French V (Honors)

French 5 Honors is an advanced seminar course building on language sequence from French 1- 4H. Students will review essential grammar and use it to explore broader and more complex themes in society and culture, including Friendship, Love, Family Relationships, Personality & Cultural Identity, Politics & Global Challenges, Science & Technology, Beauty, and the Arts. Students will read primary source texts in French, including news articles, songs, poems, and excerpts from literary texts and novellas, such as Le Petit Prince, and L’homme qui plantait des arbres. Students will expand their vocabulary to discuss broader social topics and gain comfort with writing more developed personal reflections, professional correspondence, and arguments in writing. Students will strengthen their listening skills with a variety of audio sources. Students will further develop their speaking proficiency with more developed in class discussions and debates, oral presentations based on the texts, videos, and films we watch in class, such as Amélie. This course will help prepare students to achieve intermediate-high proficiency (ACTFL standards) and prepare students to take AP French or French 6H the following year.