Mercredi 28/01

Today in class we did a lot of review, took a quiz and started learning to tell time in French.

Handouts:  Feuille de vocabulaire #4

A Faire:  pg 27 #1 (use expressions for time of day in your responses for 1-5)

Travail en Classe:  pg 94 #9 (orally)

Devoirs : pg 27 #2 (write both parts, Phillipe: time on the clock, Isabelle: “mais, non…” and the correct time—1 hour later because of daylight savings!), practice/review numbers in writing and speaking, write 5 invitations using new activity vocab from Feuille #4 and write 3 regrets/declines with excuses (maybe use new expressions on feuille?) for use in class on Monday!!

Monday schedule is Wed/Fri (5-8) classes!!

Lundi 26/01

Today we did some oral practice, learned the ER verb song and did our Champs-Elysees sing-off.

Devoirs :  pg 117 #5 (Attention:  directions are different than the book…choose 3 of the given situations—à la maison=at home, write 2 things you do and 2 things you don’t for each situation.  Complete sentences, conjugate your verbs!)  Study for quiz on Wednesday (Il y a, prepositions, object vocabulary, invitations: inviting/accepting/declining, ER verb vocab, ER verb conjugations)

Vendredi 23/01

Today, we worked with adverbs that help express how well/often/much we do certain activities, did a listening activity, discussed the difference in meaning/formation between infinitive construction and using a conjugated verb and did some vocabulary review.

Handouts:  Listening Activity 1

A Faire:  pg 116 #2, write questions and your answers.  If you answer “oui”, use an adverb in your answer to express how well/often/much you do it.

Travail en Classe:  pg. 114 #12, pg 117 #3 (do orally)

Devoirs :  study for quiz on Wed., practice song for sing-off on Mon., pg 117 #4 (rewrite paragraph using conjugated forms of pics given, pg 115 #15  (say what the people like doing, using a conjugation of aimer and the infinitive of the activity given)

Mercredi 21/01

Today we started class by singing our song, we continued conjugating ER verbs, did some speaking practice and learned some useful classroom vocabulary.

Handouts:  VisualDictionary, PowerPoint: Les Objets de Classe

A Faire:  pg 114 #13, write the questions and your answer to each one.  Make sure to put the correct endings on your verbs.  Do orally in partners and give approval or regret with “super!” et “dommage!”

Travail en Classe:  Take notes over PowerPoint: Les Objets de Classe

Devoirs : visual dictionary for « Les Objets de Classe » x16 (make sure to write a sentence and have a picture !), pg 113 #10 (rewrite the sentences in the negative form)

ALL MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK FROM QUARTER 2 DUE BY FRIDAY JAN. 23!

Vendredi 16/01

Today, we practiced ER verb conjugations in affirmative and negative forms, and did some cultural exploration around our song “Champs-Elysees” and some sites in Paris.

A Faire:  pg 111 #6

Handouts:  ER/Preposition review,  Ma creature Rubric

Devoirs :  pg 113 #11, ER/Preposition review handout, study for quiz next Friday (prepositions, objects, ER verb meanings/conjugations, inviting/accepting/declining invitations)

ALL MISSING/MAKE-UP WORK FROM QUARTER 2 DUE BY NEXT FRIDAY JAN. 23!

Mercredi 14/01

Today we started class by singing our song, we continued conjugating ER verbs (learning the plural forms and focusing on the meaning of the subject pronouns), and did some review of verb vocabulary through the game Pictionary.

Handouts:  Invitations/Question Review

A Faire:  pg 110 #4—write the answers only from the info given in parentheses, do orally in partners.

Travail en Classe:  pg 111 #5—rewrite the whole sentence using the correct subject pronoun to start the sentence (look at the verb endings to figure it out!)

Devoirs : pg 110 #3 (complete sentences, correct verb endings), Invitations/Question Review worksheet

Lundi 12/01

Today we did some practice with ER verbs and object vocabulary then we started a reading work sample about France/French culture.

A Faire:  Respond to the following questions in complete sentences…

Est-ce que tu écoutes la musique country?  Est-ce que tu écoutes la musique rap ?  Est-ce que tu écoutes la musique rock ?  Est-ce que tu as un iPod/un lecteur mp3 ?

Handouts: Reading work sample

Devoirs :  Read the reading work sample and be sure to take detailed notes in the margins to show your understanding (see directions for more details about what should be in the margins).  Answer the 6 questions at the end of the article.

Vendredi 09/01

Today, we practiced object vocabulary, conjugating ER verbs (also how to make affirmative/negative sentences), had a chance to look at the most recent quiz as well as listened to and discussed our song.

A Faire:  pg 108 #1 write your answers to the questions you prepared Wednesday.  Practice asking/answering questions in partners.

Devoirs : pg 109 #2 (first choose which verb fits the meaning of the sentence then conjugate it appropriately.  You must write out the entire sentences!), pg 147 #1 (write answers to the questions given in the example…give the people’s names, ages and relationships to you..  Study objects for vocabulary quiz and PRACTICE!!

Mercredi 07/01

Today we did some oral practice in partners (pg 143 #8, 152 #5) and learned some new “object” vocabulary. Then we finished the film called “Yamakasi” about parkour.  At the end, we started learning how to conjugate ER verbs and learned a few new verbs as well (pg 109).

Handouts:  PowerPoint :Qu’est-ce que c’est/Favorite Things, VisualDictionary

A Faire:  In the PowerPoint, answer the question “Qu’est-ce que c’est” with a complete sentence for each of the images given (1-6, you do have a word for #5).  Then take notes over the new vocabulary (Favorite Things).

Travail en Classe:  pg 108 #1, write only the question for each one.  Make sure your verb has an “es” on the end, not an “er”.

Devoirs : Do 16 visual dictionary entries (image and sentence…you can start your sentences with things like: j’aime, je n’aime pas, je préfère, c’est, etc.) for new object vocabulary (and new verbs if you like!).  Study/know new verb meanings.

Lundi 05/01

Today we did some review of prepositions (dans, sous, sur, etc.), the verb marcher and the expression “il y a.”  We learned the new question “Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?”

A Faire:  PowerPoint 1:  write a sentence for each slide describing the location of the animal and the object  Ex:  Il y a un chien devant la porte.

PowerPoint 2:  Write a sentence for each picture 1-6.  First, identify the object.  Then using il/elle say whether it is working well or not (based on the image).  Ex:  La moto, elle ne marche pas bien.

Handouts: PowerPoint 1 , PowerPoint 2

Devoirs :  pg 153 #8—complete the sentences using il y a, un/une/des, and objects from the word bank.  You should list as many objects as apply and you may repeat objects.  A la boum = at the party.