Friday, December 5, 2008

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions, conversations, and discussion about weekend plans in French.
  • Played game where each person becomes a famous person - name is taped to each students' forehead while students pose questions to find out who they are. Review of Unité 5 Leçon 17 vocabulary.
  • Read Je T'aimerais Toujours.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in French articles and artifacts.
  • Study for Tuesday's quiz on Unité 5 Leçon 17.

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions, conversations, and discussions about weekend plans in French.
  • Completed the worksheet and discussion about French advertisements.
  • *Pop* quiz on Unité 2 Leçon 5.
  • Read Je T'aimerais Toujours.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in French articles and artifacts.

French Culture

2nd period:
  • Each student painted a scene from The Little Prince with their favorite quite as a caption.
  • Remember to go shopping for your French food item to bring to class on Tuesday for our party!
9th period:
  • Matching game with the Borrowed Words vocabulary.
  • Review of the map of France and Europe.
  • Study for Tuesday's map quiz and bring in French news articles and artifacts on Monday.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Shared with the class our descriptive sentences about a famous person of choice.
  • Activity with a partner - described at least 4 people based on the cards which were passed out in class. Wrote several sentences based on their physical appearances, age, jobs, etc.
  • Announced the start of Julian's first ever French Club! The club will begin after Winter Break and all are invited and welcome. More info to come!
Les devoirs:
  • Study the vocabulary from Unité 5 Leçon 17.

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Played Hangman to review the Unité 2 Leçon 5 vocabulary.
  • Collected Wednesday's homework.
  • Began a worksheet which discussed several French artifacts and advertisements. Answered questions based on the ads.
  • Announced the start of Julian's first ever French Club! The club will begin after Winter Break and all are invited and welcome. More info to come!
Les devoirs:
  • Study for a possible *pop* quiz tomorrow on Unité 2 Leçon 5.

French Culture

2nd period:
  • Finished and discussed The Little Prince.
9th period:
  • Finished The Travel Channel DVD on Paris and discussed this fascinating city.
  • Reviewed the Paris and Europe map worksheet in preparation for Tuesday's quiz on this material.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • TPR lesson and activity on the vocabulary words - in, on, in front of, behind, under, to the left, and to the right.
  • Used the celebrity photos students brought to class to write descriptive sentences. Continued this activity with descriptions of five other famous people.
Les devoirs:
  • Complete the Unité 5 Leçon 17 worksheet.
  • Continue the descriptive sentences written in class today and write a total of five detailed, descriptive and advanced sentences about your famous person of choice. Attach your sentences to the photo and hand in on Thursday for a grade.