CAH @ Spearfish: 2013

Written Final Exam: Final Pre-Cap

Final Exams take place Wednesday, May 22 through Friday, May 24:

Wed 5/22 Block 1: French 3, Maroon 1.
Wed 5/22 Block 2: French 2, Maroon 2.
Wed 5/22 Block 3: French 2, Maroon 3.
Wed 5/22 Block 4: free for students, orals for CAH.
Thu 5/23 Block 1: free for students, orals for CAH.
Thu 5/23 Block 2: students take White 1 exams, CAH grades exams.
Thu 5/23 Block 3: French 1, White 2.
Thu 5/23 Block 4: free for students, orals for CAH.
Fri 5/24 Block 1: French 1, White 3.
Fri 5/24 Block 2: French 1, White 4.

Written exams for French 1, 2, and 3 will consist of three sections:

Vocabulary (4 pages)
Verb conjugation (2 pages)
Translation (2 pages)

Vocabulary sections will include 120 words/phrases, with one third from first semester's vocab lists and two thirds from second semester's vocab lists. Students will translate 60 words/phrases from French to English, then 60 words from English to French.

Verb conjugation sections will test the following verb knowledge:

French 1: present and past tense conjugation (see pages R24–R27).
French 2: present, past, imperfective, and future conjugation (R38–R47)
French 3: present, past imperfective, future, conditional, and subjunctive conjugation (R40–R54).

Translation sections will offer the following challenges:

French 1: Translate 10 sentences from French to English, 10 sentences from English to French.
French 2: Translate 10 sentences from French to English, 10 sentences from English to French.
French 3: Translate 8 passages from assigned news articles from French to English.

Spelling, accent marks, articles, and gender count whenever students are answering in French.

Students must answer 4 out of 5 questions correctly on each page of the written exam to receive full credit for that page. In other words, students may skip 1 out of 5 questions... or guess wildly on 1 out of 5 questions with no penalty for an incorrect response. Students who answer more than 4 out of 5 questions correctly will receive bonus points. One exception: In the French 3 translation, students must translate 3 out of 4 passages on each page.

French 1, 2, 3: Monday, May 20 - Tuesday, May 21 2013 Final Lesson Plan

Finally, a movie!

Today we watch La belle verte (The Beautiful Green), 1996.

Coline Serreau wrote, directed, and starred in La belle verte.
Serreau also composed the original music for this film.
A decade earlier, Serreau wrote and directed Trois hommes et un couffin (1985), which was remade in America as Three Men and a Baby (1987).

Watch for images and symbols that come in pairs!

Extra Credit No, Bonus Points Yes

North Carolina Civics and Econ teacher Mrs. Cook offers in her syllabus this concise explanation of the difference between extra credit and bonus points and the rationale for offering the latter but not the former:

I DO NOT GIVE EXTRA CREDIT! You may be asking yourself “What’s the difference between extra-credit and bonus points?” I will try to clarify for you: Extra credit is more work for me because you chose not to do your part the first time. Bonus points are built in: I may ask an additional question on a quiz or test that can only help you, not count against you. Or we may do an in class activities that allow you or your group to receive some bonus points. The reasoning for my policy is that it is the student’s responsibility to keep up with their work and knowledge throughout the course and not rely on “extra –credit” to help them make it through. My job as an IB teacher is prepare them for college and real world experiences and, most likely, they will not encounter extra-credit after high school [R. Cook, MYP Civics and Economics syllabus, downloaded 2013.05.17].

I follow those principles in my class. Extra credit does not exist in my classroom. However, I set an 80% rule on my final exams: get 4 out of 5 right, and you get full credit. Get more than that right, and you get bonus points.

French 1: Friday May 17 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! We're reviewing for finals!

[30 minutes] Oral Exam Practice: focus on questions for CAH

[60 minutes] Grammar Review

First go over pages in textbook appendix for study.
Then go through as many chapter grids as possible, with practice sentences for students to write.

Les Devoirs: rien! Keep studying!

French 2: Thursday May 16 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[45 minutes] Oral Exam Review

[45 minutes] Grammar Review: highlight pages in textbook appendix for study

Les Devoirs: Just keep studying!

French 3: Thursday May 16 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

Review, review, review...

[30 minutes] Oral Exam Practice

[30 minutes] Grammar Review for Written Exam

[30 minutes] Reading Practice for Written Exam

Les Devoirs: rien! Étudiez!

French 1: Wednesday May 15 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[60 minutes] Verb Practice! We cover every verb on the special verb list, present and past tense.

[30 minutes] Oral Exam Practice!

Les Devoirs: rien! Just keep studying!

French 3: Tuesday May 14 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Vocab and Grammar Review! Translate the following sentences. Pay close attention to verb tense! Hint:

sentences	verbs	chapters
#1-5	aller	9
#6-10	faire	5
#11-15	lire	5
#16-20	potpourri	4

I'm going to the art gallery.
Why didn't you go to the exhibit?
Ciera was going to the circus.
We will not go to the show.
Justice and Brianna would go to the movie, if they had (imparfait!) the money.
We are not doing our homework.
Did Lacey go hang-gliding?
Trevor used to go parachuting.
Abby and Shelbee will go mountain-climbing.
I would go kayaking, if I didn't have (imparfait!) fear of fish.
Rachel is reading about sharks.
Cody and Taylor didn't read about jellyfish.
I was reading about dolphins.
Katharine will read about bears.
We would read about foxes, if we had (imparfait!) the time.
Madisen is not falling ill.
Our friends adopted a child from China.
Abigail will find work in New York.
Kelby was applying for a job in Canada.
Kenzie would move to Hollywood, if she liked (imparfait!) earthquakes.

