Les Grandes Vacances de Noël Commence!

Examen:
Le verbe être(to be)
Traduire en français
1. We are cool.                                   Nous sommes chouettes/cool
2. You (formal) are American               Vous êtes américaines
3. They are interesting (intéressants)     Ils sont iintéressants
4. Pierre is at the movies.                     Pierre est au (à+le) cinéma (le/masc.)
5. I am not at home (at the house)        Je ne suis pas à la maison (la/fem.)
6/You (familiar) are on vacation           Tu es en vacances














Over Winter Break I'd like you to learn the following French Family Dinner vocabulary found on Quizlet: French Family Dinner 
and here are a number of other terms    Quizlet French Dinner Conversation
You will be quizzed on the numbered words. +5 extra credit if you print out these phrases and take a photo of yourself teaching them to someone at home!

French Family Dinner Table

Le dîner est prêt! C'est l'heure de manger.

S'il te plaît, 1.mettre la table

Please set the table

I like to set the table =

Le dîner est 2.prêt! C'est l'heure de manger.                       

Dinner is ready! It's time to eat

A table!  Come to the table!

Comment ça va 3.tout le monde?

How is everyone doing?

Le poulet et les légumes (+1 e.c.) ont l'air délicieux!

The chicken and the vegetables look

good (have the air of deliciousness)

4.Miam-miam! Ils sont 5.délicieux!

Yummy! They are delicious!

S'il te plaît, 6. peux-tu me passer le sel et le poivre?

If you please, can you pass me 

the salt and pepper?

Bien sûr

Sure

Le dîner est excellent. Merci Maman.

The dinner is excellent. Thanks, Mom

S'il te plaît, puis-je 7.sortir (go out of) de table?

May I please be excused?

(+1 e.c.)Dans un moment! Mais d'abord aide-nous 

à débarasser la table, s'il te plaît.

In a few minutes! 

But please help us clear the table first.

En classe:
Livre: 84 1-3
Devoirs:
1. Cahiers 67
2. Memorizer le verbe être--six formes
    je suis . . . ils sont (page 84)

Jingle Bells in French:
Lyrics/paroles
YouTube video
Vive le vent



Links to Christmas songs in French
Cloches tintez (jingle bells); Bonhomme de neige (Frosty the Snowman)
Douce nuit (Silent Night)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAO-btzjLciG3UvzlCPcxGDU_9NFf9E7A
link to mini Disney songs
Let it Go in French--Liberé delivré
Libérée, délivrée
Libérée, délivr♪

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I’m the Queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried

Don’t let them in, don’t let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know
Well, now they know

Let it go, let it go
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don’t care what they’re going to say
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway

It’s funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all

It’s time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I’m free

Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You’ll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on

My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I’m never going back,
The past is in the past

Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway

Copyright:

Writer(s): Emanuel Kiriakou, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert J. Lopez
Copyright: Wonderland Music Company Inc., Walt Disney Music Company
Lyrics powered by www.musiXmatch.com

French

Laisse Aller

Le neige est d'un blanc éclatant dans la montagne ce soir
Aucune trace de pas visible
Un royaume d'isolement
Et on dirait bien que je suis la Reine
Le vent hurle comme un tourbillon d'orage à l'intérieur
Je ne peux plus le garder, Dieu sait que j'ai essayé

Ne les laisse pas entrer, ne les laisse pas voir
Sois la gentille fille que tu as toujours été
Dissimule, ne ressens rien, ne les laisse pas savoir
Eh bien maintenant ils savent

Laisse aller, laisse aller
Je ne peux plus le retenir
Laisse aller, laisse aller
Pars et claque la porte
Je me fiche de ce qu'ils vont dire
Laisse l'orage éclater
Le froid ne m'a jamais dérangé, de toute façon

C'est drôle de voir comment la distance
Peut rendre tout petit
Et les peurs qui me contrôlaient
Ne peuvent pas me toucher

Il est temps de voir ce que je peux faire
Pour tester les limites et les dépasser
Pas de bien, pas de mal, pas de règles pour moi
Je suis libre

