French 2: Tuesday April 2 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais étudiez fort pour les examens:

1. aujourd'hui! mardi le 2 avril: Vocab Quiz 7.2 
2. aujourd'hui! mardi le 2 avril: Oral Quiz: recite your histoire d'aventure without notes!
3. jeudi le 4 avril: Grammar Quiz: l'imparfait et le passé composé

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.2

[60 minutes] Oral Quiz! Recite your histoire d'aventure without notes!

• While CAH quizzes students one-on-one in the hall, students in classroom should quietly work on pp. 64–65 and pp. 76–77 in the Vocabulaire et grammaire workbook in the online textbook at my. hrw.com!
• Students can also turn to this remarkable collection of online exercises practicing the imperfective and past tense.

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez comme fou pour l'examen de grammaire: imparfait et passé composé.

French 1: Wednesday March 27 2013 Lesson Plan

Les heures académiques écourtés! Nous rentrons chez nous tôt pour les Pâques!

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

[30 minutes] Grammar Quiz: 13 -ire verbs! Be ready to conjugate the following thirteen verbs and translate French sentences using them:

1. dire
2. interdire
3. lire
4. relire
5. écrire
6. décrire
7. rire
8. sourire
9. cuire
10. produire
11. conduire
12. construire
13. boire

[30 minutes] Introduce New Vocabulary: List 7.1 (pp. 222–225): Les vêtements/habits!

Les Devoirs: Vocab Practice! pp. 222–225

1. Write all clothing vocab words three times and draw representative pictures thereof.
2. Write all non-drawable words and phrases (inlcuding Exprimon-nous and Entre Copains) four times.

French 2: Tuesday March 26 2013 Lesson Plans

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Revise stories, enter this revised text in the appropriate slot on the French 2 Shared Google Doc, and prepare for presentation in front of class.
2. Write 20 original sentences: ten in past ("somebody did something"), ten in imperfective ("somebody was doing something")! 

• Four sentences must use je as the subject.
• Four sentences must use nous as the subject.
• Four sentences must use proper names as subjects.
• Eight sentences must use different nouns/noun phrases (not people's names) as subjects.
• Every sentence must use a different verb! (I would suggest starting with the Chapter 7 Vocab List on p. 265, using all the verbs there, then working backwards through our other vocab lists!)

[45 minutes] Story presentations!

• 15 minutes prep: students find friends to act out their stories! Listen and practice!
• 30 minutes: each student reads his her story as narrator; helpers act out what happens.

[25 minutes] Grammar Practice au tableau! Students write select sentences at the board (CAH picks categories).

[20 minutes] Vocab Practice! Face à face!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez fort pour les examens:

1. mardi le 2 avril: Vocab Quiz 7.2 
2. mardi le 2 avril: Oral Quiz: recite your histoire d'aventure without notes!
3. jeudi le 4 avril: Grammar Quiz: l'imparfait et le passé composé

French 3: Tuesday March 26 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Present Participle Practice! (p. 372) Write ten sentences in which you say something like you saw or heard your classmates doing something.

• e.g.: J'ai vu Monsieur Heidelberger vrombissant en vélo. 
• Write one sentence for each of your classmates, then one about Mr. H!
• Each sentence must use a different verb as the present participle (i.e., you can't write ten sentences about people mangeant).

[40 minutes] Present Participle Practice!

• "Qu'est-ce qu'il/elle faisait? Que faisait-il? Que faisait-elle?" CAH asks students about each other, students respond with sentences from homework. Trade off, get students to ask about each other about what others were doing.
• Practice online at Tex's French Grammar!
• Do p. 373 Ex. 15 on paper: five minutes to write down answers, then two minutes to share answers.

[30 minutes] New Vocabulary 9.2, pp. 378–381 + R21: "On va au spectacle!"

• We're including the auxiliary words on R21 this time!
• Écoutez et répétez!
• Quel spectacle est-ce que tu préfères?

[20 minutes] Finish Oral Quizzes on French Art Work! Madisen, Kenzie, Lacey!

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab words on pp. 378–381 and R21 ("Les arts") four times.

French 1: Monday March 25 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Know the meanings and conjugations of these 13 verbs:

1. dire
2. interdire (Note that interdire takes de before the verb being forbidden and à before the person being forbidden to do it.)
3. lire
4. relire
5. écrire
6. décrire
7. rire
8. sourire
9. cuire
10. produire
11. conduire
12. construire
13. boire

• Write each of these 13 verbs' conjugations.
• Write one original sentence using each of these verbs.

