Monday, June 18, 2012

The students took their final exam.

Bonnes vacances! Bon voyage! 
Go on TV5and BBC French to practice French over the summer! Go on the blog for the review (Quia, etc.) and watch French films!

Ciao!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

We finished our oral exams.

devoirs:  MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM, Monday, June 18th

ÉTUDIEZ!!!! (use on-line activitites, book, workbook, vocab. lists, handouts, etc.!)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

We continued with the speaking part of the exam.

devoirs: book or workbook review, due Wednesday (see privous blog for details of pages)
             ORAL EXAM, cont., Wed.
              MUTLITPLE CHOICE EXAM, Mon., June 18th

Monday, June 11, 2012

We began oral exams.

devoirs: book or workbook review, due Wed.
             ORAL EXAMS, Tues., Wed.
             MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM, Mon. (June 18)

Friday, June 8, 2012

The students took the WRITTEN part of the final exam.

devoirs:  write out the answers to the questions for the oral exam, Monday
             ORAL EXAM; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
              (crêpe day, Wednesday)
              book work review OR workbook review (see Tues. blog), due Wednesday
             MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM: Monday, June 18th

Thursday, June 7, 2012

We reviewed French grammar with Voyage Perdu Ch. 7. The students asked each other questions from their list of questions for the speaking part of the exam.  We went to the lab and they played games reviewing vocab. and grammar.

devoirs: WRITTEN EXAM, Friday (June 8th)
             answer questions for speaking part of exam, Monday (June 11th)
             ORAL EXAM, Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday (June 11th-13th)
             MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM, Friday (June 15th)

             (book review OR workbook review due Wed. June 13th, see blog post from Tuesday)

Wednesday, June 6, 2012


PC or IMP?  http://www.quia.com/pop/189706.html
vocab. ch. 4   http://www.quia.com/jg/445549.html
venir, prep.+ geo.     http://www.quia.com/ba/15295.html
PC or IMP? story http://www.quia.com/cz/91189.html
vocab. ch. 5 http://www.quia.com/ba/15350.html
personne ou rien? http://www.quia.com/pop/189704.html
vocab. ch. 6  http://www.quia.com/jg/1171988.html
irreg. future: http://www.quia.com/jg/1063386.html
vocab. ch.7 http://www.quia.com/jg/1087529.html
conditionnel http://www.quia.com/quiz/328757.html
si clauses: ch 7 http://www.quia.com/ba/119838.html
tips for hearing pres.,PC,future,imp.  http://www.quia.com/cz/93477.html?AP_rand=1795113070
double object pronouns http://www.quia.com/pop/154668.html
vocab. ch. 8  http://www.quia.com/jg/1088280.html
qui/que, neg.,superlatives ch. 8   http://www.quia.com/ba/119838.html
que/qui ?'s     http://www.quia.com/pop/153453.html
vocb. ch. 9 Bataille: http://www.quia.com/ba/46572.html
vocab. ch. 11  http://www.quia.com/jg/852098.html
lequel, celui    http://www.quia.com/pop/165469.html
                      http://www.quia.com/pop/165469.html

Go on QUIZLET BON VOYAGE LEVEL II CHAPTER (4,5, 6,7,8,9,11)

PASSÉ COMPOSÉI,IMPARFAIT, PRÉSENT,FUTUR PROCHE,FUTUR,CONDITIONNEL





The students took the chapter 11.2 vocab. and lequel quiz. They worked with partners and answered questions about chap. 7 of Voyage Perdu, we finished reading the chapter.. The students began asking questions for oral exam.

devoirs:
(EXAMEN ÉCRIT), vendredi (le 8 juin)
écrire les réponses aux questions orales, pour lundi
EXAMENS ORAUX, lundi,mardi,mercredi (le 11,12,13 juin)
la révision dans le cahiers : p. 47-50 (#11-14), p. 83-88  (#5,6,7), p. 131-6 (#1-13)   ou (or)
la révision dans le livre: p. 236-241, p. 366-68, mercredi  (le 13 juin)
EXAMEN DE CHOIX MULTIPLES : lundi (le 18 juin)

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

We reviewed lequel/celui-ci, etc. and the students corrected their homework. We played BINGO with farm vocab, animals and sounds.
We listened to the song: Cette Ville by Mathieu Mathieu. We discussed the difference in living in the city or the country. We read chap. 6 of Voyage Perdu.