Laisse aller, laisse aller
Je suis seule avec le vent et le ciel
Laisse aller, laisse aller
Tu ne me verra jamais pleurer
Je me tiens là et je resterai
Laisse l'orage éclater

Mes pouvoirs résonnent à travers l'air et dans le sol
Mon âme tournoie en fragments de glace tout autour
Et une pensée cristallise comme une explosion de glace
Je ne reviendrai jamais
Le passé est le passé

Laisse aller, laisse aller
Et je me lèverai aux aurores
laisse aller, laisse aller
La fille parfaite est partie
Je suis là dans la lumière du jour
Laisse l'orage éclater
Le froid ne m'a jamais dérangé, de toute façon

English words with French origin

C'est vendredi! Ecoutons et étudions la musique

Try this AWESOME learning tool. It's a karaoke site, more or less, but you type instead of singing.     I literally think that it's the single best learning tool I've found for foreign language.
Lyricstraining.com   Papaoutai on Lyricstraining

LUNDI, LE QUINZE DECEMBRE
1. QUIZ/EXAMEN/INTERROGATION --sentences (phrases) from Friday. (Les phrases que nous avons étudié)
2. Spoken exercises from the book, 3-5, page 76;
3. write ex. 6, page 75 and 2, page 76.
4.
HOMEWORK: Memorize all verbs on pages 74 and 75 for tomorrow!

Quiz 

3rd period:

Chanter: to sing (camryn ronnow)

1. La chorale chante très bien. = the choir sings very well.

Gagnger: To win (Joanna Wattimena)

2. Vous méritez de gagner. = You deserve to win.

Briller: To glitter (Srikar Susarla)

3.Tout qui brille n’est pas or. = all that glitters is not gold

4.voulez-vous aller nager? You want to go swimming?

Débrouiller = to manage, cope, or get by (Mia Lindsey)

Il se débrouille bien en français. = He gets by fairly well in French.

5.Tu parles français?  Oui, je me débrouille

Here's our class Google Doc for verbs ending in -er (3rd period)

Here's our class Google Doc for verbs ending in -er (4th period)

4th period:

détester: To detest/hate/dislike (Marcee)  

Je déteste la tomate pelure quand c’est cuit = I dislike the tomato skin when it’s cooked.

Chanter: To Sing (Alan)

Joshi chante dans (in) la classe et dans la douche. = Joshi sings in the class and in the shower.

acheter:buy(Jules)

Ma mère va acheter du lait = My mom is going to buy some milk

Ma mère achète

Pleure: To cry. (Ishaan)

Quand elle chante, je pleure dans la douleur. = When she sings, I cry in pain.

déshonorer: to dishonor/disgrace (Giovanna)

Je pense que Taco Bell déshonore la nourriture mexicaine.= I think that taco bell is a dishonors/disgraces Mexican food. GRAMMAR: Adjectives come after the verb (usually)         

                                                                           English: Mexican (adjective) food (noun)

                                                                           French: Nourriture (noun)) mexicaine (adj)

Etudiez la chanson Papaoutai by (par) Stromae
Papaoutai, Official Video
Papaoutai, Video with Lyrics
      Lyrics, side by side French and English
Pentatonix cover of Papaoutai
Phrases we will study next week:
Où t'es? Papa, où t'es?                                     Where are you, Daddy?
(Where you is Daddy, where you is?)
Tout le monde sait                                              Everybody knows
(All the world knows)
Comment on fait des bébés                              How babies are made
(how one makes some babies)
Mais personne sait                                            But nobody knows
(But nobody knows)
Comment on fait des papas                             How daddies are made
(how one makes some daddies)
Monsieur je-sais-tout                                        Mr. Know-it-all
(Mister I know all)
en aurait hérité, c'est ça.                                  We have inherited, that's it
(some have inherited, that is that)

c'est le douze décembre

Exercise 1, page 74 . Ecrivez /Write
Ex 3, page 76 Parler

Verb Day!

