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le mercredi 27 avril 2016

Activités en classe —

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • The final exam for our class is Monday, May 2 at 8-10 am in our normal classroom. Review exercises and answer keys above!
  • Monday, May 2 is also the last day for any Module 9 late work, optional M9 composition rewrite (original instructions Expression écrite), or the optional last extra credit assignment (under Points bonus).
  • If you have questions about anything just let me know.

Bonne chance et à bientôt !

le lundi 25 avril 2016

Activités en classe —

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

Bonne chance et à bientôt !

le vendredi 22 avril 2016

Activités en classe —

  • Quiz. I handed back the last quiz. I’ll drop the lowest 2 quiz scores for the semester. People did really well overall!
  • Expression écrite. I handed back the last composition. People wrote interesting compositions about the destinations they chose and general the grammar and vocab were pretty good, too.
    • Optional: you can do a second, corrected version and turn it in by Monday, May 2.
    • Late work. If you haven’t done the composition yet for Module 9, you can do it for late credit. Deadline: Monday, May 2.
  • Extra credit
    • Info here on a final extra credit assignment you can do to get bonus points
    • If you do it, it will replace a zero, or if you don’t have a zero, it will replace your lowest score where it will help your grade out the most.
  • iLrn
    • I apologize for the mistake on the settings for the final iLrn exercises. Some exercises did not give you sample answers after your first attempt.
    • I will give people full credit on those even if you made mistakes, as well as corrections as usual on any personalized answers or anything that you didn’t get completely correct.
    • Late work. If there are any iLrns you haven’t done yet  for Module 9, you can do it for late credit. Deadline: Monday, May 2.
  • Oral presentations
  • Final exam
  • Culture

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • Extra credit
    • Info here on a final extra credit assignment you can do to get bonus points
    • If you do it, it will replace a zero, or if you don’t have a zero, it will replace your lowest score where it will help your grade out the most.
  • Deadline for turning in any remaining work. Monday, May 2 for
    • The last extra credit assignment (Info here)
    • Optional Expression écrite corrected version (original instructions: Expression écrite)
    • Any Module 9 late work (iLrn or first version of Expression écrite)
  • If you have any questions, just let me know!

À bientôt !

le mercredi 20 avril 2016

Activités en classe —

Admin

  • Vous avez passé le dernier quiz sur Nearpod.
    • Everyone was there for it, très bien !
    • I will give you back the results and drop your lowest 2 quiz scores for the semester
  • I collected the last Expression écrite (instructions). You can turn it in for late credit if you didn’t turn it in yet.

Les voyages

  • Agence de voyage avec un ou deux partenaires.
    • Vous avez joué vos situations pour le reste de la classe.
    • You all did pretty well on these overall; if you have questions, just let me know!

Culture

  • p. 278 : « Le pays va mal »
    • Rappel — Introduction — Tiken Jah Fakoly
    • Vidéo YouTube
    • Questions de discussion
      • Quels sont des mots que vous avez compris ?
      • Quels sont le(s) thème(s) / message(s) de la chanson ?
      • Que pensez-vous de la musique ?
      • Plus d’informations sur la Côte d’Ivoire et les problèmes (guerre civile, crise politique/sociale) sont ici.
    • p. 266 — Jean-François Pauzé et les Cowboys fringants
      • Vidéo YouTube
      • Discussion
        • Quels sont des mots que vous avez compris ?
        • Quels sont le(s) thème(s) / message(s) de la chanson ?
        • Que pensez-vous de la musique ?
    • If we have time, we’ll listen to 1-2 other songs on Friday that are a little more cheery!

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • The last iLrn for this chapter is due Thursday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Oral presentations Monday and Wednesday. Almost everyone is signed up and has their topic finalized. If you’re not signed up and approved on this list, please email ASAP so I can approve your topic or offer alternate ideas. Merci !
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

À bientôt !

le lundi 18 avril 2016

Activités en cours — 

Savoir versus connaître — Révision

• p. 275, ex. 13. Questions avec savoir et connaître
• Individuellement — formulez les questions (tu sais ou tu connais)
• Réponses ensemble
• Avec un partenaire, posez les questions. Réponses orales

Comment organiser un voyage :

• p. 276. Expressions utiles
• Répétez
• Discussion

• p. 276 Écoutons ensemble. Écoutez et notez les réponses correctes

• Les voyages : Conversation
• Agence de voyage : Activité avec un partenaire
• Conversation avec un agent de voyage
• Bring your situations back on Wednesday — you’re going to act them out.

• Oral presentations: A couple more people signed up. Please decide by Wednesday which day you’re going and the topic you’d like to propose.

• Here is the current sign-up list.
• Oral presentations description

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • Expression écrite (Expression écrite instructions). If you didn’t turn it in today (merci to those who did!), you can still turn it in on Wednesday at the start of class for full credit.
  • We will have 1 more quiz before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • The last iLrn for this chapter is due Thursday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start on Wednesday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

le vendredi 15 avril 2016

Activité en cours — 

  • Vos moyens de transport préférés (fiche)
    • Partie A : interview avec un/des partenaire(s)
    • Partie B : phrases individuelles pour comparer
    • Discussion ensemble
  • Savoir et Connaître
    • p. 287-8 Répétez la conjugaison de savoir et connaître
    • Différences entre savoir et connaître. Catégories
    • savoir
      • (1) comment faire [how to do something]
      • (2) fait (fact)
    • connaître
      • (3) personne
      • (4) endroit/lieu [place]
    • Passé composé
      • savoir — j’ai su, tu as su, etc. = I found out, you found out
      • connaître — j’ai connu, tu as connu = I met (for the 1st time), you met, etc.
    • Projecteur — Paragraphe avec savoir et connaître
      • Faites attention à la prononciation
      • Dites dans quelle catégorie (1, 2, 3, 4) est savoir ou connaître
    • Exercices — Savoir vs. connaître, parties A et B
  • Créole
    • p. 272. Discussion ensemble
    • Expressions en français et en créole — écoutez et discutez
    • PowerPoint with information and Louisiana créole words and expressions
  • Expression écrite

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • The last iLrn for this chapter is due Thursday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • We will have 1 more quiz before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start on Wednesday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

À bientôt !

le mercredi 13 avril 2016

Activités en cours

  • I handed back the Quiz (Here’s a copy). Overall people did great on it! We’ll have one more before the end of the semester.

Comparaisons et Superlatifs —

  • Projecteur — Meilleur vs mieux (better), plus mauvais vs plus mal (worse).
    • We did this to help understand how to use which when
    • (le) meilleur et (le) plus mauvais go with adjectives, (le) mieux et (le) plus mal go with verbs
  • The Big Bang Theory — comparaisons et superlatifs
    • Groups wrote 2-3 comparisons, 2-3 superlatifs
    • For your reference, “Cheat sheet” for comparaisons/superlatifs from Wednesday’s class (Cheat sheet).
    • Both classes did a good job with these, with some interesting discussion and sentences!

