Vendredi 06/06

Today we reviewed l’imparfait and le passé composé avec avoir and être, we talked briefly about how to revise the passé composé paragraphs and did a sing-off with Tous Les Garçons et Les Filles!

A Faire:  pg 127 #2 (read the sentence and decide if the person/people went out or not.  Check your HV and les accords!)

Handouts/Class Materials:  Livre de Grammaire

Devoirs :  revise passé composé paragraphs (see criteria below), pg 129 #4 (read sentence and decide if the people did/didn’t do the things in parentheses.  Attention: these are all Vandertrampps so pay close attention to HV and les accords!), Study for FINAL EXAM ON WEDNESDAY!

*Have Livre de Grammaire (a place for you to articulate rules/formation/examples of the biggest grammatical concepts of the year) on Monday and earn the right to use a 3x5 notecard on the final exam.  Otherwise it will be due on Tuesday.

PC paragraph criteria:  6 sentences minimum, talk about somewhere you went (aller) and what you did there (other verbs in PC), can be about the same age as imparfait sentences or a different age, use je form and plural form (nous/vous/ils/elles) at least twice!  

Mercredi 04/06

Today we reviewed the formation of the passé composé in particular with aller and the 17 verbs that go with être, we learned the conjugations of the verb “voir”, and discussed the final exam (which will be next WED!!)

Handouts/Class Materials: Study guide for Final, Review Packet

A Faire:  pg 116 #1

TEC:  pg 128 #3

Devoirs :  Review packet pg 1 (front/back), pg 116 #2 (complete sentences!)

Lundi 02/06

Today we listened to seniors present about their language learning experiences and their plans to use it in the future.

A Faire:  Take notes over senior finals presentations

Handouts/Class Materials:  Imparfait Review Handout

Devoirs :  Imparfait Review Handout

ALL MISSING/LATE WORK, QUIZZES, OR INTERVIEWS MUST BE TURNED IN BY THIS FRIDAY LE 6 JUIN!!!!

Vendredi 30/05

Today we learned about le passé composé avec être, worked on revising our imparfait paragraphs and watched the rest of Paris Top 10.

A Faire:  pg 119 #6 (look at the agreement on the past participle of aller to decide who is being talked about, write that person’s name and the correct conjugation of the helping verb être)

TEC:  Paris Top 10, imparfait revisions

Devoirs :  pg 120 #7 (say where each person went and what they did—soyez logique!), final draft of revised  imparfait sentences/paragraph typed and ready to turn in, PC paragraph (see below for criteria!)

PC paragraph criteria:  6 sentences minimum, talk about somewhere you went and what you did there, can be about the same age as imparfait sentences or a different age, use je form and plural form (nous/vous/ils/elles) at least twice!  DOUBLE SPACED FOR TURN IN!

Imparfait paragraph criteria:  15 sentences minimum in imparfait, quality and variety of vocabulary, multiple features/aspects of physique/personality, TYPED (not double spaced for final), conventions (punctuation, spelling, accents, etc)

Mercredi 28/05

Today we reviewed the formation of the passé composé, practiced forming questions with it and add some irregular past participles to the mix.  I went over how to understand the correction codes I used to revise the rough drafts (imparfait) and some common errors students were making with the imparfait.

A Faire:  pg 117 #3 (write 3 sentences for each one, make at least 1 a negative sentence!)

Handouts/Class Materials: Correction codes, Passé Composé Graphic Organizer

Devoirs :  pg 117 #4 ( write the question using inversion or est-ce que and your answer using passé composé), revise draft and bring it with you to class next time as well as any questions you have for revising!!

Vendredi 23/05

Today we practiced singing “Tous le garcons et les filles” for our sing-off next week, watched a few dialogue presentations, learned about the other form of the past tense (le passé composé) and watched a little of Paris Top 10.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Board notes for passé compose, A faire images/questions

A Faire:  copy the questions on the first slide into cahier, answer the questions for each image (use singular/plural forms when appropriate.)

TEC:  pg 105 #1 (say what they bought)

Devoirs :  pg 105 #2 (answers only), pg 107 #5 (say if you did/didn’t do the things last weeked---answers will be either affirmative or negative)  BE CONSCIENTIOUS IN YOUR WORK!

Mercredi 21/05

Today we practiced how to describe what we used to be like (physique/personality) using être/avoir in l’imparfait.  We reviewed adjectives and particularly how to talk about hair and eyes in French.  We presented restaurant dialogues and listened to our song.

A Faire:  Add a description of your physique/personality to your imparfait mini-project (10 sentences about an age under 12).  Write at least 5 sentences (some may be things you used to do)

Handouts/Class Materials: adjectives/physical description, examples of imparfait writing, questions to help with imparfait mini-project.

Devoirs :  pg 320 #6 (say what people did/didn’t used to do 100 years ago), 15 sentence rough draft, DOUBLE SPACED and neatly written/typed of imparfait mini-project—to turn in!!

Lundi 19/05

Today we listened to our song “Tous les garçons et les filles” and watched Paris Top 10.

TEC:  Paris Top 10 questions

Handouts/Class Materials:  Tous les garçons et les filles

Devoirs:  Write 10 sentence using imparfait about yourself at any age under 12.  Describe what you used to do/eat/watch/play/etc.  Use Leçon 23 packet pg 191 B as inspiration if you get stuck!  

Vendredi 16/05

Today we practiced some familiar questions (weather/time) in the imparfait, presented restaurant dialogues, and watched some of Paris Top 10.

