French 2: Friday April 20 Lesson Plan

DUE: Vocab 9.1 Writing Practice! pp. 310–313

1. Write all movie and novel words in pictures and in D'autres mots utiles four times. Wherever possible, include the name of a film, novel, or person who is an example of the term!
2. Write all Entre copains terms (p. 312) four times.
3. Write all Exprimons-nous! phrases (pp. 311 and 313) three times.

{10 minutes} Vocab Warm-up! Students trio up, one student gives vocab word from 310–311, other students give their examples. e.g.: Élève 1 dit, "Un film de science-fiction"; les autres deux disent, "The Wrath of Khan! The Matrix!"

• CAH checks homework for points during this time!

{20 minutes} Vos films et romans préférés

• Students get three minutes to think of their favorite film and their favorite book and one sentence explaining why they like them so much.
• First practice in trios, "Quel est ton film préféré? Mon film préféré est ___, parce que.... Quel est ton roman préféré? Mon roman préféré est ___, parce que...."
• Then all students present answers to class.

{30 minutes} La nouvelle grammaire: Relative Pronouns! qui, que, dont p. 314

• Read rules on 314
• See also this website on relative pronouns!
• Practice w. Ex. 5

Les Devoirs:

1. Due Tuesday: Translate 15 relative pronoun sentences, five using qui, five using que, five using dont. See below!
2. Due Thursday: Create movie poster! Pick a movie you really like, create a French-language poster that would entice French speakers to come see it.Your text should include the title, names of actors/actresses, the director, and "critics' comments" (you can make these up!). All text, including the title of the movie, should be in French!
3. Due lundi, le 30 avril: Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1!

Les phrases à traduire pour mardi!
Translate the following sentences, using the relative pronouns qui, que, and dont.

1. The actor who plays the hero is handsome.
2. The actress who plays the heroine is magnificent.
3. The movie that I saw Saturday is exciting.
4. The book that Jeanne read has many twists.
5. The director who made Star Wars is rich!
6. The drama that is playing at the cinema is depressing.
7. The comedy that is coming Friday is funny.
8. I like the same actor whom you like!
9. Our parents hate the horror movies that we adore.
10. Anne-Marie likes the mystery novel I gave her.
11. I saw the actor whose last movie was a flop.
12. They saw the director whose last spy movie a hit.
13. That's the movie whose actors are all French.
14. That's the romance novel whose author lives in Paris.
15. We watched a cartoon whose story we couldn't understand.