French 1: Thursday January 31 2013 Lesson Plan

Il neige! Il fait froid! Courtes classes: Nous commençons tard! Brrr! Plus frette que ça, tu meures!

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write out pp. 153–154 Exercises 4, 6, and 7

[5 minutes] Oral Warm-Up!

• Trio up, ask each other what you are doing tonight: Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir?
• Then go around and read your answers for Exs. 4, 6, and 7 to each other, check where you disagree!

[10 minutes] Vocab and Grammar Practice: Read homework responses aloud.

[15 minutes] Oral Grammar Practice: faire!

• CAH asks Qu'est-ce que tu fais en...[moi ou saison]?
• Student repsonds with Je fais....
• CAH gives a new grammatical subject; next student must reword the previous students answer to say nous or il or elles also (aussi!) do that same activity! We're conjugating faire!

[30 minutes] Question words! p. 156

• Est-ce que: open a yes-no question
• Qu'est-ce que: what...
• Qui: who
• Quand: when
• Pourquoi: why
• Où: where
• Comment: how
  
• Address possible confusing words (like où vs. ou, où vs. qui)
• Do p. 156 Ex. 11 together

Les Devoirs: Two things!

1. Write questions and your answers to p. 157 Ex. 13.
2. Write a question for each of the above seven question forms that you could logically ask another student in class. Be ready to use those questions in oral practice next time!

...and think Vocab Quiz 5.1 not next time, but time after!

French 2: Friday February 1 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Morning/Evening Routine Skits!

• In pairs, students compose skits about morning and evening routine.
• One student prepares a description of a morning/before-school routine; other student acts it out.
• Second student prepares a description of an after-school/evening routine, first student acts it out.
• Each person's routine must include at least four activities and at least three reflexive verbs!
• Students present without scripts or notes!

[5 minutes]: Listening Warm-up! 

• CAH gives commands (see list below); students respond by acting out the command. 
• Note that, since CAH is telling the whole class to do something, he uses the vous form of the commands!

[15 minutes] Students present morning/evening routine skits!

• Each student duo presents at front of class.
• CAH evaluates on pronunciation and understanding (i.e., does each action match what the speaker says).

[15 minutes] Announce/Explain/Practice Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz! Wednesday, February 13!

On Wednesday, February 13, I will ask you one of these two questions:

• Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir? OR
• Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?

You will answer by stating three things that you did, using vocab from Chapter 5. I will then ask a follow-up question to your response. I may ask whether you did another activity; I may ask what you did before or after what you mentioned; I may ask pourquoi? about the activities you mentioned. You need to answer in a complete sentence, not just oui or non.

I will then give you four commands based on the verbs in Chapter 5. You will respond not by speaking but by acting out the action commanded. Possible commands:

1. lève-toi
2. réveille-toi
3. couche-toi
4. endors-toi
5. brosse-toi les dents
6. brosse-toi les cheveux
7. peigne-toi
8. coiffe-toi
9. habille-toi
10. déshabille-toi (remember, mime it, don't actually do it!)
11. lave-toi les mains
12. lave-toi la figure
13. lave-toi les cheveux
14. sèche-toi
15. sèche-toi les mains
16. sèche-toi les cheveux
17. sèche-toi les yeux*
18. maquille-toi avec le rouge à levres
19. rase-toi
20. dépêche-toi

*Think about what I'm asking here!

You then ask me two questions—not ça va or comment tu t'appelles or anything else to which you already know the answer, but preferably questions related to Chapter 5 vocabulary. I will respond en français; you will prove you understand my response (probably by translating my statement back into English).

• Écoutez et répétez!
• Practice in quartets: students order each other around, act out the specified action.
• Do one round with all students in large group ordering each other around in sequence.

[15 minutes] Grammar Review: Past Tense! passé composé (pp. 58, 60)

• Glance back at pp. 58 and 60 for basic formation of past tense.
• Students translate the following sentences au tableau (one sentence per student; need not do all):

1. I worked all morning.
2. You worked all morning.
3. She waited all afternoon.
4. We waited the whole evening.
5. You went to all the films.
6. They entered all the rooms.
7. All the monsters died.
8. All the students arrived at 8 o'clock.
9. I have stayed at all the hotels in Bismarck.
10. You ate all the cake!
11. Elise used all the soap.
12. We lost all of our toothpaste.
13. You took the bus.
14. Jean and Claude did all their homework.
15. Marie and Isadore knew all the answers.
16. I climbed all the mountains.
17. You went out to all the parties.
18. All my brothers were born in winter.
19. All my sisters were born in summer.
20. They put all the towels in the bathroom.