devoirs: crossword puzzle, p. ex. de chap. 11 mots 2 (and animal sounds), lequel/celui-ci.., mercredi

Monday, June 4, 2012

We reviewed  the country/farm animals and sounds. The students played Pictionary with the farm vocab.
We studied "lequel,laquelle,lesquelles....celui-ci, celui-la" . We finished chap. 6 of Voyage Perdu.
devoirs: p. 123-5, cahiers, mardi

Friday, June 1, 2012

We studied pronouns and adverbs. We corrected the homework. The students took a quiz.

devoirs: make a 4-fold-fan for ch. 11 (mots 2 only), review question formation (p. 318, text), lundi

Thursday, May 31, 2012

The students took the quiz (on conversation, review). They worked on a packet (y and en).
devoirs: packet, and quiz: y, en, adverbs, vendredi

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The students did error corrections from their chap. 8 test. They looked at their tests. We reviewed y and en and adverb formation, and they had conversations with the pronouns and adverbs.

devoirs: p. ex., from the review conversation (hand-out given in class), jeudi

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

We reviewed formation of the past participles (irreg.) and winter, skiing and  sledding vocab. The students had conversations p.  362 . We compared textbooks and looked at their web sites.

devoirs: p. 109 , cahiers + p. examen, vocab. ch. 11 mots 2 + irreg. past participles, mercredi
The students had conversations (reviewing all verb tenses) about their weekend.  We reviewed the pronouns y and en, and adverb formation. They took the ch. 9 (mots 1,2) quiz.

devoirs: p. 104-6, cahiers, mercredi

Friday, May 25, 2012

We practiced conversations about reserving hotel rooms, ch. 9 . We studied the pronouns y and en, and their placement.
devoirs: crossword puzzle (mots croisés), ch. 9, + p. ex. ch. 9 mots 1/2 (l'hôtel), mardi

Thursday, May 24, 2012

We went over hotel vocab (chap. 9) and played Bingo with the vocab. We read about "les auberges de jeunesse" (youth hostels) and talked about different kinds of hotels, etc. in France and other countries.
We began reading chap. 6, of "Le Voyage Perdu".

devoirs: 4 fold fan, ch. 9 mots 1, + p. 101, 103, cahiers, vendredi

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

We went  over the assessment for chap. 8. The students took the test for chap. 8.

devoirs: read p. 298, + answer ?'s,
               make a BINGO card for vocab. ch. 8 (l'hôtel)

                    use these words:
la réception (reception desk)                   un drap (a sheet)                  une clé  (a key)                        
la carte de crédit  (credit card)                 une couverture (a blanket)   une serviette (a towel
 une valise   (a suitcase)                           en espèces  (cash)               un oreiller (a pillow)
la note  (the hotel bill) *                         les arrhes (R!)  (a deposit)      du savon (soap)
les frais de téléphone  (phone charges)     un placard  (a closet)           un cintre ( a hangar)
la climatisation (air conditioning)
un rouleau de papier hygiénique!!!  (a roll of TP)



*a restaurant bill = l'addition

Monday, May 21, 2012

The students read about "les services urgences" p. 264-5 and answered questions. They wrote their "autobiographies" p. 100  in their workbooks. They shared SUPERLATIVE statements on the board.
We watched the video quiz for chap. 8.

devoirs: assessment p. 274-5 , livre
             and one reading (with questions) EITHER: p. 266-7, p. 268-9, p. 270-1 + answer questions,
            chap. 8 test, mardi

Friday, May 18, 2012

We reviewed comparatives and superlatives, the commands with pronouns: passe-le-moi (affirmative and negative) and "qu'est-ce que vs. qu'est-ce qui". The students took the grammar quiz. They finished their stories ( L'accident tragique!).  They had conversations comparing family members (p. 262-3.

devoirs: p. 95-6, cahiers, lundi
            examen chap. 8, mardi

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The students told the story of "l'accident tragique!". We went to the lab where they did review activities, for chap. 8 vocab. and grammar.

devoirs; p. ex. de grammaire (commands + pronouns) et "qu'est-ce que/ qu'est-ce qui", vendredi
grammar and vocab:
http://www.quia.com/jg/594482.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1170534.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/227411.html
http://www.quia.com/pop/153453.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/1088280.html
quizlet:
http://quizlet.com/8313526/bon-voyage-level-2-chapter-8-flash-cards/

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The students practiced their stories.
We played the "board" game using commands with pronouns (ex: passe-le-moi, ne me le passe pas).
They practiced "good, better,best" (adj.) and "well, better,best" (adverbs).

devoirs :
 orales (l'histoire de Rémy/Will), jeudi
  p. examen de l'impératif avec les pronoms d'objet direct et indirect (commands with pronouns), vendredi

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The students practiced their stories: l'histoire de Rémy/Will.

