Tuesday, October 21, 2008

French Culture

In class:
  • Completed the Borrowed Words worksheet and played "frappeur" as a review game.
  • Read over the Francophone project guidelines.
Homework:
  • Meet in the Multicultural Resource Center on Wednesday. Have an idea of which countries you would be interested in researching.

Monday, October 20, 2008

French II

Expression pour la semaine: "Amusons-nous!"

En classe:
  • Discussed act./etc.
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed the Unité 3 vocabulary.
  • Completed the "Joyeux Halloween" vocabulary worksheet.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in your Halloween extra credit assignment on Wednesday.
  • Study Unité 3 vocabulary.

French I

Expression pour la semaine: "Amusons-nous!"

En classe:
  • Discussed act./etc.
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed the Unité 1 Leçon 2 vocabulary.
  • Completed the Joyeux Halloween vocabulary worksheet.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in your Halloween extra credit assignment on Wednesday.
  • Study the Unité 1 Leçon 2 vocabulary.

French Culture

In class:
  • Welcome new students! Reviewed syllabus and briefly discussed the Tour du Monde Francophone project. (2nd period only)
  • Discussed current events and new French words found on artifacts.
  • Worked with a partner to begin the Borrowed Words worksheet. Try to finish this at home. As your parents if they've heard of some of these words/expressions that are French but are now a part of our English language. You can look up some of these words at www.wordreference.com - type in the word/expression and click "French-English."
  • Finished the Georges Seurat paintings. (9th period only)
Homework:
  • Try to finish the Borrowed Words worksheet and bring this to class on Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

French II

En classe:
  • Small review activity (worksheet) to practice Unité 2 spelling.
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Finished rough drafts and began final drafts of our cartoons!
  • Listened to French rock! ("Pop à Paris!")
Les devoirs:
  • Study for tomorrow's quiz on Unité 2. Spelling counts!
  • Finish your cartoon. Make sure you have correct spelling and punctuation. Also, make sure it's in color.

French I

En classe:
  • Small review activity (worksheet) to practice Unité 1 Leçon 1 spelling.
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Finished rough drafts and began final drafts of our cartoons!
  • Listened to French rock! ("Pop à Paris!")
Les devoirs:
  • Study for tomorrow's quiz on Unité 1 Leçon 1 (pages 14-17). Spelling counts!
  • Finish your cartoon. Make sure you have correct spelling and punctuation. Also, make sure it's in color.

French Culture

In class:
  • Read more in the Georges Seurat book and continued our pointillism paintings.
Homework:
  • 2nd period: Bring your French food to class tomorrow for our French party in honor of our last day of class.
  • 9th period: If you have not already done so, bring a folder to class tomorrow specifically for this class. Make sure you have a pencil and paper with you everyday. Also, be sure to buy 3x5 note cards by Monday for your current events and new French words assignments.