French 3: Monday November 19 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Think of and write down five ways that you could involve the first-graders in the stories you present to them in December! For instance, maybe when the kids hear certain words, they can make sounds to represent them, or maybe they could say a couple words as a magic spell at a key point in the story. (I know, you haven't written your stories yet, but let these ideas guide what you write.)

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 3.1!

[60 minutes] Story Brainstorming and Writing Time! CAH will look over today's homework, the five kid-involvement ideas you have for your stories.

Les Devoirs: For Wednesday, every student should write a brief fairy tale/fable/legend en français suitable for presentation to first-graders. No time limit; if we have a lot of one-minute stories, we can combine them into a series for the young'uns.

French 2: Tuesday November 20 2012 Lesson Plan

Attention: substitut chez nous!

DUE: Les Devoirs: Écrivez les mots et les expression du Vocab 4.1 quatre fois, incluyant "Exprimons-nous" et "Entre Copains"! There should be at least 49 items written four times on your homework. Allez!

Substitute will check homework for completeness at beginning of class!

[20 minutes] Drill oral quiz questions! 

1. Maroon 1: Teacher's Assistant Weston leads a round of questions, two per student; then students go face to face.
2. Maroon 3: Michael, Adrianna, Katelyn, Jordon, Brandee and Megan each lead a group (see columns in chart below). Group leaders ask each person in group three questions; then students ask each other questions in order in group, suggest corrections in word choice, grammar, and pronunciation as necessary.

Michael	Adrianna	Katelyn	Jordon	Brandee	Megan
Bryce	Trey	Noah	Audrey	Alec	Tyler
Shea	Karson	Alexandria	Tyrell	Alexandra	Rance
Parker	Bree	Evan	Victoria	Kyra

Again, details on oral quiz:

• Two meetings from now (Nov. 26), we will do another one-on-one oral interview in the hall.
• Eight questions total!
• CAH will ask you five questions about where one can buy certain groceries (Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...?).
• To get full credit, you need to respond in a complete sentence saying where one can buy such things (On peut acheter... à ...).
• You can use le supermarché in no more than one response. The rest of your responses must use terms for specific shops.
• CAH will ask you two questions about whether you like shopping, who in your family does the shopping, and/or what items you enjoy shopping for.
• You must then ask CAH one grocery-related question. CAH will respond in second-year French. You will translate his response into English.

[30 minutes] Object Pronoun Placement in Past Tense (p. 122)

1. We have studied direct object and indirect object pronouns (pp. 46 & 48):
   1. I love you. = Je t'aime.
   2. Do you love me? = Tu m'aimes?
   3. Bob is watching her. = Bob la regarde.
   4. She is reading them (the books). = Elle les lit.
   5. Our parents are giving a car to us. = Nos parents nous donne une voiture.
   6. I'm baking her a cake. = Je lui fais cuire un gâteau.
   7. She is showing him her homework. = Elle lui montre ses devoirs.
   8. We are going to speak to them. = Nous allons leur parler.
2. The new trick here: using those direct object and indirect object pronouns in the past tense!
3. Remember, past tense (passé composé) is a compound verb form, with a helping verb (usually avoir conjugated) and a past participle:
1. I loved = J'ai aimé.
2. She read = Elle a lu.
3. We spoke = Nous avons parlé.
4. Object pronouns go before the helping verb!):
1. I loved you. = Je t'ai aimée.
2. Did you love me? = Tu m'as aimé?
3. Bob watched her. = Bob l'a regardée.
4. She read them (the books). = Elle les a lus.
5. Our parents gave a car to us. = Nos parents nous ont donné une voiture.
6. I baked her a cake. = Je lui ai fait cuire un gâteau.
7. She showed him her homework. = Elle lui a montré ses devoirs.
8. We spoke to them. = Nous leur avons parlé.
5. Notice: when you place a direct object pronoun before a past tense verb, you have to make the participle agree in gender and number with that pronoun!
1. She loved him. = Elle l'a aimé.
2. He loved her. = Il l'a aimée.
3. Papa saw them (his sons). = Papa les a vus.
4. Papa saw them (his daughters). = Papa les a vues.
6. You don't have to make participles agree with indirect object pronouns:
1. Mom read a story to him. = Elle lui a lu une histoire.
2. Mom read a story to her. = Elle lui a lu une histoire.
3. Mom read a story to them (the boys). = Elle leur a lu une histoire.
4. Mom read a story to them (the girls). = Elle leur a lu une histoire.

