ACTIVITIES IN CLASS

• You took the Module 3 test.
• We practiced for the Oral Interview (see details below)

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, reminders, etc.

• Oral interviews on Wednesday and Thursday
  • Sheet describing the format (please read this)
  • The questions that I will pick from for the oral interview
  • Appointments for oral interviews. No class on Thursday, Oct. 23. You only come to your oral interview appointment on Wed. or Thursday. All oral interviews will take place in Jones 249 (our normal classroom).
  • Wednesday, Oct. 22 between 7:00 and 8:48
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 9:36 and 11:08
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 11:20 and 12:52
• If you’re not on the list please email me IMMEDIATELY to pick one of the open slots. (These lists are current as of Tuesday 5:30 pm.)
• The first iLrn for Module 4 is due Monday, Oct. 27

• Reminders :

• Click here for extra credit info, including info about —
  • French Club event (games, food, and prizes) on Wednesday Oct. 22 at 4:00 – 5:00 in Jones 241
  • Table francophone Wednesdays 10:30-11:30 in Jones 241
  • Film festival starting Monday, Nov. 3
• Tutoring schedule here.

Please email me with any questions. Bonne chance pour les interviews !

Activities you did in class, followed by reminders on what’s coming up.

Activités en cours

You turned in your Expression écrite (details about the composition here)

• If you didn’t have it ready for today, you can turn it in by Tuesday for a small point deduction (either by email or on Tuesday before the test). If you were absent and have an excuse, please let me know to avoid a small late penalty.
• I will hand this back on Tuesday before you take the test.

I handed back your quizzes from last week

• If you didn’t get your quiz back and would like to see it (you were absent or in the 9:40 class, because Mme Barnoud let you out early), please email me and I can scan it to you. Otherwise, I’ll hand it back on Tuesday.
• If you were absent for the quiz or didn’t score as well, there’s no make-up but I drop the lowest couple of quiz grades. We will have at least 3 more quizzes before the end of the semester.

Review of numbers — Big Bang Theory (PDF with a few pages of images from the show)

Test review

• Format
• Review exercises
• Sample answers for review exercises

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, reminders, etc.

• mardi (Tuesday) 22 octobre : Test on Module 3 & practice for Oral interview.

• Oral interviews
  • Sheet describing the format (please read this)
  • The questions that I will pick from for the oral interview
  • Appointments for oral interviews. No class on Thursday, Oct. 23. You only come to your oral interview appointment on Wed. or Thursday. All oral interviews will take place in Jones 249 (our normal classroom).
  
  • Wednesday, Oct. 22 between 7:00 and 8:48
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 9:36 and 11:08
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 11:20 and 12:52
• The lists are up to date as of Friday morning. If you’re not on the list please email me to pick one of the open slots or sign up Tuesday in class.

• Reminders : Extra credit (Table francophone Wednesdays at 10:30, next French Club event coming up Oct. 22) and Tutoring schedule here.

Please email me with any questions. Bon week-end !

Activités en classe (followed by homework to do at the end)

• Quiz #2 (if you missed it or didn’t do as well, don’t be overly concerned: I’ll drop the lowest quiz or two from the semester)

• Les numéros supérieurs à 60

• PDF : Révision des numéros 0-69 (p. 22)
• p. 75, Répétition de certains nombres
• For 70, 80, 90, etc., if you were absent or want to review, please read « Notez et analysez » (60+10), (4×20), (4×20+10), etc.
• Exercice avec 101 Dalmatiens

Les prix (prices) et les décimales 

• p. 76, ex. 18. Avec un partenaire
• Prononcez les numéros EN FRANÇAIS
• TAUX d’ÉCHANGE (Exchange rate) : 1 € ≈ 1,27 $, 1 $ ≈ 0,78 €
• Important notes on numbers in French:

• space or a dot in French = thousands, millions, etc. (we use a comma in English)

• 2 500 euros = two thousand five-hundred euros (deux mille cinq cents euros)
• 2.500 euros = two thousand five-hundred euros (deux mille cinq cents euros)

• comma in French = decimals(we use a dot in English)

• 2,50 euros = two euros fifty (deux euros cinquante)

• How to say:

16,75 euros = seize euros soixante-quinze (similar to English : a dollar fifty)
678 euros = six cent soixante-dix-huit euros

 Les chambres et les appartements

• p. 79-81 : louer une chambre
• Répétez les expressions.
• p. 80. Écoutons ensemble. Écoutez et sélectionnez la réponse correcte

• Culture: p. 79 : We talked about the fact that many students and families with modest finances get subsidies (allocations familiales) from the state for housing. Housing can be extremely hard to find and very expensive in big French cities like Paris, Marseille, etc.

