French 3: Wednesday September 12 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

• Read, write out in French, and translate la carte postale de Damien (p. 18). Write the translation side-by-side with the French transcript.
• Write the vocab words on p. 19, 20, and 21 three times (including D'autres mots utiles, Entre copains, and Exprimons-nous).

[20 minutes] Practice Reading and Listening

• Students practice reading "Une carte postale de Damien" out loud in pairs! Read as if really speaking to someone, not just reciting book text (CAH models at start!); listen closely to partner.
• CAH checks vocab homework during this time.
• Students then read postcard aloud in class

[30 minutes] Vocab Practice

• CAH leads read-and-repeat of highlighted terms
• CAH highlights la cambrousse (the sticks!), prendre un pot (vs. avoir du pot!) and se rappeler ("recall")
• Do p. Exs 24, 25, and 26 together (complete Ex. 26 on shared Google Doc on Tableau Intelligent!)

[30 minutes] Grammar Review: passé composé! p. 22

• Remember the rules!

1. Most of the time, form past tense by conjugating avoir as helping verb, then using past participle of main verb.
• j'ai mangé
• tu as fini
• elle a attendu...
2. With verbs of motion/transition (online practice here!) and reflexive verbs, conjugate être as helping, and make the past participle agree in number and gender with the subject.
• nous sommes allés
• vous êtes arrivés
• elles sont sorties
• je me suis brossé les dents
• tu t'es couchée
• il s'est lavé
3. Watch for irregular past participles! (see table on p. 22, or this really big list... or, if in doubt, punch your verb into WordReference.com's mighty verb conjugator)

• Do pp. 22-23 Exs. 29 & 30 together (Ex. 30 on white board)

Les Devoirs:

1. Écrivez des phrases pour p. 23, Ex. 31.
2. Écrivez 10 phrases originaux: 5 qui dit ce que vous faites aujourd'hui (en présent!), et 5 qui dit, que vous avez fait les mêmes choses hier (passé composé!).