CAH @ Spearfish: December 2011

French 1: Review Pages for Written Exam!

Here's a list of pages you can review to prepare for the French 1 Examen semestriel—épreuve écrite! (Semester Exam—Written Test!)

Vocabulary:

10 (numbers 1–30)
35 (Chapter 1)
54 ("Entre copains")
69 (Chapter 2)
93 ("Entre copains")
107 (Chapter 3)
114 ("Entre Copains")
141 (Chapter 4: Vocab 1 only!)

Grammar:

14 (subject pronouns)
24 (indefinite articles and plurals)
26 (avoir and verb negation)
44 (definite articles)
46 (-er verbs)
56 (contractions with à)
58 (conjunctions et, mais, and ou)
82 (être)
84 (adjective agreement)
94 (possessive adjectives: mon, ma, mes,... notre, nos,...)
96 (contractions with de)
116 (-re verbs)
118 (-ger/-cer verbs)

French 2: Review Pages for Written Exam!

Here's a list of pages you can review to prepare for the French 2 Examen semestriel—épreuve écrite! (Semester Exam—Written Test!)

Vocabulary:

37 (Chapter 1)
56 ("Entre copains")
73 (Chapter 2)
85 ("Entre copains")
97 (directions)
113 (Chapter 3)
121 ("Entre Copains")
149 (Chapter 4: Vocab 1 only!)

Grammar:

10 (avoir and être)
12 (adjective agreement)
22 (-er verbs)
24 (-ir and -re verbs)
46 (direct object pronouns)
48 (indirect object pronouns)
58 (past tense with avoir)
60 (past tense with être)
86 (de as partitive)
122 (object pronouns with past tense)

French 1: Dec. 22-Jan. 3 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

-re verbs: p. 117 Ex. 10
-ger/cer verbs: p. 119 Exs. 13 & 14

{30 minutes} Review -re/-ger/-cer verbs!

Students write sentences on board, check grammar!

{30 minutes} Practice Semester Exam Oral Interview Questions!

See the French 1 Semester Exam Oral Interview questions here!

Les Devoirs: Write 20 original sentences using the -re/-ger/-cer verbs given on pp. 116 & 118!

Use each verb once (with the exception of rendre, which gets double duty in the phrase rendre visite à)
In each sentence, include either a time or a day of the week!

French 1: Semester Exam Oral Interview

French 1 students, be prepared to answer the following questions in your Semester Exam Oral Interview:

Comment ça va?
Comment tu t'appelles?
Quel âge as-tu?
Dis-moi quatre choses, qu'on trouve dans la salle de classe.
Vous êtes combien dans votre famille?
Comment s'appellent ta mère et ton père?
Tu as combien de frères et de sœurs?
Comment s'appellent tes frères et tes sœurs?
Comment est ta mère/ton père/ton frère/ta sœur?
As-tu un animal domestique?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?
Qu'est-ce que tu détestes faire?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes lire?
Quel type de musique est-ce que tu préfères?
Quelle est ta matière préférée?
Tu aimes étudier à la bibliothèque régulièrement?
Quelle heure est-il?
Quel jour est-il?
Que fais-tu samedi?
Pose au prof trois questions en français (et montre, que tu comprends ses réponses)!

French 2: Semester Exam Oral Interview Questions

French 2 students, be prepared to answer the following questions in your Semester Exam Oral Interview:

Comment ça va?
Comment tu t'appelles?
Quel âge as-tu?
De quelle couleur sont tes yeux?
De quelle couleur est ta voiture?
Comment s'appelle ta mère/ton père?
Ta mère, elle est comment?
Ton père, il est comment?
Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...? (any grocery item is fair game!)
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire cuire?
Qu'est-ce qu'il faut pour faire cuire du pain?
Quel est ton fruit préféré?
Dis-moi quatre légumes.
Où est-ce que tu aimes étudier? Pourquoi?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire en juillet?
Qu'est-ce qu'il faut faire pour organiser une soirée/une fête/une boum/une teuf?
Quelle est ta fête préférée? Pourquoi?
Quels cadeaux est-ce que tu a donné pour le Noël?
Pose au prof trois questions en français (et montre, que tu comprends ses réponses)!

