9/1/15
Lesson Goal:Can you write numbers 0-20 and write about yourself and others in French?
1) Quiz- number 0-20, vocab. that was in your skits
2) New vocab.- intro. new vocab., textbook p. 18
3) If time, Watch Grammavision about subject pronouns, and watch ‘On Rappe’ again!
4) HW: None
9/2 and 9/3/15
Lesson Goal: To Practice classroom vocab. and learn about verbs in French
1) Warm-up: Bell Ringer 1.5 on wh. bds. Discuss. Hold onto wh. bds.
2) Culture: Read and discuss Flash Culture: pp 12, 15 in textbook, then pp 16 & 17 and answer ‘Et toi’ in English on wh. boards. Share. Return wh. bds.
3) Intro. Exprimons-nous vocab. on p. 18, review classroom vocab., partner practice—Mme makes statements using the Exprimons-nous vocab., students respond to a partner.
4) Intro. the irregular verb, ‘avoir’. Intro. idea of verb conjugation on board w/ English verb ‘to play’. Show French conjugation on board, then look at chart on p. 26
5) Intro. l’alphabet- practice!
6) HW due Friday: Using the new vocabulary, write a list of at least 10 things or people you might find in a classroom. Be sure to write the word with ‘un’or ‘une’ along with the vocab. word.
9/4/15
Lesson Goal: Can you identify classroom objects?
1) Check and share hw- list of 10 classroom items
2) Pass back and discuss quizzes
3) Wordleswatter w/ new vocab., Ch.1 vocab. 2
4) If time, intro. colors, p. 125 , practice w/ classroom vocab. and ‘C’est quelle couleur?’
5) If time, review the alphabet!
6) HW: None
9/8/15 Tues.
Lesson Goal:To be able to communicate using the verb ‘to have’
1) Warm-up: refresh the subject pronouns, and use w/ je m’appelle, il/elle s’appelle, tu t’appelles?
2) Intro./refresh colors- orally, then look at the words on p. 125 of the book. Talk about using adjectives. There are different spellings depending on what you are describing. We’ll work with that more in a couple of months. Practice with statements: Un/une _________ est __________.
3) Intro./review indefinite articles: un/une/des. Review the verb ‘avoir’- look at the poster, pronounce, individually w/ random names—Q & A from Mme S. (tp26Act47)
4) HW: None!
9/9 & 9/10/15 Wed. or Thurs.
Lesson Goal: Can you greet people, and talk about classroom items in French? What is the culture of the area around Paris?
1) Intro. Mandatory Access/Study Hall, distribute some slips
2) Warm-up: greetings, partings, age, Ça va, Comment tu t’appelles, C’est quelle couleur, C’est combien, letters of the alphabet
3) Partner practice, p. 13 Act. 20. Use the four photos there, and use the phrases to talk about the people in the photos. Share. Then do the same activity, but make up what you would say about the photos Mme S. holds up.
4) Review the names of accent marks w/ textbook, p. 22, and Exprimons-nous p. 22. Try ‘alpha-spelling’ w/ scratch paper
5) Thumper, Ch. 1- classroom vocab. and colors , and Vocab. 1
6) Culture- pp 0-3 of the textbook. Watch video and discuss
7) If time, Around the World with Ch. 1 vocab.
8) HW due Friday: WB p. 5 & 6, but don’t do Act. 15.
9/11/15 (Period 7- many kids gone for sports)
Lesson Goal: Culture of the region around Paris, France
1) Check and discuss hw, wb pp 5& 6, not including Act. 15
2) Continue w/ culture of Ile de France—in pairs, read pp 0-3 aloud to each other. Choose 3 interesting ‘factoids’ about the region, then Mme will combine groups, ending w/ all-class discussion (if absent, come in to read these pages on your own)
3) HW due Monday: Write 12 complete sentences using this prompt: La salle de classe a _____ ____. Be sure to use un/une/des before the classroom objects.
9/14/15 Monday
Lesson Goal: Can you use the verb ‘avoir’ to talk about people having things?
