Practice+summer+work+for+French+4+and+5+AP+and+IB+students

= Bonjour-Je vous souhaite un été merveilleux! =

==[|CU Succeed Credit] for French 4 If you decide to do the CU Succeed College Credit-we will register officially in Jan. even though our course goes all year. ( CU Succeed credit transfers to most universities and colleges. Thompson pays for credit.)==

Your assignment this summer is:

 * 1. (P**ractice is important. Challenge yourself to do about 45 minutes a week- especially RFI site for listening and understanding. Turn in the log to show me what you did. This is highly encouraged, but optional. Just challenge yourself.)

Summer work for French V AP
If you are going to be in **French V AP P**ractice is important. please try to do about 45 minutes a week- especially RFI site for listening and understanding. Turn in the log to show me what you did.This is highly encouraged, but optional. Just challenge yourself.

Here is your practice (not required) summer work besides filling out the log as a challenge:
a. Please review this site so you know all the parts and the six themes of the exam: AP French exam b. **Must do required:** Found one article in French for one of the **6 themes (as indicated on the site referenced above)**. The article must come from a French/Francophone site. It must be between 300-400 words. Write a 200 word blog entry in advanced French studied in French 3 and French 4.

Summer work for French IV IB Diploma SL (if you are a senior next year only)
If you are a **senior (IB diploma)and going to do the French IV IB SL Diploma test**, since you did the Belgium unit, please try to do 45 minutes a week. Turn in your log **(download below)** to show me what you did. This is highly encouraged, but optional. Just challenge yourself.

Here is your practice (not required) summer work besides filling out the log as a challenge:
a. Please review this site so you know all the parts of the exam: IB SL Test Download the rubics. b. Find one article in French for one of the **core themes-tronc commun (as indicated on the site referenced above)**. The article must come from a French/Francophone site. It must be between 300-400 words. Write a 200 word blog entry in advanced French studied in French 3. Use the correct format for a blog as indicated in your yellow packet on day one. (required)

Summer work for French IV IB Diploma SL (if you are a junior next year only) (but I highly recommend that you wait until you are a senior and in French V)
If you are a junior and planning on doing the French IV IB SL Diploma test as a junior-- you must do more practice since most people do the IB SL in French V.
 * __You must try to challenge yourself to do 45 minutes a week.__ Focus on different topics and different skills.** Focus on reading articles from different Francophone countries. Find pictures and practice speaking about the picture. Remember to fill out the required log **(download below)** and turn it in on the first day.

Here is your practice (not required) summer work besides filling out the log as a challenge:
a. Please review this site so you know all the parts of the exam: IB SL Test Download the rubics. b. Find one article in French for one of the **core themes-tronc commun (as indicated on the site referenced above)**. The article must come from a French/Francophone site. It must be between 300-400 words. Write a 200 word blog entry in advanced French studied in French 3. Use the correct format for a blog as indicated in your yellow packet on day one. (required) c. Find 2 culturally appropriate pictures from the optional themes. You will be required to talk about the these of these pictures for 3-4 minutes in the first week. I will record you and then ask you questions about the topic. You may have a sheet with 10 talking points in French.

Summer work for French IV IB Diploma SL (if you are going to take the IB French SL exam in your senior year) ( I highly recommend that you wait to take this test as a senior and in French V)

 * If you are a junior and will be in Year 1 of the DP and plan on taking the IB French SL test in your senior year:**
 * __You must try to challenge yourself to do 45 minutes a week.__ Focus on different topics and different skills.** Focus on reading articles from different Francophone countries. Find pictures and practice speaking about the picture. Remember to fill out the required log **(download below)** and turn it in on the first day.

Here is your practice (not required) summer work besides filling out the log as a challenge:
a. Please review this site so you know all the parts of the exam: IB SL Test. Download the rubics. b. Find one article in French for one of the **core themes-tronc commun (as indicated on the site referenced above)**. The article must come from a French/Francophone site. It must be between 300-400 words. Write a 200 word blog entry in advanced French studied in French 3. Use the correct format for a blog as indicated in your yellow packet on day one. (required) c. You will have more time to practice. You will do the Belgium unit in Jan. to help you practice the different aspects of the exam via these activities.

What plan of action will you design in order to practice French as much as possible in order to reach higher levels of proficiency?
This site is for students going into these classes this fall: French V AP, French IV DP and French IV Pre-AP, French IV CU Succeed credit.


