MERCREDI, le 14 mai
The final counts 10%. FRENCH IY took a practice final in class today, and will give you a study guide for the final tomorrow. I told you that you have the option to go to
www.go.hrw.com, do the SELF-TEST activities for each chapter: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8 and 9,
get at least an 80% on each activity, and I will give them 5 points on the final for each chapter's completed activity. THis way I know you are studying and prepared for the final, so you will get a higher grade on the final, and then you'll get extra points for your hard work. Print out a summary of the results, and either give me or email me a copy of them.
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JEUDI, le 8 mai
French IY:
Click here to open a document that will help you prepare for tomorrow's test:
Chapter 6 Study Guide
If you didn't finish the writing portion of the test in class today, remember I told you in class that you can study tonight and finish it closed book as you are taking your test tomorrow.
Here also is a copy of the Cafe Crepe permission and information form: Cafe Crepe
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MARDI, le 6 mai
FRENCH IY
EXAMEN, CHAPITRE 6: VENDREDI, le 9 mai
French IB Study the practice quiz I gave you in class today, as you will be taking the real angora tomorrow. Pay particular attention to PART B. If you need a little HELP with this part, cut and past the following address into the URL bar:
http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=2128.html
JEUDI, le 1 Mai
1.)http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=6640.html
2.) http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=6640.html
3) http://go.hrw.com/activities/frameset.html?main=6640.html
4.) http://wps.prenhall.com/ca_ph_parmentier_enbons_7/46/11984/3068072.cw/content/index.html
5.) http://fog.ccsf.edu/~creitan/qchap4.htm
6.) http://faculty.virginia.edu/ajmlevine/grammar/verbs_vouloirpz_cloze.html
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MERCREDI, le 30 avril
Hopefully you were prepared and did well on the test today. Remember, for homework tonight you should be doing actvities 1-5 in your TPGs, Chapter 9. You are starting with learning how to talk about things that HAPPENED in the past. Woo=hoo!!
French IY
Worked on the verbs ALLEr, place names, activities, and make sentences with the white boards about things we are going to do, and the places we could do them.
EX: Je vais manger quelque chose au restaurant.
Nous allons voir un match au stade.
Il va prendre un sandwich au saucisson au café.
Study your ALLER, Places, and activities handout, because you will have a quiz on this vocabulary and grammar tomorrow.
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MERCREDI, le 23 avril
French IB
Take Home Quiz: You MUST bring this back tomorrow!
French IY QUIz THursday: 5-2
Here's a quick link to the launch page where you can link to different menus of various restaurants
http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=wa0%20paris-chac05
And here's a link to the menu for a pizza restaurant in Paris:
http://www.alicepizza.com/carte-pizza.php
A menu for an AMERICAN RESTAURANT:
http://www.jet-lag.fr/carte.html
And here's the link for a ton of restaurants in Paris
http://www.restoaparis.com/restoaparis/rap.nsf/accueil
In the RECHERCHE rectangle at the top left, in the drop-down menu choose the type of CUISINE, and then choose the price range( PRIX), depending on whether your is a fancy or not too fancy restaurant
Remember, these are for ideas only, not to copy, because that is called PLAGIARISM!!!
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MARDI, le 22 avril
French IB
TPG page 66, ACT 11-12.
French IY
Worked on expressions used to order in a restaurant, and then put together your own conversations using a suggested guideline for the contents of the conversation.
Continue to work on your MENU PROJECTS, which are due on FRIDAY, the 26th
Remember, each menu must have a minimun of 5 categories, with at least 5 items in each categorie.
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LUNDI, le 15 avril
BOTH CLASSES: Be looking for recipes from a francophone country to prepare and share on Friday. It must be a recipe that you prepare yourself, and you must bring the recipe to share, telling what country it is from. Be adventurous!
French I: First we did a handout about partitive articles vs. indefinite articles, and how to determine which one to use. Basically if we're talking about something that is whole, we use the indefinite article. I bought a cake. J'ai acheté un gateau. ( UN- indefinite article.)
Je veux que ma mère me donne une montre pour mon anniversaire. I want my mother to give me A watch for my birthday.
If however, we talking about a part of something, not the whole thing, we use the partitive article, DU, de LA, DE l' THe partitive and the indefinite articles all change to DE after a negative expression.
Afterwards, we watched the Chapter Opener about the biggest city in the Ivory Coast-- Abijan, and answered some comprehension questions about the video. You can watch this if you click on the video tab in the online book. It is the Chapter Opener for Chapter 8. See you tomorrow.
French IY
Took a quiz on conjugation of ER verbs, then learned about how to say J'ai Faim, J"ai Soif, Je voudrais.... un sandwich au jambon, un sandwich au fromage, une limonade, un jus de pomme, labeling a handout with illustrations of the different foods and drinks.
We also learned how to say HOW ABOUT doing something, using the pronoun ON, and then reviewed how to agree to a suggestion, or how to turn a suggestion down.