CLASSWORK:
Write sentences from 10 -er verbs. Look up other words to use in the back of the book.
You must have at least one sentence for each of the subject pronouns:
Je                  Nous
Tu                 Vous
Elle               Ils

HOMEWORK:
Go to the following Google Doc and follow the directions. 10 points, due tomorrow

Important verbs in French, 3rd Period
Important Verbs in French, 4th Period

Most Important Verbs In French--Verbs Ending in  “--er”

Assignment--10 points

Each one of you is to enter a verb and a sentence in this Google Doc. Do it like this:

Example:

Dégoûter: To disgust (Mr. Isom)

Ce type me dégoûte = that guy disgusts me

Example 2:

Errer: to wander (Nadia)

Pas tous qui errent sont perdus = not all who wander are lost

Now enter your verbs below, along with the English definition. Then type a sentence with English translation as well. Don’t just use Google translate! If you must use a translator, simply use it as a dictionary, looking up one word at a time. Otherwise your sentence will have grammar concepts that you don’t know, and you won’t receive full credit.

Remember, do

12/5/14

Unit 2 Test Monday!!!

You must know how to translate all of the phrases from yesterday's activity.

And here are some more phrases that you must know to do well on the test. Translate them!

Optional, but I sure would recommend it!

Restaurant:
What would you like, Mister?
Give me a crêpe, please (remember, you're speaking formally to a waiter)
Here's a crêpe
Loan me 95 euros
Weather:
It is nice
Friday it rains. The weather is bad. il fait du vent = windy  il fait du brouillard
Small talk:
What is your name?
How old are  you?
When is your birthday?

Here's what we're doing today:
Aujourd'hui:
1. Révision (review) d'unité 2 dialogue.
2. Traduisez mots et phrases en préparation pour l'examen lundi (test Monday)
3. Etudiez la chanson Papaoutai by Stromae
Papaoutai, Official Video
Papaoutai, Video with Lyrics
      Lyrics, side by side French and English
Pentatonix cover of Papaoutai
Phrases we will study next week:
Où t'es? Papa, où t'es?                                     Where are you, Daddy?
(Where you is Daddy, where you is?)
Tout le monde sait                                              Everybody knows
(All the world knows)
Comment on fait des bébés                              How babies are made
(how one makes some babies)
Mais personne sait                                            But nobody knows
(But nobody knows)
Comment on fait des papas                             How daddies are made
(how one makes some daddies)
Monsieur je-sais-tout                                        Mr. Know-it-all
(Mister I know all)
en aurait hérité, c'est ça.                                  We have inherited, that's it
(some have inherited, that is that)




Translate the following into French

What time is it?
--It's a quarter to eight in the morning
Hey! Let's go (allons) to a restaurant to eat! (or say "shall we go (page 48))
--Ok, yes, I would like to eat an omelette and a croissant today.
What do you want? Are you hungry?
If you please, I would like a coffee.
Mmmmm, I like the restaurant. ("mmmm, yummy" is "miam!" in French)
--No. I don't like the restaurant. It costs one hundred euros.
[To say "not" in French, you place "ne" in front of the verb and "pas" after it.
  For example, "je ne veux pas" means "I don't want"
  and "Tu ne parles pas français" means "You don't speak French"]
--And it is cold.
Yes, it rains and it snows. It is winter.
--No! It is fall!
What is the date today?
--It's December four, two thousand fourteen. It is Friday.
Is it winter? No, it is fall. Winter starts December twenty-first.
--(optional) Hey, you said that it is Friday! Friday is tomorrow! You are a true dork

More phrases that you must know to do well on the test. Translate them!
Restaurant:
What would you like, Mister?
Give me a crêpe, please (remember, you're speaking formally to a waiter)
Here's a crêpe
Loan me 95 euros
Weather:
It is nice
Friday it rains. The weather is bad.
Small talk:
What is your name?
How old are  you?
When is your birthday?

aujourd'hui est le vingt novembre

Today you will divide into groups of 3-5 and write a skit using words and phrases from the book. Make it fun! We will finish writing them tomorrow and I will help you polish the French and practice. You will perform these skits Monday and Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Each skit must have a total of at least 40 words and may use any words or phrases from the lessons studied up to this point. Be sure that at least half of what you say is found in Unit 2. The idea behind this assignment is that it will help us review for the Unit 2 test, which will be given Friday, December 5th.
Use only words and phrases we have studied.

