Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
MERCI A TOUS! VOUS ETES TRES, TRES GENTILLE D'AVOIR DONNE LES CADEAUX A LA FAMILLE DE REFUGIES. JE SUIS TRES CONTENT D'ETRE VOTRE PROFESSEUR. VOUS ETES SUPER!!

If some of you would like a great program to use for listening or reading minutes, here's a lesson taken from daily news:
French News


HOMEWORK/DEVOIRS check (WB 31, 32, 35, 36)
DEVOIRS pour les grandes vacances de noël:
1. To the best of your ability, write a paragraph including the following:
The date, the time, the weather, something you want to do during Winter Break.
See pages 62, 58, 65, 74, 75, 78, 101, 110

2. Read letters on pages 124 and 190

3.Write a Christmas note to the recipient of your gift

4.Livret de Verbes

5.Wrap presents :)

6. Look over everything from the Final Exam (4th week of January)
 Sing Silent Night

Bonus:
In my English classes we read a marvelous Christmastime essay by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Some of you might be interested, so here it is:
A Child's Christmas in Wales, read by Dylan Thomas, the author
Text of A Child's Christmas in Wales

Les Vacances de Noël sont pres! Aujourd'hui et Jeudi et puis . . . Noël!

1. Montrez-moi les phrases de Replaçant pour le Père Noël
   Ecrivez et Traduisez à láffiche <<Replaçant pour le Père Noël>> :
       La petite fille voudrait une poupée de Barbie.
         
       Elle coûte quinze euros.
           
       Les garçons veulent des jeux vidéo.
           
       Qu'est-ce qu'elle veut?
       
       La fille de huit ans désire une bicyclette
       
2. Devoirs/Homework: WB 31, 32, 35, 36
     Flash cards: Quizlet--leçon 3
3. For all exercises, write #1 only
    47:3, 47:4,     50:1, 50:2, 51:3, 51:4, 54:1
4. Sub for Santa
    Divide into groups and figure out what gifts to get
    Decorate box

Dear Mr. Isom,

Thank you for volunteering to host a “Sub for Santa” drive for a Congolese refugee family.  The family you will be sponsoring is a family of 8 from the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo).  It consists of a mom, a dad, and 6 children, ranging in age from 2 to 16.

The parents escaped the war in their home country 17 years ago, fleeing on foot and by boat to a refugee camp in Tanzania.  They lived at the camp in Tanzania for SEVENTEEN YEARS, subsisting mostly on beans and rice rationed to them sparingly.  They raised a niece and nephew whose parents were killed in the war, and had 6 children in the camp, with no hospitals, doctors or running water, and only sporadic electricity.

The family arrived in the United States in June.  They speak Swahili and French, and are quickly learning English.  The kids are adapting well to American life.

Here the kids’ wish list for Santa:

First, as with American kids, Toys are preferable to clothes. Many people have given them clothes.

-Boy-age 16:  VIDEO GAME CONSOLE —a used X Box 1 or Nintendo Switch, plus games.  Especially “FIFA 19.”  Anything soccer related—jersey size L, BIG 5 gift card, Walmart gift card, etc.

 Boy-age 14–More video games compatible with brother’s console, anything Star Wars, LEGO sets (Star wars), sports equipment, nerf guns/weapons.

Boy-age 11- same as above—Nerf, Lego, Star Wars, video games.  Likes learning English—all 3 boys would like full Rosetta Stone English.  Need a laptop for it, though.

GIRL-age 8–
 Needs girlie shirts/leggings/dresses tights in size “8,” (very petite), straightening iron, hair bows/coconut oil and other hair products for African hair.  African-American barbies and clothes.  Mechanical  Moving puppy, other girl toys.  Girl‘s bike.  Girlie scooter. Hatchibles.  Easel and ART SUPPLIES  (paints, brushes, paper, pastels, etc.)  jewelry making kit, craft kits.

