Wednesday, November 30, 2016

1/12/16

ges.  Caillou is fun for listening points
Aladdin , Aladdin 2Lion King. For Listening points, it must be French audio 
French and English. Sometimes you have to search for "lyrics English French." 

In your class notebooks, answer the following question:
"Classe, quel jour est-ce?"
Copy the question (found at the top of page 61) and then use the words and phrases on pages 61 and 62 to answer the question.

New seating chart

LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, WRITING POINTS!!!!!!
Students will come to the front one at a time while writing sentences with a partner
Les verbes à la page 95
CONTEST: WRITE LONGEST SENTENCE POSSIBLE. Use words from page 89 (Utilisez les mots à la page 89). Also try "qui" (who. Mon frère, qui parle français, est un imbécile),
 "que" (that. Je connais le garçon que tu connais)   Don't use "avec" and "et" repeatedly. Long sentences need to be sophisticated.
Je donne l'argent pour les phrases longues, intéressant, et sophistiqués   :^}  

EXERCICES: 95:2; 96:4; 97:6; 7; 8 (SPEAKING ONLY/PARLER SEULEMENT)



HOMEWORK: 71-74 (20 MINUTES)
HOMEWORK: LA PAGE 99: 9; 11
MONDAY NIGHT  YOUR HOMEWORK WILL BE TO MEMORIZE THE SPELLING AND MEANINGS OF ALL 10 WORDS ON PAGE 100. YOU MIGHT WANT TO START NOW };^}

If you feel like multi-tasking at some point during the period, make a list of phrases for the types of things that students really talk about (in English) before class starts. 
WORD AND PHRASE OF THE DAY:
Nov 29:assez de: enough of/sufficient
 Il a assez d'agitation pour aujourd'hui
He has enough excitement for one day/today

Dec 1: longtemps: a long time
Elle n'a pas cessé d'y penser pendant longtemps
She hadn't ceased of to it/there thinking during long time 
(For a long time, she couldn't get it out of her head)


Do dialogue, page 82

FINAL EXAM
19, 27, 35, 37, 40, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 75, 78, 89, 95, *98, 100, 106, 110
116, 117

CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH/ETC. GIFT IDEAS:
365 French Words a Year
Babar et le Père Noel
Boucle d'Oreille et les Trois Ours
Harry Potter in French
Beginning French Reader (awesome!)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

START CLASS BY SPEAKING IN FRENCH WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR "Isom euros"
Consider discussing: page 78, 85,87 and, as a challenge, page 89.
If you feel like multi-tasking at some point during the period, make a list of phrases for the types of things that students really talk about (in English) before class starts. 

In your class notebooks, answer the following question:
"Classe, quel jour est-ce?"
Copy the question (found at the top of page 61) and then use the words and phrases on pages 61 and 62 to answer the question.

Quizlet--leçon 6

Les petits tableux blancs, pages 84 - 89

Cahiers, la page 65.
Dans ton cahier de la classes, ecris (write) # 1 et #2 pour (for) les exercices A., B., C., D., E.
Students with grades of C or lower must write out #1-8 for all five exercises. You have extra homework so that you can bring your grades up and continue in French next semester. All C students are required to attend tutoring on Mondays (library) or Fridays (room 101, M. Zenk) or to come to lunchtime French conversation or after school conversation today, Thur, or Fri.

Do dialogue, page 82

FINAL EXAM
19, 27, 35, 37, 40, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 75, 78, 89, 95, *98, 100, 106, 110
116, 117





Over Thanksgiving, memorize lesson 6 vocabulary found on pages 85 , 87, and 89
Write exercise 1, page 85, ex. 3, page 86, ex 8, page 88
Then learn the seven "useful words" (mots utiles) on page 89.
Exercice 10, la page 89
SPEAKING, READING, WRITING, LISTENING LOGS DUE THUR/FRIDAY
Word of the day from "365 French Words a Year":
29/11/16--assez de: enough of, sufficient. 
"Il a assez d'agitation pour aujourd'hui" = He has enough agitation for the day
27/11/16--saisir: to grab, to understand
Elle a encore beaucoup de mal à saisir la situation= She's still struggling to understand the situation
Over Thanksgiving you should do your Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing assignments. 1 hour each.
Due Thur/Friday December 1 or 2.

Monday, November 28, 2016

In your class notebooks, write the following sentence in French:
"Today is Monday the twenty-eighth of November."

START CLASS BY SPEAKING IN FRENCH WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR "Isom euros"

Over Thanksgiving, memorize lesson 6 vocabulary found on pages 85 , 87, and 89
Write exercise 1, page 85, ex. 3, page 86, ex 8, page 88
Then learn the seven "useful words" (mots utiles) on page 89.
Exercice 10, la page 89
SPEAKING, READING, WRITING, LISTENING LOGS DUE THUR/FRIDAY

Then write a sentence for each of those seven words (7 sentences). Try writing a paragraph!
Here is the Quizlet deck for lesson 6:
Quizlet--leçon 6 (Decks for all other lessons can be found under the Resources tab)

Over Thanksgiving you should do your Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing assignments. 1 hour each.
Due Thur/Friday December 1 or 2.

