Lundi 13/05

Today in class we reviewed for the quiz and did some resto/café dialogues.

A Faire:  leçon 10 packet #8-A (be sure to make up an excuse!)

Devoirs:  leçon 10 packet #5 (what you ate and drank SOME of!)

Jeudi 09/05

Today we talked about what we want “some of” for the three meals of the day, reviewed how to accept an offer (vouloir bien), looked at 2 art history periods (le réalisme et l’impressionisme) and started presenting resto/café dialogues.  Note:  when you are saying “some” of something, you are using the partitive (partitif) article.  This word will come up in directions.  When you see partitif, think “some”!

A Faire:  leçon 10 packet #6 (use vouloir bien, some/any)

TEC :  You should have a total of 6 French sentences as a reflection on the art history we’ve done this week.

Devoirs: leçon 10 packet #3 (partitif = some), #7 (phrases complètes!) 

Quiz Tuesday !  Study :  irregular verbs (in particular, boire, vouloir, pouvoir, devoir) and all food related vocab/verbs pgs 142-150.

Mardi 07/05

Today in class we spoke lots of French, learned the verb “devoir” (see pg 156), practiced our café/resto dialogues (we turned in final scripts!) and looked at a PowerPoint on the art of Baroque/Rococo, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism.

A Faire:  pg 157 #3

TEC:  pg 160 #7

Devoirs: Leçon 10 packet #1 & 2 (front page!), be prepared to present dialogue on Thursday!!!

Lundi 06/05

Today in class we talked about our weekend, what we drink some of and don’t drink any of (verb: boire) and practiced dialogues in groups.

A Faire:  pg 166 #1

Handouts (click on link):  Leçon 10 packet

Devoirs: final copy of dialogue script (1 per group with all names is fine), leçon 10 packet (new one!) #4

Jeudi 02/05

Today we did a lot of speaking practice in partners, learned the verbs “pouvoir” and “boire” (add to verb chart!), worked on dialogue scripts, and learned how express the idea of “any” (as in, I don’t want any…).

Handouts (click on link):  Editing Correction Codes

A Faire:  pg 157 #2

TEC:  pg 160 #8 (follow the model to use the past tense to express what he ate “some” of and didn’t eat “any” of)

Devoirs: leçon 9 packet #4 (say what food you will bring SOME of and your notes over the crepe making vocab will help you with utensils as well!), pg 161 #9 (compare the list with what she actually bought on the table.  Follow the model to use the past tense to express what she bought “some” of and didn’t buy “any” of.)
Make sure you finalize your dialogue scripts and bring them to class for practice!  Presentations start Thursday!!

Mardi 30/04

Today in class we learned all the conjugations of the verb vouloir (to want) and practiced using it in several contexts (see pg. 156!).  We also learned how to say “some” in terms of food (some apple, some apples) and looked at a PowerPoint on the art of la Renaissance.

TEC:  pg 159 #4

A Faire:  pg 157 #1

Handouts (click on link):  Calendrier 8

Devoirs: livre pg 159 #5 (responses only in complete sentences!), Leçon 9 packet #2

Lundi 29/04

Today in class we did a partner activity (pg 149 #6), went over the vocab pg 150 and worked on dialogue scripts.

A Faire:  pg 151 #9

Devoirs: pg 151 #11 (complete sentences), resto/café dialogue script (DOUBLE SPACED) to turn in

Extra credit opportunity:  What do the French celebrate on May 1^st?  What is the significance of this date?  How do people celebrate?  Why?  Give as much detail as possible! Due: lundi 5/5

 

Jeudi 25/04

Today we practiced ordering food asking to have items at the table passed to us.  We reviewed the imperative and looked at a presentation on Gothic art.  We started a mini-project of writing restaurant/café dialogues (double spaced draft of script due Tuesday!).

Dialogue criteria:  in groups of 2-3 people…

-8 lines per person

-include formalities (greetings, politesse)

-order food

-ask for check and if service is included

-include a problem of some sort

-must be memorized

-can present live in class or on a video

A Faire:  pg 147 #5 (Vary the way you order the items and use all 3 ways you know to do it!)

Devoirs: lecon 9 packet #1, #6-B (write this one in your cahier!)

Déjeuner français—demain!!!

Bring your lunch and come meet and talk with some of the young French students visiting Grant while earning participation credit and possible extra credit!  Think about questions or topics you want to discuss before you come (it will help you to say more!)  On va parler français!!   Room 128, @ lunch tomorrow.  Hope to see you there!

Lundi 22/04

Today in class we talked about our likes/dislikes, practiced pronunciation of food vocab, did pg 149 #7 out loud in partners and discussed how to order food and be polite in French.

A Faire:  We circulated and asked 3 different people each of the questions below and recorded 2 things they said for each.  We then shared our findings with the large group.

Qu’est-ce que tu adores?        Qu’est-ce que tu aimes?         

Qu’est-ce que tu n’aimes pas tellement ?        Qu’est-ce que tu détestes ?

TEC:  pg 147 #4-A

Devoirs: pg 147#4-B, leçon 9 packet #6-A

Jeudi 18/04

Today we corrected quizzes, learned/practiced place setting vocab, and reviewed l’impératif.  All quiz corrections and make-up must be done by the end of tutorial on Tuesday!

A Faire:  pg 145 #2 and make your own place setting.  (see example=>clique ici!)

Devoirs: pg 149 #7 (answers only, don’t forget articles!), write 3 things each that you “adorer”, “aimer”, “n’aimer pas tellement”, “detester” (4 phrases en totale!)...from vocab pg 148.