French 1: Thursday May 17 Lesson Plan

DUE: Rien! Mais nous étudions comme fous pour l'examen final!
 
{5 minutes} Administrivia!

• All French 1 tests take place next week:
1. White 2: Monday Block 3.
2. White 3: Tuesday Block 1.
3. White 4: Tuesday Block 2.
• All students should bring textbooks to turn in on their test day! (Bring any spares from home and locker as well!)
• Remember: I will allow no computers, cell phones, MP3 players, or any other electronic devices on, on your desk, or on your person during the final.

{60 minutes} Review activities!

Passé Composé: Translate the following sentences. (See p. R27 for irregular participles.)

1. I searched for the pen.	14. They (masc.) read the newspaper.
2. They (fem.) searched for their shoes.	15. Jacques took the bus.
3. You (sing.) ate a grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich for which the French are renowned.	16. We did our homework.
4. You (pl.) ate fish and veggies.	17. Did you (pl.) do your homework?
5. She started to sing.	18. They rode bike all weekend.
6. We started to work.	19. Did you (sing) want a ham sandwich?
7. They (masc.) spoke English.	20. My mom said yes.
8. He spoke French.	21. Did you write the sentences?
9. Liselle knew the answer.	22. We were in Lyons.
10. She drank a Coke.	23. He put the pencil on the table.
11. He drank some milk.	24. I had to go.
12. I had some paper.	25. She saw a film.
13. You (sing.) read five books?	26. It rained.

Les Devoirs: rien. Pr&eacuteparez pour l'examen final. Bonne chance, mes amis!

French 2: Wednesday May 16 Lesson Plan

DUE: Write out full conjugations for one of the following types of verbs:

1. regular -er verb
2. regular -ir verb
3. regular -re verb
4. verb of motion (p. 60 or R44)
5. reflexive verb
6. être
7. venir
8. pouvoir

{5 minutes} Administrivia!

• All French 2 tests take place on Friday (normal Maroon schedule).
• All students should bring textbooks to turn in on Friday! (Bring any spares from home and locker as well!)
• Remember: no computers, cell phones, MP3 players, or any other electronic devices allowed on your desk or your person during the final.

 {25 minutes}Verb review! Students put 4–5 forms in each category au tableau, also put the three specific verbs up, compare!

{35 minutes} Autour du monde! Vocab practice over all lists.

{25 minutes} Oral Exams! Speaking today:

1. Chad et Dilon
2. Brianna et Rachel
3. Hayli et Abby

 Other students study for finals during this time.

French 1: Tuesday May 15 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

{15 minutes} Final Exam preview: CAH gives students general idea of format of final exam. Expect vocab, grammar, and translation from all seven chapters, with emphasis on material from Chapters 7, 6, 5, and second half of Chapter 4.

{50 minutes} Autour du monde! We review vocab from all seven chapters.

{25 minutes} Oral Exams! Students study for final exam while I grill the following students:

• White 2: Tyrell et Evan
• White 3: Adriana et Alec
• White 4: Victoria 

 Les Devoirs: Nothing to submit, but study hard for the final!

French 2: Monday May 14 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

{10 minutes} Review Grammar Quiz on qui, que, dont, and imparfait et futur!

{50 minutes} Review verb conjugations: aller, vouloir, se laver.

{30 minutes} Oral exam time! 

Les Devoirs: Write out full conjugations for one of the following types of verbs:

1. regular -er verb
2. regular -ir verb
3. regular -re verb
4. verb of motion (p. 60 or R44)
5. reflexive verb
6. être
7. venir
8. pouvoir

French 1: Friday May 11 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez étudié comme un fou pour...

{30 minutes}  L'examen de grammaire de chapitre 7! Featuring:

1. Passé composé—the past tense of -er verbs (p. 238), with ten extra special irregular forms (p. 240)
2. ce/cet/cette/ces—adjectifs demonstratifs (p. 226)
3. quel/quelle/quels/quelles—adjectifs interrogatifs (p. 228)

And now, we are in non-stop, hardcore final exam review mode!

{50 minutes} Classwide practice for oral final exam.

{10 minutes} Address questions about oral and written finals.

Les Devoirs: rien! étudiez, étudiez, étudiez pour les examens finals

French 2: Thursday May 10 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien... parce que vous avez passez tout votre temps en étudiant...

{30 minutes} Grammar Quiz! Featuring the imparfait, futur, et qui, que, et dont

{50 minutes} Practice for Oral Final Exam!

Les Devoirs: nothing to hand in, but practice, practice, practice for that Oral Final. We will spend next week hammering vocab and grammar in class.

French 1: Wednesday May 9 Lesson Plan

DUE: Do p. 239 Ex. 30 et p. 241 Ex. 34. Write complete sentences. Always. 

