Friday, October 24, 2008

French I

Thursday/Friday information:

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed Unité 1 Leçon 2 vocabulary: played the "Tour Eiffel game" with a partner to quiz each other on Leçon 2 vocabulary, acted out skits between two people (introducing yourself, asking someone's name, expressing nationality, asking someone about his/her nationality, etc.)
  • Competed Leçon 2 worksheet and checked it in for a homework grade.
  • Turned in Halloween extra credit projects.
Les devoirs:
  • On Monday, bring in act./etc. (French/francophone news articles and artifacts).
  • Study for Wednesday's quiz on Unité 1 Leçon 2.
  • Review your French Halloween vocabulary so we can play games in French on Friday!

French II

Wednesday/Thursday information:

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed Unité 3 vocabulary: café skits, "Tour Eiffel game," and used props (fake food/drinks) to review these vocabulary words.
  • Completed Unité 3 homework packet.
Les devoirs:
  • On Monday, bring in French news articles and artifacts.
  • Study for Tuesday's quiz on Unité 3.

French Culture

Thursday/Friday information:

In class:
  • We went to the Multicultural resource center to have an introduction to the center and to begin our francophone research projects.
  • Read about Georges Seurat and completed a worksheet based on the new information we learned about him and his style of painting - Pointillism.
Homework:
  • On Monday, bring in news articles and French artifacts.
  • Study for Thursday's quiz on borrowed words (use the worksheet we completed this week to help you study).