Overview
Bonjour!
The picture to the left was taken at the Grille d'honneur (Gate of Honor), the entrance to the Palace of Versailles.
This is the first year Huron Academy is offering a French 2 class! Last year's 7th grade class requested a third year of French, so French 2 was created! Students will continue to study francophone culture and the following four elements of language: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. French 2 builds on the skills learned in French 1 regarding verb tenses, vocabulary, sentence structures, and other grammatical elements. Students in French 2 will learn how to expand sentences using adjective clauses. They will expound their use of tenses beyond the present and future proche to include the passé composé, l'imparfait, and the future tense. Students will work with a variety of irregular verbs in a variety of tenses. As in French 1, students will read French reader books, but the books in French 2 will have more advanced structures and additional vocabulary. Games, including electronic, card, and board games, with the possibility of earning mini-prizes, will be implemented as one of the ways of making learning another language fun. As in Intro to French and French 1, a variety of formal and informal assessments, including projects, will provide a more comprehensive measurement of student achievement than examinations alone.