Nécessités (Obligations) et Suggestions

  • Pour les fans de Big Bang Theory, quel type de transport est-ce que Sheldon préfère ? Les trains. On va parler des trains et d’autres transports
  • p. 270. Lecture à haute voix (aloud).
  • p. 287. Structure 9.4. Obligations et recommandations•il faut + infinitif (-er, -ir, -re “to do” form)
    •il ne faut pas + infinitif  (-er, -ir, -re “to do” form)
    •il vaut mieux + infinitif  (-er, -ir, -re “to do” form)
  • PowerPoint — Pour être un bon étudiant (il faut, il vaut mieux)

Moyens de transports

  • p. 271 — Images at the bottom with pictures of means of transportation
  • Babar en avion
    • 1/2 de la classe a fait section A
    • 1/2 de la classe a fait section B
    • Nous avons regardé toutes les réponses ensemble

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • The next iLrn for this chapter is due Thursday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • We will have 1 more quiz before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start on Wednesday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

À bientôt !

le lundi 11 avril 2016

Activités en cours —

  • QUIZ #4. Here’s a copy in case you missed or want to review the questions. We will have one more before the end of the semester, so make sure to be in class!
  • Comparaisons : we’ve already done comparisons with adjectives (Module 8 — plus … que, moins … que, aussi … que). Today, other comparisons
  • Comparatif — Compares 2 things (more, less, as)
    • •p. 268. Discussion des exemples
    • •p. 284— Comparatifs et Superlatifs
  • 1) adverbes (modifies a verb: how something is done). Similar to comparisons with adjectives.
    • •plus + adverbe  + que
    • •moins + adverbe  + que
    • •aussi + adverbe  + que
    • •Exception : mieux 
  • Exercice sur le comparatif (section A)
  • 2) quantités (with nouns — it helps a lot of people to think of this like being like quantities: beaucoup de, un kilo de, plus de)
    • •plus d(e) + noun + que
    • •moins d(e) + noun + que
    • • autant d(e) + noun + que
  • Exercice sur le comparatif (section B)
  • SUPERLATIF — Compares 3 or more things (the most, the best, etc.)
    • •Don’t forget there are TWO TYPES OF ADJECTIVES (p. 285)
      • • BAGS (p. 86) adjectives work like this:
      • •Le / La / Les + plus + adjective + noun
      • •Le / La / Les + moins + adjective + noun
      • •Modèle : Les plus belles robes
      • •Modèle : Le moins bon livre
      • •Exception : la meilleure classe (+ bon -> meilleur(e)(s))
    • • Normal adjectives work like this
      • •Le / La / Les + plus + adjective + noun
      • •Le / La / Les + moins + adjective + noun
      • •Modèle : Les robes les plus élégantes
      • •Modèle : Le cours le moins difficiles
      • •Note: you have to REPEAT the article
    • Exercice sur le superlatif (section C)
  • • Superlatives with adverbes work like this
    • le plus + adverbe
    • le moins + adverbe
  • Exercice sur le superlatif (section D)
  • We will practice more with comparatives and superlatives Wednesday!

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

  • The next iLrn for this chapter is due Tuesday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • We will have 1 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start on Wednesday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

À bientôt !

le vendredi 8 avril 2016

Activités en cours —

  • Les pays francophones et les prépositions
    • PowerPoint pour les sites historiques francophones dans le monde.
  • p. 281, points / directions cardinaux
  • p. 265, Structure 9.2 : le pronom y 
    • Texte : y = there; au Congo-Kinshasa
    • p. 282 Informations sur y
  • PowerPoint: Review of pronouns; intro to y
  • p. 283, Placing y in sentences, similar to other pronouns we’ve seen.
    • #2 — s’il y a un infinitif, ça va avant l’infinitif
    • #1, #3 — si non, en général avant le verbe conjugué
    • il y a = there is/are (the « y » is in that expression you already know)
    • il y en a quatre = there are four (of them)
  • Activité avec un partenaire : Feuille
  • Perspectives culturelles, p. 266-267
  • Écoutez et lisez les commentaires des musiciens francophones
    • Reggae Tiken Jah Fakoly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqmUkjZhYOM
    • Due to technical issues, we did not talk about other singers today. We will on Monday. (I apologize for the inconvenience. This time it was not my or my computer’s fault. UMTech did fix the problem after class.)

 

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

DEVOIRS 

  • The next iLrn for this chapter is due Tuesday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start Monday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

Bon week-end !

le mercredi 6 avril 2016

Activités en classe —

  • p. 260-1 : le monde francophone.
  • Francophone =
    • personne qui parle français
    • région où les personnes parlent français
    • culture des régions où on parle français
  • p. 262. Québec, Sénégal, Guadeloupe.
  • p. 263, Prononcez —
    • Écoutez et répétez seulement le nom de la capitale
    • p. 263, avec un partenaire
      • •Posez la ?
      • •Regardez p. 263 ou les cartes (p. i, ii, etc. du livre)
      • •Donnez la réponse
  • Articles pour la géographie
    • Villes — pas d’article en général
    • Pays (nations), régions, états, etc. — l’article est nécessaire
      • Most countries/regions ending in -e are feminine. (La France, La Louisiane, etc.) A couple exceptions:
        • au Mexique (exception : masculin)
        • dans le Tennessee or au Tennessee (exception : masculin)
      • Most other ones that doesn’t end in -e are masculine (le Canada, le Portugal, etc.)
  • Prépositions pour la géographie
    • DESTINATION (or location: in/at/to): Chart on the projector : p. 280
    • ORIGINE (from): Chart on the projector : p. 281
    • We discussed a few questions about your origins (where you’re from: city/state/country) and destinations (where you travel to: city/state/country).

We briefly discussed oral presentation info (Oral presentations description). You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start Friday or Monday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

Devoirs, annonces, etc. —

DEVOIRS 

  • The next iLrn for this chapter is due Thursday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!
  • Oral presentations description: You can start thinking about your topics; sign-up will start Friday or Monday. Presentations are the last two days of class.

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

À bientôt !

le lundi 4 avril 2016

Activité en classe —

  • Today you took the Module 8 test.

Devoirs, rappels, etc. —

DEVOIRS 

  • The first iLrn for this chapter is due Tuesday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
  • We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le vendredi 1er avril 2016

Activités en classe —

  • Poisson d’avril ! (April fool’s)
  • Exercice : FREN 1020 — PC et Imparfait
  • I handed back the Expression écrite from Wednesday. Most people did well on these! You can do a second version if you’d like to get a few additional points. If you have questions, please let me know.

Review for test —

Devoirs, annonces, etc. — 

• The Module 8 test is Monday. Please see above for the review materials (sheets/answer keys)

• For Wednesday, you can do on optional second/corrected version for the Module 8 Expression écrite if you’d like to get a few additional points. If you have questions, please let me know.

