Framingham Public Schools

Eighth Grade Curriculum Outcomes

Language Arts | Math | Science | Social Studies | Art | Music, Choral & Instrumental
Physical & Health Education | World Languages | Technology & Engineering

World Languages: French and Spanish

FRENCH

Basic Text: Discovering French: Blanc, Valette D.C. Heath, 1998

Brief Statement of Subject Matter:

The objectives of the grade 8 curriculum are for students to express their own thoughts, orally and in writing, in a real communication situation. Units on French-speaking cultures are also included.

General Objectives:

• Students will be able to speak spontaneously and to express their own thoughts within limits of vocabulary and structure with which he/she is conversant, using correct pronunciation, grammar and inflection.
• Student will be able to understand and participate in free discussion within limits of vocabulary and structure.
• Students will be able to read aloud written material with correct pronunciation and intonation. They will be able to understand material based on known vocabulary and grammatical patterns.
• Students will be able to express original ideas in writing, with correct spelling, within the limits of known vocabulary and of structure to which they have been exposed.

• Students will demonstrate interest and awareness of a French-speaking culture by preparing a project related to the culture of a French-speaking country.

Content:

• Pouvoir/Vouloir Ecrire/Lire/Dire
• Passe Compose Indirect Object Pronouns
• Placement of adverbs Negative expressions
• Prendre,etc. Partitif
• Adjectives like bon before masculine nouns Prepositions used with places
• Interrogative:inversion Regular verbs with spelling
• Boire/Croire changes in their conjugations
• Verbs followed by "a" Object pronouns "y" and ‘en"
• Use of "de" with adjectives Mettre
• Direct object pronouns Irregular past participles
• Use of object pronouns in passe compose

SPANISH

Basic Text: Ven Conmigo! – EnCamino, Holt, Rinehart and Winston-2000 (complete)

Brief Statement of Subject Matter:

The objectives of the grade 8 curriculum are to express their own thoughts, orally and in writing, in a real communication situation. Units on Spanish-speaking culture are also included.

General Objectives:

• Students will be able to speak spontaneously and to express their own thoughts within limits of vocabulary and structure with which he/she is conversant, using correct pronunciation, grammar and inflection.

• Student will be able to understand and participate in free discussion within limits of vocabulary and structure.
• Student will be able to read aloud written material with correct pronunciation and intonation. They will be able to understand materials based on known vocabulary and Grammatical patterns.
• Students will be able to express original ideas in writing, with correct spelling within the limits of the known vocabulary and of structure to which they have been exposed.
• Students will demonstrate interest and awareness of Spanish-speaking culture by preparing a project related to Spanish-speaking culture.

Content:

• Ver,oir direct object, pronouns
• occupations dar
• traer indirect object pronouns
• decir gustar
• stem-changing verbs (UE) uses of infinitive
• stem-changing verbs (IE) & (I) preterite (regular verbs)
• preterite (stem-changing verbs)
• comparatives and superlatives