• Remember those verbs that take être in the past tense? Guess what: there are more!

[40 minutes] Reflexive verbs in passé composé (p. 174)

• Reflexive verbs act like verbs of motion: they all take être in the past tense!
• One big difference from verbs of motion: the past participle agrees with the subject/reflexive pronoun only if there is not some other direct object (like the teeth being brushed, hair being combed, hands being washed) after the verb.
• Examples:
1. Male speaking: Je me suis levé.
2. Female speaking: Je me suis levée.
3. Tu t'es rasé?
4. Marion s'est lavée.
5. Marion s'est lavé les mains. ("The hands" are a direct object; participle does not change to feminine to agree with subject Marion.)
6. Nous nous sommes habillés.
7. Mes filles, vous vous êtes habillées? (extra e and s: feminine plural!)
8. Les garçons se sont couchés à 10 h.
9. Les filles se sont brossé les dents. ("The teeth" are direct object, so participle does not agree with subject.)
• Do p. 174, Ex. 27 together in class

Les Devoirs: Reflexive verb practice: Write out p. 175, exercises 28, 29, and 30.

French 2: Wednesday January 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Write tout/toute sentences for p. 165, Exercise 13.
2. Handwrite Vocab List 5.2, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains, four times. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

[15 minutes] tout/toute/tous/toutes practice!

• Students put homework sentences on the board! (CAH checks homework during this time.)
• Practice pronunciation.
• If time allows, change nouns to require different tout forms.

[40 minutes] Vocab Practice!

• CAH asks students questions, students answer using Vocab 5.2.
• Do p. 172 Exs. 21 and 23 on paper.

[35 minutes] Practice time for...

Les Devoirs: Routine Skits!

• In pairs, students compose skits about morning and evening routine.
• One student prepares a description of a morning/before-school routine; other student acts it out.
• Second student prepares a description of an after-school/evening routine, first student acts it out.
• Each person's routine must include at least four activities and at least three reflexive verbs!
• Students present without scripts or notes!

French 3: Wednesday January 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais bien sûr vous avez étudié fort pour...

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 4.1!

[10 minutes] Finish Famous French Person Presentations!

• Don't forget to have speakers ask each other questions!

[20 minutes] Grammar Practice: Conditional!

• Focus on verbs pouvoir, vouloir, voir, aller, venir.
• Practice conditional alongside imperfect and future.

[20 minutes] Begin Vocab 4.2!

Les Devoirs: Write Vocab 4.2 four times, including both Exprimons-nous!

French 1: Tuesday Janaury 29 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write out Vocab List 5.1 words and phrases four times. Don't forget the two Exprimons-nous sections. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

mais d'abord...

[25 minutes] First -oir verb quiz! 

• Know the conjugations of devoir, voir, vouloir, pouvoir, and savoir.
• Be ready to translate sentences into French using those verbs.

[45 minutes] Vocab Practice!

• First in pairs, students ask each other what activities they know how to do (Tu sais + infinitive). When students say they know how to do an activity, students should follow up by asking when (quand) they do that activity; students should answer by saying in what month(s) and/or season(s) they do those activities.
• CAH checks homework during this time.
• Month drill: drill students in unison and individually on months (split groups with TAs!).
• Do p. 152 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together as time permits

[5 minutes] faire! p. 154

• Remind of conjugation on board
• Quick exercise: write six sentences saying "I ski... you ski... he skis..." etc.

Les Devoirs: Write out pp. 153–154 Exercises 4, 6, and 7

French 2: Monday January 28 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Reflexive Verb Practice: Write ten original sentences using reflexive verbs pertaining to the morning routine.

• Whenever possible, include a phrase starting with avec and specifying a word from Vocab List 5.1!
• e.g.: Je ne me rase jamais avec mon rasoir électrique.

