Jeudi 05/06

Attention 1st period:  Please look through your papers and see if you accidentally walked away with my grade sheet packet!

Today we took the final exam.

Handouts/Class Materials :   crosswords

Devoirs:  crosswords, reflection on your year as a French student

Reflection criteria:

Reflect on your year as a French student…

-Typed, minimum 1 page

-What were your strengths/weaknesses?

-What could/would you do to improve?

-What did you learn about yourself?  What did you learn in/about French?

-What activities did you like/benefit from the most?  The least?

Mardi 03/06

Today we reviewed object pronouns (direct, indirect, y & en) in all tenses.  Then we watched the fairy tale presentations.

Handouts/Class Materials : Final Review Packet

Devoirs:  Last review packet (all exercises except #3 on the back of the 2^nd page !), study for the final this Thursday!!

ALL MISSING/LATE WORK, QUIZZES, OR INTERVIEWS MUST BE TURNED IN BY THIS FRIDAY LE 6 JUIN!!!!

Lundi 02/06

Today we practiced some reflexives and reviewed qui/que.  Then we worked on les biopoèmes.

A Faire:  Write your own biopoème (see handouts) and use the adjective “tout” somewhere in it!

Handouts/Class Materials :   livre de grammaire pages, biopoème guidelines

Devoirs:  Contes de fées presentations (start tomorrow !), finish biopoème on separate sheet of paper and be ready to turn in !, study for final (Do livre de grammaire pages for tomorrow if you’d like to use a notecard on the final exam!!)

Jeudi 29/05

Today we corrected quizzes and played “Loto” to review some verb vocabulary.

Handouts/Class Materials :   Savoir/Connaître handout

Devoirs:  Contes de fées presentations (3 juin)!!  Paquet pg 65 #7 and 69 #2, Savoir/Connaître handout.

Mardi 27/05

Today we reviewed some “si” and “quand” clauses with the future and conditional, then took a quiz.

Devoirs:  Contes de fées presentations (3 juin)!! Study for final (5 juin)!!  Paquet pg 72 #6 A (choose 2 pics and describe with 6 sentences each!!) and B (6 sentences!) *18 sentences total!!

Jeudi 22/05

Today discussed the adjective “tout”, reviewed the passé composé avec être, did some “contes de fées” project planning in groups, and watched “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge.

A Faire:  pg 180 #7

Devoirs:  practice fairy tale scripts (presentations start 3 juin!), study for quiz (TUE!) and final, PC packet pg 70 #3 (lettre d’Hélène) and pg 71 #4 (l’ordre logique).

Mardi 20/05

Today we reviewed the passé composé and worked in groups to complete the final revisions of les contes de fées.

A Faire: PC paquet #2

Handouts/Class Materials :   Paquet Passé Composé, Passé Composé graphic organizer

Devoirs:  final draft of contes de fées (1 copy for me and 1 for each in group, remember to include all required criteria !!)  PC packet #3, #6

Lundi 12/05

Today we reviewed l’impératif and Y/En.

A Faire: Utilisez l’impératif et les pronoms Y et En de donner des ordres aux personnes indiquées !  Attention : quelques phrases doivent être affirmatives et négatives !

Aff : Jouer à la crosse, (vous), faire des exercices (tu), aller chez le dentiste (nous),  manger des légumes (nous), mettre du sel sur la  table (tu),

Neg : faire des achats à Washington Square (nous), croire au lapin de Pâques (vous), prendre des photos (vous), rester chez toi (tu), boire du soda (tu), diner à MacDo (nous)

Handouts/Class Materials :  Final review list

Devoirs :  pg 269 #2 (write ALL questions.  Write answers to each question using a pronoun (y/en), make ½ of answers negative and ½ affirmative)

Jeudi 15/05

Today we did a sondage with the “contes de fées” questions, read “le Petit Chaperon Rouge” out loud in groups, and worked on finalizing the rough drafts (partie 4) of the project (contes de fées).

Handouts/Class Materials :  Sondage--contes de fées

Devoirs:  pg 269 #1 (sport or activity using faire or jouer) and write 3 short sentences(like, when, where) for each using Y and En when possible; study/take notes pg 180, pg 180 #6, study contes de fées vocab. (quiz coming soon!!)

Mardi 13/05

Today we practiced contes de fées vocabulary and l’imparfait.  Then we worked on projects while I did oral interviews.