Monday, November 7, 2016

Jeudi, le dix-sept novembre

In your class notebooks, write the following sentence in French:
"Today is Thursday, the seventeenth of November."
Aujourd'hui est jeudi, le dix-sept novembre.
I will give Notebook points today. Count all pages for entire year and write the number at the end.

Over Thanksgiving, memorize lesson 6 vocabulary found on pages 85 , 87, and 89
Write exercise 1, page 85, ex. 3, page 86, ex 8, page 88
Then learn theseven "useful words" (mots utiles) on page 89.
Then write a sentence for each of those seven words (7 sentences). Try writing a paragraph!
Here is the Quizlet deck for lesson 6:
Quizlet--leçon 6 (Decks for all other lessons can be found under the Resources tab)

Over Thanksgiving you should do your Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing assignments. 1 hour each.
Due Thur/Friday December 1 or 2.

Lundi/mardi

THANKSGIVING BASKET
We will be putting together a basket this season for a struggling family. Let's brainstorm what we like to have for Thanksgiving and look up all of the words.

Thanksgiving Vocabulary

Breaking News: Harry Potter is now available in French on Kindle for free!


1.*MEMORIZE HOW TO SPELL ALL VERBS ON PAGES 74 AND 75.  
QUIZ WED/THUR OVER THOSE WORDS.
SEE Quizlet--leçon 5 (or pages 74, 75). Homework for the weekend is all other words and phrases in the Quizlet--leçon 5 deck
2. Pop Quiz. I speak the French, you write the English (mainly pages 74, 75)
LES DEVOIRS/HOMEWORK: You need to take the initiative to put in your 60 min. for:
LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, and WRITING.
LISTENING
Elle me dit or any other French song. You may earn Listening OR Reading points for songs that have lyrics in BOTH languages.  Caillou is fun for listening points
Aladdin , Aladdin 2. Lion King. For Listening points, it must be French audio 
French and English. Sometimes you have to search for "lyrics English French." 
SPEAKING POINTS
French Club Thursday; tutoring next Mon, Friday.
Teach your family these phrases and words and film or record yourself either teaching or speaking at the table :^)
Dinner table phrasesBasic Food ItemsExtensive Food Item List
READING
Elle me dit You may earn Listening OR Reading points for songs that have lyrics in BOTH languages.  Movies: Aladdin , Aladdin 2. Lion King. The sky is the limit!
WRITING

French texting (SMS) abbreviations. Les Textos
Write a skit or conversation. Consider doing this in a Google Doc. Many people could participate. Texting can now be fun! "Qu'est-ce que tu fais. Pas beaucoup. Mon frère veut jouer aux jeux videos, mais je n'aime pas les jeux video." Vous voyez?! (You see?!)

FRENCH ONLY. NOTES. 15 MIN.PARTICIPATION POINTS  10 EURO NOTES. For participation and extra credit.
Group conversation. Répondez avec les phrases complètes. Longues (long)

1. Ex. Page76:3 (all/tout); 76:4 (1,2) 78:8(1-3)
In groups, write a skit using the
Words to consider using:
aussi = also
et = and
avec = with
qui = who
fait = do. Qu'est-ce qu'il fait? What is he doing?
Quel = what/which
Comment = how   Comment est ton oncle? Il est très intelligent. C'est vrai!
Qu'est-ce que tu penses? What do you think?(what is it that you think?)
Example sentences:
Il parle à mon frère qui aime jouer au tennis avec sa copine qui est très bête.Voici un fantôme très bête qui (who) joue au tennis dans le jardin avec son ami, un zombie sanglante. Est-ce que c'est une vrai zombie, ou est-ce que c'est mon frère dans son déguisement? Je ne sais pas. SEE?!?? You can write all sorts of stuff now if you just stop to think before writing. Never cop out. People who think and work hard will definitely learn French. It's hard, but not too hard. 