1) Announce Chapter 1 test next Mon.
2) Check and discuss hw: 12 sentences
3) Review ‘avoir’. Show poster. Practice w/ Act. 47, p. 26. Practice with sentences and classroom objects, using wh. bds.
4) Intro. ‘le, la, les’- practice w/ ‘montrez-moi’ and masc./fem/plural objects around the room.
5) Explain hw- WB p. 7, Act. 17 & 18.
6) HW: due Tues., WB p. 7 Act. 17 & 18—no partial credit.
9/15/15
Lesson Goal: Can you use the verb ‘avoir’? How do you talk about more than one item in French?
1) Distribute Extra Credit options for the 1st 6 wk grading period, due this Friday
2) Warm-up: Review the alphabet, and spell your first and last name (prénom et nom) to your partner, using p. XX as a reference.
3) Check and discuss hw—WB p. 7, Act.’s 17 & 18- no partial credit!—I know it was hard, we’ll go over them. For Il n’y a pas de.. see p. 24
4) Review definite and indefinite articles, and intro. plural of nouns—textbook p. 24.
5) HW due on your block day: Worksheet (G/V 1) p 11 (all), and p. 12 (only Act. 27).
9/16 & 9/17/15 Block Day
Lesson Goal: To listen to and understand spoken French, to learn the numbers 21-30
1) Announcement: Chapter test next TUESDAY
2) Warm-up: w/ partner, greet each other, ask and answer ‘How are you?’, ask each other’s age, say good-bye—then add, ‘Tu es de quelle nationalité’- and intro. français(e), mexicain(e), américain(e), canadien(nne), and add ‘Je suis…’. Practice w/ partner, share as a group
3) Check and discuss hw ws p. 11 and 12 (G/V BD1)
4) Télé-roman- Ch. 1- watch, discuss, watch
5) Numbers- intro. numbers 21-30, and play Bingo with them
6) HW due Friday: WB pp 9-10, don’t do Act. 24
9/18/15 Friday
Lesson Goal: Begin to review for test next Tues.—vocab., avoir, Exprimons-nous
1) Warm-up: What nationality are you?
2) Check and discuss hw- wb pp 9-10, do not do Act. 24
3) How are you going to study for the test on Tues.? Time to get started studying w/ a partner.
4) HW: actively study for test—date now moved to Tues.
9/21/15 Monday
Lesson Goal:To review for tomorrow’s test
Review for the test tomorrow:
1) Warm-up: Practice a conversation: Greet, name, age, how are you, what is your nationality, part
2) Listening: p. 24 Act. 40, p. 33 Act. 6
3) Avoir: Sing the ‘avoir’ song- practice with wh. bds.
4) Vocab.: Around the World w/ French words- masculine or feminine?
5) HW: Chapter 1 test tomorrow
9/22/15
Lesson Goal: To listen, read, write
1) Chapter 1 Test
2) HW: None-- except you will take more of the Chapter 1 test next class.
9/23 & 9/24/15
Lesson Goal: Writing, new vocab. for classroom items
1) Finish Chapter 1 test—Free-writing portion
2) Remind, end of grading period is Friday, all make-up work, including participation points, is due! Ask “How’s it going with the on-line textbooks?”
3) Intro. new vocab., p. 124-5, play La Tortue w/ vocab.
4) Reading: Pre-read, read, and answer Act. B on paper, to turn in. Write in English, in complete sentences. Discuss.
5) Number guessing, to 30!
6) HW due Friday: Make a drawing of a school supply store, and label 10 items. Be sure to include the ‘indefinite article” (un/une/des)
9/25/15 Friday
Lesson Goal: Can you talk about classroom objects?
1) Check and share hw: illustration of a school supply store w/10 items labeled.
2) Intro. food projects- distribute info., discuss, begin sign-up
3) Practice new classroom vocab. w/ avoir—Q & A—Tu as un/cinq/ trois _____________?- talk w/ a partner.