 * Log**: Download as many of these sheets as you need to complete the summer work. Challenge yourself to at least 45 minutes per week. Organize these sheets in a way that is easy for me to understand and see what you did[[file:Level 4-5 AP, IB summer log.pdf]]

(same document but in word document if you want to type on it)

Vary what you use on this site each week. For example, listen to the news one week, then try some games another week, listen to music to understand them or practice your grammar and vocabulary, review some of the textbook activities and games at the bottom of the page. etc. The more variety the more skills you develop.

What plan of action will you design in order to practice French as much as possible in order to reach higher levels of proficiency?
Preparing for the AP/IB/MYP/CU Gold Language assessments demands that you also reflect on what you need to learn and practice in order to reach your goals and the goals of the program.. Spending a little time everyday listening to French-language Francophone songs, playing games in French, watching French-language Francophone television shows cartoon, etc. online, or watching part of a French-language Francophone movie a regular basis will improve your language skills for the AP/IB/CU Gold assessments drastically. By the time the exam comes, you will be able to think in French better each day. Remember it is up to you to continue to practice. Language learning is a skill that must be developed frequently and over a long period of time.


 * If you find a link you want to add to this page, send it to me. Indicate the category I should put it in also. **
 * arnaud.garcia@thompsonschools.org **

Link to LHS French Devoirs wikispace
__** Video games **__
 * Do you play video games with gamers from other countries that speak French? Maybe this can be part of your weekly time from time to time.

__** Test your proficiency **__
 * ** [|Test your proficiency level using this survey] **
 * [|Test your proficiency with different categories at different levels:Cours de Français-école de Nice]
 * [|Bite-size French practice tests in reading and listening]

__** Practice Tests at all levels **__
 * 1) [|Test de français]
 * 2) [|BBC French test]
 * 3) [|Grammar practice tests]
 * 4) [|Transparent Language]
 * 5) [|New York Regents exam for French]

__** AP Practice Exam questions **__
 * 1) [|Practice 1]

__** Lots of choices **__
 * 1) [|Supersite] for all things French:lots to learn here
 * 2) [|Go Abroad Newsletter]: learn about study abroad, working abroad, travel abroad, volunteer abroad

Les infos (news)-It is important to be aware of global current events. Your exams ask you to read and/or listen to texts and synthesize the information into a writing or a short response with justification. You will also find links to Francophone music, film, etc.
 * __ Listening/Viewing Practice (Les Infos-news) __**
 * 1) [|RFI infos du jour]
 * 2) [|France-info]
 * 3) [|1 jour 1 actu]
 * 4) [|Info-Jeunes]
 * 5) [|ONU-Radio des Nations Unies]
 * 6) [|Jeune Afrique:les infos]
 * 7) [|TV5 Monde:actualité hebdomadaire-Les 7 jours sur la planète]
 * 8) [|La Banque Mondiale et les défis mondiaux]
 * 9) [|BBC Interactive video theme instruction]
 * 10) [|RFI general]-les infos et la musique
 * 11) [|Frenglish news-]in French and English with audio-good start for practice type of AP exercises
 * 12) [|TV5 Monde Actualités du Jour]
 * 13) [|Les 7 jours sur la planète-les dossiers]
 * 14) [|Radio France]
 * 15) [|News Map in France-cliquez sur "France"]
 * 16) [|Qui est le #1 chef des pâtisseries en France cette année?]
 * 17) [|Québec infos]
 * 18) [|BBC Afrique]
 * 19) CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo
 * 20) [|Les infos-20 minutes.fr]
 * 21) [|TV5Monde]
 * 22) [|France 24] YouTube channel
 * 23) [|BBC Languages-French]
 * 24) [|Coup de Pouce sur la planète]
 * 25) [|Authentic French Listening Resources]
 * 26) [|TV5Monde Afrique]
 * 27) [|Continent Noir]
 * 28) [|Podibus] est un site internet qui a pour vocation de diffuser des contenus culturels nomades. Exemples: Podcasts et guides de châteaux. Good site for AP format with listening and reading-synthesize


 * __ Listening/Viewing Practice __**
 * 1) [|Podcasts en français facile]
 * 2) [|BrainPOP Learning Videos]
 * 3) [|Watch French TV]
 * 4) [|Glee en français]
 * 5) [|La France Bis]-some fun topics to read and listen about.
 * 6) [|Courts dialogues avec transcription]
 * 7) [|Lyrics Training]-listen to music video in French and fill in lyrics
 * 8) [|Le chocolat, La Tour Eiffel, La mode:les vidéos]
 * 9) [|La cuisine-vidéos pour préparer les plats]
 * 10) [|La cuisine au Sénégal]
 * 11) [|Les Maths]
 * 12) [|Les Maths #2]
 * 13) [|La magie-card tricks et plus]
 * 14) [|Curiosphere TV5]
 * 15) [|La France Bis authentic listening activities]
 * 16) [|Radio France Facile]