We reviewed the object pronouns used with commands. They wrote examples on the board. We corrected their homework.

We reviewed "ce qui" + verb,  "ce que" subject verb.

devoirs: p. 92-3-4, cahiers, mercredi
              prés. orales (racontez l'histoire de Rémy\Will), jeudi

Monday, May 14, 2012

L'histoire de Will Ferrell....deuxième partie

On a crié « au secours! » On a appelé les secouristes. Ils ont transporté Will en ambulance, sur un brancard à l’hôpital. Au service des urgences, le médecin lui a fait un pansement. Dans la salle d’opérations, l’anesthésiste lui a fait des anesthésies !!! Quelle horreur!!!


L'histoire de Rémy...deuxième partie

On a crié « au secours! » On a appelé les secouristes . On a transporté Rémy sur un brancard, à l’hôpital.

Au services des urgences… le médecin lui a fait une radio de son bras.

Dans la salle d’opérations…l’anesthésiste n’ a pas fait d'anesthésies.

Mais, le chirugien-orthopédiste lui a remis le bras en place (dans un plâtre).

????? La fin!

We studied and practiced commands with pronouns: donne-le moi, ne me le donne pas, etc. with Beanie Babies. We reviewed the hospital vocab. (chap. 8 mots 2), and corrected p. 254 # 7 and continued telling our story (Rémy Gaillard, Will Ferrell). The students took the chap 8.2 vocab quiz.

devoirs: READ p. 258, in the book, DO p. 256-60, but only do 2 for each section, due TUESDAY

Friday, May 11, 2012

The students practiced direct and indirect object pronouns.
They read and answered questions on VOYAGE PERDU, chap. 5.

devoirs: do the packet on OBJECT PRONOUNS WITH COMMANDS,
             p. ex. de chap. 8 mots 2, lundi

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

L'histoire de Will Ferrel

Un jour, Will était à la maison. Il était dans sa chambre à coucher. Il faisait du karaté dans son lit. L’autre lit est tombé! Quel accident tragique! Le pauvre! Il s’est blessé (une petite blessure!) . Il s’est coupé le coude. (Mais il n'y avait pas de sang.) Aaaah!


L'histoire de Rémi Gaillard

Un jour…Rémi Gaillard était sur l’autoroute.

Il faisait semblant d’être un escargot!
Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?? Un vélomoteur l’a écrasé!! Quel accident tragique! Le pauvre! Il s’est blessé. Il s’est cassé le bras. Aussi, il a mal au doigt de pied.

(to be continued)

The students practiced (and drew!) the story: l'accident tragique! (le pauvre!).  We did audio activitites. they took the chap. 8.1 vocab. quiz.

devoirs: 4 fold fan, ch 8.2, BINGO card, jeudi

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

We practiced the 8.1 vocab. (un accident) and began telling a story. The students did a dictée.

devoirs: p. ex. ch. 8 mots 1, mercredi

Monday, May 7, 2012

The students watched the end of "Ratatouille".  We reviewed parts of the body singing "Tête, épaules.." and playing "Jean dit...". We played the board game, where they wrote questions and sentences in the past, present and future. They rewrote daily activities in the passé composé (with ETRE and AVOIR, and using reflexive verbs).  We practiced the new vocab (un accident) chap 8 mots 1.

devoirs: cahiers: pp. 89-91, # 1-6, mardi

Friday, May 4, 2012

The students finished their oral presentations (giving directions EN VILLE). They read chap. 4 of "Le Voyage Perdu" and wrote true/false questions, we read it together and answered the questions. We watched Ratatouille.

devoir: chap. 8, 4 fold fan, mots 2, lundi

Thursday, May 3, 2012

We corrected the assessment (ch. 7) together. The students took the chap. 7 test.
devoirs: 0

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The students continued their oral presentations (giving directions around Issaquah).