Devoirs:  Leçon 23 packet pg 191 #B (10 sentences ! Use questions given or your own inspiration !), study contes de fees vocabulary in project packet (will be on next quiz), use 10 new words from contes de fees vocab in sentences and UNDERLINE! (you may use more than 1 in a sentence), do any work necessary to be able to turn in part 4 rough draft and be revising the other 3 parts in class on Thursday.  Make sure you’ve read “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” and done the vocab for Thursday!!

Lundi 12/05

Today we reviewed l’imperatif and watched some of “le Petit Chaperon Rouge”.

A Faire:  Leçon 23 pg 189 #1

Devoirs : A Faire handout (contes de fées) #5-9, Leçon 23 pg 189 #3 (continues on 190)

Jeudi 08/05

Today we reviewed the imparfait, looked at some examples of fairy tale presentations, and then worked on les contes de fées.  We turned in partie 3 at the end of the class period today.

Handouts/Class Materials :  Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, editing corrections

Devoirs:  Leçon 23 pg 191 #7 (write 2 sentences for each using different verbs in imparfait!) Read “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge”, make sure you can understand what you’re reading (you should be able to summarize what you read in English if you understand).  Define the bolded vocabulary words/phrases based on how they are used in the context of the story (you will need to use wordreference.com to help you along; you may need to look up parts of phrases or figure out infinitives to find the meanings!) You will TURN IN this vocab on Monday!  Catch up on project if necessary!

Mardi 06/05

Today practiced “Y” and “En” and some fairy tale vocabulary, practiced projects and then worked on part 3 of les contes de fées (the last of the action of the story before the conclusion/happy ending) while I did oral interviews.

A Faire:  handout #1-4

Handouts/Class Materials : A Faire handout (contes de fées), paquet leçon 23 (review of imparfait!)

Devoirs:  (paquet leçon 23) pg 189 #2, pg 190 #4, #1 (a phrases complètes!)

Jeudi 01/05

Today we practiced the pronoun “en” and worked on the new fairy tale project while I conducted individual oral interviews.

A Faire:  pg 267 #5

Handouts/Class Materials :  Les contes de fées

Devoirs:  be ready for interviews, pg 268 #9, Y/En handout #4 (choose between Y & En), work on “conte de fée” if necessary (parts 1 & 2 to be turned in at the end of class on Monday!)

Mardi 29/04

Today practiced “Y” and “En”, practiced projects (interview start Thursday!) and talked about our upcoming cumulative project (rewriting fairy tales).

A Faire:  pg 268 #7 (use expressions of time and “en”!)

Devoirs:  pg 266 #4, be ready for interviews, come with project ideas/resources to start project in class on Thursday

Lundi 28/04

Today we reviewed “Y” and learned another usage of “EN”.  We also played with our fortune tellers (“les cocottes”).

A Faire:  Write 5 creative, interesting questions in French that will generate an answer using « Y » (review all the prepositions that you can use !!!)  We will use these in class on Tuesday! 

Devoirs : Finish A faire if not done, pg 268 #8, practice project (interviews start Thursday!!)

Jeudi 24/04

Today we practiced the verb “croire” in the past tense and reviewed the pronoun “Y”.  We practiced and turned in the future and conditional projects, learned a new pronoun (“en”) and made fortune tellers using the future tense.

A Faire:  pg 265 #3

Handouts/Class Materials :  Y/En handout, fortune teller

Devoirs:  memorize/know/practice project (interviews start Thursday!), Y/En handout #1 (Y) and #2 (en)

Mardi 22/04

Today we learned the verb “croire” and the pronoun “Y”.  We also peer-edited the future sentences of the project.

A Faire:  pg 265 #1 (use expressions of time!)

Devoirs:  pg 265 #2, final future/conditional project poster with images (bring your own copy of sentences/images to practice with!) and be ready to practice in class on Thursday!!

Jeudi 17/04

Today we did a group survey using the “Que ferais-tu?” handout, peer-edited the conditional sentences of the project, then we had a crepe partyJ

A Faire:  5 sentence paragraph summarizing group survey findings

Devoirs:  revise conditional sentences, come with double spaced rough draft of future sentences, gather images for final poster (visual aid for interview)

Mardi 15/04

Today we finished the “Quoi de Neuf” presentations, practiced the conditional with a group speaking activity and started a new mini-project with the future and conditional.

Handouts/Class Materials :  group activity, mini-project du futur etconditionnel

TEC:  Comment cards for presentations, group activity

Devoirs:  Draft of conditional sentences for project, double spaced for peer edit.

La fête de crêpe sera jeudi!!

Lundi 14/04

Today we did some review of the conditional.

