Thursday, February 12, 2009

French II

Thursday/Friday information:

En classe:
  • Daily discussions and conversations in French about weekend plans, Valentine's Day, etc.
  • Played Valentine's Day games in French.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in act./etc. (French news articles and artifacts.)

French I

Thursday/Friday information:

En classe:
  • Daily discussions and conversations in French about weekend plans, Valentine's Day, etc.
  • Played Valentine's Day games in French.
Les devoirs:
  • Bring in act./etc. (French news articles and artifacts.)

French Culture

2nd period:
  • Last day of French Culture: French party - thank you all for bringing such delicious French food!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

French II

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Questions and answers based on a model version of a French town.
  • Partner activity - created questions and answers based on given scenarios of certain towns, cities, neighborhoods, etc.
  • Continued to work on the artifact worksheets - questions and answers about these advertisements.
Les devoirs:
  • Study for Wednesday's quiz on Leçon 21.

French Culture

2nd period:
  • Finished Francophone presentations.
  • Finished watching the Travel Channel's DVD on Paris and discussed certain cultural aspects.
  • Homework: Remember to buy or make your French food for Thursday's party.
9th period:
  • France map activity.
  • Finished reading the Georges Seurat book and completed a worksheet based on this information.
  • Homework: Continue to work on your Francophone project research.

French I

En classe:
  • Daily review questions and conversations in French.
  • Passed out grade summaries. Please have this signed by a parent/guardian by Friday.
  • Played Telephone and the Ladder game in order to review Leçon 9 vocabulary.
Les devoirs:
  • Study for Wednesday's Leçon 9 quiz and have your grade summary signed by Friday.

Monday, February 9, 2009

French II

Expression pour la semaine: "Sois mon valentin"/"Sois ma valentine"

En classe:
  • Daily review questions/conversations in French about the weekend, Grammys, etc.
  • Announced French Club - C409 on Wednesday from 3:30-4:30.
  • Discussed French current events/artifacts.
  • Used a map of a fictional city in France and discussed certain locations and gave directions to and from these locations in French. Also discussed the cultural differences between city layouts in France vs. the US.
  • Used an artifact packet and answered questions about two advertisements.
Les devoirs:
  • Study for Wednesday's quiz on Leçon 21.