 * __ Listening Practice (La musique, les films, les exposés etc) __**
 * 1) [|La France Bis]: current topics-exposés and listening exercises
 * 2) [|Vidéoclips de musique populaire francophone]
 * 3) [|Les chansons-écoutez et essayez les exercises-3 niveaux]
 * 4) [|Lyrics Gap-Fill in the missing word while listening to the French song]
 * 5) [|Revue du film: Les Choristes]
 * 6) [|Stars Parades-Musique en Afrique et aux Antilles]
 * 7) [|Paris-Qu'est-ce qui se passe ce weekend, etc.]
 * 8) [|Listening Practice-daily life]
 * 9) [|MSN video française]
 * 10) [|French in Action:series of soap opera French instruction videos about the adventures of Robert et Mireille]
 * 11) [|Les bandes-annonces des films et les exercises à lire]
 * 12) [|La Musique #1]
 * 13) [|Universal Musique France]
 * 14) [|La Chanson Française et Francophone]
 * 15) [|Podibus] est un site internet qui a pour vocation de diffuser des contenus culturels nomades. Exemples: Podcasts et guides de châteaux. Good site for AP format with listening and reading-synthesize


 * __ Reading Practice (Lire) __**
 * 1) [|Les journaux] (newspapers in France)
 * 2) [|Afrique-les infos]
 * 3) [|Expédition humanitaire au Sénégal]
 * 4) [|Manger à Flunch]
 * 5) [|INSEE]-les statisques de la vie française, etc.
 * 6) __[|Paris pour les jeunes adultes] __
 * 7) [|Les Ados]-stories about and teenagers
 * 8) [|Read international newspapers-]Lisez des journaux internationaux
 * 9) [|Les Petits Citoyens]
 * 10) [|Vogue en français-les vêtements]
 * 11) [|La France Bis]
 * 12) [|African stories]
 * 13) [|Culture Blog Français]
 * 14) [|Reader's Digest-Canada]
 * 15) [|Lire: Harry Potter, les animaux, les BD]
 * 16) [|Euronews]
 * 17) [|European Space Agency for Kids]
 * 18) [|lafrancebis]: exercises, lire en ligne (modern topics)
 * 19) [|Conte-moi la francophonie]: Ce centre de ressources du patrimoine oral francophone propose des contes collectés dans différents pays, enregistrés en français et en langue locale, accompagnés d'une fiche pédagogique.
 * 20) [|Gastronomie]
 * 21) [|La Cuisine]-les recettes-gâteaux, pâtisseries, biscuits
 * 22) [|La Cuisine]-les recettes-gâteaux, pâtisseries, biscuits
 * 23) [|Cavilum-Vichy]-series of advanced level themes and activities
 * 24) [|Frenglish News]: read and listen

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 * __ Grammar Practice (Grammaire) __**
 * 1) [|Walk, talk and learn-] grammar by walks through Paris-super cool! (scroll down page)
 * 2) Les verbes
 * 3) [|Les verbes 2]
 * 4) [|Bon Voyage text: series of activities to help practice your French]
 * 5) [|Grammaire et conjugasion]
 * 6) [|French 3, 4, 5 grammar]
 * 7) [|French 3 grammar]
 * 8) [|French Placement test]-advanced level
 * 9) [|Français Interactif]Students explore French language and culture by following the lives of real UT students who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France. Online curriculum includes over 320 videos, vocabulary and phonetics audio, online grammar reference with self-correcting exercises and audio dialogues, verb conjugation and practice tools, diagnostic grammar quizzes (//testez-vous//), a workbook of classroom activities and homework assignments, online polls, and Internet writing activities.
 * 10) [|The Languages Resources Website: French resources-check A level for more advanced thematic topics]


 * __ Vocabulary Practice (Vocabulaire) __**
 * 1) [|Series of voicethreads made by many with different topics in French.]
 * 2) [|BBC French situations in French]
 * 3) [|Les jeux de vocabulaire-jouez bien]
 * 4) [|French slang]-l'argot-great practice
 * 5) [|Word Reference]