Annonces — 

• Language Fair is on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

Bon week-end ! 🙂

le mercredi 30 mars 2016

Activités en cours — 

  • Désolé (sorry) pour les problèmes techniques aujourd’hui ! I will try to see what’s wrong with my computer and be ready to switch more quickly to « plan B » if there are problems again.
  • Rappel : Imparfait versus Passé composé (p. 255-6)
    • •Feuille — Imparfait vs. Passé composé. Read paragraphs aloud, discuss why the tense was used for each verb.
    • •Feuille — Tableaux (charts) Imparfait vs. Passé composé
  • p. 244, ex. 17. Avec un partenaire
  • PowerPoint — Révision de passé composé versus imparfait : questions personnelles.
  • Expression écrite. People worked on this together in class. If you were absent, please let me know if you an excuse and if you would like to schedule a make-up.

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

• The last iLrn due date for this chapter is Thursday. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.

•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• Language Fair coming up next week, with preparation needed Tuesday-Friday and the Fair itself on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le lundi 28 mars 2016

Activités en classe —

• Imparfait versus Passé composé (also p. 255-6)

•Feuille — Imparfait vs. Passé composé. Read paragraphs aloud, discuss why the tense was used for each verb.
•Feuille — Tableaux (charts) Imparfait vs. Passé composé

• p. 256, ex. 10 A. Individu — Decide PC vs I for THE FIRST VERB in each number, and think about which category from the Imparfait vs. Passé composé sheet each one goes in. People did a great job on this, bravo !

•Exercice Imparfait vs. passé composé. Think about the categories and the charts to help you decide.

• Exercice : p. 244, ex. 15. Avec un partenaire. (Dates pour vous aider à répondre)

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•IMPORTANT: As indicated on the calendar, there’s an in-class composition on Wednesday. Please make sure you’re in class Wednesday to do this.

• The next iLrn due date is Tuesday. The last iLrn for this chapter is now due Thursday. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.

•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• Language Fair coming up next week, with preparation needed Tuesday-Friday and the Fair itself on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le vendredi 25 mars 2016

Activités en classe —

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•IMPORTANT: The next iLrn due date has been changed from Sunday to Tuesday night. As always, the iLrn calendar shows which exercises are due when. If you have questions please let me know.

•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• Language Fair coming up next week, with preparation needed Tuesday-Friday and the Fair itself on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le mercredi 23 mars 2016

Activités en classe — 

Pronoms

• p. 254, ex. 6. Replace the indirect object (à + person) with the correct indirect pronoun. Chaque personne une phrase

• p. 238, ex. 8 — Avec un partenaire

•Qui Te parle de ses problèmes (who talks to YOU about their problems?)
•Ma mère ME parle de ses problèmes (my mother talks to ME about her problems)

• Révision sur les différents pronoms (direct, indirect, en)

• Rappel : Direct = replaces an object that doesn’t have a preposition
• Rappel : Indirect = replaces à (ou au, à la, à l’, aux) + personne
• Rappel : En = replace de + object or for quantities (J’en ai cinq)

 • Exercice — objets directs vs indirects vs en

Les comparaisons

• p. 240, comparaisons. Volontaires pour lire le texte.

• plus (adjectif) que
• moins (adjectif) que
• aussi (adjectif) que

• Note importante : don’t forget to make the adjectives agree with the subject.

• p. 254, +, -, =. Comparaisons régulières. Modèles et explication.

  • PowerPoint — Quand j’étais plus jeune… (Comparaisons avec votre meilleur(e) ami(e))
  • Feuille — Plus…que, etc. Partie A, avec un partenaire

• p. 255, Comparaisons pour « bon » (meilleur, moins bon, aussi bon).

• meilleur(e)(s) que
• moins bon(ne)(s) que OR pire(s) que  [you can use either one]
• aussi bon(ne)(s) que

  • Feuille— Plus…que, etc. Partie B

Culture and news — We ran out of time to talk more in depth about the attacks in Belgium. As promised, we will talk about these on Friday, along with a follow-up to people’s questions about egg hunts and flying bells!

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•iLrn — next batch due Sunday night.
•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• Language Fair coming up next week, with preparation needed Tuesday-Friday and the Fair itself on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le lundi 21 mars 2016

Activités en cours — 

• p. 238 — Communiquer en famille
 • p. 252, Structure 3. Les verbes de communication et verbes de transfert

••Répétez les conjugaisons
••“décrire” est similaire à “écrire” (je décris, etc.)
••Exercice — dire lire écrire décrire

p. 238 — Communiquer en famille

•Regardez les phrases. Quel est l’antécédent ?

••Jules écrit à qui?
••à ses parents = leur

•Pour les verbes de communication et de transfert, on utilise souvent des objets indirects (à + personne)
•PowerPoint — Objets indirects

• p. 253. Répétez les verbes. N’oubliez pas : Indirect = replaces à (ou au, à la, à l’, aux) + personne

• p. 239, ex. 9.  — ensemble

• We also talked briefly again about le bac (the test at the end of high school that French students have to pass if they want to get into college, or retake the whole senior year again if they don’t pass) and the fact that the results of the bac are public record (here, for example).

• People in class felt it was weird to have test results public like that (and it’s illegal in the US to do this)
• The idea in France is that it’s a public test, so the records are public. That way, employers and universities can check easily to see who passed and whether they got a mention (did well/very well on the bac).

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•iLrn — next batch due tomorrow (Tuesday) night.
•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• Language Fair coming up next week, with preparation needed Tuesday-Friday and the Fair itself on Saturday, April 2. For more info see Points bonus.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le vendredi 18 mars 2016

Activités en cours — 

QUIZ 

• On a fait un quiz sur nearpod.com
• If you were absent or didn’t do quite as well as you’d hope, we will have 2-3 more quizzes by the end of the year and I drop the lowest couple.
• I will hand back the results in class next week.

LES PRONOMS RELATIFS

• Introduction (multi-page) en français sur le projecteur
• Fiche en anglais (une page) avec plus de précisions

• p. 251, pronoms relatifs qui, qu(e), où

• IMPORTANT : qui (subject), que (object) can both refer to people OR things (who, that, which, ø )
• qui (subject) doesn’t change forms; que (object) changes to qu’ before a vowel or mute h
• où can refer to places OR times (where, when, that, ø)

• le restaurant que j’ai vu (we saw the restaurant — direct object)
• le restaurant où on a mangé (the restaurant where we ate / that we ate AT — not direct, so où), NOT le restaurant qu’on a mangé (the restaurant we ate!)

• p. 236, ex. 4. Avec un partenaire

• p. 251, ex. 2, #1-6. individuellement

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•iLrn — next batch due Tuesday night.
•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 more quizzes before the end of the semester, so be sure to keep up with reading pages before class and looking over your notes!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

Bon week-end !

le mercredi 16 mars 2016

Activités en classe —

•We reviewed the imparfait and talked about France’s education system.

