Lundi 20/05

Today in class we learned the negative constructions “ne…personne” and ne…rien”.  

A Faire:  pg. 118 #5

Devoirs: Dans 10 ans…(future project)  10 phrases ! Make sure you don't overlap "5ans" and "10ans" sentences!!

Jeudi 16/05\Vendredi 17/05

Today we did a quick review via the A faire and then took a quiz.  At the end of class, we discussed the new project and the last extra credit option of the year.

A Faire: Complétez les phrases avec 2 possibilités chacun (each!):

1.  Quand je finirai l’école en juin, je…
2. Si je suis studieux/studieuse, je…
3. Si j’apprenais l’espagnol, je…

Handouts (click on link):  Future/ConditionalProject

Devoirs: 10 sentences about what your life WILL be like in 5 years (beginning of project).  Double space for turn in sometime next week!

Mardi 14/05\Mercredi 15/05

Today we reviewed Y, En, the future tense and the conditional for the quiz Thursday/Friday.

A Faire:  Y et EN questions (clique ici!)

Devoirs:  Y et EN Activity (clique ici!)

Lundi 13/05

Today in class we listened to a new poem and started discussing it.

A Faire:  Activité : D’Accord (négritude packet)

Handouts (click on link):  Prière d’un petit enfant nègre (poème)

Devoirs: read through poem, look up vocab you don’t understand, and translate underlined phrases.  Bring in any questions you have about quiz material. 

Jeudi 09/05\Vendredi 10/05

Today we discussed the poem by Rene Philombe “L’homme qui te ressemble” as a class, went over the homework and our choices, and did a News in Slow French. 

A Faire:  Finish discussion of poem in group, then individually respond to the 3 questions after the poem (Analyse) in French with 2-3 sentences for each.

Travail en Classe (TEC):  News in Slow French notes…

Devoirs: Final reflection paper due Monday, study for quiz 

Quiz Thursday/Friday!  Study:  y/en, futur, conditionnel, si/quand clauses, colonialism vocab (packets/spreadsheet), African countries, colonialism content.

Mardi 07/05\Mercredi 08/05

Today we continued using the conditional, discussed our spreadsheet observations and began reading another poem.

A Faire:  Que faire??  Ecrivez 4 choses que les personnes suivantes feraient dans les circonstances données.

1.  Je vois un OVNI.  (Scared?  Call someone? Say hello to “extraterrestres”?)
2. Nous voyons un accident. (Help people?  Leave?  Call someone?)

Travail en Classe (TEC):  In groups of 2-3, read the Rene Philombe poem in the negritude packet. 

Devoirs:  lisez pg 436-7, choisissez vos réponses, reflection paper

Lundi 06/05

Today in class we talked about our weekend, practiced some conditional and looked more closely at some of the spreadsheet questions in small groups.

Handouts (click on link):  Spreadsheet discussion questions

A Faire:  Ecrivez 5 phrases en disant ce qu’on pourrait faire pour réussir à l’école et/ou à la classe de français

Travail en Classe (TEC):  In groups of 2-3, share and discuss more in depth responses to the spreadsheet questions identified on the handout.  Keep notes over your discussion as TEC. 

Devoirs: Double spaced rough draft of French introduction of reflection paper, work on reflection paper… 

Jeudi 02/05\Vendredi 03/05

Today we discussed négritude and the poem by Léon Damas.  Then we went to the computer lab to do some research around American minorities (see TEC).

Travail en Classe (TEC):  Activité: Études (back page of l’Afrique packet).  Choose an American minority to do a brief study on.  The idea is to potentially make connections between the colonial experience and the immigrant experience and relate our study of Africa/France back to the US.  Please do the bulk of this study in French…if you want to add additional details in English, that’s ok.

Handouts (click on link):  Reflection Paper Overview

Devoirs: Finish Activité: Études (back page of l’Afrique packet), start introduction of reflection paper (in French!)

Mardi 30/04\Mercredi 01/05

Today we practiced using the conditional and continued to develop our understanding of colonization and the consequences through a reading on “la négritude”.

Handouts (click on link):  La Négritude packet, Africa map

A Faire:  Activite: Problèmes (l’Afrique packet-back page)  Choose 5 countries and write 2-3 problems that are the most serious and 2-3 that are the least serious for each.

Ex:  En Chine, _____ et _____  sont les problèmes le plus sérieux.  ____ et ____ sont le moins sérieux.

 

Travail en Classe (TEC):  In groups of 2-3, read 1^st page of new packet using reading protocol from African stories (read out loud, discuss, look up words, etc).  Make sure you understand paragraphs before moving on to reading and interpreting the poem.  After finishing, respond to the following questions in English:

1.  What is the message of the poem?
2. How does it represent “negritude”?
3. How does Damas express it in the poem

Devoirs:  finish reading/poem and answer questions with details; identify, label and study African Countries (in négritude packet)

Lundi 29/04

Today in class we practiced the conditional by discussing the weekend homework (pg 434 #4), and learned to use the conditional to express what one would/could do if certain circumstances were the reality (“si” clause + result clause).

