Club français: meeting minutes! 2011.10.27

The Club français held an organizational meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2011, in the French room (Rm. 125) at Spearfish HS. Present: Wade Vandine, Brianna Rommen, Shelbee Kinghorn, Amber Mohr, Kyra Nelson, Adrianna Taft, Steve Rivers, Kenzie Falk, Daniel Evans, Megan Street, Shelby Berg, Alex Jones, Justice Mack, Abigail Burnett, Katharine Hall, and Lexie Kephart.

Conversation focused on brainstorming ideas for fundraising for club activities and for the proposed student trip to France in the 2012-2013 school year. Fundraising ideas include the following:

1. sell food at games and lunch time (Audrey and Shelby say their moms might be able to provide food)
2. conduct raffles (one suggestion: hair styling?)
3. craft sale
4. Tour de France SD: benefit bicycle race around Spearfish
5. seek sponsorships around town (consider selling ad space on club t-shirts)
   
6. charge admission to French movie nights
   
7. hold kids events
8. summer car wash
9. garage sale
10. silent auction
11. rent-a-Frenchie: auction off French club members as workers
12. benefit basketball game
13. sell cool French shirts during Homecoming

CAH said that we will first need to firm up plans for the trip so we know how much money we need to raise and when we need it by. Then we can pick and schedule some fundraising activities.

Club events: Students suggested the following club activities:

1. Movie night
2. pen pals
3. crepe night
4. tutoring (by club members, maybe even arrange meetings with M. Barnaud!)

Members decided to start club activities with a movie sometime after school in November. Students will check athletic practice schedules to find the "lull" between fall sports and winter sports when most folks could attend after school. Students suggested holding the event in the French classroom would be fine for the first movie event. Date, time, and specific title will be decided at our next meeting or via online poll!

Flight of the Conchords: Foux du Fafa

Practice your textbook French with Flight of the Conchords!

French 1: Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: p. 81 Exs. 3-4

• On Ex. 3, write all sentences, including those with no blanks to fill.
• On Ex. 4, just write the answers (in complete sentences) to each question.

{10 minutes} Wake-up Vocab Drill!

• Students line up at center of room, two lines, face to face.
• Partners drill each other: one says French word, other says English translation.
• Alternate asking and answering.
• All shift over one spot when CAH calls!

{15 minutes} Practice Exprimons-nous! p. 80

• First repeat the expressions.
• Then go around the room, ask what students think of the students sitting next to them.

{10 minutes} Review Les deviors! p. 81 exs. 3-4

• Read sentences aloud.

{30 minutes} Our next big verb: être!

• Repeat conjugation:

• je suis	nous sommes
  tu es	vous êtes
  il/elle/on est	ils/elles sont

• Do p. 82 ex. 6 together
• Students take 5 minutes to do ex. 7 on their own, then read sentences and answers aloud.
• Drill: each student must say a sentence aloud using the pronoun and proper être form that CAH points to on board!

Les Devoirs: p. 83 exs. 8-9

Also study for Vocab Quiz 3.1: p.107 Vocabulaire 1! Quiz will take place Nov. 8-9.

French 2: Oct 31-Nov. 1 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Make groceries!

• Make six drawings/boxes/representations of different foodstuffs covered in Chapter 3.
• You may include foodstuffs from the second half of the chapter.
• Each drawing/box/representation should be labeled in French!

{30 minutes} Wake-up conversation!

• Students tour the room, asking each other "Qu'est-ce que tu as pour l'épicerie?"
• Students write down what they hear from the people they question.
• Ask at least five other students what they have!
• When we're done, each student summarizes the results: "Pour l'épicerie, nous avons.... Malheuresement, nous n'avons ni... ni...." and name two things we don't have! (note: no articles needed in the ni... ni... construction!)

{20 minutes} Textbook exercises! p. 84

• First, Ex. 1: which items don't belong in the list: students explain why each item does not belong.
• Second, Ex. 2: in pairs, complete and translate the recipe (la recette). Google Translate not allowed!

{20 minutes} Practice Exprimons-nous! on p. 85

• CAH reads, students repeat.
• Left half: say blue column aloud. Right half: say yellow column responses!

