French 1: Thursday January 31 2013 Lesson Plan

Il neige! Il fait froid! Courtes classes: Nous commençons tard! Brrr! Plus frette que ça, tu meures!

DUE: Les Devoirs: Write out pp. 153–154 Exercises 4, 6, and 7

[5 minutes] Oral Warm-Up!
  • Trio up, ask each other what you are doing tonight: Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce soir?
  • Then go around and read your answers for Exs. 4, 6, and 7 to each other, check where you disagree!
[10 minutes] Vocab and Grammar Practice: Read homework responses aloud.

[15 minutes] Oral Grammar Practice: faire!
  • CAH asks Qu'est-ce que tu fais en...[moi ou saison]?
  • Student repsonds with Je fais....
  • CAH gives a new grammatical subject; next student must reword the previous students answer to say nous or il or elles also (aussi!) do that same activity! We're conjugating faire!
[30 minutes] Question words! p. 156
  • Est-ce que: open a yes-no question
  • Qu'est-ce que: what...
  • Qui: who
  • Quand: when
  • Pourquoi: why
  • Où: where
  • Comment: how
  • Address possible confusing words (like où vs. ou, où vs. qui)
  • Do p. 156 Ex. 11 together
Les Devoirs: Two things!
  1. Write questions and your answers to p. 157 Ex. 13.
  2. Write a question for each of the above seven question forms that you could logically ask another student in class. Be ready to use those questions in oral practice next time!
...and think Vocab Quiz 5.1 not next time, but time after!

French 2: Friday February 1 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Morning/Evening Routine Skits!
  • In pairs, students compose skits about morning and evening routine.
  • One student prepares a description of a morning/before-school routine; other student acts it out.
  • Second student prepares a description of an after-school/evening routine, first student acts it out.
  • Each person's routine must include at least four activities and at least three reflexive verbs!
  • Students present without scripts or notes!
[5 minutes]: Listening Warm-up! 
  • CAH gives commands (see list below); students respond by acting out the command. 
  • Note that, since CAH is telling the whole class to do something, he uses the vous form of the commands!
[15 minutes] Students present morning/evening routine skits!
  • Each student duo presents at front of class.
  • CAH evaluates on pronunciation and understanding (i.e., does each action match what the speaker says).
[15 minutes] Announce/Explain/Practice Chapter 5 Oral Interview Quiz! Wednesday, February 13!

On Wednesday, February 13, I will ask you one of these two questions:
  • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir? OR
  • Qu'est-ce que tu as fait ce matin?
You will answer by stating three things that you did, using vocab from Chapter 5. I will then ask a follow-up question to your response. I may ask whether you did another activity; I may ask what you did before or after what you mentioned; I may ask pourquoi? about the activities you mentioned. You need to answer in a complete sentence, not just oui or non.

I will then give you four commands based on the verbs in Chapter 5. You will respond not by speaking but by acting out the action commanded. Possible commands:
  1. lève-toi
  2. réveille-toi
  3. couche-toi
  4. endors-toi
  5. brosse-toi les dents
  6. brosse-toi les cheveux
  7. peigne-toi
  8. coiffe-toi
  9. habille-toi
  10. déshabille-toi (remember, mime it, don't actually do it!)
  11. lave-toi les mains
  12. lave-toi la figure
  13. lave-toi les cheveux
  14. sèche-toi
  15. sèche-toi les mains
  16. sèche-toi les cheveux
  17. sèche-toi les yeux*
  18. maquille-toi avec le rouge à levres
  19. rase-toi
  20. dépêche-toi
*Think about what I'm asking here!

