Mercredi 09/03

: Today we learned some new expressions (pg 101), practiced être/ER verbs/place vocabulary and worked on forming different kinds of questions (using “où” and “qui,” pg 122).

Objectif:  Students will practice describing where people are.

A Faire:   Write a sentence for each PowerPoint slide answering the question (saying where the people are!)

TEC:  Rewrite the following questions in French…

      1)      Who is in class?  2) Who watches Game of Thrones?  3) Who plays tennis?  4) Who eats pizza? (la pizza) 5) Who eats at the café?  6) Who studies at the library? 7) Who listens to Justin Bieber?  8) Who works?  9) Who speaks Spanish? 10) Who organizes a party?

Handouts :  PowerPoint: Places (A Faire)

Devoirs :  pg 122 #6 (write questions using “Qui”), Study : être, question words, ER verbs/conjugations, subject pronouns (quiz coming!)

Lundi 07/03

We reviewed the verb être (to be) and forming questions.  We learned some new vocabulary for common places and practiced using it with être to describe where people are.  We played Loto at the end to review the vocabulary.

Objectif:  Students will learn place vocabulary.

A Faire:   pg 100 #4 write question & answers, do orally in partners.

TEC:  Take notes over PowerPoint

Handouts :  PowerPoint: Place Vocabulary

Devoirs :  pg 101 #5 (write questions), study être, question words, ER verbs/conjugations, subject pronouns (quiz this week !)

Jeudi 03/03

More than half the class was gone today on a field trip so we played French Monopoly and listened to our song.

Objectif:  Students will play French Monopoly.

Devoirs: pg 100 #3 (question and answer): write question by putting est-ce que in front of the sentence given, answer yes to the question by replacing the people with the correct subject pronoun (je/tu/il/etc...) and restating the sentence.

Mardi 01/03

We went over some questions and homework.  We also learned a new verb, être (to be). 

Objectif:  Students will learn the verb être

A Faire:   pg 121 #3 (write the mini dialogues for each number, practice out loud in partners)

TEC:  pg 99 #2 (orally)

Devoirs :  Take notes yellow box pg 99 and study vocab.  Pg 99 #1 (rewrite the whole sentence with the correct conjugation of être)

*All dialogue presentations and missing quizzes (last week) must be made up by the end of tutorial this week or you will get a 0.

Vendredi 26/02

We went over our new questions word vocabulary and discussed how to put questions together.  We also played a team game conjugating verbs using the white boards. 

Objectif:  Students will learn to form and answer questions in French

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

     1.      Est-ce que tu aimes étudier ?

     2.      Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?     

     3.      Où est-ce que tu habites ? 

     4.      En général, à quelle heure est-ce que tu manges le dîner ?

     5.      Comment est-ce que tu joues au basket ?

     6.      Quand est-ce que tu nages ?

Devoirs :  pg 121 #4 (write complete sentence answers to questions!), study verb meanings/conjugations, question words, practice out loud!

Mercredi 24/02

We reviewed for the quiz with speaking/writing practice and a whiteboard game.  Then we took the quiz.

Objectif:  Students will review then demonstrate knowledge on a quiz.

A Faire:   pg 115 #4 (réponses only!  Practice in partners with question)

Devoirs :  Take notes yellow box pg 120, pg 121 #1 answers only, say where each person lives,  conjugate “habiter” + à + place in parentheses)

Lundi 22/02

We reviewed conjugation and infinitive construction.  We corrected some homework and did a listening activity.  Quiz next class! (If you will be absent during class Wednesday because of a field trip, you must take the quiz during tutorial!!)

Objectif:  Students will refine their understanding of infinitive construction.

A Faire:   pg 117 #3 (look at the lockers and write at least 2 sentences for each saying what they like to do.  Conjugation of “aimer” + infinitive!)

Handouts :  Listening/ER practice.

Devoirs :  back of listening handout, study for quiz next class (ER verb vocab, conjugation, affirmative/negative sentences, infinitive usage, expressions pg 114)

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