On va au café? Désolé, je ne peux pas, j'ai des devoirs à faire.
DON"T FORGET to bring your TPGs tomorrow!!!
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LUndi, le 14 Avril
French I: Review of conjugations of irregular verbs, as well as review of the conjugation of ER verbs. French IY also watched a video in which the speakers described activities commonly engaged in in Quebec. Good job translating.
Tomorrow I will check that you completed the 6 activities you worked on in class today.
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Possessive Adjectives/Adjectives Review:
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~creitan/grammar.htm
Le Verbe Etre et les verbes en ER
Le Verbe Etre
Mon, Ma, Mes
La Famille
Les Adjectifs Possesifs
Les Adjectifs
Then begin working on Ma Famille
LUNDI, le 31 mars
French IY
Took Chapter 4 Test in class. You should have completed the Ma Famille Handout. You were also given a packet which included a rubric for the MA FAMILLE project which will be due on Friday, when you will also take a test for Chapter 7. You should work to complete as many of the pages in the packet as you can, which, some of you will notice, are repeats of pages you have already done. It is simply a way in which you will have all the material necessary to be successful on the MA FAMILLE project.
THe MA FAMILLE project can be either on a poster, or submitted as a powerpoint. You must describe at least 8 people. As I mentioned in class, the people you describe as your family members can be either real or imaginary.
FRENCH IB
Began the troisieme etape of Chapter 3, in which you should be learning about how to tell for which chores you and other members of your family are responsible. You will taking CHapter 7 test on THURSDAY, APRIL 3, so start reviewing.
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MERCREDI, le 26 mars
French One Block Students: Before doing the activities in the blue link, please do the verb FAIRE activities listed on last Thursday's entry.
Online Activities for WED MAR 26
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LUNDI, le 24 mars
French IY
Make sure you study for the quiz tomorrow on the verb FAIRE. Look at the suggested activites entered in last Thursday's posting to help you study.
French IB
Worked on adjectives, and wrote sentences about family members and classmates using adjectives. Finish the handout we started in class for homework.
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VENDREDI, le 21 mars
FRENCH IY
To help you with your letter replies, do TPG page 55, even if you finished your letters today in class. If you did, Felicitations!
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JEUDI, le 20 mars
French IY
Make sure you learn the verb FAIRE tonight, and all it's conjugations, because tomorrow you will have another quiz, but this time there will not be a bank. THe following exercices below can help you review:
Java Game: AV1 Ch4 E 2: Weather expressions
Quiz: Faire
Reivew:
http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityEditor?AE_rand=1227894870&AE_stateKey=tfa24_9702401_NJCGPKJN_2760&AE_atSessionStart=Y<
Match the correct conjugation of Faire with the proper pronoun:
http://es.geocities.com/eoiexercices/faire2.htm
And More:
1.) http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/classrooms/3rd/curriculum/francais/faire/faire1.htm
2.) http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/classrooms/3rd/curriculum/francais/faire/faire2.htm
3.)http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/classrooms/3rd/curriculum/francais/faire/faire5.htm
4.) http://www.didieraccord.com/exercices/index.php?ex=2.2.10
And of course, you can always go to www.go.hrw.com, and do the DEUXIEME ETAPE exercises for Chapter 4, Allez, VIens, French One
FRENCH IB
We reviewed, and then you took a practice quiz home on possessive adjectives with you. Tomorrow you take the real deal. A demain.
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MERCREDI,le 19 mars
French IB
Went over the answers to last night's homework of sentence translations on the board. Tomorrow you will take a quiz on the premiere etape of Chapter 7.
Les Devoirs Do the Grammaire Supplementaire exercises on pages 218, ACT 2,3, and 4. ALthough I know I didn't assign it, it would definitely benefit you to do exercise 1 as well.
Earn 5 points extra credit if you do the Première Etape exercises on www.hrw.com. As usual, you must score at least 80% on all the exercises, and print out a summary of your results.
French IY
Study for a quiz tomorrow on
1.) the verb Faire
2.) vocabulary concerning sports and activities
3.) the seasons
4.) the weather
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MARDI, le 18 mars
FRENCH IY
If you want to go online to the same site you were working on today in the language lab, go below to the HYPERLINK section and click on Games, Video, Karaoke, Songs, etc, or just go to www.lepointdufle.net.
Once you are on the homepage, type CHIFFRES in the little rectangular box at the top left corner of the page. Then, once that command has loaded, you will, click on the number 1 option, and then many of you seemed to like activity 31 in class today. Obviously though, there are many other activities to choose from. Tomorrow you will finish writing and illustrating your season posters
French IB
Took a little break today from the MA FAMILLE projects. For homework, you need to translate sentences 4-11 on the handout I gave you in class today. If you don't have your MA FAMILLE project loaded onto the student drive, make sure you bring your poster, jump-drive or CD with you tomorrow so you can present.
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LUNDI, le 17 mars
French IY
Complete the colors and demonstrative adjective handout for homework if you didn't already complete it in class.
