French 1: Tuesday January 31 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: p. 131 Ex. 35: Write out complete sentences. Note the structure La bleue est à Adèle = "The blue one is Adèle's."

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 4.2: pp. 124–125. Backpack items, colors, numbers (1–1000 are fair game!).

{25 minutes} Writing practice: Revisit these sentences from last Friday's practice translations:

1. I bring my sister to school on Mondays.
2. You (plural) bring your cousins to school on Thursdays.
3. Françoise is taking her niece to the library Saturday.
4. They are taking their friends to the movies Friday.
5. I am buying some red sneakers.
6. Are you (singular) buying the yellow pencil sharpener?
7. Guillaume is buying the big green calculator.
8. We are buying 500 sheets of paper.
9. You (plural) are buying 172 notebooks.
10. The teachers are buying 95 rulers and 72 erasers.

{10 minutes} Speaking Practice: read answers to today's homework, p. 131 Ex. 35

Les Devoirs: p. 138–139 Exs. 1, 2, 3, and 4

• Write complete sentences, not just answers in blanks.
• Prepare for a Grammar Quiz over Chapter 4 next week Tuesday, February 7!
• To review, see all grammar items listed on page 140.
  

French 2: Wednesday February 1 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: rien! Just be prepared for...

{25 minutes}Vocab Quiz 4.2!

• Computer terminology on pp. 130–131
• verbs sauvegarder, ouvrir, fermer, sauvegarder
• extra terms given when we introduced the lesson (l'onglet, faire défiler vers le haut/le bas)
  

{25 minutes} quelqu'un, quelque chose, ne... personne, ne... rien, ne... que (p. 124)

• Discuss box on p. 124
• Note use as subject (Personne ne...) as well as object.
• Practice: Listen and respond to p. 124, Ex. 11
• Practice: Write p. 125 Exs. 13 & 14 in class

Les Devoirs: Translate the following sentences into French (using your brain and a dictionary, not computer translation tools):

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]!
    

French 2: Monday, January 30 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs! pp. 134–135 Exs. 28 & 29. Write out all sentences!

{10 minutes} Vocab Review! Students pair up, turn on computers, drill each other with "Cliquez sur..." followed by one of our computer terms!

{30 minutes} Review suivre!

• Written Practice: Students write sentences from Exs. 28 & 29 on board; corrigeons!
• Oral Practice: Everyone go around and ask fellow students, "What courses are you taking next year?" and answer Je suis....

{25 minutes} Depuis/il y a... que/ça fait... que expressions de temps (p. 136)

• Review time expressions (an, mois, semaines, jours, heures, minutes)
• Discuss box on page 136
• (note that past duration will use pendant/durant; future duration pour!)
  
• Practice with p. 137 Ex. 35: students first practice in pairs, then out loud with class.

Les Devoirs: Nothing to hand in! Just study for Vocab 4.2 Quiz over computer terminology on Wednesday, February 1!

• You should also read the grammar info on p. 124; we'll go over that on Wednesday!
  

plus: When to Pronounce the S

I was looking up the e-mail closing expression À+ when I noticed a discussant's mention of the fact that, when saying à plus, one should pronounce the ending s. Really?

Yes, really:

A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi] [WordReference.com: French-English Dictionary entry for plus].

So if you are saying, "À plus!" to a friend, that plus is indeed at the end of your clause, and you do indeed say it.

One also pronounces the s on plus when using the word as a noun for the addition sign or for an advantage:

1. Le professeur a oublié le signe plus dans la formule; ainsi, il a prouvé, que la terre est plat.
   
2. Un jour de neige? C'est un plus pour les élèves qui n'ont pas fini les devoirs!
   

French 1: Friday, January 27 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs! p. 128 Ex. 27: Write out the entire exercise, include every accent mark.

{10 minutes} check accent marks!

• Note that the ending "A+" is a common e-mail abbreviation for à plus tard. Arguably, one could put an accent mark over the A: À+
  

{40 minutes} Verb conjugation practice! In class, students pair up and translate the following 20 sentences.

• Divide the work! Have one student translate the first half in bold, the subject and verb, while the other student translates the rest of the predicate! Then combine the sentence parts and practice saying them when finished.
  

1. I prefer pencils.
2. Augustina prefers pens.
3. Do you (plural) prefer the paper or the computer?
4. The students repeat the sentences.
5. We repeat the words.
6. Are you (singular) rehearsing Romeo and Juliet?
7. Mom is walking the dog.
8. We walk the dog in the park.
9. Suzanne is raising her hand
10. You (plural) are raising some good questions.
11. I bring my sister to school on Mondays.
12. You (plural) bring your cousins to school on Thursdays.
13. Françoise is taking her niece to the library Saturday.
14. They are taking their friends to the movies Friday.
15. I am buying some red sneakers.
16. Are you (singular) buying the yellow pencil sharpener?
17. Guillaume is buying the big green calculator.
18. We are buying 500 sheets of paper.
19. You (plural) are buying 172 notebooks.
20. The teachers are buying 95 rulers and 72 erasers.
    