You then ask me two questions—not ça va or comment tu t'appelles or anything else to which you already know the answer, but preferably questions related to Chapter 5 vocabulary. I will respond en français; you will prove you understand my response (probably by translating my statement back into English).
  • Écoutez et répétez!
  • Practice in quartets: students order each other around, act out the specified action.
  • Do one round with all students in large group ordering each other around in sequence.
[15 minutes] Grammar Review: Past Tense! passé composé (pp. 58, 60)
  • Glance back at pp. 58 and 60 for basic formation of past tense.
  • Students translate the following sentences au tableau (one sentence per student; need not do all):
  1. I worked all morning.
  2. You worked all morning.
  3. She waited all afternoon.
  4. We waited the whole evening.
  5. You went to all the films.
  6. They entered all the rooms.
  7. All the monsters died.
  8. All the students arrived at 8 o'clock.
  9. I have stayed at all the hotels in Bismarck.
  10. You ate all the cake!
  11. Elise used all the soap.
  12. We lost all of our toothpaste.
  13. You took the bus.
  14. Jean and Claude did all their homework.
  15. Marie and Isadore knew all the answers.
  16. I climbed all the mountains.
  17. You went out to all the parties.
  18. All my brothers were born in winter.
  19. All my sisters were born in summer.
  20. They put all the towels in the bathroom.
  • Remember those verbs that take être in the past tense? Guess what: there are more!
[40 minutes] Reflexive verbs in passé composé (p. 174)
  • Reflexive verbs act like verbs of motion: they all take être in the past tense!
  • One big difference from verbs of motion: the past participle agrees with the subject/reflexive pronoun only if there is not some other direct object (like the teeth being brushed, hair being combed, hands being washed) after the verb.
  • Examples:
    1. Male speaking: Je me suis levé.
    2. Female speaking: Je me suis levée.
    3. Tu t'es rasé?
    4. Marion s'est lavée.
    5. Marion s'est lavé les mains. ("The hands" are a direct object; participle does not change to feminine to agree with subject Marion.)
    6. Nous nous sommes habillés.
    7. Mes filles, vous vous êtes habillées? (extra e and s: feminine plural!)
    8. Les garçons se sont couchés à 10 h.
    9. Les filles se sont brossé les dents. ("The teeth" are direct object, so participle does not agree with subject.)
  • Do p. 174, Ex. 27 together in class
Les Devoirs: Reflexive verb practice: Write out p. 175, exercises 28, 29, and 30.

French 2: Wednesday January 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs!
  1. Write tout/toute sentences for p. 165, Exercise 13.
  2. Handwrite Vocab List 5.2, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains, four times. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.
[15 minutes] tout/toute/tous/toutes practice!
  • Students put homework sentences on the board! (CAH checks homework during this time.)
  • Practice pronunciation.
  • If time allows, change nouns to require different tout forms.
[40 minutes] Vocab Practice!
  • CAH asks students questions, students answer using Vocab 5.2.
  • Do p. 172 Exs. 21 and 23 on paper.
[35 minutes] Practice time for...

Les Devoirs: Routine Skits!
  • In pairs, students compose skits about morning and evening routine.
  • One student prepares a description of a morning/before-school routine; other student acts it out.
  • Second student prepares a description of an after-school/evening routine, first student acts it out.
  • Each person's routine must include at least four activities and at least three reflexive verbs!
  • Students present without scripts or notes!

French 3: Wednesday January 30 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! Mais bien sûr vous avez étudié fort pour...

[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 4.1!

[10 minutes] Finish Famous French Person Presentations!

  • Don't forget to have speakers ask each other questions!

[20 minutes] Grammar Practice: Conditional!

  • Focus on verbs pouvoir, vouloir, voir, aller, venir.
  • Practice conditional alongside imperfect and future.
[20 minutes] Begin Vocab 4.2!

Les Devoirs: Write Vocab 4.2 four times, including both Exprimons-nous!

French 1: Tuesday Janaury 29 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write out Vocab List 5.1 words and phrases four times. Don't forget the two Exprimons-nous sections. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

mais d'abord...

