Semaine de 16/12-20/12

Lundi 16/12:  Today, with a substitute, we practiced irregular adjectives and the verb “être.”

A Faire:  pg 49 #8 (prepare answers only in writing, do orally in partners).  *Make sure your adjectives agree with “personnes” which is feminine and plural!!

Devoirs:  Practice être—quiz FRI, pg 49 #4 (read description, write a sentence using adjective to describe the person—make sure the adjective agrees!)

Mercredi 18/12:  Today we continued our practice of adjectives and the verb “être.”

A Faire:  adjective/name acrostic.  On a piece of plain white paper, write name then add…

*use at least 10 adjectives to describe yourself

*Make adjective agreements when necessary!!

*Must color

*Must write legibly/be able to clearly read name/adjectives

*Can decorate

*Can use first/middle/last names

*Can build only on name or off other adjectives too.

*W, K are almost impossible…can use a noun if you insist on using these letters.

Handouts:  Adjective overview packet

Devoirs:  Practice être—quiz FRI, finish acrostic, choose 2 famous people to describe without saying who it is.  Write at least 5 sentences for each person.  We’ll be sharing and guessing about each other’s descriptions!

Vendredi 20/12:  Today we finished the film “Les Choristes” while I conducted oral interviews and learned some about how Christmas is celebrated in France.

TEC (Travail en Classe): 

1)Finish movie handout (Les Choristes activity).  On the movie handout… Record at least 20 different words/phrases that you understand from the film.  For the questions, circle the French word that best fits the meaning/plot of the movie and translate the word into the English translation below.  At the end of the film, you will do some reflecting.

2)Noël en France:  read the handout, write a paragraph describing similarities/differences between your holiday traditions and those celebrated in France, define the 11 vocab words on bottom of page, and do “c’est Rodolphe!”

Handouts: Noël en France

Devoirs: Watch a French movie (not an American movie dubbed in French !).  It must be in French and you may of course use English subtitles.  Write a summary of the film (at least 1 large paragraph) and another paragraph as a review of the film (was it good/bad/interesting/etc? why?  Did you like it? Why? Would you recommend it? Why/for whom?).

Vendredi 13/12

Today we started the film “Les Choristes” while I conducted oral interviews.

TEC (Travail en Classe):  On the movie handout… Record at least 20 different words/phrases that you understand from the film.  For the questions, circle the French word that best fits the meaning/plot of the movie and translate the word into the English translation below.  At the end of the film, you will do some reflecting.

Handouts: Les Choristes activity, Adjective packet #1

Devoirs: Adjective packet pg 111 #4 and pg 114 #4

Reminder:  I will not be available in Tutorial on Tuesday!

Mercredi 11/12

NO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ICE/SNOW

As a result, oral interviews will begin Friday in class.  Be ready!

Lundi 09/12

Today we reviewed the expressions “être à + name/stress pronoun” and “être en train de + infinitive.”  Then we began talking about how to use adjectives in French.

A Faire:  pg 47 #4, practice family tree/identity questions when finished

Devoirs:  Practice for oral interviews (start WED!)  pg 47 #6:  for each bullet point, write 1 affirmative and 1 negative sentence (what the good/bad qualities are).  Use 2 adjectives in each sentence!

There are still volunteer incentive slots available for oral interviews in tutorial this Wed and in class 8^th period!  Must sign up before the beginning of class on Wednesday!

Vendredi 06/12

Today with a substitute, students practiced the verb être and some expressions with être, practiced for oral interviews, and learned some new adjectives and played “Loto.”

A Faire : Pg 42 #2—write answer only. Remember the contraction made with à + le = au, à + les = aux

TEC (Travail en Classe):  Study pgs 47-47 and take notes.  Define all adjectives in yellow and orange boxes.

Devoirs: Practice! Oral interviews start WED! Pg 47 #5 (2 sentences for each one: 1 affirmative with 2 adjectives, 1 negative with 2 adjectives.  See examples in book!)

Mercredi 04/12

Today we learned some new vocabulary for pets (See PowerPoint—click here!).  We practiced the conjugations of the verb “être” (and of course the song!) as well as 2 expressions with “être”:  “être a + name/stress pronoun” and “être en train de + infinitive.”  Then we practiced for oral interviews.

A Faire:  Write a sentence for each slide in the PowerPoint answering my question.

Devoirs:  pg 45 #1 (2 short sentences for each person in the first column.  Say where each person is and what he/she is busy doing.)

Lundi 02/12

Today we reviewed the identity questions (pg 32) and practiced family trees in preparation for oral interviews that start next Wednesday.  We also began preparing a survey about Thanksgiving break.

A Faire:  Write questions for survey and then write your own answers to the questions.  No intonation questions!!

Handouts:  Sondage—les vacances de Thanksgiving

Devoirs:  Finish Sondage questions and answers!  We will be doing it at the beginning of class next time!