Mais d'abord...


[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 5.1! pp. 158–161, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains.

[30 minutes] Tout, toute, tous, and toutes! p. 164

• Use tout, toute, tous, and toutes to say "all"
1. Bob a mangé tout le gâteau.
2. Toute la pizza a des poivrons verts.
3. Tous les garçons aiment faire du ski.
4. Toutes les filles veulent aller à la discothèque.
• Practice with Exercises 11 and 12 in class. 11 out loud, 12 au tableau!

[30 minutes] New Vocab! List 5.2, pp. 170–173.

• Écoutez et répétez!

Les Devoirs:

1. Write tout/toute sentences for p. 165, Exercise 13.
2. Handwrite Vocab List 5.2, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains, four times. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

French 3: Monday January 28 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Presentations on Famous French People!

• Each student will prepare a presentation on a famous French person. Current or past, politicians, artists, scientists, you name it—as long as the person is French, you're good.
• That free rein given, permit me to suggest de Gaulle, Napoléon, Chagall (Belarussian, but he moved to Paris), de Tocqueville, Chanel, Descartes, Jeanne d'Arc (especially if you've been to Rouen!), Weil, Renoir, Monet (again, Rouen!), Bernhardt (l'actrice!)...
• Same rules as last time: 30-second intro entirely in French without notes; minimum three minutes for full presentation.
• Audiovisuals are welcome but not required to support your talk (it's always nice to see what these famous people look like)

[50 minutes] Presentations

• After each presentation, the previous speaker must ask the current speaker one question about her/his topic, and the current speaker must respond, chaque en français.

[20 minutes] New Grammar: The Conditional! 

• See page R51 for chart!
• The conditional in French is the "would" form of a verb.
• The French use the conditional just as we do: either to express something that would happen if certain conditions were true, and to make a request more polite.
• The conditional forms pretty simply: just add the imperfect ending to the future stem:
1. J'aimerais devenir professeur—"I'd like to become a teacher."
2. Tu m'aiderais avec les devoirs?—"Would you help me with the homework?"
3. Hannah pourrait parler avec le prof?—"Could Hannah speak to the teacher?" (pouvoir has an irregular future root, pourr-. "could" = "would be able to")
4. Nous irions aller au stade, mais il va pleuvoir—"We would go to the stadium, but it's going to rain."
5. Vous arrêteriez de fumer?—"Would you stop smoking?"
6. Mes parents aimeraient une nouvelle voiture—"My parents would like a new car."
• Practice with this online exercise!

[20 minutes] Vocab 4.1 Practice!

• Firing line, face-to-face practice! Student drill each other.

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez beaucoup pour l'examen de vocabulaire 4.1, que nous passerons mercredi!

French 1: Friday Janaury 25 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Translate the following 15 sentences:

[5 minutes] Speaking Warm-up! "Qu'est-ce que tu veux maintenant?" 

• CAH asks student, students responds; then that students asks the next student, and so on around the room.

[30 minutes] Grammar Review: Les Devoirs au Tableau!

• Students write translations on board; after correction, students rewrite sentences with different subjects!
• Be ready for quiz on savoir, pouvoir, vouloir, voir, et devoir mardi, le 29 janvier!

[30 minutes] New Vocab: List 5.1, pp. 150–153!

• Écoutez et répétez!
• Drill months and seasons.
• Repeat our speaking warm-up, but now with Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire en [insert month or season here... noting that spring is the prepositional exception: au printemps!]

Les Devoirs: 

1. Prepare for Tuesday Grammar Quiz over this week's 5 -oir verbs: savoir, pouvoir, vouloir, voir, et devoir. Be ready to write out the six-part conjugation chart for each verb and write sentences using those verbs in context.
2. Write out Vocab List 5.1 words and phrases four times. Don't forget the two Exprimons-nous sections. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

French 2: Thursday January 24 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: p. 163 Exs. 8 & 9

[10 minutes] Reveillez-vous les cerveaux! Put the following trios of reflexive verbs in the proper chronological order (i.e., what would you do first, then second, then third?). Then when you're done, read your order to a neighbor, see if you agree!