devoirs: examen chapitre 7, jeudi

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

We practiced DO's and IDO's together (with fruits and vegies). The students shared possiblitlites: What would you do???? (in the conditional tenses). We reviewed directions and they practiced with their partners,directing them along streets in Issaquah. We began their presentations using the buildings on the streets of Issy.
devoirs: assessment p. 232-3, livre, mercredi
             examen chap. 7, jeudi

Monday, April 30, 2012

The students wrote down descriptive words to indicate location : à côté de...devant/derrière, etc. and directions (prenez la Rue Front, etc.). They used the drawings of buildings they drew, and gave each other directions "around town".  They wrote sentences from their "Autobiographies, chap. 7" on the board and we corrected them together.

devoirs:  prés. orales: giving each other directions, mardi
             assessment p. 232-3 (livre), mercredi
              examen chap. 7, jeudi

Thursday, April 26, 2012

We took a field trip to France.

devoirs: read and answer questions, p. 224-5 (BOOK)
               p. examen: chap. 7 mots 2, SI clauses (fut.\ cond.), DO\IDO together, VENDREDI

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The students practiced  "if" clauses....si...imparfait, conditionnel...they wrote sentences from prompts on a handout. They had conversations in pairs using  prompts  (what would you do....?). They did a dictée using the chap. 7 vocab. (driving around town) and practiced giving each other directions around Issaquah. They practiced DO and IDO together p. 220 . Mme Legier continued individual interviews with students.

devoirs: p. 78-79 (cahiers), jeudi
             prés. orales (les questions avec Mme L.), cont., jeudi

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The students listened to a song (with IF clauses...mourir demain). We corrected homework and went to the lab. The students practiced using QUIA and QUIZLET sites (chap. 7 vocab and grammar). I interviewed the students about their past, future and hypothetical activities (pres. orales). 

devoirs: p. 219, livre  # 19, 20, 21, mercredi
            pres. orales (interviews) cont., mercredi
Go to IElanguages,click on French III:scroll down to look at #51 (future) and click on French V : scroll down to #97 (conditional): This site is located on the right in my blog.
http://www.ielanguages.com/french1.html
vocab. chapter 7:
http://quizlet.com/1795954/bon-voyage-level-2-chapter-7-flash-cards/
conditional:
http://www.quia.com/jg/1095884.html
direct and indirect object pronouns:
http://www.quia.com/pop/154668.html
vocab. chapter 7:
http://www.quia.com/jg/1087529.html

Monday, April 23, 2012

We reviewed the conditional forms of verbs. They students practiced: 'What would you do...?" with 'si' clauses , IF imperfect, THEN conditional.  We reviewed the ch. 7 mots 2 vocab. p. 210-11, the students did activities, p. 212-3. They used maps of Issaquah to give directions.

devoirs: p. 75-6, 77 (10) cahiers, mardi
             prés. orales:  questions from review sheet (past...during break, future...this weekend) and SI clauses (questions 1,2,3 from 'What would y ou do...? ' questions,  mardi

Friday, April 20, 2012

We  looked at  Mme Legier's postcards from Paris. We studied the conditionnal (regular) tense and the students played the dice game.  They played Pictionary/Hangman with the ch. 7 mots 1 vocab. We corrected homework and did auditory activities (vocab. and grammar).  They took the ch. 7 mots 1, conditional (reg.) quiz.

devoirs: 4 fold fan, chap. 7 mots 2, lundi

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The students worked on a crossword puzzle and filled out verb charts for the future and conditional verbs.
(due as classwork tomorrow). Mme Legier asked them past, present and future questions from their review sheet. 

devoirs: p. 77, #9, cahiers, + p. examen  ch 7, mots 1, + conditionnel, vendredi

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The students wrote out answers to the REVIEW sheet (past, present,future). We reviewed car vocab. and studied the conditional tense.





devoirs: study p. 214, do p. 215, jeudi

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

We read chap. 3 of "Voyage Perdu" and the students acted it out. We studied the vocab p. 206-7 (la voiture, chap. 7, mots 1) and the students wrote out activities and had conversations
p. 208-9.

devoirs: cahiers p. 73-4, mercredi

Monday, April 16, 2012

The students had conversations about their vacation (en français, bien sur!). They watched Ratatouille.

