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!

 

Mercredi 30/10

Today we learned about the 3 different ways to form questions in French and the questions that generate the 2 kinds of answers (oui/non, information). 

A Faire :  pg 21 #7 (write question and answer!), Halloween word search

Handouts:  Halloween word search

Devoirs:  pg 60 #8 but ATTENTION:  My directions are different!  Write each of the questions using question word + est-ce que + rest of sentence.  Then answer for yourself in a complete sentence.

Lundi 28/10

Today we learned about stress pronouns (see pg 23).

A Faire:  pg 23 #11

Devoirs:  pg 23 #12 (say what each person is doing at their house using chez + stress pronoun), Make sure you have both questions and answers from pg 21 #6 prepared for use in class on Wednesday!!

Vendredi 25/10

Today we presented dialogues, did a quick review, took a quiz, and then played “Loto”.

Devoirs:  pg 21 #6—write question and answer; follow formula:  question word + est-ce que + rest of sentence? (tu regardes la télé?)

Mercredi 23/10

Today we presented dialogues and then went over homework from IR/RE handout and review packet #1.

A Faire :  Review packet #2, last page, #5

Handouts:  Review Packet #2

Devoirs:  Finish review packet #2 (to turn in!)

Lundi 21/10

Today we started discussing interrogative expressions (question words) and then practiced and presented dialogues.

A Faire:  pg 22 #9 (write a complete sentence answer)

Handouts:  Review Packet

Devoirs:  Review packet (do all except listening, #9, #12).  Study for quiz!!

Vendredi 18/10

Today we practiced possessive adjectives (my, yours, his/hers, theirs).  See pg R7.  We did a listening comprehension activity and we practiced dialogues (presentations start Monday!)
 

A Faire:  pg 17 #12 (write whole sentence!)  

TEC (Travail en Classe):  Listening comprehension—Vrai/Faux

Devoirs :  Study for Quiz.  Memorize dialogue and be ready to present! Study/take notes pg 21 (yellow box), do pg 22 #8 (rewrite question with the question word that makes sense)

Mardi 15/10

Today we did some RE verb and dialogue practice and we talked about and saw a short video on the problem of online translators.

A Faire:  RE verb handout  #3 (write out the complete sentence that you are putting the conjugated verb into!)

Devoirs:  Review/take notes pg R7 “D”, do pg 17 #11 (write out whole sentence answer!)  Study/know ER/IR/RE verbs on regular verb handout (add IR/RE verbs to LOTO board for game Friday!), be prepared to present dialogues from memory and with any acting or props necessary.

Study for quiz:  ER/IR/RE verbs, numbers 1-1.000.000.00,  French style phone numbers, school vocab, favorite subjects, paris history, prepositions pg 15, Je veux/peux/dois, preferer, DE + LE, days, months, seasons, weather, dates, questions

Annonce:  French Travel Club trip meeting this Thursday (10/17) in room 126!  Students and parents welcome!!  Please RSVP to Mme. Reid if you plan to attend!

French Travel Club Information Meeting

Interested in traveling to France and Monaco this June??

French Travel Club Information Meeting for parents and students!

Thursday, October 17^th, 7pm

Room 126 (Grant HS)

For more information, go to my website and click on the French Travel Club page!

http://granthsfrench.weebly.com

RSVP by Wednesday 10/16 to: areid@pps.net 

Mercredi 09/10

Today we practiced talking about school course preferences, RE verbs, dialogues and finished playing “Loto”.

A Faire:  RE verb handout.  #2 (complete sentence for each subject in the parentheses, conjugate appropriately!)

Devoirs:  Study/know ER/IR/RE verbs on  regular verb handout, IR verb handout #3 (recycle from questions for answers, must write complete sentences!!) 

Study for quiz:  ER/IR/RE verbs, numbers 1-1.000.000.00,  French style phone numbers, school vocab, favorite subjects, Paris history, prepositions pg 15, Je veux/peux/dois, preferer, DE + LE, days, months, seasons, weather, dates, questions

Lundi 07/10

Today we reviewed ER/IR/RE verb conjugations/songs, went over the Paris: Une Histoire reading, discussed some common mistakes in the dialogue scripts (got scripts back), and had work time in dialogue groups.

A Faire:  IR handout #1, RE handout #1 (write out whole sentences!)

Handouts:  IR/RE Handout

Devoirs:  IR handout #2 (complete sentences), Final dialogue script due (prefer that it is typed but will accept very neatly written—each partner should have a copy and turn another copy into me!), study ER/IR/RE verbs on handout (handed out 9/25).  Quiz next week over everything we’ve been doing!!

Vendredi 04/10

Today we practiced talking about some school subjects and we reviewed IR and RE verb endings/songs.  We also had some work time for dialogues.  Then we started playing “Loto.”
 

Handouts:  Verb chart.

Devoirs :  Study for Quiz (look at notes and assignments)—Coming soon!  Practice out loud 15 minutes each day! Pg 22 #10: define verbs, write each sentence with the appropriate conjugation of the verb.  Binder/Cahier check Monday!

Back to School Night

Contact Information and Class Resources:

Madame Reid:  areid@pps.net

Website:  http://granthsfrench.weebly.com

Click here for a copy of:  Syllabus, Parent Letter, and ClassExpectations/Policies

Goals:        -Provide a safe and comfortable environment where students can take risks

                          and make mistakes

                        -Help students learn to speak, comprehend, read, and write

                        -Keep lessons practical (based on real life scenarios) and relevant to

                         students’ lives (appeal to their interests and future goals)

                        -Emphasis on culture of French-speaking world

                        -Make learning French fun!

The Class:   -Activity/Project based  (learning through experience!)

                        -Start controlled and become more open-ended

                        -Lots of in class oral practice as well as listening, reading and writing

Expectations:  -Students are focused, engaged and active participants

                        -Homework 20-30 min/night.  Practice out loud every day for 15 min minimum!

                        -Organization:  binder/notebook

                                    -Build resource binder

                                    -Notebook (spiral/composition) for warm-ups, HW & in-class

                                    Work

Finals policy:  

-4 or fewer absences (of any kind) and final exam cannot hurt grade, 2 tardies=1 absence

            *incentive for regular attendance