40 points
10 points--Show understanding of most of the French studied up to this point. Don't just focus on introductions or discussions of weather. Talking about the weather is boring in ANY language!
10 points--Write accurate French. Most of this will be phrases from the book, but you should consider creating your own sentences using bits and pieces of language that you've learned.
10 points--Show fluency of delivery. You will  need to practice!
5 points--creativity
5 points--dramatic presentation. Use props!

You may film your skit, but it is definitely NOT required.
NOTE: If you would like to use words that we have not studied up to this point, they must either be:

• cognates. Words that are virtually the same in French and English (cognates) and are recognizable.  Préfère means prefer, for example. If you go to your dictionary and maybe a thesaurus you can often find a word that is a cognate.
• Anything that I've taught  you that isn't in the book
• You may have cue cards or subtitles (for video) for up to 10 words

Lundi, le dix-sept novembre

Classroom objects
More classroom objects

QUIZ TOMORROW OVER THE FOLLOWING QUIZLET DECK:
Quizlet: Days of the Week, Months, Seasons


Useful Classroom Phrases

Learn French Through Xtranormal cartoon--Lesson 1
Learn French through Xtranormal cartoon--Lesson 2
Learn French Fast" through Xtranormal Cartoon--Lesson 3, Days of the Week
"Learn French Fast" Lesson 4
"Learn French Fast" Lesson 5--Months of the Year
"Learn French Fast" Lesson 6--The Seasons
"Learn French Fast" Lesson 7--Numbers and Time
"Learn French Fast" Lesson 8--Numbers and Time (part 2)

Aujourd'hui nous faisons (do) l'exercise 3 à la page 66 avec nos (our) partinaires.

Leçon 3A Quizlet deck

le sept novembre, deux mille quatorze

Joyeuse Anniversaire (à toi): The Minions sing Happy Birthday in French!
Another YouTube version: Joyeuse Anniversaire

Tomorrow your homework assignment will be to

Essential Words and Phrases I Need to Know to Start Learning French

Words and Phrases from Chapter 1
Verb conjugations from pages 94 and 95 will be on the test, too.


Map of France, interactive

le six novembre, deux mille quatorze

onze heures quinze
AUSSI (ALSO) onze heures et quart (and a quarter. i.e. "a quarter past eleven")
9:30  neuf heures trente  AUSSI, neuf heures et demi (and a half)


Sortez une feuille du papier

Regardez les pages 94, 95, et 96 pour (in order to) faire (do) l'exercise suivante (following)

Traduisez (translate):

Le dialogue à la page 92

Et répondre (respond) aux (to the) questions en bas (at the base of) la page.

Compréhension: Vrai (true) ou (or) Faux (false)

1-6

HOMEWORK:
Write exercise 7 from page 97.
You will need to refer to page 74 to do this. Page 95 has the same information
Exercise 7:
Alice et Marc jouent au foot
     (ils=they)       -ent ending is for they--more than one person.
1. à neuf heures, nous téléphonons
2 à quatre heures, vous jouez au tennis.
3.à huit heures, Véronique et Pierre . . .

Time and date

On a sheet of paper, write the following:
Verb conjugations for verbs ending in "-er" in French.
If you don't understand my explanation, turn to page 94 in the book to see how they explain it all.
Copy verbs from the board and then write your own!
To do this, go to the dictionary at the back of the book (about 5 pages from the very end) and find a verb that ends in -er.  To think (penser) does, for example.

Type the time and date.
example: It is 9:56, November 3
               Il est neuf heures cinquante-six, le trois novembre
1. The exact time of the next full moon  (10:23, Thursday the 6th of November. 22:23 military time)
2. The bell for the end of second period today
3. The moment that the first of the Twin Towers was hit on September 11th
     8:45, September 11.
4. The exact moment that President Nixon resigned
5. At exactly what time was George Alexander born to Katherine Middleton and Prince William (British royal family, if you don't happen to know)
 

30/10/14

Hamburger--Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau from The Pink Panther
Clouseau's accent: Interogates staff
Quizlet: Days of the Week, Months, Seasons
Quizlet: Seasons

Useful Classroom Phrases

Aujourd'hui c'est le vingt-neuf octobre

French Music Anthology, 3rd Period
French Music Anthology, 4th Period

mardi

Mardi, le vingt et un octobre

THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS TO LOOK UP THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE FOOD ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.