{30 minutes} Vocab Quiz 7.2! Finissez grande!


{50 minutes} Hard grammar review: past tense! passé composé!

• Put homework sentences on board
• Practice Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?
• If time allows, practice ce (p. 226) and quel (p. 228)

{10 minutes} View and share Oral Final Exam video!

Les Devoirs: rien! mais étudiez comme un fou pour l'examen de grammaire que nous passerons vendredi!

French 2: Tuesday May 8 Lesson Plan

DUE: Rien! Mais j'espere gravement que vous avez étudié pour...   

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 9.2! La télé et la musique! 

{5-10 minutes} Present remaining TV promo skits!

{20 minutes} Verb Practice! Conjugate verbs of motion (p. 60) and irregulars (pp. R44, R47)

{20 minutes}Relative Pronoun Practice: qui, que, dont! (p. 314) Translate the following sentences:

1. We are not watching the movie that came from Dakar.
2. We did not watch the movie that you recommended.
3. We were not watching the movie you talked about (think: "about which you talked").
4. We will not watch the movie whose stars will be here in June.
5. The girl whom Claude likes goes to Paris regularly.
6. The girl who likes Claude went to the park.
7. The girl whom we saw was going to the lake.
8. The girl whose book I found will go to the library.

CAH will provide translations of the above sentences by the end of the day!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez comme un fou pour l'examen de grammaire (qui, que, dont, l'imparfait, et le futur) jeudi!

Answers!

1. Nous ne regardons pas le film qui est venu de Dakar.
1. regardons: present tense
2. qui: subject ("the film is coming")
3. est venu: past tense of verb of motion uses être as helping verb (p. 60)
2. Nous n'avons pas regardé le film que tu as recommandé  OR
   ...que vous avez recommandé.
1. n'avons pas regardé: regular past tense
2. que: direct object ("you recommended the film")
3. as recommandé: regular past tense
3. Nous ne regardions pas le film dont tu as parlé  OR...dont vous avez parlé.
1. regardions: imperfect
2. dont: "of which" (imagine de + que)
3. as parlé: regular past tense
4. Nous ne regarderons pas le film dont les vedettes seront ici en juin.
1. regarderons: regular future tense
2. dont: "whose" (or "of whom")
3. seront: irregular future tense
5. La fille que Claude aime va à Paris régulièrement.
1. que: direct object ("Claude likes her") 
2. va: irregular present tense
6. La fille qui aime Claude est allée au parc.
1. qui: subject ("She likes Clause")
2. est allée: past tense of verb of motion uses être as helping verb (p. 60); also, when you use être as your past tense helping verb, you have to make the participle agree with the subject.
7. La fille que nous avons vue allait au lac.
1. que: direct object ("we saw the girl")
2. avons vue: irregular past tense (and don't sweat the -e ending here, but know that Rule #3 on p. 314 explains that the past participle has to agree with the direct object pronoun que)
3. allait: imperfect
8. La fille dont le livre j'ai trouvé ira à la bibliothèque.
1. dont: whose
2. ai trouvé: regular past tense
3. ira: irregular future tense of aller

French 1: Monday May 7 Lesson Plan

DUE: p. 239, Ex. 31: For each verb, write two original sentences, one saying someone is doing the action (present tense), another saying that same person did the action yesterday (past tense). Use a different subject for each verb. Also include some phrase following the verb (direct object, prepositional phrase. In all, you will write nine pairs of sentences, eighteen sentences total.

{15 minutes} Les phrases au tableau! Students write two of their past tense sentences on the board.

• CAH checks homework for points during this time!

{15 minutes} Oral Vocab Practice: "Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais pour ton anniversaire?" CAH gets question rolling, then students ask each other. Respond using vocab in 7.2 list!

{20 minutes} Practice irregular past tense forms (p. 240)

• avoir → eu
• boire → bu
• être → été
• faire → fait
• lire → lu
• mettre → mis
• pleuvoir → plu
• prendre → pris
• voir →vu
• vouloir → voulu

1. Have students compose orally simple sentences using these irregular past forms.
2. Do p. 240 Exs. 32 & 33 together.

{20 minutes} Combo grammar practice! Students translate the following sentences:

1. You had which bike?
2. I had that blue mountain bike.
3. Alain bought which belt?
4. Alain bought this black belt.
5. The girls saw which necklaces?
6. The girls saw those elegant diamond necklaces (think "necklaces elegant in diamond").
7. The teachers wanted which hiking boots?
8. The teachers wanted those new hiking boots.

Les Devoirs:

1. Étudiez comme un fou pour l'examen de vocabulaire 7.2 la prochaine fois!
2. Do p. 239 Ex. 30 et p. 241 Ex. 34. Write complete sentences. Always.
   

