Mounds View French 1: Friday, September 26, 2014

DUE: rien!

[40 minutes] Prepare Class Demonstration for Mme. Guyer! On Monday, students will demonstrate en masse what they have learned this month.

1. Introductions [split class in half, two large groups talk to each other]
1. Bonjour! 
2. Comment tu t’appelles? 
3. Je m'appelle.... 
4. Enchanté(e).
2. Greetings and small talk. [again, half on half]
1. Bonjour / Salut!
2. Comment ça va / Ça va bien?  
3. Bien / Très bien / Pas mal / Mal / Comme ci comme ça. Et toi? 
4. Bien / Très bien / Pas mal / Mal / Comme ci comme ça, merci!  
5. Au revoir! / À bientot! / À demain! / Bonne journée!
3. Numbers 1-100 
1. First count 1-20.
2. Then count 10-100 by tens.
3. Then count 50-100 by fives.
4. Then count 10 to 0.
   
4. Classroom Objects: Small group of leaders in center hold up objects (or in case of humans, respects their dignity by gesturing politely toward them); one asks "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" Class responds in unison.
   

   Qu’est-ce que c’est?	un copain	une fille	un homme
   une salle de classe	une copine	un garçon	une femme
   un(e) camarade de classe	un(e) élève		un professeur
   un sac à dos
   un livre	un crayon	une horloge	une chaise
   un dictionnaire	un stylo	une montre	une carte
   un cahier	une calculatrice		un tableau
   une feuille de papier		une fenêtre	un bureau
   un résultat		une porte	une corbeille à papier

5. Verb Conjugations: New group of student leaders in center: one leader calls out infinitive, class calls out six-part conjugation.

avoir = « to have »
j’ai	I have	nous avons	we have
tu as	you have	vous avez	y’all have
il/elle a	he/she has	ils/elles ont	they have

être = « to be »
je suis	I am	nous sommes	we are
tu es	you are	vous êtes	you are
il/elle est	he/she is	ils/elles sont	they are

aller = « to go »
je vais	I go	nous allons	we go
tu vas	you go	vous allez	you go
il/elle va	he/she goes	ils/elles vont	they go

faire = « to make/do »
je fais	I make/do	nous faisons	we make/do
tu fais	you make/do	vous faites	you make/do
il/elle fait	he/she makes/does	ils/elles font	they make/do

vouloir = « to want »
je veux	I want	nous voulons	we want
tu veux	you want	vous voulez	you want
il/elle veut	he/she wants	ils/elles veulent	they want

Mounds View French 1: Thursday, September 25, 2014

DUE: rien!
 
[10 minutes] Old Vocab Refresher: greetings, numbers, classroom things

[10 minutes] Conjugation Refresher: Read and repeat conjugations for our three verbs:

avoir = « to have »
j’ai	I have	nous avons	we have
tu as	you have	vous avez	y’all have
il/elle a	he/she has	ils/elles ont	they have

être = « to be »
je suis	I am	nous sommes	we are
tu es	you are	vous êtes	you are
il/elle est	he/she is	ils/elles sont	they are

aller = « to go »
je vais	I go	nous allons	we go
tu vas	you go	vous allez	you go
il/elle va	he/she goes	ils/elles vont	they go

[35 minutes] Two New Verbs! faire et vouloir!

faire = « to make/do »
je fais	I make/do	nous faisons	we make/do
tu fais	you make/do	vous faites	you make/do
il/elle fait	he/she makes/does	ils/elles font	they make/do

vouloir = « to want »
je veux	I want	nous voulons	we want
tu veux	you want	vous voulez	you want
il/elle veut	he/she wants	ils/elles veulent	they want

• Students write down these conjugations to add to collections.
• Practice pronunciation!
• Note the silent -ent on third-person plural form of vouloir; note that this ending happens on lots of French verbs. Never say it!
• Mention negation: to say you are not doing something, sandwich the verb with ne... pas!
• Elle fait un sandwich? —Non, elle ne fait pas un sandwich.
• Vous voulez les devoirs? —Non, nous ne voulons pas les devoirs. 
• Tu vas au parc? —Non, je ne vais pas au parc.
• Mireille et Martina sont françaises? —Non, elles ne sont pas
  françaises.
• J'ai beaucoup de devoirs. Tu as des devoirs? —Non, je n'ai pas de devoirs.
• Practice with numerous questions!

Les Devoirs: rien!

Mounds View French 1: Monday, September 22, 2014

DUE: Les Devoirs! Write 12 original sentences en français!