4) Jacques Dit w/ cognates and school supplies/classroom objects : montrez-moi, touchez, dansez, parlez, comptez
5) HW due Mon. : Write 8 sentences about what you have in your backpack/locker/desk, using « J’ai …. ».
9/28/15 Monday
Lesson Goal:Using verbs to communicate what people have, like or dislike.
1) New seats!
2) Check and discuss sentences w/ avoir and school supply items. Write some on the board.
3) Questions about food projects? Who’s doing them this week? Pass around clipboard again.
4) Intro. Chapt 2 vocab., pp 40-41. Distribute new vocab. sheets.
5) Jacques Dit w/ cognates and school supplies/classroom objects : montrez-moi, touchez, dansez, parlez, comptez
6) HW : none
9/29/15
Lesson Goal: To talk about your likes and dislikes!
1) Discuss graded tests: some people still need to do a part of it
2) Finish introducing the new vocab., p. 41, discuss the idea of an ‘infinitive’, and look for infinitives in the new vocab. list handed out yesterday. Which of these infinitives are cognates?
3) Intro the Exprimons-nous, p. 42. Continue w/ Q & A from yesterday, using the Exprimons-nous vocab.
4) HW: Write 8 sentences using ‘J’aime…’ about things you like, or like to do.
9/30 & 10/1/15
Lesson Goal: To learn about food in France, to speak!
1) Review colors, song! While food projects are distributed
2) Food projects!
3) Review ‘Je suis’- talk about nationalities again, but also introduce ‘intelligent(e)(s), grand(e)(s), petit(e)(s), and beau/belle”. Practice w/ partners, share w/ class. Then intro. ‘Il/elle est…’ and do the same thing for the celebrities Mme S. names.
4) Review, “Qu’est-ce que”, and “Est-ce que”, and practice Q & A about likes/dislikes, speaking w/ a partner.
5) Play ‘Change de place si…’ with prompts from this chapter.
6) If time, review definite articles le, la, les, l’ and practice w/ new vocab. Which do you use with which word?
7) HW: Due Friday- WB p. 11
Lesson Goal:Can you write numbers 0-20 and write about yourself and others in French?
1) Quiz- number 0-20, vocab. that was in your skits
2) New vocab.- intro. new vocab., textbook p. 18
3) If time, Watch Grammavision about subject pronouns, and watch ‘On Rappe’ again!
4) HW: None
9/2 and 9/3/15
Lesson Goal: To Practice classroom vocab. and learn about verbs in French
1) Warm-up: Bell Ringer 1.5 on wh. bds. Discuss. Hold onto wh. bds.
2) Culture: Read and discuss Flash Culture: pp 12, 15 in textbook, then pp 16 & 17 and answer ‘Et toi’ in English on wh. boards. Share. Return wh. bds.
3) Intro. Exprimons-nous vocab. on p. 18, review classroom vocab., partner practice—Mme makes statements using the Exprimons-nous vocab., students respond to a partner.
4) Intro. the irregular verb, ‘avoir’. Intro. idea of verb conjugation on board w/ English verb ‘to play’. Show French conjugation on board, then look at chart on p. 26
5) Intro. l’alphabet- practice!
6) HW due Friday: Using the new vocabulary, write a list of at least 10 things or people you might find in a classroom. Be sure to write the word with ‘un’or ‘une’ along with the vocab. word.
9/4/15
Lesson Goal: Can you identify classroom objects?
1) Check and share hw- list of 10 classroom items
2) Pass back and discuss quizzes
3) Wordleswatter w/ new vocab., Ch.1 vocab. 2
4) If time, intro. colors, p. 125 , practice w/ classroom vocab. and ‘C’est quelle couleur?’
5) If time, review the alphabet!
6) HW: None
9/8/15 Tues.
Lesson Goal:To be able to communicate using the verb ‘to have’
1) Warm-up: refresh the subject pronouns, and use w/ je m’appelle, il/elle s’appelle, tu t’appelles?