Devoirs: pg 435 #6, finish spreadsheet observations and analysis handout 

Jeudi 25/04\Vendredi 26/04

Today we discussed the use of the conditional for “la politesse” then we went to the computer lab to do some spreadsheet analysis.

A Faire:  pg 434 #5

Handouts (click on link):  Spreadsheet observations and analysis

Devoirs: Finish spread sheet observations and analysis handout, pg 434 #4

Déjeuner français—demain!!!

Bring your lunch and come meet and talk with some of the young French students visiting Grant while earning participation credit and possible extra credit!  Think about questions or topics you want to discuss before you come (it will help you to say more!)  On va parler français!!   Room 128, @ lunch tomorrow.  Hope to see you there!

Lundi 22/04\Mercredi 24/04

Today we continued to practice the future tense and learned the structure of the conditional.  We discussed the reading “l’Afrique francophone” and the questions in small groups and then in the large group, focusing particularly on the concepts of the revolution and how colonization/slavery were justified.

A Faire:  Write 5 sentences using at least 5 of the vocab words found on the front page of the Africa packet.  Some helpful verbs might be:  supprimer, disparaître, aider, continuer, changer, augmenter, etc…

Travail en Classe (TEC):  In small groups, we wrote a paragraph summary of the reading as a way to check understanding.

Devoirs:  pg 434 #3

Jeudi 18/04\Vendredi 19/04

Today we finished sharing the brainstorm posters on colonialism, and went to the computer lab to work on a reading and some comprehension questions.

Handouts (click on link):  L’Afrique francophone packet

Devoirs: Finish reading « L’Afrique francophone » for understanding, make notes over content.  Answer comprehension questions in English or French.  Study vocab on 1^st page of packet.

Mardi 16/04\Mercredi 17/04

Today we looked at “quand” clauses using the future (see page 426) and then did a group brainstorming activity around colonialism/imperialism.

A Faire:  pg 426 #10

Devoirs:  pg 427 #1 (dans un petit paragraphe, réponds aux questions/”prompts”), make sure you enter all data in spreadsheet ASAP for next class!

Lundi 15/04

Today in class we practiced the future and using “si clauses” (“if clauses”)—see page 425 for explanation.

A Faire:  pg 425 #8

Devoirs: pg 427 #12, all research should be completed on country and colonialism and country data put into spreadsheet for Tue/Wed. 

Mercredi 10/04\Jeudi 11/04

Today we continued our discussion (the explanation) of the Africa project, Mrs. Battle shared some valuable resources and info about citing sources, and then we went to the library for research.

Handouts (click on link):  Expert d’un pays franco-africain (updated!), Colonialism

Devoirs: Practice pronunciation/study future tense.  Finish research.  All research should be completed and put into spreadsheet by Tue/Wed.  Be prepared to discuss your findings in class Tue/Wed.  You will be given grammar homework on Monday…

Africa Project

Spreadsheet:  You can access the spreadsheet by clicking the following link:  clique ici!

Directions:

1.  Please do not change any formatting of the spreadsheet without prior approval.  Just input data for your country!  If you make a mistake, no worries, just see me for help:)
2.  Make sure you scroll to the bottom and choose the tab (sheet) for the correct period, 4^th/5^th.
3.  You should input data in French if possible.  If the words are clearly unfamiliar (like some industry, agriculture, and government vocabulary) then you may use English.  You may have to cut/paste from word for accents.
4.  Some of the categories have been formatted for percents and numbers. 
5. For categories that require more than one item to input (languages, religions, agriculture, industry, etc..)  include only the top 3-4 examples.

Citations:  Here is the MLA format for citing websites and an example of how to cite the CIA website.

MLA: Website

Include the name of the website, the name of the editor (if given), the date of electronic publication (if given), the sponsoring institution (if given), the date of access, and the URL. 

Format:

• To cite a general website:
• Name of website. Editor(s) of website. Date of electronic publication. Associated institution. Date of access <URL>.
• To cite a specific article from a website:
• Author(s) of internet article. "Name of internet article." Name of website. Editor(s) of website. Date of electronic publication. Associated institution. Date of access <URL>.

Examples:

• A general website example:
• BBC on the Internet. 2005. British Broadcasting Company. 12 Apr. 2005 <http://www.bbc.com>.
• An example of a website with an article:
• Smith, Fred. "New Football Recruits." Northwestern Football. Ed. Alex Shokey. 2004. Northwestern University. 6 Jun. 2004 <http://www.football.northwestern.edu/recruits>.

To reference other citation types, see the following link and choose the source type from the list on the left side of the page:   http://content.easybib.com/students/citation-guide/mla/

CIA:  Make sure you cite the correct country and date!

Central Intelligence Agency. "Botswana." cia.gov. Central Intelligence Agency, n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2011.