French Trip: Phone Books Are In! Time to Deliver!

The phone books have arrived! If you are raising money for the French trip, it's time to deliver!

The Gold Books are at 1405 W. Oliver, West Side Storage. Head west from BHSU on Oliver toward Pope and Talbot lumber mill. Before you head up the hill to the mill, you'll see West Side Storage between the day care and the apartment building on the south side of the road.

Your contact is Gregg Holtz, 605-641-2302. He'll be available at the storage unit so you can pick up phone books after school each day and on the weekends. I recommend concentrating weekend pickup times at 9 a.m. and noon. You can call Gregg to arrange other pickup times.

You can deliver phone books during pretty much any daylight hours that work for you. Let's get to it!

French 2: Monday, April 2 Lesson Plan

Figurez-vous que c'est avril! Déjà! c'est incroyable!

DUE: Pick ten French verbs. Write the six imperfect forms of each verb!

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 7.1!
pp. 234-237 (don't forget both Exprimons-nous sections and D'autres mots utiles!).

{15 minutes}
Present remaining camping skits!

{30 minutes} Imperfect Practice!
  • Student Drill: in pairs, students test each other by asking partners to give the imperfect forms of the verbs on their own papers (X picks a verb from X's paper, asks Y to give the six imperfect forms).
  • CAH checks homework for completeness during this time.
  • At the board: each student must compose an original sentences using the imperfect (l'imparfait) to say "I used to do something."
  • At the board #2: each student must compose an original sentence using imperfect and regular past tense (l'imparfait et le passé composé) together! follow the form "I was doing something when something else happened."
{10 minutes} New Vocab! 7.2: aller à la pêche!
  • Écoutez et répétez: All vocab words on pp. 247–248
Les Devoirs:
  1. Write all new vocab words in Exprimons-nous and D'autres mots utiles on p. 247 four times.
  2. Write all new vocab words in the pictures on pp. 246–247 three times and draw a picture representing each vocab word next to each vocab word.

French 1: Friday March 30 Lesson Plan

DUE: Breakfast skits! In pairs, at least five lines per character using the vocab from Chapter 6; other than that, the narrative is your choice!

{10 minutes} Répétez! Rehearse your skits!
  • CAH will check homework for points during rehearsal!
{20 minutes} Present breakfast skits!

{20 minutes} Review Vocab list 6.1 (pp. 184, 185, 187, 189) and partitive!
  • CAH will ask, "Quand tu crèves de faim/crèves de soif/as la dalle le matin, qu'est-ce tu prends?"
  • Students answer with vocab word set in partitive: "Je prends du lait/de la malbouffe/des œufs"
{20 minutes} vouloir! (p. 192 "Un peu plus")
  • Learn the conjugation:
  • je veux
    nous voulons
    tu veux
    vous voulez
    il/elle/on veut
    ils/elles veulent
  • Note that vouloir can be followed by nouns or infinite verbs:
    • Je veux le pamplemousse.
    • Tu veux des pamplemousses?
    • Mireille veut aller.
    • Nous voulons une bonne note!
    • Voulez-vous étudier avec moi?
    • Guy et Marc veulent jouer au foot.
    • [It can also be followed by dependent clauses, but that requires the subjunctive (Je veuz que tu le fasses!), and that's French 2... maybe!]
  • Practice: "Que veux-tu?/Qu'est-ce que tu veux?"
Les Devoirs:
  1. Study for Vocab Quiz 6.1, which will take place Tuesday, April 3!
  2. Write twenty original sentences using vouloir:
    • The first ten sentences must use different subjects, different nouns from Vocab 6.1 as direct objects, and the partitive: Je veux du/de la/des... ("I want some...").
    • The next ten sentences may use any subject (though never the same subject twice in a row) and any direct object (noun or infinitive verb); in other words, you can say that so-and-so wants a thing or that so-and-so wants to do something.

French 2: Thursday March 29 Lesson Plan

DUE: Present Le théâtre du camping!
    1. Students may work in twos, threes, or fours.
    2. Students must compose and perform a skit on camping using numerous items from Vocab List 7.1.
    3. Each student must deliver at least six lines. (Yes, that means a trio will do a longer skit than a duo.)
    4. For each camping-gear vocab word, you must have a prop or picture! You can use the pictures you drew in class last time. You can draw new pictures. You can bring in real objects (just not lighters or other items that can set people on fire or otherwise violate school policy).
{10 minutes} prepare for skits!

{20 minutes} present skits!

{15 minutes} practice Vocab 6.1

{35 minutes} Introduce the imperfect! L'imparfait! p. 198!

