vendredi, le 26 avril

Venir and de

page 219 B  de, des, de la, du
page 218 A conjugations of venir
Quizlet venir    Discovering French 1 Isom Venir
exercise 1, page 218
with parner, "Et Toi" page 217
Homework= Workbook page 133, exercises 1 and 2

19 avril

Homework over the weekend:
1. Log onto Quizlet.com.  Add your first name to the title of the flashcards.  Fix all typos. Be sure the title includes the type of words or page number.  Here are three examples:
Discovering French 1 Isom, Olivia--Ma Maison/My House
Discovering French 1 Isom, Jose R.--Les mois de l'année/Months
Discovering French 1 Isom, Rubi--page 165 Description adjectives
2. Homework (devoir) due Monday:  Write out exercise 211:8

 on page 207:1 and 208:3        5 points at first of period.I will walk around and give points as you're taking your quiz on the words from pages 197 and 200
Quiz:  Translate into French:
1. In my neighborhood there is
2. a good restaurant,
3. an interesting museum,
4. and a swimming pool.
5. At my house the dining room is in front of the kitchen
6. A bedroom
7. A living room
8. A store (starts with "m")
9. The beach (not "a beach")
10. The school 
In class today:
Speak exercises 207:1 and 208:3
Flash cards for page 210 words

Watch Téléfrançais

18 avril

Homework (devoir) due:  Write out exercises on page 207:1 and 208:3        5 points at first of period Friday
I will walk around and give points as you're taking your quiz on the words from pages 197 and 200

Quiz:  Translate into French: First of the period Friday

1. In my neighborhood there is
Dans mon quartier il y a
2. a good restaurant,
un bon restaurant,
3. an interesting museum,
un musée intéressant,
4. and a swimming pool.
et une piscine.
5. At my house the dining room is in front of the kitchen 
Chez-moi, la salle à manger est devant la cuisine.
Chez-moi, la salle à manger est en face de la cuisine.

Quiz will be worth 10 points, homework 5 points.

(for "at my house" you may say either: à ma maison" or "chez-moi")

Computer lab assignment yesterday.  The flash cards you guys made are great!  Let's go over some of them
Note: some of you need to go back and
1. fix the title of you flash cards so that it reads:  Discovering French 1 Isom [and then add the category of words, such as "Ma Maison" followed by a forward slash and then the English translation.  Here are three examples:
Discovering French 1 Isom--Ma Maison/My House
Discovering French 1 Isom --La Description/Description (adjectives)
Discovering French 1 Isom --Les mois de l'année/Months of the Year

Two other things to fix:
accent marks    été, not ètè, for example
be sure that the language is set for French (I think you all did this)

11 avril

Homework page 203 exercise 3

Interview a student in class
Use your answers from exercise 196:1 (and feel free to add additional information)
Où habites-tu?
Quelle est ton adresse?
Comment est ta ville?  Elle est grande?  Est-ce qu'elle est (insert word from page
Extra credit option: Enter a poem in the Willamette bookstore poetry contest.  Writing poetry is an act of letting the soul sing, and we don't get enough opportunities for that in life, do we?

Extra credit:
+2 for entering a quality poem (most, but not all, poems fall into this category if you spend some time)
+1 for a second poem (but you don't get extra points for those)
+5 for best poem in the class
+10 for 2nd or 3rd in the contest (we will probably have one of those.  Will it be you?)
+15 for 1st place

Requirements:
Awards will be given for the following categories:
Best Rhymed Poem, Best Unrhymed Poem, Best Haiku (that pretty much covers it all!)
You may enter up to 3 poems per category (9 total)
30 lines maximum
Original poems only--no reinterpretations and no illustrations
Enter separate poems on separate sheets of paper
Type poems

In upper left corner in a 3x3 box write:
Name
School
Grade
Phone
Poem category

Bring poems to Mr. Isom no later than 2:30 on Friday, April 12
Or email poem to poetrycontest@willamette.edu by 5:00; or hand deliver to Willamette bookstore


Write a French poem of at least 10 words!  Then translate it into English.
There are some very easy ways to write a poem.  
Use all sorts of adjectives to describe something. 
 Use all sorts of verbs to describe something.
 Use all sorts of nouns to describe something.
Do one of the above describing something in a metaphorical way
Faux, vite, pénible,
Une chose sympathique
mais pas gentille
--L'amour
False, fast, painful
A nice thing,
but not gentle
--Love
Un supermarché?
peut-être un cinéma.
De temps en temps une école
La vie
A supermarket?
Perhaps a moviehouse
From time to time a school
--Love
See page 185, 117

10 avril

Homework (les devoirs)
Text:  199:5.  Write it out for all 5 examples
Text: 196:1
Workbook: 120, 121

le 8 avril

Lire (read) p 194 dans le livre.  Memorizer les cinq cités les plus grandes dans la France.  Et où elles sont (nord, sud, est, ouest)
Memorizer tout le vocabulaire à la page 197.
Petit examen on the spelling of the first 9 places you find in a city.
It might help you to check the flash cards found on the website for the textbook:
Unit 5 vocabulary

Remember to use this resource!  classzone.com

April 5

Finish the Unit 4 test.  It's hard.  Really think about your answers as you review

Homework:This weekend you need to memorize all of the vocabulary for places around town.  See page 197
You also need to do exercises 1 and 2 on page 120 in the workbook
Don't forget!  Do it right after school and you won't fall into the procrastination trap, which usually leads to forgetting to get around to doing it (and and "F" on the assignment)

April 4, 2013 Thank you Martin Luther King, Jr. for all you did

UNIT 4 Test

Homework: tonight you need to memorize all of the vocabulary for places around town.  See page 197

April 2

TEST tomorrow, Wednesday, April 3
UNIT 4

Do exercises on pages 113-116

Pop Quiz--Translate into French

1. She's a nice friend. (don't use the word "bonne")
2. It's a small car.
3. It is red. (the car)
4. The pencil is on the table.