French 2: Friday May 4 Lesson Plan

C'est le Jour de Star Wars. Détruisez une Étoile de la Mort!

DUE: Les Devoirs: Skit! Live promo for a television program!

• Work in pairs or trios.
• Prepare an ad for any kind of TV program (a series, soap opera, documentary, news program, whatever!).
• Tell viewers what the show is about, why they must watch!
• Include "clips" or "scenes" from the show.
• Props and video are welcome but not required.
• At least five sentences from each player are required! 
• Use this chapter's vocab!
• Present live in class during second half of period today!

{5 minutes} Grammar warm-up! Students practice conjugating reflexive verb on board in present, past, imperfect, and future!

{10 minutes} Autour du monde! Take students in pairs, give vocab word, see who can offer the translation  fastest. We'll go one round where I give the word in French and students must give the word in English, then a round where I give English, students give French.

{5 minutes} Preview Oral Final Exam!

{35 minutes} Prep time for promo skits! Print scripts; check for technical difficulties; practice, practice, practice!

{35 minutes} Promo skits! Students present, CAH scores, good time is had by all!

Links:

1. M2 Ciera, Amber, Riley
2. M3 Machayla & Ashley

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez comme des fous pour l'examen de vocabulaire 9.2 mardi!

French 1: Thursday May 3 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write all vocab terms covered on pp. 234–237 four times!

{5 minutes} Pronunciation Practice! Écoutez et répétez le vocabulaire 9.2 (pp. 234–237).

{5 minutes} Student Oral Practice: In pairs, students quiz each other on the words while CAH checks homework for points.

{5 minutes} Listening Practice: Do p. 236 Ex. 23 together.

{10 minutes} Writing Practice: Students write answers to p. 236 Exs. 22 & 24. (Write complete sentences for Ex. 24!)

{5 minutes} Preview Oral Final Exam!

{45 minutes} New Grammar: The past tense! Le passé composé! (p. 238)

• Put chart on p. 236 on board.
• Emphasize two parts: conjugate avoir, then add past participle (-é in French is like -ed in English).
• Emphasize pronunciation difference in first-person singluar between present and past.
• Do Exs. 27, 28, 29, and, as time allows, 30 together in class.

 Les Devoirs: Look at the verbs on p. 239, Ex. 31. For each verb, write two original sentences, one saying someone is doing the action (present tense), another saying that same person did the action yesterday (past tense). Use a different subject for each verb. Also include some phrase (direct object, prepositional phrase. In all, you will write nine pairs of sentences, eighteen sentences total.

For example, suppose you have the verb chanter. I want to see two sentences, present and past:

1. Nous chantons l'hymne nationale au match de basketball.
2. Nous avons chanté l'hymne nationale au match de basketball.

French 2: Oral Final Exam

The French 2 Oral Final Exam will consist of two parts.

Part 1, CAH will ask you as many questions from the following list as possible. You must answer each question with at least one complete sentence. You should also be prepared to answer any follow-up questions that CAH may logically construct from your responses to these questions.

1. Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...? (any grocery item is fair game!)
2. Dis-moi quatre fruits.
3. Dis-moi quatre légumes.
4. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes étudier? Pourquoi?
5. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end?
6. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire en [un mois]?
7. Qu'est-ce qu'il faut faire pour organiser une soirée/une fête/une boum/une teuf?
8. Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?
9. Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?
10. Pour faire du camping, qu'est-ce que tu apportes?
11. Quel animal te symbolise? Explique!
12. Parle-moi de ton film préféré.
13. Parle-moi de ton livre préféré.
14. Parle-moi de ton émission télé préférée.
15. Parle-moi de ta musique préférée.

In Part 2, you must Pose au prof cinq questions en français (et montre, que tu comprends ses réponses: traduis immediatement en anglais)!

• CAH will not count simple questions like "Ça va?" "Comment vous appelez-vous?" or "Quel âge avez-vous?"
• You may not ask any of the questions posed to you by CAH in Part 1.
• Do not rehearse questions translated from English to French on Google Translate. Compose questions of interest to you from the vocabulary we have studied.

CAH will administer the Oral Final Exam in ten-minute one-on-one interviews with each student May 14–May 18 and May 21–22. Oral Final Exams will take place before school, during lunch, during Spartan Time, after school, and during other times when CAH is available. Students are responsible for signing up for their own exam appointment times on the master schedule in CAH's classroom and for remembering to show up at their chosen times.

French 1: Oral Final Exam

The French 1 Oral Final Exam will consist of two parts.

In Part 1, CAH will ask you as many questions from the following list as possible. You must answer each question with at least one complete sentence.