[10 minutes] Conjugation Practice! Students write conjugations of these 13 verbs au tableau (CAH checks homework at this time).

[25 minutes] Drill meanings: CAH leads oral drill:

1. CAH says infinitive, students give meaning.
2. CAH says subject+conjugated verb, students give meaning.
3. CAH says full sentence, students translate to English.

[25 minutes] Translation+Conjugation Practice: Students write selected sentences from homework au tableau, translate and correct.

• Then CAH changes subjects, students re-conjugate verbs.

[30 minutes] Translation Practice! Students translate the following eleven sentences by the end of class with all computers off!

1. Mr. H. forbids students from playing video games in class.
2. My teacher says that (que) I should [conjugate devoir!] read some good books.
3. Mom is cooking some bacon.
4. Wisconsin produces lots of cheese.
5. We are driving to Laramie Saturday.
6. Louis and Angelique are laughing.
7. Their parents are smiling.
8. When we proofread our homework, we don't drink coffee.
9. Claude and Pascal, write to your cousins!
10. Students, please describe French class.
11. My grandparents are building a new house.

Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais étudiez comme fou pour l'examen de cettes 13 verbes mercredi! Conjuguez et traduisez!

French 3: Friday March 22 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: rien à écrire, mais vous avez étudié comme fou pour l'examen orale!

[30 minutes] Present Participles!

• page 372: the rule! Rather like imperfective: use the nous form, drop -ons, add -ant. Then use it as an adjective!
• Remember: the present participle -ant form is not an excuse to start using it as a conjugated verb with être as a helping verb!
• This About page is really useful, with lots of examples of how to use the present participle.
• Practice with pp. 372–373 Exs. 13, 14, 15.

[60 minutes] Oral Quiz! You will talk to CAH about your chosen art work (the paragraph you yourself wrote in French) in an oral interview, face-to-face. You'll get five minutes to say everything you can about this work of art. CAH will expect you to recount to him what you say about the artwork in your written paragraph. Naturally, you will undertake this oral interview without any notes.

Les Devoirs: Write ten sentences in which you say something like you saw or heard your classmates doing something.

• e.g.: J'ai vu Monsieur Heidelberger vrombissant en vélo. 
• Write one sentence for each of your classmates, then one about Mr. H!
• Each sentence must use a different verb as the present participle (i.e., you can't write ten sentences about people mangeant).

French 3: Wednesday March 20 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs:

1. mercredi, le 20 mars: p. 371 Ex. 11. Write out the questions that would logically precede each answer! 
2. mercredi, le 20 mars: Choose another student's essay, translate it back to English! No need to write down that translation, but be ready to read that other student's essay aloud Wednesday and translate it just by looking at the French text. Indicate which paragraph you choose to translate in the far right column of the Google Doc table; each student must choose a different paragraph!

[15 minutes] Practice Inversion! Put p. 371 Ex. 11 au tableau.

[60 minutes] Practice paragraphs on famous French artworks!

• Students read paragraphs aloud, translators translate sentence by sentence.
• Students read aloud in pairs three times, then try reading aloud in front of class without notes!

Les Devoirs: vendredi, le 22 mars: You will talk to CAH about your chosen art work (the paragraph you yourself wrote in French) in an oral interview, face-to-face. You'll get five minutes to say everything you can about this work of art. CAH will expect you to recount to him what you say about the artwork in your written paragraph. Naturally, you will undertake this oral interview without any notes.

French 2: Friday March 22 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: L'histoire d'aventure!

• Each student writes a short story about an adventure in nature.
• Minimum ten sentences (and for Pierre's sake, don't write your story in English and then plunk it into Google Translate!)
• Every sentence must use vocab from Chapter 7 (highlight those words!)
• Story must be complete and ready to read aloud next class period!

[15 minutes] Small group reading and listening! Students read nature adventure stories aloud in small groups of four. At end of each story, group members ask each other three questions about the story (What did she do? Where did she go? etc.)

[15 minutes] Imperfect Practice: Each student picks two verbs, conjugates each fully in present, passé composé, and imperfective. CAH checks at desk!

[60 minutes] CAH conferences with students on stories; students work on...

...Les Devoirs!

1. Revise stories, enter this revised text in the appropriate slot on the French 2 Shared Google Doc, and prepare for presentation in front of class.
2. Write 20 original sentences: ten in past ("somebody did something"), ten in imperfective ("somebody was doing something")! 

