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...

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

French 2: Friday April 26 2013 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs:

1. Prepare for Vocab Quiz 10.2! pp. 358–361... and don't forget la carte de crédit, la carte bleue, et la carte bancaire.
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!

[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!

1. Complete the above 4x4 verb tense grid!
2. Vocab Practice: Each student writes ten sentences about planning for a trip. 
1. Pick a country and a city therein.
2. Use at least ten terms from Vocab List 10.2 to tell us what you will do to get ready for the trip. 
3. 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:

1. Prepare for Vocab Quiz 10.2!
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: 

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 7.2, which happens jeudi, cette fois!
2. Translate the following sentences, most of which involve irregular past participles! You can find time expression hints on p. 242.
1. The jewelry department had silver chains yesterday evening.
2. We did some mountain-biking yesterday afternoon.
3. She did not drink pop last year.
4. Bob read those five books last week.
5. Michel lost that gold ring last month
6. It did not rain yesterday evening.
7. Were you able to finish this book yesterday morning?
8. Did you say that (que) you wanted that new wallet?
9. They wrote those ten stories last year.
10. These binoculars were on sale yesterday.
11. I looked for a new belt last week.
12. The boys took that cooler to the lake last month.
13. I chose some gloves yesterday
14. Jean-Pierre did not buy an umbrella yesterday
15. We were acquainted with four teachers of French.
16. We did not see our cousins last year.
17. I was obliged (devoir) to buy that windbreaker last week.
18. Dad gave Mom that diamond necklace; she wanted a fishing pole.
19. I did not put my watch in the tent.
20. 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: 

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 7.2, which happens jeudi, la prochaine fois!
2. Translate the following sentences, most of which involve irregular past participles! You can find time expression hints on p. 242.
1. The jewelry department had silver chains yesterday evening.
2. We did some mountain-biking yesterday afternoon.
3. She did not drink pop last year.
4. Bob read those five books last week.
5. Michel lost that gold ring last month
6. It did not rain yesterday evening.
7. Were you able to finish this book yesterday morning?
8. Did you say that (que) you wanted that new wallet?
9. They wrote those ten stories last year.
10. These binoculars were on sale yesterday.
11. I looked for a new belt last week.
12. The boys took that cooler to the lake last month.
13. I chose some gloves yesterday
14. Jean-Pierre did not buy an umbrella yesterday
15. We were acquainted with four teachers of French.
16. We did not see our cousins last year.
17. I was obliged (devoir) to buy that windbreaker last week.
18. Dad gave Mom that diamond necklace; she wanted a fishing pole.
19. I did not put my watch in the tent.
20. 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!

1. Vocab Quiz 7.1! pp. 276–279.
2. 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:

1. Nous chantons l'hymne nationale au match de basketball.
2. 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):

1. Papa _________ son montre. (vendre)
2. J’ __________ avec mon père à la fête. (danser)
3. Nous __________ maman deux heures. (attendre)
4. Est-ce que Mariama __________ le nouveau CD de Youssou N’Dour? (écouter)
5. Mon amie __________ des nouvelles boucles d'oreilles. (choisir)
6. Mon amie et moi __________ les boucles d’oreilles à la bijouterie. (acheter)
7. J'__________ mes devoirs à onze heures. (finir)
8. Quand est-ce que tu __________ ce maillot de bain? (porter)
9. Mireille __________ à l'examen de grammaire! (réussir)
10. Roxane et Océane __________ un collier en argent pour la prof de français. (chercher)
11. Vous __________ votre glacière? (perdre)
12. 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!

1. Due jeudi: Find one news article in French about a recent (since 1 janvier 2012) natural phenomenon. 
2. Due jeudi: Put a link to that article on the Shared Google Doc.
3. 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.
4. 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:

1. Nous chantons l'hymne nationale au match de basketball.
2. 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:

1. Complete the above 4x4 verb tense grid!
2. Vocab Practice: Each student writes ten sentences about planning for a trip. 
1. Pick a country and a city therein.
2. Use at least ten terms from Vocab List 10.2 to tell us what you will do to get ready for the trip. 
3. Write all ten sentences in the future tense ("I will buy... I will look for....")

