Thursday, February 25, 2016

HOMEWORK:
Revise and expand your description of the picture of the party.
You must write a total of 100 words (yes, challenging!) Do NOT use Google Docs. Use vocabulary that you already know. If you use words from the Essential Words Quizlet deck (pages 89, 100, 106)
Essential Words

Practice writing sentences with essential phrases that people messed up
Read Babar

Today we will be working on fluidity of expression. You will spend 5 minutes writing a description of a picture. You will also divide into groups and discuss the picture for 5 more minutes after you have turned in your papers.

Ecrire. Vous avez 10 minutes pour décrire le dessin
You have 10 minutes to describe the following scene. Write as much as  you can to fully describe what you see and what is going on in the picture. You may give names to people and objects even though they are not listed. You may not use books or phones. No one should finish early.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Mercredi, le vingt-quatre

Hand in homework:
Go over final exam from last semester
#1-26; 101-139
Interro: les verbes en -er, faire, avoir

Notes:
How to speak Street French 1--How to say, "Whatever" and similar casual phrases
At home you might consider watching some other videos they made:
How to speak Street French 2--How to Talk So You Sound Cool
How to Learn a Language When You're at Home--Forget School!
Cahier de la class: phrases pour leçon 10

Homework: Ecrivez les exercices: 155:6, 8; 156:10
Homework: If you don't already know the verb endings of -er verbs, memorize them (page 98);
do the same thing for conjugations of "faire"(page 110); also memorize "they have" from page 152.
Memorize conjugations of être (p. 84)


If you haven't already done so, hand in homework #6,7,8 from page 143

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Vendredi


Go over final exam from last semester
#26-100
Wednesday we will go over the listening part and the final 50.

How to speak Street French 1--How to say, "Whatever" and similar casual phrases
How to speak Street French 2--How to Talk So You Sound Cool
How to Learn a Language When You're at Home--Forget School!
Homework: Review Leçon 9. TEST on Monday
Homework: If you don't already know the verb endings of -er verbs, memorize them (page 98);
do the same thing for conjugations of "faire"(page 110); also memorize "they have" from page 152.
Ils ont = they have. Jacques et Jill ont faim, etc.

If you haven't already done so, hand in homework #6,7,8 from page 143

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Mercredi, le seize février


1. Extra credit quiz; vocabulary for Valentines quiz Wednesday and extra credit
At the same time I will give points for homework
2. Lesson 9 vocabulary Quizlet--leçon 9 
3. Students play teacher in small groups--apporte-moi; donne-moi; montre-moi
4. Dans ton cahier de la classe:
Phrases pour un jeu (regardez la page 199):
Tourne à droite (turn to the right); . . . à gauche (left); continue; arrête! (stop!)
Va dans la direction de la____ (go in the direction of the + object (window, etc.)
Marche (walk) à la porte
Ne fais pas ça! (don't do that)
NOW, WRITE 4 SENTENCES DIRECTING SOMEONE TO THE NOSE PENCIL SHARPENER
Play the game three times.
Regardez la page 144 pour les mots de position (prepositions)
à côté de (next to)
Ecris les exercices:
1.141:3 Ecrire et Parler. 141:4 Parler; 143:6, 7
143:8 Ecrire; 145:9; 145:12   AND exercise 13, page 145
Cahier: LISTENING les pages 85-87
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1:
Cahier: 88-91--5 points
and HOMEWORK learn the first five words from the Valentine's vocab.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: 
I have set up four groups/teams for our class. You assignment is to post one new sentence in your Google Doc tonight by 11:59. Your sentence needs to be interesting and include at least one new word from Leçon 9 (and if you're up to the challenge, a word or phrase from the Valentine's handout!) Before class Wednesday, each of you is to go the Doc, read all sentences, and help one another edit the sentences. You all have editing privileges. Your assignment is to make sure that your sentence is grammatically perfect (5 points). Help one another! People will help you if you simply write "Help!" at the end of your sentence :)    Watch for verb endings and masc./fem.
Note: at the bottom of your Google Doc you will see directions for how to type accent marks. This isn't required, but learn it anyway!!
5th Period
Group 1  Neveah, Thunder, Natalie, Kellen, Beau, Carter
Group 2  Brandon, Freya, Jovany, Mason, Lani, Nick
Group 3  Miguel, Eric, Sarah, Kenneth, Isaiah 
Group 4  Kiera, Frances, Daniel, Morgan
6th Period
Group 1 Madyson, Claire, Ellie, Zyel, Zachary, Meridien
Group 2 Mikhail, Fernanda, Jose, Hannah, Ti
Group 3 Jacob, Kelby, Lauren, Jaylynn, Calvin, Braden
Group 4 Gage, Leah, Pedro, Madeline, Joel
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Cahier: pages 88-91 (6 points, lundi)
Quizlet--leçon 8
Quizlet--leçon 9 Focus on directions (prepositions) like under, behind, on, in front of
Quizlet--leçon 10
Quizlet--leçon 11

