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!