A Faire:  « Que ferais-tu? » Write 3 complete sentences for each! 

Handouts/Class Materials : Que ferais-tu?

Devoirs : Finish “Que ferais-tu”, pg 434 #4, be ready to finish presenting “Quoi de Neuf” and make sure I have your letters!!

La fête de crêpe sera jeudi !

Jeudi 10/04

Today we practiced a little of the conditional, did some “Quoi de Neuf” presentations (we will continue Tuesday next week!) and spent time peer-editing and sharing the pen pal letters.

Devoirs:  be prepared to present show and tells in small groups (w/comment cards from listeners!), pg 435 #6, finalize pen pal letter (must be handwritten, with appropriate headings/greetings/goodbyes/etc.!  Include social media contacts if you like!)

Mardi 08/04

Today we practiced “si” clauses with l’imparfait and le conditionnel, practiced “Quoi de Neuf”, and got pen pal letters from French students.

A Faire:  Respond to the following questions with specific, detailed answers and 2-3 sentences for each one.

1. Si tu étais au resto, que prendrais-tu ?

2. Si tu étais en France, que/où visiterais-tu ?

3. Si tu avais un rêve, qu’est-ce que ce serait ?

TEC:  letter writing

Devoirs:  finish letter to pen pal (must be handwritten and double spaced for peer editing !), practice “Quoi de Neuf” (I am grading presentations starting Thursday!)

Jeudi 03/04

Today we corrected quizzes (this must be completed in tutorial by Wednesday if not done in class today!), practiced sharing our “quoi de neuf,” and learned about “le conditionnel de politesse.”

A Faire:  pg 434 #5

Devoirs:  be prepared to present show and tells in small groups (w/comment cards from listeners!), pg 434 #3, write a penpal letter with info about your identity, family, where you live, school, leisure activities/hobbies. (minimum 2 paragraphs!)

Mardi 01/04

Today we reviewed the future and learned how to form the conditional (would do/happen).  I did some oral interviews as well and students peer edited drafts of “quoi de neuf” (show and tell).

Handouts/Class Materials:  Peer edit

A Faire:  Pg 432 #1, Pg. 433 #2

TEC:  Peer edit

Devoirs:  revise « quoi de neuf » and practice it out loud ! Finish A faire/TEC.

Lundi 31/03

Today we did a “sondage” about Spring Break.

A Faire:  Write question and follow-up question for sondage

Handouts/Class Materials : Sondage

Devoirs : Have « Quoi de Neuf » for peer edit tomorrow (typed/double spaced !), be ready for oral interviews if you haven’t done yours yet (finishing them tomorrow), pg 426 #11 (complete sentences.

Jeudi 20/03

Today we reviewed briefly then took a quiz.

Devoirs :  “Quoi de Neuf” (Show and Tell)  Choose something that you will share in class after break and write a description of it.  Make sure to include the following criteria:

Qui/Que (each one at least once)

COD (au moins 2)

COI (au moins 2)

Passé, Présent, Futur

Underline the criteria in your paragraph

Typed, double spaced

8-10 phrases
*Watch French movies, listen to French music, speak French whenever possible!!

Mardi 18/03

Today we reviewed direct/indirect object pronouns, verbs pg 220, si/quand clauses and did oral interviews.

A Faire:  Unite 4 packet pg 143 #2, rewrite sentences using a COD/COI

Answer using COD/COI :

Est-ce que tu gardes les souvenirs de voyage?

Est-ce que tu donnes les souvenirs à ta famille ?

Est-ce que tu laisses souvent ton livre dans ton casier ?

Est-ce que tu empruntes ton livre à tes amis ?

Est-ce que tu oublies de temps en temps tes devoirs chez toi ?

Handouts/Class Materials:  Paquet lecon 31

Devoirs:  Paquet Unite 4 pg 145 (#5-7), Paquet Lecon 31 #5, #6, Study for Quiz !!

Lundi 17/03

Today we did some review for the quiz (qui/que, le future, vivre/habiter).

A Faire:  Qui/Que handout #5

Handouts/Class Materials: Qui/Que handout, Paquet Unité 4

Devoirs : Qui/que handout #6, Paquet unité 4: pg 138 #3 (impératif), pg 143 #2 (know whether to use à + person or not depending on verb)

Jeudi 13/03

Today we spent most of the period on project presentations (le musée) and oral interviews.  We also did some future tense practice.

Devoirs :  pg 427 #12, pg 426 #10 (check out use of “quand” clause on top of pg 426), be prepared for interviews, study for quiz next Thursday!