[20 minutes] Grammar/Vocab Review: Put today's 20 sentences au tableau!

[70 minutes] Oral Exam Practice!

French 1: Monday May 13 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Check out the complete Special Verb List. Copy all of those verbs into a table on Word. Expand that table to have nine columns in which you will write the following information:

definition
first-person singular present
second-person singular present
third-person singular present
first-person plural present
second-person plural present
third-person plural present
past tense helping verb (avoir or être)
past participle

[60 minutes] Oral Quiz Review!

First ten minutes: students ask each other questions; CAH checks homework during this time.
Then CAH drills all students on as many questions as possible.

[30 minutes] Grammar Review: Verbs!

Students put as many of today's 37 verbs au tableau comme possible.

Les Devoirs: rien! But keep studying Oral Exam questions, vocabulary lists, and grammar.

French 3: Friday May 10 2013 Lesson Plan

Alerte rouge! CAH is out today! That means it's up to you students to make the most of this review time. I may be able to get online during class (though I'm being Dad first today), so if you have questions, e-mail me, and I will try to respond during class.

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez beaucoup à étudier!

[45 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

Do not leave class today without signing up for an oral exam time!
Note that I have added the practice video. You should be able to access this video via the school's online video library.

[45 minutes] Work Time!

Les Devoirs: Vocab and Grammar Review! Translate the following sentences. Pay close attention to verb tense! Hint:

sentences	verbs	chapters
#1-5	aller	9
#6-10	faire	5
#11-15	lire	5
#16-20	potpourri	4

I'm going to the art gallery.
Why didn't you go to the exhibit?
Ciera was going to the circus.
We will not go to the show.
Justice and Brianna would go to the movie, if they had (imparfait!) the money.
We are not doing our homework.
Did Lacey go hang-gliding?
Trevor used to go parachuting.
Abby and Shelbee will go mountain-climbing.
I would go kayaking, if I didn't have (imparfait!) fear of fish.
Rachel is reading about sharks.
Cody and Taylor didn't read about jellyfish.
I was reading about dolphins.
Katharine will read about bears.
We would read about foxes, if we had (imparfait!) the time.
Madisen is not falling ill.
Our friends adopted a child from China.
Abigail will find work in New York.
Kelby was applying for a job in Canada.
Kenzie would move to Hollywood, if she liked (imparfait!) earthquakes.

French 1: Thursday May 9 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: encore, rien! parce que tout le monde a besoin d'étudier pour...

[30 minutes] Past Tense Verb Quiz!

Today's past tense quiz will include verbs that take avoir and verbs that take être in the past tense.
The quiz will include regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs.
The quiz will include verbs that have irregular past participles.
See p. R27, p. 238, 240, 262, and 274.

[30 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

[30 minutes] Work Time!

Les Devoirs: Check out the complete Special Verb List. Copy all of those verbs into a table on Word. Expand that table to have nine columns in which you will write the following information:

definition
first-person singular present
second-person singular present
third-person singular present
first-person plural present
second-person plural present
third-person plural present
past tense helping verb (avoir or être)
past participle

French 2: Friday May 10 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vos cerveaux sont fatigués des examens, mes pauvres.

[45 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

Do not leave class today without signing up for an oral exam time!
Note that I have added the practice video. You should be able to access this video via the school's online video library.

[45 minutes] Verb work time!

Les Devoirs: The following table includes a variety of irregular verbs of pp. R38–R47 (the Verb section of our textbook's grammatical appendix). Copy this table into Word or another suitable program. Give the definition of each verb. Then complete each remaining cell with the form of the verb that agrees with the given subject.

French 2 Irregulars (R38-R47)
infinitive	definition	passé composé	imperfective	future
aller		ils	elle	je
arriver		elles	nous	tu
avoir		tu	ils	il
boire		nous	je	nous
connaître		tu	elles	vous
courir		je	vous	elles
descendre		il	vous	je
devoir		elle	elle	tu
dire		elle	je	elle
dormir		nous	nous	nous
écrire		ils	il	vous
entrer		je	nous	ils
envoyer		nous	je	je
être		nous	nous	tu
faire		elles	tu	il
lire		tu	je	nous
mettre		je	tu	vous
monter		tu	elles	elles
mourir		vous	il	je
naître		il	nous	elle
offrir		vous	je	tu
ouvrir		je	je	nous
partir		je	vous	vous
pleuvoir		il	il	il
pouvoir		vous	elle	je
prendre		nous	tu	tu
recevoir		vous	tu	ils
rester		tu	vous	nous
retourner		nous	tu	vous
savoir		tu	vous	elles
sortir		elles	nous	je
suivre		je	elles	tu
tomber		elle	tu	elle
venir		ils	ils	nous
voir		vous	vous	vous
vouloir		vous	ils	ils

French 1: Special Verb List

Here are the 37 verbs we covered in our four special verb lists second semester. For the final exam, you need to know their definitions, present tense conjugations, and past tense formation (helping verb and past participle).

