French 1: Fri-Mon, September 7-10, 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

• Interview six classmates in French, find out their age, write down how old they are (in complete sentences, writing out the numbers as words!
• [added Sept 6! Maroon 2 students may complete this task by Tues., Sept 11] Add your ten words from the first vocab lookup assignment to the Homegrown Vocab list on Google Docs. Include English word, French word (with special characters!), your name and section (M2, W2, W4), and any useful notes.

[25 minutes] Make sure the Homegrown Vocab list on Google Docs is working for everyone! Everyone will have access before leaving this classroom!

[20 minutes] Practice Quel âge as-tu?

• Students pair up, switch papers, read each others age reports out loud.
• CAH checks homework during this time. 
• Then extend: CAH asks students how old others are: Quel âge a Bob/Marie? Il a ___ ans. Elle a ___ ans

[15 minutes] Practice basic conversations!

• Bonjour!
• Comment tu t'appelles? Je m'appelle ___.
• Enchanté(e)!
• Ça va/Comment ça va?/Ça va bien?/Comment allez-vous?
• Bien/Mal/Très.../Comme ci comme ça.
• Au revoir/À plus tard/À bientôt/À tout à l'heure....

[20 minutes] Practice numbers 1-30 (include 40!)

Les Devoirs: étudiez pour l'examen de vocabulaire la prochaine fois!

French 2: Fri/Mon, September 7-10, 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write out p. 13, Exs. 13-14

[20 minutes] Vocab review!

• [10 minutes] Students line up face to face, ask each other vocab words.
• [10 minutes] CAH/TA drills students
• Remember: Vocab Quiz next time!

[15 minutes] Review homework!

• First, students in pairs read each other their responses.
• CAH checks papers during this time.
• Then students write sentences on board, we correct them together!

[25 minutes] beau, nouveau, vieux

• Note the exceptional -l in the masculing form before vowels!
• Practice with Exs. 17-18 
• Each student writes six sentences, two for each of these adjectives. Try to come up with masculine/feminine pairs!
• Students share sentences out loud

Les Devoirs: Translate to English p. 17 "La famille au Maroc"

• Write out the entire paragraph in French (yes, transcribe!).
• Below that transcription, write a reasonable English translation of the paragraph. Don't use Google Translate! First, translate as much as you can just from your brain. Listen for cognates (French words that look like their English counterparts). Leave blanks for what you don't know. Then turn to your textbook glossary, the dictionary, etc. to translate the rest.

French 3: Thursday, September 6, 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write three times...

• all vocab words in List #1, p. 37
• Exprimons-nous phrases on pp. 7 & 9
• the word foirer (p. 8... and note diff Québecois meaning!)

[10 minutes] Quiz en pairs! Students pair up, quiz each other on the vocab words

• CAH checks homework and enters points during this time.

[10 minutes] Vocab practice with CAH

• CAH says vocab aloud, students give translation. 
• Do some French to English, some English to French
• Don't forget foirer (and note it's not polite in France)!
• Vocab Quiz 1.1 will happen Monday, Sept. 10! Étudiez!

[20 minutes] Vocab Practice: Do pp. 8-9, Exs. 1, 3, 4, 5 together in class (quiet time to write, then respond aloud)

[10 minutes] Regular Verb Conjugation Practice: Do pp. 10-11 Exs. 8 & 10 together

[20 minutes] Common Irregular Verb Practice: p. 12

• avoir, être, aller, faire, prendre, venir
• CAH gives each student a sentence to translate from English to French on board!

Les Devoirs:

1. Write out pp. 12-13 Exs. 13 & 15 (irregular verb conjugation!). Write out the complete sentences, including the questions for Ex. 15, Abby (and everyone else)!
2. Étudiez pour l'examen de vocabulaire lundi, le 10 septembre!

Mika: "Elle me dit"

A student played this song for me on his phone yesterday: "Elle me dit," by Mika, 2011:
Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?
Danse, danse, danse!

French 1: Wed/Thu September 5-6 Lesson Plan

DUE: pp. 6-8: Write each phrase in each dialogue bubble in French, then in English, then again in French.

[10 minutes] Review numbers and greetings.

[10 minutes] Students practice reading Vocab bubbles to each other; practice with at least three different partners, doing each side of the conversation in each pairing.

• CAH checks homework during this time
• Note Vocab Quiz coming meeting after next, over greetings and numbers

[15 minutes] Connect students to Google Docs Vocab Sheets!

• Students type e-mail username on shared sheet; CAH uses this text document to generate invites and open Google Doc Homegrown Vocab spreadsheet to students.

[20 minutes] More numbers!

• p. 10: add 13-30 to our counting
• Do Ex. 11 together -- write numbers down!
• Do Exs. 12-13 together

[15 minutes] Age! p.11!

• CAH leads examples, then students practice with each other.
• Note pronouns: j'ai, tu as, il a, elle a

Les Devoirs: Quel âge as-tu?

• Interview six classmates in French, find out their age, write down how old they are (in complete sentences, writing out the numbers as words!
• [added Sept 6! Maroon 2 students may complete this task by Tues., Sept 11] Add your ten words from the first vocab lookup assignment to the Homegrown Vocab list on Google Docs. Include English word, French word (with special characters!), your name and section (M2, W2, W4), and any useful notes.

French 2: Wednesday, September 5 Lesson Plan

DUE: Write all words in Vocab List 1.1 four times!

[15 minutes]: Vocab practice! Tell each other about your families!

• Students pair up, tell each other about family members.
• Pay attention! Take notes!

[15 minutes] Oral Presentation: Students tell the class about their partners' families; listeners recount details!

[15 minutes] Grammar Practice: avoir and être

• Quick oral practice: do Exercise 7 together out loud
• Students write out Exercises 6 & 8; read answers together in class

[20 minutes] Adjective Agreement (p. 12)

• Recall the basic rules: masculine form is the base; feminine usually adds -e; plural usually adds -s
• Do Exs. 11 and 12 together

Les Devoirs: Write out complete sentences and answers for p. 13, Exs. 13 and 14.

French 3: Tuesday, September 4 Lesson Plan

DUE: First presentation!

• Prepare to speak to the class in French for 60 seconds.
• Tell us what you did this summer.
• Speak without notes.
• Your time does not include pauses, whether vocalized (um... uh... I don't know what to say!) or not.

[15 minutes] Practice... and get textbooks!

• Students trio up, deliver their one-minute presentations to each other twice.
• Students establish a speaking order on board.
• During this practice, students should check out French 3 textbooks.

[25 minutes] Presentations: Ce que j'ai fait en été!

• Students speak!
• After each presentation students answers one question from next speaker and one question from le prof. 

[20 minutes] Grammar Review: Regular Verbs! (pp. 10-11)

• Review conjugation chart on p. 10
• Write conjugations for étudier, finir, perdre
• Do Exs. 8, 9, and 10 together in class

[15 minutes] New Vocabulary (mostly review!) 1.1

• Students read pp. 6-7 aloud to themselves first.
• Then we read and repeat for pronunciation practice.
• Note use of on for one or we.

Les Devoirs: Write three times...

• all vocab words in List #1, p. 37
• Exprimons-nous phrases on pp. 7 & 9
• the word foirer (p. 8... and note diff Québecois meaning!)