French 2: Thursday April 18 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 10.1 (pp. 346–348 + countries on page R21!) jeudi, la prochaine fois! And remember, the quiz section covering the countries will be different from the norm: I will give you a map, and you will have to label the countries from this list in French!
2. Write 20 original sentences in the future tense—i.e., saying somebody will do something!

• Ten sentences must use je as the subject (I will...).
• Ten sentences must use a different subject.
• 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!)

[25 minutes] Vocab Quiz 10.1 

[30 minutes] Grammar Practice: Future Tense!

• Each student reads a sentence from his/her original homework; next student translates that sentence.

[25 minutes] New Vocabulary! List 10.2, pp. 358–361

• Écoutez et répétez!
• Add la carte de crédit, la carte bleue, and la carte bancaire.

Les Devoirs: Handwrite each vocab word/phrase four times.

French 2: Tuesday April 16 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Geographical Vocabulary/Grammar Practice! [Juniors gone last Friday for D-STEP are exempt from this assignment.]

1. Pick ten countries from Vocab List 10.1 (don't forget the extra countries on page R21!).
2. Grab a world map (without any labels on it!) from the Web and hand-label (i.e., use your pen/stylus) the ten countries you have chosen with their names in the French spelling.
3. Along with those labels, write a sentence for each country saying what you will do (future tense!) in that country.

[10 minutes] Speaking Practice: students partner up, read each other their travel stories, partners translate out loud back to English.

[20 minutes] Pratiquons la géographie!

• Students go to SmartBoard with partners. One reads sentences, other points to and labels countries on world map (see also this version) as student reads.

[25 minutes] Grammar Practice: Future Tense! Translate the following sentences into French (we'll go over them together in class today!):

1. I will speak with the English girls.
2. Will you finish your conversation with the German boys?
3. The Italian boy will go to summer camp.
4. We will see the Portuguese women.
5. Will you travel abroad this summer?
6. The Italian ladies will do some windsurfing.
7. I will go hiking.
8. Will you take a guided tour in New Zealand?
9. The Spanish guy will go mountain-climbing in Switzerland.
10. We will visit Russia.
11. Will you be in Norway in June?
12. My friends will visit their grandmother in Brazil by boat.

[15 minutes] Face-to-face vocab drill!

Les Devoirs: 

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 10.1 (pp. 346–348 + countries on page R21!) jeudi, la prochaine fois!
2. Write 20 original sentences in the future tense—i.e., saying somebody will do something!

• Ten sentences must use je as the subject (I will...).
• Ten sentences must use a different subject.
• 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: Friday April 12 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Future Tense, pp. 250–251 Exs. 26, 27, and 28. (Yes, as usual, write out the complete sentences.)

[10 minutes] Grammar Review: Read homework sentences aloud, focus on correct endings

[30 minutes] Slightly New Grammar: Irregular Future Forms (p. 252)

• Various French verbs, like those listed on p. 252, have irregular future stems.
• Practice irregular forms (see online flashcards here, a list here, another list here)
• Irregularity in the present (boire, dire, mettre) does not guarantee irregularity in the future... but most verbs that do something freaky in the future also do something freaky in the present.
• Practice with p. 252 and 253 Exercises #30, 31, 32.

Les Devoirs: Geographical Vocabulary/Grammar Practice! [Juniors gone for D-STEP are exempt from this assignment.]

1. Pick ten countries from Vocab List 10.1 (don't forget the extra countries on page R21!).
2. Grab a world map (without any labels on it!) from the Web and hand-label (i.e., use your pen/stylus) the ten countries you have chosen with their names in the French spelling.
3. Along with those labels, write a sentence for each country saying what you will do (future tense!) in that country.

Also study for Vocab Quiz 10.1, which takes place jeudi, le 18 avril!

French 3: Tuesday April 16 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write all Vocab 7.1 words and phrases, including Exprimons-nous, four times.

[25 minutes] Oral Vocab Practice!

• First CAH leads écoutez et répétez (we didn't do this last time!)
• Then students practice in pairs for five minutes while CAH checks homework.
• Questions: Quel est pire/plus mal/plus terrible...? Quel phénomène naturel as-tu vu? Que fait ce phénomène?