Here's the full list in the order in which we covered them:

1	2	3		4
devoir	donner	dire	rire	partir	tuer
voir	prendre	interdire	sourire	dormir	mourir
vouloir	suivre	lire	cuire	sortir	aider
pouvoir	laisser	relire	produire	mettre	essayer
savoir	penser	écrire	conduire	rester	revenir
	croire	décrire	construire	arrêter	tenir
			boire	connaître

Here's the list in alphabetical order, suitable for copying into Excel and creating your own study spreadsheet of definitions, conjugations, and participles:

French 1 verbs	List
aider	8
arrêter	8
boire	7
conduire	7
connaître	8
construire	7
croire	6
cuire	7
décrire	7
devoir	5
dire	7
donner	6
dormir	8
écrire	7
essayer	8
interdire	7
laisser	6
lire	7
mettre	8
mourir	8
partir	8
penser	6
pouvoir	5
prendre	6
produire	7
relire	7
rester	8
revenir	8
rire	7
savoir	5
sortir	8
sourire	7
suivre	6
tenir	8
tuer	8
voir	5
vouloir	5

French 2: Wednesday May 8 2013 Lesson Plan

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

[45 minutes] Vocab Quiz 8.1 Body Parts pp. 270–273 and R20. Two parts:

CAH will show you drawings of the body. You will write the proper French name for the indicated body parts.
CAH will then give the standard listening vocab quiz: he says 30 vocab words/phrases in French, you write accurate English translations.

[5 minutes] Make-up Doctor Skits!

[40 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais continuer à étudier le vocabulaire de chapitres 1–5, 7, 9, et 10; les questions orales; et la grammaire, spécialement les formes des verbes (R38–R47).

French 3: Wednesday May 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[60 minutes] Oral Exam Practice!

[30 minutes] Written Exam Practice: Students begin reading and translating these eight French news articles.

One section of the written final will include passages from each of these articles.
On the exam, students will need to write English translations of these French passages.

Les Devoirs: rien d'officiel, mais je vous recommande d'étudier tous les huit articles et pratiquer la traduction!

French 3: Readings for Final Written Exam

CAH will place selections from the following articles from RIA Novosti's French edition on the final written exam, which you will take on Wednesday, May 22, during Block 1. On the exam, you will need to write workable English translations of those selections. Read and study these articles.

If for some reason you are unable to access these articles online, let me know, and I will help you get the texts.

French 1: Tuesday May 7 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez passé tout le temps en étudiant pour...

[30 minutes] Last Special Verb Quiz! Know definitions, present conjugations, and past participles of these 13 verbs:

partir	arrêter	aider
dormir	connaître	essayer
sortir	tuer	revenir
mettre	mourir	tenir
rester

[30 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

[30 minutes] Practice Past Tense!

First, CAH asks "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier?" Students respond in past tense, write down answers after they give them.
Then review the practice sentences we put up last time, focusing on past forms:

1	They are holding the cards.	They held the cards.
2	Are you coming back?	Have you come back?
3	We are trying on the swim fins.	We tried on the swim fins.
4	Are you helping Papa?	Did you help Papa?
5	The cat is not dying.	The cat did not die.
6	I am not killing the computer.	I did not kill the computer
7	The students do not know the teacher well.	The students did not know the teacher well.
8	Why aren't you staying in Paris?	Why didn't you stay in Paris?
9	We're putting the flowers here.	We put [past] the flowers here.
10	Juliette isn't going out tonight.	Juliette didn't go out last night.
11	I am stopping the car.	I stopped the car.
12	Are you leaving Marseille?	Have you left Marseille?
13	We aren't sleeping much.	We didn't sleep much.

Then drill with improv sentences on p. R27.

Les Devoirs: encore, rien! parce que tout le monde a besoin d'étudier pour un examen, cette fois du passé composé!

Thursday's past tense quiz will include verbs that take avoir and verbs that take être in the past tense.
The quiz will include regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs.
The quiz will include verbs that have irregular past participles.
See p. R27, p. 238, 240, 262, and 274.

Put Down the Phone: You Can't Multitask

If you're checking Facebook, you're not studying:

...[E]vidence from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention. They understand and remember less, and they have greater difficulty transferring their learning to new contexts. So detrimental is this practice that some researchers are proposing that a new prerequisite for academic and even professional success—the new marshmallow test of self-discipline—is the ability to resist a blinking inbox or a buzzing phone [Annie Murphy Paul, "You'll Never Learn!" Slate, 2013.05.03].

You may think you're good at multitasking, but you're wrong:

David Meyer, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan who’s studied the effects of divided attention on learning, takes a firm line on the brain’s ability to multitask: “Under most conditions, the brain simply cannot do two complex tasks at the same time. It can happen only when the two tasks are both very simple and when they don’t compete with each other for the same mental resources. An example would be folding laundry and listening to the weather report on the radio. That’s fine. But listening to a lecture while texting, or doing homework and being on Facebook—each of these tasks is very demanding, and each of them uses the same area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex.”

Young people think they can perform two challenging tasks at once, Meyer acknowledges, but “they are deluded,” he declares. It’s difficult for anyone to properly evaluate how well his or her own mental processes are operating, he points out, because most of these processes are unconscious. And, Meyer adds, “there’s nothing magical about the brains of so-called ‘digital natives’ that keeps them from suffering the inefficiencies of multitasking. They may like to do it, they may even be addicted to it, but there’s no getting around the fact that it’s far better to focus on one task from start to finish” [Paul, 2013.05.03].

I find it as hard as my students to resist the urge to check my e-mail and Twitter and run down various info-rabbit holes on Wikipedia and Le Monde and the local news when I have a live computer screen and all those tempting buttons right in front of me. But we mustn't rationalize giving in to our urges under the guise of multitasking. If you're engaging with people on the phone or Facebook, you're not engaging with the people in your classroom or with the book you're supposed to be reading.

Giving someone or something your undivided attention is a valuable and necessary skill. Some things can't be learned in two-minute bursts.

Besides, most calls and texts you receive do not demand your immediate attention. Respect the task at hand or the person you're with by shutting off your phone and other inputs and focusing on that task or that person.

French 2: Monday May 6 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Doctor Skit!

