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French 1 A / B

          

                   DEUXIEME SEMESTRE / DEUXIEME QUARTER 2009/2010
                           
                           
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MERCREDI 3 / JEUDI 4 JUIN              CATCH-UP DAYS       
                      
LUNDI 1 / MARDI 2 JUIN                 FINAL EXAM 
                      

JEUDI 28 / VENDREDI 29 MAI             FINAL EXAM REVIEW: CHAPTERS 4-8
                                        
                           
MARDI 26 / MERCREDI 27 MAI             CHAPTER 8 
                                        - QUEL & TOUT                       
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DU MARDI 26 AU VENDREDI 29 MAI     
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JEUDI 21 / VENDREDI 22 MAI         CHAPTER 8 - IR VERBS AT THE PRESENT TENSE
                                                SORTIR/PARTIR/DORMIR/SERVIR

MARDI 19 / MERCREDI 20 MAI         CHAPTER 8 - MOTS 1 & MOTS 2

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DU LUNDI 18 MAI AU VENDREDI 22 MAI
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VENDREDI 15 / LUNDI 18 MAI          CHAPTER 7 
                                       TEST                               
MERCREDI 13 / JEUDI 14 MAI          CHAPTER 7 
                                             POWER POINT FASHION SHOW PROJECT
                                    
                                              
                       
LUNDI 11 / MARDI 12 MAI             CHAPTER 7 - LECTURES CULTURELLES 
                                                REVIEW CHAPTER 5 - 7
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DU LUNDI 11 AU VENDREDI 15 MAI
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JEUDI 7 MAI / VENDREDI 8 MAI        CHAPTER 7 - VOIR & CROIRE
                                                CONVERSATION - PRONONCIATION

MARDI 5 MAI / MERCREDI 6 MAI        CHAPTER 7 - METTRE - LE COMPARATIF

                       
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DU LUNDI 4 MAI AU VENDREDI 8 MAI  
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VENDREDI 1 MAI / LUNDI 4 MAI                   CHAPTER 7 - MOTS 1 - MOTS 2


MERCREDI 29 AVRIL / JEUDI 30 AVRIL
MATERIAL: 
(**The two videos are located in a box on TV cart in Spanish room across the 
hall from room 108)
- Mind Jogger Video** Quiz Chapter 6
- Video** of  Chapter 7 
- Bon Voyage Textbook
OBJECTIVES:
- Review Chapter 6 content with TV Video Game
- Learn about clothing in the francophone world with Chapter 7 Video
- Learn new vocabulary in textbook (flashcards)
PROCEDURES
- Paired activities: in groups of two (1 girl-1 boy)
  -->  1. Translate "Lectures Culturelles" p. 206 in textbook
  -->  2. Answer questions in complete sentences p. 207 related to text p.206
  -->  3. Play Maraton Mental Chapter 6 with ABCD cards 
  -->  4. After watching Chapter 7 Video about clothing, 
          each partner writes (in English) a sentence about the video 
          taking turns. (5 sentences each)
  -->  5. Then, each group reads the summary of the video to the other group  
- Solo:
  --> prepare flashcards about clothing 
     (One side English - Other side French with vocabulary on page 220/221)
HOMEWORK:
- Finish flashcards
- Learn new vocabulary
  
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LUNDI 27 / MARDI 28                    CHAPTER 6

- Written & Listening comprehension Tests
OBJECTIVES:
- Chapter 6 Evaluation 
PROCEDURES:
- Take tests & write a 20 sentence essay
HOMEWORK: None!
                          