A Faire:  Leçon 23 packet pg 189 #1

Devoirs :  Leçon 23 packet pg 189-190 #3 (say what people were/weren’t doing in 1900-soyez logique!), Leçon 23 packet pg 190 #1 (photo de vacances—recycle from the question to answer!), study verbs!!

Mercredi 14/05

Today we practiced more imparfait and learned to use the verb être.  We practiced dialogues and reviewed l’article partitif with an oral activity.

A Faire:  pg 318 #4 (say where people were, using être, and what they were doing by putting the verb in parentheses in the proper imperfect form)

Handouts/Class Materials: Leçon 23 packet

Devoirs :  pg 170 #7 (complete sentences using l’article partitif et indefini), lecon 23 packet #2 (very similar to A faire…change “se reposer” to “me reposer” and it means to rest)

Lundi 12/05

Today we practiced dialogues, did a quick review of the formation of the “imparfait” and began watching Paris Top 10.

Devoirs:  practice dialogues and have all materials with you in class to practice on Wed!, pg 318 #3 (say what people were doing during the blizzard—soyez logique!!)

Vendredi 09/05

Today we had a pop quiz, practiced dialogues, reviewed l’article partitif, and started learning l’imparfait (past tense-see pg 316).

A Faire:  pg 317 #1

Handouts/Class Materials:  Paris Top 10

Devoirs :  add verbs pg 224 to verb chart, pg 317 #2 (just put the little words like “te” “se” in #1, 4, 5 in front of the verb, they don’t change/change anything), partitive handout #2 “les courses”

Mercredi 07/05

Today we reviewed the partitive articles (some) and learned the negative forms, de/d’ (any). We also started practicing dialogues in class (ATTENTION: Dialogue presentations start Friday 5/16—completely memorized!)

A Faire:  un vegetarian (partitive handout #1)

Handouts/Class Materials: partitive handout

Devoirs :  pg 170 #6 (use partitif and indefini articles to describe what the students eat for lunch), crepe crossword handout #2, study ALL irregular verbs for pop quiz, be ready to practice/turn in final dialogues (if you haven’t already) on Friday in class—I need a copy and each person in the group needs a copy!!

Vendredi 02/05

Today we did some oral practice and learned the expression “tiens. Voilà…”  We also learned about the partitive articles (pg 158).  Then we had our fête de crêpe.

Devoirs : Pop quiz coming: study all verbs (meanings and conjugations, regular and irregular!), pg 159 #5 (use corresponding partitive article to write question and your answer to the question-we'll be using these in class!.)

Mercredi 30/04

Today we reviewed “boire”, practiced “vouloir”, learned “pouvoir” and “devoir” and then learned to make crêpes through a PowerPoint.

A Faire:  pg 157 #3 –and-

Answer the following questions:

1. Qu’est-ce que tu bois souvent?                      
2. Qu’est-ce que tu bois de temps en temps ?
3. Qu’est-ce que tu ne bois jamais ?

Complete the following sentences using a conjugation of vouloir and a food/drink :

1. Nous _______________ manger les crêpes.
2. Le végétarien ______________ manger _________________
3. Les chats _________________ manger __________________
4. Je ___________ manger ___________
5. Je ___________ boire _____________

Handouts/Class Materials:  crêpe crossword handout, Crêpe PowerPoint

Devoirs:  crepe crossword (not the back !), pg 157 #2, study irregular verbs (pop quiz coming!), BRING CREPE PARTY SUPPLIES!!

Lundi 28/04

Today we practiced using “boire”, worked on and turned in dialogue script rough drafts, and learned the verb “vouloir”.  We also planned our fête de crêpe!

Devoirs:  Study verbs!!  Add verbs pg 157 to verb chart, pg 157 #1 (say what the people given want to do.)  Fête de crêpe vendredi!!!!

Vendredi 25/04

Today we learned the verb “boire” (pg 166) and worked on restaurant dialogues/skits in groups.

A Faire:  pg 166 #1

Devoirs :  Study all verbs (especially irregular and including boire—another verb quiz coming soon!!), write sentences saying what 5 people you know drink (using boire), review ER verbs with accent irregularities pg 167 and do #2 (rewrite the sentence for each person in parentheses).

Lundi 21/04

Today practiced how to order food in a restaurant and took a verb quiz (prendre, mettre, and venir families).  We did lots of oral practice in class.

A Faire:  pg 147 #4 A & B (write the blue lines in French and then do the dialogues in partners!)

Devoirs:  pg 152 (first 8 questions only!)—use menu pg 153.

Vendredi 18/04

Today we had a substitute teacher.

A Faire:  Activité 8 (mettre)

Handouts/Class Materials:  Activité 8 (mettre)

Devoirs :  study verbs for quiz Monday, pg 149 #8 (say what EACH person likes a lot, doesn’t really like, hates), study pg 150, do pg 151 #9 (say what you’re going to buy based on what you’re making.)

Mercredi 16/04

Today we reviewed “les boutiques specialisee” that the French shop in, learned the verbs “mettre, promettre, and permettre”, and worked on/finalized our pen pal letters. 

*I must have your pen pal letter by the end of the day tomorrow (Thur)!!! I will not be in the building Friday and I plan to send them Friday morning!

A Faire:  pg 110 #13 (write out whole sentence with the correct verb conjugated in the blank)

Devoirs:  Pen pal letter!!!  TA paragraph!! pg 111 #14 (6-9 only) and pg 149 #7 (answers—write your preferences !  We’ll be using these in class Friday!)