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<b>Alexander Taylor<br>LS Spanish Alexander Taylor
LS Spanish

<b>Jane Cox<br>MS Spanish Jane Cox
MS Spanish

<b>Barbara Lopez<br>MS Spanish Barbara Lopez
MS Spanish

<b>Ed Gupton<br>MS French Ed Gupton
MS French

<b>Francesca Reggiani<br>LS French Francesca Reggiani
LS French



Vision:  A Global Perspective

In the world languages program, we strive to produce linguistically confident students who understand the importance of a global perspective. From a young age, our students gain a love of languages and an experience of other cultures. We emphasize the knowledge and skills necessary for spoken and written communication in the target languages and involve the students in age-appropriate activities, ranging from songs and oral language games to the study of literature. We integrate cultural principles and practices into our lessons so that cultural understanding is experienced as a natural part of language learning.

Student Goals

Students will: 

  • engage in conversation, exchange ideas, or negotiate meaning (through words, expressions and gestures) with another person in the target language
  • understand information that may be read, heard, or viewed in the target language, through a variety of media
  • express ideas or deliver information in the target language through speaking or writing
  •  learn and develop an appreciation for the customs, traditions, and perspectives of other cultures
  • compare, contrast, and investigate their native and target languages, cultures, and history
  • make connections between foreign language and other subject areas

World Language Units

Spanish  Junior Kindergarten / Kindergarten

Greetings / Feelings / Colors / Numbers 1-10 / Days / Seasons / Weather / Family / Parts of the Body / Clothing / The Home / Classroom / Pets / Our Garden / Fruits / Monarch Butterflies / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / TPR

 French  Junior Kindergarten / Kindergarten

Greetings / Feelings / Colors / Numbers 1-10 / Family / Parts of the Body / Clothing / The Home / Classroom / Pets / My First French Alphabet Book / Farm Animals & Une Ferme Française / Pets / Zoo Animals / Foods and Fruits / Our Garden / Months, Days, Weather & Seasons / The Home / Parts of The Body / Clothing / Transportation / Geometric Shapes / Where is France? / The Euro / Paris / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / Crafts /TPR

Spanish  First Grade

Greetings / Feelings / Days of the Week / Months / Seasons / Spanish Alphabet / Colors / Numbers 1-20 / Farm Animals / Family / Parts of the Body and the Head / Clothing / The Home & Neighborhood / Pets / Zoo Animals / Our Garden / Food / Monarch Butterflies / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / TPR

French  First Grade

Greetings / Feelings / Numbers 1-20 / Months, Days, Weather & Seasons / French Alphabet / Colors / The house / Foods & Fruits / Farm Animals & Zoo Animals / Pets / Parts of the Body and The Head / Clothing / My Classroom / Our Garden / Transportation / Geometric Shapes / Where is France? / The Euro / Paris / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / Crafts /TPR

Spanish  Second Grade

Greetings / Conversation / Calendar / Things that I Like or Don't Like / Spanish Alphabet Book / Colors / Numbers & Math 1-50 / Family / Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / The Home and Homes in Spain and Mexico / Classroom / Pets / Desert and  Rainforest Animals / Our Garden / Vegetables & Fruits of Latin America / Transportation / Vacation / Monarch Butterflies / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / TPR

French  Second Grade

Greetings / Conversation / Calendar & Seasons / French Alphabet Book / Colors / Numbers 1-50, Maths & Geometric Shapes / The Body and The Head / Clothing / The Family and The Professions / The Homes and the Homes in French Speaking Countries / The Town and The Stores / Pets and Zoo Animals / Foods, Fruits and Vegetables / Our Garden / My Classroom / Transportation / France and The French Speaking Countries / The Euro in France / Canada / Traditional Holidays / Songs / Games / Crafts / TPR

Spanish  Third Grade

Conversation / Weather / Calendar / Geography, History and Culture of Spain / Calendar / Seasons / Colors / Numbers & Math 1-100 / Family / Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / Grammar / Story Writing / School / Our Garden / Food from Spain / Transportation / Vacation in Spain / Monarch Butterflies / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / TPRS

French  Third Grade

Conversation / Weather / Calendar & Seasons / Geography, History and Culture of France / Colors / Numbers & Math 1-100 / Family / Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / Grammar / Pets & Zoo Animals / Story Writing / School and The Classroom / The House, The Town & The Stores / Foods from France / Fruits and Vegetables / Our Garden / Hobbies / Trasportation / Alsace & Strasbourg / The Euro & The European Union / French Pen-Pals /Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / Games / Crafts / TPRS

Spanish  Fourth Grade

Conversation / Weather / Calendar / Geography of Mexico, Central and South America / History of Ancient Mexico and the Aztec Culture / The Spanish Conquest / Mexico Today / Calendar / Seasons / Colors / Geometric Shapes / Prepositions & Grammar / Numbers & Math Problems 1-1000 / Family / Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / School / Home and Neighborhood / Telling Time / Our Garden / Food Pyramid / Food from Mexico / Transportation / Monarch Butterflies / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / TPRS

French  Fourth Grade

Conversations / Weather / Calendar & Seasons / Telling the Time / Colors / Numbers & Math 1-1000 / Family & Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / Grammar: Mon Livre De Grammaire (verbs, masc. fem. agreement, articles, adjectives) / Pets & Forest Animals / Story Writing / School and The Classroom / Hobbies / The House, The Town & The Stores / Foods Pyramid / Our Garden / Trasportation / History and Geography of France/ The Euro & The European Union / TOM & DOM: Guadaloupe, Martinique, Nouvelle Calédonie, Réunion / French Pen -Pals / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs / Games / Crafts / TPRS