Girl-5–Baby Dolls and accessories, mechanical dog or cat, small bike, wagon or scooter,  barbies, etc.  Toy Kitchen, doll cradle. Easy bake oven. Duplo girls’ sets.

Girl-2–  Toddler toys, toy puppies or kittens, baby dolls (preferably African), little tykes slide or basketball, Little People sets, Duplo.

CASH DONATIONS ARE GREAT!  With cash, “SANTA” can purchase the wish-list items and place them under the tree on Christmas Eve!

Please Donate Generously—your donation is their entire Christmas.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Dana Heinzelman
Salem for Refugees representative 

5. Nous chantons Douce nuit Sainte Nuite pour le Club de Fraçais demain :^)
Douce Nuit Sainte Nuit (Silent Night)
Douce nuit Sainte Nuite 
Tout est calme plus de bruit
C'est Noël et là-bas dans le ciel 
Une étoile d'un éclat irréel
Brille au loin sur le monde
Comme un beau rêve infinit 
Douce Nuit Sainte Nuit 
Il est né à minuit
Dans l'étable au milieu des bergers
Et depuis l'univers a chanté
C'est Noël c'est Noël
Que la Paix soit éternelle

Douce            = soft/sweet/calm/nice

plus                = no more/plus/more  Yeah, confusing

bruit                = noise

ciel                  = sky/heavens

étoile               = star       

éclat irréel       = unreal bursting forth of brilliance

brille                = shines

comme            =  like/as

il est né            = he is born (he was born)

depuis             = since

paix                  = peace

Sweet night holy night

All is quiet more noise

It's Christmas and over there in the sky

A star of unreal brilliance

Shines over there on the world

Like a beautiful infinite dream

Sweet night holy night

He was born at midnight

In the stable among the shepherds

And since the universe has sung

It's Christmas it's Christmas

May peace be eternal 


If we have time, French for Cats
Don't forget to do Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking (French Club tomorrow counts 30 min)

For home Listening and Reading minutes: Chansons de Noël--YouTube

Jouer Père Noël

Traduisez/Translate:
1. Le Père Noël n'arrive pas pour une famille que je connais.
2. La famille est d'un camp de re'fugie's
3. Les filles et les garc,ons sont du Congo, mais maintenant ils habitent a` Salem .
4. Les enfants ne sont pas ame'ricains--ils sont congolaises.
5. La famille n'a pas d'argent et le Père Noël n'arrive pas a` la maison le 25 de'cembre.
6. Nous sommes les remplacants du Père Noël pour la famille :^} Nous jouons Père Noël

Garc,on nume'ro un a seize ans..  Il est le plus age'.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Garc,on nume'ro deux a quatorze ans.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Garc,on nume'ro trois a onze ans.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Fille nume'ro un a neuf ans.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Fille nume'ro deux a six ans.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Fille nume'ro trois a deux ans.
Ide'es pour un cadeau:
1.
2.
3.
Pick a child and decide what kind of gift he or she would like :^))
If your group would like to buy a gift or two, great. This is optional, of course. If there are kids who don't end up with gifts, I will buy them myself, following your suggestions.
Merci!!

BONJOUR A TOUS!
Aujourd'hui, nous sommes le douze décembre, treize jours avant Noël
Today is the twelfth of December, 13 days before Christmas

Write the above and translate, to the best of your ability

HOMEWORK CHECK:
       Workbook/Cahier 71-74
       3 sentences for each of the 10 -er verbs in your flipbook (30 sentences as was explained last time
          and is still posted below. If you haven't finished, you may still get 90% Thur/Friday)

Exercise before quiz covering pages 89 and 100
Translate:
1. We don't work for Mr. Isom; we are students in his class, now.
Nous ne travaillons pas pour M. Isom/On ne travaille pas pour M. Isom
nous sommes e''lèves dans sa classe, maintenant.
2. You (plural) always dine at the restaurant "French Press" with the French Club.
Vous dînez toujours au restaurant "French Press" avec le Club de Francais.
3.  I often travel in/to France or to Disneyland in June, but I prefer to go to France.
Je voyage souvent en France ou ã Disneyland en juin, mais je pre''f~ere aller en France.
4. Challenge: I finished the sentences and I know all of the words.
J''ai fini les phrases et je connais/je sais tous les mots.j