[25 minutes] First -oir verb quiz! 
  • Know the conjugations of devoir, voir, vouloir, pouvoir, and savoir.
  • Be ready to translate sentences into French using those verbs.
[45 minutes] Vocab Practice!
  • First in pairs, students ask each other what activities they know how to do (Tu sais + infinitive). When students say they know how to do an activity, students should follow up by asking when (quand) they do that activity; students should answer by saying in what month(s) and/or season(s) they do those activities.
  • CAH checks homework during this time.
  • Month drill: drill students in unison and individually on months (split groups with TAs!).
  • Do p. 152 Exs. 1, 2, & 3 together as time permits
[5 minutes] faire! p. 154
  • Remind of conjugation on board
  • Quick exercise: write six sentences saying "I ski... you ski... he skis..." etc.
Les Devoirs: Write out pp. 153–154 Exercises 4, 6, and 7

French 2: Monday January 28 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Reflexive Verb Practice: Write ten original sentences using reflexive verbs pertaining to the morning routine.
  • Whenever possible, include a phrase starting with avec and specifying a word from Vocab List 5.1!
    • e.g.: Je ne me rase jamais avec mon rasoir électrique.
Mais d'abord...


[30 minutes] Vocab Quiz 5.1! pp. 158–161, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains.

[30 minutes] Tout, toute, tous, and toutes! p. 164
  • Use tout, toute, tous, and toutes to say "all"
    1. Bob a mangé tout le gâteau.
    2. Toute la pizza a des poivrons verts.
    3. Tous les garçons aiment faire du ski.
    4. Toutes les filles veulent aller à la discothèque.
  • Practice with Exercises 11 and 12 in class. 11 out loud, 12 au tableau!
[30 minutes] New Vocab! List 5.2, pp. 170–173.
  • Écoutez et répétez!
Les Devoirs:
  1. Write tout/toute sentences for p. 165, Exercise 13.
  2. Handwrite Vocab List 5.2, including Exprimons-nous and Entre copains, four times. You must handwrite these words. You may not type them. You may ink them on your computers.

French 3: Monday January 28 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Presentations on Famous French People!
  • Each student will prepare a presentation on a famous French person. Current or past, politicians, artists, scientists, you name it—as long as the person is French, you're good.
  • That free rein given, permit me to suggest de Gaulle, Napoléon, Chagall (Belarussian, but he moved to Paris), de Tocqueville, Chanel, Descartes, Jeanne d'Arc (especially if you've been to Rouen!), Weil, Renoir, Monet (again, Rouen!), Bernhardt (l'actrice!)...
  • Same rules as last time: 30-second intro entirely in French without notes; minimum three minutes for full presentation.
  • Audiovisuals are welcome but not required to support your talk (it's always nice to see what these famous people look like)
[50 minutes] Presentations
  • After each presentation, the previous speaker must ask the current speaker one question about her/his topic, and the current speaker must respond, chaque en français.
[20 minutes] New Grammar: The Conditional! 
  • See page R51 for chart!
  • The conditional in French is the "would" form of a verb.
  • The French use the conditional just as we do: either to express something that would happen if certain conditions were true, and to make a request more polite.
  • The conditional forms pretty simply: just add the imperfect ending to the future stem:
    1. J'aimerais devenir professeur—"I'd like to become a teacher."
    2. Tu m'aiderais avec les devoirs?—"Would you help me with the homework?"
    3. Hannah pourrait parler avec le prof?"Could Hannah speak to the teacher?" (pouvoir has an irregular future root, pourr-. "could" = "would be able to")
    4. Nous irions aller au stade, mais il va pleuvoir"We would go to the stadium, but it's going to rain."
    5. Vous arrêteriez de fumer?"Would you stop smoking?"
    6. Mes parents aimeraient une nouvelle voiture—"My parents would like a new car."
  • Practice with this online exercise!
[20 minutes] Vocab 4.1 Practice!
  • Firing line, face-to-face practice! Student drill each other.
Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez beaucoup pour l'examen de vocabulaire 4.1, que nous passerons mercredi!