French IB
COmplete the adjective handout we started in class. More presentations of the family project tomorrow.
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JEUDI, le 13 mars
French IB
Practice the vocabulary and how to ask or tell if you like doing certain sports or activities. Also review the adverbs to tell how much or how little you like doing something. Study for the QUIZ on the premiere etape of CHapter 4 tomorrow
French IB:
FInish up and be ready to turn in your MA FAMILLE powerpoints tomorrow. Make sure they include all the elements the rubric mentions.
1.) At least 8 slides or pictures described.
2.) A powerpoint or a poster with photos or pictures taken from a magazine.
3.) Each description must use VOICI, VOILA, C'est or CE SONT
4.) Each description must have a possessive adjective ( MON, MA, MES, SON, etc)
5.) describe the person using an adjective and the verb ETRE: IL EST GRAND, ELLE EST GENTILLE, etc.
6.) Describe what the person is doing in the photo, or what the person likes to do: SUR CETTE PHOTO, ma mère joue au tennis. Elle adore jouer au tennis!
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MARDI, le 11 mars
French IY Here are the list of the activities you should have worked on while we were in the lab today. It would help to practice a few minutes every night with these.
1. )Les Expressions de la Premiere Etape
http://www.quia.com/jg/988768.html
2.)Chapitre 4-1
http://www.quia.com/jg/988765.html
3.)Les Couleurs Quiz
http://www.quia.com/jq/103536.html
4.)Faire Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/873786.html
5.)Quebec Chapter Opener: You will need to open your book to pages 104 and 105 to answer these questions:
http://www.quia.com/rr/190465.html
6.)Contractions with A and DE
http://www.quia.com/pop/140198.html
French IB
Great job on the possessive adjectives and possession handouts today. Make sure you continue to work on your FAMILY Projects, due this Friday.
BRING whatever you've worked on so for with you to school tomorrow, since we are going to the language lab. You should bring it on either a CD or a jump drive.
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LUNDI, le 10 mars
French One Block
Vocabulaire pour la première étape de la 4e chapitre. Traduction de la lettre à la page 108. Discussion and note-taking of the differences that exist in expressions that take FAIRE and JOUER. ( Look at the Grammaire Note on page 113 for further clarification about the rules which govern these). Listened to activity 6 on page 112, and identified what sports the speaker liked or didn't like. Ended with informal Q&A session during which I asked students " Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end? ou Qu'est-ce que tu préfères- faire du ski nautique ou faire des photos?
French One B
Went over LES MEMBRES DE LA FAMILLE, after copying the rules for how to show possession using DE. Also reviewed POSsESSIVE ADJECTIVES. ANswered activities 8 and 9 on pages 204 and 205 together in class. Be working on your MA FAMILLE PROjects, which are due on Friday, the 14th.
LES DEVOIRS: ACT 1, page 218, Grammaire Supplementaire
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JEUDI, le 6 mars
Both classes took Chapter Tests today. French IB- most of you did exceptionally well.
Unfortunately, the same is not true of French I BLock. PEEE---UUUU. THat's all I have to say about your tests. You have to memorize the genders of the nouns. If you don't do that, then the application of the rules is meaningless. Be prepared for some work tomorrow.
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MERCREDI, le 5 mars
In language lab, doing online exercises to prepare for Chapter 6 test for students of French IB, and Chapter 3 for students of French IY
French I Chapter 6 Test Prep Activities
French ONe Chapter Three Test Prep Activites
And three more exercises I just added, which will be found at the bottom of this class page
• 6-2 Jeopardy
http://www.quia.com/cb/284942.html
• Allez, Viens 1 / 6-2 Invitations
http://www.quia.com/jw/209270.html
• AV1, Chapitre 6, 2e Etape
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1329244.html
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Mardi, le 4 mars.
French IB Wrote ADAP papers, and then were handed writing assignement for Chapter 6, which should be returned on Thursday, March 6.
French IY BLOCK Presented conversations using Chapter 6 expressions during class, after taking the Troisieme Etape quiz. Begin to study for Chapter 3 test.
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Lundi, le 3 mars
French IY BLOCK
Study for the Chapter 3 Test.
Les Devoirs: Finish the writing assignment you started in class, and also study for the 3e etape quiz you will take tomorrow. Make sure you review the spelling of numbers, and also the expressions used to get a salesperson's attention, to ask how much something cost, and how to say thanks and you're welcome.
In addition, you can earn 10 points for the Chapter Test by doing all the Grammaire Supplementaire activities on pages 94-97. You must answer in complete sentences, copying the entire text from activities 4, 5 and 10.
French IB Took quiz on Troisieme Etape of CHapter 6.
QUE SAIS-Je page 196 for homework. Repondez aux phrases completes.
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Mercredi, le 28 Février
French 1B: Make sure you know all the question words, becuase you will be taking a quiz on the troisieme etape on Monday. Also start studying for the Chapter 6 test on Wednesday.
