Vendredi 22/11

Today we practiced talking about professions (saying what we want to do in the future as well as what our parents do).  We practiced family trees and the questions we’ll be using for oral interviews (starting the week after we return from Thanksgiving Break!).  We also listened to our new song.

A Faire : Pg 36 #6 (figure out what job he/she does and write a sentences saying that)

TEC (Travail en Classe):  Choose 5 more people from your family tree and write what they do as a profession (should have a total of 10 with homework from last time !)

Devoirs: Practice family tree (who they are, name, age, jobs).  Practice for a family member/adult 5 times for 10 min each.  Get them to sign in cahier!  *you may practice up to 3 extra times for some extra credit…be sure to get extra signatures!  Watch French movies and listen to French music!!

Bonnes Vacances!!!

Mercredi 20/11

Today we practiced saying our addresses and talking about family.  We learned some professions vocabulary as well.

A Faire:  Mme. Reid’s arbre généalogique.  Use “C’est…” to explain the relationship between the person in bold and the person in the question.

Handouts:  Mme. Reid’s arbre généalogique

Devoirs:  pg 37 #7 (no un/une after être!) choose 5 people in your family and say their profession.  Use www.wordreference.com for vocabulary help!!

Lundi 18/11

Today we discussed family vocabulary, reviewed asking questions about people in 3^rd person singular using –ER verbs by inserting a “t” (parle-t-elle français), and learned how to form oui/non questions that you expect someone to agree with you on using “n’est-ce pas.”

A Faire:  Question handout part B

Handouts:  Question handout

Devoirs:  Question handout part A: VOUS form ! Make an “est-ce que” and an inversion question for each one.  Take notes pg 36-37.

Vendredi 15/11

Today we practiced family vocabulary by talking about our families.  We also had some work time in class on family trees.

A Faire : Sondage des frères et des soeurs…  Talk to 10 people. In French, find out if they have any brothers/sisters.  If yes, ask them how many.  If no, ask them if they are an only child.  Record the answers in a table.

Devoirs:  finish family tree to turn in Monday, write sentences for each person on tree (except you) saying: Here is____/Voici _____, His/her name is____/Il/Elle s’appelle_____, He/she is ______yrs old/Il/Elle a _______ ans.

Mercredi 13/11

Today we practiced birth dates and phone numbers in depth.  We also practiced talking about nationalities and discussed the new family vocabulary (pg 34).  We started a family tree mini-project in class.

Handouts:  l’Arbre Généalogique

Devoirs:  pg 35 #4 (must write in complete sentences and answer all questions!!), study/learn/memorize family vocabulary for Loto!

Mercredi 06/11

Today we continued to practice the identity questions pg 32 and used them to interview a partner.  We also practiced talking about nationalities (and knowing the difference between nationality and ethnicity). 

A Faire :  Interview a partner using all the question on pg 32.  Write answers in Il/Elle form.  Write out numbers, even years!  Be prepared to share your findings!!

Devoirs:  notes pg 34, pg 35 #5 (make a family tree after reading about the family, use family tree for A & B:  A= vrai/faux, B=sentences explaining the family relationships.)

Lundi 04/11

Today we had a substitute.  We reviewed numbers 50-2000 and how to say years as part of the date.  We also practiced the identity question page 32, then worked on a packet about the geography of France.

A Faire:  Write the following numbers in French (words!): (remember that they cannot be said the same as in English!)

1492, 1653, 1776, 1789, 1793, 1804, 1848, 1871, 1900, 1914, 1925, 1939, 1947, 1968, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2013 

Handouts:  Geography packet

Devoirs:  Finish geography packet

Vendredi 01/11

Today we corrected quizzes (to earn partial credit back and learn from mistakes!), learned how to form inversion questions (see pg 60 in the book.)

A Faire :  pg 61 # 9 ATTENTION: My directions are different!!  Write an inversion question for each bullet point using subjects given (ta tante, tes voisins).  Do not write whole conversation!

Devoirs: pg 60 #8 but this time write inversion questions.  No need to answer because you already did:)

Annonces:  Calendars accepted only until Wednesday!

                 Quiz corrections must be completed in tutorial!

                  Tardy detentions must be served by Wednesday or they double!

                  Turn in bathroom passes and extra credit coupons by Thursday!