French 1: Monday February 13 Lesson Plan

DUE:

1. Do p. 153 Ex. 4.
2. Write 12 original sentences talking about doing certain sports and pastimes (from our 5.1 vocab list on pp. 151–152!) during certain times of the year.
1. Two sentences must have je as the subject.
2. Two sentences must have tu as the subject.
3. Two sentences must name one other person (Gustave, Murièle, etc.) as the subject.
4. Two sentences must have nous as the subject.
5. Two sentences must have vous as the subject.
6. Two sentences must name two or more other people as the subject.
   
7. All sentences must use conjugated forms of faire or jouer.
8. Each sentence must use a different activity.
   
9. Each sentence must use a different time of the year, either a month or a season.

{10 minutes} Oral warm-up! Reading, listening, and translating.

• Students trade papers, read each other's sentences to each other; original writer should be able to translate each sentence back.
• CAH scores homework during this time.

{5 minutes} Listening and Speaking Practice

• Review p. 153 Ex. 4 out loud

{15 minutes} Writing Practice: faire/jouer, mois/saisons, activités!

• Students (six at a time) write examples of sentences from second half of homework on board.
• CAH sends new students to board to revise sentences given different subjects.

{30 minutes} Question Words! (p. 156)

• Learn the Who/What/When/Where/Why/How of French:

who	Qui...?
what	Qu'est-ce que...?
when	Quand est-ce que...?
where	Où est-ce que...?
why	Pourquoi est-ce que...?
how	Comment est-ce que...?
with whom	Avec qui est-ce que...?

• Don't use est-ce que with être: Où est ton frère? Comment est ton amie? Qui est le prof?
• Notice French doesn't use a separate whom... but it is picky about not ending clauses with prepositions:
1. Avec qui est-ce que tu fais du ski? ("With whom are you going skiing?"... not the colloquial American "Who are you going skiing with?"
2. À qui est-ce qu'elle téléphone pour inviter à jouer à des jeux vidéo? ("To whom is she calling to invite to play video games?"... not "Who is she calling to to invite...."
3. De qui as-tu besoin? ("Of whom do you have need?"... not "Whom do you have need of?"
• Practice in class with pp. 156-157, Exs. 11, 12, 13.

Les Devoirs: Write ten original questions!

1. Use each of the question words listed on p. 156 at least once.
2. Each question should include at least one vocab word/phrase from our current list; each sentence should refer to a different activity (no writing ten sentences all about faire du skate!).
3. Be prepared to ask these questions out loud (and answer other students' questions) in class Wednesday.

And keep studying for the Chapter 5.1 Vocab Quiz Friday, Feb. 17!

French 2: Friday February 10 Lesson Plan

If you missed Wednesday's grammar quiz, be sure to get in today during Spartan Time to make it up!

DUE: p. 144 Exs. B & C

{60 minutes} Read and review "Intermezzo"

• Students read together in pairs and trios, alternate lines and characters
• Then we read and repeat together!
• Discuss vocab, future tense!

Les Devoirs: Write a paragraph (en français, bien sûr!) on who's "right" in this story, L'Inspecteur or Mlle Isabelle.

French 1: Thursday, February 9 Lesson Plan

DUE: Two Assignments!

1. Write each season and month four times.
2. Create a poster promoting your favorite activities:
• You can list one or more activities.
• Your poster must include at least 10 French words! Include adjectives, months, seasons, exclamations, and other words relevant to the activities.
  
• You could use "Allons faire du...!" ("Let's do...!")
• At least one key word must be big enough to be legible from across the room—catch the eye!
• Poster must include at least one picture/image/graphic.

{15 minutes} Speaking and Listening Practice

• Students go around the room, ask four different people What they do for sports or pastimes:
• Qu'est-ce que tu fais comme sport?
• Qu'est-ce que tu fais comme passe-temps?
• Write down the answers.
• Everyone reports to class what each person they talked to does! Bob fait du ski, Yolanda joue de la guitare....