Les Devoirs: p. 84, Ex. 3: write a recipe (une recette!)

• Each recipe must include at least five ingredients and an explanation of how to turn them into la bouffe!

Also study for Vocab Quiz 3.1: p.113 Vocabulaire 1! Quiz will take place Nov. 8-9.

French 1: Oct. 26-27 Lesson Plan (Day 22)

DUE: Les Devoirs: Vocab Writing Practice! (p. 107, Vocab 1)

• Write each vocab word three times.
  
• Write both the masculine and feminine forms of each adjective (e.g., beau and belle)
• Then write an original sentence for each adjective: use the adjectives to describe real people! For example...
  
• Monsieur Heidelberger est fort!
• Madame Gusso est intelligente!
• Madame Howard est créative!

{25 minutes} Practice adjectives!

• Students write two of their sentences on the board. (Politeness required!)
  
• Practice saying sentences aloud.
• Check forms of être.
• Check masculine/feminine/plural agreement.

{20 minutes} Go over Chapter 2 Grammar Quiz!

• Check questions and answers on Moodle
• Double-check partial credit answers!

{25 minutes} More New Vocab Practice!

• Do p. 80 Exs. 1-2 together aloud (Ex. 1 for synonyms and antonyms; Ex. 2 for listening practice!)

Les Devoirs: p. 81 Exs. 3-4

• On Ex. 3, write all sentences, including those with no blanks to fill.
• On Ex. 4, just write the answers (in complete sentences) to each question.
  

French 2: Oct. 26-27 Lesson Plan (Day 22)

DUE: Les devoirs! Chapter 3 Vocab 1 writing practice

• write each term (p.113 Vocab 1, p. 85 Entre Copains) three times
• then create four categories, place all of the food words into those categories.

{20 minutes} Vocab Practice!

• Students place categories and foods on the board!

{20 minutes} Chapter 2 Grammar Quiz Review

• Go over questions and answers!

{40 minutes} Practice Exercises 1, 2, 3 (p. 84)

Les Devoirs: Make groceries!

• Next week, we're going to play Grocery Store. To do so, we need groceries.
• But we don't want real groceries! I don't want tomatoes and a side of beef sitting on my shelf!
• Make six drawings/boxes/representations of different foodstuffs covered in Chapter 3.
• You may include foodstuffs from the second half of the chapter.
• Each drawing/box/representation should be labeled in French!
  

French Club: Organizational Meeting Thursday, October 27!

Some students have expressed an interest in forming a Club français. O.K., make it happen!

• What: French Club Organizational Meeting
• When: Thursday, October 27, 11:40 a.m.
• Where: Mr. H's classroom (Rm. 125)
• Topics for discussion:
  
1. Club structure
2. Meeting schedule
3. Events schedule
• Done by 12:00! Come ready to get down to business!

If you cannot attend Thursday's meeting, feel free to drop by the French classroom and give me your thoughts on what you'd like our Club français to do. You can also take advantage of the wonders of blog technology and submit your Club français suggestions right here in the comment section!

French 1: Oct. 24-25 Lesson Plan (Day 21)

DUE: Les devoirs! p. 65 ex. B and paragraph

• Submit typed version via Moodle!

{30 minutes} Lire à haute voix: Read out loud!

• First in pairs, students read and translate to each other.
• Pay close attention: try saying back to each other what you have heard about each other
  
• Then students read each other's paragraphs! (Note: this requires minimal change, mostly replacing je with il/elle.

{30 minutes} New Vocabulary Practice!

• Practice saying, responding to, and using in sentences vocab on pp. 79-81
• Montrez-moi: body parts! la tête, le nez, les yeux, les oreilles, la bouche
• Note that adjectives have different masculine and feminine forms!

Les Devoirs: Vocab Writing Practice! p. 107 Vocab 1

• First handwrite each vocab word/phrase three times (include articles with nouns)
• Then use each vocab word in a sentence!
• For the adjectives, use each one to describe a person! Possible forms:
1. Mme Gusso est généreuse.
   
2. Taylor Swift a les cheveux longs.
3. Christian Ponder est sportif.
4. Brandee est créative (elle fait les bols en classe d'art).
   