1. s'habiller / se lever / se laver
2. se maquiller / s'en aller / prendre une douche
3. se sécher / se peigner / prendre un bain
4. déjeuner / se réveiller / se brosser les dents
5. se peigner / s'habiller /se réveiller

[20 minutes] More Vocab Practice: 

• Students pair up: one student picks vocab word, partner must say a rational sentence in French using that vocab word!
• CAH checks homework during this time.
• Do p. 160 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together.
• Be ready for Vocab Quiz lundi le 28 janvier!

[35 minutes] Grammar Practice: Reflexive Verbs!

• Students put their sentences on board.
• Other students follow to change subjects!
• Other students follow to negate the reflexives!

Les Devoirs:

• Reflexive Verb Practice: Write ten original sentences using reflexive verbs pertaining to the morning routine.
• Whenever possible, include a phrase starting with avec and specifying a word from Vocab List 5.1!
• e.g.: Je ne me rase jamais avec mon rasoir électrique.
• Étudiez pour l'examen de vocabulaire 5.1 lundi!

French 3: Thursday January 24 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: enter the name of the Famous French Person on whom you plan to present on Monday and three links with info about that person on the French 3 Shared Google Doc.

[15 minutes] Grammar Practice: Verbs!

• Students au tableau! Practice conjugating rester, écouter; finir, commencer, attendre, aller, faire, être; avoir, et venir.
• Practice present, past, imperfect, and future.

[35 minutes] Vocab Practice: List 4.1!

• Vocab Quiz Wednesday, so let's study!
• Quiz the words out loud.
• Do pp. 136–137 Exs. 1, 2, 3, & 4 ensemble!

[40 minutes] Work Time: Famous French Person Presentations!

Les Devoirs: Presentations Monday!

• Each student will prepare a presentation on a famous French person. Current or past, politicians, artists, scientists, you name it—as long as the person is French, you're good.
• That free rein given, permit me to suggest de Gaulle, Napoléon, Chagall (Belarussian, but he moved to Paris), de Tocqueville, Chanel, Descartes, Jeanne d'Arc (especially if you've been to Rouen!), Weil, Renoir, Monet (again, Rouen!), Bernhardt (l'actrice!)...
• Same rules as last time: 30-second intro entirely in French without notes; minimum three minutes for full presentation.
• Audiovisuals are welcome but not required to support your talk (it's always nice to see what these famous people look like)

French 1: Wednesday January 23 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs:

1. Write six-part conjugation charts for each of these verbs: vouloir, pouvoir, savoir, voir, devoir.
2. Write three sentences for each verb. Each of the three for each verb should have a different subject. (In other words, you can't write all of your vouloir sentences about yourself—Je veux danser; je veux chanter; je veux manger.) 

[10 minutes] Conjugation/Pronunciation Warm-Up! 

• Each student reads one conjugation chart (je peux, tu peux...). 
• Then we put the charts away and each student does the same without looking!
• Split to two groups in TA sections!

[10 minutes] Pronunciation Practice in Pairs:

• Students pair up, read and translate each other's sentences. 
• CAH checks homework during this time.
• TA listens and guides!

[10 minutes] "You ought to..."—devoir practice!

• Each student must think of some good advice and tell CAH something he should do, using the verb devoir: Vous devez/tu dois...."

[45 minutes] Verb Review au tableau!

• Students put samples of sentences for each verb on board.
• Review and correct together.

Les Devoirs: Translate the following 15 sentences:

French 2: Tuesday January 22 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write Vocab 5.1 List, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains words and phrases, quatre fois! Don't forget the five fun phrases for "Get the lead out!" on p. 161.

[5 minutes] Hurry up! Wake-up drill!

• In sequence, each student turns to neighbor and says one of the five "Hurry up!" phrases on p. 161:
  
1. Dépêche-toi!
2. Vous allez être en retard.
3. Tu es prêt? (masc.) // Tu es prête? (fem.)
4. Alors, on y va?
5. Arrête de traîner!
• In response, each student should say he or she is doing something: Je me brosse le dents... je me lave... je me lève... etc.
• Each student must use a different phrase from what the person before him/her did. 

[15 minutes] Oral Practice: Morning Routine

• First, practice in pairs, asking "Qu'est-ce que tu fais chaque matin?" and answering "Chaque matin, je..." with a statement or two about something you do each morning.