• Révision — comment former l’imparfait, verbe regarder

Quand j’étais petit je ______________ souvent la télé (regardais)

• p. 250 — Autres mots important de l’imparfait

•il doit = he must
•il devait = he was supposed to
•il faut = it’s necessary, I/you/etc. must
•ll fallait = it was necessary, I/you/etc. had to

•Discrimination orale — écoutez et décidez si c’est PRÉSENT, PASSÉ COMPOSÉ, IMPARFAIT

•écouter: j’écoutais j’ai écouté j’écoute
•finir: nous finissons nous avons fini nous finissions
•partir: vous partiez vous êtes parti vous partez

• p. 232 — Prononcez. Together and with a partner

•Don’t forget boot forms (je, tu, il, ils) for the endings of the imparfait are all pronounced the same (for example il parlait sounds exactly the same as ils parlaient)

•The -ent on the present tense is silent (for example, for ils parlent, you don’t pronounce the -ent)

• Exercice : Verbes à l’imparfait

• PowerPoint — Jeu : Quand j’étais petit(e). You say 1 thing about when you were younger and we guess if it’s true or not

• p. 233. Perspectives culturelles.

•PowerPoint = Le système éducatif en France
• We will talk a little more on Friday about this

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•iLrn — next batch due Thursday night.
•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 pop quizzes this chapter, one is coming soon!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le lundi 14 mars 2016

Activités en classe —

p. 228-229. On va parler de souvenirs. Deux définitions

•objets touristiques
•mémoire

• p. 230-1, Quand j’étais petit(e). Écoutez le monologue et lisez (read along)

• p. 249. Qu’est-ce que c’est que l’imparfait ?

• Imparfait — Descriptions, Habitudes («used to»), Conditions/Émotions dans le passé
• Passé composé — Action qui avance l’histoire, changement
• For now, we’re focusing on imparfait

• p. 249, Conjugaison de l’imparfait

• formation: take nous form of the present, drop the -ons, add the imperfect endings
• Prononciation:

-ais -ions
-ais -iez
-ait -aient

• la botte : -ais, -ais, -ait, -aient

— in the boot, all pronounced the same.
— outside the boot, don’t forget the -i-: ions, iez

• une exception: être (ét-). Same endings, but different stem (j’étais, tu étais, etc.)

• Attention: verbes manger (je mangeais in the boot to keep the g soft vs. nous mangions no extra e needed) et commencer (je commençais in the boot to keep the c soft vs. nous commencions no cédille needed)

• p. 231, ex. 1

•A 1) Individu: cochez (check off) vos réponses personnelles AU LYCÉE — passé
•B 2) Discussion avec toute la classe — phrases complètes

• p. 232, ex. 2. Quand tu étais (plus) petite

•A) Avec un partenaire. Posez les ? et répondez en phrases complètes
•B) Discussion avec toute la classe — phrases complètes

• Vidéo : fous de fafa (Flight of the Conchords) Merci à Kate pour la suggestion !

• I also handed back the oral interview grades (people did great on these!) and the tests for Module 7 (some people did well, others not as well). If you have questions on either, just let me know!

Devoirs, annonces, etc.

Devoirs — 

•iLrn — first batch due Tuesday night.
•Please don’t forget to always

• check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
• read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

•We will have 1-2 pop quizzes this chapter, one is coming soon!

Annonces — 

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

le mercredi 2 mars 2016

Today, we practiced in class for the oral interviews

Don’t forget to come to your oral interviews on Friday!

le lundi 29 février 2016

Activité en classe —

  • Test, Module 7

Devoirs, annonces, etc. —

le vendredi 26 février 2016

Activités en classe — 

  • I collected the Expression écrite.
    • • If you did not turn it in, please turn it in Monday when you take the test.
    • • If you have any questions about your composition or anything else before the test, please contact me. Merci !
  • p. 213, « Déjeuner du matin » de Jacques Prévert.

 

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc.

  • Devoirs — 
    • If you didn’t turn in the Expression écrite (instructions), you can do so for late credit in person Monday. If you have an excuse for missing or not having it on time, please let me know so you can get full credit.
    • The chapter test for Module 7 is on Monday. Please see the review activities above.

    Annonces — 

    • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
    • Thank you to those who came out for the fondue event and film festival! 
      • FILMS — See the Points bonus section for details on the extra credit assignment you can do to get points for this.
      • FONDUE — I noted down who was there and you will get extra credit for participating.
    • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

    À bientôt !

le mercredi 24 février 2016

Activités en classe —

  • Quiz (copy of it here — if you missed it or didn’t do well, don’t worry — I drop the lowest couple of quiz grades)
  • Culture
    • p. 208, ex. 15. Une personne lit (reads), puis la classe vote
    • Quelques notes
      • •having one hand above and the other below the table was traditionally considered rude in France, but no one’s sure why and most people don’t really care anymore about this rule.
      • •asking for ketchup in a French restaurant might be seen as an insult (as if it doesn’t taste good enough on its own)
      • • usually you wait for everyone, including the host/hostess, to be served before you start eating in France.
      • •as we discussed, for many of these rules in the book, if you’re out with family or friends they won’t care much, but if you’re in a more formal situation, it would be good to know them.
  • Au restaurant — vocab et culture
    • •p. 209-210 Répétez des phrases clé
    • • Culture. We highlighted a few expressions (please review the rest on your own)
    • • Monsieur (Madame, etc.) / S’il vous plaît / wave your hand to get your server’s attention. Don’t say garçon, considered rude (here, boy!)
    • •un menu (EXAMPLE): you select from a few choices (for example, an entrée, a plat principal, and/or a dessert) and get a special price. Limited options, but cheaper
    • •une carte (EXAMPLE): a list of everything the restaurant has. If you order à la carte, you can pick anything but it costs more than doing a menu
      • Usually you’ll have a choice between ordering « le menu » or ordering items directly from « la carte »
    • •j’ai faim, j’ai soif, I’m hungry, thirst
    • • I’m full = j’ai bien mangé / je n’ai plus faim
    • • l’addition s’il vous plaît — waiter gives you space, time to talk, doesn’t want to kick you out.
    • • le service est compris — Almost 100% of the time the tip is included, you should just assume it is. Can leave a little extra if you really like your service or meal.

 

  • •p. 210. Écoutons ensemble
    • •Vous jouez les rôles : Script ici (section B)
    • •Culture — Voix en direct, p. 198-9
      • We listened to each person’s experiences about eating with family and discussed differences between US and France (in France most people don’t watch TV when they eat, but in the US many people do — although not in out class! — people used to see their families at night for dinner, especially on Sundays, but now this is less and less the case, etc.)
    • •Discussion p. 199, ex. 4. Avec un partenaire.
  • Expression écrite (instructions — due Friday on paper at the start of class.

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc.

  • Devoirs — 
    • Expression écrite (instructions — due Friday on paper at the start of class)
    • On Friday, we will discuss a poem and review for the chapter test
      • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
      • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
    • The chapter test for Module 7 is on Monday.