Groups of 2, 3, or 4 prepare skit about sickness and/or injury.
Each person must say at least five sentences.
Script must include 10 different Vocab 8.1 words/phrases.
Students must say each Vocab 8.1 word/phrase with emphasis.
Students must hold up a sign showing each Vocab 8.1 word/phrase as it is said!

[20 minutes] Doctor skits!

[15 minutes] Vocab 8.1 Practice!

[70 minutes] Oral Exam Practice!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais préparez-vous pour un examen massive de vocabulaire corporel!

French 3: Monday May 6 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: rien (incroyable!)... mais commencer à pratiquer les questions de l'examen orale!

[30 minutes] Last two environment/natural resource vocab news presentations: Rachel et Lacey!

[20 minutes] Verb Review! Practice conjugation of irregular future verbs on p. R50: do present, past, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive.

[40 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais pratiquez les questions orales!

French 1: Friday May 3 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! deux choses très importantes!

Special Verb Practice: Write a story in past tense using each of the verbs on our special 13 list! Be prepared to draft a partner on Friday to act out your story while you read it aloud to the class.

partir	arrêter	aider
dormir	connaître	essayer
sortir	tuer	revenir
mettre	mourir	tenir
rester

Past Tense Practice: Translate the following sentences, using être as helping verb and treating participles like adjectives that have to agree with their subjects:

Jean went to the library.
Jeanne went to the library.
We (boys) went to the lake.
We (girls) went to the lake.
My (boy) cousins came to the country with me.
My (girl) cousins came to the cybercafé with Mom.
Did you (sg) pass the theatre?
Did you (pl) pass the opera?
We returned to the sea.
They returned to the ice-skating rink.
The Parisians climbed up the mountain.
Julienne got on (monter) the bus.
The New Yorkers climbed down the mountain.
Ahmed got off (descendre) the bus.
The woman left (partir de) the restaurant.
The man stayed at the restaurant.
We entered the high school.
We went back inside the school
Hugo became happy.
Did you become rich?

[10 minutes] Oral Practice, Special Verb List: Each student reads his/her 13-verb story to another student. The other student translates sentence by sentence. Then the other student gets to read his/her story, and the first student translates each sentence. Then all students repair and do it again! (In other words, you read your story to two other students, and you listen to and translate two other students' stories.)

[30 minutes] More Oral Practice, Special Verb List: CAH asks students questions about their stories.

[5 minutes] Note posting of Oral Final Exam questions and appointment schedule.

[25 minutes] Written Practice, Past Tense with être: Students put sentences from 20-line translation exercise au tableau!

Do ten at a time; after each set, ask students to add past tense sentences that use avoir as their helping verb (CAH will offer sentences with appropriate verbs).

[20 minutes] Written/Oral Practice, Special Verb List. In large group, do as many of the following sentences out loud as possible.

1	They are holding the cards.	They held the cards.
2	Are you coming back?	Have you come back?
3	We are trying on the swim fins.	We tried on the swim fins.
4	Are you helping Papa?	Did you help Papa?
5	The cat is not dying.	The cat did not die.
6	I am not killing the computer.	I did not kill the computer
7	The students do not know the teacher well.	The students did not know the teacher well.
8	Why aren't you staying in Paris?	Why didn't you stay in Paris?
9	We're putting the flowers here.	We put [past] the flowers here.
10	Juliette isn't going out tonight.	Juliette didn't go out last night.
11	I am stopping the car.	I stopped the car.
12	Are you leaving Marseille?	Have you left Marseille?
13	We aren't sleeping much.	We didn't sleep much.

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez les définitions et les conjugaisons, présentes et passées composées, de nos 13 verbs especials! L'examen mardi!

French 2: Thursday May 2 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Vocab Writing 8.1 pp. 270–273 + body parts on R20. Write all terms four times; label all body parts on drawing!

[25 minutes] Practice body/health vocab!

[15 minutes] Review grammar: point out pp. R38–R47 as outstanding verb study guide.

[50 minutes] Work Time!

Les Devoirs: Doctor Skit!

Groups of 2, 3, or 4 prepare skit about sickness and/or injury.
Each person must say at least five sentences.
Script must include 10 different Vocab 8.1 words/phrases.
Students must say each Vocab 8.1 word/phrase with emphasis.
Students must hold up a sign showing each Vocab 8.1 word/phrase as it is said!

French 3: Thursday May 2 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[60 minutes] More Student Presentations!

Find a recent (2013!) news article that contains at least three of the terms on Vocab List 7.2/R20-problèmes.
Transcribe and translate at least 200 words of that article.
Prepare to present that translation in class (read and display the French text, then give the translation, without English notes)!

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.2/R20!

Les Devoirs: rien (incroyable!)... mais commencer à pratiquer les questions de l'examen orale!

French 3 Oral Final Exam May 2013

The French 3 Oral Final Exam will consist of two parts.

In Part 1, CAH will ask you as many questions from the following list as possible. CAH may skip questions and change their order. 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.

