Halloween

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October 23 French Club

FRENCH CLUB TODAY!
 at 2:30 in room 270.

We will be voting on our club tee-shirt design for the year, so be sure to come and bring your design.

We'll spend just 10 minutes sharing shirt designs.  We will also brainstorm to see what kinds of activities you guys would like to do for French Club and add them to this blog.

After this we will spend a bit of time reviewing numbers and colors. 
Tomorrow you will have a short quiz (2 pts only!) over colors and numbers, focusing on the numbers 80 through 100.

And finally, we will move on to learning the vocabulary and phrases you'll need to enjoy France's culinary offerings. 








Here are some sites with ideas for French Club shirts:
https://www.imagemarket.com/Templates#!52
http://www.customink.com/design_ideas/search/french
Not that this has anything to do with our class, per se, but who wants to order a Gryffindor Quiddich tee shirt? 
Order Quiddich shirt

October 19--Tintin

Friday's HOMEWORK.  5 points, due Monday

Write a letter to someone introducing yourself.  Include most of the things below, but don't just copy what we already did.  Think what you would really want to say.  You'll probably realize that there are things you want to say that we've studied but which are not listed below.
At the end of each sentence below you will find page numbers in parentheses.  These are the pages in the book that deal with the necessary concepts.

QUIZ --Letter of Introduction

 6 points, 1/2 point each,  One small spelling error allowed for each line, but if you have two words that are misspelled, that's minus 1/4 point.  If a word is wrong, that's minus 1/2 (zero).

Pretend you're writing a letter, and translate these sentences into French:

Dear _______________:

Cher Pierre/ Chère Stephanie

My name is _________________.  I'm 15 years old.  (15)

Je m'appelle ____________.  J'ai quinze ans.    quatorze, treize, seize(19, 21)

My sister/brother's name is _______________.  He (or she) is cool/weird/nice. (35)

Mon frère s'appelle ______________/ma soeur.  Il/elle est chouette/bizarre/gentille

What's your name?  How old are you? 

Comment t'appelles-tu?  Quel âge as-tu? (37)

Are you French, Canadian, or English?

Tu es français, canadien, ou anglais?/Tu es française, canadienne, ou anglaise?

Do you like ____________ ? (food item, but not ice cream)

Tu aimes ____________/Est-ce que tu aimes _____________?

Do you have a pet?  A dog, or a cat?  

Tu as un animal domestique?  Un chien?  Un chat?

Do you have a pal? 

Tu as un copain?/Tu as une copine?

Who is it? 

Qui est-ce? (27)

Thank you.  

Merci

Good-bye

Au revoir

Sincerely/warmly ___________________

Amicalement/Amitié

* Extra words you need to know to write this letter:

Dear = Cher (boy); Chère (girl) 

or = ou

cool=chouette   weird=bizarre   nice=gentil (boy) gentille (girl)

Do you like ice cream = Tu aimes la glace? (You like the ice cream?) 

Thank you = merci

Good-bye = au revoir

Sincerely = Amicalement

With friendship = Amitié

October 19th--Tintin

QUIZ --Letter of Introduction

 6 points, 1/2 point each

Pretend you're writing a letter, and translate these sentences into French:

Dear _______________:

My name is _________________.  I'm 15 years old.  

My sister/brother's name is _______________.  He (or she) is cool/weird/nice.

What's your name?  How old are you? 

Are you French, Canadian, or English?

Do you like ____________ ? (food item, but not ice cream)

Do you have a pet?  A dog, or a cat? 

Do you have a pal? 

Who is it? 

Thank you.  

Good-bye

Sincerely/warmly ___________________

* Extra words you need to know to write this letter:

Dear = Cher (boy); Chère (girl) 

or = ou

cool=chouette   weird=bizarre   nice=gentil (boy) gentille (girl)

Do you like ice cream = Tu aimes la glace? (You like the ice cream?) 

Thank you = merci

Good-bye = au revoir

Sincerely = Amicalement

With friendship = Amitié

Wednesday, October 17th

QUIZ --Letter of Introduction

 6 points, 1/2 point each

Pretend you're writing a letter, and translate these sentences into French:

Dear _______________:

My name is _________________.  I'm 15 years old.  

My sister/brother's name is _______________.  He (or she) is cool/weird/nice.

What's your name?  How old are you? 

Are you French, Canadian, or English?

Do you like ____________ ? (food item, but not ice cream)

Do you have a pet?  A dog, or a cat? 

Do you have a pal? 

Who is it? 

Thank you.  

Good-bye

Sincerely/warmly ___________________

* Extra words you need to know to write this letter:

Dear = Cher (boy); Chère (girl) 

or = ou

cool=chouette   weird=bizarre   nice=gentil (boy) gentille (girl)

Do you like ice cream = Tu aimes la glace? (You like the ice cream?) 

Thank you = merci

Good-bye = au revoir

Sincerely = Amicalement

With friendship = Amitié

Politics in America/Politics in France

Did you watch the Debate Tuesday night?

I think it's important for all of us to be informed members of society and to make our voice heard.

It's looking like this election could be very close, and as such, it's extra important for all of us in the country to think through issues that will affect our lives.  Not only will the next president guide the country through the next four years, but during those four years it is very likely that he will appoint 1 or 2 Supreme Court justices, and those judges will make decisions that could last your entire lifetimes.  So, in case you're interested in following the polls these last three weeks, here are some that show how President Obama and Governor Romney are doing in the states that matter most:

Current Polls

French Political System 

The French do not have a two-party political system divided roughly 50/50 democrat/republican.  There are all sorts of other popular candidates from different parties.

2012 French Presidential Election Results, First Round

Check the above link.  It shows that the current president only received 28% of the votes the first time the election was held in April!  When no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, they have a run-off between the two top candidates.  In that election Francois Hollande took more votes than his opponent Sarkozy.

October 9

Dictee/Dictation

Bonjour!
Quelle heure est-il?
Il est quatre heures seize.
A quelle heure est le film?
Le film est à huit heures moins le quart.
Au film, je voudrais manger de la pizza.
C'est combien, la pizza?
Elle coûte 13 Euros.
Et qu'est-ce que tu veux?  Un soda?  Un jus d'orange?
Non, un Coca.  Un Coca Cola, s'il te plaît.

Now translate the dialogue into English
Hello!
What time is it?
It's 4:16.
What time's the movie?
The movie is at 7:45
At the movie, I would like to eat some pizza.
How much is the pizza?
It costs 13 Euros
And what do you want?  A soda?  An orange juice.
No, I'd like a Coke.  A Coca Cola, if you please

October 2, 2012

Your family

Today we will bring together everything we have learned up to this point as we prepare for oral presentations.  In your oral presentation you will introduce yourself and members of your family and you will tell the class about them.



We will continue learning about food today.  And for good reason.  To the French, food is extremely important.  For years they have been eating organic, straight from the farm food.  And as you probably know, that costs quite a bit more.  The French spend twice as much on their food as we do.

We'll start by making flash cards with pictures of food on them (see 45 and 49).

Then we'll do do the exercises on pages 48-51.

We also need to practice listening comprehension, so we will do workbook exercises on pages 33 and 34.

Homework: pages 35, 36