Jeudi 26/05

We practiced talking about our house/apartments and learned some vocabulary for places in our city/neighborhood.

Objectif:  Students will describe their house and learn about places in town

A Faire:   pg 195 #7 (say whether these places are upstairs or downstairs)

TEC:  Take notes over “Ma Ville” PowerPoint

Photocopies :  PowerPoint : Ma Ville

Devoirs :  Mon dictionnaire “faire expressions”, pg 192 #3 (say whether it is/isn’t in your neighborhood, if it is, give the name, follow examples, and use correct articles!)  Start thinking about your final project…designing dream house, neighborhood & city.  What will you want to include?? *we’ll work in class on Tuesday…

Mardi 24/05

Today we had a substitute and did the STAMP test (language proficiency test). 

Objectif:  Students will complete STAMP testing

TEC/Devoirs :  Add « faire expressions » from handout to « mon dictionnaire » (on back of handout), pg 195 #8 (for the given people, write a sentence stating where they are in/around the house doing the activity listed.  Follow this pattern: subject + conjugation of être + “dans” + place in/around house)

STAMP TESTING

        1.    Click on this link to access the test:

             STAMP TEST

              2.    Enter the following info and then log in:

      Test code: 

      Password: 

      Login name:  class period + first initial + last name (all one word!)

              3.    Click the RED BUTTON for Reading/Writing.  DO NOT CLICK THE YELLOW BUTTON OR YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE TEST!!

*DO YOUR BEST!!

*Let me know when your computer says you’ve completed the test.  I will help you

log off.

Vendredi 20/05

We practiced some new faire expressions, went over homework, and got some new vocabulary for rooms and house related things.

Objectif:  Students will learn some expressions with faire and house vocabulary

A Faire:   Using the subject, faire expressions and places, put together some logical sentences.  Watch your conjugations!!

*au parc, à la montagne, à la maison, dans mon quartier (in my neighborhood), au centre commercial (at the mall)

         1.      Nous/Faire un pique-nique

         2.      Elle/Faire du ski

         3.      Ils/Faire du piano

         4.      Je/Faire du vélo

         5.      Vous/Faire des achats

TEC:  Take notes over PowerPoint

Photocopies :  PowerPoint :Ma Maison, Reading comprehension, Expression vocabulary

Devoirs :  pg 195 #6 (complete the sentences/write whole sentence, give all possible answers for #6 & #8), front side of reading comprehension handout (“Conversation,” answer questions in English)

Mercredi 18/05

We reviewed some object vocabulary and prepositions of place orally then learned some fixed expressions with the verb “faire”.  We also did a “scavenger hunt” for hidden objects in the classroom and described their locations using prepositions.  We turned this in as a formative assessment.

Objectif:  Students will learn some expressions with the verb “faire.”

A Faire:   pg 124 #10.  Write a sentence about the people given using a logical “faire” expression.

TEC:  La chasse au trésor (scavenger hunt)  *See Mme. Reid

Photocopies :  Faire/Article practice

Devoirs :  Faire/article handout #4 (« Conversations ») and #3 (back, « Quel article ? ») *Not #3 "Curiosite", Study verbs and vocab !

Lundi 16/05

We reviewed some object vocabulary and prepositions of place (and some familiar question/answer formats), we learned a new verb (faire) and had some time to practice conjugations with a dice game.

Objectif:  Students will learn the verb “faire.”

A Faire:   pg 146 #13 (write responses to the question “Où est….? using il/elle to replace the object)

TEC:  pg 124 #9 (rewrite the whole sentence with the correct conjugation of “faire”)

Devoirs :  pg 147 #2 (write both sides of conversation, use familiar questions/responses, they’ve given you some helpful vocab!)  Study verbs/vocab!!

Jeudi 12/05

We practiced saying what we have and don’t have “any” of, reviewed “Il y a” and “Est-ce qu’il y a…?,” learned “Qu’est-ce qu’il y a…?”, a few new objects and prepositions of place (in, under, on, in front of, behind…see pg 144!).  We also took a quiz at the end of class.

Objectif:  Students will learn prepositions of place.

A Faire:   pg 145 #9 orally, pg 145 #11 (“in” the chair, “in front of” the window)

TEC:  pg 155 #11 (write the questions and the answers)

Devoirs :  pg 145 #12 (put together some silly sentences using “il y a” and the information from columns A & B), continue to study object vocab (particularly articles!!) and verbs (ER, Avoir, Etre) *We are adding new verbs next week!!