Les Devoirs:
  1. Pick ten French verbs. Write the six imperfect forms of each verb!
  2. Study for Vocab Quiz 7.1 on pp. 234-237 (don't forget both Exprimons-nous sections and D'autres mots utiles!). Quiz happens on Monday, April 2!

French 1: Wednesday March 28 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write pp. 186–187 Exs. 4 & 5

{15 minutes} Student Vocab 6.1 Drill!
  • Instructor goes around to check homework for completeness during this time! Students done: mark full credit on roster. Students not done: mark zero on roster; may give partial credit if assignment is completed by end of day.
  • Students work in threes, maybe a couple fours.
  • One student reads vocab words and phrases from pp. 184–189 (don't forget Exprimons-nous expressions and Entre copains words). Other group members see who can translate the word first.
  • Reader may give either the French or the English!
  • Each student in group gets to be a reader for at least a couple minutes!
{10 minutes} Review homework! Have students read answers to Exs. 4 & 5 out loud. Various answers are possible!

{20 minutes} New grammar: the partitive! p. 188!
  • Choose students to read aloud the rules and examples for the partitive on p. 188.
  • Do pp. 188–189 together in class (answers should be available in teacher's edition!)
{45 minutes} Student practice time for...

Les Devoirs!
  1. Due Friday: Pair up, prepare breakfast skits! Each character must have at least five lines using the vocab from this chapter; other than that, the narrative is your choice!
  2. And study for Vocab Quiz 6.1, which will take place Tuesday, April 3!

French 2: Tuesday March 27 Lesson Plan

Note: CAH gone! Substitute in charge!

DUE:
Les Devoirs!
  1. p. 236 Ex. 3—yes, write the entire paragraph!
  2. p. 237 Ex. 4—Write five new sentences using the parts given but don't use Au moment où!
{10 minutes} Vocab Drill in Trios!
  • Instructor goes around to check homework for completeness during this time! Students done: mark full credit on roster. Students not done: mark zero on roster; may give partial credit if assignment is completed by end of day.
  • Students work in threes, maybe a couple fours.
  • One student reads vocab words and phrases from pp. 234–237 (don't forget Exprimons-nous expressions and D'autres mots utiles!). Other group members see who can translate the word first.
  • Reader may give either the French or the English!
  • Each student in group gets to be a reader for at least a couple minutes!
{10 minutes} Review homework! Have students read sentences with answers out loud. Answers to Ex. 3 should be available in textbook; Exercise 4 has various possibilities: have students translate their answers!

{30 minutes} More Vocab Drill!
  • Students log into online textbook at my.hrw.com. (Student log-ins are available in yellow roster folder. Most students already have this log-in information. If for some reason a student is unable to log in, that student may work alongside someone who can.)
  • Go to the "Vocabulaire et grammaire" tab, then click on the Chapitre 7 Vocabulaire 1 link (Workbook pp. 73–75)
  • Students work on the following exercises for 15 minutes:
  1. Ex. 1: Name the object being described. No need to do the word search below!
  2. Ex. 2: Complete Bruno's e-mail with the logical words from the given box.
  3. Ex. 3: Correct the sentences by adding more logical vocab words.
  4. Ex. 4: Complete Carole's story with the proper transition words.
  • Once students are done, bring class back together, choose students to read questions and answers out loud.
  • Use the "Check All" button on each exercise to find out who has the right answers!
{40 minutes} Study time to work on...

Les Devoirs!
  1. Study for Vocab Quiz 7.1 on pp. 234-237 (don't forget both Exprimons-nous sections and D'autres mots utiles!). Quiz happens on Monday, April 2!
  2. Compose and practice Le théâtre du camping!
    1. Students may work in twos, threes, or fours.
    2. Students must compose and perform a skit on camping using numerous items from Vocab List 7.1.
    3. Each student must deliver at least six lines. (Yes, that means a trio will do a longer skit than a duo.)
    4. For each camping-gear vocab word, you must have a prop or picture! You can use the pictures you drew in class last time. You can draw new pictures. You can bring in real objects (just not lighters or other items that can set people on fire or otherwise violate school policy).

French 1: Monday March 26 Lesson Plan

Due: Les Devoirs!
  • Write all vocab phrases in Exprimons-nous p. 185, Exprimons-nous p. 187, and Entre copains p. 189 four times.
  • Write all vocab words and phrases in the pictures on pp. 184–185 three times.
  • Alongside all of the nouns for foods and table things, draw or paste a picture that clearly depicts each noun!
{15 minutes} Oral Practice! Students pair up, practice reading dialogues in the Exprimons-nous sections on p. 185 and 187. Students should vary lines by using other breakfast vocab words from the list!
  • CAH checks vocab during this time.
{30 minutes} Vocab practice! Do p. 186 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together in class.