French I BLOCK Start to study for the Chapter 3Test on Wednesday, March 5
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MARDI, le 25 fevrier
IB: TPG pages 47-48 ACT 14-17
You should have finished the handout for the Troisieme Etape vocabulary about how to ask and answer questions:
IY BLOCK: Worked on adjective placement, demonstrative adjectives: This, that, these and those. Use the activities below to help you review the vocabulary about things you might want to buy.
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VENDREDI, le 22 fevrier
French IB: Study for the quiz on the 2cd etape of Chapter 6. Make sure you know how to conjugate the verb vouloir, and also review all the expressions from the premiere etape, especially the place names, knowing whether they are masculine or feminine, and also know the activity expressions from the premiere etape. For practice:
Les Devoirs: Grammaire Supplementaire, page 192 Exercises 7 and 8. As always, write your answers in complete sentences.
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MERCREDI, le 20 fevrier
French IB
If you didn't finish the exercises on page 46 in your TPG on the verb VOULOIR, make sure you finish them for homework, and then also write 5 sentences, each using a different pronoun, telling about things you want to do, and where you will do them.
EX: Je veux faire du patin à glace à la patinoire.
French IY If you didn't finish writing your letter to your pen pal at Harrision in class today, make sure you finish the rough draft for homework. Talk about the courses you have, at what time or during what time of day you have them, and what you like, prefer or love to do. You can also ask you pen pal how he or she is doing? Don't forget to ask your pen pal about his or her preferences. A demain.
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VENDREDI, le 15 février
French IY BLOCK
Great job on your tests, which have already been graded and posted. Many of you still have missing tests and quizzes. CHeck I-Parent over the long week-end, talk with your parents, and stay either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday afternoon to take these, or come to my room in the morning around 8:00 to take a quiz. Enjoy your break.
French IB- 6th period
You are learning how to say you ARE GOING to do things, using the verb ALLER + an INFINITIVE, as well as place names, so now you can say things like
Qu'est-ce tu vas faire?
Je vais nager à la piscine.
Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire demain?
On va voir une pièce au théâtre
Qu'est-ce que vous allez faire ce week-end?
Nous allons aller voir un match au stade
Qu'est-ce qu'ils vont faire ce soir?
Ils vont faire une promenade au parc.
Some of you worked so hard and made beautiful powerpoints for this unit. I am VERY Proud of those of you who made the most of our time in the Language Lab.
LES DEVOIRS DO ALL the exercises for the première etape of Chapter 6 in your TPG, so everything should be done through page 45, including exercise 11.
Study for a QUIZ on the premiere etape which you will take WEDNESDAY, the 20. Know everything from page 173, how to conjugate the verb ALLER, and the vocabulary from page 176, and how to form contractions with À---- rules for this are stated on page 177.
How to study?
1.) go to www.go.hrw.com, and do all the Première Etape exercises.
2.) Use the flashcards and exercises below from Chapter 6, premiere etape.
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MERCREDI, le 13 fevrier
FRENCH iY YOu must finish all of your TPG before Friday, when you will have to turn it in before you take your CHapter Two test.
In addition, don't forget that you can answer all the questions in The Grammaire SUpplementaire at the end of the chapter for an additional 10 point on your test.HOWEVER, your answers must be in COMPLETE SENTENCES!
Also, if you do the activities on www.go.hrw.com, and you get at least 80% on each activity, you can earn an additional 5 points.
Les Devoirs: QUE SAIS-JE, page 72, textbook. THis will help you pull together everything we have learned in the chapter.
French IB
In class, after taking a quiz on some of the terms on pages 173, 174 and 176, we took notes about how to ask someone what they were going to do.
Qu'est-ce que tu vas Faire?
Tu vas faire quoi?
No homework tonight, but look at some of the links below and start putting together the text for a valentine's day card.
Here are some links to help you design a Valentine's card. Have fun.
Page avec tous ces termes d’amour:
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/love_2.htm
http://www.cartepostalevirtuelle.com/cartes-virtuelles-st-valentin.html
Amours IMpossibles:
http://www.cartepostalevirtuelle.com/voir-carte-virtuelle/st-valentin/saint-valentin36-swf.html
Beaucoup de Cartes:
http://celestill.net/cartes/gallerybrowser.php?cat_id=82
TU vois ce qui est ecris dans mon coeur:
http://celestill.net/cartes/create.php?f=amour/amour.gif
Les Poemes et des Lettres d’Amour
http://www.postecanada.com/?gclid=CKXO9ruUwJECFQMQlwodBCY4DQ
L’ Amitié
http://www.postecanada.com/?gclid=CKXO9ruUwJECFQMQlwodBCY4DQ
La Poesie d'Amour:
http://www.poemes-amour.fr/site_poesie_amour.html
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MARDI, le 12 février
FRENCH IB Great job today learning the place names. Study tonight for a quiz tomorrow on the place names, including the articles AU or A LA which precede them. Also, know how to conjugate the verb ALLER and also know the expressions for the activities on page 173--- these terms are in the little blue box called VOCABULAIRE. A demain.