devoirs:4 fold fan, chap. 7, mots I, mardi

Friday, April 6, 2012

We went over the assessment (chap. 6) homework, the students took the chap. 6 grammar quiz.

devoirs: 0
Bonnes vacances!!!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

the students continued their presentations.

devoirs: assessment (livre) p. 200-1 ,vendredi
p. ex. de grammaire (DO's and IDO's together), faire causitif , vendredi

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

We reviewed using direct object and indirect object pronouns together. The students continued with their cooking projects.

devoirs :cahiers p. 68-69, jeudi
projets de la cuisine, jeudi
p. examen de grammaire, vendredi

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The students began their cooking demonstrations. We reviewed DO's and IDO's used together:
Je TE LE passe. Je vais TE LE passer. Je TE L'ai passé. We reviewed the "faire causitif'.
We began watching 'Ratatouille' in French.

devoirs: cooking projects, cont., mercredi et jeudi
p. 68-69, cahiers, jeudi
p. ex. de grammaire ch. 6, vendredi

Monday, April 2, 2012

We sang "Je chanterai" by Celine Dion. We studied the future forms of reg. and irreg. verbs, the students had conversations about what they WILL do tonight, they corrected homework. We reviewed the food vocab. (mots 2, ch. 6) . They took the ch. 6 mots 2 + irreg.future quiz. We looked at the "faire causitif" and reviewed DO's and IDO's used together (me le, etc..)

devoirs: p. 68-9, cahiers, mardi
projets de cuisine: mardi, mercredi, jeudi

Thursday, March 29, 2012

We reviewed -ir verbs and vocab. The students took the ch. 6 mots 1 quiz (and reg. -ir verbs).
We practiced using DO and IDO together: je te le passe (I pass it to you) and the students received a handout on this.

devoirs: 4 fold fan, ch. 6 mots 2, + p. 67, cahiers (irreg. future), vendredi
projets de la cuisine: mardi, mercredi, jeudi

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

per 6

We played Bingo.
We went to the lab, to research recipes for cooking projects.

devoirs: p. ex. vocab. ch. 6 mots 1, + future verbs (regular), jeudi
cooking projects: mardi, mercredi, jeudi
Per 5
The students worked on future verbs (regular), packet A,B
We went to the lab, they did research on recipes for their cooking projects.

devoir: bingo card (ch 6 mots 1)
p. ex. ch. 6, mots 1 + futur (regulier), jeudi
cooking projects: mardi, mercredi, jeudi

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

We learned the future forms of regular verbs (-er,-ir,-re). The students made manipulatives (cards) with the conjugations. We sang folk songs (Alouette, Chevaliers de la Table Ronde). The students played Pictionnaire with chap. 6 mots 1 (p. 174-5)
devoirs; p. 63 , 66, cahiers, mercredi
BINGO card (ch 6 mots 1, per 6!), mercredi

Monday, March 26, 2012

We listened to "Si c'est la vie" by Berry and saw her video. The students read chap. 2 Voyage Perdu, and wrote summaries of the story (puzzle activity). They watched part of a video,
"a village called Panic".

devoirs: 4 fold fan, mots 2 chap 6, mardi

Friday, March 23, 2012

Today the students received their letters (written yesterday in class). We went over the assessement for chap. 5. They took the chap. 5 assessement.

devoirs: rewrite letters, due Monday

Thursday, March 22, 2012

We read the beginning of chap. 2, Voyage Perdu. The students wrote a letter to Mme L.talking about their use of technology, how they communicate (they wrote 3 paragraphs).

devoirs: chap 5 exam

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The students saw photos from last night's cultural fair.
They read their "autobiographies" to one another, and wrote sentences up on the board (we corrected together). They read about French banking. They watched the "video quiz" for ch. 5.

devoirs: assessment (livre p. 168-9), jeudi
examen chap 5 vendredi

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

We reviewed grammar, did listening activities. The students took the chap. 5 grammar quiz (relative pronouns: que/qui, past participle agreement with object pronouns and reciprocal verbs, personne/rien).