Les Devoirs (with lots of work time!):
  1. Due Wednesday: Write pp. 186–187 Exs. 4 & 5
  2. Due Friday: Pair up, prepare breakfast skits! Each character must have at least five lines using the vocab from this chapter; other than that, the narrative is your choice!
  3. And study for Vocab Quiz 6.1, which will take place Tuesday, April 3!

French 2: Friday March 23 Lesson Plan

DUE: Vocab 7.1 Writing Practice! Write all of the following vocab words and phrases four times:
  1. All words and phrases depicted in the photos on pp. 234–235;
  2. All "Exprimons-nous!" bolded phrases on p. 235;
  3. All "Autres mots utiles" on p. 235;
  4. All "Exprimons-nous" bolded phrases on p. 237
{40 minutes} Finish Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quizzes!
  • While CAH does this, students in classroom should work on the following tasks:
  1. Each student draws three of the items from the photos on pp. 234–235. Each drawing should fill one separate sheet of paper, big enough to recognize from across the room.
  2. Do p. 236 Ex. 2 logical completion out loud.
  3. Practice listening to and reading both Exprimons-nous sections out loud. (Use my.hrw.com for listening practice!
{20 minutes} Vocab Visual/Oral Practice!
  • Each student draws three of the items from the photos on pp. 234–235. Each drawing should fill one separate sheet of paper, big enough to recognize from across the room.
  • When everyone is done drawing, CAH asks, "Qui a...?" Students respond by holding up the matching items.
  • Then each student holds up her/his pictures and says, "Quand je fais du camping, j'emporte mon/ma/mes..." and name each item!
  • If time allows, we try chaining the words: "Je fais du camping, et j'emporte...." First one student finishes this phrase by holding up naming one of her/his items. The next student names that item and one of her/his own. We keep going... tenth student has to name all nine previous items and one of her/his own.
{5 minutes} Listening Practice: Do p. 236 Ex. 1 script together.

{5 minutes} Vocab Practice: Do p. 236 Ex. 2 logical completion out loud.

{20 minutes} More Vocab Practice: Practice reading both Exprimons-nous sections out loud.
  • Then focus on J'étais en train de, Je venais de, and J'étais sur le point de, which all take infinitives! Students take five minutes to write three sentences using these phrases ("I was in the middle of/had just done/was about to + [infinitive] when something else happened!")
  • Read these sentences aloud!
Les Devoirs:
  1. p. 236 Ex. 3—yes, write the entire paragraph!
  2. p. 237 Ex. 4—Write five new sentences using the parts given but don't use Au moment où!

French 1: Thursday March 22 Lesson Plan

Note! Class is different for White 4, due to last week's guest speaker! But we get things re-aligned today!

White 2 & 3
White 4
{10 minutes} Practice Vocab 6.1 Vocab pronunciation! pp. 184–185, 187, 189

{40 minutes} Oral Vocab practice!
  • Focus on Exprimons-nous p. 185, esp. manger et boire.
  • Get students to say what they like and don't like for breakfast.
  • Do follow-ups: if students say they like le pain or le toast or le croissant, ask if they like those things avec la confiture, le beurre, le café, etc.
{20 minutes} L'examen orale: Finish with remaining speakers.
DUE: nothing to write, but today we take the Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz and the Oral Interview Quiz!

{30 minutes} L'examen de grammaire!
  • p. 154 (faire)
  • p. 156 (question words)
  • p. 166 (aller and futur proche)
  • p. 168 (venir and passé récent)
{10 minutes} Practice Vocab 6.1 Vocab pronunciation! pp. 184–185, 187, 189

{20 minutes}
Oral Vocab practice!
  • Focus on Exprimons-nous p. 185, esp. manger et boire.
  • Get students to say what they like and don't like for breakfast.
  • Do follow-ups: if students say they like le pain or le toast or le croissant, ask if they like those things avec la confiture, le beurre, le café, etc.
{30 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz!
Les Devoirs: Vocab 6.1 Writing and Picture Practice!
  • Write all vocab phrases in Exprimons-nous p. 185, Exprimons-nous p. 187, and Entre copains p. 189 four times.
  • Write all vocab words and phrases in the pictures on pp. 184–185 three times.
  • Alongside all of the nouns for foods and table things, draw or paste a picture that clearly depicts each noun! See example below:

French 2: Wednesday March 21 Lesson Plan

DUE: nothing! But you had better have studied like crazy for...

