French 2: Monday April 30 Lesson Plan

DUE: More Relative Pronoun Practice: Turn the following pairs of sentences into single sentences using pronoms relatifs: qui, que, dont!

Example 1: J'ai le roman. Tu veux le roman. >>> J'ai le roman que tu veux.
Example 2: Luke is the hero. The hero saved the turtle. >>> Luc est le héros qui a sauvé la tortue.
Example 3: I spoke with the teacher. You ate his sandwich. >>> J'ai parlé avec le prof dont le sandwich tu as mangé.

1. Elle adore le roman fantastique. Je l'ai acheté le roman fantastique.
2. L'acteur parle trop. Nous n'aimons pas l'acteur.
3. Jean et Jeanne a vu un film classique. Le metteur du film classique est polonais.
4. La pièce était drôle. Nous regardions la pièce. 
5. J'aiderai les élèves. Les élèves écriront un recueil de poésie. 
6. Je regarderai le film étranger. Tu as parlé du film étranger.
7. The actress is writing an autobiography. Many people will read the autobiography.
8. A student made a cartoon. The student studies at the university.
9. Guillaume read a love novel. The love novel's adaptation is coming to the theater next week.

But first...

{25 minutes} Vocab Quiz 9.1!

{20 minutes} Grammar Practice: Put relative pronoun practice sentences on the board, correct responses.

{20 minutes} Oral Practice: Écoutez et répétez la nouvelle vocabulaire 9.2, les émissions télé et les genres de musique! pp. 322–325

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab words covered today four times! 

• Words depicted and listed on pp. 322–323
• Exprimons-nous pp. 323 & 325
• Entre copains p. 325 

French 1: Friday April 27 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 mardi, le premier mai!
2. Then translate the following sentences:

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.

...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 2: Thursday April 26 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les posters de film! Each student creates a poster including the following (all entirely in French!):

1. Title
2. Names of actors/actresses,
3. Name of director
4. "Critics' comments" (you can make these up!) that would entice people to see this movie
5. Appropriate images.

Posters may be paper or electronic; whatever format, students should be ready to present briefly on their posters.

{10 minutes} Verb practice! We did an -er verb last time (marcher), so let's do an -ir verb today! Finir en présent, passé composé, imparfait, et future... au tableau!

{5 minutes} Quick prep! Students make sure they are ready to comment on their posters and chosen films!

{45 minutes} Film poster presentations! 

• Each student takes poster to front of room to speak for a half-minute on his/her movie.
• After each presentation, other students will present questions. Each student must present at least two questions from the seats; each student at front must answer two.

Les Devoirs:

1. Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1 lundi, le 30 avril!
2. More Relative Pronoun Practice: Turn the following pairs of sentences into single sentences using pronoms relatifs: qui, que, dont!

Example 1: J'ai le roman. Tu veux le roman. >>> J'ai le roman que tu veux.
Example 2: Luke is the hero. The hero saved the turtle. >>> Luc est le héros qui a sauvé la tortue.
Example 3: I spoke with the teacher. You ate his sandwich. >>> J'ai parlé avec le prof dont le sandwich tu as mangé.

1. Elle adore le roman fantastique. Je l'ai acheté le roman fantastique.
2. L'acteur parle trop. Nous n'aimons pas l'acteur.
3. Jean et Jeanne a vu un film classique. Le metteur du film classique est polonais.
4. La pièce était drôle. Nous regardions la pièce. 
5. J'aiderai les élèves. Les élèves écriront un recueil de poésie. 
6. Je regarderai le film étranger. Tu as parlé du film étranger.
7. The actress is writing an autobiography. Many people will read the autobiography.
8. A student made a cartoon. The student studies at the university.
9. Guillaume read a love novel. The love novel's adaptation is coming to the theater next week.

French 1: Wednesday April 25 Lesson Plan

DUE: p. 227 exs. 8 & 9

{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!

• CAH checks homework at this time.

{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 2: Tuesday April 24 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!

Les phrases à traduire pour mardi!

Translate the following sentences, using the relative pronouns qui, que, and dont.