    Annonces — 

    • The French film festival on campus ends tonight — Wed, Feb 24. There’s also a fondue tasting today at 4pm before the film Le Chef. See the Points bonus section for details on these and other extra credit opportunities.
    • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
    • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

    À bientôt !

le lundi 22 février 2016

Activités en classe — 

Keynote — Qu’est-ce que vous avez mangé hier ? Discussion ensemble

Les verbes comme mettre

•p. 221, mettre. Répétez.
• Expressions avec mettre (p. 222)
• Exercice dans le livre : p. 222, ex. 9. Ensemble

•Exercice avec mettre (Fiche)

Impératif (les ordres)

•p. 207, ex. 13 — Vocab for table settings, commands.
•Regardez l’image. Is the sentence correct based on the picture? Oui / Non. Si ce n’est pas correct, changez-la.

• What do you notice missing from these sentences? The subject! Like in English, no subject for command forms
• p. 223-4, Structure 7.4. Impératif. Explications, exemples
• Formes de l’impératif (projecteur)
• p. 224, 2 verbes irréguliers pour le moment : Avoir et Être

• Négatif

•Tu ne bois pas de café -> Ne bois pas de café
•Allons au restaurant -> N’allons pas au restaurant
•Etc.

•Exercice — Impératif

• Avec un partenaire, inventez 2 impératifs (un à l’affirmatif, un au négatif). Two examples you gave

Mangez beaucoup de gâteaux au chocolat !
Ne sortez pas de la classe !

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. — 

Devoirs — 

  • iLrn — next batch due Tuesday night.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
    • We haven’t had a pop quiz yet this chapter, one is coming soon!

Annonces — 

  • The French film festival on campus is on Mon, Feb. 22, Tue, Feb. 23, and Wed, Feb 24. There’s also a fondue tasting Wed at 4pm before the film Le Chef. See the Points bonus section for details on these and other extra credit opportunities.
  • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
  • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

À bientôt !

le vendredi 19 février 2015

As I mentioned, I’m at a conference this weekend. Here’s Friday’s lesson that Élodie Tantet did with you. She said you guys did a great job on Friday! As usual, homework and reminders are at the end

ACTIVITÉS EN CLASSE — 

  • Rappels au tableau (avant le début du cours)
    • dimanche — iLrn
    • lundi — Calendrier, Documents
    • Quiz bientôt [comme ils savent, la date exacte pas annoncée — pop quiz]
  • Intro
    • Bonjour !
    • Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd’hui ? Nous sommes vendredi !
    • Vous aimez le vendredi ?
      • N’oubliez pas, article défini avec les verbes de préférence
      • J’aime la pizza, J’adore les films français, etc.
  • Révision de « en »
    • Regardez vos fiches « Exercices — Le pronom en » 
    • SECTION A. Rappel : en remplace de, du, de la, etc. + nom ou s’utilise avec les chiffres (numéros) et les expressions de quantité
    • Travail individuel : Changez les phrases en remplaçant la partie soulignée, the underlined part, avec en. Vous avez 5 minutes
  • Révision de « en » (bis) et Réponses
    • SECTION B. Question : Quand il y a un infinitif, le pronom va-t-il généralement avant ou après l’infinitif ? Avant (before) !
    • Travail ensemble : Changeons les phrases en remplaçant la partie soulignée, the underlined part, avec en.
  • Culture : Les plats francophones 
    • Tournez à la p. 205.
      • Il y a un mot en gras, le mot « la » (le, etc.). Ça fait référence à quoi ?
        • la fondue, le couscous, etc.
      • PowerPoint avec des images pour quelques mots clés
  • Culture et révision implicite des pronoms compléments d’objet direct le, la, l’, les
    • Avec un partenaire, faites l’activité 11, p. 205
  • Objets directs, suite 
    • Il y a d’autres situations où on utilise des pronoms pour les objets directs.
    • Tournez à la page 221. Répétez les formes différentes
    • PowerPoint — On va voir comment utiliser me, te, nous, vous en contexte.
  • Exercice de conversation avec un partenaire
    • Regardez la fiche « Objets directs en conversation ». Vous allez travailler avec un partenaire pour avoir une mini-conversation guidée pour travailler sur / pratiquer ces formes, qui sont très utiles pour parler dans la vie réelle, pour les conversations réelles
    • Réponses ensemble
  • Fin de la classe
    • Since you finished early, Elodie did an extra activity with you: p. 222, ex. 10
    • N’oubliez pas de faire les devoirs iLrn — il faut LES faire pour dimanche soir. (pronoun!)

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. — 

 À faire (to do)

  • iLrn — next batch due Sunday night.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
    • We haven’t had a pop quiz yet this chapter, one is coming soon!

• Annonces — 

  • Thank you for participating well with Élodie Tantet !
  • The French film festival on campus is on Mon, Feb. 22, Tue, Feb. 23, and Wed, Feb 24. There’s also a fondue tasting Wed at 4pm before the film Le Chef. See the Points bonus section for details on these and other extra credit opportunities.
  • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
  • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

À bientôt !

le mercredi 17 février 2016

Activités en classe —

Vidéo « fun » pour parler de la nourriture

•Vocabulaire
•Video: La bouffe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCtKw1fmQA8.

  • Like I mentioned in class, you shouldn’t expect to understand most of what he’s saying, just pick out some words here and there based on context (images, etc.), words similar to English, etc.. It sounds like people were able to get the gist and some of the humor :-).

p. 200 : les marchands et magasins pour les courses.

• Plus d’informations. We discussed most of this information (either on the board or orally)
• Répétez les marchands (livre, PowerPoint)
• Activité de groupe pour trouver le commerçant / magasin logique pour les aliments et boissons donnés (note that there are 3 different sheets, each group had different foods)

p. 218, Expressions de quantité.

•No article, just de or d’ (beaucoup de pommes, NOT beaucoup des pommes)
• p. 201, répétez les expressions, des exemples
• Prononciation — p. 202, du, de, des. Avec un partenaire

Le pronom « en »

• p. 203, Activité 8. Écoutez tout le dialogue
•Combien en voulez-vous ?
•en = ?? (des haricots verts)
•PowerPoint
•We ran out of time to do the exercise; please bring it back for Friday.

