Mercredi 26/11

Today we talked about what different family members like  and whether they have pets as well as if we have brothers and sisters and their names.  We practiced dialogues and family trees out loud and used all our sentence frames for nationality, name, age, county from and whether the person is a boy/girl/man (gentleman)/woman (lady).  Then we played battleship in partners.

A Faire: People from other countries. Follow directions on handout.  Cliquez ici/Click here!

Handouts:  Battleship/ER verb practice, People fromother countries (devoirs)

Devoirs : People from other countries (both sides), ER verb practice (back of battleship), practice dialogues and family trees (oral interviews/presentations start Wednesday!)

Attention:  If you are missing Quarter 1 projects (ex: brochure, etc.) or tests and quizzes (you never took it) then you may make those up by 12/05 (next Friday).  No other work may be made up from Quarter 1.

Family tree questions:  Qui est-ce?  Comment s’appelle-t-il?  Comment s’appelle-t-elle?  Quel âge a-t-il?  Quel âge a-t-elle?  Ton père est de la France?  Il est français?  Elle est française?  Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle aime faire ?

Lundi 24/11

Today we looked at some familiar questions to understand the difference between “est-ce que” and “qu’est-ce que”.  We also practiced talking about plural subjects like “les parents” and “les amis”.  In particular, we shared the names of friends and family (“Comment s’appellent tes parents/tes amis?”  “Mes parents/Ils s’appellent Anne et Jerry”.

Devoirs :  pg 94 #9, practice dialogues and family trees

Vendredi 21/11

Today we practiced talking about what we want to do, how to make invitations and accept/decline them, practiced dialogues, looked at tests and played Pictionary with ER verbs.

A Faire: pg 94 #8 (prepare the answer to the question in writing and then do orally with your partner)

Devoirs :  practice dialogues and family trees, final typed script of dialogue, pg 95 #1 (write question to invite someone then  sentence to decline and make an excuse from the box), pg 95 #1 (tell your French penpal what you like and don’t like doing on vacation.  Start your sentence with “en vacances..” and say 3 activities you like and 3 you don’t like.

Mercredi 19/11

Today we practiced talking about what we and our family members like to do.  We also learned how to say we want/don’t want/would like to do things as well as invite people to do activities with us (pg 93-4).  We also had time to revise and start practicing the dialogues scripts that I passed back.

A Faire: pg 93 #6 (Imagine you are the student in the image, write what you would like to be doing.  Practice out loud with a partner by asking the question “Qu’est-ce que tu voudrais faire?”)

TEC (Travail en classe): Revise dialogue script with partner and start practicing for presentation

Devoirs : pg 93 #5 (write whether or not you want to do the activities listed in each number), pg 95 #3 (use the context given, for example “En hiver…,” to write a sentence saying what you like to do in that situation.  Be logical!)

Lundi 17/11

Today we reviewed ER verbs and how to say what city/country we are from.  We also learned how to ask what someone likes to do (Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?) and how to ask what others like to do (Qu’est-ce que ta mère/ton père aime faire? Elle aime…/Il aime…)

A Faire:  Read the sentence saying which city each student is from and write a sentence saying which country he/she is from.  (Use vocab from the board picture on Friday!)

Handouts:  A Faire: cities/countries

Devoirs :  Write a sentence explaining at least 3 things you like to do in response to the questions “Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?”, Choose 10 people from your family tree and write 10 sentences saying at least 1 activity they like to do (start each sentence with the name of the person), practice family trees (including which countries people are from!)

Vendredi 14/11

Today we practiced talking about what country we are from and where our family members are from (see board picture for notes here).  We practiced family trees in preparation for the oral interview that will likely start at the end of next week.  You should be able to ask and answer the following questions about all the people on your tree:  Qui est-ce?  Comment s’appelle-t-il?  Comment s’appelle-t-elle?  Quel âge a-t-il?  Quel âge a-t-elle?  Ton père est de la France?  Il est français?  Elle est française?  We had some dialogue work time in class and partners will be turning in 1 copy of the script either typed or neatly written on Monday.  We also listened to our new song.

Devoirs :  Practice family tree. Do 8 more visual dictionary entries (picture and French, NO English1) for verbs from pg 90-91. Questions on the back of Feuille #3 (answer all questions in complete sentences!) Typed/neatly written dialogue script rough draft (1 per group).

Attention:  If you missed taking the test last week, you must make an appointment to take it before or after school during this coming week!  

Mercredi 12/11

Today in class we practiced talking about what we like/don't like to do using ER verbs. We did some practice with family trees in partners (Qui est-ce? Quel age a-t-il? Quel age a-t-elle?). Then we spent time putting together our dialogues in partners.

A Faire: For each slide in the PowerPoint, write a sentence saying whether you like or don't like doing that activity. Then say out loud.

Handouts: PowerPoint: ER Verbs1

Devoirs : 8 visual dictionary entries for ER verbs (choose 8 from the list/PowerPoint), pg 92 #4 (write the question and the "mais" phrase for each set of pictures), Practice family trees!

Vendredi 07/11

Today we did a little review and then took our test.

Handouts:  Feuille de vocabulaire #3

Devoirs :  Practice names, ages, relationships, nationalities with family tree. Look up list of verbs on Feuille #3 (last bullet point in right column, ER verbs) in back of book or on wordreference.com.  Do pg 90-91 #1 (change #5 from “walkman” to “Ipod”).  Type/neatly write your family tree sentences (see project handout) on a paper and be ready to turn in class on Wednesday. Make sure to use both sentence formats I gave you so you have a variety of sentences.

Mercredi 05/11

Today we practiced some with family trees and did some review for the test.

A Faire: Quiz partner on questions from Feuille #1, #2, supplementaire (ask question orally, have partner write answer in cahier)

TEC (Travail en classe): Group brainstorm

Devoirs : Study for Quiz ! (Make sure your study practices involve writing since you will be writing on the test!!)  pg 30 #3 (write out dialogue), pg 31 #4 (imagine the conversations, be creative, use variety of vocab)

Lundi 03/11

Today we went over Mme. Reid’s family tree and started practicing with our own family trees.  We practiced asking “Qui est-ce?” and answering with “Voici…”/”C’est…” and asking “Il est français?  Elle est française?” and answering with the correct nationality.  I briefly introduced the dialogue project we will be starting and how to study for the quiz!

Handouts:  visual dictionary, Feuille #1 & #2 Supplement/Summative Dialogue #1

Devoirs :  16 visual dictionary entries for words/phrases/questions/answers that you are struggling with! (remember:  NO English, just pictures and French.  Some images for phrases/questions/answers may resemble a comic strip! Question AND answer count as 2.); Use summative dialogue handout and dialogue example (feuille #1) to write at least 10 lines of a rough draft for the dialogue we will be working on in partners.  The more you do at home, the easier the class work will go!!  Study for quiz using feuilles de vocabulaire #1, #2 and the supplement as well as your notes, handouts and book!