{90 minutes} ...the Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz!
  • one on one in the hall
  • Volunteers first, then students by random spreadsheet draw. Everyone, be ready!
Les Devoirs: per the student vocab preference survey, we jump to Chapter 7, "Un week-end en plein air"!
  • Listen to Vocab 7.1 (pp. 234–235) on the online textbook. Practice saying the words along with the audio.
  • Then write all of the following vocab words and phrases four times:
  1. All words and phrases depicted in the photos on pp. 234–235;
  2. All "Exprimons-nous!" bolded phrases on p. 235;
  3. All "Autres mots utiles" on p. 235;
  4. All "Exprimons-nous" bolded phrases on p. 237

French 2 Chooses Chapters 7 and 9

Here are the results of the French 2 Fourth Quarter Vocab Preference Survey. The winners are Chapter 7 (The Great Outdoors!) and Chapter 9 (media!). Thank you for casting your votes. We start Chapter 7 Wednesday!

Below are the survey question and the exact results:
We have two months left of school. We have four chapters to choose from. We can cover two chapters, maybe three. Please indicate the order in which you would like to do the following chapters based on the given vocabulary topic areas. Assign numbers as follows:
  1. Do it now!
  2. Do it second.
  3. Do it if there's time.
  4. Don't do it; we can do without it in French 1.
Chapter Vocabulary
Avg. Rank
Chapter 9: Movies, books, TV, and music2.2
Chapter 8: Body parts, sickness and health3.0
Chapter 7: Camping, fishing, and the great outdoors2.0
Chapter 6: Things we did when we were kids + Life in the country2.8

French 1: Tuesday March 20 Lesson Plan

Note! Class is different for White 4, due to last week's guest speaker!

White 2 & 3
White 4
DUE: nothing to write, but today we take the Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz and the Oral Interview Quiz!

{30 minutes} L'examen de grammaire!
  • p. 154 (faire)
  • p. 156 (question words)
  • p. 166 (aller and futur proche)
  • p. 168 (venir and passé récent)
{60 minutes} L'examen orale: one on one in the hallway!
DUE: Lots of review for the Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz (which White 4 does Thursday)
  1. Do p. 169 Ex. 35
  2. Write 8 French mini-dialogues of this form:
    • "Are you going to do X?" (use aller + infinitive for futur proche!)
    • "I just did X." (use venir de + infinitive for passé récent!)
    • Each dialogue must use a different verb for "X" (chanter, étudier..., faire...).
  3. Do p. 176 review exercises 1, 2, & 3. Write complete sentences!
{5 minutes} Oral Practice! Pair up and read your mini-dialogues together. One person should read the "Tu vas faire..." questions; the other should read the "Je viens de faire..." lines. Remember what you are saying: "—Are you going to do X? —I just did X!"
  • CAH checks homework for points during this time!
{40 minutes} Grammar Review!
  • Students write responses to p. 169 Ex. 35 on board.
  • Share papers! Each student reads one of his/her va/venir mini-dialogue questions; a neighbor reads the corresponding mini-dialogue answer.
  • Students read aloud answers to p. 176 Exs. 1, 2, & 3.
  • Check conjugations of faire, aller, and venir.
  • Check question words!
{45 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz!
Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais commencez à étudier le nouveau vocabulaire de Chapitre 6!
Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais étudiez bien pour l'examen de grammaire que vous passerez jeudi, et commencez à étudier le nouveau vocabulaire de Chapitre 6!
White 2 & 3
White 4

French 2: Monday March 19 Lesson Plan

DUE: Grammar review: pp. 186–187 Exs. 2 & 4.

{5 minutes} Anomalous Outbreak of Democracy!
  • Students can submit rankings of Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 via Moodle questionnaire to indicate which vocab lists they'd like to study during the fourth quarter!
  • CAH will choose the chapter order based on the composite rankings of the chapter.
  • Rankings due by end of this school day! Questionnaire closes at 15:15!
{15 minutes} Go over grammar exercises twice!
  • Students read aloud solutions to pp. 186–187 Exs. 2 & 4.
{25 minutes} Present/past practice!
  • Count off: un, deux, un, deux....
  • Each student will write one sentence on the board telling something he or she does regularly.
  • "Un" must use reflexive verb!
  • "Deux" must use a normal/non-reflexive verb.
  • After each sentence is on the board, other students go up to put that sentence in past tense.
{40 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz Practice!
  • First practice questions for CAH.
  • Then practice CAH questions for students.
Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais étudiez comme les dingues pour l'examen orale, que vous passerez mercredi!