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VENDREDI, le 11 février
French IB- reviewed the verb aller, and used it to describe things that we are GOING to do. Secondly, you did a quick review on the use of the definite article in front of a day of the week to designate that you do things on a regular basis.
EX: Mardi, je vais au centre commercial.
Le mardi, je vais au restaurant pour prendre quelque chose à manger avec mon père.
Great job interpreting the film today. A demain.
FRENCH ONE BLOCK Started out comparing the conjugation of REGULAR verbs, versus the conjugation of our new IRREGULAR verb AVOIR. If you didn't finish it in class today, I will check that you completed the entire handout of our new vocabulary for this unit. Tomorrow you will create conversations, which you will memorize and present to the class on Wednesday.
For those of you who missed and want to not get too far behind, here is a copy of the handout you completed in class today. Unit 2 Vocabulary FR I BLOCK
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JEUDI, le 7 février
FRENCH IB:
STUDY for your Chapter 5 Test tonight. Do not FORGET that you must complete and TURN IN the written portion tomorrow when you take your test! Also, for 10 points extra credit, do ALL the Grammaire Supplementaire Exercises, pages 160-163 at the end of the Chapter. This will help you study for the test. BUT!!!!! THe answers must be in COMPLETE sentences to get credit. Don't forget about www.go.hrw.com too. ANother good way to study, and if you do those, get at least an 80% on all the activities, and turn in the printed summary, I'll give you an additional 5 points on the test.
FRENCH I BLOCKGood job reviewing the conjugation of ER verbs today. You also did well with the translation sentences. If you didn't finish it during class, you need to make a vocabulary list of the terms on page 51, one time english, two times french.
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MERCREDI, le 6 fevrier
French IB
Went over some french culture points, completed some sentences that concerned asking for the price of things or the total in a restaurant, identified whether the speaker was ordering or getting ready to pay the check. Lastly, you began writing some conversations to turn in with you chapter test.
For tonight, you should do the exercises on page 166, QUE-SAIS-JE? Write all you answers in complete sentences.
DOn't forget you will be taking a Chapter 5 TEST on Friday
If you need extra practice, you should go online to www.go.hrw.com, and do all the SELF-TEST activities to help you prepare for the test. Use the flashcards below to help you review all the vocabulary. Look at Monday's entry Chapter 5 Online Review Activities Open that file up, and do all the activities suggested there. A demain.
FRENCH ONE BLOCK
Tomorrow, you will take a quiz on the conjugation of ER verbs, and also the vocabulary on your textbook pages 31 and 32. This is very much like what you did on your powerpoint.
if you didn't get to it in class today, to to WWW.GO.HRW.COM, and do ALL the review activities for all of Chapter 1. It should help you to review for the quiz. In addition, here are some more online exercises to help you prepare
And just for clarification, the song we sing: E, E-S, E, O-N-S, ER verbs are easy E-Z, E-N-T!
Those are the ends that go, in order with the subject pronouns.
J' aimE
Tu aimES
il/elle aimE
nous aimONS
vous aimEZ
ils/elles aimENT
Se you tomorrow,
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MARDI GRAS, le 5 fevrier
French 1Y Block: The following is a list of exercises to practice conjugating ER verbs:
Can you tell which subject/verb combination the speaker is saying?
http://www.lepointdufle.net/ressources_fle/present_prononciation1.htm
Pick the right conjugation
http://www.lepointdufle.net/ressources_fle/present_1er_groupe.htm
http://www.lepointdufle.net/ressources_fle/present_1er_groupe1.htm
Singulier ou Pluriel?
http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/smazurelle/dynamots/a1/m2/ph_verbe1.htm
COmplete the verb endings:
http://edtech.tph.wku.edu/~nlove/101-102/interact101-102/r-p_u01_verb_conju.htm
Rally:
http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/n11/jeux/oiebdf1.html
Start by listening to the story, and work through the cycle of activities:
http://www.cengagelearning.com.au/secondary/Lote/tapis-volant/studentbook1/unit3/u03_situation_a01.html
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LUNDI, le 4 fevrier
Open the following document to use to quickly access the webpages for the Chapter 5 review activities. Online Review Chapter 5
LES DEVOIRS: TPG pages 39 and 40. ALL. Begin reviewing for the Chapter 5 Test on Thursday.
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JEUDI, le 31 janvier
FRENCH ONE BLOCK
Reviewed much of what we learned so far this year using the DVD Tutor the first half of class, after watching the Mise En Train with subtitles. Then we spent the last half of class in the language lab finishing up the PowerPoints you started yesterday.
French IB
After reviewing, you took the 5-2 quiz, and most of you seemed to have done a very good job. Tomorrow we will start with the last of restaurant expressions, learning how to ask how something costs, ask for the bill, and ask for the total. A demain.
