French 3: Tuesday May 14 2013 Lesson Plan


DUE: Les Devoirs! Vocab and Grammar Review! Translate the following sentences. Pay close attention to verb tense! Hint:

sentences
verbs
chapters
#1-5
aller
9
#6-10
faire
5
#11-15
lire
5
#16-20
potpourri
4
  1. I'm going to the art gallery.
  2. Why didn't you go to the exhibit?
  3. Ciera was going to the circus.
  4. We will not go to the show.
  5. Justice and Brianna would go to the movie, if they had (imparfait!) the money.
  6. We are not doing our homework.
  7. Did Lacey go hang-gliding?
  8. Trevor used to go parachuting.
  9. Abby and Shelbee will go mountain-climbing.
  10. I would go kayaking, if I didn't have (imparfait!) fear of fish.
  11. Rachel is reading about sharks.
  12. Cody and Taylor didn't read about jellyfish.
  13. I was reading about dolphins.
  14. Katharine will read about bears.
  15. We would read about foxes, if we had (imparfait!) the time.
  16. Madisen is not falling ill.
  17. Our friends adopted a child from China.
  18. Abigail will find work in New York.
  19. Kelby was applying for a job in Canada.
  20. Kenzie would move to Hollywood, if she liked (imparfait!) earthquakes.
[20 minutes] Grammar/Vocab Review: Put today's 20 sentences au tableau!

[70 minutes] Oral Exam Practice!

French 1: Monday May 13 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: Les Devoirs: Check out the complete Special Verb List. Copy all of those verbs into a table on Word. Expand that table to have nine columns in which you will write the following information:
  1. definition
  2. first-person singular present
  3. second-person singular present
  4. third-person singular present
  5. first-person plural present
  6. second-person plural present
  7. third-person plural present
  8. past tense helping verb (avoir or être)
  9. past participle
[60 minutes] Oral Quiz Review!
  • First ten minutes: students ask each other questions; CAH checks homework during this time.
  • Then CAH drills all students on as many questions as possible.
[30 minutes] Grammar Review: Verbs!
  • Students put as many of today's 37 verbs au tableau comme possible.
Les Devoirs: rien! But keep studying Oral Exam questions, vocabulary lists, and grammar.

French 3: Friday May 10 2013 Lesson Plan

Alerte rouge! CAH is out today! That means it's up to you students to make the most of this review time. I may be able to get online during class (though I'm being Dad first today), so if you have questions, e-mail me, and I will try to respond during class.

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez beaucoup à étudier!

[45 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!
  • Do not leave class today without signing up for an oral exam time!
  • Note that I have added the practice video. You should be able to access this video via the school's online video library.
[45 minutes] Work Time!

Les Devoirs: Vocab and Grammar Review! Translate the following sentences. Pay close attention to verb tense! Hint:

sentences
verbs
chapters
#1-5
aller
9
#6-10
faire
5
#11-15
lire
5
#16-20
potpourri
4
  1. I'm going to the art gallery.
  2. Why didn't you go to the exhibit?
  3. Ciera was going to the circus.
  4. We will not go to the show.
  5. Justice and Brianna would go to the movie, if they had (imparfait!) the money.
  6. We are not doing our homework.
  7. Did Lacey go hang-gliding?
  8. Trevor used to go parachuting.
  9. Abby and Shelbee will go mountain-climbing.
  10. I would go kayaking, if I didn't have (imparfait!) fear of fish.
  11. Rachel is reading about sharks.
  12. Cody and Taylor didn't read about jellyfish.
  13. I was reading about dolphins.
  14. Katharine will read about bears.
  15. We would read about foxes, if we had (imparfait!) the time.
  16. Madisen is not falling ill.
  17. Our friends adopted a child from China.
  18. Abigail will find work in New York.
  19. Kelby was applying for a job in Canada.
  20. Kenzie would move to Hollywood, if she liked (imparfait!) earthquakes.

French 1: Thursday May 9 Lesson Plan

Les Devoirs: encore, rien! parce que tout le monde a besoin d'étudier pour...