Spanish  Fifth Grade

Review / Discovering the Creation of Languages / Language Development -- Romance / Essential Greetings / Introduction to Cultural Aspects / Songs / Simple Poetry / Cultural Items / Learning to Express Specific Information / Culture / Grammar: Regular & Irregular Verbs / Grammar: Adjectives & Noun Genders / Sentences / Simple Question (Yes, No) Formation / Response / Information Questions / The Verb 'Ser' / The Verb 'Estar' / Irregular Verbs / Restaurants / Meals

French  Fifth Grade

Review / Discovering the Creation of Languages / Language Development -- Romance / Essential Greetings / Introduction to Cultural Aspects / Songs / Simple Poetry / Cultural Items / Learning to Express Specific Information / Culture / Grammar: Regular & Irregular Verbs / Grammar: Adjectives & Noun Genders / Sentences / Simple Question (Yes, No) Formation / Response / Information Questions / The Verb 'Aller' / The Verb 'Avoir' / Irregular Verbs / Restaurants / Meals

Spanish  Sixth Grade

Basic Simple Dialogues on "!Comuniquemos!" / 'ar,er & ir' Verb Conjugation /  / Basic Simple Dialogs for New Vocabulary: "Como eres" (biographical descriptions), "Que clases tienes" (creating schedules), "Que prefieres comer" (creating menus), "Como es tu familia" (family trees), "Adonde vas a ir de vacaciones" (travel brochures), "Que desea Ud."(what not to wear), "Que haces en tu casa" (floor plans) / Adjective placement and agreement / Answering Yes, No Questions / Negation / Beginning Written Expression / Forming Yes, No, Questions / Specific Informational Questions / "ir", "tener", "hacer", "poder", "saber" in Present Tense / Formation and use of the Imperative Mood / Definite and Indefinite Articles / Plurals / Contractions with 'a' and 'de' / Possession of Nouns / Subject Pronouns / Present Tense to Form Future "ir+a+infinitive" / Direct Object Pronouns.

French  Sixth Grade

Basic Simple Dialogs / 'er' Verb Conjugation / Liaison / Elision / Basic Simple Dialogs for New Vocabulary / 'etre' Conjugation / Yes, No Questions / Negation / Beginning Written Expression / Continuation of Unit III / Forming Yes, No, Questions / Specific Informational Questions / Negation / 'avoir', 'faire', in Present Tense / Formation and use of the Imperative Mood / Definite Articles / Plurals / Contractions with 'a' and 'de' / Possession of Nouns / Subject Pronouns / 'aller' / Present Tense to Form Future 'proche' / Mass and Count Nouns (partitives)

Spanish  Seventh Grade

Review of Materials from Sixth Grade Course / Simple Writing / Increased conversation skills / New vocabulary: "Como te sientes" (health and body parts), city destinations, "Que te gustaria ver" (television shows and movies), "Para proteger la tierra" (environmental topics), "Vamos a una fiesta" (celebrations) / Intense Work on Problems in Accent and Pronunciation / Oral Reading / Preterite tense--"ar, er, and ir" verbs / Comparatives and Superlatives / Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns / Present Progressive tense / Increased work with irregular verbs / Reflexive verbs

French  Seventh Grade

Review of Materials from Sixth Grade Course / French in English Dictionary / Simple Writing / Correspondence / Adjectives With and Without Sound Changes / Adjectives With Spelling Changes / Nouns / Adjectives of Nationality / Names of Languages / School Subjects / Irregular Verbs 'dire', 'lire'. 'ecrire' / Survey of French Culture, Geography, History, Arts, and Architecture / Learn How to Research /  Intense Work on Problems in Accent and Pronunciation / Oral Reading / Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Spanish  Eighth Grade

Review of Materials from Seventh Grade Course / More complex writing and reading / Increased conversation skills / New vocabulary: "Como te divierties" (hobbies and passtimes),  "Cuando yo era pequeno (writing about childhood, with emphasis on the use of preterite and imperfect tenses),"Que te gustaria ver" (television shows and movies, with oral oral  presentations, "Para proteger la tierra" (extensive work creating posters on environmental topics and what we can do and not do), "Vamos a una fiesta" (emphasis on Latinamerican celebrations; la quinceanera) / Intense Work on Problems in Accent and Pronunciation / Oral Reading / Verbs - Preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, present progressice, present perfect tenses and commands and subjunctive mood of verbs / Comparatives and Superlatives / Pronouns - Subject, direct, indirect, and reflective.  Study of history, geography and culture of Spain, Mexico, Central America and South America.

French  Eighth Grade

Demonstratives / Affirmative 'si' / 'venir', and compounds and idiomatic uses / Objective Pronouns / 1/2 Continuation of Materials Introduced in Unit 12 / Continuation of Unit 12 / Trying out Poetry, Reading and Writing / 'prendre' and its Compounds / Disjunctive Compounds / Quantities / 'en' / Passe Compose with 'avoir' and Objective Pronouns / Narrative / Unit 14 Materials Continued / 'passe compose' with 'etre' / Pronoun 'y' / Narratives / Unit 15 Materials / Review of Verb Rules and Generalizations / Verbs + de + Infinitives / Verbs + a + Infinitives / Reading Materials / Unit 16 Continued / Interrogative Constructions and Their Uses in Verb Tenses / Formation and Use of the 'Imparfait' Tense / Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs / Various Sources and Media / Literature: French Romanticism, Works of Hugo, Verne, and de Maupassant







World Languages Department
St. Francis School
11000 US Highway 42
Goshen, Kentucky 40026


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