 * __ Cultural Knowledge (Culture) __**
 * 1) [|La Culture:The four levels of cultural awareness]: Lisez avec les détails et après il faut que vous preniez l'interrro.
 * 2) Maintenant continez à [|Ethnocentrism to ethnorelativitism]
 * 3) [|Le Patrimoine Français]-French national heritage sites
 * 4) [|Le Centre des monuments nationaux de France--très impressionant]
 * 5) [|Lots of French cultural links]
 * 6) [|Afrique TV5 Monde]
 * 7) [|CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo]
 * 8) [|Les infos-20 minutes.fr]
 * 9) [|The people-in-france Daily]
 * 10) [|Understand France-Intercultural perspectives]
 * 11) [|Les 25 chansons les plus grandes en ce moment]

__** La Technologie **__
 * 1) [|Les apps pour Paris]
 * 2) [|Fabriquer une éolienne]

__La Littérature__

 * [|Lit Gloss]: This site has a connection to original selections of literature in many different languages. Also included is the context of the piece and additional resources to better understand it.
 * [|Audio-Vidéo Littérature]: listen or see authors' works
 * [|Littérature audio]
 * [|Littérature Archive audio]-beaucoup de poètes
 * [|Audiocité]
 * [|Littérature-audio et vidéo]
 * [|La Litteratureaudio]

__**L'Art**__

 * [|Visiter Le Louvre]
 * [|La gargouille qui parle à Notre Dame]

__Les Jeux-Games__

 * Le coin des jeux
 * [|Beaucoup de Jeux-lots of games]
 * [|Le Crime-un jeu]-Un meurtre a été commis à Trouville. L’inspecteur Roger Duflair mène l’enquête. Il doit retrouver le coupable, son mobile et les circonstances du crime. Vous êtes son assistant. Pour accomplir votre mission, vous devez choisir votre niveau (débutant, élémentaire, intermédiaire ou avancé) et faire toutes les rubriques dans l’ordre.
 * [|Les Jeux de Charlotte]
 * [|Jeu de l'environnement: Ecoville]
 * [|African geography games]
 * [|European geography games]
 * [|The Traveler IQ Challenge]
 * [|Sudoku-jouez]
 * [|Encore des jeux]
 * [|Translationzilla-Compare your language skills with your friends game]
 * [|Connais-tu l'anatomie-la science]
 * [|Allô Prof-les jeux]
 * [|Canal-rêve-les jeux]
 * [|Bravo jeux]
 * [|Les jeux de vocabulaire-jouez bien]

__Les Sports__

 * [|Abdelaziz Barrada Paris Saint Germain-un intervue avec ce joueur de foot]
 * __[|Le golf] __
 * __[|Conféderation Africain du Football] __
 * [|La Fedération de Polo sur éléphant]
 * [|Le Tour de France exercise]

__Les voyages__

 * [|Visitez cet hôtel (ce ryad) au Maroc]
 * __[|Visitez la région de Québec] __
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Un parc d'attraction très simple] __
 * [|Visitez L'Ile de Gorée près du Sénégal]


 * Technology and Language fun-Try some of these tools and make things in French**
 * Go to [|Voki.com]-register and make a talking Voki avatar. Introduce yourself in French. Talk for one minute in French about the weather, what you are doing, what you are going to do and what you did. Tell me about family and friends, activities, movies, foods you ate, etc. Send me the link to your voki: theisent@thompsonschools.org
 * [|Cultural gaffes and faux-pas]-list all the cultural gaffes you learned about. Reflect and give your views. What might someone who visited the United States might make a mistake with?
 * [|Google Sketch-up]-download and create a French house, the Eiffel Tower, etc. in 3D
 * [|Votez pour Miss Glace Flunch:] écoutez les candidats et puis votez
 * [|Texting en français-Les textos français]
 * [|Le laboratoire]: Venez jouer, découvrir et bricoler avec les sciences.
 * [|Mr. Picasso head]-art, then describe yourself. Find some new adjectives
 * [|Face in Hole site] Click on the art pix. Find a piece of art, upload your photo-et voilà!
 * [|Buildyourselfwild]: animal and body parts-to make a picture.
 * [|Blabberize]:Make a talking picture in French

C'est à toi-les livres
[|C'est à toi -French 2 quia activities (all kinds of games and review activities such as Battleship, Memory, etc.)]