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MERCREDI, le 30 janvier
FRENCH ONE BLOCK Reviewed the expressions one uses to talk about what he likes or doesn't like, then reviewed the vocabulary for the nouns that you are learning in this part of the chapter. Afterwards, you took a quick quiz on the deuxieme etape.
Lastly, you went into the language lab, and created PowerPoints using the vocabulary for expressing preferences from the deuxieme etape, and the the vocabulary from page 31 of the troisieme etape. We will return to the language lab tomorrow, and add some more sentences, but this time talking about what our friends like. A demain.
FRENCH 1-B After presenting your memorized restaurant conversations- Stanley, Emily, Uriel and Stephanie-- be prepared to present first thing tomorrow.
Les Devoirs: Review for a QUIZ tomorrow by doing the exercises in Grammaire Supplementaire, exercises 3-6, pages 161=162.
DOn't forget that I told you that your answers should be in complete sentences! And, yes, I realize that means you'll have to copy down that whole dialogue on page 162. It will help you learn to spell all the expressions and vocabulary from the deuxieme etape.
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MARDI, le 29 janvier
FRENCH ONE BLOCK
Started out labeling a hanout with the names of the vocabulary we are learning in this etape. Then we did a Grammar Tutor handout about definite articles, identifying whether the nouns were masculine, feminine, singular or plural. Then you were to do the activities on pages 3,4 and 5 of your TPG. I took a grade for this at the end of class, for you had ample time to finish it in the time provided, if however, you did not complete it, you can show me your completed work tomorrow for credit.
I highly recommend you study the vocabulary, using the flashcards in the activities below for CHapter One, Deuxième Etape. Expect a quick quiz tomorrow.
French IB
You worked together to create restaurant conversations, which you must memorize and present tomorrow in class. THe conversation must contain ALL of the expressions on 151, and of course, since you're talking about things you are going to order and eat or drink, should contain some food and drink vocabulary. A demain.
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LUNDI, le 28 janvier
FRENCH ONE BLOCK
Great job learning all the stuff we learned today- the verbs AIMER, PREFERER, ADORER and AIMER (BIEN)- really like. TO help you review all the vocabulary, go to CHapitre 1, Deuxième Etape review activities below, or visit www.go.hrw.com, and do the activities for the Deuxième Etape of Chapter One in ALLEZ, Viens, Level One. Don't forget that when you learn a noun in french, you must remember whether it is masculine or feminine. A demain.
French IB
Worked on the grammar tutor handout about how to form the imperative in French, and then went to working making some sentences that were commands.
LES DEVOIRS: TPG, page 38, ACT 8-10
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Jeudi, le 24 janvier
FRENCH ONE BLOCK
Today in class we reviewed for the first unit test tomorrow. Here are some other links to help you practice. Once you are on the site, you can advance to the next activity, and once you are done with all the activities in a series, you can return to the class page for the next link.
Greetings:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect01/no_2/no_2.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect01/no_4/no_4.htm
Tu t'appelles comment?
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect02/no_1/no_1.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect02/no_3/no_3.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect02/no_4/no_4.htm
Tu as quel age?
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect07/no_1/no_1.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect07/no_3/no_3.htm
Comment ca va?
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect06/no_1/no_1.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect06/no_2/no_2.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect06/no_4/no_4.htm
Days of the Week
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect01/no_2/no_2.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect27/no_02/no_02.htm
Les Mois de l'annee
http://www.europschool.net/static/dico/fr/calendrier/calendrier_fr.html
A demain!
FRENCH IB Study for the quiz on the premiere etape of Chapter 5 tomorrow. Know how to use and spell the expressions to agree with a suggestion, or to turn down a suggestion.
D' accord
Bonne idée.
Je ne peux pas. J'ai des trucs à faire.
Desolée. J'ai des tas de choses à faire.
Je ne peux pas. J'ai des devoirs à faire.
Know also how to conjugate ALLER and PRENDRE.
Know how to form a question using ON + ( verb conjugated in the third person)
How about playing cards? On joue aux cartes?
How about skating? On fait du roller?
A demain.
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MERCREDI, le 23 janvier
FRENCH IB: Learned about the verb prendre, and how it is one of several verbs in French that mean TO TAKE. In this chapter it is used to mean to take, or to have, more specifically when talking about what we are ordering ( COMMANDER) in a restaurant.
Moi, je vais prendre le steak-frites, mais mon ami prend la pizza. Elle est délicieuse ici!
Les Devoirs: Page 166, Grammaire Supplementaire, les activités 1 et 2. Make sure you study for the quiz on the première étape of Chapter 5 FRIDAY
It would be a good idea to do the Chaptire 5 Première Etapeonline review activities at www.go.hrw.com, to help you prepare for the quiz.
FRENCH IY BLOcK We started out the block looking at a French calendar which showed the entire year, and the names of the saints for each day of the year, as well as the dates of the holidays that the french celebrate. We answered questions about the dates of certain FETES, in addition you identified
QUELLE EST LA DATE DE TON ANNIVERSAIRE? Cést le dix juin.