[25 minutes] Written Vocab Practice!

• Students write out pp. 278–279 Exs. 1, 2, 3, & 4!
• Go over answers ensemble

[30 minutes] Reading Practice: Les nouvelles!

• Lisez et traduisez ensemble de la tempête de neige en mars en Normandie.

Les Devoirs: Reading and translating the news!

1. Due jeudi: Find one news article in French about a recent (since 1 janvier 2012) natural phenomenon. 
2. Due jeudi: Put a link to that article on the Shared Google Doc.
3. 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.
4. 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!

French 1: Monday April 15 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Translate the following sentences, paying close attention to proper use of interrogative (quel!) and demonstrative (ce!) pronouns:

Example:

• Which vest is Mr. H. wearing? 
• Quel gilet porte Monsieur H.? 
• He's wearing that purple silk vest.
• Il porte ce gilet en soie violet.

1. Which blouse do you prefer?
2. I prefer this white silk blouse.
3. Which boots do you want?
4. I want those black leather boots.
5. Which jacket does Bob like?
6. Bob likes that blue denim jacket.
7. Which socks are you wearing to the mountains?
8. I'm wearing these gray wool socks.
9. Which shirts do Louis and Frédéric want?
10. They want those blue linen shirts.
11. Which sweater are you wearing to the club?
12. I'm wearing this loose green sweater.
13. Which pants are you wearing to the party?
14. I'm wearing those tight black pants.

But first...

[25 minutes] Vocab Quiz 7.1! pp. 222–225!

[25 minutes] Homework on board! Students write the above 14 sentences in corresponding pairs on board for class review.

• CAH checks homework for completeness and records quiz scores at this time. 
• Have students correct each other's sentences, then practice pronunciation in dialogue format!

[25 minutes] Introduce last new vocab list! 7.2! 

• pp. 234–235 (note the difference between la bague et l'anneau!)
• p. 236 (mille et million... but note the big discussion of milliard and billion)
• p. 237 Exprimons-nous.

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.

French 2: Monday April 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write all vocab words, phrases, and place names on pp. 346–348 and country names on p. R21 four times.

[40 minutes] Vocabulary Practice!

• Students practice listening and pronunciation of words in pairs (CAH checks homework during this time).
• CAH drills students on countries first. Practice with "tu as visité... tu veux visité...?"
• Drill remaining vocab together. Note masculine/feminine differences in nationality adjectives.
• Written practice: do p. 348 Exs. 2 and 3.

[40 minutes] New Grammar: Future Tense! pp. 250 and 252

• Easier than past tense, harder than imperfective!
• New endings: -ai, as, -a, ons, -ez, -ont
• Basic stems: use infinitive of -er and -ir verbs; use infinitive of -re verbs minus the -e.
• Note irregulars on p. 252

Les Devoirs: pp. 250–251 Exs. 26, 27, and 28. (Yes, as usual, write out the complete sentences.)

French 1: Thursday April 11 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE:

1. Do p. 229 Exs. 14 & 15. (As always, write complete sentences!)
2. Write descriptions of two ideal outfits, two outfits that you like to wear.
• Each outfit must include five items of clothing from Vocab List 7.1.
• You must describe each item of clothing with an adjective.
• Each outfit must go with a different season.
• Use phrases like Je porte..., je voudrais porter....

[10 minutes] Vocab/Grammar warm-up! Translate the following commands, using imperative forms of porter:

1. Wear your jeans! (tu)
2. Wear your suit! (vous)
3. Let's wear our boots!
4. Wear your scarf! (tu)
5. Wear your sunglasses! (vous)
6. Let's wear our parkas!

• All students write down translations; then pick six to write translations au tableau.
• CAH checks homework during this time.

[20 minutes] Oral conversation practice: Students read their outfit sentences aloud; CAH asks questions, students respond.

[20 minutes] Grammar review: interrogative adjectives (quel): Students read p. 229 Exs. 14 & 15 aloud, compare sentences.

[20 minutes] Oral grammar practice with ce and quel:

• CAH asks Quel/Quelle/Quels/Quelles ___ préfères-tu?
• Students respond Je préfère ce/cet/cette/ces ____.
• At halfway mark, switch order! Let students ask me quel.

