Pre-AP Français 3 Madame Tennen Parents: Please complete the attached form when you have read and discussed this syllabus with your child. A slightly more detailed version is available on my website. Pre-AP Français 3 Madame Tennen Email: rachel.tennen@austinisd.org Phone number:  841-4163 Website: madametennen.weebly.com Room: A216 Materials: A folder/notebook Something to write on every class A pen or pencil every class Donations of tissue boxes, pens/pencils, markers, and scratch paper appreciated Grades: Practice (30%): Includes homework and in-class assignments. Minor Assessments (30%): Includes short-term projects, quizzes, and other formative assessments. Major Assessments (40%): Includes long-term projects, exams, and other summative assessments Students will also keep a warm-up calendar and a daily work log, which will be turned in at the end of each six weeks. Makeups: If absent, go to website madametennen.weebly.com to see missing work, check missing work folders, ask a classmate, or sign up for FIT. You get 2 school days for every one day of school that is missed, and work assigned prior to the first day of absence is due the day the student returns to class. Retakes: If a student doesn’t show proficiency on an assigned task, s/he can reattempt the assignment ONCE within that 6 weeks AFTER s/he has attended FIT or tutoring for help becoming proficient in that particular task. The new grade is the final grade. Late Work: Although you will periodically have homework assignments, the majority of assignments will be completed in class. You will be expected to stay on task. Therefore, no late work will be accepted. Electronics policy: All electronic devices must be put away by the beginning of the class period.  Devices will be used when needed for an instructional activity. When devices are not being used for instructional purposes, they will be put away. Course Goals/Expectations: Speak French as much as possible! Be fearless with your language skills. Take risks and make mistakes! Participate, be respectful, and be part of our language community! Consequences: Consequences to distracting and unacceptable actions can include: verbal warning, time owed, environmental or seating change, parent contact, teacher/coach contact, AP contact or referral. According to the ACTFL Can-Do Benchmarks, your goal is to be Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High speakers of French by the end of French 3. I can participate in conversations on familiar topics using sentences and series of sentences. I can handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. I can usually say what I want to say about myself and my everyday life. I can make presentations on a wide variety of familiar topics using connected sentences. I can write on a wide variety of familiar topics using connected sentences. I can understand the main idea in messages and presentations on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests and studies. I can understand the main idea in conversations that I overhear. I can understand the main idea of texts related to everyday life and personal interests or studies.