Pour vendredi:
Le jour de St. Valentin
Phrases pour les Valentines
More phrases for creating Valentines
Advanced Valentine's phrases
more phrases
Quizlet vocabulaire pour le jour de St. Valentin
Phrases we make up during class today:

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT: FIND GOOD ROMANTIC FRENCH SONGS ON YOUTUBE AND PASTE IN LINKS ON THE FOLLOWING MUSICAL ANTHOLOGY GOOGLE DOC FOR THE CLASS!
Music Anthology--Collected Popular French Music Songs (Mr. Isom's 2015/2016 classes)
Longest sentence competition.
You may not use any word more than once. No exceptions, not even le, la, est, c'est.
Use words from the following pages:
84, 89, 100, 106, 108, 144    They're not required, but they sure will help!!

Monday, February 8, 2016

St. Valentin

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT: FIND GOOD ROMANTIC FRENCH SONGS ON YOUTUBE AND PASTE IN LINKS ON THE FOLLOWING MUSICAL ANTHOLOGY GOOGLE DOC FOR THE CLASS!
Music Anthology--Collected Popular French Music Songs (Mr. Isom's 2015/2016 classes)
1. Extra credit quiz; vocabulary for Valentines quiz Wednesday and extra credit
At the same time I will give points for homework
2. Lesson 9 vocabulary Quizlet--leçon 9 
3. Students play teacher in small groups--apporte-moi; donne-moi; montre-moi
4. Dans ton cahier de la classe:
Phrases pour un jeu (regardez la page 199):
Tourne à droite (turn to the right); . . . à gauche (left); continue; arrête! (stop!)
Va dans la direction de la____ (go in the direction of the + object (window, etc.)
Marche (walk) à la porte
Ne fais pas ça! (don't do that)
NOW, WRITE 4 SENTENCES DIRECTING SOMEONE TO THE NOSE PENCIL SHARPENER
Play the game three times.
Regardez la page 144 pour les mots de position (prepositions)
à côté de (next to)

Ecris les exercices:
1.141:3 Ecrire et Parler. 141:4 Parler; 143:6, 7
143:8 Ecrire; 145:9; 145:12
Cahier: LISTENING les pages 85-87