We went to the lab where the students recorded their conversations.

devoirs: autobiographie,p. 62, cahiers, mercredi
examen chap. 5,vendredi

Monday, March 19, 2012

We reviewed grammar from chap. 5 (reciproqual verbs in PC, agreement of past participles (when direct objects and pronouns precede the PC, personne and rien (as subjects), que/qui.
The students worked in pairs on these grammar concepts (p. 152-7). The students worked on their oral presentations (a la poste, a la banque).

devoirs: pres. orales , p. examen de grammaire: mercredi

Thursday, March 15, 2012

We watched a couple of music videos and the students filled in the blanks of the song, La Lettre.
We reviewed grammar (DO agreement, relative pronouns; qui/que, personne,rien, and reciprocal verbs). The students began writing a dialogue about running errands (at the post office and the bank).

devoirs: #13,14 cahiers, vendredi
prés. orales, mardi

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

We studied "personne'" and "rien" (as subjects) from packet. We watched 2 Alouette videos.

devoirs; #9,10,11,12 p. 56-57, cahiers
# 15,16 p. 58, cahiers, jeudi

Monday, March 12, 2012

We reviewed the vocab (at the post office), played "Around the World". The students took the chap. 5 mots 2 vocab. quiz. We reviewed grammar , pronoms relatifs and agreement with past participles, the students worked in pairs and had conversations (p. 151-4).

devoirs: p. 55-56, #9, 10,11,12, mercredi

Friday, March 9, 2012

The students played Pictionnary. We corrected homework and did auditory activities (à la poste). The students received a handout on chap. 5 grammatical concepts. We learned grammar; (agreement of past participles with direct objects) and the relative pronouns : que/qui.

devoirs: p. ex. chap. 5 mots 2, lundi

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

We corrected homework, did some auditory activities, the students took the chap. 5 mots 1 vocab. quiz (à la banque/au bureau de change).

devoirs: lire et répondre aux questions, p. 160-1, livre
4 -fold-fan, chap. 5 mots 2, jeudi

Monday, March 5, 2012

Tuesday lab activities:

Go on Quizlet:
practice chap. 5 vocab. mots 1 (flashcards, speller, learn,test)
play games with chap. 5 vocab., mots 1 (scatter, space race)
http://quizlet.com/9517926/bon-voyage-level-2-ch-5-mots-1-flash-cards/

Go to Quia: practice chap. 5 vocab. mots 1
http://www.quia.com/jfc/573219.html
The students answered questions about their spending habits. They read through their corrected copy of their 'trips". They had conversations p. 144 (in the book) about money, banking, etc.

devoirs: p. 51,61, cahiers , read and anwser questions p. 158 (livre), mardi
p. examen chap. 5 mots 1, mercredi

Friday, March 2, 2012

The students did error correctons from their exams (chap 4). We studied banking vocab (money) and they played Pictionary/Hangman with vocab. p. 142-3.

devoirs: rewrite stories of trips (p. 44) workbook, lundi

Thursday, March 1, 2012

The students shared their "trip" stories with one another. We read the end of chapter 1, "le Voyage Perdu".





devoirs: 4-fold-fan, chap 5, mots un (l'argent), vendredi

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

We corrected the green packet (IMP/PC) and "La fille aux cheveux d'or". The students took the vocab. quiz on time expressions (IMP/PC).

devoirs: write a paragraph (p. 44 cahiers), about a trip you've made IN THE PAST, using both PC and IMP verbs, 15 sentences, jeudi

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The students practiced using vocab. (from green PC/IMP packet). They finished "La fille aux cheveux d'or" (PC\IMP).

devoirs: answer ?'s about "La fille aux cheveux d'or" (handout given in class),
vocab. quiz (from green PC/IMP packet): time expressions, mercredi

Monday, February 27, 2012

The students had conversations about their Feb. break. We read "Madeleine" and saw the video "Madeleine".

devoirs: make flashcards or a four-fold-fan from vocabulary ( bright green: Passé composé and Imparfait compared packet) found on bottom of p. 115, top of p. 116 (# 3 and # 4), due Tues.