1. Six sentences should use a form of avoir for the verb ("I have...," "She has...").
2. Six sentences should use a form of être for the verb ("You are...?" "He is...").
3. Each sentence should include a noun from Vocab List 1B (the one we just quizzed on, pp. 16-17). 

[10 minutes] Reading and Listening Practice

1. Students trio up, read their homework sentences to each other in round (Student A reads her Sentence #1 in French to Student B; Student B translates that sentence out loud; then B reads his Sentence #1 to C, C translates; then C reads her #1 to A, A translates; and so on...!
2. Teacher checks homework for completion (12 sentences on paper) during this time.

[5 minutes] Conjugation Refresher: Read and repeat conjugations for avoir and être:

avoir = « to have »
j’ai	I have	nous avons	we have
tu as	you have	vous avez	y’all have
il/elle a	he/she has	ils/elles ont	they have

être = « to be »
je suis	I am	nous sommes	we are
tu es	you are	vous êtes	you are
il/elle est	he/she is	ils/elles sont	they are

• Students: if you haven't written these conjugations down yet, you should!
• Note difference between elles ont /z/ and elles sont /s/

[15 minutes] Verb and Translation Practice in Group!

• Similar to start, but now teacher picks student from one side of room to read sentence aloud from homework in French, then picks student from other side of room to translate into English. Listen for verbs: get them right!

[26 minutes] New Adjective Practice! pp. 26-27

• Read and repeat personality and nationality adjectives.
• Say each adjective twice, once masculine while pointing at guy, once feminine while pointing at gal (don't sweat explaining in English; keep it in French, simple and physical!)
• Teacher demos: "Je suis... [adjective]." Then teacher asks student, "Tu es...?" Get students to respond in kind with "Je suis... [adjective]." 

Les Devoirs: rien! But be ready for a new verb next time!

Mounds View French 1: Friday, September 19, 2014

DUE: rien! mais nous avons...

[25 minutes] Interro de vocabulaire 1B!

un résultat	un copain	un stylo	un sac à dos
une salle de classe	une copine	un crayon	un cahier
un(e) camarade de chambre	un(e) élève	une montre	une feuille de papier
un(e) camarade de classe	une femme	une horloge	une corbeille à papier
une classe	un homme	un livre	une chaise
Qui est-ce ?	une fille	un dictionnaire	une carte
Qu’est-ce que c’est ?	un garçon	une calculatrice	un tableau
Quoi?	un professeur	une fenêtre	un bureau
		une porte	avoir

• CAH says words in French, students write down translations in English.

[31 minutes] Verb Review and New!

• Review avoir with questions for students (Tu as...? Qu'est-ce que tu as?) 
• Add être:

être = « to be »
je suis	I am	nous sommes	we are
tu es	you are	vous êtes	you are
il/elle est	he/she is	ils/elles sont	they are

Les Devoirs: Write 12 original sentences en français!

1. Six sentences should use a form of avoir for the verb ("I have...," "She has...").
2. Six sentences should use a form of être for the verb ("You are...?" "He is...").
3. Each sentence should include a noun from Vocab List 1B (the one we just quizzed on, pp. 16-17).

Mounds View French 1: Thursday, September 18, 2014

DUE: Les Devoirs! Vocab/Gender Practice:

1. Write each of the nouns on Vocab List 1B (the words your wrote for homework Tuesday, the words on which you will be quizzed Friday: there are 26 nouns) with the correct indefinite article (un or une)
2. Then write each of those nouns with the correct definite article.
3. For words like camarade and élève, you may choose whether you want to write the guy or girl versions. But be consistent: if you choose guy, be sure both the indefinite and definite are the guy forms.

[2 minutes] Rules for guessing masculine and feminine! If you really want to know, click here for perhaps the most concise summary possible of French gender rules of thumb! Otherwise, keep memorizing!

[10 minutes] Vocab gender practice!

• Every student writes one pair (noun with indefinite article, then same noun with definite article) au tableau.
• CAH checks homework during this time.
• Écoutez et répétez a few!

[30 minutes] Our first verb: avoir! to have!

avoir = “to have”
j’ai	I have	nous avons	we have
tu as	you have	vous avez	y’all have
il a	he has	ils ont	they (m) have
elle a	she has	elles ont	they (f) have

• First, CAH demonstrates: J'ai un livre. J'ai une calculatrice. J'ai des dictionnaires.
• Then questions: Tu as un livre? Tu as un crayon?
• Then try introducing il and elle, statements and questions.
• Then break, show the chart and the meanings.

