Mercredi 29/10

Today we practiced some of our question structures using Halloween vocabulary. We did a mini-lesson on how to use the French/English dictionary (online/book) and looked up some Halloween vocabulary.  We discussed our new mini-project and played Loto with our vocab for family and people.

Handouts :  Halloween wordsearch/Loto, L’arbre généalogique (project), PowerPoint:  Halloween

A Faire: Look up the French words on the Halloween word search to find their English meanings.  Do the word search (no articles, find French words) and then fill in Loto board with people vocab.

Devoirs : L’arbre généalogique (family tree) project.  Must complete visual and sentences!  Test next Friday!!  Study and practice!

Lundi 27/10

Today we talked about some vocabulary we’ve been using (ou, et, moi aussi, et toi) and learned some new vocabulary (please, you’re welcome, husband, wife, granddaughter, grandson).  We also learned how to talk about what we like and don’t like (J’aime…/Je n’aime pas…).

Handouts:  Madame Reid’s family tree

Devoirs :  Madame Reid’s family tree (write complete sentences using this sentence format: ____ est le/la ______ de ______.  Do it from the perspective of the person listed).  Write sentences saying 3 things you like and 3 things you don’t like (use vocabulary we’ve been practicing or look it up in your book/wordreference.com) 

Vendredi 24/10

Today we had a substitute in class.  We continued talking about family relationships using some famous family trees (Harry Potter, Modern Family, Donald Duck family).  We also learned some Halloween vocabulary.

Handouts :  Visual dictionary, PowerPoint: family trees, PowerPoint: Vocabulaire d'Halloween, Duck family tree handout

A Faire:  Use Harry Potter family tree to write 10 sentences to describe the family relationships using new/familiar vocab.  Follow the sentence pattern:  _Lily__est le/la __fille__de _______

Travail en Classe: PowerPoint: Vocabulaire d'Halloween.  Take notes over vocabulary, answer questions orally for practice!

Devoirs :  8 visual dictionary entries (minimum) for Halloween vocabulary, Use the Duck family tree to write 10 sentences describing family rlationships using sentence pattern from A Faire (Attention:  Duck family tree is upside down, youngest members are on the top and oldest on the bottom (grandparents) PRACTICE!!

Mercredi 22/10

Today we practiced many of our questions about names, age, and people through different activities.  We also learned some new vocabulary for family and began describing family relationships.  We also did a "Billet de sortie" (exit ticket) at the end of class (must be made up outside of class!)

Handouts :  PowerPoint: famille et personnes

A Faire: Review packet, back of page 4 (famille de Catherine)

Travail en Classe: PowerPoint: famille et personnes.  Practice talking about the images (imagine the question "qui est-ce?" and "est-ce que tu as ___?"), take notes over the new family vocabulary, practice using new and familiar family vocab to describe family relationships

Devoirs : pg 53 #4 (imagine this is your family, describe your relationship to each person and try using some of the new vocab as well as the familiar stuff and say their ages--follow the model)and pg 52 #2 (answer in complete sentences!)

Lundi 20/10

Today in class we continued practicing the question “est-ce que tu as un/une…?” (do you have a…?) and extended it to family vocabulary (un frère/une soeur).  We also discussed French animal names and sounds and how they compare with American/English ones.  We finished up with some discussion of facts about the francophone world (“Flash Culturelle” in packet).

Devoirs :  4^th page of packet—front only! (#3 Loto, #4 A votre tour), write 2 original questions using “est-ce que tu as un/une…?” (do you have a…?) to find out if someone has something (animal, person, thing, etc) and « Est-ce que tu préfères  ____ ou ____ ? » to find out someone’s preferences (use any of our vocab!)

Vendredi 17/10

Today we learned some new vocabulary for pets, practiced talking about the ages of people in our family and did our sing-off!

Handouts :  Visual dictionary, PowerPoint: les animaux domestiques

A Faire (warm-up):  take notes over new vocabulary (words and questions/answers) in PowerPoint and anwer the question “est-ce que tu as un/une…?” (do you have a…?)

Devoirs :  8 visual dictionary entries (minimum) for pet vocabulary, do the next 2 pages in packet (front and back, pg 23-24, 47-48), pg 54 (livre) write the English equivalents of the French animal sounds given.  PRACTICE!!