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MERCREDI 22 / JEUDI 23 / VENDREDI 24                     CHAPTER 6

MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook, Audiobook 
- Online activities on Quia.com
- Hand-outs
- Elmo Projector
- Webquest research
- Web Explore research

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
FLORIDA STANDARDS:  A111, A113, A121, A211, A212, A223, A225, A321, A323,
                    C111, D112, D121, D122
OBJECTIVES:
- Talk about French food-shopping customs
- Develop cross-cultural sensitivity
- Sharpen listening comprehension skills

PROCEDURES:
- Try to understand conversation read by teacher
- Read & translate conversation pp. 204-205 in TB
  Mastery --> Do audio activity "Conversation "Au Marche" p. 33 in STM 
- Try to understand Lectures Culturelles read by teacher 
- Read & translate Lectures Culturelles pp. 206-211
  Mastery --> Do audio activity "Lectures Culturelles" p. 33 in STM
- Research, compare & discuss  French & students' countries 
  food-shopping customs (Webquest & Web Explore research)
- Do audio exercises 5-6 p. 30, 7-8-9 p. 31 in STM

HOMEWORK:
- Review chapter for test 
  --> Do Content Reinforcement ex. A/B/C pp. 62-63 in WB
  --> Do assessment pp. 212-215 in TB as test practice
  --> Review online quia activities


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LUNDI 20 / MARDI 21                           CHAPTER 6
MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook 
- Online activities on Quia.com
- Elmo projector

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
FLORIDA STANDARDS:  A111, A113, A121, A211, A212, A223, A225, A321, A323,
                    C111, D112, D121, D122

OBJECTIVES:
The students will:
- Tell what they & others are able to do or want to do
- Talk about what you and others do not have

PROCEDURES:
- Warm-up:
--> The fridge is empty! Write a list of groceries you need to buy
    using le partitif 
- Take notes on the verbs "vouloir" & "pouvoir" & do ex. p. 194-195 in TB
- Prepare flashcards with the conjugations of these two verbs
- Cooperative activity: Work with a classmate and take turn asking questions  
related to the conjugations of vouloir & pouvoir
- Individual activity: 
--> Write what you: - do not have in your fridge, 
                    - do not want to buy 
                    - cannot buy 
  using the three verbs "Vouloir, Pouvoir, Faire" & "le partitif au negatif" 
- Watch an online  clip on Mrs. Obama planting an organic garden at the White 
House. 
- Describe in French which vegetables and fruits she is planting and already 
harvesting.
- Discuss the video

HW:
- Do ex. 11 p.59, 12-13 p.60, 14-15 p. 61 in WB 
- Review vocabulary with quia activities
  --> Write a list of questions to ask on the concepts 
      you do not understand yet (begin reviewing for test next week)



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DU LUNDI 20 AU 24 AVRIL
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DU LUNDI 6 AU DIMANCHE 19 AVRIL:
--> PASSEZ DE BONNES VACANCES DE SPRINGBREAK ET REVENEZ EN PLEINE FORME.
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JEUDI 26 / VENDREDI 27                       CHAPTER 6
(French Class 3A: Stanford 9 on Friday 27)
MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook 
- Online activities on Quia.com
- Transparencies + projector

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
FLORIDA STANDARDS:  A111, A113, A121, A211, A212, A223, A225, A321, A323,
                    C111, D112, D121, D122

OBJECTIVES:
The students will:
- Tell what they & others are able to do or want to do
- Talk about what you and others do not have

PROCEDURES:
- Warm-up:
--> The fridge is empty! Write a list of groceries you need to buy
    using le partitif
--> Answer questions asked by teacher & classmates regarding 
    projected pictures using vocabulary words & the verb "faire" & 
    "le partitif"
- Take notes on "le partitif au negatif" 

HOMEWORK:
- Learn "le partitif au negatif" & the verbs "vouloir" & "pouvoir"

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MARDI 24 / MERCREDI 25                    CHAPTER 6
(French Class 3A: Stanford 9 on Wednesday 25) 
MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook 
- Online activities on Quia.com
- DVD on "All's Faire" 
- Hand-outs

