June 25

Just in case you're viewing this blog during the summer, here's a fun French slang site that I found:

Fun French Slang site

May 31

Movie Project
Homework: Lots this weekend.  Workbook, pages 165-168. 10 points, due at first of period Monday.
You will have to learn the material on your own.  It is found in chapter 19 of the textbook.

Movie.
ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY--20 POINTS
You may write it in English, but the French version is due Tuesday, so I'd recommend just doing it in French this weekend, too.

If it would help your group work collaboratively, you may go to this google doc and each contribute some sentences:

Movie Project Google Doc

23 mai

Livre (Text) page 268, 269
Devoirs (Homework): Cahier (Workbook) page 159

Devoirs: Cahier 160 due tomorrow!

In class with partner, exercise 1, page 268; ex. 2, page 269

exercise 4, page 270;
Write ex 5, page 270

Interro (quiz):
     English                                                          French
1. fashionable
2. ugly
3. how much costs (how much does it cost?)
4  cheap
5. short
6. ____________________                            Penser que
7. ____________________                            The green shirt is pretty
8. ____________________                            Je pense que le pantalon est trop long
9. ____________________                            Comment trouves-tu mes lunettes de soleil?
10. ___________________                            Combien est-ce qu'elle coûte?

le 10 mai

BIG HOMEWORK WEEKEND (sorry, but we have to take the unit examTuesday so that we can finish unit 6 by the end of the year)

To prepare for your Unit 5 exam on Tuesday, I'd like you to spend some time on the Internet reviewing flashcards made Valette and Valette.  They are found at the following site:
classzone.com

You will also want to spend considerable time reviewing the grammar concepts in the unit.  You'll be in trouble if you don't know the gender of words, so you should spend some extra time reviewing flashcards from the first four units as well.

Today we will translate the following into English.  Your homework assignment is to FINISH these translations.  10 points Monday at the first of the period.

NOTE:  Those of you who don't do your homework until class starts will not get your points.  These points are for people who do it at home, like Rubi, Molly, Eric, Macie, Jose M, Gina, and, uh, I'm having a hard time thinking of very many others. Be one of the others this time.

Translate into English:
Est-ce que vous allez là-bas?
Oui.  Je vais avec Jean-Paul. 
Vraiment?  Où est-il?
Lui, il vient du café et après ça, nous allons au cinéma.

And this one into French:
Hey!  I like your sports car.
Thank you.  But I prefer Marc and Jeanne's car.  My car is too small.
Yes, all their cars are cool.   
You like sports cars, but you don't like sports, do you?
No, I don't play soccer or tennis.  My sister and I , we play piano.

vendredi, le 26 avril

Venir and de

page 219 B  de, des, de la, du
page 218 A conjugations of venir
Quizlet venir    Discovering French 1 Isom Venir
exercise 1, page 218
with parner, "Et Toi" page 217
Homework= Workbook page 133, exercises 1 and 2

19 avril

Homework over the weekend:
1. Log onto Quizlet.com.  Add your first name to the title of the flashcards.  Fix all typos. Be sure the title includes the type of words or page number.  Here are three examples:
Discovering French 1 Isom, Olivia--Ma Maison/My House
Discovering French 1 Isom, Jose R.--Les mois de l'année/Months
Discovering French 1 Isom, Rubi--page 165 Description adjectives
2. Homework (devoir) due Monday:  Write out exercise 211:8

 on page 207:1 and 208:3        5 points at first of period.I will walk around and give points as you're taking your quiz on the words from pages 197 and 200
Quiz:  Translate into French:
1. In my neighborhood there is
2. a good restaurant,
3. an interesting museum,
4. and a swimming pool.
5. At my house the dining room is in front of the kitchen
6. A bedroom
7. A living room
8. A store (starts with "m")
9. The beach (not "a beach")
10. The school 
In class today:
Speak exercises 207:1 and 208:3
Flash cards for page 210 words

Watch Téléfrançais

18 avril

Homework (devoir) due:  Write out exercises on page 207:1 and 208:3        5 points at first of period Friday
I will walk around and give points as you're taking your quiz on the words from pages 197 and 200

Quiz:  Translate into French: First of the period Friday

1. In my neighborhood there is
Dans mon quartier il y a
2. a good restaurant,
un bon restaurant,
3. an interesting museum,
un musée intéressant,
4. and a swimming pool.
et une piscine.
5. At my house the dining room is in front of the kitchen 
Chez-moi, la salle à manger est devant la cuisine.
Chez-moi, la salle à manger est en face de la cuisine.

Quiz will be worth 10 points, homework 5 points.

(for "at my house" you may say either: à ma maison" or "chez-moi")

Computer lab assignment yesterday.  The flash cards you guys made are great!  Let's go over some of them
Note: some of you need to go back and
1. fix the title of you flash cards so that it reads:  Discovering French 1 Isom [and then add the category of words, such as "Ma Maison" followed by a forward slash and then the English translation.  Here are three examples:
Discovering French 1 Isom--Ma Maison/My House
Discovering French 1 Isom --La Description/Description (adjectives)
Discovering French 1 Isom --Les mois de l'année/Months of the Year

Two other things to fix:
accent marks    été, not ètè, for example
be sure that the language is set for French (I think you all did this)