Friday, February 17, 2012

The students corrected their assessments (chap 4) and took the chap 4 exam.

devoirs: finish reading the 1st chapter of : le Voyage Perdu (p. 8-10)
read and complete the (short) packet on PASSÉ COMPOSÉ et l'IMPARFAIT,
due Mon. after break

BONNES VACANCES!!! Have a nice vacation!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The students finished their oral presentations on Francophone countries.
devoirs: assessment, p. 126-7 (livre), vendredi
examen chap. 4 , vendredi

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The students practiced their presentations (with partners). They began presentations (about French-speaking countries).

devoirs: read and answer questions, p. 120-1, livre, jeudi
examen chapitre 4, vendredi

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

We reviewed the verbs venir, revenir and devenir (stem-changing), and did the activity p. 112.
We did auditory activities, reviewing prepositions (with geography) and the PASSE COMPOSE and IMPARFAIT. They took the chapter 4 grammar quiz. The students made Valentines (en français).

devoir: projets de voyages (brochures ou posters) et présentations orales, mercredi, jeudi
examen chap. 4, vendredi

Monday, February 13, 2012

The students read'La fille aux cheveux d'or', choosing the Passé composé or the imparfait.
We read p. 109, they did activities #17,19 p. 110-111.

devoirs: p. 38, 40, cahiers, mardi
p. examen de grammaire, mardi
présentations orales, mercredi, jeudi
examen chap. 4, vendredi

Friday, February 10, 2012

Go to: Bon Voyage level 2,
on left, go to: web explore,
go to : les sites web en francais
go to : le monde francophone.

Explore the different francophone countries.
The students did a dictée (on airport travel). They took the chap. 4 mots 2 quiz. We went to the lab where they researched francophone countries.

devoirs: p. examen de grammaire, mardi
brochures (ou posters) et présentations orales, mercredi/jeudi
examen chap 4, vendredi

Thursday, February 9, 2012

We learned prepositions with countries (and cities), the students received a handout.
The students rewrote a passage from PC to IMPARFAIT.
They underlined and checked IMP and PC on pp. 6-7 'le Voyage Perdu".
They worked in pairs and did activities 6,8 p. 1044-5.
We did listening activities on airport vocab.

devoirs: p. 37 cahiers (IMP , PC) and p. ex. de vocab. chap. 4 mots 2, vendredi

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

We practiced the irregular verbs: venir, revenir, devenir, in the present tense. The students wrote about activities in the IMPARFAIT (what they used to do) and PASSE COMPOSE (what they did last year) p. 107 #12. They had conversations using airport vocabulary (review).

devoirs: p. 35-36, cahiers, jeudi

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The students had conversations H11, about train travel. We played BINGO with train vocab.
We read about Passé composé and the imparfait, p. 106. The did a review activity about Buzz and Craig in "le Voyage Perdu" and we read part of chapter 1.

devoirs; 4 fold fan, chap 4, mots 2 (à l'aéroport) p. 102-3, mercedi

Monday, February 6, 2012

The students described their activities over the weekend, where they were and what they were doing. They answered questions from the TGV reading (p. 118-119) and we saw a video of the TGV record (574 kilomètres à l'heure). We did audio activities.

devoirs: BINGO card (chap 4 mots 1 vocab, pp. 98-99) and quiz: chap 4 vocab, mots 1, mardi

Friday, February 3, 2012

The students shared what they did yesterday (using the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ )and where they were ( IMPARFAIT). WE reviewed vocab (chap 4 p. 98-99, les trains) . They students worked in pairs p. 100-101. We did listeneing activities p. 12,13.

devoirs: p. 33-34, cahiers, LIRE: p. 174-5, livre, lundi

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The students reviewed 'Petit Chaperon Rouge" (IMPARFAIT et PASSÉ COMPOSÉ). They took the quiz on the imparfait/passé composé. We watched the 2nd part of MUZZY.
devoirs: 4 fold fan, chap. 4 mots 1, vendredi

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The students corrected errors made on their final exams. We read part of "Voyage Perdu".
devoirs: p. examen: IMPARFAIT/PASSE COMPOSE, jeudi

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The students corrected the IMPARFAIT packet. They conjugated the verbs in the PASSE COMPOSE and IMPARFAIT for "Petit Chaperon Rouge".

devoir: read p. 1-3, Voyage Perdu, write a paragraph about the reading (in English or in French), mercredi

Monday, January 30, 2012

The students practiced the PASSE COMPOSE with dice, the IMPARFAIT with tic-tac-toe.
They read : Petit Chaperon Rouge, choosing PC or IMP. They watched part of Muzzy (video)..

devoirs: IMPARFAIT packet: READ p. 107 carefully, do letters A through H, all of the odd numbers, due Tuesday

Friday, January 27, 2012

Nous avons appris "Quelqu'un m'a dit" de Carla Bruni. Nous avons vu quelques scènes de 'Midnight in Paris'.
devoirs: underline the IMPERFECT forms of p. 1-3 in the story: Voyage Perdu, lundi

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Students took the multiple-choice section of final exam yesterday (Tuesday).

devoirs: 0

Monday, January 23, 2012

WELCOME BACK! Bienvenue!