[20 minutes] More Vocab Practice: Do p. 160 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together

[25 minutes] Reflexive verbs! p. 162!

• Show conjugations of s'appeller, se laver, se lever on board (students should also write them down!)
• Practice p. 162 Ex. 6 together

Les Devoirs: p. 163 Exs. 8 & 9

French 3: Tuesday January 22 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write Vocab 4.1 List, including Entre Copains et Exprimons-nous quatre fois! (pp. 134–137)

[30 minutes] Vocab Practice!

• First, students in pairs quiz each other on Vocab List 4.1. CAH checks homework and listens for good pronunciation.
• Then CAH asks questions about Saliou, Coumba, et Amadou, les personnages de l'histoire qui introduit Chapitre 2; then move to person-to-person questions.
• Then see how much of p. 136 Exercises 1, 2, & 3 we can do together.

[30 minutes] Presentation/Communication Practice: Gossip Skits!

• Students pair up, create a quick ten-line skit in which they discuss someone's romantic fate. (You can only talk about someone in the room with that person's permission!)
• Each student should say at least five lines. Use Vocab 4.1!
• Students present in class today!
• After each skit, two students ask questions of the players.

Les Devoirs: Presentations on Famous French People!

• Each student will prepare a presentation on a famous French person. Current or past, politicians, artists, scientists, you name it—as long as the person is French, you're good.
• That free rein given, permit me to suggest de Gaulle, Napoléon, Chagall (Belarussian, but he moved to Paris), de Tocqueville, Chanel, Descartes, Jeanne d'Arc (especially if you've been to Rouen!), Weil, Renoir, Monet (again, Rouen!), Bernhardt (l'actrice!)...
• Same rules as last time: 30-second intro entirely in French without notes; minimum three minutes for full presentation.
• Audiovisuals are welcome but not required to support your talk (it's always nice to see what these famous people look like)
• DUE Thursday, January 24 (next time!): enter the name of your person and three links with info about that person on the French 3 Shared Google Doc.
• DUE Monday, January 28: Presentation, live, in class!

French 1: Friday January 18 2013 Lesson Plan

[60 minutes] Five big verbs!

1. pouvoir
2. vouloir
3. savoir
4. voir
5. devoir

• We're studying these verbs now because they are among the 100 most frequently used words in French, and we haven't had a lesson on them yet!
• We are studying these five together because they all end in -oir and because they all follow a shoe/boot/sheep conjugation pattern!

Les Devoirs:

1. Write six-part conjugation charts for each of the above verbs.
2. Write three sentences for each verb. Each of the three for each verb should have a different subject. (In other words, you can't write all of your vouloir sentences about yourself—Je veux danser; je veux chanter; je veux manger.) 

French 2: Thursday Janaury 17 2013 Lesson Plan

[5 minutes] Administrivia

• Stylo pals: send e-mail to confirm address!
• Semester Exams: grades posted Monday.
• Phrase of the day: faire de la musculation intellectuelle!

[45 minutes] New Vocabulary! List 5.1 pp. 158–161

• Lisez et répétez!
• Note the grammar: reflexive verbs! Most of the new verbs we get in Section 5.1 require a little extra pronoun before them to indicate that the subject/actor is doing to the action to himself/herself. That's the little se you see in front of the infinitives in the vocab list. It's like the me you say when you say, "Je m'appelle...." We'll hammer on the grammar later; for now, just remember that, if you're getting up, washing yourself, or getting your clothes or make-up on, you're going to say me after your je.

Les Devoirs: Write Vocab 5.1 List, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains words and phrases, quatre fois! Don't forget the five fun phrases for "Get the lead out!" on p. 161.

French 3: Thursday January 17 2013 Lesson Plan

Whoo-hoo! French 3 moves to Maroon Day for 2nd Semester!

[5 minutes] Administrivia

• Stylo pals: send e-mail to confirm address!
• Semester Exams: grades posted Monday.
• phrase of the day: faire de la musculation!

[30 minutes] Les nouvelles de Mali!

• Nous lisons les nouvelles: Le Monde!

[20 minutes] New Vocabulary! List 4.1 pp. 134–137

• Lisez et répétez!