2) Intro./refresh colors- orally, then look at the words on p. 125 of the book. Talk about using adjectives. There are different spellings depending on what you are describing. We’ll work with that more in a couple of months. Practice with statements: Un/une _________ est __________.
3) Intro./review indefinite articles: un/une/des. Review the verb ‘avoir’- look at the poster, pronounce, individually w/ random names—Q & A from Mme S. (tp26Act47)
4) HW: None!
9/9 & 9/10/15 Wed. or Thurs.
Lesson Goal: Can you greet people, and talk about classroom items in French? What is the culture of the area around Paris?
1) Intro. Mandatory Access/Study Hall, distribute some slips
2) Warm-up: greetings, partings, age, Ça va, Comment tu t’appelles, C’est quelle couleur, C’est combien, letters of the alphabet
3) Partner practice, p. 13 Act. 20. Use the four photos there, and use the phrases to talk about the people in the photos. Share. Then do the same activity, but make up what you would say about the photos Mme S. holds up.
4) Review the names of accent marks w/ textbook, p. 22, and Exprimons-nous p. 22. Try ‘alpha-spelling’ w/ scratch paper
5) Thumper, Ch. 1- classroom vocab. and colors , and Vocab. 1
6) Culture- pp 0-3 of the textbook. Watch video and discuss
7) If time, Around the World with Ch. 1 vocab.
8) HW due Friday: WB p. 5 & 6, but don’t do Act. 15.
9/11/15 (Period 7- many kids gone for sports)
Lesson Goal: Culture of the region around Paris, France
1) Check and discuss hw, wb pp 5& 6, not including Act. 15
2) Continue w/ culture of Ile de France—in pairs, read pp 0-3 aloud to each other. Choose 3 interesting ‘factoids’ about the region, then Mme will combine groups, ending w/ all-class discussion (if absent, come in to read these pages on your own)
3) HW due Monday: Write 12 complete sentences using this prompt: La salle de classe a _____ ____. Be sure to use un/une/des before the classroom objects.
9/14/15 Monday
Lesson Goal: Can you use the verb ‘avoir’ to talk about people having things?
1) Announce Chapter 1 test next Mon.
2) Check and discuss hw: 12 sentences
3) Review ‘avoir’. Show poster. Practice w/ Act. 47, p. 26. Practice with sentences and classroom objects, using wh. bds.
4) Intro. ‘le, la, les’- practice w/ ‘montrez-moi’ and masc./fem/plural objects around the room.
5) Explain hw- WB p. 7, Act. 17 & 18.
6) HW: due Tues., WB p. 7 Act. 17 & 18—no partial credit.
9/15/15
Lesson Goal: Can you use the verb ‘avoir’? How do you talk about more than one item in French?
1) Distribute Extra Credit options for the 1st 6 wk grading period, due this Friday
2) Warm-up: Review the alphabet, and spell your first and last name (prénom et nom) to your partner, using p. XX as a reference.
3) Check and discuss hw—WB p. 7, Act.’s 17 & 18- no partial credit!—I know it was hard, we’ll go over them. For Il n’y a pas de.. see p. 24
4) Review definite and indefinite articles, and intro. plural of nouns—textbook p. 24.
5) HW due on your block day: Worksheet (G/V 1) p 11 (all), and p. 12 (only Act. 27).
9/16 & 9/17/15 Block Day
Lesson Goal: To listen to and understand spoken French, to learn the numbers 21-30
1) Announcement: Chapter test next TUESDAY
2) Warm-up: w/ partner, greet each other, ask and answer ‘How are you?’, ask each other’s age, say good-bye—then add, ‘Tu es de quelle nationalité’- and intro. français(e), mexicain(e), américain(e), canadien(nne), and add ‘Je suis…’. Practice w/ partner, share as a group
3) Check and discuss hw ws p. 11 and 12 (G/V BD1)
4) Télé-roman- Ch. 1- watch, discuss, watch
5) Numbers- intro. numbers 21-30, and play Bingo with them
6) HW due Friday: WB pp 9-10, don’t do Act. 24
9/18/15 Friday
Lesson Goal: Begin to review for test next Tues.—vocab., avoir, Exprimons-nous
1) Warm-up: What nationality are you?