Use dictionaries (in the back of your book) or smart phones to find the French words for our food items.

More food items: Quizlet Food, explanded

Quizlet: Days of the Week, Months, Seasons
Quizlet: Seasons

Useful Classroom Phrases

Today we will learn a few new words that aren't taught at this point in the book.
Get out a sheet of paper and copy the following words and phrases.
At the bottom of your sheet of paper, write a 50 word dialog using these words and phrases as well as the others we have already learned. You may work with a partner! You  have to use words and phrases we've already learned or the dialog will be, uh, pretty limited (limité)
Aimer = to like
J'aime  =  I like/I love
J'aime la pizza
Manger  =  to eat
J'aime manger la pizza
Je mange la pizza
Tu manges la pizza?
Nous mangeons _______ We eat
Vous mangez ______ You eat
Elles mangent ______ They eat  (for boys or mixed groups, say "ils mangent")
(the "-ent" is silent)
Je voudrais une pizza, s'il vous plaît
On  =  one
On va  =  one goes.  That is, We go.
On parle français  = we speak French
On va dans un café? = Shall we go to a café?
(dans usually means "in." Here it means "to")

optional words to learn on your own:
spaghetti = les spaghettis
pasta = la pâte
an onion = un oignon
garlic = l'ail
a can of tomatoes = une boîte de tomates
a knife
spoon
spatula
bowl
pot
pan
cook

Here's a link to all of these notes: I like to eat pizza, etc.

More food items: Quizlet Food, explanded

Lundi, le vingt octobre

Today we will learn a few new words that aren't taught at this point in the book.
Get out a sheet of paper and copy the following words and phrases.
At the bottom of your sheet of paper, write a 50 word dialog using these words and phrases as well as the others we have already learned. You may work with a partner! You  have to use words and phrases we've already learned or the dialog will be, uh, pretty limited (limité)
Aimer = to like
J'aime  =  I like/I love
J'aime la pizza
Manger  =  to eat
J'aime manger la pizza
Je mange la pizza
Tu manges la pizza?
Nous mangeons _______ We eat
Vous mangez ______ You eat
Elles mangent ______ They eat  (for boys or mixed groups, say "ils mangent")
(the "-ent" is silent)
Je voudrais une pizza, s'il vous plaît
On  =  one
On va  =  one goes.  That is, We go.
On parle français  = we speak French
On va dans un café? = Shall we go to a café?
(dans usually means "in." Here it means "to")

optional words to learn on your own:
spaghetti = les spaghettis
pasta = la pâte
an onion = un oignon
garlic = l'ail
a can of tomatoes = une boîte de tomates
a knife
spoon
spatula
bowl
pot
pan
cook

Here's a link to all of these notes: I like to eat pizza, etc.

More food items: Quizlet Food, explanded

Vendredi, le dix-sept octobre

Students who have not yet finished the test, do so now

La Nourriture/Le Restaurant
ça coûte combien?
ça fait

HOMEWORK: Pages 39 and 40 in the workbook. I will give points for those pages as well as 35, 36 on Monday

jeudi, le seize octobre

FINISH UNIT 1 TEST (finissez examen, unité1)


DEVOIRS (HOMEWORK)
Cahier (workbook) pages 35-36
Due TOMORROW

Mercredi, le quinze octobre

Bonjour! Et bienvenue à la classe aujourd'hui. Nous commençon le six semaines numéro deux, et je suis très enthousiastes. Le vidéo de la nourriture est très amusante, et tout le monde fait ça.
Allons-y!

(by the way, on occasion the French that I write for you guys isn't quite the way a French person would really say it, but I try to make it possible for you to understand knowing the things that we have learned up to this point)

Check out this link to an interesting article on the difference between the French approach to food and that the most people in this country have:
10 Eating Rules that French Children Know

jeudi

UNIT 1 TEST TUESDAY! MARDI, VOUS AVEZ UN EXAMEN! UNITE 1
It's a bit harder than the lesson tests that we had before. Be sure to study pages 25-27 in the workbook.
C'est plus difficile que les petits examans. Etudiez les pages 25-27 dans le cahier.