• Four sentences must use je as the subject.
• Four sentences must use nous as the subject.
• Four sentences must use proper names as subjects.
• Eight sentences must use different nouns/noun phrases (not people's names) as subjects.
• Every sentence must use a different verb! (I would suggest starting with the Chapter 7 Vocab List on p. 265, using all the verbs there, then working backwards through our other vocab lists!)

French 2: Wednesday March 20 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Write all new vocab words in Exprimons-nous, D'autres mots utiles, et Entre copains on p. 247, 249, and 251 four times.
2. Write all new vocab words in the pictures on pp. 246–247 three times and draw a picture representing each vocab word next to each vocab word.

[5 minutes] Student Vocab Practice! Students drill each other on vocab words while CAH takes homework scores

[if necessary] [5 minutes] Present remaining camping skits!

[10 minutes] More Vocab Drill! CAH asks, "Qu'est-ce que tu as vu dans la forêt/au lac/à la rivière?" Students respond with "J'ai vu..." and terms from Vocab 7.2!

[10 minutes] Listening Practice: Students listen and respond to spider story (images on p. 248 Ex. 20).

[10 minutes] More vocab practice: Do p. 248 Ex. 21 together.

[20 minutes] Grammar Practice: more imperfect vs. past tense (l'imparfait vs. le passé composé!)

• Students work in pairs
• Students pick four verbs from this chapter (see p. 265 for both vocab lists).
• One student writes four sentences using those verbs in the straight past tense.
• The other student writes the same four sentences but puts the verb in the imperfect.
• After all finish, each pair reads a pair of its sentences aloud.

Les Devoirs: L'histoire d'aventure!

• Each student writes a short story about an adventure in nature.
• Minimum ten sentences (and for Pierre's sake, don't write your story in English and then plunk it into Google Translate!)
• Every sentence must use vocab from Chapter 7 (highlight those words!)
• Story must be complete and ready to read aloud next class period!

French 3: Monday March 18 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. For today, Monday, March 18, write a 100-word paragraph (oui, en français!) describing the work of art and explaining why it is important. Submit this text via the Shared Google Doc, in the "Notes" column of the "Famous French Works of Art" table.
2. Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1 Monday, March 18!

[25 minutes] Vocab Quiz 9.1!

[30 minutes] Grammar Practice: Inversion!

• Students work on p. 371 Ex. 10
• CAH reviews paragraphs during this time!

[10 minutes] Student share answers aloud for Exs. 10 to 11.

[25 minutes] Practice Reading Aloud! Students read their artwork essays aloud, with attention to pronunciation and meaning.

• Listeners take notes, try to translate!

Les Devoirs:

1. mercredi, le 20 mars: p. 371 Ex. 11. Write out the questions that would logically precede each answer! 
2. mercredi, le 20 mars: Choose another student's essay, translate it back to English! No need to write down that translation, but be ready to read that other student's essay aloud Wednesday and translate it just by looking at the French text. Indicate which paragraph you choose to translate in the far right column of the Google Doc table; each student must choose a different paragraph!
3. vendredi, le 22 mars: You will talk to CAH about your chosen art work (the paragraph you yourself wrote in French) in an oral interview, face-to-face. You'll get five minutes to say everything you can about this work of art. CAH will expect you to recount to him what you say about the artwork in your written paragraph. Naturally, you will undertake this oral interview without any notes.

French 2: Monday March 18 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Pick five verbs. Write the six imperfect forms and six past tense forms of each (e.g.: faire: je faisait/j'ai fait, tu faisais/tu as fait...).

Mais d'abord...

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.1! pp. 234–237

[30 minutes] Imperfect Practice!

• Student Drill: in pairs, students test each other by asking partners to give the imperfect forms of the verbs on their own papers (X picks a verb from X's paper, asks Y to give the six imperfect forms).
• CAH checks homework for completeness during this time.
• At the board: each student must compose an original sentences using the imperfect (l'imparfait) to say "I used to do something."
• At the board #2: each student must compose an original sentence using imperfect and regular past tense (l'imparfait et le passé composé) together! follow the form "I was doing something when something else happened."

[10 minutes] New Vocab! 7.2: aller à la pêche!

• Écoutez et répétez: All vocab words on pp. 246–251.
• N'oubliez pas avoir la frousse et une bestiole sur la page 251!

Les Devoirs:

1. Write all new vocab words in Exprimons-nous, D'autres mots utiles, et Entre Copains on p.247, 249, et 251 four times.
2. Write all new vocab words in the pictures on pp. 246–247 three times and draw a picture representing each vocab word next to each vocab word.