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1:
Cahier: 88-91--5 points
and HOMEWORK learn the first five words from the Valentine's vocab.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: 
I have set up four groups/teams for our class. You assignment is to post one new sentence in your Google Doc tonight by 11:59. Your sentence needs to be interesting and include at least one new word from Leçon 9 (and if you're up to the challenge, a word or phrase from the Valentine's handout!) Before class Wednesday, each of you is to go the Doc, read all sentences, and help one another edit the sentences. You all have editing privileges. Your assignment is to make sure that your sentence is grammatically perfect (5 points). Help one another! People will help you if you simply write "Help!" at the end of your sentence :)    Watch for verb endings and masc./fem.
Note: at the bottom of your Google Doc you will see directions for how to type accent marks. This isn't required, but learn it anyway!!
5th Period
Group 1  Neveah, Thunder, Natalie, Kellen, Beau, Carter
Group 2  Brandon, Freya, Jovany, Mason, Lani, Nick
Group 3  Miguel, Eric, Sarah, Kenneth, Isaiah 
Group 4  Kiera, Frances, Daniel, Morgan
6th Period
Group 1 Madyson, Claire, Ellie, Zyel, Zachary, Meridien
Group 2 Mikhail, Fernanda, Jose, Hannah, Ti
Group 3 Jacob, Kelby, Lauren, Jaylynn, Calvin, Braden
Group 4 Gage, Leah, Pedro, Madeline, Joel
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Cahier: pages 88-91 (6 points, lundi)
Quizlet--leçon 8
Quizlet--leçon 9 Focus on directions (prepositions) like under, behind, on, in front of
Quizlet--leçon 10
Quizlet--leçon 11

Pour vendredi:
Le jour de St. Valentin
Phrases pour les Valentines
More phrases for creating Valentines
Advanced Valentine's phrases
more phrases
Quizlet vocabulaire pour le jour de St. Valentin
Phrases we make up during class today:
Je pense à toi, et je souris (I think of you, and I smile)

Great French love songs (and break up songs!) that might be appropriate for whatever situation you happen to find yourself in right now!
Love Story by Indila
Ne me quitte pas (Don't Leave Me) by Jacques Brel
Here's Sting's version (your parents will like it, anyway) Ne me quitte pas
Je T'aime, je t'aimais, et je t'aimerai by Françis Cabrel
Quelqu'un m'a dit (Someone Told Me that You Still Love Me) by Carli Bruni, wife of former French president Nicholas Sarkozy
Quelqu'un m'a dit English translation

Friday, February 5, 2016

Class Introductions
1 min to introduce yourself to someone. State what you like to do
1 min to introduce yourself to someone. Talk about  your family
1 min to introduce yourself to someone. Talk about  anything else
E.C. Vocab from La Guerre des étoiles. Interro jeudi/vendredi
Star Wars Quotes in French (La Guerre des étoiles)
Classroom survival phrases--Quizlet
Classroom student questions--Quizlet
Classroom directions--Quizlet

SHARE sentences you wrote in class last time. 5 points
Turn in homework, page 88
CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Dans ton cahier de la classe:
Ecris les exercices:
1.139:1 Ecrire et Parler. 139:2 Parler; 140:3 Ecrire et Parler. 140:4 Parler
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1:
Cahier: 88-91--5 points
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: 
I have set up four groups/teams for our class. You assignment is to post one new sentence in your Google Doc tonight by 11:59. Your sentence needs to be interesting and include 2 new words from Leçon 9. THEN, before class Thur/Friday, each of you is to go the Doc, read all sentences, and help one another edit the sentences. You all have editing privileges. Your assignment is to make sure that your sentence is grammatically perfect (5 points). Help one another! People will help you if you simply write "Help!" at the end of your sentence :)
5th Period
Group 1  Neveah, Thunder, Natalie, Kellen, Beau, Carter
Group 2  Brandon, Freya, Jovany, Mason, Lani, Nick
Group 3  Miguel, Eric, Sarah, Kenneth, Isaiah 
Group 4  Kiera, Frances, Daniel, Morgan
6th Period
Group 1 Madyson, Claire, Ellie, Zyel, Zachary, Meridien
Group 2 Mikhail, Fernanda, Jose, Hannah, Ti
Group 3 Jacob, Kelby, Lauren, Jaylynn, Calvin, Braden
Group 4 Gage, Leah, Pedro, Madeline, Joel
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Cahier: pages 88-91 (6 points, lundi)
Quizlet--leçon 8
Quizlet--leçon 9 Focus on directions (prepositions) like under, behind, on, in front of
Quizlet--leçon 10
Quizlet--leçon 11
Quizlet--leçon 12