[14 minutes] Firing Line: Vocab 1B Practice!

Les Devoirs: rien... mais étudiez fort à l’interro de vocabulaire demain! Vendredi!

Mounds View French 1: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

DUE: rien!

[10 minutes] Vocab Practice

• Students do p. 17, Exs 1 and 3 at desk, write answers on paper
• CAH chooses students to write answers for each exercise au tableau (and add this word to the vocab! Everyone should know le tableau!).

[30 minutes] Grammar and Vocab Practice: gender and articles!

• Read pp. 10-11 together for examples!
• Watch pronunciation of s at end of les!
• Practice il y a and c'est/ce sont.
• Practice with vocab:
  • Il y a un/une/des...?
  • Oui, voilà le/la/les...! 

Les Devoirs:Vocab/Gender Practice:

1. Write each of the nouns on Vocab List 1B (the words your wrote for homework Tuesday, the words on which you will be quizzed Friday: there are 26 nouns) with the correct indefinite article (un or une)
2. Then write each of those nouns with the correct definite article.
3. For words like camarade and élève, you may choose whether you want to write the guy or girl versions. But be consistent: if you choose guy, be sure both the indefinite and definite are the guy forms.
   

Mounds View French 1: Tuesday, September 16, 2014

DUE: Vocab 1B (pp. 16-17): write each word four times!

[20 minutes] Vocabulary Practice

• Students read vocab words to each other, try to translate on hearing!
• CAH checks homework during this time.
• Then CAH leads read and repeat! 

[30 minutes] Grammar!

• Masculine and feminine nouns
• Definite articles ("the"): le, la, les (and apostrophized l')!
• Indefinite articles ("a" or "some"): un, une, des
• il y a and c'est/ce sont

[5 minutes] Vocab Review: montrez à... (point to such and such!) 

Les Devoirs: rien! But think Vocab Quiz Friday!

Mounds View French 1: Monday, September 15, 2014

DUE: rien!

[25 minutes] Vocab Quiz 1A! Vocabulaire p. 2 + numbers 1-100.

• CAH says words/phrases in French, students write English translation

[10 minutes] New Vocabulary 1B, pp. 16-17 -- Read and repeat!

Les Devoirs: Write all vocab on pp. 16-17, in big box and in word bubbles on picture, four times

Mounds View French 1: Friday, September 12, 2014

DUE: rien!

[20 minutes] Number Practice 0-100

[20 minutes] Conversation Vocab Practice

• Students pair up, practice conversations on pp. 2-3
• Each pair presents one of the conversations out loud to class

[16 minutes] Vocab Drill: Firing Line!

• Students line up face to face, one says vocab word/phrase, other must give English translation.
• Students rotate each minute.

Les Devoirs: rien, mais préparez-vous à l'interro orale du vocabulaire p. 4!

Mounds View French 1: Thursday, September 11, 2014

DUE: rien!

[25 minutes] Arithmetic!

• Practice numbers 1-100

10	dix	70	soixante-dix
20	vingt	71	soixante et onze
30	trente	72	soixante -douze
40	quarante	80	quatre-vingts
50	cinquante	81	quatre-vingt-un
60	soixante	90	quatre-vingt-dix
61	soixante et un	91	quatre-vingt-onze
62	soixante-deux	100	cent

• Note math vocab: plus, moins, fois, divisé par, font
• Students make five math problems, trade and do other students' problems! (All answers should come out to integers between 1 and 100. 

[31 minutes] Reading and pronunciation practice! Read texts on pp/ 6-7, translate out loud!

Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez le vocabulaire pour une interro lundi, le 15 septembre!

Mounds View French 1: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

DUE: rien! Mais...

[30 minutes] Alphabet Oral Quiz!  [interro orale de l'alphabet!]

• Each student comes to CAH in hall, recites alphabet in French from memory
• While waiting, students in classroom work on numbers 31-100!

[26 minutes] New vocab: numbers 31-100!

10	dix	70	soixante-dix
20	vingt	71	soixante et onze
30	trente	72	soixante -douze
40	quarante	80	quatre-vingts
50	cinquante	81	quatre-vingt-un
60	soixante	90	quatre-vingt-dix
61	soixante et un	91	quatre-vingt-onze
62	soixante-deux	100	cent

 
Les Devoirs: rien! Mais étudiez le vocabulaire pour une interro lundi, le 15 septembre!