French 2: Thursday March 14 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Translate each of the following sentences, using the imparfait! Assume that each sentence would be followed by the phrase "...quand les ours sont arrivés!"

1. We were camping in Yellowstone....
2. I was going to the campground....
3. She was eating at the campsite....
4. You were lighting the camp stove....
5. They were searching for the first aid kit....
6. We were looking at the compass....
7. Jean-Paul was drinking from the canteen....
8. You were putting on your pajamas in the tent....
9. My brother and I were putting up the tent....
10. I was in the sleeping bag....
11. Our friends were at the campsite....
12. Liselle was making a camp fire....

[20 minutes] Grammar Review: Imparfait!

• Students write the 12 homework sentences au tableau.
• CAH checks homework at this time.
• Students then change subjects of verbs on board!

[30 minutes] More Grammar Practice: Imparfait + Passé Composé

• At desks, students add a past tense clause to each of the homework sentences—e.g.:"We were camping in Yellowstone when we saw Bigfoot."
• Share sentences!
• Note the time sequence: imparfait = "was happening" or "used to happen"; passé composé = "happened."
• Do p. 238 Exercise 6 together.

[30 minutes] Vocab Review!

• CAH asks students numerous questions about camping trips and camping gear.
• Then some student face-to-face practice!

Les Devoirs: 

1. Pick five verbs. Write the six imperfect forms and six past tense forms of each (e.g.: faire: je faisait/j'ai fait, tu faisais/tu as fait...).
2. Study like crazy for Vocab Quiz 7.1 lundi!

French 1: Thursday March 21 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! But of course, you have studied like crazy for...

[30 minutes] Chapter 6 Grammar Quiz! Items the quiz will cover:

1. p. 188: partitive (de)
2. p. 190: -ir verbs
3. p. 200: conjugation of prendre (to take)
4. p. 202: imperative (giving commands)

[40 minutes] New special verb list: -ire verbs!

1. dire/interdire
2. lire/relire
3. écrire/décrire
4. rire/sourire
5. cuire/produire
6. conduire/construire
7. boire

• Note that these verbs don't all conjugate the same way!
• Show conjugations on Smart Board, look for memorable patterns, connections to previous verb forms we've studied.
• Note that interdire takes de before the verb being forbidden and à before the person being forbidden to do it.

Les Devoirs: 

1. Write each of these 13 verbs' conjugations.
2. Write one original sentence using each of these verbs.

French 1: Tuesday March 19 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: le théâtre du restaurant—a restaurant skit!—and Vocab Quiz 6.2!

[15 minutes] Present restaurant skits!

• 5 minutes to prep, then we go to work!
• Students may work in pairs or trios (no quartets! no quintets! Pas de plus!).
• One student plays a serveur/serveuse; other plays client/cliente.
• Skit must include...
1. greeting
2. ordering food and beverage (with at least one recommendation from server)
3. server reading back the orders to make sure he/she has them right
4. conversation between clients while waiting for meals to arrive (if only one client, then yes, you talk to yourself, making observations about the restaurant, the server, the weather... perhaps pretending to converse with someone you recognize at another table...)
5. delivery and consumption of meals
6. handling the check
• Students perform without scripts or notes!
• Props are welcome, but not required.

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 6.2! pp. 196–198, plus the four prendre verbs!

[45 minutes] Grammar Review for Chapter 6 Grammar Quiz!

1. p. 188: partitive (de) + p. 192: conjugation of vouloir (to want) + p. 200: conjugation of prendre (to take)—Translate the following sentences:
1. I'm having some steak.
2. Do you (singular) want some of the fruit pie?
3. Jacques is taking some sandwiches.
4. We want some pizza.
5. Are you (plural) having fish or pasta?
6. My friends want bread, jam, and eggs.
2. p. 190: -ir verbs: each student writes conjugation for one of these verbs: finir, choisir, grossir, grandir, maigrir, réussir
3. p. 202: imperative (giving commands): Each student picks four verbs with which to complete this chart:

l'infinitif	tu	nous	vous	negatif
example: manger	Mange tes légumes!	Mangeons de la pizza!	Mangez votre bacon!	Ne mange pas l'insecte!
verbe 1
verbe 2
verbe 3
verbe 4

Les Devoirs: Nothing to hand in, but study for Chapter 6 Grammar Quiz which will take place on jeudi, le 21 mars! Items the quiz will cover:

1. p. 188: partitive (de)
2. p. 190: -ir verbs
3. p. 200: conjugation of prendre (to take)
4. p. 202: imperative (giving commands)

French 1: Friday March 15 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Practice with the verb prendre: pp. 200–201 Exs. 30 & 31. Write the prompts and your responses!