{15 minutes} Adjectives as nouns! p. 130

• If we understand what noun we're talking about, we can drop it and just use the proper article and adjective that describes it.
• Make sure articles and adjectives still reflect the gender!
• la bleue: "the blue one" (some feminine noun!)
• le vert: "the green one" (some masculine noun!)
• les blanches: "the white ones" (referring to multiple feminine nouns)
• les rouges: "the red ones" (referring to multiple nouns... can't tell whether feminine or masculine, since rouge has an -e on the end in both genders)
• Practice with p. 130, Ex. 32

Les Devoirs:

1. p. 131 Ex. 35: Write out complete sentences. Note the structure La bleue est à Adèle = "The blue one is Adèle's."
2. Study for Vocab Quiz 4.2 over school supplies, colors, and numbers (be ready for multiplication!) on Tuesday, January 31.

French 2: Thursday, January 26 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs! p. 132, Ex. 23: use the given phrases to create five questions. Then write answers to each question!

{10 minutes} Administrivia: French Club, French trip, 2012-2013 calendrier scolaire

{25 minutes} Homework sentences on board!

• Each student puts one question and one response from his/her homework on board.
• Practice pronunciation, review grammar!
• Also show conjugation of savoir!

{25 minutes} Conjugating the verb suivre

• note the similarities between this conjugation and savoir (and, if you really want to reach, devoir)
• Red Alert! Je suis can mean "I follow" or "I am"! Je suis un camion is problematic! ;-)
• Je suis m&eacutedecin vs. je suis un médecin.
  

Les Devoirs:

1. pp. 134–135 Exs. 28 & 29. Write out all sentences!
   
2. Also study for Vocab 4.2 Quiz over computer terminology on Wednesday, February 1!

French 1: Wednesday, January 25 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write three original dialogs (minimum four sentences each), one in which you tell someone you need something and ask to borrow it, two in which you are shopping for school supplies. Use the phrases we went over today on pp. 126–127!

{15 minutes} Notes on French Club, French trip meeting, 2012-2013 calendar

{20 minutes} Oral Warm-up: Present dialogues out loud!

• Pick a partner.
• Pick a dialogue from one of your papers.
• Practice it out loud five times.
• Present that dialogue in front of the class!

{10 minutes} Vocab Phrase Review:

• Do p. 127, Exercise 23, in class. Write out all sentences with your responses!

{15 minutes} New verb conjugation: préférer & acheter! p. 128

• regular -er conjugation, but with -è- in all three singular forms and the third person plural:

je préfère	nous préférons
tu préfères	vous préférez
il préfère	ils préfèrent
j'achète	nous achetons
tu achètes	vous achetez
elle achète	elles achètent

• Practice with p. 129, ex. 28: students write on paper, read sentence out loud

Les Devoirs:

1. p. 128 Ex. 27: Write out the entire exercise, include every accent mark.
2. Study for Vocab Quiz 4.2 over school supplies, colors, and numbers (be ready for multiplication!) on Tuesday, January 31.

French 2: Tuesday, Jan. 24 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs: Students should be prepared to deliver their...

{45 minutes} How-to Presentations!

• Students should pair up and prepare presentations based on their "How-To" paragraphs submitted Friday.
• Each pair will present one How-To Skit! Instead of each student reading his/her own paragraph separately, each pair will pick and choose from both of their paragraphs to make one presentation.
• One student will read the text while the other student will listen and patiently, slowly demonstrate the actions on the Smart Board. (Think ahead about what windows you'll open, when you'll need to access the keyboard, etc.: I'll give you time to practice on Tuesday before your presentations.)
• Presentation should last a couple minutes.
• CAH will score presentations based on Pronunciation (speak up! use that French accent!), Information (can listeners get the gist?), and Grammar (say it correctly!)

{20 minutes} Do p. 132, Exs. 21 & 22 together

Les Devoirs:

• p. 132, Ex. 23: use the given phrases to create five questions. Then write answers to each question!
  
• Also study for Vocab 4.2 Quiz over computer terminology on Wednesday, February 1!
  

French 1: Jan. 23 Lesson Plan

Oral Exam
Make-Up Deadline Thursday, Feb. 2!

DUE: Les Devoirs! Original sentences using each of the nouns and adjectives on pp. 124–125.

{5 minutes} Brain warm-up in pairs!

• While CAH checks homework, students ask each other, "De quelle couleur..." about various items they have or that they see around the room. Try to ask at least one question for each color we have on the list!

{20 minutes} Review sentences on board!

• half of class goes to board to write two sentences from homework; other half follows to make corrections; then change roles!

