Grimes' Parisian Adventure

Today we watched a video on Etre, adjectives, pronouns,  everything you know, for the most part.

The class did diamante diagrams about themselves, using adjectives (masculine/fem) to describe themselves.

Les devoirs:  study 1 ere and deuxieme etape vocabulaire-  Finissez les travaux p 51-54.  Workbook through and including page 54.

Begin to put pictures on a powerpoint to describe your family.  OR/  BUY a poster board and collect pictures for presentation next Friday.   We will have a test sometime the second/third week of March.   Make sure you are studying verbs on your verb chart: Etre, faire, er verb, avoir.

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may access it at

http://quizlet.com/1871589/ch-7-french-vocab-words-flash-cards/

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Want to practice family vocab:

http://www.languageguide.org/m/family/fr/

You can hear how word is pronounced too.

This day students presented their favorite activity.

Some words you should know since many were written on board are:

mettre=  put on;    je mets un t shirt.

pendant- for;   Je joue pendant une heure. 

quand=  when

l’équipe= team

répétition=  a  practice

DEVOIRS:  study for ch 7.1 vocab;  study from verb chart.]Bon weekend.

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We handed back tests for Ch 4.  Most students did very well, if you have below an 80, please come in Friday morning at 8:30 to go over test with me.

We began Ch 7, all about the family.  Students made verb charts for Etre, faire, avoir and an “er” verb of choice.  They will take a quiz with the verb chart on Friday.

Homework:  page 51 in workbook and page 218 Ex 1 in textbook.

Please write out sentences. 

BE READY to  explain without notes the activity you like to do for Friday

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For Monday in class you will present an activity.

Can you talk about your activity?

In a certain season, or on a certain day of the week, or the weekend, on vacation?

What you do to prepare for activity (like a buy cheese for a  pizza), put on shorts for playing..etc.

How long do you do this activity for…pendant la journée (the whole day),

With whom do you do this activity, (avec mon chien, mon ami, toute seule(alone).)

Do you like this activity, C’est….   don’t like it.

You are free to change the above as long as you explain as simply and clearly as possible.

Write a list of words, no more than five, on board to help your friends understand.

For ex:   Mettre = put on    Je mets des baskets.

              Sauter= jump.   J’aime sauter …(playing basketball)

You look online for french dictionary.   Don’t use a translator, they are not reliable.

DUE  Monday.    Test WED.    Chapter 4  workbook pages for ch 4 due wed.   Merci.

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I will collect grammar tutor packet on Thursday.

Make sure you do flashcards for 3 etape.   You will have vocab quiz on premier and deuxieme etapes on Thursday.

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Homework:  devoirs:  finish Grammar tutor packet to page  and including page 18.  If you were absent Friday, you can hand the grammar tutor in on Thursday.

We did puppet skits on Friday.  If missed this, you will be given a written quiz on the  activities, weather, days of week and seasons.

We will begin the troisieme etape on Tuesday. 

Continue a etudier “vocab” page 135- toute la page…..merci.

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For Friday’s class (one hour class because of conferences)

Finish:

1.  weather chart with information about activities (see previous blog.

2. In textbook, page 129.   Ex 4-write out completely

                                                       Ex 5- answers only

                                                       Ex 8- write out completely.

Study from Fr to English, English to french all the deuxieme etape vocabulary.   You should know this by FRIDAY.  Practice online for Chapter 4.  You should do this EVERY DAY…..it really helps.

On Friday, you will have quick oral quiz.   I will point to your weather flap, a picture of the sun,   You say, When it’s nice out, I do…..

When= Quand…

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Students took faire quiz again if they failed the first time.   Went over in detail page 41, cahier.

Je fais de la natation.    Je ne fais pas de natation.   In negative, du, de la, des becomes DE only.

Took a sheet of paper, landscape.   folded in outer edges and made 6 pictures on front.  BEHIND flap

Mention:    Season, month, weather activity.

Ex:   En hiver, en janvier, quand (when) il fait froid, je fais du ski.

In middle section:  Write 6 sentences about what you do during a particular season.  Go into more detail.  You will mention what you do a lot, what you do sometimes, what you do not do.   Then ask someone what they like to do, what you can do together. .

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Write out the verb ,faire, conjugated:  3 x’s.

Pages  41 and 44 “cahier”-  complete- I will collect and grade for accuracy.  See 4.2 in book (pages116-119).

Quiz on Faire  on Thursday:   je fais, tu fais , il fait         nous faisons, vous faites, ils font.  Memorize

We will go to the lab on Thursday to practice.

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