Lundi 29/09

Today in class we continued practicing nationalities and where people are from and added the question “Quel âge as-tu?  J’ai _#_ ans”.

Handouts :  Feuille #1 Review handout, Loto board

Devoirs :  prepare pg 20 #1 for yourself and include your age (be able to share this in class!), Feuille #1 Review handout, fill in Loto board with numbers 50-100 (use the digits and I’ll say the words), STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY!!

Vendredi 26/09

Today in class we practiced talking about nationalities and where people are from (Tu es de Paris?  Non, je suis de Portland!)  We did some number practice by asking questions about birthdays and phone numbers and played a dice game called “Cent”.  At the end, we listened to and sang our song “Sympathique”.

A Faire:  pg 20 #2 (write out answers saying that each student is French and which city he/she is from—pay close attention to masculine/feminine versions of French!).  Pg 53 #6 (orally)

Devoirs :  Study for vocab quiz on Wednesday next week!, pg 21 #3 (write question and answer, you’ll need this vocab as well:  canadien/canadienne, anglais/anglaise), pg 31 #5 (write out the prompts of the dialogue and bring to class for further development), Read about “la Francophonie” in your brochure handout (back of 1^st page) and take notes about key points/ideas/facts.  PRACTICE!!
Beginning of year survey: Cliquez ici/Click here!

Mercredi 24/09

Today in class we practiced the rest of the vocabulary on the “feuille de vocabulaire 1”  We did lots of speaking practice in partners and played “Loto” to review and practice some vocabulary. 

Handouts :  Loto/Daily vocab worksheet

Devoirs :  Study feuille/notes for vocab quiz, do pg 51 #6 in the book, make 8 visual dictionary entries (you should still have the back side of the paper I gave you last time.  You need an image and the French word/term/expression only—NO English!)

Lundi 22/09

Today I addressed any struggles students were having with the project as well as citing images in the bibliography.  We reviewed days, months and practiced numbers 0-100.

Devoirs :  write your phone number in French style (503-916-5160 = 50.39.16.51.60) and practice saying it, study/practice numbers, do pg 39 #5 (write out words for the French phone numbers and say them out loud).  

Vendredi 19/09

Today we practiced numbers, days, months and how to ask and answer the question “C’est quand ton anniversaire?” (When is your birthday?).  I also explained more details about the project like formatting (how to make your brochure), citations (citing the CIA website), and how to look up the name of your country.  You can find this info on the Grant Library Blog (Cliquez ici!/Click here! Find MME REID in “Class Connections”) and some below.  Final brochures and bibliographies are due WEDNESDAY!

New project info:

Citing the CIA World Factbook:

“Cameroon.”  The World Factbook.  Central Intelligence Agency, 22 Jun. 2014. Web.  19 Sept. 2014.

Looking up your country name:     www.wordreference.com

m = masculine (le, l’)

f = feminine (la, l’)

pl = plural (les)

Formatting :

Cut & paste, type or write neatly

Computer:  Microsoft publisher or Word (File => New => Templates => brochures (travel))

Devoirs :  *Work on brochure (final due Wednesday)                                                           

*Practice!! (dialogue presentations and vocab quiz coming VERY soon!)                          

*Pg 51 #5 (answer the question “Quelle est la date?” in each one.  You must use complete sentences—follow the pattern in the example or how we talk about the date in class—and WRITE OUT the numbers!)
*Be able to answer the question “C’est quand ton anniversaire?” ( I will ask you in class Monday)

*Make sure you have your binder/cahier set up, I will be doing checks next week.
*Did you do the beginning of the year survey yet??  Cliquez ici/Click here to complete—it is worth points!!

Mercredi 17/09

Today we started researching our Francophone countries in the Library.  Madame Battle from la bibliotheque came and shared about some great “one stop shopping” spots to get country information.  Check it out on the Grant Library Blog (Cliquez ici!/Click here!) and find MME REID in “Class Connections”.  You will have about an hour more for research in the library on Friday.  I will go over citations, looking up your country name and how to make your brochure on Friday too.

Devoirs :  pg 25 #5 (write out numbers and then practice outloud, use what you know to do the 50s!), on p. 24 in ton livre and figure out 2 other ways to ask the question “ça va?”, do research at home or school (library, tutorial, my room) if you need more than an hour to finish up!  PRACTICE!!

Lundi 15/09

Today in class we practiced “Ça va?” and numbers up to 50.  We also learned about our first culture project, starting Wednesday.

Handouts :  Francophone Country Project, visual dictionary

Devoirs :  Choose a country from the list for Francophone country project, do pg 33 (write the list of the English versions of the cities in the US and match them to the French equivalents!), do 8 visual dictionary entries for vocab on “feuille de vocab” (NO ENGLISH, only an image and the term in French)—choose words that you’re struggling with!  Find out what the following abbreviations mean in French and English:  M./Mme./Mlle.

Vendredi 12/09

Today in class we learned how to ask and anwer the question “Ça va?” (how are you?), practiced the dialogue on the “feuille” using different identities (from pg 17 #5) and incorporating “Ça va?”, went over the book scavenger hunt and resources in the textbook, and practiced numbers up to 20.  At the end, we went over the words to our song “Sympathique”.

A Faire:  pg 25 #4 (make sure you label this in your cahier/notebook!)

Devoirs :  Supplies/set up binder; online survey (see Wednesday’s post for link); practice alphabet/spelling, numbers (up to 50 if you want to try it out!), dialogue, days of the week, weather, etc; write out 5 phone numbers in cahier and practice saying them, do pg 25 #3 in the book (make sure you label this!!) using “Ça va”; Do pg 33 (write the list of the English versions of the cities in the US and match them to the French equivalents!)

Mercredi 10/09

                    Bienvenue au blog de français 1-2 de l’année 2014-2015!

Today in class we got a seating chart/new seat partners.  We also practiced talking about the weather and the date.  We reviewed letter sounds and spelling with a survey in class (asking people a question in English but getting a oui/non, asking for their name and it’s spelling in French.  We also talked about how to set up a French binder and the cahier (notebook for written work and notes.

A Faire:  pg 49 #3

Handouts :  Feuille de Vocabulaire #1, Sympatique, Survey/Origines des jours de la semaine, Binder set up, Ways to be successful in a language class, Positive participation

Devoirs :  Beginning of the year survey (Cliquez ici/Click here!), get supplies/set up binder, Practice: alphabet/spelling, numbers (up to 20 if you want to try it out!), dialogue, days of the week, weather OUT LOUD!!!