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!