French is offered four times per week. Confidence in being able to listen to, understand, and communicate in any language develops at different times for individual children. We feel that the opportunity is there for those who are ready and the groundwork is laid for those who need more time. At this stage, both vocabulary and structure need a lot of repetition, and that is what is done. Writing mini-paragraphs, writing conversations in groups, filming the conversations and skits to show the class.
Little competitions reinforce vocabulary and pronunciation.
Children write original conversations in groups of four or five, practice, then present them to the class. They are filmed, and the video is shown to the class. Hangman can also be played in the target language. To be able to express themselves with a certain amount of confidence in the target language To write simple conversations or paragraphs in the target language To read to understand simple books with verbs in the present tense or to figure out the meaning using context clues. The seventh grade French curriculum is a continuation of that begun in the sixth grade.