[5 minutes] Speaking Practice: Students read and translate to each other responses to Exs. 30–31. CAH checks homework for points during this time.

[15 minutes] Writing Practice: Students write answers to Exs. 30 & 31 on board for comparison and grammar check.

[5 minutes] Verb Drill!

• Each student thinks of a different French verb.
• Each student goes to board, writes that verb's infinitive form, then its tu, nous, and vous forms.

[15 minutes] New Grammar: Commands... a.k.a. The Imperative (l'imperatif: p. 202)

• In English, if we want to tell someone to do something, whether it's one person or many people, we just say the verb, without any subject or suffix: Eat! Sing! Finish your homework! Do it! Be good!
• If we want a group to which we belong to do something, we say "Let's" before the verb: Let's go! Let's eat! Let's meet at the park! Let's get out of here!
• In French, we use different forms of the verb for commands depending on whether we want tu, vous, or nous to do something:

Who's got to do it	What we say in French	English translation
tu (one person you know well, friend or child)	Écoute!  Regarde! Finis! Attends! Vas!  Fais les devoirs!	Listen!  Look! Finish! Wait! Go!  Do the homework!
vous (many people, or one person who is your boss, elder, superior, etc.)	Écoutez!  Regardez! Finissez! Attendez! Allez!  Faites les devoirs!	Listen!  Look! Finish! Wait! Go!  Do the homework!
nous (us! whatever we're doing, we're doing it together!)	Écoutons!  Regardons! Finissons! Attendons! Allons!  Faisons les devoirs!	Let's listen!  Let's look! Let's finish! Let's wait! Let's go!  Let's do the homework!

• Students practice saying and writing command forms of the verbs they've put on the board.
• Do p. 202 Exs. 33 & 34 together.

[30 minutes] Vocabulary 6.2 Review!

• Going around the room and looking at pp. 196–198, students say a complete sentence using one of the vocab words or phrases. Each student picks another student in the room to give an English equivalent.
• As time allows, follow up with Q&A and face-to-face drill.

Les Devoirs:

1. For next time, prepare le théâtre du restaurant—a restaurant skit!
• Students may work in pairs or trios (no quartets! no quintets! Pas de plus!).
• One student plays a serveur/serveuse; other plays client/cliente.
• Skit must include...
1. greeting
2. ordering food and beverage (with at least one recommendation from server)
3. server reading back the orders to make sure he/she has them right
4. conversation between clients while waiting for meals to arrive (if only one client, then yes, you talk to yourself, making observations about the restaurant, the server, the weather... perhaps pretending to converse with someone you recognize at another table...)
5. delivery and consumption of meals
6. handling the check
• Students perform without scripts or notes!
• Props are welcome, but not required.
2. Study for Vocab 6.2 Vocab Quiz (pp. 196–198), which will take place on mardi, le 19 mars! (last quiz grade of 3rd quarter!)
3. Study for Chapter 6 Grammar Quiz which will take place on jeudi, le 21 mars! (first quiz grade of 4th quarter!) Items the quiz will cover:
1. p. 188: partitive (de)
2. p. 190: -ir verbs
3. p. 200: conjugation of prendre (to take)
4. p. 202: imperative (giving commands)

French 1: Wednesday March 13 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write all vocab words and phrases from List 6.2, pp. 196–200, four times, except...

• Food and drink nouns: Write these words three times and draw a picture that will help you remember them!
• Four prendre verbs on p. 200: write the infinitive form, then the six-part conjugation chart for each verb.
• Folks who missed breakfast skit last week present on Wednesday! Be ready! Practice during Spartan Time Tuesday!

[20 minutes] Grammar Warm-up: -ir verb conjugation! Translate the following ten sentences:

1. My dog is growing.
2. Their dogs are growing.
3. Your cat is gaining weight.
4. My cats are gaining weight.
5. My parents are losing weight.
6. Is her dad losing weight?
7. Are you (familiar) choosing the fish?
8. No, we are choosing the pasta.
9. I am finishing my grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich for which the French are renowned.
10. Liselle always finishes her vegetables.

• CAH checks les devoirs de vocabulaire for completeness during this time!

[5 minutes] Perform any remaining breakfast skits!

[25 minutes] Oral Vocab Practice!

