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!!!

Vendredi 06/06

Today we practiced RE verb conjugations, reviewed à + le/la/l’/les, used our neighborhood maps to practice giving directions.

A Faire:  pg 281 #10 (for each one, anwer the question by replacing the « qui » in your answer with the subjects in partentheses and changing the verb conjugation as appropriate.  Make at least one sentence negative—ne…pas around the verb).  

Handouts/Class Materials:  ER/RE Review

Devoirs :  pg 281 #11 (choose the verb that fits the meaning of the sentence and conjugate it appropriately for the subject), ER/RE Review Front side only( #1: conjugate the verbs for the following subjects… 1. Je  2. Tu  3. Il  4. Nous  5. Vous  6.  Elles  -and- use the places from the box.  #2: conjugate the verb “vendre” correctly and say which object they buy—see pics)  For Loto next week, study:  object/room vocabulary and ER/IR/RE verb vocab (see pgs 280, 268, 109)

Mercredi 04/06

Today we did our “sing-off”, practiced using “chez”, reviewed à + le/la/l’/les, and learned how to conjugate RE verbs.

A Faire:  Aller packet #3, do pg 202 #3 orally in partners

Devoirs :  pg 280 #9, pg 203 #4 (questions and your preferences!)

Lundi 02/06

Today we listened to seniors present about their language learning experiences and their plans to use it in the future.

A Faire:  Take notes over senior finals presentations

Handouts/Class Materials:  Aller Packet/Final Review List

Devoirs :  Aller packet #1, 2, & 4 (NOT #3!)

ALL MISSING/LATE WORK, QUIZZES, OR INTERVIEWS MUST BE TURNED IN BY THIS FRIDAY LE 6 JUIN!!!!