Wednesday, October 29, 2008

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Corrected Tuesday night's study guide homework.
  • Took the Unité 1 Leçon 2 quiz.
  • Showed images of facial expressions to introduce the new vocabulary from Unité 1 Leçon 3.
  • Read the Note Culturelle on page 23 in the textbook.
Les devoirs:
  • Complete the Unité 1 Leçon 3 vocabulary worksheet passed out in class today.
  • Review the French Halloween words for Friday game day!
  • Print out a copy of your cumulative grade from mygradebook.com, have it signed by a parent/guardian and bring it to class by Friday.

French Culture

In class:
  • Met in the Multicultural Resource Center and worked the entire period on the francophone projects.
Homework:
  • Make sure you have 100% completed Journals 1 and 2 for class on Thursday.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

French II

Monday/Tuesday

En classe:
  • Discussed current events and French artifacts.
  • Passed back the Unité 2 quizzes and made all necessary corrections. Remember to take your quiz home and have it signed if you received a D or U.
  • Played a review game to review the vocabulary from Unité 3.
  • Took the Unité 3 quiz on Tuesday.
Les devoirs:
  • Study the French Halloween vocabulary so that we can play games on Friday!

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.