French 1: Friday March 16 Lesson Plan

Reminder: French speaker presenting during White Block 4 today! Students from other blocks are welcome to attend. Activities will be shortened during White 4 to fit speaker's program; however, homework is still due during White 4!

DUE:
Lots of review for the Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz (Tuesday, March 20!)
  1. Do p. 169 Ex. 35
  2. Write 8 French mini-dialogues of this form:
    • "Are you going to do X?" (use aller + infinitive for futur proche!)
    • "I just did X." (use venir de + infinitive for passé récent!)
    • Each dialogue must use a different verb for "X" (chanter, étudier..., faire...).
  3. Do p. 176 review exercises 1, 2, & 3. Write complete sentences!
{5 minutes} Oral Practice! Pair up and read your mini-dialogues together. One person should read the "Tu vas faire..." questions; the other should read the "Je viens de faire..." lines. Remember what you are saying: "—Are you going to do X? —I just did X!"
  • CAH checks homework for points during this time!
{40 minutes} Grammar Review!
  • Students write responses to p. 169 Ex. 35 on board.
  • Share papers! Each student reads one of his/her va/venir mini-dialogue questions; a neighbor reads the corresponding mini-dialogue answer.
  • Students read aloud answers to p. 176 Exs. 1, 2, & 3.
  • Check conjugations of faire, aller, and venir.
  • Check question words!
{40 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz review!
Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais étudiez beaucoup, sans cesser:
  1. L'examen de grammaire (Tuesday for White 2 & 3; Thursday for White 4):
    • p. 154 (faire)
    • p. 156 (question words)
    • p. 166 (aller and futur proche)
    • p. 168 (venir and passé récent)
  2. L'examen orale: Tuesday!

French 2: Thursday March 15 Lesson Plan

DUE: Do it/Don't do it skits!
  • Compose a brief absurdist skit using reflexive commands:
    • 1: "Do A!"
    • 3: "Don't do A; do B!"
    • 1: "Don't do B; do C!"
    • 3: "Don't do C: do D!"
    • 1: "Don't do D; do E!"
    • 3: "Don't do E; do F!"
    • 1: "Don't do F!"
    • 2: "Hey, let's do G!"
    • 1 & 3: "O.K.!"
  • #2 acts out all of the commands given by #1 and #3.
  • #1 and #3 join #2 in doing what #2 suggests at the end.
  • You conduct this conversation in French, of course.
  • Prepare this skit to present in class next time!
{20 minutes} Student present skits! Students must present seven different actions and act them out accurately!

{20 minutes} Practice Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz!

{5 minutes} Listening Practice: p. 187 Ex. 6
  • CAH reads script, students respond with le matin or le soir.
{20 minutes} Grammar Practice: Do p. 186 Exs. 1 & 3 in class (time to work at desks, then write responses au tableau.

Les Devoirs:
  1. Do pp. 186–187 Exs. 2 & 4.
  2. Keep studying for the Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz!

French 1: Wednesday March 14 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

{5 minutes} Admin notes!
  1. Announce French home stay project for this summer! Host a French student in your house June 12–July 12. See CAH for brochure/sign-up info.
  2. French speaker coming to class during White block 4 on Friday! Students, prepare questions!
{30 minutes} Oral Interview Practice! This quiz happens next week Tuesday, March 20!
  1. Quel temps fait-il?
  2. Quel temps va-t-il faire demain?
  3. Quand est ton anniversaire?
  4. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire samedi?
  5. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire en été?
  6. Qu'est-ce que tu fais (en/au autre saison)?
  7. Avec qui? (I'll ask this question after either #4, #5, or #6!)
  8. Then you ask me two questions... not the weather, not when's my birthday, and not ça va or my name or anything else to which you already know the answer.
First play the practice video, then CAH asks students questions

{30 minutes} venir and the recent past (passé récent—p. 168)
  • Learn conjugation of venir: to come!
    • je viens, tu viens, il vient, nous venons, vous venez, elles viennent
  • Use this verb to mean physically coming to a place:
    • Nous venons à la fête!
  • You can also use this verb to speak of something that just happened:
    • Nous venons de manger: "We just ate."
    • Je viens de ranger mes affaires: "I just picked up my things."
    • Basic formula: conjugate venir, then add de, then add the infinitive of the action you just did.
  • Practice with p. 168 Exs. 33 and 34.
Les Devoirs: Lots of review for the Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz (Tuesday, March 20!)
  1. Do p. 169 Ex. 35
  2. Write 8 French mini-dialogues of this form:
    • "Are you going to do X?" (use aller + infinitive for futur proche!)
    • "I just did X." (use venir de + infinitive for passé récent!)
    • Each dialogue must use a different verb for "X" (chanter, étudier..., faire...).
  3. Do p. 176 review exercises 1, 2, & 3. Write complete sentences!