1. The actor who plays the hero is handsome.
2. The actress who plays the heroine is magnificent.
3. The movie that I saw Saturday is exciting.
4. The book that Jeanne read has many twists.
5. The director who made Star Wars is rich!
6. The drama that is playing at the cinema is depressing.
7. The comedy that is coming Friday is funny.
8. I like the same actor whom you like!
9. Our parents hate the horror movies that we adore.
10. Anne-Marie likes the mystery novel I gave her.
11. I saw the actor whose last movie was a flop.
12. They saw the director whose last spy movie a hit.
13. That's the movie whose actors are all French.
14. That's the romance novel whose author lives in Paris.
15. We watched a cartoon whose story we couldn't understand.

{20 minutes} Review homework on relative pronouns (remember: p. 314 has the rules and examples)

• Students write sentences on board. CAH checks homework for completeness during this time.
• Students read answers aloud, check grammar.

{10 minutes} Compose more relative pronoun sentences.

• Each student thinks up a sentence about movies or books that in English would use who, whom, which, that, or whose as a relative pronoun.
• Students write those sentences on board (with name!), say aloud for group.

{60 minutes} Work time for movie posters!

Les Devoirs: Les posters de film! Each student creates a poster including the following (all entirely in French!):

1. Title
2. Names of actors/actresses,
3. Name of director
4. "Critics' comments" (you can make these up!) that would entice people to see this movie
5. Appropriate images.

See some classic French movie posters by Hervé Morvan!

Students should be prepared to present these posters and say a few words in French about them in class next time!

Students should also be studying for Vocab Quiz 9.1, scheduled for Monday, April 30!

French 1: Monday April 23 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write all new vocab words and phrases four times:

1. Include drawings of all items depicted on pp. 222–223.
2. Write all terms from Exprimons-nous! on pp. 223 & 224
3. Write all four Entre copains terms on p. 225.

{10 minutes} Grammar Warm-up: Verb Conjugation!

• Students write conjugations for porter, chercher, perdre, prendre, avoir, and vouloir.
• 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 Voacb 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 mardi, le premier mai: Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1!

French 2: Friday April 20 Lesson Plan

DUE: Vocab 9.1 Writing Practice! pp. 310–313

1. Write all movie and novel words in pictures and in D'autres mots utiles four times. Wherever possible, include the name of a film, novel, or person who is an example of the term!
2. Write all Entre copains terms (p. 312) four times.
3. Write all Exprimons-nous! phrases (pp. 311 and 313) three times.

{10 minutes} Vocab Warm-up! Students trio up, one student gives vocab word from 310–311, other students give their examples. e.g.: Élève 1 dit, "Un film de science-fiction"; les autres deux disent, "The Wrath of Khan! The Matrix!"

• CAH checks homework for points during this time!

{20 minutes} Vos films et romans préférés

• Students get three minutes to think of their favorite film and their favorite book and one sentence explaining why they like them so much.
• First practice in trios, "Quel est ton film préféré? Mon film préféré est ___, parce que.... Quel est ton roman préféré? Mon roman préféré est ___, parce que...."
• Then all students present answers to class.

{30 minutes} La nouvelle grammaire: Relative Pronouns! qui, que, dont p. 314

• Read rules on 314
• See also this website on relative pronouns!
• Practice w. Ex. 5

Les Devoirs:

1. Due Tuesday: Translate 15 relative pronoun sentences, five using qui, five using que, five using dont. See below!
2. Due Thursday: Create movie poster! Pick a movie you really like, create a French-language poster that would entice French speakers to come see it.Your text should include the title, names of actors/actresses, the director, and "critics' comments" (you can make these up!). All text, including the title of the movie, should be in French!
3. Due lundi, le 30 avril: Study for Vocab Quiz 9.1!

Les phrases à traduire pour mardi!
Translate the following sentences, using the relative pronouns qui, que, and dont.

1. The actor who plays the hero is handsome.
2. The actress who plays the heroine is magnificent.
3. The movie that I saw Saturday is exciting.
4. The book that Jeanne read has many twists.
5. The director who made Star Wars is rich!
6. The drama that is playing at the cinema is depressing.
7. The comedy that is coming Friday is funny.
8. I like the same actor whom you like!
9. Our parents hate the horror movies that we adore.
10. Anne-Marie likes the mystery novel I gave her.
11. I saw the actor whose last movie was a flop.
12. They saw the director whose last spy movie a hit.
13. That's the movie whose actors are all French.
14. That's the romance novel whose author lives in Paris.
15. We watched a cartoon whose story we couldn't understand.