Quiz: qui/que, direct/indirect object pronouns (and the verbs that take them), verbs (pgs 220, 224, savoir/connaître), future, St. Valentin, Mardi Gras, La culture de manifester en France, and the basics (regular/irregular present tense verbs; basic editing fixes like accents, prepositions and dates; passé composé; imparfait; etc.)

Mardi 11/03

Today we talked about irregular stems in the future tense and did some practice (note that acheter and payer are slightly irregular as well!).  We also talked about using the construction of a “si” clause and a result clause.  Then we did presentations!

A Faire:  pg 434 #7 (à phrases complètes)

Handouts/Class Materials:  Audience worksheet

Devoirs:  pg 422 #4, pg 425 #8

Lundi 10/03

Today I shared the oral interview rubric and we did some future tense practice.

A Faire:  pg 422 #2

Handouts/Class Materials:  Oral interview rubric

Devoirs : take notes green boxes pgs 423, 427.  Do pg 423 #5.

Jeudi 06/03

Today we did some practice with the verbs dire, lire and écrire, practiced projects and learned the future tense.

A Faire:  pg 225 #2

TEC:  pg 421 #1

Devoirs :  Be ready for individual interviews starting Monday (questions from the question list on the project handout) and “Living Dead Museum” presentations starting Tuesday.  Pg 224 #1 and pg 422 #3 (réponses!) 

Mardi 04/03

Today we learned how to use more than one pronoun in a sentence (l’ordre de pronoms), practiced projects, and started a reading about Mardi Gras.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Lecture de Mardi Gras

A Faire:  pg 229 #9 (answers only, do orally in partners)

TEC:  Read Mardi Gras article out loud in small groups.  Keep notes about content and any vocab/grammar you look up/find difficult. 

Devoirs:  pg 229 #10, finish Mardi Gras reading and write an English summary of what you learned from it.

Lundi 03/03

Aujourd’hui, nous avons écouté une oratrice invitée d’Andeo qui a parlé du Maroc.

A Faire:  Prenez des notes de la presentation du Maroc

Devoirs : pg 228 #7, practice project (oral interviews start Monday—in 1 week!)

Jeudi 27/02

Today we continued to practice les compléments d’objet indirect and le projet: personnage célèbre in class.  We did an in-class reflection on the Powerpoint: La culture de manifester and had small group discussions about them.

A Faire:  pg 228 #6 (write Joel’s lines only, do orally in partners)

Handouts/Class Materials:  Réflexion:la manifestation et la grève.

Devoirs :  pg 228 #8 (decide if the verb takes a COD/COI and write a logical response for each bullet point. Pay attention to what is being asked and because many verbs take both!), write at least 2 sentences in French that represent your thoughts about strike/protest/revolution in France and how it compares with our “culture”.  Illustrate with at least 1 picture.  We will be putting these on a bulletin board in class.

Mardi 25/02

Today we learned how to use indirect object pronouns (les compléments d’objet indirect—COI).  We also began practicing projects.

A Faire:  Rewrite “Pauline” story (on back of handout) using indirect object pronouns when possible.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Indirect Objects

Devoirs:  pg 227 #5 (complete sentences and answer all questions!), practice project (be able to present without looking at writing by Monday!)

Lundi 24/02

We practiced connaître/savoir and using me/te/nous/vous as object pronouns.

A Faire:  pg 205 #3

Devoirs : pg 231 #13, 2 copies of final draft (make sure you have bibliography, the draft I edited and the draft you edited over the last few weeks to turn in with it!)  Bring visual to practice with in class!

Jeudi 20/02

Today we reviewed the verbs “savoir et connaître”, went over some fixes for the famous person drafts and practiced using me, te, nous, and vous as COD.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Connais-tu/Sais-tu PowerPoint, Translation, Correction Codes for editing

A Faire:  Write a response to each PowerPoint slide using a COD.

TEC: Translation (turn in!), pg 206 #5

Devoirs :  pg 205 #1 (questions/answers), final draft (2 copies) and visual for Tuesday.

*Don’t forget to come pick up your draft from me on Friday if I didn’t return it to you in class!!

Mardi 18/02

Today we learned about “La France et la culture de manifester”

A Faire:  Take notes over PowerPoint

Handouts/Class Materials:  La manifestation/La grève PowerPoint, Common noun endings (masc/fem.)

Devoirs:  Study verbs pg 220, do pg 220 #11, reflection on PowerPoint and American “culture” (see PowerPoint.)