French 2 Chapter 5 Oral Quiz: Practice Video

French 2 students, here's your practice video for the Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz, which will take place next week Wednesday, March 21:


  • I will ask you one of these two questions:
    • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir? OR
    • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?
  • You will answer by stating three things that you did, using vocab from Chapter 5.
  • I will then ask a follow-up question to your response. I may ask whether you did another activity; I may ask what you did before or after what you mentioned; I may ask pourquoi? about the activities you mentioned. You need to answer in a complete sentence, not just oui or non.
  • I will then give you four commands based on the verbs in Chapter 5. You will respond not by speaking but by acting out the action commanded. Possible commands:
    1. lève-toi
    2. réveille-toi
    3. couche-toi
    4. endors-toi
    5. brosse-toi les dents
    6. brosse-toi les cheveux
    7. peigne-toi
    8. coiffe-toi
    9. habille-toi
    10. déshabille-toi (remember, mime it, don't actually do it!)
    11. lave-toi les mains
    12. lave-toi la figure
    13. lave-toi les cheveux
    14. sèche-toi
    15. sèche-toi les mains
    16. sèche-toi les cheveux
    17. sèche-toi les yeux**
    18. maquille-toi avec le rouge à levres
    19. rase-toi
    20. dépêche-toi
  • You then ask me two questions—not ça va or comment tu t'appelles or anything else to which you already know the answer. I will respond; you will prove you understand my response (probably by translating my statement back into English).

French 2: Tuesday, March 13 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! pp. 176–177 Exs. 33 & 34

Mais en premier...

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 5.2!
  • Le même comme toujours: CAH parle en français; vous écrivez en anglais.
{15 minutes} Review reflexive verbs in imperative!
  • Lisez à haute voix les Exercises 33 & 34
{20 minutes} General grammar/vocab review! Do pp. 178-179 Exs. 39-40 in class.

{10 minutes} Announce Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz!
  • I will ask you one of these two questions:
    • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir? OR
    • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?
  • You will answer by stating three things that you did, using vocab from Chapter 5.
  • I will then ask a follow-up question to your response. I may ask whether you did another activity; I may ask what you did before or after what you mentioned; I may ask pourquoi? about the activities you mentioned. You need to answer in a complete sentence, not just oui or non.
  • I will then give you four commands based on the verbs in Chapter 5. You will respond not by speaking but by acting out the action commanded. Possible commands:
    1. lève-toi
    2. réveille-toi
    3. couche-toi
    4. endors-toi
    5. brosse-toi les dents
    6. brosse-toi les cheveux
    7. peigne-toi
    8. coiffe-toi
    9. habille-toi
    10. déshabille-toi (remember, mime it, don't actually do it!)
    11. lave-toi les mains
    12. lave-toi la figure
    13. lave-toi les cheveux
    14. sèche-toi
    15. sèche-toi les mains
    16. sèche-toi les cheveux
    17. sèche-toi les yeux**
    18. maquille-toi avec le rouge à levres
    19. rase-toi
    20. dépêche-toi
  • You then ask me two questions—not ça va or comment tu t'appelles or anything else to which you already know the answer. I will respond; you will prove you understand my response (probably by translating my statement back into English).
Les Devoirs: Do it/Don't do it skits!
  • Compose a brief absurdist skit using reflexive commands:
    • 1: "Do A!"
    • 3: "Don't do A; do B!"
    • 1: "Don't do B; do C!"
    • 3: "Don't do C: do D!"
    • 1: "Don't do D; do E!"
    • 3: "Don't do E; do F!"
    • 1: "Don't do F!"
    • 2: "Hey, let's do G!"
    • 1 & 3: "O.K.!"
  • #2 acts out all of the commands given by #1 and #3.
  • #1 and #3 join #2 in doing what #2 suggests at the end.
  • You conduct this conversation in French, of course.
  • Prepare this skit to present in class next time!

French 1 Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz: Practice Video

And here's that practice video I promised you diligent French 1 students for the Chapter 5 oral interview quiz. Listen and respond!



  1. Quel temps fait-il?
  2. Quel temps va-t-il faire demain?
  3. Quand est ton anniversaire?
  4. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire samedi?
  5. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire en été?
  6. Qu'est-ce que tu fais (en/au autre saison)?
  7. Avec qui? (I'll ask this question after either #4, #5, or #6!)
Then you ask me two questions... not the weather, not when's my birthday, and not ça va or my name or anything else to which you already know the answer.