QUELLE EST LA DATE DE LA FETE De TOn SainT? Cést le quartorze décembre.
We learned that french children celebrate two birthdays, the birthday of their saint, after which they are named, and their actual birthday. Afterwards, we practiced again the pronunciation of numbers, and then spent the rest of the class in the lab. I am so proud of you for doing your best with the online activities.
DOn't forget you will take a test ON FRIDAY on the three handouts you have been learning these last two weeks: Greetings, giving and asking names, asking how and telling how someone is, saying good-bye, colors, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, saying where you are from, asking where someone is from, etc.
If you want to practice again with these DIScovering FRENCH BLEU activities, click on the link below, click on ONLINE WORKBOOK, then UNITE I, and then in the drop-down menu, BASIC activities, LECON 1.
Don't forget the activities that you can copy and paste in yesterday's QUIA entry, and the activities at www.go.hrw.com, ALLEZ-VIENS I, Chapitre I, Premiere Etape.
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Mardi, le 22 janvier
French IB: Today you should have labeled the pictured handout with the words for the new vocabulary about LES BOISSONS- drinks, and LA NOURRITURE- food. This unit you will be making menus and creating-- and performing-- realistic cafe conversations. Inclass you should have finished activities 1-4 in your TPG, Chapter 5.
LES DEVOIRS: TPG, ACT 6-7, p.37. You will be conjugating a new verb, PRENDRE. Follow the examples in the table when completing the sentences. Think about what you would be trying to say when you use this new verb.
French IY BLOCK Reviewed numbers, colors, how to say and ask what someone's name is, telling and asking someone's age, how to ask and tell where someone is from, and how to describe someone's nationality. Good job with the COLOR by NUMBERS! WHew! Que c'etait difficile!
Also, great job with the question and answer conversation activity.
CHeck out the following links to practice with numbers and colors.
Les COuleurs: http://www.europschool.net/static/dico/fr/couleurs/couleurs_fr.html
Les Chiffres: De 1 a 50: http://lexiquefle.free.fr/numero.swf
http://lexiquefle.free.fr/numero.swf
1-25: http://www.pepit.be/exercices/primaire2/mathematique/divers01/LIRNBR01.html
26-50: http://www.pepit.be/exercices/primaire2/mathematique/divers01/LIRNBR01.html
If you have not yet turned in your calendar, tomorrow is the last day to turn it in for credit.
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VENDREDI, le 18 janvier
French 1B: Hope you enjoyed our speaker, M. VandePlanque. Talk about the program with your parents and give them the handout if you are interested in maybe going to France, opening up your home to a french student and beginning hopefully what will be a lifelong friendship, not the mention the road to becoming truly bilingual.
Les Devoirs: You need to start learning the simpler food vocabulary for Chapter 5, so over the weekend, do exercises 1-4 in your TPG, chapter 5.
French ONE BLOCK Finish filling out the third and final vocab list for Unit One, the one that starts with the numbers. In addition, you will need to create a 2008 calendar.
You may do this on paper or on the computer, it's your choice
1.)Label each month.
2.) Remembering that the days of the week start with LUNDI, put the names of the days of the week on each month's page.
3.) So that you will learn not only how to count to thirty, but also how to spell the numbers up to thirty, you will SPELL OUT the dates for every month.
4.) Be as creative as you can, but with each month include an illustration, in which you use colors you associate with that month. You must somehow identify the colors, using the french word for them. You must use all the colors listed on the handout at least once.
Don't wait too late to get started on this. After you do this, you should definitely know how to spell the numbers and the days of the week, don't you think?
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JEUDI, le 17 janvier
French IB: Wednesday, we went over the singular conjugations of the verb ETRE, and you were to write 5 sentences for homework using the pronouns JE, TU, Il, ELLE and ON, with their correct forms of ETRE. Today in class we reviewed that, recalling how the spelling of adjectives must agree with the subjects they describe. Also in class we learned how to use the pronoun ON plus (a verb in the third person) to ask How about....?
On fait du ski? How about skiing?
On joue aux cartes? How about playing cards?
Lastly, you learned the meaning of and practiced using ways to turn down suggestions, noticing the similarities between the structures of the different sentences.
Pas de devoir, but visit the game below to review what we did in class today:
Java Game: Allez, viens! Level 1, Chapitre 5, Première étape
A demain.
French One BLOCK Reviewed numbers up to twenty, practiced their pronunciation, did some math equations with them, spelling the answers using the letters of the French alphabet, after reviewing all the expressions from the Unit One Vocabulary List.
You should be reviewing all these words and expressions at home on a nightly basis.
You worked on pages 1 and 2 in your Travaux Pratiques de Grammaire workbooks.
Then we finished up with some listening comprehension exercises, making sure we could identify if the speakers were saying hello or good-bye, giving the names of a boy or a girl, telling they had a good, OK, or bad time, and determing how old they were.
If you want to listen to these again, go to the online textbook and listen to activities 6,9,12 and 15 in the premiere etape of Chapter 1.