In-Class Assignment: Complete the following tasks and show them to the substitute by the end of class!

A. Translate the following sentences from French to English:

1. Je lui ai acheté un cadeau.
2. Je l'ai acheté au centre commercial.
3. Voilà mes lunettes de protection! Je les ai voulues hier.
4. J'ai étudié le français. Je l'ai aimé.
5. Nous n'avons pas le livre. Nous l'avons rendu au CDI.
6. Jean a passé un examen d'histoire. Il l'a raté.

B. Rewrite the following sentences in French, converting the bold words to indirect object pronouns:

1. J'ai donné des bonbons au conseiller d'education.
2. Nous avons donné nos devoirs à Mme Reede.
3. Vous avez donné les livres à vos amis?
4. Louis a donné les fleurs aux belles filles.

C. Rewrite the following sentences in French, converting the bold words to direct object pronouns. When necessary (i.e., when the direct object is feminine or plural), remember to change the past participle to agree in gender and number!

1. Vous avez lu le roman?
2. Vous avez vu la fille dangereuse?
3. Vous avez vu les gâteaux énormes?
4. Vous avez vu les voitures vites?
5. J'ai mangé le steak.
6. J'ai mangé la tarte aux pommes.
7. Les enfants ont mangé les champignons.
8. Les enfants ont mangé les framboises.

Les Devoirs: Rien, but n'oubliez pas étudier pour l'examen oral, qui se passe lundi, le 26 novembre! Pratiquez beaucoup pendant le Thanksgiving!

French 1: Fri/Mon November 16/19 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Vocab 4.1 pp. 112–114: Écrivez les mots et expressions quatre fois!

[30 minutes] Vocabulary Practice!

• Practice pronunciation out loud as group.
• Practice pronunication in pairs.
• Do Exs. 1, 2, and 4 together

[20 minutes] Time Practice!

• CAH gives time; students write time on board/in notebooks.
• Students pair up, do same practice

[30 minutes] -re verbs! p. 116

• Singular forms look different; plural forms look familiar!
• Practice saying and writing conjugations!
• Do Ex. 8 in class!

Les Devoirs: Students write two original sentences for each of the seven -re verbs/phrases listed on p. 116.

French 2: Friday November 16 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write eight possible questions and answers that you might hear in the oral interview quiz! Write them down, be prepared to practice them out loud next time.

Again, details on oral quiz:

• Two meetings from now (Nov. 26), we will do another one-on-one oral interview in the hall.
• Eight questions total!
• CAH will ask you five questions about where one can buy certain groceries (Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...?).
• To get full credit, you need to respond in a complete sentence saying where one can buy such things (On peut acheter... à ...).
• You can use le supermarché in no more than one response. The rest of your responses must use terms for specific shops.
• CAH will ask you two questions about whether you like shopping, who in your family does the shopping, and/or what items you enjoy shopping for.
• You must then ask CAH one grocery-related question. CAH will respond in second-year French. You will translate his response into English.

[30 minutes] Practice Oral Quiz!

• Students pair up, ask each other questions from their list.
• CAH checks and helps refine questions at this time.
• Then in large group, students ask each other questions.

[40 minutes] New Vocabulary! Chapter 4.1!

• pp. 118–121: Écoutez et répétez!
• N'oubliez pas Exprimons-nous et Entre Copains!
• CAH pose des questions élémentaire du vocabulaire.

Les Devoirs: Écrivez les mots et les expression du Vocab 4.1 quatre fois, incluyant "Exprimons-nous" et "Entre Copains"! There should be at least 49 items written four times on your homework. Allez!