• CAH asks "Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger/boire?" Students respond, CAH follows up as possible.

[15 minutes] Review the slightly irregular prendre verbs (p. 200)

• Do p. 200 Ex. 29 together.
• Students write short sentences on board: mix and match subjects with these four verbs, plus appropriate direct objects (food for prendre/reprendre, language for apprendre/comprendre)

Les Devoirs!

1. For next time (vendredi, le 15 mars): pp. 200–201 Exs. 30 & 31. Write the prompts and your responses!
2. For the meeting after that (mardi, le 19 mars): Prepare le théâtre du restaurant—a restaurant skit!
• Students may work in pairs or trios (no quartets! no quintets! Pas de plus!).
• One student plays a serveur/serveuse; other plays client/cliente.
• Skit must include...
1. greeting
2. ordering food and beverage (with at least one recommendation from server)
3. server reading back the orders to make sure he/she has them right
4. conversation between clients while waiting for meals to arrive (if only one client, then yes, you talk to yourself, making observations about the restaurant, the server, the weather... perhaps pretending to converse with someone you recognize at another table...)
5. delivery and consumption of meals
6. handling the check
• Students perform without scripts or notes!
• Props are welcome, but not required.
3. Study for Vocab 6.2 Vocab Quiz, which will take place on mardi, le 19 mars!

French 3: Thursday March 14 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Choose your œuvre d'art for Monday's essay; enter title and artist on Shared Google Doc!

[15 minutes] Vocabulary 9.1 Review! Face-to-face drill to prepare for Vocab Quiz 9.1 on Monday.

[25 minutes] New Grammar: Inversion! p. 370

• Remember that inversion is more formal than an Est-ce que structure.
• Practice with pp. 370–371 Exs. 9, 10, and 11.

[55 minutes] Work time on essays and preparation for oral quiz over this essay!

Les Devoirs:

1. For next week Monday, March 18, write a 100-word paragraph (oui, en français!) describing the work of art and explaining why it is important. Submit this text via the Shared Google Doc, in the "Notes" column of the "Famous French Works of Art" table.
2. For next week Wednesday, March 20 (Bon printemps!), you will talk to CAH about your chosen art work in an oral interview, face-to-face. You'll get five minutes to say everything you can about this work of art. CAH will expect you to recount to him what you say about the artwork in your written paragraph. Naturally, you will undertake this oral interview without any notes.
3. Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1 Monday, March 18!

French 2: Tuesday March 12 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Le théâtre du camping!

• Students may work in twos, threes, or fours.
• Students must compose and perform a skit on camping using numerous items from Vocab List 7.1.
• Each student must deliver at least six lines. (Yes, that means a trio will do a longer skit than a duo.)
• For each camping-gear vocab word, you must have a prop or picture! You can use the pictures you drew in class last time. You can draw new pictures. You can bring in real objects (just not lighters or other items that can set people on fire or otherwise violate school policy).
• Students perform without notes!

[45 minutes] Camping Skits!

• Students get right to work: 30 minutes to polish, practice, and memorize.
• Perform in class! CAH grades on pronunciation, memory, props, and enthusiasm!

[45 minutes] Practice Grammar: Imperfective!

• Review imperfective formation on p. 198.
• Practice together with chanter, choisir, attendre.
• Have each student pick another verb to put in imperfective au tableau.
• Do Exs. 6 & 7 together.

Les Devoirs: Translate each of the following sentences, using the imparfait! Assume that each sentence would be followed by the phrase "...quand les ours sont arrivés!"

1. We were camping in Yellowstone....
2. I was going to the campground....
3. She was eating at the campsite....
4. You were lighting the camp stove....
5. They were searching for the first aid kit....
6. We were looking at the compass....
7. Jean-Paul was drinking from the canteen....
8. You were putting on your pajamas in the tent....
9. My brother and I were putting up the tent....
10. I was in the sleeping bag....
11. Our friends were at the campsite....
12. Liselle was making a camp fire....

French 3: Tuesday March 12 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write Vocab List 9.1 words and phrases four times!

[30 minutes] Brain Warm-Up: Verb Conjugation au tableau!

• Pick one verb: not an -er verb! 
• Write one plural form in each of the six verb tenses.
• Write one sentence using that verb (any tense).
• CAH checks homework during this time.

[30 minutes] Vocabulary Practice! Do pp. 368–369, Exs. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 together out loud.