{15 minutes} Drill Exprimons-nous on p. 151.

{20 minutes} More vocab practice!

• Do p. 152 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together as class.

{20 minutes} faire! p. 154

• Learn this irregular conjugation!

  je fais	nous faisons
  tu fais	vous faites
  il/elle/on fait	ils/elles font

• practice with p. 154, ex. 6

Les Devoirs:

1. Do p. 153 Ex. 4.
2. Write 12 original sentences talking about doing certain sports and pastimes (from our 5.1 vocab list on pp. 151–152!) during certain times of the year.
1. Two sentences must have je as the subject.
2. Two sentences must have tu as the subject.
3. Two sentences must name one other person (Gustave, Murièle, etc.) as the subject.
4. Two sentences must have nous as the subject.
5. Two sentences must have vous as the subject.
6. Two sentences must name two or more other people as the subject.
   
7. All sentences must use conjugated forms of faire or jouer.
8. Each sentence must use a different activity.
   
9. Each sentence must use a different time of the year, either a month or a season.
3. Study for a quiz over Vocab List 5.1 to be given on Friday, February 17.
   

French 2: Wednesday February 8 Lesson Plan

DUE: Translation of 15 sentences reviewing p. 124 and p. 136:

1. Bob did nothing.
2. Luc saw no one.
3. Liselle ate something bad.
4. Camille talked to someone.
5. Jean-Claude speaks only French.
   
6. We've been in Paris for five days.
7. Pierre and Antoine have taken math for ten years.
8. Pauline has been taking history for three months.
   
9. Someone has been using the phone for three hours.
10. Something has been making noise (faire du bruit) since midnight.
11. No one has been here for two hours.
12. No one has been here since two in the afternoon.
13. Nothing has been happening for two weeks.
14. I haven't seen anyone for three days.
15. I have been eating only bread and cheese since Monday.

{20 minutes} Review sentences on board!

• Students place sentences on board five at a time, check for correct grammar.
• Then send new students to board to change each sentence with new words, following patterns similar to what's written.

{30 minutes} Listening and Speaking practice: "Intermezzo" pp. 142–144

• Listen to story twice on big speakers
• Practice reading story aloud

{30 minutes} Grammar Quiz!

Les Devoirs: p. 144 Exs. B & C. Write the statements for each item as well as the correct response.

French 1: Tuesday February 7 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais bien sûr, vous avez préparé pour...

{25 minutes} Grammar Quiz Chapter 4!

• This quiz covers pp. 116 (-re verbs)...
• p. 118 (-cer/-ger verbs)...
• p. 128 (accent-switching -er verbs)...
• and p. 130 (using articles and adjectives to refer to "the big one, the green one" etc.).
• These items are summarized on p. 140 (the über-review page).

{35 minutes} New Vocabulary 5.1: Les sports et les passe-temps!

• Écoutez et répétez phrases on pp. 150–151.
• First do seasons and months: Quand est ton anniversaire? Mon anniversaire, c'est le 7 août!
• Then do activities: conjugate jouer and faire first, then ask if folks do the activities.

Les Devoirs:

1. Write each season and month four times.
2. Create a poster promoting your favorite activities:
• You can list one or more activities.
• Your poster must include at least 10 French words! Include adjectives, months, seasons, exclamations, and other words relevant to the activities.
  
• You could use "Allons faire du...!" ("Let's do...!")
• At least one key word must be big enough to be legible from across the room—catch the eye!
• Poster must include at least one picture/image/graphic.
  

French 2: Monday February 6 Lesson Plan

Note #1: Late Start! 10:15!

Note #2: I grant full credit for assignments completed when I come around to take scores at the beginning of class. Starting today, assignments submitted on the due date but after we have gone over the answers out loud and/or on the board will receive reduced credit. Assignments submitted late (i.e., after 3:30 p.m. on the due date) will continue to receive half credit. Assignments submitted more than one week after the due date will continue to receive zero credit.

