We enjoyed a French feast with all kinds of goodies! Students watched an artistic version of La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) with artists drawings (in black and white, before computers).

DEVOIRS: 0

Bonnes vacances!!!

We reviewed 2B vocab. (p. 52) and the verb AVOIR (to have)  + AVOIR expressions, with games and activities. Students took the quiz on 2B vocab. and the verb AVOIR.

DEVOIRS:  La fete française! French feast on Wednesday...mercredi!

*Earn 5 % points on your French January final.

Bring a dish from a French-speaking country, the recipe, send Mme L. photos of YOU cooking!
Don`t forget to  take your dishes home on Wednesday.  MERCI!

We practiced new vocab. and verbs  2B (une semaine au lycée) p. 52-3 and the verb AVOIR (to have).  Students began their skits (les sketchs).

DEVOIRS: VHL, dimanche

les sketchs, cont., lundi
STUDY QUIZLET!
Interro (QUIZ)vocab 2B, AVOIR, mardi

We practiced new vocab. and verbs  2B (une semaine au lycée) and the verb AVOIR (to have). Students worked on their dialogues (skits, les sketchs)

Students watched part of the film: La belle et la bête

DEVOIRS: VHL (jeudi),

les sketchs, vendredi

We practiced new vocab. and verbs  2B (une semaine au lycée) and the verb AVOIR (to have).

Students watched part of the film: La belle et la bête

DEVOIRS: VHL (jeudi),

les sketchs, vendredi

Students reviewed -ER verbs and question formation. They wrote skits, asking each other about their activities.  We watched a music video, Moi, j'aime skier.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Students took the 2A test today.

DEVOIRS: 4-fold-fan 2B, mardi

Speaking test: Madame asked 4 questions from the Bougez bougez !  Students worked on computers, doing VHL, studying QUIZLET, etc.

DEVOIRS:

VHL, dimanche

Etudiez QUIZLET !

Examen 2A, lundi

extra credit:

rigoler = to goof around
bavarder = to chat
jouer aux sports = to play sports
jouer d'un instrument= to play an instrument
chanter =   to sing

We studied question formation (and negation) p. 48-49. Students answered the ODDS (on the Bougez bougez! sheet). They had conversations, #4 p. 49. They asked questions, ESSAYEZ (the orange box on p.49).

DEVOIRS: Answer the EVENS on the Bougez bougez ! sheet, vendredi

Speaking test: Madame will ask 4 questions from the Bougez bougez !  sheet, vendredi

Examen 2A, lundi

We reviewed question formation (YES/NO questions) and NEGATION (ne...pas around the verb!).
Students made sentences negative. They played Bougez bougez! asking and answering questions in French.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Orales (les questions de Bougez bougez!), vendredi

Examen leçon 2A, lundi

We reviewed -ER verbs (p. 46) . Students wrote sentences describing people's actions in photos.They took the -ER verbs quiz. We talked about how to form YES/NO questions.

DEVOIRS: VHL (formation of YES/NO questions)

 We practied the -ER verbs. Students conjugated these verbs. They took a survey. We did activities pp. 46-47.

DEVOIRS: VHL, dimanche

Study QUIZLET!

Interro (QUIZ) -ER verbs, mardi

Students corrected mistakes from the 1B exam.  We reviewed the -ER verbs. Students conjugated the verbs p. 47 (ESSAYEZ). They played Battleship with -er verbs.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET!

Students answered questions about which subjects they liked and disliked. We watched the Roman Photo.  They took the quiz on  2A vocab and the Roman Photo.

DEVOIRS: Fill out the -ER Battleship sheet, conjugate the verbs! , jeudi

We reviewed vocab. from lesson 2A (pp. 38-39). The students asked each other about different subjects (J'aime, Je n'aime pas, Je déteste, J'adore, etc.) We played QUIZLET with the vocab. They did a dictation (from the Roman Photo).

DEVOIRS: Interro (QUIZ) vocab. 2A + Roman Photo, mercredi

Students did a word search on class vocabulary (les cours p. 38). We read through the Roman Photo (pp. 42-3) and watched the film.

DEVOIRS: Interro de vocab et le Roman Photo, mardi

Students watched the 2A Roman Photo and did activities, on computers today.

DEVOIRS: VHL, dimanche

Étudiez QUIZLET!

Interro de vocab. (2A) et le Roman Photo (2A), mardi

Bonne fête d' Action de Grâce! (Thanksgiving!)

Students identified, drew and described their classes (courses) at high school. They did a dictation using this vocab. (2A, les cours). They described and wrote comments about pictures of classes p. 40, #5.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET !!!