[30 minutes] Past Tense Verb Quiz! 
  • Today's past tense quiz will include verbs that take avoir and verbs that take être in the past tense. 
  • The quiz will include regular -er, -ir, and -re verbs.
  • The quiz will include verbs that have irregular past participles.
  • See p. R27, p. 238, 240, 262, and 274.
[30 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

[30 minutes] Work Time!

Les Devoirs: Check out the complete Special Verb List. Copy all of those verbs into a table on Word. Expand that table to have nine columns in which you will write the following information:
  1. definition
  2. first-person singular present
  3. second-person singular present
  4. third-person singular present
  5. first-person plural present
  6. second-person plural present
  7. third-person plural present
  8. past tense helping verb (avoir or être)
  9. past participle

French 2: Friday May 10 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vos cerveaux sont fatigués des examens, mes pauvres.
Alerte rouge! CAH is out today! That means it's up to you students to make the most of this review time. I may be able to get online during class (though I'm being Dad first today), so if you have questions, e-mail me, and I will try to respond during class.

[45 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!
  • Do not leave class today without signing up for an oral exam time!
  • Note that I have added the practice video. You should be able to access this video via the school's online video library.
[45 minutes] Verb work time!

Les Devoirs: The following table includes a variety of irregular verbs of pp. R38–R47 (the Verb section of our textbook's grammatical appendix). Copy this table into Word or another suitable program. Give the definition of each verb. Then complete each remaining cell with the form of the verb that agrees with the given subject.

French 2 Irregulars (R38-R47)
infinitive
definition
passé composé
imperfective
future
aller ils elle je
arriver elles nous tu
avoir tu ils il
boire nous je nous
connaître tu elles vous
courir je vous elles
descendre il vous je
devoir elle elle tu
dire elle je elle
dormir nous nous nous
écrire ils il vous
entrer je nous ils
envoyer nous je je
être nous nous tu
faire elles tu il
lire tu je nous
mettre je tu vous
monter tu elles elles
mourir vous il je
naître il nous elle
offrir vous je tu
ouvrir je je nous
partir je vous vous
pleuvoir il il il
pouvoir vous elle je
prendre nous tu tu
recevoir vous tu ils
rester tu vous nous
retourner nous tu vous
savoir tu vous elles
sortir elles nous je
suivre je elles tu
tomber elle tu elle
venir ils ils nous
voir vous vous vous
vouloir vous ils ils

French 1: Special Verb List

Here are the 37 verbs we covered in our four special verb lists second semester. For the final exam, you need to know their definitions, present tense conjugations, and past tense formation (helping verb and past participle).

Here's the full list in the order in which we covered them:

1
2
3
4
devoir
donner
dire
rire
partir
tuer
voir
prendre
interdire
sourire
dormir
mourir
vouloir
suivre
lire
cuire
sortir
aider
pouvoir
laisser
relire
produire
mettre
essayer
savoir 
penser
écrire
conduire
rester
revenir
croire
décrire
construire
arrêter
tenir
boire
connaître

Here's the list in alphabetical order, suitable for copying into Excel and creating your own study spreadsheet of definitions, conjugations, and participles:

French 1 verbs List
aider 8
arrêter 8
boire 7
conduire 7
connaître 8
construire 7
croire 6
cuire 7
décrire 7
devoir 5
dire 7
donner 6
dormir 8
écrire 7
essayer 8
interdire 7
laisser 6
lire 7
mettre 8
mourir 8
partir 8
penser 6
pouvoir 5
prendre 6
produire 7
relire 7
rester 8
revenir 8
rire 7
savoir  5
sortir 8
sourire 7
suivre 6
tenir 8
tuer 8
voir 5
vouloir 5

French 2: Wednesday May 8 2013 Lesson Plan

DUE: rien! parce que vous avez étudié comme fou pour...

[45 minutes] Vocab Quiz 8.1 Body Parts pp. 270–273 and R20. Two parts:

  1. CAH will show you drawings of the body. You will write the proper French name for the indicated body parts.
  2. CAH will then give the standard listening vocab quiz: he says 30 vocab words/phrases in French, you write accurate English translations.
[5 minutes] Make-up Doctor Skits!

[40 minutes] Practice Oral Exam Questions!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais continuer à étudier le vocabulaire de chapitres 1–5, 7, 9, et 10; les questions orales; et la grammaire, spécialement les formes des verbes (R38–R47).