Les Devoirs: 

1. Étudiez comme fous pour l'examen de vocabulaire 7.1, pp. 222–225 lundi, le 15 avril!
2. Then translate the following sentences:

Example:

• Which vest is Mr. H. wearing? 
• Quel gilet est-ce que Monsieur H. porte? 
• He's wearing that purple silk vest.
• Il porte ce gilet en soie violet.

1. Which blouse do you prefer?
2. I prefer this white silk blouse.
3. Which boots do you want?
4. I want those black leather boots.
5. Which jacket does Bob like?
6. Bob likes that blue denim jacket.
7. Which socks are you wearing to the mountains?
8. I'm wearing these gray wool socks.
9. Which shirts do Louis and Frédéric want?
10. They want those blue linen shirts.
11. Which sweater are you wearing to the club?
12. I'm wearing this loose green sweater.
13. Which pants are you wearing to the party?
14. I'm wearing those tight black pants.

...and don't use Google Translate. I've already checked; they come out with all sorts of errors that you don't want to make. Use Vocab List 7.1 and your brain.

French 3: Monday April 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Track down a real poster for a French stage show, circus, concert, or other such spectacle. 
2. Prepare that poster to display on the SmartBoard.
3. Prepare one minute of comment (in French!) on said poster.
4. Be ready to present on Monday

And study for Vocab Quiz 9.2, which happens today!

But first...

[20 minutes] Verb Tense Practice! Everybody write the ils/elles form of an -ir verb on the board in the six big tenses (present, past, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive) and the present participle. Plus, write one sentence using one of those forms and be ready to translate it!

[20 minutes] Les présentations des posters des spectacles français!

• Students present with poster on board but with no notes!
• Each student asks the speaker who follows her/him a question about the show; speaker responds! (Last speaker asks first speaker.)

[25 minutes] Vocab Quiz 9.2! pp. 378–381 and R21 "Les arts" list

[25 minutes] Introduce Vocab List 7.1 "Les phénomènes naturels," pp. 276–279

Les Devoirs pour vendredi (mercredi: D-STEP! pas de classe!): Write all Vocab 7.1 words and phrases, including Exprimons-nous, four times.

French 1: Friday April 5 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! p. 227 exs. 8 & 9

[15 minutes] Grammar Warm-up: Verb Conjugation!

• Students write conjugations for nager, commencer, pouvoir, savoir, maigrir, grandir, écrire, and comprendre.
• If in doubt, look up conjugations in back of book (R24–R25!) or on WordReference.com's verb conjugator.
• CAH checks vocab homework for completion during this time.
• Pick students to write conjugations on board.

[5 minutes] Oral Practice: Students read responses to Exercises 8 & 9 to each other, checking for agreement of ce/cet/cette/ces forms and adjectives!

[15 minutes] Written/Oral Practice: Students write Exs. 8 & 9 on board, we check for masculine/feminine and singular/plural agreement.

[30 minutes] New Grammar: Interrogative Adjectives! (quel/quelle/quels/quelles p. 228)

• Recall some phrases we've already used: Quel âge as-tu? De quelle couleur? Quelle heure est-il? Quel jour est-ce que tu as français? Quelle taille? Quelle pointure?
• We've used forms of quel before!
• quel = which? what? or what!

1. Quel foulard veux-tu? "Which scarf do you want?"
2. Quelle est ta saison préférée? "What is your favorite season?"
3. Quelle belle fille! "What a beautiful girl!" Quels beaux garçons! "What handsome boys!"

• Note that our friend Qu'est-ce que means "what"... but we use it a little differently from quel:

1. Qu'est-ce que tu penses? "What do you think?"
2. Qu'est-ce que tu veux? "What do you want?"
3. Qu'est-ce que vous faites? "What are you doing?"

• Practice p. 228 Exs. 12 & 13: students get time to write answers at desk, then write on board.

 Les Devoirs:

1. Do p. 229 Exs. 14 & 15. (As always, write complete sentences!)
2. Write descriptions of two ideal outfits, two outfits that you like to wear.
• Each outfit must include five items of clothing from Vocab List 7.1.
• You must describe each item of clothing with an adjective.
• Each outfit must go with a different season.
• Use phrases like Je porte..., je voudrais porter....