Les Devoirs:

1. Pick subject for art essay!
• Choose one famous French work of art created since 1800. Enter this choice (title and artist) on the Shared Google Doc by Thursday!
• If you're looking for a good subject, try the catalogues of the Museé d'Orsay, the Louvre (note: lots of pre-1800 work), and the Rodin Museum (sculpture!); the Wikipedia chronological list of famous French artists; this list of important French painters....
• For next week Monday, write a 100-word paragraph (oui, en français!) describing the work of art and explaining why it is important.
• Now the real casse-tête: Next week Wednesday, March 20 (Bon printemps!), you will talk to CAH about your chosen art work in an oral interview, face-to-face. You'll get five minutes to say everything you can about this work of art. CAH will expect you to recount to him what you say about the artwork in your written paragraph. Naturally, you will undertake this oral interview without any notes.

French 1: Monday March 11 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais étudiez comme fou pour...

[30 minutes] l'Examen de vocabulaire 6.1!

• Breakfast words pp. 184–185
• Exprimons-nous pp. 185 & 187
• Entre copains p. 189
• -ir verbs p. 190!

[15 minutes] Verb Practice: -ir verbs!

• Allez au tableau! Conjuguez un verbe en -ir, et écrivez une phrase avec ce verbe.
• Choisissez un de ces verbes:
  

  subir	réussir	vrombir	noircir
  vomir	verdir	finir	rougir
  démolir	choisir	obéir	grandir
  brandir	maigrir	blondir	grossir

• Each student reads her/his conjugation and sentence aloud.

[30 minutes] Introduce new vocabulary: List 6.2, pp. 196–200

• Include Exprimons-nous on 197 and 198 and -prendre verbs on 200!
• Écoutez et répétez!
• Practice with questions: Qu'est-ce que tu prends au déjeuner/dîner? Qu'est-ce tu as comme boisson?

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab words and phrases from List 6.2, pp. 196–200, four times, except...

• Food and drink nouns: Write these words three times and draw a picture that will help you remember them!
• Four prendre verbs on p. 200: write the infinitive form, then the six-part conjugation chart for each verb.
• Folks who missed breakfast skit last week present on Wednesday! Be ready! Practice during Spartan Time Tuesday!

French 2: Friday March 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: handwrite Vocab List 7.1 four times!

[30 minutes] Practice Vocab!

• CAH reads, students repeat.
• Students pair up, practice pronunciation with each other. (CAH checks homework during this time.)
• Practice with pp. 236–237, Exs. 1, 2, 3, & 4

[30 minutes] New Grammar: Imperfective!

• Chapter 6, p. 198 has the first chart and explanation!
• Practice with chanter, choisir, attendre
• Do Exs. 6 & 7 together.

Les Devoirs: Le théâtre du camping!

• Students may work in twos, threes, or fours.
• Students must compose and perform a skit on camping using numerous items from Vocab List 7.1.
• Each student must deliver at least six lines. (Yes, that means a trio will do a longer skit than a duo.)
• For each camping-gear vocab word, you must have a prop or picture! You can use the pictures you drew in class last time. You can draw new pictures. You can bring in real objects (just not lighters or other items that can set people on fire or otherwise violate school policy).
• Students perform without notes!

French 3: Friday March 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! (CAH était evidemment malade)

[15 minutes] Verb practice! Write present, past, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive of two verbs!

[25 minutes] Read poems and translations aloud!

[30 minutes] Introduce new vocabulary 9.1 pp. 366–369

Les Devoirs: Write Vocab List 9.1 words and phrases four times!

French 1: Thursday March 7 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE:  Les Devoirs: Write out p. 191, Exs. 16 and 17.

• In Ex. 17, write the question, then the answer in a complete sentence.

[15 minutes] Practice -ir verb conjugations online!

• Select "-ir verbs" and "présent".
• Note that you need to include accent marks on this U. Texas website.
• Students work individually on this 15-verb exercise.
• CAH checks homework during this time.

[20 minutes] Grammar/Vocab Review: Share homework sentences aloud. Focus on Ex. 17, questions with original student answers!

[55 minutes] Breakfast Skits!

• Students in trios prepare brief skits about eating breakfast.
• Two of the students must each say five lines.
• Each line must contain at least one vocab word.
• Third student doesn't have to say anything, but during skit, must hold up a card/paper with each word vocab as it is spoken!
• Prepare for 40 minutes, present during last 15 minutes of this class period.
• Each student who misses today should write his/her own skit along these lines and present that text to CAH upon returning to class. Live presentation is optional and contingent on finding willing partner

Les Devoirs: Étudiez comme fou pour l'examen de vocabulaire 6.1

• Breakfast words pp. 184–185
• Exprimons-nous pp. 185 & 187
• Entre copains p. 189
• -ir verbs p. 190!

