Mounds View French 3: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

DUE: First Skit!

• Prepare skit about a relationship (romantic, platonic, family, whatever) that incorporates at least seven of the vocab words in this list.
• Every time you say one of the vocab words, you must hold up a small poster displaying the word (in font large enough for everyone in room to read!).
• You may work solo, in pairs, in trios, or in quartets.
• Each skit participant must say at least five sentences.
• I will tolerate scripts but encourage work from memory.
• Practice time available in first half of Wednesday's class.
• Everyone presents in second half of Wednesday's class! 

[25 minutes] Students practice

[31 minutes] Students present!

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 3: Tuesday, September 9, 2014

DUE: Les Devoirs: Handwrite all vocab words and phrases on p. 4 D'accord four times!

[10 minutes] Lecture: enquête!

• Students read and write responses to presonality survey, p. 5, Ex. 3.
• CAH checks homework during this time.

[10 minutes] Résultats au tableau! Calculate class score based on sums of student responses.\

[20 minutes] Vocab Practice:

• Read and repeat vocabulary on p. 4
• Use new words in conversation.
• If time allows, do p. 5, Exs. 1 & 2 together out loud.

Les Devoirs: First skit!

• Prepare skit about a relationship (romantic, platonic, family, whatever) that incorporates at least seven of the vocab words in this list.
• Every time you say one of the vocab words, you must hold up a small poster displaying the word (in font large enough for everyone in room to read!).
• You may work solo, in pairs, in trios, or in quartets.
• Each skit participant must say at least five sentences.
• I will tolerate scripts but encourage work from memory.
• Practice time available in first half of Wednesday's class.
• Everyone presents in second half of Wednesday's class!

Mounds View French 3: Monday, September 8, 2014

DUE: Les Devoirs: écrivez et conjuguez sept verbes!

1. aller
2. avoir
3. être
4. faire
5. un verbe -er
6. un verbe -ir
7. un verbe -re

Pour chaque verbe, écrivez les six formes du présent, les six formes du passé composé, et les six formes de l’imparfait. Par exemple:

Write all homework by hand, not typing. Handwriting will help you better memorize your French!

[5 minutes] Pair and compare!

• Students check each other's work, especially on the four main irregular verbs
• CAH checks homework during this time

 [20 minutes] Review verb conjugations present, past, and imperfect!

• Each student puts one verb conjugation (all three tenses) on board.
• Save space: put just one form of passé composé with helping verb up.
• Highlight oddities.
• Review difference between passé composé and imparfait.

 [10 minutes] New Vocab! p. 4 of D'accord! Écoutez et répétez.

Les Devoirs: Handwrite all vocab words and phrases on p. 4 D'accord four times!

 

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 3: Friday, September 5, 2014

DUE: Remaining presentations!

[30 minutes] Hear remaining nine student presentations about summer

• Minimum one minute
• No notes!

[10 minutes] CAH presentation! CAH tells about his summer; students take notes, each gives one fact from what CAH said after he finishes.

Les Devoirs: écrivez et conjuguez sept verbes!

1. aller
2. avoir
3. être
4. faire
5. un verbe -er
6. un verbe -ir
7. un verbe -re

Pour chaque verbe, écrivez les six formes du présent, les six formes du passé composé, et les six formes de l’imparfait. Par exemple:

Write all homework by hand, not typing. Handwriting will help you better memorize your French!