{20 minutes} New phrases! (pp. 125–126):

• j'ai besoin de...
• il me faut/il te faut...
• tu pourrais me prêter...
• ...à me prêter...
• je cherche... (-er verb!)
• C'est combien?/Elle est à combien?
• C'est dix-huit dollars quatre-vingt-cinq.
• Elle est à dix-huit dollars quatre-vingt-cinq.
• réponse à "Merci": Je vous en prie/À votre service.

{20 minutes} Do pp. 126–127 in class

• Students get ten minutes to write out exercises, then we say them out loud together.
  

Les Devoirs: More writing!

• Write three original dialogs (minimum four sentences each), one in which you tell someone you need something and ask to borrow it, two in which you are shopping for school supplies. Use the phrases we went over today on pp. 126–127!
  
• Study for Vocab Quiz 4.2 over school supplies, colors, and numbers (be ready for multiplication!) on Tuesday, January 31.
  

French 2: Jan 20 Lesson Plan

CAH gone! Show the sub some love!

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Annotated screen shot: students should have an image of their computer screen annotated with French terms from p. 130!
2. "How-to" outline: Students should have at least a paragraph, written in French, telling how to use a computer to research and write a paper for school. (If students forget what they can include in their instructions, refer them to the Jan. 18 lesson plan.)
3. Teacher will note on the rosters which students have completed this assignment.

{30 minutes} Vocab Practice!

Individual Practice (20 minutes):

1. Students should log in to their "my.hrw.com" online textbooks. (Passwords are available in yellow folder.) Students go to Chapter 4 vocab so they can listen to and practice repeating the vocab words we started practicing on Tuesday.
2. Students should click on the words on the vocab list (either pp. 130-131 or p. 149), listen to the audio, and repeat the words out loud (no whispering! no mouthing the words silently! Everyone should be emitting sound!

Pairs Practice (10 minutes):

1. Students pair up! At least one student should have a computer logged on to the Web.
   
2. Students should practice telling each other to "Cliquez sur..." (click on) various items on the screen. Each student gets a chance to tell the other to do the clicking.

{60 minutes} Work on "How-To" Computer Skits!

• For next time, students should pair up and prepare presentations based on their "How-To" paragraphs submitted today.
• Each pair will present one How-To Skit! Instead of each student reading his/her own paragraph separately, each pair will pick and choose from both of their paragraphs to make one presentation.
• One student will read the text while the other student will listen and patiently, slowly demonstrate the actions on the Smart Board. (Think ahead about what windows you'll open, when you'll need to access the keyboard, etc.: I'll give you time to practice on Tuesday before your presentations.)
• Presentation should last a couple minutes.
  
• Presentations will happen Tuesday!
  

French 1: Jan. 19 Lesson Plan

CAH gone! Show the sub some love!

DUE: Les Devoirs! Math homework! Multiplication drill!

• Make a multiplication table for the numbers 5 through 15.
• Write each product in each cell in words!
• Assignment may be done either on paper or in MS Excel spreadsheet.

Students should have assignment written or typed out. Teacher will note on roster who has completed assignment.

Number Note!

According to this tutorial, some French speakers (including some Belgians and Swiss) use more logical forms for 70, 80, and 90:

• 70: septante
• 80: huitante
• 90: nonante

{25 minutes} Multiplication Practice!

• First, students pair up. One student picks two numbers between 5 and 15; second student reads the multiplication product from his/her grid. Each student should ask the other five different pairs of numbers.
• After five minutes of pairs practice, teacher goes around room with number cards. (Shuffle them first!) Student draws two cards, multiplies the numbers on them:
• Student says (e.g.) "Sept fois onze: soixante-dix-sept!" (Translation: 7 times 11: 77.)
• Do this with each student. (Students may refer to their homework, but note that the deck includes the numbers 5–20, which is more than they did on their grids!)

{30 minutes} Show and tell review!

• Individual Practice: Students should log in to their "my.hrw.com" online textbooks. (Passwords are available in yellow folder.) Students go to Chapter 4 vocab so they can listen to and practice repeating the vocab words we started practicing on Tuesday.
• Students should click on the words on the vocab list (either pp. 124-125 or p. 141), listen to the audio, and repeat the words out loud (no whispering! no mouthing the words silently! Everyone should be emitting sound!
• After ten minutes, every student should pick three items in his/her bag/pockets/etc. to describe by color.
• Students pair up! One student says, "Qu'est-ce que tu as dans ton sac à dos?" (What do you have in your backpack?) Other student responds (for example), "J'ai un crayon jaune, un classeur rouge, et une feuille de papier blanche."
• Notice that when we describe things by color in French, the adjective goes after the noun! (Example: Le Moulin Rouge = The Red Mill!)
• After five minutes practicing one-on-one out loud, each pair gets to stand up and present their very brief dialogue. Each student gets to ask; each student gets to answer and show three colorful things.

