French 1

Thursday, September 18, 2014

aujourd'hui c'est jeudi, le dix-huit septembre

Les jours de la semaine Tournez à la page 61 dans le livre
(the days of the week)
lundi Monday
mardi Tuesday
mercredi Wednesday
jeudi Thursday
vendredi Friday
samedi Saturday
dimanche Sunday
Les mois (the months) Tournez à la page 62 dans le livre

Aujourd-hui (today): Tournez à la page 27 dans le livre et 15 dans le cahier

DEVOIRS
Draw a flag for your assigned country on the front of your 4X6 card.
On the back write the following:
The name of the country
Bonjour! Je m'appelle ____________
Je suis (look it up nationality on the Internet)
Je suis de (city name from that country)
To help you with this, you might consider going to Google Translate and simply translate the term for the nationality and it will translate to French. For example, type "belgian" and you get "belge"
Google Translate
or go to this nifty link: Nationalities
DEVOIRS: Memorize the first 10 terms on the Quizlet deck for classroom phrases:
Useful Classroom Phrases

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Aujourd'hui nous sommes le dix-sept septembre

Aujourd'hui nous sommes le dix-sept septembre
troisième et quatrième period
Français un

Review: the word "un" means "1" as well as "a or an." You say "un garçon" for "a boy" but "une fille" for a girl
All words in French are male or female. Memorize which whenever you learn a new word. Sometimes you'll need to look it up in the back of the text where there is a dictionary : )

The words "le" and "la" mean "the." Le is masculine and la is feminine.

AUJOURD'HUI (TODAY):
Hand in workbook assignments, pages 15 and 16.
(27) C'est un . . .
(30) Dialogue
Les numéros 1-100
(31) Tu connais?

DEVOIRS:
1.IF YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN YOURSELF A NEW NAME OF SOMEONE FROM YOUR COUNTRY, RESEARCH IT AND ADD IT TO YOUR CARD. (Go to the Internet. "Famous people from Senegal," etc.)
2.Translate the dialog on page 34 of the text into English. Be prepared to say it in front of the class. Remember, there is no need to ever stress because everyone is stressed about speaking in front of the class.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

mardi, le seize septembre

Friday, September 12, 2014

Lundi, le 15 septembre

COMMENÇONS AVEC LES PHRASES POUR LA CLASS
Quizlet deck "Phrases Utiles"
(Les élèves copient)

1. Regarder le DVD--introductions, etc.

2. Dictée

3. Nationalités

4. Flash cards--my Quizlet decks

5. Téléfrançais

DEVOIRS
Draw a flag for your assigned country on the front of your 4X6 card.
On the back write the following:
The name of the country
Bonjour! Je m'appelle ____________
Je suis (look it up nationality on the Internet)
Je suis de (city name from that country)
To help you with this, you might consider going to Google Translate and simply translate the term for the nationality and it will translate to French. For example, type "belgian" and you get "belge"
Google Translate
or go to this nifty link: Nationalities

Extra (optional) for eager beaver (les castors enthousiastes) students
être (to be) Quizlet être deck
avoir (to have)
aller (to go)
vouloir (to want)
Quizlet conjugations of vouloir

Vendredi, le douze septembre

Go over homework from last night--pages 11 and 12 in the workbook ("cahier")

HOMEWORK (DEVOIRS):
WORKBOOK (CAHIER):
Page 7 (all/tout)
See page 19 in the text
Page 19 (all/tout)
See page 31 in the text
TEXT: memorize the words for boy, girl, etc. on page 27
Memorize accent markd and alphabet on page 17

Optional: Find some cool French music.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Jeudi, l'onze septembre

Bonjour, classe.
Alphabet
Page 25, page 27
musique

Les devoirs: (homework) ,
Workbook (cahier), pages 4, 11, 12

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Bienvenue à Notre Classe de Français!

Welcome to our French class!
The words "bienvenue à notre classe de français" literally translate as "well came to our class of French," by the way.

This BLOG is my "website" for our class. Here you will find:

My posts, which you can comment on
Handouts for the course
Assignments
Projects
Learning resources
and links to all sorts of other cool (chouette) stuff. (And if you find something cool, tell me, and I'll add it)

When I was you age and signed up for my French1 class, I was thrilled. It seemed to me that I was going to learn a secret language that would enable me to enter a new world where I could speak my new code language with friends. And a new world it is! It's important to realize that the French-speaking world is different from the world you are growing up in, and this new language will give you access to that world and it's marvelous way of looking at life.

In what ways is the French world different from my world here in Salem? I think that it's fair to say that the French value quality of life over quantity of things that can be earned in life, as is exemplified by the fact that they have a 35-hour work week instead of our 40 hours, and they spend 14% of their disposable income on food, nearly three times our 5%. And why is this? They want to eat delicious food and won't settle for the mediocre stuff we find in most of our supermarket aisles. There are many other differences that you will see between yourselves and the various peoples of the French-speaking (francophone) world, and you will see more and more of this as the year progresses.

Let me just end by saying that I love teaching French. The thing that I like most about it is that by the end of the year, I can look at all of you and say, "Wow, all of the French that these guys speak was learned in my class."

So, let's embark upon this new adventure together!

Here are a few things that I'd like you to do before tomorrow's class:

Read our class syllabus: French 1 Syllabus. Then I'd like you to read it, sign it, and use gentle prodding to convince your parent or guardian to sign it. Return by Friday, please.
Watch how to set up a Google Blog, which is found at this YouTube link: How to set up a blog
You need to have your blog created by Monday.
Find a dictionary to buy or download an app for your computer or phone. Here are two to consider buying: Pocket Dictionary Student Dictionary You're not required to buy a dictionary, but it is HIGHLY recommended. You may also use a dictionary app on your phone in class. Here's the thing, though: some of you will probably lose phone privileges so . . .
Go to the bookkeeper and pay for the French 1 workbook.
Check out Duolingo.com This a a VERY cool website and phone app that teaches you French. You will receive +4 exta credit points at the end of the semester for each level you master. Sign up now, if you're interested. If you talk an immediate family member into learning French on Duolingo, I'll give you an extra 2 points for each level that person does so long as you, yourself, have done that level.

Words and phrases learned today:
Bonjour! Hello
Je m'appelle Monsieur Isom My name is Mister Isom (I myself call, literally)
Comment tu t'appelles? What's your name?
Il s'appelle His name is
Elle She/her, in this case
S'il vous plaît Please
Merci Thank you
Levez-vous Stand up (levitate yourself!)
Asseyez-vous Sit down
Je comprends I understand (comprehend)
Je ne comprends pas I don't understand
Chouette cool, groovy
Quel âge as-tu? What age are you?
Excusez-moi, j'ai oublié Excuse me, I forgot
enchanté enchanted (nice to meet you)
Au revoir Goodbye

List of Useful Classroom Phrases

and this Quizlet deck: Useful Classroom Phrases

and this more complete list: French Classroom Phrases