French 1: Monday March 12 Lesson Plan

DUE: Travel slideshow! Present a slideshow depicting your ideal travel itinerary for the year... tout en français!. Minimum six slides:
    1. First slide: Your name, plus a title.
    2. Second slide: Spring destination, weather, and two activities
    3. Third slide: Summer destination, weather, and two activities
    4. Fourth slide: Fall destination, weather, and two activities
    5. Fifth slide: Winter destination, weather, and two activities
    6. Sixth slide: Summary of trip
    • All slides must have images and French text (at least five words, but no more than ten)!
    • When you talk about talk about the weather and the activities you are going to do, phrase them in the futur proche (p. 166): e.g., for your summer trip, you may say, Il va faire beau. Nous allons aller à la plage (allons aller means "we're going to go"). For your winter trip, you may say Il va neiger (note use of infinitive form neiger instead of conjugated for neige). Nous allons faire du snowboard.
{45 minutes} Students present travel slideshows
{25 minutes} First look at oral interview quiz questions! Next week, we'll do an oral interview quiz consisting of the following questions:
  1. Quel temps fait-il?
  2. Quel temps va-t-il faire demain?
  3. Quand est ton anniversaire?
  4. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire samedi?
  5. Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire en été?
  6. Qu'est-ce que tu fais (en/au autre saison)?
  7. Avec qui? (I'll ask this question after either #4, #5, or #6!)
  8. Then you ask me two questions... not the weather, not when's my birthday, and not ça va or my name or anything else to which you already know the answer.
Les Devoirs: nothing written due for next time; however...
  • Study the oral interview questions, think of and practice answers thereto! Be ready for this oral interview to take place next week Tuesday!
  • Brace yourselves for a grammar quiz over Chapter 5 (pp. 154, 156. 166, 168) to take place next week Tuesday or Thursday!

French 2: Tuesday March 6 Lesson Plan

DUE: Reflexive verb practice: Write out p. 175, exercises 28, 29, and 30.

{5 minutes} Oral Vocab Drill!
around the room, each student asks next student a vocab word
  • Try it this way: student 1 gives word in English, student 2 has to think of French word.
{10 minutes} Oral grammar practice! Students trio up, read Exs. 28–30 to each other, check answers.
  • CAH checks homework for points during this time!
{40 minutes} Review reflexive verbs with past tense!
  • Students write Exs. 28 and 29 on board.
  • Students read Ex. 30 paragraphs aloud; other students translate!
{20 minutes} New grammar: reflexive verbs in the imperative! p. 176
  • Go over affirmative and negative commands
  • Watch reflexive pronoun placement
  • Do Ex. 32 together
  • practice telling each other to do or not do certain things
Les Devoirs: pp. 176–177 Exs. 33 & 34
  • And don't forget to study for your Vocab Quiz 5.2, pp. 170–173! Vous allez passer cet examen mardi, le 13 mars!

French 1: Monday March 5 Lesson Plan

DUE: Text for slideshow! (see below for criteria)

{30 minutes} Vocab Quiz 5.2!

  • pp. 162, 163, 165, 170
Rest of class time available to revise and practice...

Les Devoirs: Travel slideshow! Create a slideshow depicting your ideal travel itinerary for the year... tout en français!. Minumum six slides:
    1. First slide: Your name, plus a title.
    2. Second slide: Spring destination, weather, and two activities
    3. Third slide: Summer destination, weather, and two activities
    4. Fourth slide: Fall destination, weather, and two activities
    5. Fifth slide: Winter destination, weather, and two activities
    6. Sixth slide: Summary of trip
    • All slides must have images and French text (at least five words, but no more than ten)!
    • When you talk about talk about the weather and the activities you are going to do, phrase them in the futur proche (p. 166): e.g., for your summer trip, you may say, Il va faire beau. Nous allons aller à la plage (allons aller means "we're going to go"). For your winter trip, you may say Il va neiger (note use of infinitive form neiger instead of conjugated for neige). Nous allons faire du snowboard.
    • Due Monday, March 12: full slide show, ready to present in class!

French 1 Student Posters: Pastimes!

Disclaimer: posting does indicate endorsement of student vocabulary choices or grammatical structures! Challenge to students of the French language: If you can spot errors, indicate them—kindly—in the comment section!