Les Devoirs: Write Vocab 4.1 List, including Entre Copains et Exprimons-nous quatre fois!

January 2013 Semester Exam Information

Here's the archive of semester exam information, January 2013:

• French 1 Oral
• French 2 Oral
• French 3 Oral
• French 3 Historical Dates
• French 3 Lyrics
• Semester Grade Calculator

Friday's Oral Exams Move to Wednesday January 16

Friday's snow day means no French oral exams today. All students who signed up for oral exams for today, Friday, January 11, will come take their oral exams on Wednesday, January 16. Here's my schedule:

• Block 1 (08:15–09:48): French 3 White 3 Written Exam (no orals)
• Block 2 (09:54–11:24): French 1 White 4 Written Exam (no orals)
• Lunch, Block 3, Block 4, after school (11:30–16:30): Oral Exams

On Monday, I will put up a sign-up sheet for the times I have available on Wednesday, January 16. Update 2013.01.14 08:45 MST:  I have assigned exam times based on Friday's order to it into 12-minute slots during my available times on Wednesday. If you want to trade with someone, you may do so, but both parties must agree to switch times.

You must complete your oral exam by the end of the day Wednesday. I will give no oral exams after the end of the semester.

French Class Semester Grade Calculator

Hey! Want to figure out your French class semester grade? Punch your Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Oral Exam, and Written Exam grades into this spreadsheet and find out!

French 3: Wednesday January 9 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[20 minutes] Oral Exam Practice, heavy on the dates!

[20 minutes] Reviews verbs via Exs. 3 and 4 au tableau!

[25 minutes] Grammar: More verb tense practice! Each student picks a verb, then writes four sentences au tableau:

1. I'm doing something
2. I did something.
3. I was doing something.
4. I will do something.

[25 minutes] Individual student work time to study historical dates and song lyrics!

Les Devoirs: rien! Continuez à étudier fort!

French 1: Tue/Wed January 8/9 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[30 minutes] Practice Oral Exam!

[30 minutes] Continue Grammar Practice: Verbs!

• Students put sentences from remaining verbs on board.
• Practice changing the subject of each sentence to practice conjugation.

[30 minutes] Oral Exams in class!

Les Devoirs: To practice Chapter 4 grammar, translate the following sentences:

1. Your brother needs to study.
2. Do you need sneakers?
3. I need a pencil.
4. Are you selling your books?
5. We are waiting for Dad.
6. I often lose my homework.
7. We are throwing the pencils.
8. We are starting our homework.
9. We pronounce Spanish badly!
10. We repeat the sentences.
11. Are you lifting the chair?
12. I am buying some chocolate.
13. I like the gray sneakers, not the green ones.
14. I want the white rulers, not the purple ones.
15. Pénélope likes the little eraser, not the big one.

French 2: Tuesday January 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien!

[30 minutes] Oral Quiz Review!

[30 minutes] More Grammar Review: Verbs!

• Continue with 72 verb sentences from last time's assignment. Put remaining sentences on board.
• Then CAH assigns sentences using irregular participles and verbs of motion in past. Practice the strange forms on the board!

[30 minutes] In-Class Oral Exam Time!

Les Devoirs: Practice Chapter 4 Grammar by translating the following sentences:

1. The apples? We bought them.
2. The apple? Bob bought it.
3. The math course? The girls took it.
4. The boys? She followed them.
5. Frédérique watches only French movies.
6. Gabrielle lost only the cheese.
7. Someone has left.
8. Does the dog hear something?
9. Marie saw nobody.
10. Nobody understands.
11. Jacques knows nothing.
12. Nothing is in the backpack.
13. We are taking a German course.
14. Isabella is taking a biology course.
15. The girls are taking a computer course.
16. Louis and Lorraine are taking a physics course.
17. We've been talking for three hours.
18. Mathilde has been studying since noon.
19. That makes three weeks that we've been in Paris.

French 3: Monday January 7 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Écrivez pp. 34–35 Exs. 2, 3, et 4!

[20 minutes] Reviews verbs via Exs. 2, 3, 4 au tableau!

[15 minutes] Grammar: More verb tense practice!