Examples:
1.Je m'applle Nick, et j'ai quinze ans et j'aime jouer au lacrosse parce-que mes copains aussi aiment jouer au lacrosse.
2.J'aime jouer au basket en ville parce que mes copines sont là, mais je ne peux pas parce que je dois payer pour université parce que je voudrais être une prof quand je suis adulte.
36 mots!
Period 6:
1. Je m'appelle Madyson, et je n'aime pas jouer au tennis, mais je prefere étuidier quand je suis a la maison et mes trois souers et mes trois frères sont au café avec ma mère et mon père et mangent une pizza avec une salade verte.
2. La soeur de ma copine, elle s'appelle Emily, et elle n'aime pas étudier, mais elle préfère jouer aux jeux video beaucoup parce qu'elle pense que c'est amusant, mais son frère n'aime pas jouer aux jeux video- il aime écouter la radio, et dîner au restaurant, mais il préfère jouer au basket du matin avec Lily, Drake, Jean-Paul, Ellie, et Sarah.

HOMEWORK SENTENCES:
Write 5 sentences of your own to share with partners. 
Make your sentences as long as you can. 
EACH sentence MUST use words from the following three pages:
74/75, 100, 106


Class Notebook
Sections:
Class vocabulary
Sentences
Songs and other supplemental materials







Freerice.com in French
Star Wars Quotes in French (La Guerre des étoiles)
Harry Potter Quotes in French (Citations du films Harry Potter)

Classroom student questions--Quizlet
Classroom directions--Quizlet
Classroom survival phrases--Quizlet


Dinner table phrases
Dinner table phrases--longer list
Conversational words and phrases for realistic conversation
1000 Most Common French Words, in order Babel website
More useful phrases found at Babel, too (most the same as Quizlet)
Words every serious French student should know
234 French Phrases (234!!) That's only one per day

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Vendredi, le cinq février, deux mille seize

Class Introductions
1 min to introduce yourself to someone.  Repeat 3 times

SHARE sentences you wrote in class last time. 5 points, +1 for all who have a 15 word sentence and +2 for the class record. Each group shares their favorite sentence (not necessarily the longest)

SHARE homework sentences in Editing Groups. I will divide the class into five groups and each group will have 15 minutes to correct all sentences. Then share favorite sentence with the class.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEKEND: 
I have set up five groups/teams for our class. You assignment is to post one sentence in your Google Doc by Friday night at 11:59. THEN, before class next time, each of you is to go the Doc, read all sentences, and help one another edit the sentences. You all have editing privileges. Your assignment is to make sure that your sentence is grammatically perfect (5 points). Help one another! People will help you if you simply write "Help!" at the end of your sentence :)
5th Period
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
6th Period
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2: Cahier: pages 88-91 (6 points, lundi)
Quizlet--leçon 8
Quizlet--leçon 9 Focus on directions (prepositions) like under, behind, on, in front of
Quizlet--leçon 10
Quizlet--leçon 11
Quizlet--leçon 12


In groups of 3 or 4 write 3 sentences to share with the class. 
Make your sentences as long as you can. 
EACH sentence MUST use words from the following three pages:
74/75, 100, 106. To make sentences extra long, it would help to use words on the following pages as well: 84, 89, 108
Examples:
1.Je m'applle Nick, et j'ai quinze ans et j'aime jouer au lacrosse parce-que mes copains aussi aiment jouer au lacrosse.
2.J'aime jouer au basket en ville parce que mes copines sont là, mais je ne peux pas parce que je dois payer pour université parce que je voudrais être une prof quand je suis adulte.
36 mots!
Period 6:
1. Je m'appelle Madyson, et je n'aime pas jouer au tennis, mais je prefere étuidier quand je suis a la maison et mes trois souers et mes trois frères sont au café avec ma mère et mon père et mangent une pizza avec une salade verte.
2. La soeur de ma copine, elle s'appelle Emily, et elle n'aime pas étudier, mais elle préfère jouer aux jeux video beaucoup parce qu'elle pense que c'est amusant, mais son frère n'aime pas jouer aux jeux video- il aime écouter la radio, et dîner au restaurant, mais il préfère jouer au basket du matin avec Lily, Drake, Jean-Paul, Ellie, et Sarah.