Culture — Edgar Degas

• p. 82. Description about the painting La famille Bellilli

• With a partner, find the French words corresponding to the English listed (Activité de lecture)

• Discussion together of the Compéhension et intégration questions. People did well!

Oral interviews

• Sheet describing the format (please read this)
• The questions that I will pick from for the oral interview
• Appointments for oral interviews. No class on Thursday, Oct. 23. You only come to your oral interview appointment on Wed. or Thursday (your appointments posted soon)

• Wednesday, Oct. 22 between 7:00 and 8:48
• Thursday, Oct. 23 between 9:36 and 11:08
• Thursday, Oct. 23 between 11:20 and 12:52

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, reminders, etc.

• vendredi (Friday) 10 octobre : iLrn @ 11:59 pm
• mardi (Tuesday) 14 octobre : Vacances ! No classes
• mercredi (Wednesday) 15 octobre : iLrn @ 11:59 pm
• jeudi (Thursday) 16 octobre. Two things:
  • Rendez (Hand in) l’Expression écrite. IMPORTANT: Read the details about the composition here.
  • Continuez avec le calendrier (you’ll be reviewing for the test)
• mardi (Tuesday) 22 octobre : Test on Module 3 & practice for Oral interview.

• Oral interviews
  • Sheet describing the format (please read this)
  • The questions that I will pick from for the oral interview
  • Appointments for oral interviews. No class on Thursday, Oct. 23. You only come to your oral interview appointment on Wed. or Thursday (your appointments posted soon)
  • Wednesday, Oct. 22 between 7:00 and 8:48
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 9:36 and 11:08
  • Thursday, Oct. 23 between 11:20 and 12:52

• Reminders : Extra credit (Table francophone Wednesdays at 10:30, next French Club event coming up Oct. 22) and Tutoring.

Bon week-end et bonnes vacances !

Activités en classe

Possession

• p. 85 Une autre utilisation du mot «de» — la possession (“of the”)
• Le père de la famille = de + article + nom commun (of the)

• de + le = du
• de + la = de la
• de + l’ = de l’
• de + les = des
• Exemples dans le livre

• p. 86, ex. 4. Exercice ensemble — (note : we did this last Thursday in the 11:20 class)

Descriptions

• Adjectifs : PDF: Personnages célèbres.

• Notez au moins 2 adjectifs pour chaque (each) célébrité
(p. 69, 90-91)

• p. 86. Placement of adjectives

• Adjectifs — En général, après (after) le nom
• une robe bleue, une résidence universitaire

• Exceptions — BAGS: Beauty Age Goodness Size avant(b4) le nom.
• un jeune homme
• Répétez les mots (m & f)

• Note that all adjectives related to beauty, age, etc. don’t go before the noun — it will just help you remember these specific words (p. 86) go before the noun

• p. 87. Adjectives with 3 forms

• Exceptions: often there are changes because of vowels in French
• For beau, vieux, and nouveauthere’s a special form for masculine singular beginning with a vowel or mute h:

• beau + ami -> bel ami, etc.
• vieux + homme -> vieil homme, etc.
• nouveau + ordinateur -> nouvel ordinateur, etc.

• p. 87 ex. 7. Individu.

• Prononciation — p. 69

• PowerPoint — Les Griffin
• Decide if each adjective refers to Peter (for example, gros), Lois (for example, intelligente), ou les deux (for example, sociable could refer to either of them)

Prépositions et affaires personnelles

• p. 88. Prépositions. Répétez — Prononciation

• Attention : some of the prepositions have de:
• devant le bureau BUT près du bureau (de + le, etc.)

• p. 72-3, Quelques mots clé ensemble. Écoutez et suivez

• les affaires personnelles = vos objets, vos possessions
• Chez Claudine = At Claudine’s place/house/etc.
• des poissons rouges (photo)
• etc.

• Identify other objects in their rooms

• Qu’est-ce que c’est (practice with old vocab: une fenêtre, une porte, etc.)
• Je pose des questions — image, p. 72. (Activité 13, #1 and other questions orally). Give a logical answer
• Image, p. 73. Vrai / Faux individuel. (Activité 13, #2). Si ce n’est pas correct, faites une correction.

• p. 74. Les affaires personnelles. Et vous, qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans votre chambre ?

• p. 74, Exercice en petits groupes.