We studied the new 2 A vocab. (les cours = classes). Students played Pictionary with the vocabulary. They identified which courses would be found at high school (au lycée) and at university (à l'université). We played the Fly Swatter game  (vocab.)

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET!

We watched the classic film: Le Ballon Rouge (1956) and ate CRÊPES !! 

A huge MERCI to all students who brought food, drinks and paper goods!

DEVOIRS: 4-fold-fan, 2A p. 38-9, Les cours, lundi

Students took the 1B exam.


DEVOIRS:

Crêpes et film, vendredi   

 DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOOD, etc.!

We reviewed chapter 1B:  vocab., grammar (subject pronouns + ÊTRE+ adjectives/nationalities). Students compared people in drawings, describing their location and nationalities. We watched the Roman Photo 1B.


DEVOIRS:  Handout (review 1A,1B), jeudi

Study QUIZLET!!

Examen 1B, jeudi

Crêpes et film, vendredi   

 DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOOD, etc.!

Students read about the Monde Francophone, they watched the Roman Photo and did VHL activities.
They read their name poems.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Examen 1B, jeudi

Crêpes et film, vendredi   

(SIGN UP TUESDAY! ) DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOOD, etc.!

We reviewed ETRE with subject pronouns, and descriptions of people. Students did a dictation. They made adjective agreement. They took the quiz on ETRE and adjectives.

DEVOIRS: read your name poem, `Je m'appelle _______,  Je suis ____, ____, ____ etc., mardi

Examen 1B, jeudi

Crêpes et film, vendredi   

(SIGN UP TUESDAY! ) DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOOD, etc.!

Students had conversations describing people (nationalities and descriptive adjectives) pp. 26-27.  We watched MUZZY (le grand MUZZY) in French. We reviewed subject pronouns with the verb ÊTRE.

DEVOIRS:  VHL

Study QUIZLET!

Interro (quiz), 1B grammar: subject pronouns, ÊTRE (p. 24-25) , adjectives (p.26-27), vendredi

Read your name poems, mardi

Students played tic-tac-toe with ETRE expressions. We learned adjectives of nationality. Students did activities pp. 26-27, describing people and their nationalities.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET !

Interro (quiz) 1B grammar: ETRE, subject pronouns, adjectives and nationalities, vendredi

We studied adjectives and adjective agreement (p. 26-27). Students played Around the World with the adjectives (from the list handed out in class). They described famous people.

DEVOIRS:  VHL, mardi  + 4-fold-fan (20 words) from adjective list, mercredi

Study QUIZLET!

Students made sentences describing people, using the verb ETRE and adjectives, playing the dice game. They wrote sentences p. 24-25 (#2, 4). We studied c'est vs. ce sont (singular and plural) and
 Il est/Elle est ...with professions.

DEVOIRS: VHL

STUDY QUIZLET!

We studied subject pronouns and the verb ETRE, p. 24-25

DEVOIRS: VHL,dimanche

We learned subject pronouns and the verb ÊTRE (to be).

DEVOIRS: VHL

Students read: Qu'est-ce qu'un Français typique? (What is a typical French person like?) and we discussed stereotypes.  We did Halloween activities (vocab. games and videos).

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET!

Students identified classroom objects (from their Pictionary drawings.) The compared images of 2 different classrooms and identified the objects found there. They did a dictation using class vocab.
They took the lesson 1B vocab. quiz.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Students reviewed vocabulary pp. 16-17. They wrote out items in their backpacks (and their partner's backpack), #4 p. 18 (Dans mon sac à dos il y a un/une/des....) They pointed at items and identified them , ( Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est un/une/des...) #5 p. 18.
They made corrections from their exams, and saw the results of their lesson 1A exams.

DEVOIRS: VHL

Study QUIZLET!!  1B contextes, pp. 16-17

Interro (QUIZ) on class vocab. (pp. 16-17), mardi

Students played Pictionary with the classroom vocab. (en classe). They identified objects in the classroom (#3 p. 21). We did a listening activity (#2 p. 21).  Students did a word search with classroom vocab.

DEVOIRS: VHL (dimanche)
Interro (QUIZ) de vocab. pp. 20-21, mardi

We studied the new vocab. p. 16-17 (en classe) and students played I spy....

DEVOIRS: VHL

Students took a field trip to French cafés today!

DEVOIRS: 4-fold-fan, 30 words, pp. 16-17, jeudi

Students took the lesson 1A exam.