French 2: Oct 24-25 Lesson Plan (Day 21)

DUE: Rien! No new assignment!

{25 minutes} Grammar Quiz Chapter 2!

• Quiz on Moodle!
• Four topics from Chapter 2:
  
  1. Direct object pronouns (le, la, les, me, te, nous, vous—p. 46)
  2. Indirect object pronouns (lui, leur, me, te, nous, vous—p.48)
  3. Past tense with avoir (including irregular participles—p.58)
  4. Past tense with être (mostly verbs of motion—p.60)

{35 minutes} Au marché! New Vocab Practice, Chap. 3, pp. 82-83

• Display various fruits, veggies, and other ingredients from pp. 82-83.
• "Pour faire une salade/omelette/tarte/un potage, j'ai besoin de...?"
• "Oui, vous avez besoin de... / Non, vous n'avez pas besoin de...."
• "Si je veux unpotage/une omelette/salade/tarte, j'ai besoin d'acheter...?"
• "Oui, achetez... / Non, n'achetez pas de...."
• "Oui, vouz pouvez acheter...."

Les Devoirs! Vocab Writing Practice! p. 85 ("Entre Copains") and p. 113 Vocab 1

• Handwrite each of these vocab words three times.
• Then, on a new page, make at least four columns for categories into which you will place each of the nouns in this list. Possible categories:
1. Dans la salade
2. Dans le potage
3. Sur la pizza
4. Sur le sandwich
5. Je ne le mange jamias! (I never eat it!)
6. ...others of your own creation!
   
• You may use some nouns more than once.
• When I check the homework, I expect to see at least 25 items across the columns/categories you make.
  

French 1: Oct 20-21 Lesson Plan (Day 20)

Change of plans! We were going to hand in the "Lecture et écriture" exercises (p. 65 B and paragraph) and move on to Chapter 3. However, given difficulties with the passage, we're rescheduling!

Nothing due!

{10 minutes} Admin: talk about three big things!

1. Possible trip to France! If you are interested in traveling to France, please fill out the interest survey on Moodle!
2. French Club! If you are interested in starting a French club, let CAH know. Stuff we could do: organize fundraisers for French trip, host French café conversations, host French movie nights, sponsor presentations by French speakers....
3. Pen Pals! CAH is currently in talks with an English teacher in France who would like her students to correspond with some English-speaking students. Correspondence with French students would be a chance for us to help them improve their English and for them to help us improve our French.

{50 minutes} Pronunciation Practice!

• Read p. 64 out loud: first CAH demonstrates. Then we read and repeat. Then students read aloud to the class without CAH cues.

{40 minutes} Translation and Grammar!

• Read p. 64 for content!

Les Devoirs due Oct 24-25:

1. Write answers for p. 65, Exercise B. (Write complete sentences!)
   
2. Write the paragraph about yourself ("dossier personnel") requested in "Espace écriture" on p. 65. (Cluster diagrams are optional; CAH just wants the paragraph!).
3. For this assignment, "paragraph" = at least six sentences.
4. Submit typed text for both Exercise B and paragraphs online on Moodle under "Chapitre 2 Lecture et écriture."

French 2: Oct 20-21 Lesson Plan (Day 20)

DUE: Les Devoirs: 10 original past tense verb sentences! 5 using irregular participles from p. 58, 5 using verbs that take être in the past tense.

• These ten sentences were actually assigned for last time, but oral interviews kept us from having time to go over them last time.
  
• CAH also asked students to work on the Chapter 2 grammar exercises (pp. 22-23, pp. 16-17) in the online textbook at my.hrw.com!

{5 minutes} Oral wake-up!

• In pairs, students read and translate each other's past tense verb sentences out loud.
• CAH uses this time to check homework.

{30 minutes} Past tense review! Passé composé!

• Each student puts one of his/her sentences on the board.
• Read/review sentences together, check for meaning and proper structure.
• Pay attention to agreement of être forms! Remember that when a verb uses être to form its past tense, we treat the participle like an adjective and make it agree in gender and number with the subject!
• Go over my.hrw.com Chapter 2 grammar exercise pp. 22-23 together
  

{30 minutes} Direct/Indirect Object Pronoun Review!

• GO over my.hrw.com Chapter grammar exercise pp. 16-17 together.