2) Check and discuss hw- wb pp 9-10, do not do Act. 24
3) How are you going to study for the test on Tues.? Time to get started studying w/ a partner.
4) HW: actively study for test—date now moved to Tues.
9/21/15 Monday
Lesson Goal:To review for tomorrow’s test
Review for the test tomorrow:
1) Warm-up: Practice a conversation: Greet, name, age, how are you, what is your nationality, part
2) Listening: p. 24 Act. 40, p. 33 Act. 6
3) Avoir: Sing the ‘avoir’ song- practice with wh. bds.
4) Vocab.: Around the World w/ French words- masculine or feminine?
5) HW: Chapter 1 test tomorrow
9/22/15
Lesson Goal: To listen, read, write
1) Chapter 1 Test
2) HW: None-- except you will take more of the Chapter 1 test next class.
9/23 & 9/24/15
Lesson Goal: Writing, new vocab. for classroom items
1) Finish Chapter 1 test—Free-writing portion
2) Remind, end of grading period is Friday, all make-up work, including participation points, is due! Ask “How’s it going with the on-line textbooks?”
3) Intro. new vocab., p. 124-5, play La Tortue w/ vocab.
4) Reading: Pre-read, read, and answer Act. B on paper, to turn in. Write in English, in complete sentences. Discuss.
5) Number guessing, to 30!
6) HW due Friday: Make a drawing of a school supply store, and label 10 items. Be sure to include the ‘indefinite article” (un/une/des)
9/25/15 Friday
Lesson Goal: Can you talk about classroom objects?
1) Check and share hw: illustration of a school supply store w/10 items labeled.
2) Intro. food projects- distribute info., discuss, begin sign-up
3) Practice new classroom vocab. w/ avoir—Q & A—Tu as un/cinq/ trois _____________?- talk w/ a partner.
4) Jacques Dit w/ cognates and school supplies/classroom objects : montrez-moi, touchez, dansez, parlez, comptez
5) HW due Mon. : Write 8 sentences about what you have in your backpack/locker/desk, using « J’ai …. ».
9/28/15 Monday
Lesson Goal:Using verbs to communicate what people have, like or dislike.
1) New seats!
2) Check and discuss sentences w/ avoir and school supply items. Write some on the board.
3) Questions about food projects? Who’s doing them this week? Pass around clipboard again.
4) Intro. Chapt 2 vocab., pp 40-41. Distribute new vocab. sheets.
5) Jacques Dit w/ cognates and school supplies/classroom objects : montrez-moi, touchez, dansez, parlez, comptez
6) HW : none
9/29/15
Lesson Goal: To talk about your likes and dislikes!
1) Discuss graded tests: some people still need to do a part of it
2) Finish introducing the new vocab., p. 41, discuss the idea of an ‘infinitive’, and look for infinitives in the new vocab. list handed out yesterday. Which of these infinitives are cognates?
3) Intro the Exprimons-nous, p. 42. Continue w/ Q & A from yesterday, using the Exprimons-nous vocab.
4) HW: Write 8 sentences using ‘J’aime…’ about things you like, or like to do.
9/30 & 10/1/15
Lesson Goal: To learn about food in France, to speak!
1) Review colors, song! While food projects are distributed
2) Food projects!
3) Review ‘Je suis’- talk about nationalities again, but also introduce ‘intelligent(e)(s), grand(e)(s), petit(e)(s), and beau/belle”. Practice w/ partners, share w/ class. Then intro. ‘Il/elle est…’ and do the same thing for the celebrities Mme S. names.
4) Review, “Qu’est-ce que”, and “Est-ce que”, and practice Q & A about likes/dislikes, speaking w/ a partner.
5) Play ‘Change de place si…’ with prompts from this chapter.
6) If time, review definite articles le, la, les, l’ and practice w/ new vocab. Which do you use with which word?
7) HW: Due Friday- WB p. 11
