Friday, September 30, 2011

The students practiced and presented their dialogues "au café".
devoirs: présentations cont., lundi

Thursday, September 29, 2011

We corrected homework. The students worked on their dialogues (and drawings in their scrapbooks).
devoirs: présentations orales, vendredi (with scrabooks)

Monday, September 26, 2011

We worked on -er verbs. The students did the activities on p. R-15 (in the book). We reviewed question formation and the negative. The students worked in groups and wrote "Madlibs" in French.

devoirs: #5-11 pp. R-9 to R-11
-er verb quiz (+ question formation, numbers and subject pronoun meanings),
mardi (Tuesday)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Find "Mon Pays" by Faudel on page 4 (at bottom):

Watch the video (and choose the level of activity you prefer).

http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/filter/language/fr/French
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/filter/language/fr/French/page:4

Site to music (and activities). Watch video, choose level.
We practiced prepositions (contractions) à and de.... We went to the lab. where students practiced conversation (individually and in pairs). They played Quia games.

devoirs: petit examen, Révision A, jeudi (étudiez!!!!)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011

We listened to 'Mon Pays' by Faudel (un chanteur français-algérien). We reviewed question formation (yes/no). We began our book review (révision A , les copains et l'école) . The students worked in pairs.
devoirs: cahiers (workbook): pp. R-1, R-2, R-3, mardi

Friday, September 16, 2011

We played "Around the World" and reviewed classroom vocab. The students took a quiz on the vocab. We read "Pauvre Anne", chapter 1. We watched an episode of the video "Paris, je t'aime".

devoirs: 0

Thursday, September 15, 2011

The students worked in pairs and reviewed the "vocabulaire de classe (verbes)". They answered the personal questions from chap. 1 of "Pauvre Anne". We began reading the novel. The students worked in groups and answered questions about the story. We read chapter 1 together.

devoirs: P. examen: vocab. de classe, vendredi

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

We studied the class vocabulary (tu and vous form commands). The students worked in pairs quizzing each other. The students discussed where, when and with whom they have spoken French, visited French speaking countries and wish to travel.

devoirs: study the class vocab. (quiz on Friday)
answer the questions about "moi" #'s 1-23, Thursday

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

We reviewed present tense verbs (with white board game). The students played "Pictionnaire" and hangman with class vocab. We continued with the oral presentations (reciting poem and answering questions).

devoirs: 4-fold-fan, vocabulaire de classe (the middle column, "vous" form commands,
mercredi

Monday, September 12, 2011

The students practiced reading their diamond poems to each other, and asked conversational questions of one another (in French). They began filling in a verb chart (review of regular and irreguar verbs in the present tense). They gave oral presentations (reading their poem and answering 3 questions in French).
devoirs: finish verb chart,
write 10 sentences in French about "ce qui se passe cette année'
(what's happening this year) about school, home, etc. ,
due Tuesday

Friday, September 9, 2011

We corrected the poems "le moi". The students watched "The Red Balloon" and filled out an activity sheet (in French).

devoirs: write out and color the poems "le moi" ,
présentations orales: answer 3 questions (from back of clock)
and read the poem (to Mme Legier), for Monday (lundi)

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The students read their horoscopes in French and decided if they were accurate or not. They described famous people (from pictures). They told what they were like with friends, family and teachers. We read "Nadine".

devoirs: write a diamond poem "le moi" based on handout given in class, using descriptive adjectives, Friday

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

We practiced the alphabet and French pronunciation. We played "la loto" (Bingo) with adjectives, the students deduced rules of adjective agreement (masculine and feminine).

devoirs: read and do parts A and B from the reading: Nadine, Thursday

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

We reviewed the alphabet and the students worked with partners spelling their names (in French). The students unscrambled questions, translated them into English and answered them in French. They took the "conversation quiz" (from the back of the green clock). We watched the rest of the Paris video.

Devoirs: fill out the Bingo sheet with adjectives (from "les caractéristiques psychologiques"),
for Wednesday

Friday, September 2, 2011

We corrected the conversational questions (on the back of the green clock). We learned the new song "la Seine" and watched the music video (from the film "un Monstre à Paris").

devoirs: cover text book,
quiz (petit examen) from the conversations on clock, Tuesday (mardi)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The students chose French names, picked up their textbooks, made conversation clocks and had review French conversations with their classmates (from back of clock).
devoirs: bring signed student information sheets,
answer questions on back of clock, Friday
cover text book, Tuesday