DUE: Practice quelqu'un, quelque chose, ne... personne, ne... rien, and ne...que! Translate the 21 sentences given last time:

1. Someone is here.
2. No one is here.
3. Something is happening [use arriver or se passer].
4. Nothing is happening.
5. I saw someone!
6. I saw nobody!
7. I saw nothing!
8. I saw only two boys [use ne... que].
9. Do you want something?
10. I want nothing.
11. They want someone.
12. We want no one.
    
13. Nobody wants anything!
14. I only want you.
    
15. Somebody ate my cake.
16. Nobody ate Beau's cake.
17. The travelers ate nothing.
18. I only ate your grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich for which the French are renowned.
19. Somebody knows something.
20. Nobody knows anything.
21. I only speak the truth [the noun I'm thinking of starts with a v]!
    

{15 minutes} Writing Practice!

• Students put exercises on board while CAH takes scores. (Six at a time at board!)
  
• After sentences are up, students remain at board to read sentences out loud.

{5 minutes} Listening Practice!

• Do p. 124, Exercise 11 together (CAH reads script on p. 115E).
  

{15 minutes} Speaking and writing practice in pairs!

• Figure out and write answers for p. 125 Exs. 13 & 14

{30 minutes} Listening and Speaking practice: "Intermezzo" pp. 142–144

• Listen to story twice on big speakers
• Practice reading story aloud
• Be prepared to practice reading this story aloud and answer questions about it on Wednesday!
  

Les Devoirs: Review for a brief grammar quiz over p. 124 (quelque'un etc.) and p. 136 (depuis, il y a, ça fait) by translating the following sentences:

1. Bob did nothing.
2. Luc saw no one.
3. Liselle ate something bad.
4. Camille talked to someone.
5. Jean-Claude speaks only French.
   
6. We've been in Paris for five days.
7. Pierre and Antoine have taken math for ten years.
8. Pauline has been taking history for three months.
   
9. Someone has been using the phone for three hours.
10. Something has been making noise (faire du bruit) since midnight.
11. No one has been here for two hours.
12. No one has been here since two in the afternoon.
13. Nothing has been happening for two weeks.
14. I haven't seen anyone for three days.
15. I have been eating only bread and cheese since Monday.
    

We will quiz over these two grammar points Wednesday!

French 1: Thursday February 2 Lesson Plan

DUE: pp. 138–139 Exs. 1, 2, 3 & 4: write out complete sentences with answers circled/highlighted.

{15 minutes} Verb Conjugation warm-up!

• Each student gets a verb to conjugate on the board!
• -re verbs (p. 116): attendre, entendre, perdre, répondre, vendre, rendre
• -ger verbs (p. 118): manger, changer, échanger, corriger, déranger, encourager, voyager
• -cer verbs (p. 118): commencer, placer, prononcer, remplacer, avancer, lancer
• accent-adders (p. 128): acheter, amener, emmener, lever, promener
• accent-changers (p. 128): préférer, espérer, répéter

{5 minutes} Oral Practice: Read p. 138 Ex. 1 answers aloud!

{10 minutes} Read Exercise 2 aloud, put proper verb forms on board.

{10 minutes} Read Exercise 3 aloud

• Change sentences into questions, practice asking which one is Frédéric's
• Students should respond with "The white one! The blue ones!" in French, as appropriate.

{10 minutes} Read Exercise 4 aloud

{20 minutes} Practice "the ___ one" statements! (p. 130)

• Ask students to distinguish between items belonging to others:
• "Quel sac à dos est à Marie?"
• "C'est le gris/noir/rouge/vert...."
• "Quelle personne est Alex?"
• "C'est le grand/le petit/le blond/le brun...."

Les Devoirs: rien! But study the heck out of p. 140 (the über-review page) and pp. 116, 118, 128, and 130 for the Chapter 4 Grammar Quiz that we'll take next week Tuesday!