DEVOIRS: make a 4-fold-fan (30 words) pp. 16-17, lesson 1B, mercredi

We did review for the lesson 1A test.


DEVOIRS:

Etudiez QUIZLET!

Examen leçon 1A,(vocab. pp. 2-3,  grammar (nouns and numbers) , Roman Photo),   mardi !!!

We reviewed for the numbers quiz. Students took the numbers quiz.


DEVOIRS:  VHL (pour dimanche)

Etudiez QUIZLET!

Examen leçon 1A,(vocab. pp. 2-3,  grammar (nouns and numbers) , Roman Photo),   lundi

Students did a crossword puzzle with numbers 0-60. We did listening activities (numbers) and a dictation.  Students read about Aix-en-Provence (the college town, site of the Roman Photo, video in our textbook).

DEVOIRS: VHL,

Practice QUIZLET, numbers.

Interro (QUIZ) de numéros 0-60, mercredi

Examen leçon 1A, lundi

We reviewed numbers 0-60. Students did math facts with flash cards, using these numbers. We studied the Power Points describing how numbers are spelled, and how to ask: How many ? (Combien de...) We played BINGO with numbers. They did activities p. 13, #4, asking and answering questions.

DEVOIRS: VHL,

Practice QUIZLET, numbers.

Interro (QUIZ) de numéros 0-60, mercredi

Examen leçon 1A, lundi

Students did a word search of nouns (and identified un...une..des). They played the Fly Swatter game, identifying objects . We practiced  Qu'est-ce que c'est? (What`s that?)
C'est un..une ___ (It`s a... ) Ce sont des___(They are...)  p. 11 #4,5
Students took the articles/nouns quiz.

DEVOIRS: Study numbers, 1-60.

Study QUIZLET ! (#'s)

VHL, dimanche 

Interro (numbers), mercredi

Examen leçon 1 A, vendredi, le 19 octobre.

We watched the Roman Photo (the text book video) with subtitles (en français et en anglais!)

DEVOIRS:

VHL, TODAY, mercredi


 Fill out the Alpha Brainstorming handout, from vocab. pp. 10-11 (nouns and articles), jeudi
(Write: la bibliothèque under B, le lycée  under L)


Interro (QUIZ), nouns and articles (pp. 10-11), jeudi 

We studied definite and indefinite articles (the vs. a/an). They chose the correct forms (masculine, feminine, plural) p. 11 ESSAYEZ.  Students shared comments about the guest artist from Friday's performance (Hamid El Hadri). They viewed the first episode of the Roman Photo (textbook video).

DEVOIRS: VHL , mercredi

Interro (QUIZ) on nouns and articles, jeudi

***We met at the IHS theater to hear guest Hamid El Hadri, Moroccan musician, singing in French, Arabic, Spanish and Italian!  

Check out his videos on YouTube (and on my BLOG).

DEVOIRS: VHL , mardi
Study QUIZLET (structures vocab. p. 10-11)
Interro (nouns and definite articles), jeudi

We reviewed definite articles (the: LE, LA, L', LES) and students did activities #1,2 p. 10. We played Around the World with the vocab. (p. 10-11). Students finished their skits "au café".

DEVOIRS: VHL , mardi
Study QUIZLET (structures vocab. p. 10-11)
Interro (nouns and definite articles), jeudi

***Meet at the IHS theater tomorrow, we will hear guest Hamid El Hadri, Moroccan musician, singing in French and Arabic.

We learned about NOUNS and their gender (people and things are MASCULINE or FEMININE) and there are 4 ways to say THE:  le (M), la (F), les (plural),

*** l' (drop the vowel, add an apostrophe, before a word that begins with a vowel...
le oignon...l'oignon, la orange....l'orange.

Students practiced and presented "les sketchs au café".

DEVOIRS:  Make a 4-fold-fan from the vocab. list handed out in class today, due jeudi

Les sketchs, continués (dialogues continued), jeudi

We listened to a Moroccan singer, Hamid El Hadri, sing ``C'est ma vie!` in French and Arabic.
Students played QUIZLET live with the vocab. p. 2-3. They took the quiz on this. They worked on their skits (les sketchs, au café).

DEVOIRS: Les sketchs, au café (Memorized! But you may have notes in English),
mercredi et jeudi

Students took a dictation, using greetings and introductions. We practiced pronunciation and accents. We studied `la bise`, the French way of greeting and doing the air kisses.

DEVOIRS: VHL + study QUIZLET + QUIZ pp. 2-3, mardi (TUESDAY!)

Students put Duolingo on their phones, to practice French.