[CAH va te montrer cinq ans entre 1000 et 2013. Tu va dire les ans en français.]
Comment tu passeras les vacances d'été?
Qu'est-ce que tu espères à faire après le lycée?
Qu'est-ce que tu as lu dans les nouvelles de la France cette semaine?
Dis-moi de tes parents (pp. 146-147)
Quel animal te fait le plus peur? (pp. 186-187)
Quels sports extrêmes aimes-tu? (pp. 198-199)
Dis-moi d'un chef d'œuvre de l'art français. (pp. 366-367)
Quel genre de spectacle préfères-tu? (pp. 378-379)
Quels phénomènes naturels se passent ici au Dakota du Sud? (pp. 276-277)
Quel problème de l'environnement considères-tu le plus urgent? Quelle solution proposes-tu? (pp. 288-289)

Here are those questions on Youtube and on the filter-accessible school video library:

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 17 and May 20–23. Oral Final Exams will take place before school, during lunch, during Spartan Time, after school, and during other times when CAH is available. Most exams will take place at SHS; CAH will also hold exam appointments downtown at Common Grounds on Thursday, May 16, and Tuesday, May 21 from 16:30 to 19:00. 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 Final Oral Exam May 2013

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

[CAH va te montrer cinq nombres entre 1 et 100. Tu va dire les nombres en français.]
Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...? (any grocery item is fair game!)
Dis-moi quatre fruits.
Dis-moi quatre légumes.
Qu'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 [un mois]?
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?
Qu'est-ce que tu feras cet été?
Pour faire du camping, qu'est-ce que tu apportes?
Où préfères-tu faire de la randonée? Pourquoi?
As-tu fait un séjour à l'ètranger?
Es-tu te jamais cassé un os?
Quel animal te symbolise? Explique!
Parle-moi de ton film préféré.
Parle-moi de ton livre préféré.
Parle-moi de ton émission télé préférée.
Parle-moi de ta musique préférée.

Here are those questions on YouTube and in the filter-accessible school video library:

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.

French 1: Final Oral Exam May 2013

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. CAH may skip questions and change their order. You must answer each question with at least one complete sentence.

[CAH va te montrer cinq nombres entre 1 et 100. Tu va dire les nombres en français.]
Quel jour est-il?
Quelle heure est-il?
Quel temps fait-il?
Quand est ton anniversaire?
Quelle est ta matière préférée?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire [en été/en automne/en hiver/au printemps]?
Qu'est-ce que tu as fait le week-end dernier?
De quoi as-tu besoin pour la classe de français?
Qu'est-ce que tu as mangé pour [le petit déjeuner/le déjeuner/le dîner] [hier/aujourd'hui]?
Qu'est-ce que tu veux manger pour [le petit déjeuner/le déjeuner/le dîner] [aujourd'hui/demain]?
De quelle couleur...? [CAH va poser une question de tes vêtements, ses vêtements, des autres choses dans le couloir ou la salle.....]
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes porter au lycée?
Pour une interview, que porte-on?
Qu'est-ce que tu me conseilles de faire aux Collines Noires?

Here are those questions on Youtube and on the school's online video library:

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.

French 1: Wednesday May 1 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Pratiquez les verbes! For each of the 13 verbs in the below list...

write the definition;
write the full six-part present-tense conjugation;
write the full six-part past-tense conjugation.

partir	arrêter	aider
dormir	connaître	essayer
sortir	tuer	revenir
mettre	mourir	tenir
rester

[10 minutes] Conversation Practice!

Students go around room, ask each other "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?" and "Qu'est-ce que tu va faire ce soir?"
Students respond to these questions (use past tense on first response, then future with aller + infinitive on the second).
Students should respond to at least one of the questions with one of the 13 verbs from the above list!
CAH checks homework during this time.

[15 minutes] Verb Review: Mettez les conjugaisons des verbes au tableau!

Note the verbs that take être as past helping verb.

[15 minutes] More Conversation Practice! CAH asks students questions in past and present tense using the 13 verbs on this week's list.

[30 minutes] Past Tense with être! page R27!

First, review conjugation of être. (How do you say "I am at school? Are you at school?...")
Then look at list of verbs on R27 that take être instead of avoir as past helping verb.
Add passer to this list!
Talk various mnemonics: DR. AND MRS. VANDERTRAMP, the House of être (ooo, flashcards!), The Alamo of être....
être makes participles act like adjectives! You have to add an -e if a lady or other feminine noun "went" and -s if more than one person or object "went."
Practice: CAH asks "Où es-tu allé hier? Où est-elle allée hier? Où êtes-vous allés hier?" Students respond in past tense.

Les Devoirs: deux choses très importantes!

Special Verb Practice: Write a story in past tense using each of the verbs on our special 13 list! Be prepared to draft a partner on Friday to act out your story while you read it aloud to the class.
Past Tense Practice: Translate the following sentences, using être as helping verb and treating participles like adjectives that have to agree with their subjects:

Jean went to the library.
Jeanne went to the library.
We (boys) went to the lake.
We (girls) went to the lake.
My (boy) cousins came to the country with me.
My (girl) cousins came to the cybercafé with Mom.
Did you (sg) pass the theatre?
Did you (pl) pass the opera?
We returned to the sea.
They returned to the ice-skating rink.
The Parisians climbed up the mountain.
Julienne got on (monter) the bus.
The New Yorkers climbed down the mountain.
Ahmed got off (descendre) the bus.
The woman left (partir de) the restaurant.
The man stayed at the restaurant.
We entered the high school.
We went back inside the school
Hugo became happy.
Did you become rich?

French 2: Tuesday April 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!... parce que vous avez un grand, merveilleux, hyper-super-chouette...

[30 minutes] Grammar Quiz: Present, Past, Imperfect, and Future!

[10 minutes] Make up travel preparation skits from absences last time!

[30 minutes] Introduce last vocab list: 8.1! pp. 270–273 + body parts on R20.

Les Devoirs: Write all Vocab 8.1 words four times, pp. 270–273 + body parts on R20. Plus, draw a body and label the body parts on this list! (Yes, that label can count as one of your four copies of each word.)

French 3: Tuesday April 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Find a recent (2013!) news article that contains at least three of the terms on Vocab List 7.2/R20-problèmes.