Sentence creation game 
In groups of 2-4, write extra long sentences using words from pages 89 and 100. Isom euros pour les phrases les plus longues :^)

QUIZ

Le livret de verbes

Verb Flip Book/Livret de verbes

• 1. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence in the negative

          (with ne + conjugated verb + pas)

• 2. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence using the verb and one of the <<mots utiles>>on page 89. (There are 10 verbs and 7 words, so skip 3)

• 3. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence using one of the <<mots utiles>> on page 100 There are 10 of these words and 10 -er verb cards.       Be sure that the adverb follows the conjugated verb.  

5. Reading
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood)
Babar et le père Noël

La prochaine fois/the next time

• Qu'est que c'est game. Page 140
• Qu'est que c'est cette chose? C'est une __________

Start time and weather lessons

Lundi

BONJOUR A TOUS!
Aujourd'hui, nous sommes le dix, quinze jours avant Noël

Write the above and translate, to the best of your ability

Lundi:

HOMEWORK/DEVOIRS--Quiz mardi/mercredi:
    1.  Memorizez comment c,a s'e'crit les mots a` la page 89
        et, aussi, a` la page 100 <<beaucoup, souvent, toujours, maintenant, etc.>>
    2. Finissez le Livret de verbes (finish writing three sentences on back of ea. verb)
    3. Finish WB/cahier from the weekend if you haven't already 71-74
AUJOURD'HUI
1. Ex. 61:2 Ecrivez/Parlez
    Ex. 100: 12; 100:13
2. Le livret de verbes

Verb Flip Book/Livret de verbes

• 1. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence in the negative

          (with ne + conjugated verb + pas)

• 2. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence using the verb and one of the <<mots utiles>>on page 89. (There are 10 verbs and 7 words, so skip 3)

• 3. On the back of each verb card, write one sentence using one of the <<mots utiles>> on page 100 There are 10 of these words and 10 -er verb cards.       Be sure that the adverb follows the conjugated verb.  

4. Sentence creation game 
In groups of four, write extra long sentences using words from pages 89 and 100. Isom euros pour les phrases les plus longues :^)

5. Reading
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood)
Babar et le père Noël

La prochaine fois/the next time

• Qu'est que c'est game. Page 140
• Qu'est que c'est cette chose? C'est une __________

Start time and weather lessons

Jeudi, le sept de'cembre

BONJOUR, CLASSE! C'est le quatrième (4th) jour de la semaine (week)
1 lundi 2 mardi 3 mercredi 4 jeudi 5 vendredi 6 samedi 7 dimanche
(regardez la page soixante et un pour le vocabulaire pour les jours)

HOMEWORK/DEVOIRS:
    1. WB/Cahier 71-74 (10 points)
    2. Memorizez comment c,a s'e'crit les mots a` la page 89
        et, aussi, a` la page 100 <<beaucoup, souvent, toujours, maintenant>>

AUJOURD'HUI
1. Ex. 61:2 Ecrivez/Parlez
    Ex 88:8 Ecrivez/Parlez
    Ex. 100: 12; 100:13
Les livrets de verbes

Verb Flip Book/Livret de verbes
On the back of each verb card, write one sentence in the negative
          (with ne + conjugated verb + pas)
n the back of each verb card, write one sentence using one of the <<mots utiles>>
on page 89. There are seven words and you have to use each one at least once
Qu'est que c'est game. Page 140

On the back of each verb card, write one sentence using one of the <<mots utiles>> on page 100 There are 10 of these words and 10 -er verb cards.

4. Sentence creation game 
In groups of four, write extra long sentences using words from pages 89 and 100. Isom euros pour les phrases les plus longues :^)

5. Reading
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Ridinghood)
Advanced Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Ridinghood)