French 2: Dec 22-Jan 3 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Translate the following sentences, paying close attention to the use of object pronouns and the agreement between participles and direct object pronouns.

I saw him.
I saw her.
I saw them.
The track? We went there.
The infirmary? Luc stayed there.
The laboratory? She died there.
The competition? Marie won it!
The competition? They lost it.
The quiz (interro)? We took it.
The test (examen)? We took it.

{30 minutes} Review the above translation sentences on the board!

Bonus practice: change one word in each of the above sentences, ask students to rewrite sentences on the board to reflect those changes.
Perhaps ask students to suggest changes to each sentence!

{10 minutes} Brief review of grammar pages (pp. 36, 72, 112, 148): all fair game for final exam (only first part of 148, on object pronouns and past tense, the grammar we are working on right now)!

{30 minutes} Practice oral exam questions!

See the French 2 Semester Exam Oral Interview questions here!

Les Devoirs: Translate the following sentences, paying close attention to the use of object pronouns and the agreement between participles and direct object pronouns.

They saw her.
She saw them.
We saw him.
He saw us.
I listened to them (fem.).
They (fem.) listened to me.
We listened to you (sing.).
You (sing.) listened to us.
The contest? Spearfish won it.
The sports complex? She found it.
The lunchroom? I liked it.
The infirmary? Yes, I drew it on the map.
The contest? We went to it.
The sports complex? She took a test there.
The lunchroom? I arrived there at 8 o'clock.
The infirmary? We returned there Monday.

French 2: Dec. 20-21 Lesson Plan

DUE: Review passé composé! (past tense!) Translate the following sentences into French. Remember to form the past tense using avoir or être as appropriate!

Examples:

I won the contest: J'ai gagné la compétition.
My friends went to the supermarket: Mes amis sont allés au supermarché.

For a refresher on the grammar, see pp. 58 & 60. And focus on using vocab from Chapter 4, not Google Translate!

Sentences to translate:

Bob lost his safety glasses.
Rebecca took a test.
Jacques passed his English test. (be sure to use à after réussir)
We went to the gym.
Henri crammed for the biology test.
The girls were in detention.
The boys borrowed twenty-one books from the school library (use the fancy French abbreviation for school library... and spell out the number!)
We completely forgot the party!
After university, Giselle became a nurse.
Camille and Sophie stayed at the lab to finish an experiment.
The French teacher entered the lunchroom. (see this forum discussion of entrer dans and entrer à!)
Did you return your books to the library?

{20 minutes} Review past tense translations!

By random draw (Excel!), students place sentences on the board.

{40 minutes} Object pronouns in past tense!

Demonstrate placement before auxiliary verb.
Convert sentences from translation assignment: #1, 2, 7, 8, 12 go neatly with direct objects.
#3, 4, 10, and 11 allow us to use pronoun y to replace phrases starting with à!
We don't have any sentences like this above, but we can use en to replace phrases starting with de: Avez-vous des langoustes? Non, je n'en ai pas. Avez-vous vu beaucoup de professeurs? Non, je n'en ai pas vu beaucoup.
The kicker: When we add a direct object pronoun, we have to make the past participle verb agree with it.
Now this agreement can get confusing: when the past tense is formed with être, the participle as to agree with the subject: il est tombé... elle est tombée... Jean et Luc sont tomb&ecaute;s... Marie et Claire sont tombées!

Les Devoirs: Translate the following sentences, paying close attention to the use of object pronouns and the agreement between participles and direct object pronouns.

I saw him.
I saw her.
I saw them.
The track? We went there.
The infirmary? Luc stayed there.
The laboratory? She died there.
The competition? Marie won it!
The competition? They lost it.
The quiz (interro)? We took it.
The test (examen)? We took it.

French 1: Dec. 20-21 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! p. 116 Ex. 8: write out sentences, complete with proper conjugated form of given verb!