DEVOIRS, ANNONCES, etc. — 

• À faire (to do)

  • iLrn — next batch due Thursday night.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

• Annonces — 

  • Thank you for participating well in class and welcoming our visitor, Monsieur Grélé !
  • The French film festival on campus is starting on Mon, Feb. 22. See the Points bonus section for details on this and other extra credit.
  • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
  • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

À bientôt !

le lundi 15 février 2016

Activités en classe — 

  • Les Français à table — Les repas (meals) en France
    • PowerPoint on what the French do/eat at different meals
    • includes Vrai/Faux comprehension questions.
  • p. 196, ex. 2 — Recettes (recipes) — with a partner, list some ingredients that you think could/should be used
  • Verbs with spelling changes, p. 215. Révision (review) ensemble.
    •Verbs like préférer, verbs like acheter, and verbs like appeler are “boot” verbs:

    • The je, tu, il, ils forms have the same stem (careful with the accents or double letters: je préfère, j’achète, j’appelle, etc.)
      •the nous and vous forms are the same as in the infinitive (nous préférons, nous achetons, nous appelons)
    • Verbs like manger (ending in -ger) and commencer (ending in -cer) have special forms for the nous form
      •Difference between hard c and g (like English coal and goal) and soft c and g (like English cell and gel):

      • •nous mangeons (-e- to keep the soft g sound)
      • •nous commençons (-ç- to keep the soft c sound: think of garçon)
    • •Reminder for accent names:
      • •é accent aigu
      • •è accent grave
      • •ç cédille
  • p. 216, ex. 1. Réponses ensemble (regardez p. 215 pour vous aider)

• Les marchands et les magasins différents (Informations). I gave a brief overview of this; we’ll practice more with this on Wednesday.

DEVOIRS, annonces, etc. —

• À faire (to do)

  • iLrn — next batch due Tuesday.
  • Please don’t forget to always
    • check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets and
    • read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

• Annonces — 

  • As I mentioned, we will probably have a visitor on Wednesday to observe my teaching. As always, please make sure you’re in class and ready to participate. Merci !
  • The French film festival on campus is starting on Mon, Feb. 22. See the Points bonus section for details on this and other extra credit.
  • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
  • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

À bientôt !

 

le vendredi 12 février 2016

Activités en cours — 

p. 192. Regardez la photo — C’est un marché en plein air

  • Quel sont des mots (termes) que vous comprenez ?
  • Avec un partenaire, liste de 6 mots au minimum que vous comprenez
  • Vocab (PowerPoint)
    • Qu’est-ce qu’une grappe ? Un raisin ?
    • Différence entre un livre et une livre
  • Discussion

p. 194. Vocabulaire — Nous avons parlé de certains mots difficiles pour la prononciation ou le sens, par exemple

  • un œuf (prononce le “f”), des œufs (ne prononce pas le “f”)
  • des haricots verts (no liaison (z) before the h, it’s an exception!)
  • du raisin = grapes ; du raisin sec = raisins
  • de la viande generally refers just to beef. Other meats you’d call by their name – du poulet, du porc, etc.

p. 193, “On parle des repas”

  • Tableau : How to say « some » in French
    • du pain : masculin ou féminin? (masc. sing.)
    • de la confiture : masculin ou féminin? (fém. sing.)
    • de l’eau minérale (sing. before a vowel or mute h)
    • des céréales : sing ou pl? (pl.)
    • je ne mange pas DE viande — pourquoi ? (négatif)
  • These are used with verbs like manger, boire, acheter, prendre, etc. — eating/drinking/buying SOME of something

Fiche — Les nourritures que vous aimez / mangez (vocab you talked about from your iLrn exercise Thursday night, notice there are two pages)

p. 195, ex. B. Avec un partenaire. Réponses ORALES / Discussion après.

  • Eating SOME of something — so du, de la, de l’, des
  • Vocab — Fiche
  • Vocab — p. 194, etc.

p. 217, Structure 7.2. Articles (défini versus indéfini)

  • Rappel — for preference verbes (aimer, détester, préférer, etc.), use le, la, l’, le
  • Ça ne change pas au négatif : J’aime le saumon, Je n’aime pas le saumon.
  • Notice the difference:
    • Je mange du bifteck (goes with the verb manger — EAT some steak)
    • J’aime le bifteck (goes with the verb aimer: I LIKE steak [in general])
  • For now, you can generally assume
    • if you’re talking about some of something and it goes with the verbs manger, boire, acheter, prendre, then you’ll use du / de la/ de l’/ des / de
    • if you’re talking about liking/not liking something and it goes with the verbs aimer, détester, préférer, then you’ll use le / la / l’ /les
    • if you’re talking about the specific thing (pass me the salt, the one that’s right there) then you’ll use le / la / l’ /les
  • There are exceptions to this and other verbs that use these structures, the meaning in context is what counts.

p. 195, ex. 1A. Avec un partenaire DIFFÉRENT. Réponses / Discussion après.

  • On parle de Préférences. On va utiliser quel type d’article?
    • (le, la, l’, les)

La Saint-Valentin

  • Vocabulaire I handed out in case it comes in handy with your significant other for Valentine’s Day
  • Vous aimez les bonbons ? I handed out some candy (des bonbons) !

DEVOIRS, ETC. —

Devoirs, annonces, etc. 

  • Check Documents tab BEFORE coming to class every day (either that morning or the night before after 9 pm).
  • Continue with the course calendar. Make sure to read the pages and review your notes every day before class.
  • Your Expression écrite for Module 6 —
    • Optional: if you still want to turn in the rewritten version, I’ll accept it on Monday since I forgot to ask today.
  • If you didn’t do the iLrn exercises, please do them. If you didn’t comment on someone else’s likes/dislikes for food and can’t figure out how to, please let me know.

Annonces — 

  • The French film festival on campus is starting on Mon, Feb. 22. See the Points bonus section for details on this and other extra credit.
  • Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.
  • If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

 

Bonne Saint-Valentin et bon week-end !

le mercredi 10 février 2016

Activité en classe —

  • The test for Module 6 was today. If you missed the exam and haven’t talked to me yet, please contact me and we can discuss whether or not you have a valid excuse to make it up.

DEVOIRS, Annonces, etc. —

• À faire (to do)

•Please do the first batch of iLrn exercises for Module 7 — deadline Thursday night at 11:59 pm.

•Optional corrected version of Expression écrite for Module 6 due Friday. You can earn a few points on your composition by correcting or making any other suggested changes. If you have questions please let me know.

• Annonces

•Extra credit —Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes finishes tonight. The French film festival on campus is starting on Mon, Feb. 22. See the Points bonus section for details.

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le lundi 8 février 2016

Activités en classe —

• p. 178 : Les infos se transforment.

•Discussion de sources d’informations en français. Young people in France generally like using the Internet to get their news. Many newspapers (journaux) have online news.

•Here are some news sources I mentioned.

• journaux = newspapers, journal télévisé = TV newscast, la radio, des magazines, des sites Web
• http://www.lemonde.fr, French newspaper (center-left politically)
• http://www.lefigaro.fr, French newspaper (center-right politically)
• For learners: RFI’s Journal en français facile (site) podcast or online archive has news with scripts so you can listen and read along.
• http://tv5.org has news, activities, and special lessons for learners of French, for example activities here: http://enseigner.tv5monde.com
• France24 http://france24.com comme CNN mais français (ils diffusent en anglais, en français, et en arabe)

• Révision (review)

  • Review for Test. The content and formats on the review are NOT exactly what’s on the test, but give you a good idea what to study. If you can do the sorts of things that are on the review, you should do well on the test.

