Modern Languages Class VII

BEGINNING FRENCH: the beginning of an integrated French curriculum that continues through the Upper School; elementary grammar and vocabulary; oral and written exercises; poems and role playing. 

FRENCH: for those continuing from Class VI, further development of oral and grammatical skills through discussion, storytelling, reading, role playing and oral presentations. 

MANDARIN: further development of listening, speaking, reading and writing; reinforcement of character writing; reading of simplified stories; regular journal entries; oral presentations and multimedia projects. 

SPANISH: further development of listening, speaking, reading and writing, expansion of vocabulary and continued study of grammar. Students read a full-length short novel at the end of the year.