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!!