{25 minutes} Translation Mania! Students translate these sentences at the board:

1. I knew the teacher.
2. The girls came to the party.
3. We finished the book.
   
4. Did you want a cookie?
5. We took a photo.
6. Monique chose the music.
   
7. Bob went to the store.
8. The cat died.
   
9. Julie waited.
   
10. It rained.
11. I sold my computer.
12. Mrs. Gusso danced with Mr. Gusso.
    
13. The boys stayed at school.
14. Marie sang very well.
15. The dog ate my homework.

Les Devoirs: nothing to hand in, but study like crazy for Chapter 2 Grammar Quiz next time (Oct. 24-25)! Here's what to study:

1. Direct object pronouns (le, la, les, me, te, nous, vous—p. 46)
2. Indirect object pronouns (lui, leur, me, te, nous, vous—p.48)
3. Past tense with avoir (including irregular participles—p.58)
4. Past tense with être (mostly verbs of motion—p.60)

French 2: Day 19 Lesson Plan (Oct. 18-19)

Les Devoirs: Write ten original sentences in the past tense, each using a different verb. Five verbs should come from the list of irregular verbs on p. 58 (each takes avoir to form the passé composé); five should come from the verbs listed on p. 60 (mostly verbs of motion; each one takes être to form the passé composé!).

{5 minutes} Admin!

• Make sure My.HRW.com works! Post log-in information on screen
• Check homework for points.

{60 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz!

• CAH calls students out to the hall one at a time. Volunteers first, then CAH's random speaking order. Students must be prepared to respond in French to the following five questions:

1. Ça va?
2. Quelle est ta fête préférée? (Holiday)
3. Pourquoi est-ce que tu aimes mieux ___ (response from #2)?
4. Qu'est-ce que je pourrais offrir à ma femme pour sa anniversaire?
5. Tu souvent aides tes parents à ranger la maison?

• After giving the five responses, each student must then ask CAH one comprehensible question in French! (You cannot use Ça va?!)

{60 minutes} Grammar Practice on online textbook!

• During Oral Interview Quiz, students not speaking use My.HRW.com to practice Chapter 2 grammar
• First do Chapter 2 Grammar 2 online (pp. 22-23) -- past tense practice!
  
• Then do Chapter Grammar 2 online (pp. 16-17) -- direct object and indirect object pronouns!
• Check your work!
• If you complete these activities, please sample the Chapter 2 grammar videos (under the "Video" tab). Please use headphones!

{20 minutes} Review online exercises together: students read sentences with responses aloud.

Pas de devoirs! Have online activities ready for review at next meeting.

French 1: Day 19 Lesson Plan (Oct 18-19)

DUE: Pas de devoirs! (No homework due, because we've got quizzes!)

{25 minutes} Chapter 2 Grammar Quiz!

• Quiz will cover these items:
1. definite articles: le, la, l', and les (p. 46)
   
2. verb conjugation (p. 46)
3. contractions with à (au, à la, a l'..., aux) (p. 56)
   
4. conjunctions et, mais, ou (p. 58)
• Quiz on Moodle

{65 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz!

• One-on-one with CAH in the hall
• Six questions!
1. Ça va?
2. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?
3. Est-ce que tu ____ régulièrement? (based on response to #2)
   
4. Tu préfères lire, regarder la télé, ou faire du sport?
5. Tu parles bien français?
6. Student then asks CAH one comprehensible question in French! (Only prohibition: no forms of Ça va?)

Les Devoirs: Lecture et écriture (pp. 64-65)

1. While CAH conducts oral interview quiz in hall, students read Les ados et leurs habitudes on p. 64.
2. Write answers for p. 65, Exercise B. (Write complete sentences!)
   
3. Write the paragraph about yourself ("dossier personnel") requested in "Espace écriture" on p. 65. (Cluster diagrams are optional; CAH just wants the paragraph!).
4. For this assignment, "paragraph" = at least six sentences.
5. Submit typed text for both Exercise B and paragraphs online on Moodle under "Chapitre 2 Lecture et écriture."

French 1: Day 18 Lesson Plan (Oct 14-17)

DUE: "Star Interview" Script submitted on Moodle!