Mercredi 15/10

Today we started practicing talking about the names and ages of our friends and family.

Handouts :  PowerPoint: Tu connais?, Review Packet

A Faire (warm-up):  pg 46 #2 (orally in partners), pg 47 #4

Travail en Classe (In-class work):  PowerPoint: Tu connais?  For each picture use the sentence frames on the first 2 slides to say “yes, I know the boy/girl/lady/gentleman. It’s___” or “No, I don’t know the boy/girl/lady/gentleman.”

Devoirs :  pg 47 #5 (write the questions so you can ask your classmates in class, write answers so you can respond to your classmates questions.)  Page 1 of review packet (front and back)

Lundi 13/10

Today we continued talking about preferences and broadened our vocabulary to include family and friends.  We also practiced saying “my” and “your” (mom, dad, dog, etc).  We sang our song as well (Sing off Friday!!)

Devoirs :  Read “Petit Commentaire” and study take notes over green box pg 46.  Do pg 46 #1 (write “this is my___” for each one, pay close attention to the gender of the word to decide between “mon” and “ma”.)

Mercredi 08/10

Today we continued practicing expressing preferences with season, month and day of the week vocabulary.  We also developed some new vocabulary from feuille #2 with a PowerPoint presentation.  We practiced a dialogue and listened (and sang!) to our chanson, Sympatique!

Handouts :  PowerPoint #1, PowerPoint #2

A Faire (warm-up):  Answer 2 questions from each PowerPoint.

 

PowerPoint #1:  a) Qui est-ce? C’est …(une fille/un garçon/un monsieur/une dame)  b) Tu connais (la fille/le garçon/le monsieur/la dame) ?   Oui, c’est __Madame Reid__

PowerPoint #2 : a) Comment s’appelle-t-il ? Elle ?  Il s’appelle _Napoléon__  Elle s’appelle…  b) Il/Elle est américain(e) ?  Non, Il/Elle est …

Travail en Classe (In-class work):  pg 43 #4

Devoirs :  pg 42 #2 & #3, take notes pg 45 (yellow box and note culturelle), read/understand the dialogue pg 44 (don’t look at the English !!)

Lundi 06/10

Today we practiced talking about our preferences in weather (Est-ce que tu préfères la pluie ou le soleil?  Est-ce que tu préfères la froid ou la chaleur?), made corrections to the quizzes we took last Wednesday and went over homework.

Devoirs :  take notes/study the following pages:  pg 38 (green box), pg 39 (purple box), pg 41 (yellow box).  Now read and make sure you understand the dialogue on pg. 40 (don’t look at the English if you can help it!!)

Vendredi 03/10

Today we learned some new vocabulary and questions.  We also talked about the syllabus, grading in this class, and did a participation assessment. At the end, we listened and sang our song “Sympathique”.

Handouts :  Feuille de vocabulaire #2, Questions/Visual Dictionary, Weather nouns, Linguafolio,

A Faire (warm-up):  Answer the “vendredi” questions on the handout, make visual dictionary entries on handout for weather nouns and at least 1 season.

Travail en Classe (In-class work):  pg 38 #2 (write out the mini-conversations for each picture in #1, practice out loud with your partner)

Devoirs :  pg 38 #1 (use copain/copine and names of people), pg 38 #3 (write whole sentence using un/une as appropriate), practice and study vocabulary, make up missing work!!

Back to School Night

Merci d’être venu!  Thanks for coming !

Here are links to the resources I shared with you:

Syllabus                      Ways to do well in a Language Class

Linguafolio                 French Class Commitments for Success

Characteristics of a Successful Learner Assessment (participation)

Welcome Back Letter

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Mercredi 01/10

Today we did some review for the quiz by doing some speaking activities and playing “Loto” 

Handouts :  Number crossword/phone number handout, Syllabus

Devoirs : 

     1.      Do both sides of handout (crossword: when you say 200, 300, 400, etc. in French, you actually say two hundredS (deux centS), so you may need to write an “s” on some.  If it is 250 or any number that is not an even hundred, you don’t need the “s”.  Ex:  deux cent cinquante.  Phone numbers: the lines and boxes on the handout are a little screwed up, just write the numbers somewhere on there in the French style!)

     2.      Read and take detailed notes over pg 37, including the Note Culturelle!