SPEAKING POINTS. Teach your family these phrases and words and film yourself either teaching or speaking at the table :^)

Dinner table phrases
Basic Food Items
Extensive Food Item List
Thanksgiving Vocabulary

Lundi, le quatorze novembre
1. DVD, leçon 5
2. Dis, tiens, voici, voilà
Allô, ici,
Est-ce que je pourrais parler à Thomas?
3. Cahier audio, leçon 5  Je n'aime pas
4. Le Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Vocabulary
Dinner table phrases for SPEAKING POINTS
Basic Food Items
Extensive Food Item List
THANKSGIVING BOX

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Jeudi, le trois novembre

HOMEWORK DUE:
WORKBOOK (CAHIER) PAGES 62, 63.
HOMEWORK FOR  MONDAY: 
1.*MEMORIZE ALL VERBS ON PAGES 74 AND 75.  (IT WILL TAKE 25 MIN)
QUIZ MONDAY OVER THOSE WORDS.
Quizlet--leçon 5
2. Monday you will have a dictation using all 10 of the words and phrases below:
Qu-est-ce qu'on fait?
    Memorize the following words and phrases for Monday. All ten 
   (Pour lundi, memorisez les mots et les phrases suivants (following):
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait? "What do you do?"/"What people do/what one does/what we do"
1. Que = that/what
2. On = one (we/you/one/people)
3. Fait = do
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait? = What is it that one does? (What do you do?)
4. Mes = my (plural. Mon frère. Ma soeur. Mes tantes)
5. Tu aimes voyager? = You like to travel/voyage?
6. Allô = hello
7. Un portable = portable phone/cell phone
8. Ici Samantha = here Samantha/Samantha here/this is Samantha
9. Jouer au foot = to play soccer (to play to the soccer)
10. Regarder les videos = to watch videos (to watch the videos).
Remember, nouns in French require "a" or "the" in front of them.
Nouns can't stand alone. Un portable = cell phone. Les videos = videos (no "the" in English)

AUJOURD'HUI
Songs. You may earn Listening OR Reading points for songs that have lyrics in BOTH 
French and English

Elle me dit
If you record a video of yourself singing Elle me dit (or any other French song), you will receive speaking points for the time you put in.
Caillou is fun for listening points

1. Ex. Page76:3 (all/tout); 76:4 (1,2) 78:8(1-3)
Add sentences to your Halloween cartoons.
Words to consider using:
aussi = also
et = and
avec = with
qui = who
fait = do. Qu'est-ce qu'il fait? What is he doing?

Je n'aime pas le ________.  Il est __(adjective from page 165)__
OR J'aime le __________. Il est __________
(feel free to add additional words and phrases. I'm thinking that you could probably say something like: 
Voici un fantôme très bête qui (who) joue au tennis dans le jardin avec son ami, un zombie sanglante. Est-ce que c'est une vrai zombie, ou est-ce que c'est mon frère dans son déguisement? Je ne sais pas. SEE?!?? You can write all sorts of stuff now if you just stop to think before writing. Never cop out. People who think and work hard will definitely learn French. It's hard, but not too hard. 

Halloween vocabulary
Halloween
Halloween scary characters

Rooms that could be haunted: French House Vocabulary
Adjectives to use when writing stories about Halloween
French Halloween Verbs and Prepositions
Common -ER Verbs that could be used when writing a Halloween story
SPEAKING POINTS. Teach your family these phrases and words and film yourself either teaching or speaking at the table :^)

Dinner table phrases
Dinner table phrases--longer list

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

HOMEWORK:
WORKBOOK (CAHIER) PAGES 62, 63. have it finished when you show up to class next time.
HOMEWORK FOR NEXT MONDAY: Qu-est-ce qu'on fait?
    Memorize the following words and phrases for Monday
   (Pour lundi, memorisez les mots et les phrases suivants (following):

Qu'est-ce qu'on fait?
1. Que = that/what
2. On = one (we/you/one/people)
3. Fait = do
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait? = What is it that one does? (What do you do?)
4. Mes = my (plural. Mon frère. Ma soeur. Mes tantes)
5. Tu aimes voyager? = You like to travel/voyage?
6. Allô = hello
7. Un portable = portable phone/cell phone
8. Ici Samantha = here Samantha/Samantha here/this is Samantha
9. Jouer au foot = to play soccer (to play to the soccer)
10. Regarder les videos = to watch videos (to watch the videos).
Remember, nouns in French require "a" or "the" in front of them.
Nouns can't stand alone. Un portable = cell phone. Les videos = videos

AUJOURD'HUI
1. EXAMEN
2. White boards (pages 74, 75; 98)
3. Ex. 76:3 (all/tout); 76:4 (1,2) 78:8(1-3)
Add sentences to your Halloween cartoons.
Words to use:
aussi = also
et = and
Je n'aime pas le ________.  Il est __(adjective from page 165)__

Halloween vocabulary
Halloween
Halloween scary characters

Rooms that could be haunted: French House Vocabulary
Adjectives to use when writing stories about Halloween
French Halloween Verbs and Prepositions
Common -ER Verbs that could be used when writing a Halloween story
SPEAKING POINTS. Teach your family these phrases and words and film yourself either teaching or speaking at the table :^)

Dinner table phrases
Dinner table phrases--longer list


This is Halloween in French with English subtitles (Nightmare Before Christmas)