[|C'est à toi-French 3 quia activities (all kind of games and review activities such as Battleship, Memory, etc. )]


 * Other online Book resources:**
 * [|Discovering French 3]


 * __ IB Exam format practice __**


 * __ New IB 2013 Exam format:[[file:IB French new guide 2013 Language B.pdf]] __**

> > Text-handling exercises on four written texts, based on the core (Commnication & Media, Global Issues, Social Relationships). > || * ** Individual oral (8–10 minutes) 20% ** > > Based on a picture provided by the teacher (options: Cultural Diversity, Customs & Traditions, Health, Leisure, Science & Technology): 15 minutes’ preparation time and a 10-minute (maximum) presentation and discussion with the teacher. || > > One writing exercise of 250–400 words from a choice of five, based on the options (Cultural Diversity, Customs & Traditions, Health, Leisure, Science & Technology). || * ** Interactive oral activity 10% ** > > Based on the core (Commnication & Media, Global Issues, Social Relationships) (Three classroom activities assessed by the teacher). || > > Intertextual reading followed by a written exercise of 300–400 words plus a 100-word rationale, based on the core (Commnication & Media, Global Issues, Social Relationships). ||  ||
 * ** External assessment 70% ** || ** Internal assessment 30% ** ||
 * * ** Paper 1 (1 hour 30 minutes): Receptive skills 25% **
 * * ** Paper 2 (1 hour 30 minutes): Written productive skills 25% **
 * * ** Written assignment: Receptive and written productive skills 20% **


 * __ IB/AP Writing formats __**
 * We will use and practice these formats in class to align with the themes of the units. But you will need to practice more. I suggest you practice one more format a week on your own. I will gladly review and correct anything you turn in extra. Review the information I gave you or you find in order to write in the correct format.
 * All text type formats must be written in the correct "French" style. If you do not do this, you automatically lose lots of points for the activity. These test types vary (some greatly) to formats you are used to writing in the United States. This means also the way the format looks like such as exact placement of dates, openings, closings, style such as brochure, etc,)
 * You will also need to be able to analyze a writing prompt in order to choose the correct text type.

All French students need to be able to write the following text type formats **"the French way"** for the exam: -un journal intime/blog -un article -une lettre officielle (une lettre de reclamation (letter of complaint)/candidature/a un auteur) -une lettre a un ami -un discours (a speech) -le guide de recommandations, la brochure -le recit d'imagination -le compte-rendu (summary) -une declaration à la police -une critique d'un film/livre -une anecdote -une page internet

The declaration to the police rarely shows up. An anecdote is a funny story. The compte-rendu is a factual account of an event such as a school trip to Cambodia for humanitarian work. The recit d'imagination is the task where you write part of a story based on starting sentences given to you by the question.

The first AP French test will be in 2013-French Level 5 The AP French test will have a new test that year. Here is a wiki made by teachers all over the world to help with AP French practice [|Check out the format of the test and a practice test]
 * __ AP Test Format __**

Print Texts || 30 questions || 50% || Approx. 40 minutes || Print and Audio Texts (combined) || 35 questions ||^  || Approx. 55 minutes || Audio Texts ||^  ||^   ||^   || Source
 * **Section** || **Number of Questions** || **Percent of Final Score** || **Time** ||
 * **Section I: Multiple Choice** || **Approx. 95 minutes** ||
 * Part A || Interpretive Communication:
 * Part B || Interpretive Communication:
 * ^  || Interpretive Communication:
 * **Section II: Free Response** || **Approx. 85 minutes** ||
 * Interpersonal Writing: E-mail Reply || 1 prompt || 50% || 15 minutes ||
 * Presentational Writing: Persuasive Essay || 1 prompt ||^  || Approx. 55 minutes ||
 * Interpersonal Speaking: Conversation || 5 prompts ||^  || 20 seconds for each response ||
 * Presentational Speaking: Cultural comparison || 1 prompt ||^  || 2 minutes to respond ||

=<span class="wiki_link_ext">[|CU Gold college Credit] for French 4 =

French language search engines


 * **French Google**

Google offers dozens of country-specific search engines; here are the ones for francophone countries. Note that for multilingual countries, you may need to click "français" under the search box to go to the French interface: ||
 * * Google Algérie
 * Google Belgique
 * Google Bénin
 * Google Burkina Faso
 * Google Burundi
 * Google Cameroun
 * Google Canada
 * Google Centrafrique
 * Google Côte d'Ivoire || * Google France
 * Google Gabon
 * Google Guadeloupe
 * Google Haïti
 * Google Île Maurice
 * Google Liban
 * Google Luxembourg
 * Google Mali
 * Google Maroc || * Google Niger
 * Google Rép. Dém. du Congo
 * Google République du Congo
 * Google Rwanda
 * Google Sénégal
 * Google Suisse
 * Google Togo
 * Google Trinité-et-Tobago
 * Google Vanuatu
 * Google Vietnam ||