1. Quelle heure est-il?
2. Quel jour est-il?
3. Quel temps fait-il?
4. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire [en été/en automne/en hiver/au printemps]?
5. Qu'est-ce que tu détestes faire?
6. Quand est ton anniversaire?
7. Quelle est ta matière préférée?
8. De quoi tu as besoin pour la classe de français?
9. Qu'est-ce que tu as dans ton sac à dos?
10. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes porter au lycée?
11. De quelle couleur...?
12. [un nombre aléatoire 30-50] plus [un autre nombre aléatoire 30-50] font ____. (To be clear: CAH will pick two random numbers from 30 to 50 and ask you to add them; e.g.: CAH may say "46 plus 30 font ___," and you will need to respond with a complete sentence: "Quarante-six plus trente font soixante-seize.")
13. [un nombre aléatoire 5-15] fois [un autre nombre aléatoire 5-15] font ____. (To be clear: CAH will pick two random numbers from 5 to 15 and ask you to multiply them; e.g.: CAH may say "9 fois 11 font ___," and you will need to respond with a complete sentence: "Neuf fois onze font quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.")
14. Qu'est-ce que tu vas manger pour [le petit déjeuner/le déjeuner/le dîner] [aujourd'hui/demain]?
15. Qu'est-ce que tu me conseilles de faire au Collines Noires?
16. Où est-ce que tu me conseilles de manger au Collines Noires? Pourquoi?

In Part 2, you must Pose au prof cinq questions en français (et montre, que tu comprends ses réponses: traduis immediatement en anglais)!

• CAH will not count simple questions like "Ça va?" "Comment vous appelez-vous?" or "Quel âge avez-vous?"
• You may not ask any of the questions posed to you by CAH in Part 1.
• Do not rehearse questions translated from English to French on Google Translate. Compose questions of interest to you from the vocabulary we have studied.

CAH will administer the Oral Final Exam in ten-minute one-on-one interviews with each student May 14–May 18 and May 21–22. Oral Final Exams will take place before school, during lunch, during Spartan Time, after school, and during other times when CAH is available. Students are responsible for signing up for their own exam appointment times on the master schedule in CAH's classroom and for remembering to show up at their chosen times.

French 2: Wednesday May 2 Lesson Plan

DUE: Vocab 9.2 Writing Practice: Write all vocab words covered today four times!

• Words depicted and listed on pp. 322–323
• Exprimons-nous pp. 323 & 325
• Entre copains p. 325 

{10 minutes} Brain Grammar Warm-up! Students write full conjugation of a chosen verb, then translate one three relative pronoun sentences.

• CAH takes points for vocab at this time

{25 minutes} Listening and Speaking Practice: CAH asks students about favorite TV programs and music genres.

{5 minutes} Listening Practice: Do p. 324 Ex. 20

{15 minutes} Writing and Speaking Practice: Do p. 324 Ex. 21

• Students write answers.
• We check answers together.
• Then students pair up, practice going through the dialogue together.

 Les Devoirs: Skit! Live promo for a television program!

• Work in pairs or trios.
• Prepare an ad for any kind of TV program (a series, soap opera, documentary, news program, whatever!).
• Tell viewers what the show is about, why they must watch!
• Include "clips" or "scenes" from the show.
• Props and video are welcome but not required.
• At least five sentences from each player are required! 
• Use this chapter's vocab!
• Present live in class during second half of period Friday!

French 1: Tuesday May 1 Lesson Plan

DUE: Translate the following sentences, paying close attention to proper use of interrogative (quel!) and demonstrative (ce!) pronouns:

Example:

• Which vest is Mr. H. wearing? 
• Quel gilet porte Monsieur H.? 
• He's wearing that purple silk vest.
• Il porte ce gilet en soie violet.

1. Which blouse do you prefer?
2. I prefer this white silk blouse.
3. Which boots do you want?
4. I want those black leather boots.
5. Which jacket does Bob like?
6. Bob likes that blue denim jacket.
7. Which socks are you wearing to the mountains?
8. I'm wearing these gray wool socks.
9. Which shirts do Louis and Frédéric want?
10. They want those blue linen shirts.
11. Which sweater are you wearing to the club?
12. I'm wearing this loose green sweater.
13. Which pants are you wearing to the party?
14. I'm wearing those tight black pants.

But first...

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 7.1! pp. 222–225!

{25 minutes} Homework on board! Students write the above 14 sentences in corresponding pairs on board for class review.

• CAH checks homework for completeness and records quiz scores at this time. 
• Have students correct each other's sentences, then practice pronunciation in dialogue format!

{25 minutes} Introduce last new vocab list! 7.2! 

• pp. 234–235 (note the difference between la bague et l'anneau!)
• p. 236 (mille et million... but note the big discussion of milliard and billion)
• p. 237 Exprimons-nous.

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab terms covered on pp. 234–237 four times!