TODAY (AUJOURD'HUI)
Review colors
Review foods
Sortez une feuille de papier et écrivez:

Person 1 Qu'est-ce que tu veux?
(what do you want?)
Person 2 Je voudrais un(e) (substitue food item) ___________
I would like
Person 2 Donne-moi _____________, s'il vous plaît
Give me

Be creative! Find new things to eat at the back of the book in the dictionary (or on your phone, if you'd like to use that dictionary).
After you've finished writing, partner up and speak the dialog.

Repeat for something else that you would like that is NOT a food item (pas la nourriture)

aujourd-hui est le six octobre

Quizlet flash cards: Family
                                French numbers 1-100
                                French Introductions
                                Colors
                                Colors 2
                                Colors 3
                                Food
                                Food 2
                                French Restaurant Skit by French 1 Students
                             

Les drapeaux du monde:
Quel couleur est le drapeau de ___________________?
(What color is the flag of ________________?)
Le drapeau est _________ et _____________ et _____________
(The flag is ________ and

Jeudi, le deux octobre

UNIT 1 TEST MONDAY

We will practice dialogs, today.
page 26
page 30
page 34
You will practice all with a partner and will perform one of the dialogs in front of the class (heh, heh)

Page 39
French in Action, episode 2. We will finish the episode we started last week

Mercredi, le premier octobre, deux mille quatorze

Quiz  over pages 27, 31, 35, and 37.

You will divide into teams of four today.









HOMEWORK (if  you still haven't done it):
1. GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS:
3rd Period Popular Music Anthology
4th Period Popular Music Anthology

Sortez du papier et écrivez les phrases: anglais à français
Get out a sheet of paper and write sentences translating the following into French and filling in the blanks:





My mother's name is ____________. She is ________ years old.
My father's name is ______________ and he is __________ years old. He is the son (at back of book on R45) of my grandfather who's (qui = who) name is _____________.
My brother's  name is ____ and s/he is _________ years old. (or sister's or dog or cat or make up the name of an invisible friend so that I'll have an excuse to order a psychologica exam for you)
He is from ____________. He is American (or whatever)
My _(other family member) ________)'s name is ___________. He/She is very cool--Awesome! (or any other similar word that you can find at the back of the book or on your phone)
Who is this? Do you know this (or say the) boy?
Yes! he is a friend. This is Jean-Paul.

QUIZ TOMORROW!    Pages 27, 31, 35, and 37.

Aujourd'hui est mardi, le trente septembre

HOMEWORK (if  you still haven't done it):
1. GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS:
3rd Period Popular Music Anthology
4th Period Popular Music Anthology

Sortez du papier et écrivez les phrases: anglais à français
Get out a sheet of paper and write sentences translating the following into French and filling in the blanks:

My mother's name is ____________. She is ________ years old.
My father's name is ______________ and he is __________ years old. He is the son (at back of book on R45) of my grandfather who's (qui = who) name is _____________.
My brother's  name is ____ and s/he is _________ years old. (or sister's or dog or cat or make up the name of an invisible friend so that I'll have an excuse to order a psychologica exam for you)
He is from ____________. He is American (or whatever)
My _(other family member) ________)'s name is ___________. He/She is very cool--Awesome! (or any other similar word that you can find at the back of the book or on your phone)
Who is this? Do you know this (or say the) boy?
Yes! he is a friend. This is Jean-Paul.

QUIZ TOMORROW!    Pages 27, 31, 35, and 37.

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Tomorrow we will continue studying food. You might want to start memorizing the vocabular found on pages 45 and 49
This is one of my favorite topics.
In fact, I've been on a personal quest these last three years to find the best croissant in Oregon, and here are the winners, in my opinion:
Ken's Artisan Bakery in Portland  338 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR (503) 248-220
Little T Bakery

2600 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202 (503) 238-3458

Saint Honoré Bakery
2335 NW Thurman St, Portland, OR 97210
(503) 445-4342