They identified formal and informal conversations. They did activity #1, p. 3 (choose the word that doesn't belong). We did a listening activity, #2 p. 3, (choose the correct response to a question or comment).  They wrote dialogues, #5 p. 4.

DEVOIRS:

Study QUIZLET !

VHL  dimanche (due Sunday night before midnight!)

Interro (QUIZ) de vocabulaire, p. 2-3, mardi

We talked about informal and formal language (TU and VOUS in French). We  practiced the vocabulary pp. 2-3. Students wrote sentences. We read through the dialogues and students translated the dialogues.

DEVOIRS: VHL (due before midnight tonight)

Students did a survey, exploring the new French 1 textbook: D'accord 1 (VHL).
They signed up for VHL accounts.

DEVOIRS:  Create a 4-fold-fan from the words and expressions on pp. 2-3 of leçon 1 in the text. Write 30 words.

*Remember, to find the vtext (the online book), click on CONTENT, then scroll down to vtext, then find pp. 2-3.

Here are instructions, in case you still need to create an account: 
Remember to choose period 5 or period 6 !!

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  Legier, Martha

  French 1 2018-2019

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Students reviewed numbers and months. They had mini-conversations au café.

DEVOIRS: 0

We learned numbers 1-31, months and dates. Students did a survey finding out birthdays of classmates. We went over the French culture quiz.

DEVOIRS: practice numbers and months on QUIZLET!

Students finished reciting the alphabet. We reviewed days, colors and weather expressions. Students took the quiz on this vocabulary.

DEVOIRS :  0              Bon week-end!

We practiced the alphabet. Students recited the alphabet, said and spelled their names in French. We practiced days of the week, weather and colors.

DEVOIRS: QUIZ on days, weather and colors, vendredi (Friday)

Students practiced the alphabet with partners. They guessed the meanings of adjectives in French (Latin cognates).

DEVOIRS: Write a name poem, for Monday (use the adjectives from the list today)

Recite the alphabet , + say :  Je m'appelle _________ and spell your name , Monday

We sang Champs-Élysées.  We learned the alphabet in French. Students played the fly-swatter game and QUIZLET Live to review greetings and class vocab. Students took the quiz on greetings and class vocab.  We watched the end of the video, Historic France.

DEVOIRS: Study the abc`s in French!

We practiced vocab. (greetings and class vocab.) Students discussed famous French people and  watched a video, Historic France.

DEVOIRS: QUIZ on greetings and class vocabulary, Thursday

PRACTICE QUIZLET !!!  

Need to sign up?  Go to  QUIZLET.com and look for: Fr 1 Mme Legier 2018-19,   then JOIN. 

* A few students signed up for the wrong class. Make sure you sign up for the above address.

Today we practiced our greetings and class vocabulary. Students had conversations with one another, saying "hi" and introducing themselves "Je m'appelle.....", and they asked how they were doing.
We played BINGO with greetings and class vocabulary.

They answered the following about our classroom environment:

Our classroom should be......every day.
Madame Legier can help us by ..........
French is important because.....

DEVOIRS (homework):

QUIZ:  on greetings and class vocabulary, Thursday

We practiced the greetings and class vocabulary. Students played Around the World with this vocab.
They guessed the answers to facts about the World Cup and saw a video of highlights of France in the World Cup.

DEVOIRS:
Make a BINGO card, write vocab. words (in French) from the greetings and class vocab. sheets,
due Tuesday


Bring the student information sheet, signed by you and and your parents, plus a binder (or a section of the binder) designated for French class, due Tuesday

QUIZ:  on greetings and class vocabulary, Thursday

We practiced greetings. We read about the Latin connection between English and French, students then guessed French words that resemble English (cognates).  The students selected French names. We learned class vocabulary.

DEVOIRS: (Homework)

Make a 4-fold-fan (vocabulary list) from the GREETINGS and the CLASS VOCABULARY lists.,
(Using the handout from class,write each word four times,  French,English,French, English),
due Monday

Bring the student information sheet, signed by you and and your parents, plus a binder (or a section of the binder) designated for French class, due Tuesday

We listened to the song Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin (the great boulevard in Paris).  Students practiced greetings in French.  They talked to their seat partners about why they are taking French class.  We read lists of French names. We watched a short video clip of Mimes (from the film Paris je t'aime).We discussed class information.

DEVOIRS: (Homework): Choose 2 French names , Friday

Student info. sheet (filled out and signed by parents)/binder (or section of binder), Tuesday

Bonjour! Welcome to French 1 with Madame Legier!

devoirs: (homework):  study the greetings we learned in class today