Transcribe and translate at least 200 words of that article.
Prepare to present that translation in class (read and display the French text, then give the translation, without English notes)!
Souvenez-vous: l'examen de vocabulaire 7.2 sera jeudi, le 2 mai!

[45 minutes] Presentations!

Students present; CAH scores on pronunciation and completeness of English translation.

[10 minutes] Verb Tense Practice:

CAH asks about last night and tomorrow; students respond in past and future!

[25 minutes] Vocab Practice! Face to face, then autour du monde!

Les Devoirs: rien! But study like crazy for Vocab Quiz 7.2

French 1: Monday April 29 2013 Lesson Plan

10:15 start! Shortened periods!

DUE: rien! Mais vous avez étudié comme fou pour...

[30 minutes] Chapter 7 Grammar Quiz!

forms of ce (p. 226)
forms of quel (p. 228)
past tense (a.k.a. passé composé) for -er, -ir, and -re verbs, plus irregular past participles (p. R27)

[30 minutes] Work on last special verb list! These verbs are mostly derived from our movie subtitle frequency list:

partir	arrêter	aider
dormir	connaître	essayer
sortir	tuer	revenir
mettre	mourir	tenir
rester

Les Devoirs: Pratiquez les verbes! For each of the 13 verbs in the above list...

write the definition;
write the full six-part present-tense conjugation;
write the full six-part past-tense conjugation.

French 2: Friday April 26 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs:

Prepare for Vocab Quiz 10.2! pp. 358–361... and don't forget la carte de crédit, la carte bleue, et la carte bancaire.
Write a travel-preparation skit with one partner.

You must speak in the future tense (I will go, I will prepare...).
Each skit must use at least ten different Chapter 10 vocab words, which you should say with great emphasis!
Each person should say at least four sentences.
You will present without notes Friday!

[25 minutes] Travel Prep Presentations!

5-minute warm-up period, then students present.
CAH grades on pronunciation, use and emphasis of vocab words, meeting 4-sentence-each requirement, and use of future tense.
Don't forget: you present without notes! Memorize!

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 10.2!

[45 minutes] Grammar Practice!

Students work backwards through our vocab lists (Chapter 10, 7, 9, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and identify any verbs they can find.
For each verb, students write four short sentences: present tense , past tense, imperfect, and future (présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur).
By the end of the period, each student should be able to show me 40 sentences (yes, for points in book!).

Les Devoirs: rien! But come loaded for verb-tense bear mardi, quand vous allez passer et réussir à l'examen de grammaire! Quatre temps des verbes!

French 3: Friday April 26 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[45 minutes] Le mariage pour tous en France! Continue reading, translating, and discussing this article from Le Parisien together.

Some key terms:

La garde des Sceaux = la ministre de la justice
...n'était pas de mise...
les dérapages
la banderole
entacher
saisir
CRS
Le Marais
bondé
la liesse

Les Devoirs: Find a recent (2013!) news article that contains at least three of the terms on Vocab List 7.2/R20-problèmes.

Transcribe and translate at least 200 words of that article.
Prepare to present that translation in class (read and display the French text, then give the translation, without English notes) Tuesday!
Souvenez-vous: l'examen de vocabulaire 7.2 sera jeudi, le 2 mai!

Bonus Video from l'Assemblée nationale:

Philippe Cochet délare que la Gauche "assassine les enfants" avec le mariage pour tous:

Fisticuffs nearly break out in the Hémicycle. Claude Bartolone, Président de l'Assemblée nationale, suspends the meeting, then comes back and reads everyone the riot act:

French 2: Wednesday April 24 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Verb Grammar Review!

Each student should make a four-by-four grid as follows:

	présent	passé composé (58, 60)	imparfait (198)	futur (250, 252)
verb #1
verb #2
reflexive verb (162, 174)
verb of motion

With verbs of their choosing, students fill in the grid with sentences showing the same action in these four different temporal forms. Par exemple:

	présent	passé composé	imparfait	futur
verb #1: bouffer	Marie bouffe.	Marie a bouffé.	Marie bouffait.	Marie bouffera.
verb of motion: tomber	Nous tombons!	Nous sommes tombés!	Nous tombions!	Nous tomberons!

Complete the above 4x4 verb tense grid!
Vocab Practice: Each student writes ten sentences about planning for a trip.

Pick a country and a city therein.
Use at least ten terms from Vocab List 10.2 to tell us what you will do to get ready for the trip.
Write all ten sentences in the future tense ("I will buy... I will look for....")

[45 minutes] Grammar Review! Les devoirs au tableau!

[10 minutes] Vocab 10.2 face-to-face review!

Les Devoirs:

Prepare for Vocab Quiz 10.2!
Write a travel-preparation skit with one partner.

You must speak in the future tense (I will go, I will prepare...).
Each skit must use at least ten different Chapter 10 vocab words, which you should say with great emphasis!
Each person should say at least four sentences.
You will present without notes Friday!

French 3: Wednesday April 24 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write all Vocab 7.2 words and phrases (including supplementary list on R20, "les problèmes de l'environnement") four times.

[30 minutes] Practice new vocab!

Do Exs. 24, 23, 25, and 26 together in class!
Prepare for Vocab Quiz 7.2 next week Thursday, May 2

[30 minutes] Le mariage pour tous en France! Read this article from Le Parisien together.

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais lisez le Parisien et préparez-vous à continuer la conversation du nouveau loi de mariage pour tous en France.

French 1: Thursday April 25 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs:

Study for Vocab Quiz 7.2, which happens jeudi, cette fois!
Translate the following sentences, most of which involve irregular past participles! You can find time expression hints on p. 242.