• Qui a (des CD de Beyoncé, un chapeau de cowboy, etc.) ?
• Moi !
• Moi aussi !
• Moi non !
• Moi non plus !
• Discussion ensemble

Culture — La famille et le mariages dans les régions francophones

p. 67 : La famille. Discussion en anglais et français

• Mini-Articles au projecteur
• Discussion of marriage, PACS (civil unions for gay or straight couples) and gay marriage
• Discussion of traditional families in France, Sénégal, Canada and changes in society
• Numéros sur le mariage et le PACS

End of class

• I handed back your Module 2 tests and we talked about the Expression écrite (info below)

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, reminders, etc.

• jeudi (Thursday) 9 octobre : Continuez avec le calendrier (we haven’t had a quiz yet, so one will be coming up sometime before the test).
• vendredi (Friday) 10 octobre : iLrn @ 11:59 pm
• mardi (Tuesday) 14 octobre : Vacances ! No classes
• mercredi 15 octobre : iLrn @ 11:59 pm
• jeudi 16 octobre. Rendez (Hand in) l’Expression écrite. Read the assignment details here.

• Reminders : Extra credit (Table francophone Wednesdays at 10:30, French Club) and Tutoring.
• I also mentioned I’d be sending out Early Intervention emails to some people tonight and tomorrow — if you get one, please read what it says and get in touch with me to find out more information. It doesn’t necessarily mean you are failing or will fail, it’s just a warning that there may be some area(s) you should improve in for class — attendance, homework, etc.

À bientôt ! 

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS :

Quelle est la date — le (jeudi) 2 octobre

• Révision : la famille

• Complétez la liste de vocabulaire

• Interviews (activité) — circulez et trouvez des personnes qui…

• Reminder: For the negative : Je n’ai pas *de* beau-père (un, une, des become de after the negative)

• Vidéo (can be viewed from p. 64 in your eBook)

• 1ère fois : compréhension

• 2ème fois : remplissez les vides : Exercice

• 3ème fois : corrections ensemble

• Description des personnes : Les traits de caractère — p. 69

• Prononciation de quelques exemples, mots difficiles

• méchant ~ méchante

• intelligent ~ intelligente

• gentil ~ gentille

• travailleur = une personne qui travaille beaucoup

• paresseux = une personne qui n’aime PAS travailler

• p. 86 — Les exceptions pour les adjectifs 

• Exercice ORAL: p. 69, avec un partenaire — ex. 7

• Qui dans ta famille est __________ ?

• Mon / ma ___________ est ____________.

• Personne n’est ____________

• Tout le monde est _____________

• Attention à la prononciation, masc vs fém

• On parle de la famille — les origines

• Ma famille est de Chicago = Ma famille vient de Chicago

• p. 85. Répétez la conjugaison

• Erreur : ils viennent (they forgot the silent -s at the end of ils in the book!)

• Exercice : Conjugaison de venir et réponses

• Vous venez d’où — In both classes, we found out that people who are from, or who have family from, a lot of different places across the US and internationally

• p. 85 Une autre utilisation du mot «de» — la possession (“of the”)
• Le père de la famille = de + article + nom commun (of the)

• de + le = du
• de + la = de la
• de + l’ = de l’
• de + les = des
• Exemples dans le livre

• p. 86. Exercice ensemble — (note : we’ll do this together on Tuesday in the 11:20 class)

• Vidéo culturelle — http://www.commeunefrancaise.com/common-french-gestures/?awt_l=KWSKE&awt_m=3bKzT2.TpHEglt2. Gestures that are different in France than in the US.

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC.

• iLrn exercises due Monday at 11:59 pm

• Table francophone on Wednesdays for bonus points! Info here

• Continue with the course calendar (make sure to read the pages on the syllabus so you’re prepared for class Tuesday)

• I’ll also hand back your tests. Bon week-end !

• Test, Module 2

• p. 64, Arbre généalogique. C’est la famille de Pauline
  • Dans votre opinion, Milou et Rex sont-ils membres de la famille ? 🙂

• Prononciation—
  • famille : usually (but not always) ll in French is like a y sound
  • sœur : vowel

• Répétez le vocabulaire

• mon, ma, mes => possessif

• p. 84, Structure 3.1. Possessif

• Répétez les formes, les exemples
  • IMPORTANT : What’s important is the gender of the person or thing that’s yours
    • Ma mère (my mother) mon père (my father), regardless of whether I’m a man or woman
    • Sa mère (his/her mother) son père (his/her father), regardless of whether the possessor is a man or woman
• ma, ta, sa before vowel/mute h all change => mon, ton, son
  • son amie (féminin)

• p. 84, ex. 1. Ensemble
• p. 65 ex. 1 Ensemble #1

• Tableau: Combien = How many
• 0 enfants, elle n’a pas d’enfants

• p. 85, Structure 3.3. 