French 3: Thursday November 15 2012 Lesson Plan

Shifting Adjectives

• ancien: former/ancient
• certain: some/sure
• cher: dear/expensive
• dernier: last/previous
• grand: great/tall
• pauvre: unfortunate/unwealthy
• propre: own/clean
• sale: nasty-smutty/dirty
• seul: only/lonely
• vrai: real/true

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write 20 sentences using these shifting adjectives (p.104)!

• Use each of the shifting adjectives twice, once before a noun, once after a noun!
• Use at least one different vocab word in each sentence!

[15 minutes] Grammar Practice: Shifting Adjectives!

• Practice with p. 105 Ex. 18.
• Read homework sentences out loud in pairs, check meaning.
• Share sentence pairs in large group.

[30 minutes] Vocabulary Practice: Les contes en rond!

• Randomly divide students into three groups of five.
• First student in each groups makes up an opening line to a story using vocab from List 3.1 (pp. 96–99).
• Each student in turn adds a sentence to the story.
• Don't forget those Exprimons-nous phrases that you can use for transitions in the story!
• Fifteen sentences total: each student does three!
• Each student should write down and number his/her sentences.
• When finished, each group reads story to class!

Les Devoirs: 

1. Study for Vocab 3.1 Quiz on Monday!
2. Think of and write down five ways that you could involve the first-graders in the stories you present to them in December! For instance, maybe when the kids hear certain words, they can make sounds to represent them, or maybe they could say a couple words as a magic spell at a key point in the story. (I know, you haven't written your stories yet, but let these ideas guide what you write.)
3. For Wednesday, every student should write a brief fairy tale/fable/legend suitable for presentation to first-graders. No time limit; if we have a lot of one-minute stories, we can combine them into a series for the young'uns.

French 1: Wed/Thu November 14/15 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais certainement, vous avez etudié fort pour...

[30 minutes] L'examen de grammaire, chapitre 3!

1. conjugation of être (p. 82)
2. adjective agreement (p. 84, 86)
3. possessive adjectives (p. 94)
4. possession and contractions with de (p. 96)

[50 minutes] New Vocab: Oral Practice!

1. Practice pronunciation of all vocab pp. 112–114, including Entre copains.
2. Do simple Q&A with names of courses.
3. Do simple clock time recognition; have students draw times!
4. Drill and practice days of the week!

Les Devoirs: Vocab 4.1 pp. 112–114: Écrivez les mots et expressions quatre fois!

French 2: Wednesday November 14 2012 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

1. Complete p. 108 Exercise B & C (yes, write the entire sentences with your answers, not just the letters or completions of the responses).
2. Write an accurate translation of the expression "C’était gagné" (p. 108, line 3). There is a 95% probability that Google Translate will translate this sentence in this context incorrectly. Think about what's being said, search for other uses of this phrase online, and explain what it means in the context of the action at the end of this story.

[5 minutes] Administrivia:

1. French Club Friday, Nov. 16, 14:10!
2. French student host program!
3. French stylo pals?

[40 minutes] Read and translate "Le Petit Nicolas"

• Pick up where we left off last time.
• Review answers to Exs. B & C.

[45 minutes] Prep for Oral Quiz #2!

• Three meetings from now (Nov. 26), we will do another one-on-one oral interview in the hall.
• Eight questions total!
• CAH will ask you five questions about where one can buy certain groceries (Où est-ce qu'on peut acheter...?).
• To get full credit, you need to respond in a complete sentence saying where one can buy such things (On peut acheter... à ...).
• You can use le supermarché in no more than one response. The rest of your responses must use terms for specific shops.
• CAH will ask you two questions about whether you like shopping, who in your family does the shopping, and/or what items you enjoy shopping for.
• You must then ask CAH one grocery-related question. CAH will respond in second-year French. You will translate his response into English.

Les Devoirs: Write eight possible questions and answers that you might hear in this oral interview! Write them down, be prepared to practice them out loud next time.