OMGOSH, look at all the stuff you did! You guys are some hard workers!!!
A bientot!
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Mardi, le 15 janvier
The following is a link to a paper which lists links to all the exercises we worked on the the language lab today:
High Use Verb Online Exercises French One
For Homework: Do both pages of the handout.
French One Block: Watched a video on the Francophone World, and culturally appropriate ways to greet one another, and how french people say or ask where someone is from. We also finished the handout today which we started yesterday, so tonight at home, tell your parents how to
Greet someone
Ask or tell how you or someone else is doing
How to say AND YOU?
How to give your or ask someone else's name
How to say I AM, YOU ARE, HE IS, SHE IS
How to tell or ask where you or someone else is from
Several different ways to say good-bye.
Tomorrow we will start by finishing up the multiple person conversations you started in class at the end of the day. A demain.
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LUNDI, le 14 janvier
Entends-tu le Monde te parler?
http://www.musiqueradio.com/article_news5201_tina-arena--entends-tu-le-monde---et--7-vies-sont-prevus-pour-le-28-janvier.php
The above is a link to a new song. Look for other songs you like as well, and share them with the rest of the class!
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French 1B: You should have copied down the conjugation of the verb ALLER after we finished watching the video about Paris. We will finish watching the video tomorrow. For homework tonight, you will do exercises 5 and 6 on page 43 in the TPG. For exercise 6, start with the given pronoun, conjugate the verb aller to go with it, and then end the sentence with an infinitive phrase.
For example:
Estelle et Mme. Pouffi vont regarder un match a la tele.
A demain.
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French IY: Great job with your conversations today during class. Incroyable. Vos accents sont merveilleux! Click on the following links to watch a video of similar dialogues, and a exercise or two.
Greetings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/greetings/
Introductions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/introductions/
A demain.
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VENDREDI, le 11 janvier
Here's the link to the page on the TV5 site that will let you access short clips of french videos:
http://www.tv5monde.com/TV5Site/musique/francophone.php
And here is the site for the Diams video:
http://www.diams-lesite.com/videos/videos.php?idtrack=668
Diams is very popular in France. Look on these sites, as well as the address on the handout of the lyrics to the Saya song we watched. Like I said in class, if you listen to the music, it will not only be something you enjoy, but it will help with your comprehension and your pronunciation.
You can also look at the following video to review greetings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/greetings/#
FRENCH 1 BLOCK: Took the quiz on spelling and classroom commands, after reviewing. Also reviewed a bit with numbers. Do the following activities below to help you review greetings and numbers:
Picture Perfect: Les Chiffres De 0 à 20-(Mme. Fernie)
Java Game: Allez Viens I chapitre 1-1 vocabulaire
no homework today, but you should try to practice the greetings with someone at home-- the Hello, How are you? What's your name? Goodbye routine we learned in class today.
FRENCH 1: Great job with the whiteboards. You guys ROCK!! Finish the review packet over the weekend. We are going to get back into Chapter 5 next week.
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JEUDI, le 10 janvier
FRENCH 1B:Reviewed demonstrative pronouns, and then did a conversation activity using the review packet as a guide. COntinue to work on the review packet. We will have a quiz on all that material on Monday.
French I Block: Great job on the letters, numbers and accents today. To help prepare you for the quiz tomorrow, review using the following activites in your online textbooks:
1. On page 6 of the Chapitre Preliminaire, click on the bullhorn icon and listen to the alphabet.
2. On page 8, click on the sound icon and listen and read along to the description of the accents, how they work, and what words have these accents.
3. On page 10, A L'ECOLE, listen to the recitation of the classroom instructions, and then quiz yourself by doing activity 9 on the same page. A demain.
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MERCREDi, le 9 janvier
French 1B Do the fourth page of your handout. In class today we went over page 2 of the handout together. Make sure you know how to conjugate the verbs on page 1 of the handout, cos you never know what could happen. Tomorrow we are going to learn a song in French.
FRENCH One BLOCK GReat job with the alphabet rap. Make sure you spell all the words from ACTIVITY 3 on page 7 in the online textbook. If you get a chance, show this to your parents and let them tell you what they think about a talking textbook!
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MARDI, le 8 janvier, 2008
French 1B: DO the first three pages of the handout I gave you in class today. Watched a video about Paris and Montmartre, which we learned in class today, means the Mount of Martyrs.
French ONE BLOCK: Practice the classroom commands we learned today by doing the first exercise below. Try the flashcards first, and then maybe do a matching game. A demain.
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Great job in class today learning all the commands and the parts of an introductory conversation. For tonight, use the expressions and vocabulary we learned in class today to make a conversation of at least 8 lines.
Hey and if you'd like to get some fun practice memorizing the material we learned today, you might try out some of the games below!
A demain
Just in case you're wondering, this is a copy of a twentieth century French artist's work. Cool, huh? A free homework pass for anyone who figures out the name of the artist, and brings in a copy of another one of his cubist creations.
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