French 1: August 31/September 4, 2012

DUE: First Ten Vocab Words!

• Think of ten words you'd want to know how to say in French
• Look them up on WordReference.com
• Write down each English word, then write its French translation four times!

[20 minutes] Review greetings:

• Bonjour! 
• Comment tu t’appelles? 
• Je m'appelle....
• Enchanté(e).
• [add for Jour Blanc!] Comment ça va/Ça va bien?
• [add for Jour Blanc!]  Bien. Très bien. Pas mal. Mal. Comme ci comme ça. Et toi?

[10 minutes] CAH checks homework; students get textbooks!

• While CAH checks vocab and logs book numbers, students begin looking at Chapter 1 vocab.
• Also make electronic book available!
• Also set up my.hrw.com books!

[20 minutes] Share new vocab! 

• Students enter new words on Smart Board
• CAH demos pronunciation

[20 minutes] Practice dialogue bubbles on pp. 6-8

Les Devoirs: pp. 6-8: write each dialogue bubble in French, then in English, then in French:

• Practice saying these lines as you write them!

French 2: Friday, August 31, 2012

DUE: Les Devoirs! First presentation!

• Prepare to speak to the class in French for 30 seconds.
• Talking about yourself and your summer is likely the easiest route, but you may choose other appropriate topics that you can handle with your current French vocabulary.
• You will speak without notes.

[5 minutes] Pratiquez! Students trio up, deliver own presentation twice, listen to partners do same, offer questions/suggestions/corrections.

[25 minutes] 30-second presentations

• After each presentation, next speaker asks presenter one question; speaker must offer answer in French. (First speaker asks question of last speaker.) Then TA asks a question, speaker must answer!

[10 minutes] Hand out textbooks, log book numbers, make PDF textbook available!

[10 minutes] Pronunciation and Vocab: New Vocab List 1.1 (p.37)

• TA leads in pronunciation practice!

[15 minutes] Grammar Review: avoir et être (p.10) 

• Know your conjugations!
• Know how to negate (ne + verb + pas).
• Know how to ask questions (Est-ce que + sentence).
• Oral practice: pp. 10–11, ex. 6–8 

Les Devoirs: Write all words in Vocab List 1.1 four times!

French 3: August 30, 2012 Lesson Plan

[60 minutes] Bienvenue! Conversation! 

• Practice these very familiar questions.

[20 minutes] Administrivia

• Classroom rules, grading, etc.
• French Trip! Sign-up deadline September 7!
• French Trip fundraising: phone books deliveries!

DUE next time: First presentation!

• Prepare to speak to the class in French for 60 seconds.
• Tell us what you did this summer.
• Speak without notes.
• Your time does not include pauses, whether vocalized (um... uh... I don't know what to say!) or not.

Lesson Plan: French 1 August 29-30

[50 minutes] Bienvenue! Conversation! 

• Practice greetings and numbers 1-10! En français!

[20 minutes] Administrivia

• Classroom rules, grading, etc.
• French Trip! Sign-up deadline September 7!
• French Trip fundraising: phone books deliveries!

DUE next time: First vocab!

• Think of ten words you'd want to know how to say in French
• Look them up on WordReference.com
• Write down each English word, then write its French translation four times!

Lesson Plan: French 2 August 29, 2012

[60 minutes] Bienvenue! Conversation! 

• Practice these very familiar questions.

[20 minutes] Administrivia

• Classroom rules, grading, etc.
• French Trip! Sign-up deadline September 7!
• French Trip fundraising: phone books deliveries!

DUE next time: First presentation!

• Prepare to speak to the class in French for 30 seconds.
• Talking about yourself and your summer is likely the easiest route, but you may choose other appropriate topics that you can handle with your current French vocabulary.
• You will speak without notes.