HOMEWORK SENTENCES:
Write 5 sentences of your own to share with partners. 
Make your sentences as long as you can. 
EACH sentence MUST use words from the following three pages:
74/75, 100, 106


Class Notebook
Sections:
Class vocabulary
Sentences
Songs and other supplemental materials









HOMEWORK: Be ready for a quiz that covers verb conjugations (page 98) for all of the verbs on pages 74, 75. "Nous parlons français," "vous habitez à Salem, etc.
The quiz will also cover weather, dates, how to ask "What's your birthday," telling time.

Freerice.com in French
Star Wars Quotes in French (La Guerre des étoiles)
Harry Potter Quotes in French (Citations du films Harry Potter)

Classroom student questions--Quizlet
Classroom directions--Quizlet
Classroom survival phrases--Quizlet


Dinner table phrases
Dinner table phrases--longer list
Conversational words and phrases for realistic conversation
1000 Most Common French Words, in order Babel website
More useful phrases found at Babel, too (most the same as Quizlet)
Words every serious French student should know
234 French Phrases (234!!) That's only one per day

Advanced words for writing (the English equivalents are good to use, too!)

Mercredi

Class Introductions. You will introduce your partners to the class (Tu vas introduire ton partenaire à la classe)
1. Nom, age
2. Famille
3. Elle aime
Questions you might ask to find out these things:
1. Quel âge as tu? (page 37)
2. Combien de frère est-ce que tu as?
Comment s'appelle ton frère/mère/soeur/chat?
3. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire? 

CLASS EXERCISE:
In groups of 3 or 4 write 3 sentences to share with the class. 
Make your sentences as long as you can. 
EACH sentence MUST use words from the following three pages:
74/75, 100, 106. To make sentences extra long, it would help to use words on the following pages as well: 84, 89, 108
Examples:
1.Je m'applle Nick, et j'ai quinze ans et j'aime jouer au lacrosse parce-que mes copains aussi aiment jouer au lacrosse.
2.J'aime jouer au basket en ville parce que mes copines sont là, mais je ne peux pas parce que je dois payer pour université parce que je voudrais être une prof quand je suis adulte.
36 mots!
Period 6:
1. Je m'appelle Madyson, et je n'aime pas jouer au tennis, mais je prefere étuidier quand je suis a la maison et mes trois souers et mes trois frères sont au café avec ma mère et mon père quand manger une pizza avec une salade verte.

HOMEWORK SENTENCES:
Write 5 sentences of your own to share with partners. 
Make your sentences as long as you can. 
EACH sentence MUST use words from the following three pages:
74/75, 100, 106


Class Notebook
Sections:
Class vocabulary
Sentences
Songs and other supplemental materials









HOMEWORK: Be ready for a quiz that covers verb conjugations (page 98) for all of the verbs on pages 74, 75. "Nous parlons français," "vous habitez à Salem, etc.
The quiz will also cover weather, dates, how to ask "What's your birthday," telling time.

Freerice.com in French
Star Wars Quotes in French (La Guerre des étoiles)
Harry Potter Quotes in French (Citations du films Harry Potter)

Classroom student questions--Quizlet
Classroom directions--Quizlet
Classroom survival phrases--Quizlet


Dinner table phrases
Dinner table phrases--longer list
Conversational words and phrases for realistic conversation
1000 Most Common French Words, in order Babel website
More useful phrases found at Babel, too (most the same as Quizlet)
Words every serious French student should know
234 French Phrases (234!!) That's only one per day

Advanced words for writing (the English equivalents are good to use, too!)