Note: Homecoming shortens Friday October 14 class to 60 minutes! Condense accordingly!

{25 minutes} Students present "Star Interviews"

• Students work in pairs or trios.
• One student plays a journalist; other student plays a famous person of some sort (une vedette, une personne célèbrée/fameuse)
• In trios, one journalist and two famous people.
• Journalist introduces star to us and asks five questions about activities the famous person enjoys; famous person responds appropriately with complete sentences (not just oui or non)
• In trio, journalist asks each star five questions; may turn to the second star and simply ask, "Et vous?"
• Script must include the words régulièrement, souvent, de temps en temps, rarement, and jamais.
• CAH grades thus:
• 1 pt for each of the required words
• 5 pts for pronunciation (develop that French accent!)
• 5 pts for information (get your point across)
• 5 pts for grammar (say it correctly!)

{30 minutes} Online Practice for Grammar Quiz on Oct. 18-19!

• Use Holt Online textbook Chapitre 2 Vocabulaire et grammaire (online pp. 16-17 for definite articles and -er verb conjugation, pp. 22-23 for à contractions and conjunctions)

{25 minutes} Practice Oral Interview Quiz Questions!

1. Ça va?
2. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?
3. Est-ce que tu ____ régulièrement? (based on response to #2)
   
4. Tu préfères lire, regarder la télé, ou faire du sport?
5. Tu parles bien français?
6. Ask CAH one comprehensible question in French! (You cannot use Ça va?!)

Les devoirs: rien! No homework... but study your brains out for the grammar and interview quizzes!

French 2 Day 18 Lesson Plan (Oct 14-17)

DUE: Les Devoirs: p. 60 ex. 32

Notice: Maroon meeting October 14 is only 60 minutes! Plan to condense as necessary!

{30 minutes} Warm-up: Practice the upcoming oral interview quiz questions!

• We will do this quiz in class next meeting (Oct. 18-19).

1. Ça va?
2. Quelle est ta fête préférée? (Holiday)
3. Pourquoi est-ce que tu aimes mieux ___ (response from #2)?
4. Qu'est-ce que je pourrais offrir à ma femme pour sa anniversaire?
5. Tu souvent aides tes parents à ranger la maison?

• Also practice student questions for CAH!

{30 minutes} More past tense work!

• Students put some être past tense forms from les devoirs on the board.
• Check subject-participle agreement! Emphasize this only happens with the être forms!
• Go over the irregular forms on p. 58
• Work in pairs to translate the following sentences:
1. I knew the teacher.
2. The girls came to the party.
   
3. Did you want a cookie?
4. We took a photo.
   
5. Bob went to the store.
6. Julie waited.
   
7. It rained.
8. The boys stayed at school.
   
9. Marie sang.
10. The dog died!

• Review these sentences out loud!
  

Les Devoirs: Write ten original sentences in the past tense, each using a different verb. Five should come from the list of irregular verbs on p. 58 (each takes avoir to form the passé composé); five should come from the verbs listed on p. 60 (each one takes être to form the passé composé!):

use être (p. 60)	use avoir... but irregular (p. 58)
aller	boire
arriver	connaître
descendre	pleuvoir
devenir	pouvoir
entrer	savoir
monter	voir
mourir	vouloir
naître	dire
partir	écrire
rentrer	faire
rester	avoir
retourner	être
sortir	mettre
venir	prendre
	offrir

French 2 Day 17 Lesson Plan (Oct 12-13)

DUE: Party conversation script submitted on Moodle!

{20 minutes} Vocab Quiz 2.2!

• Standard format: CAH gives French terms out loud, students write accurate English translations.
• 30 terms from pp. 56 ("Entre copains") and pp. 73 (Vocabulaire 2)
• Grade in class!

{30 minutes} Party conversation presentations! Must run at least one minute!

{10 minutes} Preview oral interview quiz!

• Days 19-20 (Oct 18-21)
• This is new! We have not done this yet!
• I will start calling students out to the hall on Day 19 in an order assigned by me. Students must be prepared to respond in French to the following five questions:

1. Ça va?
2. Quelle est ta fête préférée? (Holiday)
3. Pourquoi est-ce que tu aimes mieux ___ (response from #2)?
4. Qu'est-ce que je pourrais offrir à ma femme pour sa anniversaire?
5. Tu souvent aides tes parents à ranger la maison?