DEVOIRS, Annonces, etc. —

• À faire (to do)

•The test for Module 6 will be Wednesday. See Révision/review exercises above.

•Optional corrected version of Expression écrite for Module 6 due Friday. You can earn a few points on your composition by correcting or making any other suggested changes. If you have questions please let me know.

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tuesday (Mardi gras celebration) and Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes on Tuesday and Wednesday. See the Points bonus section for details on these.

•Study abroad — A meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at 2:15 pm in Jones 249 for anyone interested in studying abroad in Lille, France this summer or in the future. Flyer here.

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le vendredi 5 février 2016

Activités en cours — 

• Jacques Brel : p. 180-181

  • Jacques Brel : chanteur, auteur-compositeur des chansons
    • thèmes dans ces chansons : amour, liberté, solitude…
    • il attaque souvent le conformisme, la bourgeoisie…
  • He rebelled from his family, leaving the family business (usine/factory) to go off to sing. He came from humble beginnings and his songs were seen as subversive / rebellious since they made fun of the bourgeoisie and powers that be.
  • The protagonists in the songs are often “losers” — they don’t have money, the women they love are too « good » for them,
  • As we went along in the text, you answered several of the questions (Compréhension et intégretion, p. 181)
  • Musique : Madeleine, one of his best-known songs. (a slightly different version than we heard, with a cheesy video, is here. Here are the Paroles lyrics)
  • The music is definitely outdated, but it was very popular and typical of music from that period. (Like I mentioned, think Frank Sinatra in the US.).
  • you were able to catch parts of it. You did well as a class in understanding the text in the book and also the song, très bien!

• Expression écrite en classe

  • You wrote on one of two options and handed them in before leaving.
  • I’ll correct these and hand them back before the test.
  • If you were absent, please let me know if you have an excuse so we can schedule a make-up.

DEVOIRS, Annonces, etc. —

• À faire (to do)

•Please do the next batch of iLrn exercises — deadline Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class and to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets.
•Monday we will review in class for the test; the test for Module 6 will be Wednesday.

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes ends next week. See the Points bonus section for details on these.

•Two other extra credit opportunities coming up Sunday (music recital) and Tuesday (Mardi gras celebration) — details under Extra credit.

•Study abroad — A meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at 2:15 pm in Jones 249 for anyone interested in studying abroad in Lille, France this summer or in the future. Flyer here.

• Free tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le mercredi 3 février 2016

Activités en cours —

• J’ai rendre les Quiz #1.  (copy) 

If you missed this quiz or think you didn’t do well, don’t be overly concerned: there will be several more quizzes and I’ll drop the lowest two

• p. 170. Congés payés

Lecture à haute voix (outloud) et discussion des questions et d’autres informations

• Les objets directs 

• Reminder about forms (le, la, l’, les), word order
(before an infinitive if there is one, otherwise before the conjugated verb
• p. 189, ex. 11 avec un partenaire

• Mini-portraits des personnages historiques (p. 172, ex. 14)

Chaque groupe a fait un portrait
Instructions ici.

• Les informations et les ressources en français

p. 178 : Les infos se transforment. We started our discussion of this (newspapers / journaux français : Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, etc.) and RFI’s journal en français facile (script, audio) as two sources of information/news in France.

Devoirs, annonces, etc. — 

• À faire (to do)

•Friday we have an IN-CLASS Expression écrite. Please make sure you’re in class Friday or if you have a valid excuse to be ready to give it to me.
•Please do the next batch of iLrn exercises — deadline Sunday night at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget you also need to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets.
•Please remember to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes continues tonight and next week. See the Points bonus section for details on these.

•Two other extra credit opportunities coming up Sunday (music recital) and Tuesday (Mardi gras celebration) next week — details under Extra credit.

•Study abroad — A meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at 2:15 pm in Jones 249 for anyone interested in studying abroad in Lille, France this summer or in the future. Flyer here.

• Tutoring hours — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le lundi 1er février 2016

Activités en cours — 

  • Les verbes comme venir et tenir
    • Sections D et E : Description et exercice pour les verbes comme tenir et venir au passé composé
  • Quelle est la date aujourd’hui ?
    • C’est le premier février
    • Le premier du mois, c’est une exception (le deux février, le trois février, etc.)
  • Quiz #1. (copy) If you missed this quiz or think you didn’t do well, don’t be overly concerned: there will be several more quizzes and I’ll drop the lowest two
  • p. 187, choisir (regular -ir verbs)
    • Répétez la conjugaison et d’autres verbes similaires 
    • participe : -i (Régulier)
    • p. 188. D’autres verbes -ir
    • Exercice : -ir avec un(e) partenaire
  • Les objets directs 
    • PowerPoint — Introduction : objets directs
    • p. 174, ex. 17. Quel est l’antécédent ? (the word the pronoun is referring to)
  • Les expressions conversationnelles
    • p. 162 — répétez (Oh là là, etc.)
    • p. 163, ex. 5 — avec un partenaire, vos réactions

DEVOIRS, Annonces, etc. —

• À faire (to do)

•Please do the next batch of iLrn exercises — deadline Tuesday night at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget you also need to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets.
•Please remember to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes continues Tuesday and Wednesday. See the Points bonus section for details on these.

•Two other extra credit opportunities coming up Sunday (music recital) and Tuesday (Mardi gras celebration) next week — details under Extra credit.

•Study abroad — A meeting Monday, Feb. 8 at 2:15 pm in Jones 249 for anyone interested in studying abroad in Lille, France this summer or in the future. Flyer here.

• Tutoring hours have been announced — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

 

le vendredi 29 janvier 2016

Activités en cours —

Passé composé —

•Reminder: Feuille — Les verbes qui utilisent “être” au passé composé (Alamo)
•For now, if it’s not one of these verbs, you should use avoir.
•PowerPoint — Review: avoir / être au passé composé
• p. 186, ex. 6. Individuel Be careful with choice of avoir versus être
•Vidéo : rap amusant / bizarre pour le passé composé avec être (Just some students who decided to make a video about verbs that use « être » in the passé composé. Funny or dumb? You be the judge!)

Vacances — 

• PPT — yes les vacances !
• p. 169. Parlez de vos vacances personnelles
•Modèle
•Discussion ensemble
•We will come back to talking about vacations in France (p. 170) in class soon

Tenir, venir —

•Conjugaison, p. 186
•Exercices

•Sheet: Les verbes et expressions comme « tenir » et « venir »
•Sections A et B : vocab et exercices pour tenir, venir
•Section C : Description de « venir d(e) + infinitif » (to have just done)
•Projecteur : Exercice avec « venir d(e) + infinitif »

•We will finish Sections D et E together Monday in class.

DEVOIRS, ANNONCES, ETC. —

• À faire (to do)

•Do the third batch of iLrn exercises — deadline Sunday at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget you also need to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets.
•Please remember to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class.
•We haven’t had a pop quiz yet this chapter, so one will be coming up soon.

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes continues next Tuesday. See the Points bonus section for details.