French 2: Friday March 2 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! (but you should be studying for your Vocab Quiz 5.2, coming March 13, on words on pp. 170, 171, 173)

{30 minutes} Review passé composé (pp. 58, 60)
  • Glance back at pp. 58 and 60 for basic formation of past tense.
  • Students translate the following sentences au tableau:
  1. I worked all morning.
  2. You worked all morning.
  3. She waited all afternoon.
  4. We waited the whole evening.
  5. You went to all the films.
  6. They entered all the rooms.
  7. All the monsters died.
  8. All the students arrived at 8 o'clock.
  9. I have stayed at all the hotels in Bismarck.
  10. You ate all the cake!
  11. Elise used all the soap.
  12. We lost all of our toothpaste.
  13. You took the bus.
  14. Jean and Claude did all their homework.
  15. Marie and Isadore knew all the answers.
  16. I climbed all the mountains.
  17. You went out to all the parties.
  18. All my brothers were born in winter.
  19. All my sisters were born in summer.
  20. They put all the towels in the bathroom.
{30 minutes} Reflexive verbs in passé composé (p. 174)
  • Reflexive verbs act like verbs of motion: they all take être in the past tense!
  • One big difference from verbs of motion: the past participle agrees with the subject/reflexive pronoun only if there is not some other direct object (like the teeth being brushed, hair being combed, hands being washed) after the verb.
  • Examples:
    1. Male speaking: Je me suis levé.
    2. Female speaking: Je me suis levée.
    3. Tu t'es rasé?
    4. Marion s'est lavée.
    5. Marion s'est lavé les mains. ("The hands" are a direct object; participle does not change to feminine to agree with subject Marion.)
    6. Nous nous sommes habillés.
    7. Mes filles, vous vous êtes habillées? (extra e and s: feminine plural!)
    8. Les garçons se sont couchés a 10 h.
    9. Les filles se sont brossé les dents. ("The teeth" are direct object, so participle does not agree with subject.)
  • Do p. 174, Ex. 27 together in class
Les Devoirs: Reflexive verb practice: Write out p. 175, exercises 28, 29, and 30.

French 1: Thursday March 1 Lesson Plan

DUE: p. 166 Exs. 27 & 28. Don't just check the boxes in the online textbook; write out the complete sentences in both exercises!

{10 minutes} Lightning oral practice with avoir idioms (p. 170)
  • CAH prompts with a time or month or season or weather
  • First student answers with an avoir idiom (J'ai faim/soif/chaud/frois/sommeil)
  • Second student answers with either Tu as besoin de... or Tu as envie de....
{15 minutes} More oral practice!
  • Students in pairs trade, read, and translate each others' homework sentences (p. 166 Exs. 27 & 28).
  • CAH checks homework during this time.
  • Then go over Exs. 27 & 28 together.
{30 minutes} In-class writing practice! Fifteen original sentences!
  1. Write six sentences in which you say "A is going to do B," where A is any person or pronoun and B is an infinitive verb.
    • Example: Elaine va chanter—"Elaine is going to sing."
    • you must use a different subject and a different infinitive in each sentence!
  2. Write nine sentences in which you say, "If the weather is X, I am going to the Y."
    • Example: S'il pleut, Luc et Guillaume vont au musée.—"If it rains, Luc and Guillaume are going to the museum."
    • You must use a different weather condition (X) and a different destination (Y) in each sentence!
    • Use the vocab on pp. 162-163
After 25 minutes, every student will read one of each type of sentence aloud: first everyone reads a Si sentence, then everyone reads a futur proche sentence.

Les Devoirs:

  1. Study for Vocab Quiz 5.2 (pp. 162, 163, 165, 170)! Quiz happens Monday, March 5!
  2. Start working on travel slideshows! Create a slideshow depicting your ideal travel itinerary for the year... tout en français!. Minumum six slides:
    1. First slide: Your name, plus a title.
    2. Second slide: Spring destination, weather, and two activities
    3. Third slide: Summer destination, weather, and two activities
    4. Fourth slide: Fall destination, weather, and two activities
    5. Fifth slide: Winter destination, weather, and two activities
    6. Sixth slide: Summary of trip
    • All slides must have images and French text (at least five words, but no more than ten)!
    • When you talk about talk about the weather and the activities you are going to do, phrase them in the futur proche: e.g., for your summer trip, you may say, Il va faire beau. Nous allons aller à la plage (allons aller means "we're going to go"). For your winter trip, you may say Il va neiger (note use of infinitive form neiger instead of conjugated for neige). Nous allons faire du snowboard.
    • Due next time, Monday, March 5: written text of slides
    • Due Monday, March 12: full slide show, ready to present in class!