Français I, II, III, IV, V

Room 50 and 41Madame Safran

938-0900 ext. 2150safranm@mdusd.org

Back to School Night @ NGHS 2012-2013

İİİ Bienvenus à la classe de français!!!

Safran

MishaMisha

Merci d’être venus!

J’adore vos étudiants!

Le français dans le mondeIt is the mother tongue of about 75 million

people, with millions more familiar with it as a second language .

¿D’où vient Mme. Safran?

de la France

des États-Unis

de l’Espagne

de la Tunisie

¿ D’où vient Mme. Safran?

Des États-Unis

Ma famille…12, 13, 16 et moi!

I received my Masters in…

Medicine

Psychology

English

French literature

French literature

I received my Masters in…

I went to college in…

California

Washington DC

Oregon

Arizona

I went to college in…

Oregon

Mon père habite à…

Los Angeles

Pleasant Hill

Oakland

Walnut Creek

Mon père habite à…

Pleasant Hill

Les renseignements de classe sont à…

www.safranm.weebly.com

www.ngsafranm.net

www.weebly.safranm.com

www.ngmmesafran.com

www.safranm.weebly.com

Les renseignements de classe sont à

My students/Mes étudiants

What I expect from my studentsTo be respectful, responsible, kind and safe To be in class, seated and working at the bellTo review 15 minutes nightlyTo seek help when needed (email, study sessions,

after school)To use their own brain and not that of their

classmates or mine. To speak French or ask permission in French to

speak in English (levels II-V).To check my website daily:

www.safranm.weebly.comTo honor all learning styles and ethnic

backgroundsTo laugh at my jokes

What can you expect from me?•A safe environment

•To be communicative with parents and students using Homelink, email and the phone.

•To be patient and caring

•To be knowledgeable in my subject area

•To have varied and clear ways of explaining things

•To have clear expectations

•To be available during study sessions

•To honor the different learning styles and ethnic backgrounds of our classroom

•To try to tell good jokes

What I expect from parents

What I expect from parentsTo communicate with me, via email, as quickly as

you can if there are any questions or concerns: safranm@mdusd.org

To check www.safranm.weebly.com and Homelink daily, if possible, in case there is news or a change in assignment.

To allow your student to speak in French without correcting them (we do enough of that at school). Let it flow freely to help build their confidence

Possibly to chaperone a field trip or two if we find any of interest…

To participate in your students learning when family learning assignments are assigned.

Classroom Management

Materials

French I French II French III

French IV and V

Classzone.com: online textbooksCustomer Service can be reached at 1-800-462-

6595 M-F: 7AM-6PM CST.

Level I Bleu: ISBN: 978-0-618-820931 - 1 year = $ 18.50

Level II Blanc: ISBN: 978-0-618-820948 - 1 year = $ 18.50

Level III Rouge: ISBN: 978-0-618-820955 -1 year = $ 18.50

Workbooks:1. Workbook

2. Activités pour tous workbook

Grading (Levels I, II, (et III))Posted on HomelinkI post grades every week (class work and

homework). I try to post quizzes and tests within a week.

Two semester grades.Class work   8 %   Final Exam   20 %      Homework   8 % (stamped)Test / Quizzes / Projects   64 % 

Difference between grading for Levels I and II with IIILevel I & II primarily have homework in the workbooks. This

is why the grading scale is 0-10. If they do it, they receive a stamp and any grade from 1-10 is given depending on level of completion. If they do not do it, they do not receive a stamp and the score is 0.

Level III is entering the world of written products (essays, dialogues, etc.) Level II will also have writing projects which will be graded differently than workbook pages. They will be graded on accuracy. While effort is important, the goal is French Honors or AP and their writing skills are extremely important. However, when they have workbook assignments, they will be graded as the level I and II students.

Grading (Levels IV / V)Posted on HomelinkI post grades every week (Participation and

Homework). I try to post quizzes and tests within a week.

Two semester grades.Participation / Homework 15 %  (some graded on

completion, while others graded on accuracy) Final Exam   20 %      Projects (videos, power points, skits, dialogues,

debates), oral presentations, quizzes, exams, essays = 65%

Wish list Speakers to share their travel experiences in French

speaking countries. Lots of boxes of tissues it sometimes can sound like a

hospital in here… 1 electric pencil sharpener – borrowing one right now. Post-it easel pads (I know staples has them) Non-post-it easel pads or poster paper Hand/glove puppets (political, TV, movie characters,

cartoon characters, literary, occupation and career, etc.) Fun to use during instruction to tell stories using the target language.

French-English dictionaries (would be nice to have a class set at some point)

Games in French (I have several copies of French Scrabble and one copy of French monopoly – would love to have more so we can have game days)

A great year!

Bonne soirée et

bonne année!