Les Devoirs: Homework!

1. Write sentences using each of the nouns and adjectives on pp. 124-125!
2. Don't forget the nouns on p. 125 under the numbers! (un portable, un mobile, etc.)
3. Each sentence should start with one of the following:
   1. "J'ai..." (I have...)
   2. "Je veux..." (I want...)
   3. "J'ai besoin de..." (I need... literally I have need of...)
4. Each sentence should then have a noun followed by a color.

CAH will look at these sentences on Tuesday, Jan. 24!

French 2: Jan. 18 Lesson Plan

Red Alert! Daily schedule changes with new semester!

• All French 1 sections meet on White days (and Semester 2 starts with White Day).
• All French 2 sections meet on Maroon days.
• Many students switch sections; check your schedules!
  

{40 minutes} L'interface d'un ordinateur! Computer terms!

• Écoutez et répétez!
• Around the room: ask each student "Cliquez sur..."
• Add "Ouvrez un nouvel onglet"; "Fermez l'onglet." (Open a new tab; close the tab!)
  
• Add "faire défiler vers le haut/le bas." (scroll updown!)
  
• Then expand, send students to board to label browser buttons en français!

{20 minutes} Do p. 132, Exercises 21-23 together!

• Students get time to work on each in pairs, then we go through answers in large group.
  

Les Devoirs: Vocab Practice!

1. Take a screen shot of your Web browser. Label at least a dozen different items/icons in French.
2. Write a short "how-to" how to use a laptop computer to research and write a paper.
   1. Start up the computer and the software.
   2. Start up the browser.
   3. Search for information, click on links, maybe download some files....
      
   4. Open your word processor, write, write, write,
      
   5. Save, shut it down (éteindre), take a break...
   6. Reopen, correct, print...

Show these written items to the sub on Friday; be prepared to present the "how-to" essays as skits on Tuesday, January 24!

French 1: Jan 17 Lesson Plan

Red Alert! Daily schedule changes with new semester!

• All French 1 sections meet on White days (and Semester 2 starts with White Day).
• All French 2 sections meet on Maroon days.
• Many students switch sections; check your schedules!
  

{25 minutes} Qu'est-ce que tu as dans le sac à dos?

• Practice school supplies vocab p. 124
• Demonstrate with one volunteer's backpack
• Go around entire room, ask student to name at least two items in his/her possession.

{25 minutes} De quelle couleur... tout l'arc-en-ciel!

• Drill color vocab p. 125
• Levez-vous! Touchez les couleurs autour de la salle!
• Describe the items in your backpacks!

{20 minutes} Numbers 1-999 (p.125)

• Drill new numbers (remind of examples on each page)
• Do some simple math problems, ask for answers in French.

Les devoirs: Math homework! Multiplication drill!

• Make a multiplication table for the numbers 5 through 15.
• Write each product in each cell in words!
• Assignment may be done either on paper or in MS Excel spreadsheet.
• Stay tuned: I'll assign writing practice for the remainder of this vocab section next time

Friday Oral Exams Postponed! Schedule Your Make-up Time!

Mes élèves! Je suis très désolé! I had to step out early today (Friday) due to illness; thus, all oral exams scheduled for today have been postponed!

Semester grades are due Wednesday, January 18, at 8 a.m. We will get all of these quizzes done in time to meet that deadline. I will be available to give you the oral quiz at the following times and places:

• Saturday, January 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Spearfish Public Library.
• Sunday, January 15 Update: cancelled! Public library is closed this Sunday!
• Monday, Janaury 16 (in-service day), 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., my classroom.
• Tuesday, January 17, 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., and 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., my classroom.

I'm no more fond of working on the weekend than you are, but we need to get these tests done by the end of the school day Tuesday. We can get these tests done in the times above, but you cannot all wait until Tuesday after school.

To sign up for a time, e-mail me at my school address: cheidelb@spearfish.k12.sd.us. I will post the taken times on this blog post. Bonne chance!

Day/Time	Student
Tuesday 08:00	Madison S.
08:05
----------15:15	Jair
15:20	CJ
15:25	Beau
15:30	Drew
15:35	Taylor F.
15:40
15:45
15:50
15:55

Semester Exam Schedule

mercredi, le 11 janvier:

1. Maroon 1 French 2 written exam
   
2. Maroon 2 French 1 written exam
   
3. Maroon 3 French 2 written exam
   
4. orals by appointment!
   

jeudi, le 12 janvier:

1. Orals by appointment
2. Orals by appointment
3. White 2 French 2 written exam
   
4. Orals by appointment

vendredi, le 13 janvier:

1. White 3 French 1 written exam
2. White 4 French 1 written exam
3. Orals by appointment
4. Orals by appointment