Today the students did the speaking part of their exam.

devoirs: mult-choice part of exam, TUESDAY per 5 and 6

Courage! (Hang in there!) Bonne chance! (Good luck!) ETUDIEZ !!!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

We reviewed and the students took chap. 2 mots 2 + grammar quiz.

devoirs: answer speaking part of final questions, due Thursday
WRITTEN part of Jan. exam, Friday
verb charts due Tuesday
ORAL part of final, Tuesday
MULTIPLE CHOICE part of final, Wednesday

Don't forget to use the on-line review activities from my blog!!!

Good luck!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

We reviewed the health vocab. and read "Chez le médecin" p. 50. We practiced the verbs 'ouvrir' and 'souffrir' (they conjugate like -er verbs) and the commands. We corrected homework.
The students practiced recording themselves in the lab (practicing for the speaking part of the exam).

devoirs: crossword + p. ex. vocab. chap. 2 mots 2, grammaire, mercredi

PRACTICE GRAMMAR on blog posted earlier today!!!
Go on IELANGUAGES (at right) to practice grammar and vocab

Gon on CONJUGUEMOS (choose French) to practice verbs: past, present, future
http://conjuguemos.com/list.php?type=verbs&division=verbs&language=french

practice grammar (chap 2 , 3 )

OBJECT PRONOUNS
http://www.quia.com/cz/91186.html

IMPARFAIT
http://www.quia.com/pop/146571.html

OUVRIR, etc.
http://www.quia.com/jg/445533.html

IMPERATIF (Commands : vous, tu, nous (let’s)
http://www.quia.com/jg/2311069.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/2311069.htm

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ (être ou avoir)
http://www.quia.com/pop/189707.html?AP_rand=2113769513

http://www.quia.com/cz/91176.html

Monday, January 9, 2012

We reviewed OBJECT PRONOUNS, the students did a warm up with object pronouns and technology vocab. We reviewed the IMPERATIVE (commands) and the verbs: souffrir, ouvrir, etc., practiced the vocab. p. 38-39 , the students worked in pairs and did the activities p. 40.
We watched a video about a sick kid (who visits the Catacombs in Paris).

devoirs: 4 fold fan, chap 2 mots 2, + cahiers: p. 12, #6, p. 16, mardi
p. examen , chap 2 mots 2 + grammaire, mercredi

examen écrit: vendredi, le 13, janvier
examen oral: mardi, le 17, janvier
examen de choix mulitiples (scan-tron), mercredi, le 18 janvier

Friday, January 6, 2012

We practiced direct (le,la,les) and indirect object pronouns (lui, leur) with beanie babies.
We learned "souffrir, offrir", etc. verbs, that take -er endings.
The students did "Little Red Riding Hood" into the IMPERFECT. They practiced the conjugations with dice and had conversations about : last night, when they were little, etc.
We reviewed the health vocab. with our stories: Vinny and Cookie Monster.
They took the chap. 2 mots 2 vocab. quiz (la santé) /imperfect quiz.

devoirs: p. 13, 15, cahiers, lundi

Thursday, January 5, 2012

The students drew monsters and labeled the parts of the body.

We studied the IMPERFECT tense and they had conversations with partners p. 76-77.

We wrote a story about a famous person (very sick!!)

devoirs: cahiers p. 11-12 # 1-5,
p. examen: IMPERFECT and vocab. chap 2, mots 1 (la santé)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

We listened to the song "Siffler sur la colline' and looked at the use of PASSÉ COMPOSÉ and IMPARFAIT, direct and indirect object pronouns.

The students played with spinners, conjugating verbs in the IMPARFAIT, about activitites they did when they were young. They had conversations about what they were doing last night at 8:00 p.m.

We practiced "health" vocabulary.

devoirs: 4-fold-fan from vocab. p. 34-35, livre (la santé), jeudi

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The students wrote New Year's resolutions. They had conversations in the passé composé about activities over the December break. We discussed the IMPERFECT tense, when to use it and how to conjugate it. We looked at technology vocab.

devoirs: p. 25, 26, 27 cahiers, mercredi