French 1: Wednesday May 1 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Pratiquez les verbes! For each of the 13 verbs in the below list...

1. write the definition;
2. write the full six-part present-tense conjugation;
3. write the full six-part past-tense conjugation. 

partir	arrêter	aider
dormir	connaître	essayer
sortir	tuer	revenir
mettre	mourir	tenir
rester

[10 minutes] Conversation Practice! 

• Students go around room, ask each other "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?" and "Qu'est-ce que tu va faire ce soir?" 
• Students respond to these questions (use past tense on first response, then future with aller + infinitive on the second). 
• Students should respond to at least one of the questions with one of the 13 verbs from the above list!
• CAH checks homework during this time. 

[15 minutes] Verb Review: Mettez les conjugaisons des verbes au tableau!

• Note the verbs that take être as past helping verb.

[15 minutes] More Conversation Practice! CAH asks students questions in past and present tense using the 13 verbs on this week's list.

[30 minutes] Past Tense with être! page R27!

• First, review conjugation of être. (How do you say "I am at school? Are you at school?...")
• Then look at list of verbs on R27 that take être instead of avoir as past helping verb. 
• Add passer to this list!
• Talk various mnemonics: DR. AND MRS. VANDERTRAMP, the House of être (ooo, flashcards!), The Alamo of être....
• être makes participles act like adjectives! You have to add an -e if a lady or other feminine noun "went" and -s if more than one person or object "went."
• Practice: CAH asks "Où es-tu allé hier? Où est-elle allée hier? Où êtes-vous allés hier?" Students respond in past tense.

Les Devoirs: deux choses très importantes!

1. Special Verb Practice: Write a story in past tense using each of the verbs on our special 13 list! Be prepared to draft a partner on Friday to act out your story while you read it aloud to the class.
2. Past Tense Practice: Translate the following sentences, using être as helping verb and treating participles like adjectives that have to agree with their subjects:

1. Jean went to the library.
2. Jeanne went to the library.
3. We (boys) went to the lake.
4. We (girls) went to the lake.
5. My (boy) cousins came to the country with me.
6. My (girl) cousins came to the cybercafé with Mom.
7. Did you (sg) pass the theatre?
8. Did you (pl) pass the opera?
9. We returned to the sea.
10. They returned to the ice-skating rink.
11. The Parisians climbed up the mountain.
12. Julienne got on (monter) the bus.
13. The New Yorkers climbed down the mountain.
14. Ahmed got off (descendre) the bus.
15. The woman left (partir de) the restaurant.
16. The man stayed at the restaurant.
17. We entered the high school.
18. We went back inside the school
19. Hugo became happy.
20. Did you become rich?