French 2: Wednesday March 6 2013 Lesson Plan

[early release: shortened periods!]

DUE: rien! Mais vous avez étudiez pour...

[30 minutes] L'examen de grammaire!

• dont, qui, and que (p. 314)
• passé composé (pp. 58, 60, 174)

[45 minutes] New Vocabulary: List 7.1! pp. 234–237

• Écoutez et répétez!

Les Devoirs: handwrite Vocab List 7.1 four times!

French 3: Wednesday March 6 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Transcription and Translation of two poems on pp. 209 & 210, "Je viens d'une île  de soleil" et "Le Canada"

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 5.2! pp. 198–201

[45 minutes] Finish poem translations!

Les Devoirs: rien! Be ready to head for Chapter 9, on the arts, next time!

French 1: Tuesday March 5 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write ten original sentences using the partitive and terms from Vocab 6.1.

1. Each sentence should have a different subject (i.e., a different person eating or having or wanting something) and a different direct object (a different food being eaten or had or wanted).
2. Pay attention to whether you need du, de la, or des.
3. Write two sentences in the negative, saying the subject doesn't want any of whatever you're talking about.

[10 minutes] Oral Warm-up! Students swap homework papers, read and translate each other's sentences. CAH checks homework during this time.
[20 minutes] Large group oral practice! CAH goes around twice. Each student reads a sentence from homework, and we check for proper use and understanding of the partitive.

• In simplest terms, the partitive means some. In the negative, it means none or not any.

[35 minutes] New Grammar: -ir verb conjugation! p. 190!

je finis	nous finissons
tu finis	vous finissez
il/elle finit	ils/elles finissent

• The plural forms (the 4, 5, and 6) take an extra -iss before the normal ending (think: "I'll get ISS if I don't add that ending!")
• The -ent in the ils/elles form is still silent!
• Practice the -ir verbs listed on p. 190: choisir, grossir, maigrir, grandir, réussir à.
• Practice with these fun and exciting verbs taken from the amazing Dictionnaire Inverse: rougir, démolir, obéir, brandir, blondir, subir, vrombir, vomir!
• Practice with pp. 190–191 Exs. 13 and 15

Les Devoirs: Write out p. 191, Exs. 16 and 17.

• In Ex. 17, write the question, then the answer in a complete sentence.
• And keep that 6.1 Vocab fresh for a quiz next week Monday, March 11!

French 2: Monday March 4 2013 Lesson Plan

Late start: Blocks 2 and 3 shift to Maroon 3 & 4 slots, but run normal 90 minutes!

DUE: rien! Mais étudiez beaucoup et sans cesser pour l'examen de Vocabulaire 9.2! pp. 322–325

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 9.2!

[30 minutes] Grammar Practice: dont-qui-que! Traduisez les phrases suivantes:

1. J'ai raté l'émission que j'adore.
2. Tu as raté l'émission qui joue à sept heures.
3. Nous avons raté l'émission dont Jean-Claude a parlé si passionnement.
4. Vous regardez le feuilleton dont la vedette est français?
5. Mes amis regardent le feuilleton qui ne m'interesse pas.
6. Papa a regardé un feuilleton que les enfants détestent.
7. The news program has a newscaster (m) whom we adore.
8. The sports program has a host (f) who is red-haired and smart.
9. The documentary has a host (m) whose elephants are famous.
10. I listened to a rap artist whose car cost a million euros.
11. We listened to a blues singer who lives in Louisiana.
12. Bob found the techno CD that his parents bought in Bordeaux.

[30 minutes] Verb Practice! Present and past tense.

• Work with past tense forms from pp. 58 and 60, plus reflexive past in Chapter 5!

Les Devoirs: rien! But study for that grammar quiz over dont qui que and present and past tense of verbs! pp. 58, 60, 174, and 314!

French 3: Monday March 4 2013 Lesson Plan

Late start! Slightly shorter period!

DUE: Write twelve sentences using apporter, amener, emporter, and emener (three for each verb).

[15 minutes] Homework sentences au tableau!

[15 minutes] Vocab Drill! Autour du monde!

[45 minutes] Work time on translations!

Les Devoirs: Translate both poems on pp. 209–210!

• Write out each poem in French, line by line.
• Then next to each French line, write your English version.
• And don't forget to study for Vocab Quiz 5.2!