• de, d’ => possession (proper noun: person’s name, name of a city, etc.)
• le père de Charles : Charles’ father. Literally, the father of Charles. Unusual but possible in English; in French this is the only way to do it.

• Projecteur — la famille Simpson (autre vocab pour la famille dans le livre — le fils = son, la fille = daughter, etc.)

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC.

• iLrn exercises due Wednesday at 11:59 pm
• Continue with the course calendar (make sure to look over your notes and read the pages on the syllabus so you’re prepared for class)
• French Club bingo and snack night tomorrow (Wed) at 4 pm in the Student Lounge — Jones 241.
• Table francophone every Wed. 10:30-11:30 in Jones 241.

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS TODAY

Days and Dates

• p. 50, ex. 15 with a partner
• Make sure you’re familiar with what holidays there are in the French-speaking world (listed on p. 50)

Expression écrite

• Interview with a partner
• Composition about your partner
• I collected your compositions and will hand them back on Tuesday
• If you were absent, please contact me about making up the composition (if you haven’t already).

Review for the test

• Format info for Test 2. Please note that holidays (p. 50) ARE fair game for the test — names of holidays in French, what date they are
• Review exercises
• Sample answer key

Visit from Jonathan Holland, Study Abroad Advisor.

• He talked about a number of opportunities for studying abroad — in Lille, France; in other French-speaking countries; and elsewhere around the world.
• Lots of scholarships and financial aid available, so don’t rule it out just because you think it might be too expensive.
• You can study a variety of courses in English or French and get university credit.
• Please visit http://www.memphis.edu/abroad for more information, or if you contact me I can put you in touch with Jonathan.

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, REMINDERS, ETC.

• As always, make sure to check the calendar to see what’s coming up.
• Test 2 (on Module 2) will be on Tuesday.
  • Format info for Test 2. Please note that holidays (p. 50) ARE fair game for the test — names of holidays in French, what date they are
  • Review exercises
  • Sample answer key
• No new iLrn exercises this weekend. I will grade the iLrn exercises you’ve done over the weekend to give you feedback. The exercises for the next chapter will be posted shortly before we begin Module 3.
• New tutoring hours have been announced, so feel free to stop by there for extra practice before the test. You can also contact me with questions.
• There’s extra credit opportunities regularly, so be sure to check.

If you have questions, please let me know. Bon week-end !

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS (followed by what’s for homework, announcements, etc.)

• Quiz 1. There aren’t make-ups for quizzes. If you missed today’s quiz or didn’t do as well as you’d like, I will drop the lowest 1 or 2 scores at the end of the semester.

 Review and intro to avoir

   • p. 48, ex. 12 Avec un partenaire. Answers together.
   • tu as , j’ai. C’est le verbe avoir

 Avoir

• p. 58, Structure 2.5. Répétez.
• avoir = to have, but notice it’s also used sometimes in two other important expressions for now

• avoir 18 ans = to be 18 years old
• Quel âge as-tu ? (Quel âge avez-vous ?) How old are you?

• Interview : questions with avoir (sheet)

• A) Individuellment
• B et C) Avec un partenaire
• Discussion ensemble

Le calendrier 

• PowerPoint— Le calendrier. For Sept 2014. We read the vocab and notes on the PowerPoint.
• Répétez les jours
• Remarquez l’ordre: le mardi 23 septembre 2014

• mardi = le jour
• 23 = la date
• septembre = le mois

 • p. 49, ex. 13. Individuel

 • p. 49, Vocab: Les mois et les saisons.Répétez.
• automne = C’est la saison pour septembre
• repeat also other months, seasons

 • p. 50, Les fêtes ≈ les jours fériés = Holidays. Répétez

• le jour de l’an = le premier janvier (the 1st of the month is an exception : le premier octobre, but le deux octobre, le trois octobre, etc.)
• la fête du travail = ? (Labor Day, celebrated in May 1st in most of the rest of the world)
• we talked about the other ones listed as well. Please see your book, look them up, or ask me if you have questions.

• p. 50, ex. 14 ensemble

Culture and review

• p. 52: Tony Parker. J’aime versus J’aime pas (or in more correct French, Je n’aime pas — written French [including for tests, etc.] you need the ne, n’. In spoken/informal French, you can drop it).
• Practice with vocab and pronunciation together.
• Et vous, qu’est-ce que vous aimez ? Qu’est-ce que vous n’aimez pas

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, REMINDERS, ETC.