French 3: Thursday April 4 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Create a show/circus poster!

• Each poster should be at least 17" x 22" (four standard sheets of paper taped together).
• Each poster should include at least five vocab words from Vocab List 9.2! 

[10 minutes] Poster Prep! Get ready to make a brief oral presentation based on your poster!

[20 minutes] Spectacle/Circus Poster Presentation!

• At front of class, announce your show, sell it, make us want to go!

[60 minutes] Online research time for...

Les Devoirs! 

1. Track down a real poster for a French stage show, circus, concert, or other such spectacle. 
2. Prepare that poster to display on the SmartBoard.
3. Prepare one minute of comment (in French!) on said poster.
4. Be ready to present on Monday

And study for Vocab Quiz 9.2 !

French 2: Thursday April 4 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez étudié les pages magiques 58, 60, 174, et 198 sans cesse pour...

[45 minutes] L'examen de grammaire: Imparfait et Passé Composé! (Grammar Quiz: Imperfect and Past Tense)

• CAH will give you several subject-verb phrases and sentences in English. They will be in the imperfect (was doing/happening) and past tense (did/happened). You'll need to translate them into French, paying close attention to the proper verb tense.
• Expect examples to include irregular past participles (esp. forms listed on p. 58), past tense forms that take être instead of avoir (see pp. 60 and 174), and the one verb in the entire French language that forms its imperfective irregularly (p. 198).
• CAH may also throw in a couple present tense forms, just to make sure you are paying attention.

[30 minutes] Introduce new Vocabulary List 10.1!

• Practice vocab on pp. 346–348, plus country names on p. R21!
• Students should expect a vocab quiz that, contrary to past practice, will require them to write the French versions of the place names instead of just recognizing the sound of the French names and translating them to English.

[15 minutes] Finish remaining oral quizzes!

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab words, phrases, and place names on pp. 346–348 and country names on p. R21 four times.

French 1: Wednesday April 3 2013 Lesson Plan

Shortened periods! Early release at 14:00!

DUE: Les Devoirs! Vocab List 7.1 pp. 222–225: 

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

[10 minutes] Grammar Warm-up: Verb Conjugation!

• Students write conjugations for porter, chercher, perdre, prendre, avoir, vouloir, boire, and dire.
• If in doubt, look up conjugations in back of book (R24–R25!) or on WordReference.com's verb conjugator.
• CAH checks vocab homework for completion during this time.
• Pick students to write conjugations on board.

[5 minutes] Vocab 7.1 Review: Pronunciation Practice! Écoutez et répétez!

[25 minutes] New Vocab Practice: Do pp. 224–225 Exs. 3, 1, 2, and 4 together.

[20 minutes] La Nouvelle Grammaire: Demonstrative Adjective! p. 226

• this and that = ce/cet, cette
• these and those = ces
• notice: ce becomes cet when it comes right before a word that starts with a vowel: cet anorak, cet ami.
• But watch out! This rule does not mean that you always use cet with masculine nouns that start with vowels! You say cet homme, but if an adjective intervenes, and that adjective starts with a consonant, cet goes back to ce: ce grand homme. And if you have a noun that starts with a consonant but then stick an adjective that starts with a vowel in front of it, ce becomes cet: cet ancien médecin.
• new vocab: I read form with definite article, students respond with proper demonstrative adjective

Les Devoirs:

1. For next time: Write p. 227 Exs. 8 & 9 (yes, write complete sentences).
2. For jeudi, le 11 avril: Study for Vocab Quiz 7.1!

French 3: Tuesday April 2 2013 Lesson Plan

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

[15 minutes] Verb Practice! Each student picks one verb, writes the vous form of the present, past, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive plus the present participle of a verb of his/her choosing!

[30 minutes] Vocab 9.2 Practice!

• CAH poses questions about spectacles students like.
• Do pp. 380–381 Exs. 24–27 together.

[45 minutes] Work time for posters!

Les Devoirs: Create a show/circus poster!

• Each poster should be at least 17" x 22" (four standard sheets of paper taped together).
• Each poster should include at least five vocab words from Vocab List 9.2!