• You must then ask me one comprehensible question in French! (You cannot use Ça va?!)

{20 minutes} Passé composé avec être: Past tense using être!

• Note verb forms on p. 60 that use être instead of avoir to form the past tense.
• Note that most of these verbs are verbs of motion!
• Note also that we have to make them agree with the subject

Les Devoirs: Do p. 60, exercise 32

French 1: Day 17 Lesson Plan (Oct 12-13)

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write ten original sentences: four using mais, four using et, and two using ou.

{10 minutes} Warm-up in pairs! Read and translate each others' conjunction sentences!

{10 minutes} Students read homework sentences aloud, CAH asks each one question pertaining to what they've said.

{10 minutes} Preview Chapter Grammar Quiz

• Day 19 (Oct 18-19)
• [Updated Oct 13!] definite articles: le, la, l', and les (p. 44)
  
• verb conjugation (p. 46)
• contractions with à (au, à la, a l'..., aux) (p. 56)
  
• conjunctions et, mais, ou (p. 58)
• quiz will be on Moodle!

{10 minutes} Preview Oral Interview Quiz!

• Days 19-20 (Oct 18-21)
• This is new! We have not done this yet!
• I will start calling students out to the hall on Day 19 in an order assigned by me. Students must be prepared to respond in French to the following five questions:

1. Ça va?
2. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?
3. Est-ce que tu ____ régulièrement? (based on response to #2)
   
4. Tu préfères lire, regarder la télé, ou faire du sport?
5. Tu parles bien français?

• You must then ask me one comprehensible question in French! (You cannot use Ça va?!)

Les Devoirs due next time: Star Interviews!

• Students work in pairs or trios.
• One student plays a journalist; other student plays a famous person of some sort (une vedette, une personne célèbrée/fameuse)
• In trios, one journalist and two famous people.
• Journalist introduces star to us and asks five questions about activities the famous person enjoys; famous person responds appropriately with complete sentences (not just oui or non)
• In trio, journalist asks each star five questions; may turn to the second star and simply ask, "Et vous?"
• Script must include the words régulièrement, souvent, de temps en temps, rarement, and jamais.
  
• Present in class next time!
• Also submit presentation script via Moodle!
  

Remainder of class time: write up and practice star interviews!

French 1: Day 16 Lesson Plan (Oct 7-11)

DUE: pas de devoirs (no homework assigned!)

{20 minutes} Vocab Quiz 2.2!

• Same format as past quizzes: CAH says French vocab, students write English translation.
• Grade in class!

{15 minutes} Conjunctions: et, mais, and ou (p. 58)

• Note meanings.
• Do pp. 58-59 exs. 32 and 34 together

{30 minutes} Practice Exprimons-Nous p. 55

• First CAH demos "Tu préfères/aimes mieux..." et "Quelles sont tes activités préférées?" Emphasize conjunctions ou, mais, and et.
  
• Students pair up, ask each other these questions, and prepare dialogues using each:
1. Student A: "Tu préfères/aimes mieux...?"
2. Student B: "J'aime... mais je préfère/aime mieux.... Et quelle sont tes activités préférées?"
3. Student A: "J'aime/Je préfère...."
• Students present at front!

Les Devoirs: Write ten original sentences: four using mais, four using et, and two using ou.

French 2: Day 16 Lesson Plan (Oct 7-11)

DUE: Pas de devoirs! (No homework!)

{20 minutes} More practice with the passé composé (past tense)!

• Focus on avoir forms (p. 58).
  
• First activity: in pairs, translate the following sentences:
1. We are choosing the music.
2. We chose the music yesterday.
3. Are you decorating the room?
4. Did you decorate the room?
5. I am wrapping the presents.
6. I wrapped the presents Monday.
7. Louise is sending the invitations.
8. Louise sent the invitations Tuesday.
• Second set:
1. Mom and Dad are grocery shopping.
2. Mom and Dad did the grocery shopping yesterday.
3. Mr. H., are you organizing a party?
4. Mr. H., did you organize a party last year?
5. We are tidying up the house.
6. We tidied up the house.
7. Robert is doing the housework.
8. Robert did the housework.
   
