Wednesday, February 18, 2009

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Warm-up activity (read brief descriptions of house/apartment terms and write down the French vocabulary word).
  • Completed the artifact/cultural packet with a partner and discussed as a class.
  • Completed activity 6 on page 195 in the textbook.
Les devoirs:
  • Mardi Gras extra credit project (decorations, card, word search, crossword puzzle, etc.) - due Thursday.
  • Mardi Gras Internet activity packet - due Thursday.

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Created a chart on the board to differentiate between cold drinks and hot drinks served at a café.
  • Discussed the Leçon 10 vocabulary sheet.
  • Read the Note Culturelle about "le café" on page 63 as well as the Petit Commentaire on page 64 in the textbook.
  • Lengthy discussion on the café culture - wonderful job and excellent questions!
  • Finished the Leçon 10 video (periods 3 and 6 only).
  • Read and acted out scenes 1, 2, and 3 on page 62 in the textbook (period 1 and 6 only).
  • Completed activity 1 on page 64 with a partner (period 1 only).
Les devoirs:
  • Create note cards using all of the Leçon 10 vocabulary (French on one side and a drawing on the other) - due Thursday.
  • Mardi Gras extra credit project (decorations, card, word search, crossword puzzle, etc.) - due Thursday.
  • Mardi Gras Internet activity packet - due Friday.

French Culture

2nd period:
  • Met in the Multi-Cultural Resource Center for an introduction to the center by Mrs. Allen.
  • Brief introduction to the Francophone project.
  • Continued to work on the map of France/Europe.
  • Homework: Come to class on Thursday with a chosen Francophone country for your project.
9th period:
  • Met in the MCRC/Media Center to work on Francophone projects.
  • Homework: Study for Friday's map/culture quiz.