{10 minutes} -re conjugation practice!

Place the verbs attendre, entendre, perdre, répondre, vendre, rendre on the board, with space for conjugations below.
Each student must come to the board and fill in two of the blanks with properly conjugated verb forms.

	attendre	entendre	perdre	répondre	vendre	rendre
je
tu
il/elle/on
nous
vous
ils/elles

{10 minutes} Review p. 116 Exercise 8

{5 minutes} Listening Practice! Do p. 116 Exercise 7 together!

{15 minutes} Do p. 117 Exercise 9 in pairs

Some students get odds, some get evens!
8 minutes to compose logical sentences using the -re verbs on p. 116.
7 minutes to write sentences on the board under columns for each picture (each pair writes all three sentences!).

{15 minutes} -ger/-cer verbs!

Note that these verbs revisit the -er conjugation pattern (see p. 46)
The only difference is that to preserve the soft -g- and -c- before the -ons of the nous form, we need a couple spelling tricks!
To keep the -g- soft, we add an -e- before the -ons:
- mangeons
- changeons
- échangeons
- corrigeons
- dérangeons
- encourageons
- voyageons
To keep the -c- soft, we tack a cedilla on the c:
- commençons
- plaçons
- prononçons
- remplaçons
- avançons
- lançons
Note that commencer takes à before the infinitive for the activity we are starting:
- Nous commençons à travailler.
- Je commence à faire mes devoirs.
- Vous commencez à corriger nos interros de vocabulaire?

{15 minutes} Practice -ger/-cer verbs!

Do p. 118, Ex. 12 together

Les Devoirs:

-re verbs: p. 117 Ex. 10
-ger/cer verbs: p. 119 Exs. 13 & 14

French 1: Dec 16-19 Lesson Plan

DUE: 12 translated sentences!

I have chemistry today at 11.
Jean has history tomorrow at 3.
Martin has music class now!
We have German class Friday at 8.
The girls have physics Monday at 7 in the evening.
The boys have computer class Tuesday at 7:45 in the morning.
You (sing.) have phys. ed. Thursday at 14:22.
Céline has biology (every) Wednesday at 11:55.
Luc has geography (this) Tuesday at 13:38.
My friends have Spanish (every) Monday at 19:15.
My brother has art class this Saturday at 12:10.
Your girl cousins have math class Sunday at 18:55.

{30 minutes} Review vocab in sentence translations on board!

{30 minutes} Vocab Quiz 4.1! p. 114 "Entre copains" and p. 141 Vocabulaire 1

{15 minutes} -re verb conjugation!

recall -er verb conjugation (p. 46)
compare to -re verb conjugation (p. 116)
example verbs: attendre, entendre, perdre, répondre, vendre, rendre....

Les Devoirs: p. 116 Ex. 8: write out sentences, complete with proper conjugated form of given verb!

French 2: Dec. 16-19 Lesson Plan

DUE: Story presentations! Students will go to front of class in pairs. One student will read his/her 10-sentence/20-vocab-term story in French; other student will translate each sentence into English.

French reader may use script; English translator must speak without notes!
CAH evaluates each student: French speaker gets grade on pronunciation, English speaker gets grade on accuracy.

{45 minutes}: present stories!

{30 minutes}: Vocab Quiz 4.1! CAH says vocab terms in French, you write accurate English translations

p. 121, "Entre copains"
p. 149, Vocabulaire 1

Les Devoirs: Review passé composé! (past tense!) Translate the following sentences into French. Remember to form the past tense using avoir or être as appropriate!

Examples:

I won the contest: J'ai gagné la compétition.
My friends went to the supermarket: Mes amis sont allés au supermarché.

For a refresher on the grammar, see pp. 58 & 60. And focus on using vocab from Chapter 4, not Google Translate!

Sentences to translate:

Bob lost his safety glasses.
Rebecca took a test.
Jacques passed his English test. (be sure to use à after réussir)
We went to the gym.
Henri crammed for the biology test.
The girls were in detention.
The boys borrowed twenty-one books from the school library (use the fancy French abbreviation for school library... and spell out the number!)
We completely forgot the party!
After university, Giselle became a nurse.
Camille and Sophie stayed at the lab to finish an experiment.
The French teacher entered the lunchroom. (see this forum discussion of entrer dans and entrer à!)
Did you return your books to the library?