Mounds View French 1: Tuesday, September 9, 2014

DUE: Write vocab words and phrases on p. 2 and word forms of numbers 1-20 (see p. 12) four times.

[5 minutes] Review alphabet!

[20 minutes] Introduce accent marks!

[20 minutes] Finish oral quizzes (hello, what's your name, how are you, count 1-30)

[11 minutes] CAH checks homework!

Les Devoirs: rien de nouveau (nothing new!), but be ready for Alphabet Quiz tomorrow!

Mounds View French 1: Monday, September 8, 2014

DUE: Oral Quiz 1 today! Face to face in hall with CAH, you will...

1. Conduct a "Hello, what's your name" conversation.
2. Conduct a "Hi, How are you" conversation.
3. Count from 1 to 30 in French.
4. Say "See you later."

[5 minutes] Review alphabet pronunciation

[5 minutes] Review questions about oral quiz.

[46 minutes] Oral quiz in hall!

Les Devoirs: 

1. Prepare for Oral Quiz 2: recite alphabet en français!
2. Hand write all vocab phrases in boxes on p. 2 of Espaces and all number words 1-20 (p.12) four times.  

Mounds View French 1: Friday, September 5, 2014

DUE: rien! nothing!

[10 minutes] Alphabet!

[20 minutes] Number drill 1-30

• CAH leads pronunciation practice, forward and backward.
• Students volunteer to say aloud; listeners take notes on best phonetic guess.
• Students then trio up, practice saying numbers ten at a time (Ann says 1-10, Bob says 11-20, Cal says 21-30, then rotate so each student says each set of numbers at least once!)

 [20 minutes] Review and Expand Conversations!

Revoir:

• Bonjour! 
• Comment tu t’appelles? 
• Je m'appelle.... 
• Enchanté(e).

• Comment ça va/Ça va bien? 
• Bien. Très bien. Pas mal. Mal. Comme ci comme ça. Et toi?
• Merci! 
• Au revoir! 

Nouveau!

•  Salut!
• Je vais bien.
• Je vais mal.
• Comme ci, comme ça.

• À bientot!
• À demain!
• Bonne journée! 

 Les Devoirs: Oral quiz next time! Face to face in hall with CAH, you will...

1. Conduct a "Hello, what's your name" conversation.
2. Conduct a "Hi, How are you" conversation.
3. Count from 1 to 30 in French.
4. Say "See you later."

un	onze	vingt et un
deux	douze	vingt-deux
trois	treize	vingt-trois
quatre	quatorze	vingt-quatre
cinq	quinze	vingt-cinq
six	seize	vingt-six
sept	dix-sept	vingt-sept
huit	dix-huit	vingt-huit
neuf	dix-neuf	vingt-neuf
dix	vingt	trente

If you want to listen to the words as you study for this quiz, you have many options available. One of the easiest is to type the words you want to study into Google Translate, make sure translator is set to French, and then click the audio button at the lower right corner of the text box. Spell the word correctly, and Google speaks with a pretty good accent!

Mounds View French 1: Thursday, September 4, 2014

DUE: no devoirs yet!

[10 minutes] Review greetings! CAH asks each student Ça va? Bien/mal, et toi?

[10 minutes] Review greetings and numbers

• Each student asks 10 other students Ça va? and records the answer. 
• When everyone has asked 10 students, each student reports number of answers bien and number of answers mal. 
• Use your hands when saying numbers! 

[30 minutes] New numbers: 11-30!

• onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze 
• seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt 
• vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinq 
• vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf, trente 
• Écoutez et répétez! 
• Then students form three lines, drill numbers with leader, who shows cards in random order to each student.

[6 minutes] Brief into to alphabet!

Les Devoirs (that means homework): none yet! Keep thinking and practicing at home!

Mounds View French 1: Wednesday, September 3, 2014

[20-30 minutes] Oral Practice: Conversation! 

Revoir:

• Bonjour! 
• Comment tu t’appelles? 
• Je m'appelle.... 
• Enchanté(e). 

Nouveau!

• Comment ça va/Ça va bien? 
• Bien. Très bien. Pas mal. Mal. Comme ci comme ça. Et toi? 

[10 minutes] Listening/Physical Response: Les Chiffres/Nombres 1–10!

• Écoutez: un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix.
• Répétez ensemble!
• Écoutez et répondez: CAH says number

[11 minutes] Administrivia

Les Devoirs (that means homework!): Handwrite each of the conversation phrases listed above and the French number words 1–10 four times!