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.