Tuesday, October 28, 2008

French I

Monday/Tuesday

En classe:
  • Discussed current events and French artifacts.
  • Received back the Unité 1 Leçon 1 quizzes and made all necessary corrections. Remember to bring home your quiz to have it signed if you received a D or U.
  • Reviewed Halloween vocabulary.
  • Completed a brief worksheet with a student, answering questions about a French business card for a photographer. Discussed the significance of this cultural artifact.
  • Played Tour Eiffel review game to review vocabulary from Unité 1 Leçon 2.
Homework:
  • Complete the study guide in order to help you study for Wednesday's quiz on Unité 1 Leçon 2.
  • Study for your quiz!
  • Review the French Halloween vocabulary so that we can play some games on Friday!

French Culture

Monday/Tuesday

In class:
  • Discussed current events and French artifacts.
  • Began reading the Little Prince. Read and completed journals for chapters 1 and 2.
Homework:
  • Make sure your Little Prince journals are finished.
  • Meet in the Multicultural Resource Center on Wednesday and bring your francophone project materials.

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).

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed the Halloween vocabulary in French.
  • Completed a review worksheet to review Unité 3 vocabulary. Corrected the answers on the board.
  • Played "frappeur" with the notecards you made last night for homework.
Les devoirs:
  • Study the Unité 3 vocabulary. Work on spelling!
  • Complete your Halloween extra credit project.

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Reviewed the Halloween vocabulary in French.
  • Completed a review worksheet to review Unité 1 Leçon 2 vocabulary. Corrected the answers on the board.
  • Wrote down a question or an answer pertaining to Leçon 2 vocabulary and worked with 5 different partners to come up with a logical answer or question for what they had written down.
  • Read about the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower on page 20 in the book.
  • Completed activity 3 on page 21 in the book.
Les devoirs:
  • Study Leçon 2 vocabulary. Work on your spelling!
  • Complete your Halloween extra credit project.