French 1: Dec. 14-15 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Interview another student in class about her/his weekly schedule.

Ask one question about each day of the week: Qu'est-ce qu tu fait le lundi/mardi/mercredi....
Write down one sentence about one activity on each day of the week.
For at least five of the activities, tell what time the student does the activity.
Be prepared to present these answers out loud in class next time.

{45 minutes} Students present schedules aloud!

After each presentation, CAH asks students two questions from each schedule! Students chosen to respond must answer for points!
Possible questions:

Quand est-ce qu'il/elle...? (When does the person under discussion do a certain activity?)
Quel jour est-ce qu'il/elle...? (On what day...?)
A quelle heure est-ce qu'il/elle...? (At what time...?)
Qu'est-ce qu'il/elle fait lundi/mardi/mercredi...? (What does so-and-so do on a given day?)

{45 minutes} In-class translation practice! Write down translations for the following sentences:

I have chemistry today at 11.
Jean has history tomorrow at 3.
Martin has music class now!
We have German class Friday at 8.
The girls have physics Monday at 7 in the evening.
The boys have computer class Tuesday at 7:45 in the morning.
You (sing.) have phys. ed. Thursday at 14:22.
Céline has biology (every) Wednesday at 11:55.
Luc has geography (this) Tuesday at 13:38.
My friends have Spanish (every) Monday at 19:15.
My brother has art class this Saturday at 12:10.
Your girl cousins have math class Sunday at 18:55.

Les Devoirs: Show CAH these written translations!

Also: Study for Vocab Quiz 4.1 ("Entre Copains" p. 114 plus Vocab List #1 on p. 141)

French 2: Dec. 14-15 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! (lucky students!)

Complete any remaining oral grocery quizzes for absentees!

{30 minutes} Vocab Practice!

Do pp. 120-121 Exs. 1, 2, and 5 ensemble

{60 minutes} Story presentation and translation practice!

In pairs, students practice reading and translating their 10-sentence/20-vocab term stories.
During this time, CAH meets individually with students to read and correct their stories.

Les Devoirs:

Story presentations! On Dec. 16-19, students will go to front of class in pairs. One student will read his/her story in French; other student will translate each sentence into English.
- French reader may use script; English translator must speak without notes!
Study for Vocab Quiz 4.1! Dec. 16-19 quiz will cover the "Entre Copains" phrases on p. 121 and the regular 4.1 vocab list on p. 149.

Le Pain Perdu Crew!

Samedi nous avons vendu du pain perdu au lycée pour gagner de l'argent pour notre voyage en France en mars 2013. C'était un grand succès! Je remercie tous les élèves (29!), qui ont travaillé!

Le pain perdu? Can do!

Je crois, que j'y vois le visage de la Vierge Marie...

ou peut-être Charles de Gaulle!

Vous avez soif? Nous avons les solutions!

Quelles responsables!
(Regardez: Tyler cours si vite, que
l'appareil photo ne peut pas le capturer!)

French 1: Dec. 12-13 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Clock Practice!

Draw 12 analog clocks (not digital!). Under each clock, write what time it is (en français!).
At least six of the clocks must show hard time (i.e., a time that isn't exactly on the hour, a time that includes some minutes).

{10 minutes} Reveillez les cerveaux français! Quelle heure est-il?

Go around the room and ask five different people, "Quelle heure est-il?" Ask once for the current time, then ask for the time indicated on one of the clocks you drew for today's devoirs!

{10 minutes} Review telling time: CAH drills!

{20 minutes} Practice days of the week, with aujourd'hui, hier, demain, "Avant-hier" et "après-demain"

{20 minutes} "Un peu plus" p. 120: lundi vs. le lundi

J'ai anglais le vendredi = "I have English on Fridays" (regularly)
J'ai anglais vendredi = "I have English on (this) Friday" (one imminent instance)
CAH drills students, ask each to make two statements, one about what they are doing on a specific day coming up, one about what they do regularly on certain days of the week.

