French Culture

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!

In class:

• Discussed Mardi Gras and the festivities surrounding this holiday.
• Students received beads and doubloons for correctly answering Mardi Gras trivia.
• Students took the map of France/Europe quiz (2nd period only).
• Students worked on the Parisian monument project using travel books (9th period only).

Homework:

• Continue to work on your Francophone project research.
  

French I et II

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!

En classe:

• Daily review questions and conversations in French.
• Handed out beads and doubloons to students who correctly answered Mardi Gras trivia.
• Ate Kings Cake!
• Completed several Mardi Gras activities using the French vocabulary.

Les devoirs:

• French I - Study for Wednesday's quiz on Leçon 10.
• French II - Read the "Weekend à Paris" text on page 198 and answer the "Compréhension" questions on page 199 in complete sentences in French.
  

French I

**This week in French I, we will finish our study of Leçon 10 (pages 62-65), celebrate Mardi Gras and begin Leçon 11 (pages 66-69).**

Expression pour la semaine: "Jette-moi quelque chose, monsieur!"

En classe:

• Discussion of articles and artifacts.
• Daily review questions and conversations in French about the weekend, etc.
• Completed activities 1-4 on pages 64 and 65 with a partner.
• Used a white board with a partner and wrote down sample requests you'd ask a waiter based on scenarios given in French by Ms. Young.

Les devoirs:

• Study the Mardi Gras vocabulary in order to play games on Tuesday.
• Make/buy/bring a Mardi Gras mask to class on Tuesday for extra credit.
• Study for Wednesday's quiz on Leçon 10.
  

French Culture

2nd period:

• Finished watching Ms. Young's trip to Paris and Luxembourg photos on PowerPoint.
• Discussed impressions of these photos (interests, fascinations, etc).
  
• Reviewed the map of France/Europe for tomorrow's quiz.
• Homework: Study for Tuesday's map quiz.
  

French II

En classe:

• Daily review questions and conversations in French.
• Mardi Gras vocabulary review in French.
• Discussed and corrected the Mardi Gras Internet activity packet.
• 5 stations around the room with different written and oral activities using the Leçon 21 vocabulary.

Les devoirs:

• Make sure you hand in the Mardi Gras packet if you didn't do so already.
  

French I

En classe:

• Daily review questions and conversations in French.
• Mardi Gras vocabulary review in French.
• Warm-up activity on overhead using the Leçon 10 vocabulary.
  
• Completed an oral/communicative activity worksheet using role play between a server and a customer at a café.
• Played the "flappeur" game with the Leçon 10 vocabulary note cards.
  

Les devoirs:

• Complete the Mardi Gras Internet activity packet - due Friday.
• Complete the Leçon 10 double-sided worksheet - due Friday.
  

French Culture

2nd period:

• Completed the map of France/Europe activity in preparation for a quiz on Tuesday.
• Watched the Travel Channel's DVD on Paris.

9th period:

• Reviewed for Friday's map of France/Europe quiz.
• Discussed French articles/artifacts.
• Watched Ms. Young's PowerPoint photo presentation on Paris and Luxembourg.
• Homework: Study for Friday's map quiz.