French 1: Nov 17-18 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! pp. 97-98 Exs. 32, 33, & 36. Write complete sentences!

{30 minutes} Review homework out loud!

{30 minutes} Review for Vocab Quiz 3.2, which happens next meeting, Nov. 21-22!

Les Devoirs: nothing to hand in next time, but...

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 3.2!
• p. 107, Vocabulaire 2
• p. 93, "Entre Copains" slang terms
  
2. Start working on family slideshow!
• minimum 5 slides (PowerPoint, Prezi, whatever works for you)
• each slide should tell about a family member
• each slide should have at least one relevant image
  
• each slide should have at least three relevant words
• you will present a few simple sentences orally with each slide to tell us about each person (you are not to write your sentences word-for-word on your slides!)
  

French 2: Nov. 17-18 Lesson Plan

DUE: Grocery/Direction Skits! Criteria:

• In trios, write original conversations relating to a shopping trip.
• First, two people at home decide they need some groceries. Tell us why, and tell us what!
• Update 2011.11.16: Minimum five items! That allows the shopkeepers (see below) to give four different directions, then to say "We're out!" of a fifth item.
  
• Head out to at least two different shops!
• Each shopper meets a shopkeeper; they greet each other.
• Shopper must say, "I need X amount of grocery Y. Where is/are Y?"
  
• Shopkeeper must give different directions (see direction words, p. 97) for four of the groceries.
• Shopkeeper must say that he/she doesn't have any or is out of one of the items (use the partitive! "Nous n'avons pas de..." or "Il n'y a pas de..."). And be sure to express regret!
• Shoppers come home, say what they got!
• Vocabulary should focus on terms from Chap. 3 and previous!
• If you rely heavily on terms not learned so far, please provide a glossary of key terms on the board (maximum five!)

{10 minutes} Practice Time!

• Gather props
• Practice lines and movement (also known in theater as blocking)

{60 minutes} Present Grocery/Direction Skits!

• Students may use scripts. If reading, please make an effort to sound natural and conversational.
  
• No time limits, minimum or maximum.
  
• CAH will score based on fulfillment of the above criteria, as well as pronunciation, information, and grammar.

Les Devoirs: rien! Study like crazy for Vocab Quiz 3.2 next time!

• direction words/phrases on p. 97
• Vocab 2 on p. 113
  

French 1: Nov. 15-16 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Translate the following phrases into French! (pronouns in parenthesis indicate whether you are talking to tu or vous, singular/familiar or plural/formal.)

1. her half-sister
2. your (vous) grandson
3. my grandpa
4. his grandparents
5. her cousin (f)
6. their husband
7. our cat
8. your (vous) stepmother
9. her uncle
10. our daughters
11. my son
12. your (tu) cousins (m)
13. their granddaughter
14. his mother
15. your (tu) aunts
16. my wife
17. your (vous) nieces
18. his children
19. their brother
20. your (tu) grandma
21. your (vous) grandchildren
22. his dogs
23. her sisters
24. their parents
25. my father
26. our stepfather
27. our nephew
28. your (tu) family

{15 minutes} Review homework! Possessive Adjectives!

• Students put answers to #1-28 on board, in order!
• Practice pronunciation

{20 minutes} More possessive adjective practice!

• Do pp. 94, Exs. 26-28 together

{30 minutes} Possessive and Contractions with de!

• Note use of de to show possession (la chose de Robert!)
• Oral practice: have students tell what belongs to whom (Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est l'ordinateur de Madi!)
• p. 96: contractions! du, de la, de l', and des!
• Do Exs. 31 together
  

Les Devoirs: pp. 97-98 Exs. 32, 33, & 36. Write complete sentences!

French 2: Nov. 15-16 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les devoirs! Six shop signs!

• Must include the French word for the shop and an appropriate image.

{20 minutes} Direction practice! p. 97!

• Students practice in pairs using the direction words/phrases on p. 97 (devant, derrière, entre, à côté de, à droite de, à gauche de), describing the position of certain objects and/or themselves in this classroom.
• After pairs practice, CAH will call on each student to use one of the direction words/phrases in a sentence!

{10 minutes} Contraction Practice pp. 102-103

• Review contractions with à and de
• Do Exs. 40-41 together out loud; CAH writes answers on board.

{60 minutes} Time to work on Grocery/Direction skits!

• In trios, write original conversations relating to a shopping trip.
• First, two people at home decide they need some groceries. Tell us why, and tell us what!
• Update 2011.11.16: Minimum five items! That allows the shopkeepers (see below) to give four different directions, then to say "We're out!" of a fifth item.
  
• Head out to at least two different shops!
• Each shopper meets a shopkeeper; they greet each other.
• Shopper must say, "I need X amount of grocery Y. Where is/are Y?"
  