Jeudi 13/02

Today  learned the verb “savoir”, went over some fixes for the famous person drafts and had time to work on them in class.

A Faire:  pg 231 #12 (write reason why not, do orally in partners)

Handouts/Class Materials:  St. Valentin vocab

Devoirs :  pg 218 #7 (impératif), pg 230 #11 (choose between connaître/savoir and conjugate to complete the sentences), finish fixes in packet!!

Mardi 11/02

Today we reviewed direct object pronouns in the imperative and passé composé.  We also started doing editing “fixes” on the famous person drafts.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Fixes #1

A Faire:  pg 218 #6 (do orally in partners)

TEC: pg 218 #5

Devoirs:  pg 218 #8 (infinitive form), pg 219 #9 (answers only), pg 1 of fixes (correct draft!)

*Bring smart phone/laptop Thursday for use during 30 min work time on draft "fixes".
**Quiz coming soon...

Jeudi 06/02

Today with a substitute, we practiced direct object pronouns in the imperative and passé composé.

A Faire:  218 #7

Devoirs :  pg 218 #5 answers only, pg 219 #10 (make agreements!)

Mardi 04/02

Today we practiced connaître and related expressions/constructions, learned how to use direct object pronouns and watched some of the film Joyeux Noël.

Handouts/Class Materials:  Direct Objects

A Faire:  pg 215 #2 (orally in partners)

TEC: pg 216 #3

Devoirs:  pg 217 #4, backside of direct object handout—rewrite the story using direct object pronouns!

Lundi 03/02

We did some review of que, did a short reading and discussed the new verb “connaître” (pg 214).

A Faire:  pg 312 #8 (do orally in partners)

TEC: pg 313 (la lecture).  Read the paragraphs and decide who bought which item, write a sentence in French explaining that.  Also, for each qui/que (as connectors/relative pronouns), write what they are referring to (the antecedent).   Elle va dans un magasin qui vend des livres, des souvenirs,etc… qui – un magasin.

Devoirs : pg 215 #1 (reconnaître is the cousin of connaître!), pg 311 #7

Jeudi 30/01

Today we reviewed sports and qui/que.  Then we watched some of Joyeux Noël.

A Faire:  pg 310 #5, write questions (already did answers for homework)  Do orally in partners.

TEC: pg 312 #9

Devoirs :  pg 312 #10 (soyez creatifs!), pg 312 #1 (une devinette—use qui and que!!! Don’t make it too obvious in the beginning.  Be prepared to share in class!)

Mardi 28/01

Today we reviewed/practiced talking about sports and activities using faire.  Then we learned about using the relative pronouns “qui” and “que”.

A Faire:  Pg 257 #3

TEC: pg 310 #4

Devoirs:  Pg 310 #5 (prepare your preferences and be prepared to share in class!)

Jeudi 16/01

Today we played a game of Jeopardy to review for the final and watched more of the movie, Joyeux Noel.

Handouts:  La maison d’être

Devoirs :  Maison d’être worksheet, study for exam

**I left off “la maison” vocab from your study guide…Be sure to study that too!!!**

Mardi 14/01

Today we reviewed health vocabulary and questions, body parts, and did a dice game review activity.

A Faire:  Jeu de dés

Handouts:  PC/ImpReview, livre de grammaire, jeu de dés/final study guide

Devoirs :  PC/Imp Review, (livre de grammaire for Tue!)

*If you would like to use a notecard on the final exam, you must have the PC/Imp Review AND livre de grammaire completed in class on THURSDAY 1/16/14!!!

Lundi 13/01

Today we reviewed the imparfait.

A Faire:  famous person handout

Handouts:  Aimé Césaire/Imparfait review

Devoirs: 2 page rough draft, double spaced, of famous person paper.

Jeudi 09/01

Today we corrected quizzes and then started writing for the famous person project in the library.

Devoirs :  2 page rough draft, double spaced, of famous person paper.

Mardi 07/01

Today we did research in the library for the famous person project.

Devoirs :  Finish research and write 1 paragraph (minimum 5 sentences) of paper.  A 2 pg rough draft of the paper will be due on Tuesday!!

Lundi 06/01

Today we reviewed the passé compose and began the famous person project by discussing specific criteria and strategies for research and writing.

A Faire:  Write French question and answer to #1 and #2 on handout

Handouts:  Les vacances d’hiver (PC review)

Devoirs:  Finish “les vacances d’hiver” handout questions and answers, make sure you understand all the questions on #2 (first page) of project handout, be ready to research your famous person!