• Write on board, read aloud.

{30 minutes} Autour du monde! Vocabulary review!

• CAH displays flash cards on screen, students compete to respond first
• Perhaps try one round showing French and asking for the English, then flipping to show English and ask for French.
• Include some vocabulary from the first half of the chapter!
• Flash cards available on Moodle in Microsoft Ink Flash Card format!
• Reminder: Vocab Quiz 2.2 happens next meeting (Oct 12-13)!
  

{40 minutes} Time to work on Party Skit

• DUE next meeting (Oct 12-13): submit script via Moodle; prepare 1-minute skit to present in class.
• In pairs: Discuss a party! It can be a great party, a bad party, real party, imaginary party, whatever way you want to take it.
• Use the vocabulary in Chapter 2! Use this skit to review and reinforce current vocab.
• You are welcome but not required to use the past tense. Whether you recount a past event or plan a future event, be consistent in tense.
• Skits must run at least one minute long.
  

French 2: Day 15 Lesson Plan

Bordeaux/Maroon: mercredi 5 octobre; Blanc/White: jeudi 6 octobre

DUE: Les Devoirs Write each vocab term/phrase (p. 56 "Entre Copains" and p. 73 Vocab 2) as part of a complete sentence. Then write each word/phrase again three times.

{15 minutes} Review vocab: Students read original sentences aloud!

• First in pairs: read to each other, try to translate! (CAH checks homework during this time!)
  
• Then read sentences aloud to class, CAH follows up with questions.
• Reminder: Vocab Quiz on Day 17 (Oct 12-13)!
  

{30 minutes} Past/Present (pp. 58-60)

• Change of plan! It turns out the passé composé structure (conjugate avoir + past participle) is not so familiar as we might have thought!
  
• Emphasize regular forms first:
• -er >>> -é
• -ir >>> -i
• -re >>> -u
  
• Note irregular forms on p. 58
• Save the être forms for next time!

Les Devoirs: Party Discussion Skit!

• In pairs: Discuss a party! It can be a great party, a bad party, whatever way you want to take it.
• Use the vocabulary in Chapter 2! Use this skit to review and reinforce current vocab.
• The party under discussion can be an actual party you threw or attended. Feel free to change names to protect the innocent. The party under discussion can also be a product of your imagination.
  
• You are welcome but not required to use the past tense. Whether you recount a past event or plan a future event, be consistent in tense.
• Skits must run at least one minute long.
  
• Students present skits in class on Day 17 (Oct 12-13).
• Students also submit written scripts via Moodle on day of presentation.
  

French 1: Day 15 Lesson Plan

Bordeaux/Maroon: mercredi 5 octobre; Blanc/White: jeudi 6 octobre

DUE: Les Devoirs: pp. 56-57 exs. 28, 29 & 30

{10 minutes}: Review Les Devoirs! Students read exs 28-30 aloud, emphasizing proper preposition+article combos!

{30 minutes} Practice Exprimons-Nous p. 55

• First CAH asks each individual "Tu parles bien français?" Students respond using (très) bien ou (très) mal.
• Then CAH demos "Tu préfères/aimes mieux..." et "Quelles sont tes activités préférées?" Emphasize conjunctions ou, mais, and et.
  
• Students pair up, ask each other these questions, and prepare dialogues using each:
1. Student A: "Tu préfères/aimes mieux...?"
2. Student B: "J'aime... mais je préfère/aime mieux.... Et quelle sont tes activités préférées?"
3. Student A: "J'aime/Je préfère...."
• Students present at front!

{30 minutes} Autour du monde -- Exerceons-nous au vocabulaire!

• CAH displays flash cards on screen, students compete to respond first
• Perhaps try one round showing French and asking for the English, then flipping to show English and ask for French.
• Include some vocabulary from the first half of the chapter!
• Flash cards available on Moodle in Microsoft Ink Flash Card format!
  

{20 minutes}: study for Vocab Quiz 2.2 at next meeting!

• p. 54: six "Entre Copains" informal terms
• p. 69: Vocabulaire 2 (bottom portion of page)