• Each student picks a verb, then writes four sentences au tableau:
  1. I'm doing something
  2. I did something.
  3. I was doing something.
  4. I will do something.

[10 minutes] Note Lyrics on Final Exam!

[15 minutes] Oral Exam Practice: Historical Dates!

[30 minutes] Oral Exam Practice: other questions!

Les Devoirs: rien... but study the lyrics, dates, verb tenses, oral questions, and vocab!

French 3 Playlist: Lyrics for the Semester Written Exam

Update 2013.01.11 13:20 MST: Mes amis! Je regrette, que nous n'avons pas de classe aujourd'hui. Voici quelques informations très important! 

I have printed the final exam. On it, I include passages from the following songs:

1. Aïcha
2. Avec le vent
3. Echo
4. Elle me dit
5. La route de la paix
6. Le jour après la fin du monde

Plastic Bertrand's "Ça plane pour moi" is just too crazy and disconnected and Eiffel's "Place de mon cœur" felt just a little too abstract for this translation test.

I am taking the passages for translation from the first half or first couple verses of each song (plus the chorus, the repeated part). Note that "La route de la paix" really just has two verses along with its chorus.

Below is a YouTube playlist of the nine Francophone artists/songs French 3 students chose to present in class:



On the written final, CAH will give you passages from each song and ask you to translate those lyrics into English. Preserving meaning is important; preserving rhyme is an optional poetic challenge.

1. Cheb Khaled, "Aïcha," Sahra, 1996

2. Anggun, "Echo (You and I)" Eurovision, 2012 (lyrics also here)

You and I, you and I

J'entends l'écho de nos pas
Tous en cadence
Marche au pas
Jamais dans le même sens
On avance mais on court après quoi ?

J'entends l'écho de nos rêves,de nos envies
Au delà du jour, jusqu'à la nuit
On s'entraine et on court après quoi ?
On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera

In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I

J'entends l'écho de nos pas qui se balancent
Ça et là
Toujours sur la même danse
On avance mais on court après quoi ?

On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera

In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I
Ahh...

There is you and I, there is you and I

J'entends l'écho de ta voix s'éloigner de moi
L'écho d'un amour
Un jour reviendra, il montera
Et je cours après quoi ?

On se perd, on s'espère
Quelque part on s'égare
Un jour au delà
On se retrouvera

In my dreams, in my dreams
In my heart, in my mind
There is you and I, there is you and I

3. Plastic Bertrand, "Ça plane pour moi," écrit Yvan Yacomblez, 1977 (Try lyrics here also)

4. Anis, "Avec le vent," 2003

5. Corneille, "Le Jour après la fin du monde," Les inséparables, 2011

6. Mika, "Elle me dit," 2011

7. Alpha Blondy, "La route de la paix," Jah Victory, 2007

8. Eiffel, "Place de mon cœur," Foule monstre, 2012

9. Baaba Maal, "Baayo"... oh! trick question! It's in Wolof! CAH will not include this song on the exam.

French 2: Friday January 4 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: 72 verb present-past practice sentences, as outlined in January 2 lesson plan.

[45 minutes]: Review Past Tense!

• Students write examples from #1–6 on board; we discuss the past tense rules in particular detail.
• Save these sentences! We will likely only get through the first half today; we will spend more time reviewing these sentences next week!

[30 minutes]: Chapter 3 Vocab Practice

• Practice food words, with special attention to easily confused words like le poire, le poivron, le poivre, la fraise, la framboise, la phrase...

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais réviser beaucoup à l'examen oral, qui commence la semaine prochaine!

Video: Crash Course in French Revolution

For those who enjoyed Les Amants de la Bastille in Paris Wednesday, here's a crash course on the history of the French Revolution:

French 1: Fri/Mon January 4/7 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: 72 sentences using the verbs given in the Jan 2/3 Lesson Plan.

[40 minutes]: Practice homework sentences on board

[25 minutes]: Chapter 3 Vocab Practice

[25 minutes]: Chapter 3 Grammar Practice:

• être (p. 82)
• adjective agreement (p. 84)
• possessive pronouns (p. 94)
• contractions with de (p. 96)

Les Devoirs: rien! But be studying for oral exams, which start on Monday, January 7!