• IMPORTANT : As indicated on the calendar, there will be an Expression écrite IN CLASS on Thursday. You need to be in class to do the preparation part (conversation with a partner) and the written part (composition).
  • If you have a valid reason to miss class on Thursday, as always please let me know and be ready to bring an excuse.
  • Otherwise, you should be there on Thursday to do it and turn it in.
  • I’ll be there to help you with writing your first full composition.

• The last iLrn homework for Module 2 is due Wednesday at 11:59 pm.
  • I will grade this and the previous one as soon as possible, before you take your test on Tuesday.
  • Don’t forget to check the calendar or iLrn for when the next assignments are due, and to read my corrections/feedback.

• Continue with the calendar for Thursday. Don’t forget you should come on time, read the pages on the calendar, and review before coming to class.

• New tutoring hours have been announced, extra credit, etc.

• REMINDER: A lot of people were absent today. Don’t forget I take attendance every day and you only have up to 4 excused absences before there’s a 3 point penalty for EACH additional absence over the limit on your overall grade.
  • If you have a valid excuse for missing class, please let me know and be ready to show documentation upon request to excuse your absence and any work you missed that day.

If you have questions, please let me know!

Information and sheets from class, followed by homework to do

Information and sheets from class, followed by homework to do and reminders

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS

-Er verbs and activities

• Conjugaison of a verb — parler : on the board (pattern: p. 54)
• IMAGES — Activités et conjugaisons, révision

• p. 36 Image avec les activités. J’aime + infinitif.
  • j’aime + infinitif (the second verb is in the -er form: to dance, to listen)
    • j’aime danser, j’aime écouter de la musique
  • je n’aime pas + infinitif (the second verb is in the -er form)
    • je n’aime pas chanter, je n’aime pas travailler
• p. 38 Expressions pour ce qu’on aime / on n’aime pas
  • p. 55 — other expressions. Notice word order
  •  p. 39, ex. 3. With a partner

Definite articles

• J’aime beaucoup les jeux vidéo
• Je n’aime pas beaucoup les jeux vidéo
  • les is the definite article
• p. 56-57, Les articles définis. Two main uses
  • “the”
  • general ideas or general preferences (with verbs like adorer, aimer, détester, etc.)
  • singular : le or la, both become l’ in front of a vowel or mute h
  • plural : les (pronounce the liaison with -s in front of a vowel or mute h)
• p. 57, ex. 6. Write the definite article : le, la, l’, or les
  • Use glossary or word list in chapter if not sure about gender
• p. 39, ex. 4. Your favorite activities (and the definite article) With a partner

Culture

• p. 42, Les passe-temps préférés
  • You read this at home — what sorts of things do young people in France like to do? (look at the paragraph on top)
  • Une liste de 3 activités En français !
  • Et vous? Qu’est-ce que vous aimez ? Expressions p. 38, 55
•  p. 41 Voix en direct.What some French people like to do on the weekends
  • Try to get the main idea.
    • Consider Context (what the subject is, similar things in English)
    • Look up words in the book if you’re not sure
    • Ask a question in French
  • I asked questions and we discussed what each person likes to do on the weekend.

Prononciation et Questions

• p. 38, Prononcez !
  • Listen to the intonation (tone of voice) and decide if each sentence you hear is a question or not.
  • With a partner, pronounce a question or a statement — she or he has to decide whether what you said was a question or statement

• p. 41 — Ecoutons ensemble. Fill out the information you hear.

• p. 37, ex. 2. A Individuellement
  • Cochez √ si vous aimez l’activité
• p. 37, ex. 2. B DEUX INTERVIEWS
  • Questions et phrases complètes !!
    • Tu aimes + infinitif ? (danser, surfer, etc.)
      • Oui, j’aime + infinitif (danser, surfer, etc.). OR
      • Non, je n’aime pas  infinitif (danser, surfer, etc.)
    • Cochez √ si votre partenaire aime l’activité
    • Exemples ensemble (I asked you if you liked it or if you’re partner liked it: J’aime danser, Elle n’aime pas danser, etc.)

Tests

• I handed back the Module 1 tests
• Most people did well! Please remember to study vocabulary well (not just the structures and expressions) and look over my corrections.
• If you have any questions about your test, please come see me / talk to me or seek out tutoring

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC.

• The next iLrn homework for Module 2 is due Wednesday at 11:59 pm. I graded your exercises from Wed, please make sure to check my comments and corrections.
• Continue with the calendar for Thursday. Don’t forget you should read the pages on the calendar and review before coming to class.
• Reminders about tutoring, extra credit, etc.

À bientôt !