
Cost: $800 (includes the cost of the live session plus the self-paced course plus the copywork PDF. You will continue to have access to the self-paced portion even after the year is over!)
Course runs August – May
This year, the French 1 class is a hybrid class, which means that the self-paced course which will be assigned 2 other times per week for the student to watch independently. The live class portion will be focused on speaking practice.
This class is for high school credit. It is a beginner class but goes at a slightly faster pace than the younger class because it requires more written work and involves more consideration of grammar. There is a balanced development of all four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Texts required:
1. Otto Siepmann’s Primary French Course
2. The following novels are optional for independent reading to increase fluency and vocabulary:
Émeraude, le bébé tortue marine
Louis Braille,
Brandon Brown à la Conquête du Québec
Each week consists of:
- Poetry
- Songs
- Picture Study
- Reading French novels
- Reading French biographies
- Narrations done in French
- Current events in French
- Grammar in context of stories (Siepmann Primary French book)
- Discussion/conversation in French about our daily lives and weekend activities
The feast doesn’t end just because we are earning a transcript credit!