Les Devoirs: Interview another student in class about her/his weekly schedule.

Ask one question about each day of the week: Qu'est-ce qu tu fait le lundi/mardi/mercredi....
Write down one sentence about one activity on each day of the week.
For at least five of the activities, tell what time the student does the activity.
Be prepared to present these answers out loud in class next time.

Also study for Vocab Quiz 4.1 (including the "Entre Copains" words on p. 114) two meetings from now (Dec. 16 & 19).

French 2: Dec. 12-13 Lesson Plan

DUE:

Maroon 1 & 3 (Dec. 12): Écrivez une histoire utilisant au moins 10 phrases et 20 mots/expressions du Vocabulaire 4.1 (you may include words from the "Entre Copains" section on p. 121). Highlight all Vocab 4.1 words!
White 2 (Dec. 13): rien! But bring your stories!

{30 minutes}: Make up all remaining Oral Grocery Quizzes!

{15 minutes} In trios, read your stories to each other and practice translating. Prepare to read out loud in class!

{45 minutes} Individual practice with CAH reading stories aloud

Les Devoirs: Prepare with a partner to read your vocab story out loud to the class. Your partner will provide the English translation... without notes!

Also prepare for a vocab quiz over List 4.1 (including Entre Copains words) two meetings from now, Dec. 16 & 19!)

French 2: Dec 8-9 Lesson Plan

Note! Schedule is messed up! We'll get back in synch next week. But for now...

Maroon 1 & 3, December 8: We take the oral quiz!

White 2, December 9: Guest Speaker! Marion, BHSU exchange student from France

Les Devoirs! Everyone! Écrivez une histoire!

Students must write a mininum ten-sentence story in French.
The story must use at least 20 words/phrases from Vocab List 4.1 (top half of page 149, plus four phrases in "Entre copains" on p. 121).
Students must highlight all terms from Vocab List 4.1.
Students may type or handwrite this assignment.
Due Date Maroon 1 & 3: Monday, Dec. 12.
Due Date White 2: Friday, Dec. 9

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French 1: Dec. 8-9 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Do pp. 114–115 Exs. 1 and 5.

Ex. 1: write out both the given sentence and the given response, not just the letter of each answer.
Ex. 5: never mind the time; just write your opinion of each course you choose (fascinant, intéressant, ennuyeux

{20 minutes} Day Practice!

Practice days of the week, with aujourd'hui, hier, demain, "Avant-hier" et "après-demain"

{30 minutes} Vocab and time

Do p. 114 Ex. 2 listening exercise together
Put clocks on board with different times, practice telling time with variety of numbers
emphasize et quart/moins le quart, et demie (demi with minuit and midi)

Les Devoirs: Clock Practice! Draw 12 analog clocks (not digital!). Under each clock, write what time it is.

At least six of the clocks must show hard time (i.e., a time that isn't exactly on the hour, a time that includes some minutes)

French 1: Dec. 6-7 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Vocab 4.1 writing practice! Handwrite four times each vocab word and phrase on Vocab List 4.1 (top half of p. 141) and each word in the "Entre copains" box on p. 114.

{15 minutes} Reveillez les cerveaux français!

Students drill each other on new vocab while CAH checks homework.

{20 minutes} Review Chapter 3 Grammar Quiz! Make sure everyone is on top of...

p. 82: conjugation of être
p. 84: adjective agreement
p. 94: possessive adjectives
p. 96: contractions with de

{30 minutes} Vocab Practice

Quels cours as-tu? Ask students to list the courses they are taking this semester. (Be ready for les arts industriels, le dessin....)

Les Devoirs: Do pp. 114–115 Exs. 1 and 5.