The jewelry department had silver chains yesterday evening.
We did some mountain-biking yesterday afternoon.
She did not drink pop last year.
Bob read those five books last week.
Michel lost that gold ring last month
It did not rain yesterday evening.
Were you able to finish this book yesterday morning?
Did you say that (que) you wanted that new wallet?
They wrote those ten stories last year.
These binoculars were on sale yesterday.
I looked for a new belt last week.
The boys took that cooler to the lake last month.
I chose some gloves yesterday
Jean-Pierre did not buy an umbrella yesterday
We were acquainted with four teachers of French.
We did not see our cousins last year.
I was obliged (devoir) to buy that windbreaker last week.
Dad gave Mom that diamond necklace; she wanted a fishing pole.
I did not put my watch in the tent.
I did not know where my purse was yesterday morning.

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.2 pp. 234–237

[30 minutes] Grammar Review: Put homework sentences on board.

[30 minutes] Chapter 7 Grammar Quiz Review!

Grammar quiz Monday will focus on the past tense (pp. 238, 240, R27).
It will also include ce/cet/cette/ces (p. 226) and quel/quelle/quels/quelles (p. 228)
Verb practice: students should think up 30 verbs that we've studied in French and write past tense sentences using those verbs!

Les Devoirs: rien! But come loaded for grammar bear on the Chapter 7 Grammar Quiz Monday!

French 1: Tuesday April 23 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Practice Passé Composé!

Write ten sentences, two for each of the following verbs, in the past tense: choisir, finir, perdre, vendre, attendre.
Write five sentences, one with each of the following verbs, in the past tense: aider, acheter, essayer, porter, trouver.
Use 7.2 Vocab words in at least ten of your sentences and highlight those vocab words!

[20 minutes] Vocab Listening/Speaking Practice!

CAH assigns students to three or four groups (no fewer than four students per group).
Students play memory game: first says, "À la grande surface, j'ai acheté..." plus one of our vocab words. Student should say the vocab word loudly and clearly and make some physical gesture indicating what the item is.
Next student says, "À la grande surface, j'ai acheté..." plus the item the first student says, plus a new item, and so on. See how far each group can go by memory!
CAH checks homework during this time.
Each group recognizes the person who can recall the longest list of items; CAH stages a champions round among those top memorizers in front of class.

[20 minutes] Grammar Review! Passé Composé with -ir/-re/-er verbs

Three rounds of sentences au tableau: first -er verbs, then ir- verbs, then -re verbs.

[35 minutes] New Grammar: Irregular Passé Composé Verbs! pp. 240 and R27

Just as happens in English, some French verbs form irregular past participles.
Memorize the 16 irregular past participles on R27. All are fair game on quizzes.
Practice with pp. 240–241 Exercises 32, 33, and 34 in class

Les Devoirs:

Study for Vocab Quiz 7.2, which happens jeudi, la prochaine fois!
Translate the following sentences, most of which involve irregular past participles! You can find time expression hints on p. 242.

The jewelry department had silver chains yesterday evening.
We did some mountain-biking yesterday afternoon.
She did not drink pop last year.
Bob read those five books last week.
Michel lost that gold ring last month
It did not rain yesterday evening.
Were you able to finish this book yesterday morning?
Did you say that (que) you wanted that new wallet?
They wrote those ten stories last year.
These binoculars were on sale yesterday.
I looked for a new belt last week.
The boys took that cooler to the lake last month.
I chose some gloves yesterday
Jean-Pierre did not buy an umbrella yesterday
We were acquainted with four teachers of French.
We did not see our cousins last year.
I was obliged (devoir) to buy that windbreaker last week.
Dad gave Mom that diamond necklace; she wanted a fishing pole.
I did not put my watch in the tent.
I did not know where my purse was yesterday morning.

Final Exam Schedule

Bonjour, mes amis!

Assuming that the board approves moving your last day of class to May 24, here is the snow-revised schedule for the final week of school and final exams:

Monday, May 20 will be a normal Maroon day. French 3 and French 2 will enjoy their final review in class.
Tuesday, May 21 will be a normal White day. French 1 will enjoy their final review in class.
Wednesday, May 22: Maroon 1, 2, and 3 (French 3 and French 2) exams happen at normal class times.
Thursday, May 23: White 1 exams happen during Block 2; White 2 (French 1) exams happen during Block 3.
Friday, May 24: White 3 (French 1) exams happen during Block 1; White 4 (French 1) exams happen during Block 2.
You will check-in your laptops after your White 4 exam on Friday, May 24.

CAH will post oral exam questions and practice videos by Wednesday, May 1. CAH will begin offering French oral exams by appointment on Tuesday, May 14. CAH will offer oral exam times through Thursday, May 23. CAH will schedule no oral exams on Friday, May 24.

French 3: Monday April 22 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Two things!

Vocab Quiz 7.1! pp. 276–279.
Prepare a TV news report on the disaster/natural phenomenon news report you transcribed and translated!
- Prepare a slide show that includes at the very least a map (with French labels!) of where the phenomenon happened, plus 60 seconds of you oral reportage (in French) of the event!
- No need to memorize; scripts allowed. But do not simply read from the French article you found online; write your own text in French!

[40 minutes] Les Nouvelles de Désastres/Phenomènes Naturels!

10 minutes: Préparez-vous pour les présentations!
Each student then presents individually au tableau intelligent!
CAH will ask appropriate and challenging follow-up questions.

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.1!

[20 minutes] Introduce Vocab List 7.2! pp. 288–291 plus R20 (les problèmes de l'environnement)

Les Devoirs: Write all Vocab 7.2 words and phrases (including supplementary list on R20) four times.