• Shopkeeper must give different directions (see direction words, p. 97) for four of the groceries.
• Shopkeeper must say that he/she doesn't have any or is out of one of the items (use the partitive! "Nous n'avons pas de..." or "Il n'y a pas de..."). And be sure to express regret!
• Shoppers come home, say what they got!
• Vocabulary should focus on terms from Chap. 3 and previous!
• If you rely heavily on terms not learned so far, please provide a glossary of key terms on the board (maximum five!)
  
• Present in class on Nov. 17-18!

Also study for Vocab Quiz 3.2—Vocab 2 on p. 113, plus direction words on p. 97. Vocab Quiz 3.2 will take place Nov. 21-22!

French 1: Nov. 10-14 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: New Vocab Writing Practice!

• Write each new vocab word/phrase four times.
• p. 93 "Entre Copains" (branché/branchée, chouette, un gamin/une gamine, un frangin/une frangine, mes vieux, mamie, papi)
• p. 107 Vocabulaire 2

{10 minutes} Warm-up! p.93!

• In trios, one student asks a question from p. 93 Exprimons-nous!
• Second student answers the question.
• Third student translates what was just said!

{5 minutes} Listening practice! p. 92, ex. 21

{20 minutes} Vocab Practice: p. 92 exs. 22 & 23

• Students work in pairs on these exercises, review together.

{30 minutes} Possessive Adjectives! p. 94!

• Show masculine, feminine, and plural forms for all possessive adjectives.
• Practice with Exercises 26, 27, and 28 in class.

Les Devoirs: Translate the following phrases into French! (pronouns in parenthesis indicate whether you are talking to tu or vous, singular/familiar or plural/formal.)

1. her half-sister
2. your (vous) grandson
3. my grandpa
4. his grandparents
5. her cousin (f)
6. their husband
7. our cat
8. your (vous) stepmother
9. her uncle
10. our daughters
11. my son
12. your (tu) cousins (m)
13. their granddaughter
14. his mother
15. your (tu) aunts
16. my wife
17. your (vous) nieces
18. his children
19. their brother
20. your (tu) grandma
21. your (vous) grandchildren
22. his dogs
23. her sisters
24. their parents
25. my father
26. our stepfather
27. our nephew
28. your (tu) family

French 2: Nov. 10-14 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: Vocab Writing Practice! Vocab 3.2, pp. 94-95

• Write every vocab word/phrase on pp. 94-95 three times, including the sentences in Exprimons-nous on p. 95.
• Write sentences for every word in the pictures.
  
• Sentences should tell us where people work (e.g., Le boucher travaille... où? La cassière travaille... où?), what they sell (e.g., La boulangère vend... quoi? Le poissonier vend... quoi?), and/or what you buy where (e.g., Au supermarché j'achète un litre de... quoi? Au crémerie on achète... quoi?).
• "J'aime..." is not allowed for this assignment!
• You may use a maximum of five vocab words in a single sentence.

{10 minutes} Pronunciation warm-up! Écoutez et répétez! pp. 94-95

{25 minutes} Q&A: "Que vend...?"

• Ask students what certain shops and shopkeepers sell. Students must respond with two specific items.

{20 minutes}: Students write original sentences from assignment on the board! Review for grammar!

{10 minutes} Return groceries to sensible order on east shelves!

Les Devoirs: Grocery/Directions skit!

• First, everyone makes six store signs for next meeting Nov. 15-16!
• signs must include French word and an appropraite graphic for the type of store!

• Then, in trios, write original conversations relating to a shopping trip.
• First, two people at home decide they need some groceries. Tell us why, and tell us what!
• Head out to at least two different shops!
• Each shopper meets a shopkeeper; they greet each other.
• Shopper must say, "I need X amount of grocery Y. Where is/are Y?"
  
• Shopkeeper must give different directions (see direction words, p. 97) for four of the groceries.
• Shopkeeper must say that he/she doesn't have any or is out of one of the items (use the partitive! "Nous n'avons pas de..." or "Il n'y a pas de..."). And be sure to express regret!
• Shoppers come home, say what they got!
  
• Present in class on Nov. 17-18!
  

Un sac en plastique? Non! Le panier!

Chapter 3 of our French textbook includes the following supermarché vocabulary:

• le chariot: shopping cart
• le sac en plastique: plastic shopping bag

This chapter focuses on Québec, not France. Still, for our young French learners, we should mention le panier, the ever-popular basket with handles that typical French folks use to pick up an armload of provisions at the bakery, the deli, etc. And do note that the word comes from saying "the thing you put your bread in"!

We should also mention that the French government has for the most part banned plastic shopping bags, reducing the number of plastic bags used annually in France by 85% since 2002.