• Tutoring hours have been announced — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le mercredi 27 janvier 2016

ACTIVITÉS EN CLASSE — 

p. 183, formes du passé composé. Quick review.

• Finir — conjugaison ensemble au tableau (J’ai fini, etc.)
• PowerPoint : Images pour passé composé avec avoir (révision/review)

Feuille — Quand ça ?! Il y a et autres expressions.

• 1) Réponses personnelles
• 2) Demandez à 1 partenaire et notez les réponses
• 3) Nous avons parlé des activités de vous et votre partenaire

p. 163, Pratique de conversation.

• Expressions pour indiquer l’ordre des activités : D’abord, puis, ensuite, après, alors, enfin
• p. 165, ex. 7. En petits groupes. Each group does one number and puts the events in order using transition words (d’abord, ensuite, etc.).
• (Modèle : d’abord, j’ai téléphoné à mes amis. Puis, j’ai fait les courses. Ensuite, j’ai préparé le dîner. Enfin, j’ai fait les présentations.)

Passé composé avec être 

•PowerPoint — Introduction au P.C. avec être
•Feuille — Les verbes qui utilisent “être” au passé composé (Alamo)
• p. 185 — Irregular past participles
• We did a few examples together (Elle est tombée, Je suis parti(e), Ils sont descendus, etc.)

DEVOIRS, ANNONCES, ETC. —

• À faire (to do)

•Do the second batch of iLrn exercises — deadline Thursday at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget you also need to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class and download or print out any sheets.
•Please remember to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class. For Friday’s class, please (re)read the pages on the calendar for Wednesday and Friday (i.e.  Read: p. 166-9, 171-2, p. 185-187)

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes continues tonight (details here in the Points bonus section).

• Tutoring hours have been announced — the Plus… section of the site has hours and locations.

• If you missed any previous classes, don’t forget to check what we did — previous posts below list what we did, what the homework was, etc. (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc. The Archives are usually updated by 9pm after class.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le lundi 25 janvier 2016

ACTIVITÉS EN CLASSE —

INTRO

• Reminders, etc. (See the bottom of the this post — the posts in the Archives will always have reminders and the HW for next time at the end of the post)

• Nuages — vos intérêts. These word clouds are based on your info cards you filled out on the first day and gives me an idea of your experiences, interests, and goals — and also find about more about your classmates.

• Quiz…er, Practice Quiz

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

• p. 160, Images. Read the captions.
• Formes — avoir + participe passé
•PowerPoint — Introduction au Passé composé
•p. 183, 6.1. Exceptions : faire (fait), prendre (pris), etc.

•p. 161 Exercices de prononciation

•A) Ensemble
•B) Avec un partenaire

• p. 161, ex. 1. 1 minute pour répondre oui ou non, personnel — individuellement

•Réponse aux questions du prof. Phrase complète !
•Dites-moi une activité que vous avez faite (Oui)

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ AU NÉGATIF

•Et le négatif? Moi, je n’ai pas mangé à la cafétéria hier. (“Sandwich” ne…pas goes around the verb avoir)

•j’ai mangé — je n’ai pas mangé
•tu as mangé — tu n’as pas mangé, etc.

•Dites-moi une activité que vous n’avez pas faite (Non)
• p. 162, ex. 2. Posez les questions à un partenaire.

EXPRESSIONS TEMPORELLES (Time expressions)

• p. 162, Expressions de temps. Répétez.
• p. 184, Common expressions for passé composé. Répétez

• Notez bien — il y a means “ago”. It goes BEFORE the time expression in French (il y a trois jours = three days ago)
• dernier goes AFTER the noun for these sorts of expressions: le mois dernier, la semaine dernière, etc.

• Calendrier sur le projecteur : You wrote down the answers for these and we went over the answers together. The answers are already given to you here.

• p. 162, ex. 3. Avec un partenaire différent. (Je n’ai jamais … = I’ve never …)

DEVOIRS, ANNONCES, ETC.

• À lire (to read)

•Remember to read the pages on the calendrier before coming to class

• À faire (to do)

•Do the first batch of iLrn exercises — extended deadline tonight (Monday) at 11:59 pm.
•Don’t forget you also need to check the Documents tab the morning of or night before every class

• Annonces

•Extra credit — Tournées Film Festival at Rhodes starts Tuesday; The Table francophone starts Wednesday (details on both here in the Points bonus section).

• If you missed Wednesday’s class, don’t forget to check what we did (and whenever you’re absent, you should always check the Archives to see what we did in class, what HW is coming up, etc.)

• If you have any questions, please contact me. À bientôt !

le vendredi 22 janvier 2016

Snow day — the university has been closed today due to the wintery weather. I’ve sent you an email with more information.

For Monday, please see the post below for what to do for next time (we’ll essentially have Friday’s class on Monday instead and gradually catch up). The iLrn assignment mentioned can either be done for Sunday night or will also be accepted Monday night. I will keep you updated on the website and in class about what we’ll be doing the next few class days. If you have any questions, please let me know!

le mercredi 20 janvier 2016

ACTIVITÉS EN CLASSE

  • Bonjour et welcome !
  • Administrative things (syllabus, etc.)
  • Keynote presentation summarizing some key points of the syllabus (look it over in detail on your own)
  • Intro to our site, http://autrefois.org and the different sections (Archives, Documents, Syllabus/Calendar, Etc.)

 

Transition to French!

  • Feuille — Expressions utiles (make sure to have this handy in class every day).
  • Exercices de révision
  • You did part A with a partner to get back in the swing of speaking French and so you could meet your classmates
  • Part B, C, D — you can do these on your own (optional). On Friday I’ll ask to see if people have any questions.

DEVOIRS, rappels, etc.

  • Please sign into our section of iLrn (instructions are on under the iLrn tab) before Friday
  • For Friday, continue with the course calendar,which lists what to read before each class.
  • Also for Friday, make sure before you check the Documents tab before you come to class (either Friday morning or Thursday after 9 pm) for any sheets you need to download or print out for the next class.
  • By Sunday night at 11:59 pm, do the first batch of iLrn exercises (when you go to the Assignment Calendar, click on “View by date” and click on next week to see which ones are do.) More info on how to sign up for/do iLrn here.

Merci et à bientôt !

 

If you have any questions, please contact me. Au revoir et à vendredi !

Archives


Archives

If you miss class, misplace a sheet, or just want an electronic copy of something, this is the place to go. After every class, I’ll post a list of exercises, sheets, PowerPoints, and other activities we have gone over in class as well as the homework to do for the next class. NOTE: If you want to download/print documents you need for the next (upcoming) class, please go to the Documents page.

Normally, materials from the most recent class will be posted below in the Archives by 9 pm that night. You can sign up for email alerts on the right (or below on mobile devices), or follow me on Twitter if you’d like to know when there’s a new post. To track down something from a few days ago (or longer), feel free to scroll down, click on the calendar to find a specific date, or do a search.