French 1: Friday April 19 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: 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:

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

[10 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] Review Past Tense -er verbs! Check homework sentences on board. Make sure everyone is using the helping verb-past participle combo!

[30 minutes] Expanding passé composé grammar: -ir and -re verbs! p. 262!

Verbs like finir and vendre follow the same helping verb rule as verbs like manger and regarder: conjugate avoir!
...but their past participles have different endings! -ir drop the -r and leave the ending -i; -re verbs drop the -re and add -u!

Practice with these sentences (some from the online textbook):

Papa _________ son montre. (vendre)
J’ __________ avec mon père à la fête. (danser)
Nous __________ maman deux heures. (attendre)
Est-ce que Mariama __________ le nouveau CD de Youssou N’Dour? (écouter)
Mon amie __________ des nouvelles boucles d'oreilles. (choisir)
Mon amie et moi __________ les boucles d’oreilles à la bijouterie. (acheter)
J'__________ mes devoirs à onze heures. (finir)
Quand est-ce que tu __________ ce maillot de bain? (porter)
Mireille __________ à l'examen de grammaire! (réussir)
Roxane et Océane __________ un collier en argent pour la prof de français. (chercher)
Vous __________ votre glacière? (perdre)
Est-ce que vous __________ une nouvelle tente pour faire du camping? (acheter)

Les Devoirs: Practice Passé Composé!

Write ten sentences, two for each of the following verbs, in the past tense: choisir, finir, perdre, vendre, attendre.
Write five sentences, one with each of the following verbs, in the past tense: aider, acheter, essayer, porter, trouver.
Use 7.2 Vocab words in at least ten of your sentences and highlight those vocab words!

French 3: Thursday April 18 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Reading and translating the news!

Due jeudi: Find one news article in French about a recent (since 1 janvier 2012) natural phenomenon.
Due jeudi: Put a link to that article on the Shared Google Doc.
Due jeudi: Transcribe (rewrite on a separate sheet) and translate at least the first 200 words of your article. Use the column format: français à gauche, anglais à droite.
Due lundi: Prepare a TV news version of this news report! Prepare a slide show that includes at the very least a map (with French labels!) of where the phenomenon happened, plus 60 seconds of you oral reportage (in French) of the event!

[30 minutes] Verb Tense/Vocab Practice!

Each student writes a six-sentence account of some disaster using our current vocab.
Write this account in the past tense; then revise it to sound like a prediction of the future—i.e., put that story in the future tense!

[60 minutes] Vocab/Grammar Consultation!

Students work on presentations for next time.

Les Devoirs: Prepare a TV news version of the disaster/natural phenomenon news report you transcribed and translated for today! Prepare a slide show that includes at the very least a map (with French labels!) of where the phenomenon happened, plus 60 seconds of you oral reportage (in French) of the event! No need to memorize; scripts allowed. But do not simply read from the French article you found online; write your own text in French!

French 1: Wednesday April 17 2013 Lesson Plan

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

...if the vocab words are pictured on pp. 234–235, write them three times and draw a picture to accompany the word!
...write any non-pictured words and phrases four times.

[5 minutes] Pronunciation warm-up: Students practice new vocab 7.2 in pairs!

CAH checks vocab homework during this time.

[30 minutes] Oral Vocabulary Practice

"Qu'est-ce que tu vas acheter pour ta mère/ton père/ton ami...?" (Students respond with an item from our vocab list.)
"Combien ça coûte?" (Students respond with their best guess on price, based on a rough conversion of $1.31 to €1.00.)
Then do p. 236 Exs. 22 and 24 together orally.

[45 minutes] New Grammar: The Past Tense/passé composé! p.238

Put chart on p. 238 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:

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

French 2: Monday April 22 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Vocab Writing 10.2, List 10.2, pp. 358–361: Handwrite each vocab word/phrase four times.

[5 minutes] Written Grammar Warm-up! Each students picks one -er verb, one -ir verb, and one -re verb, conjugates each in the future tense.

[20 minutes] Oral Vocabulary Practice

Students pair and practice with each other. One student says, "Je partirai en voyage à..." and finishes the sentence with a country. Partner says, "Avant de partir en voyage, il te faut..." or "Avant de partir, tu dois..." and follows with a word or phrase from our vocabulary.
Then CAH leads same practice with full group. Each student must say something different from immediately preceding student.
CAH follows up with vocab-related questions.

[45 minutes] Grammar Practice: More Future!

Each student puts one verb from written warm-up on board.
Then students ask each other in sequence, "Qu'est-ce que tu feras demain?" Students respond with sentence using one of verbs on board or on own written practice.
Then all students practice with this grid:

Verb Grammar Review!

Each student should make a four-by-four grid as follows:

	présent	passé composé (58, 60)	imparfait (198)	futur (250, 252)
verb #1
verb #2
reflexive verb (162, 174)
verb of motion

With verbs of their choosing, students fill in the grid with sentences showing the same action in these four different temporal forms. Par exemple:

	présent	passé composé	imparfait	futur
verb #1: bouffer	Marie bouffe.	Marie a bouffé.	Marie bouffait.	Marie bouffera.
verb of motion: tomber	Nous tombons!	Nous sommes tombés!	Nous tombions!	Nous tomberons!

Les Devoirs:

Complete the above 4x4 verb tense grid!
Vocab Practice: Each student writes ten sentences about planning for a trip.

Pick a country and a city therein.
Use at least ten terms from Vocab List 10.2 to tell us what you will do to get ready for the trip.
Write all ten sentences in the future tense ("I will buy... I will look for....")

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