Ex. 1: write out both the given sentence and the given response, not just the letter of each answer.
Ex. 5: never mind the time; just write your opinion of each course you choose (fascinant, intérresant, ennuyeux

French 2: Dec. 6-7 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Handwrite three times all vocab words and phrases in Vocab List #1, p. 149, plus the four "Entre copains" phrases on p. 121. (Check pronunciation on Google Translate or online textbook at my.hrw.com as you write!)

{10 minutes} Students practice oral interview questions and answers with each other while CAH checks homework for points.

{60 minutes} Oral Interview Quiz!

CAH will ask you five questions about where one can buy certain groceries (Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...?).
To get full credit, you need to respond in a complete sentence saying where one can buy such things (On peut acheter... à ...).
You can use le supermarché in no more than one response. The rest of your responses must use terms for specific shops.
CAH will ask you two questions about whether you like shopping, who in your family does the shopping, and/or what items you enjoy shopping for.
You must then ask CAH one grocery-related question. CAH will respond in second-year French. You will translate his response into English.

While students take quiz in hall, students in classroom work on...

Les Devoirs! Écrivez une histoire!

Students must write a mininum ten-sentence story in French.
The story must use at least 20 words/phrases from Vocab List 4.1 (top half of page 149, plus four phrases in "Entre copains" on p. 121).
Students must highlight all terms from Vocab List 4.1.
Students may type or handwrite this assignment.

French 1: Dec. 2-5 Lesson Plan

Note: CAH gone on Friday, December 2!

DUE: rien, parce que vous aurait dû etudier pour...

...{30 minutes} Chapter 3 Grammar Quiz!

Quiz is on Moodle!
Page 106 has the summary of all four points. See also:

p. 82: conjugation of être
p. 84: adjective agreement
p. 94: possessive adjectives
p. 96: contractions with de

{30 minutes} Chapter 4 Vocab Introduction!

Draft a student volunteer to hook her/his computer up to (a) the speakers on my desk and (b) Google Translate!
Students turn to pp. 112–114, practice new vocab!
Student on speakers enters each vocab word into Google Translate (pay attention: include accent marks using Virtual Keyboard! see image below!)
Play the audio of the word on the speakers, all students repeat sound together; repeat three times.
Do this process with every word and phrase highlighted on pp. 112 and 113, as well as the vocab words in the "Entre copains" box on p. 114

Les Devoirs: Vocab 4.1 writing practice! Handwrite four times each vocab word and phrase on Vocab List 4.1 (top half of p. 141) and each word in the "Entre copains" box on p. 114.

French 2: Dec 2-5 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write eight possible questions and answers that you might hear in the oral interview grocery quiz you have next class period (Dec. 6-7)!

{15 minutes} Practice in pairs!

Students pair up, ask each other the questions they have written.
Student should rotate to practice with at least two different partners.
Remember: you can only use au supermarché once in your answers!

{45 minutes} More Q&A Listening and Speaking Drill!

Each student comes to the front of the room to play teacher.
Each student picks four students at random, asks each of them one of his/her questions; chosen students respond (yes, all in French!).
Each student, while playing teacher, should indicate whether the student has answered correctly and point out any pronunciation errors he/she perceives.
If in doubt, students should consult Google Translate audio! Have one student standing by with Google Translate open and with my desk speakers plugged into his/her laptop. Use that student's computer to check pronunciation when desired. Students entering French text into Google Translate for audio check should be sure to include accent marks on Google Translate, since accent marks will affect pronunciation!

{30 minutes} Les Devoirs:

Handwrite three times all vocab words and phrases in Vocab List #1, p. 149, plus the four "Entre copains" phrases on p. 121. (Check pronunciation on Google Translate as you write!)
Study for the Dec 6-7 Oral Interview Quiz!

CAH will ask you five questions about where one can buy certain groceries (Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...?).
To get full credit, you need to respond in a complete sentence saying where one can buy such things (On peut acheter... à ...).
You can use le supermarché in no more than one response. The rest of your responses must use terms for specific shops.
CAH will ask you two questions about whether you like shopping, who in your family does the shopping, and/or what items you enjoy shopping for.
You must then ask CAH one grocery-related question. CAH will respond in second-year French. You will translate his response into English.