OBJECTIVES:
- Tell what you or others are doing

PROCEDURES:
- Take notes on  Vocabulary Mots 2 "Au Marche"
- Take notes on "Le verbe Faire"
- watch the DVD on faire
- Do ex. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 p. 192/193 in TB
- Fill out hand-outs on "faire"

HOMEWORK:
- Learn Mots 2 & Faire
- Do ex. 7, 8 p. 58 + Faire
- Review vocabulary on quia.com + Flashcards
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VENDREDI 20 / MONDAY 23 
MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook 
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify more foods
- Shop for food at a market or supermarket
- Ask for the quantity you want
PROCEDURES:
Warm-up: review vocabulary & take quiz
- Take notes on "Le partitif et l'article defini"
- Take notes on "La nourriture et les courses"
- Fill out Hand-outs
HOMEWORK:
- Learn vocabulary Mots 1 + "Le partitif"
- Do ex. 1-2 p.55, 3-4 p.56, 5-6 p.57 in WB


MERCREDI 18 / JEUDI 19 MARS
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify food
PROCEDURES:
- Work on pronunciation of words
- Learn vocabulary with mini-boards/quia.com
- Create crossword puzzle with vocabulary
- Learn pattern to identify terminology
HOMEWORK:
- Learn vocabulary --> quiz Friday 20 / Monday 23


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LUNDI 16 / MARDI 17 MARS       
--> Field trip to the restaurant "C'est La Vie": Speaking Tests

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MERCREDI 11 - LUNDI 16         
--> Take Tests:
    - Written Test, 
    - Speaking Test,
    - Listening Comprehension Test
    - Dictation
    - 20-sentence Essay
- When finished with tests
--> Create crossword puzzle on line with the new vocabulary (Chapter 6)
--> or Fill out Jigsaw puzzle  

LUNDI 9/ MARDI 10                               CHAPTER 5
- REview of Chapter 5 
- TRanslate conversation in TB
                     
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National Foreign Language Week Celebration:
--> Create posters with idiomatic expressions, tongue-twisters, interesting 
facts, proverbs from different cultures
--> Use Culture Grams in Proquest
--> Watch a French Movie
--> Prepare a skit and act it out
--> Present a project on Marie Antoinette & Le Petit Trianon
--> Take notes on Mr.Leclainche's presentation on The French Revolution



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VENDREDI 27 
MATERIAL:
- Textbook
- CHAPTER VIDEO MINDJOGGER VIDEO QUIZ
OBJECTIVES:
- Finish Lectures Culturelles in TB
- Review Chapter Vocabulary & Structure
- Sharpen listening comprehension skills
- Develop cross-cultural sensitivity
PROCEDURES:
- Fill out Video questionnaire
- Watch video of the chapter
- Discuss video
  Topic: What did you learn about cafes and restaurants in the 
         Francophone world?
- Watch Maraton Mental 


MERCREDI 25 / JEUDI 26

OBJECTIVES:
- Develop speaking fluency and listening comprehension skills 
- Develop reading comprehension
- Develop cross-cultural awareness and critical thinking
  by Comparing  eating habits in the United States and in the French-speaking
  world
PROCEDURES:
- Work on pronunciation : le son "r"
- With a classmate, read the conversation p. 170-171 in TB
- Then, translate the conversation 
- Finally, answer orally the questions p.170
- Read & translate 2 texts in Lectures culturelles p. 172/173 in TB
HOMEWORK:
- Learn skit
- Review for oral & listening comprehension competency test & written test 
  



LUNDI 23 / MARDI 24

MATERIAL:
- Transparencies
- Computer + headset 
- Online speaking activities
OBJECTIVES:
- Build confidence & self esteem when speaking in French
- Develop speaking fluency and listening comprehension skills 
PROCEDURES:
- Take quiz
- Do Audio activities 2 p. 63, 3 p. 64 & 5 p.65
- Do an online speaking forum discussion with entire class. 
  --> Record your voice & then listen to the whole dialogue 
     (open book + notes) 
  Topic: Let's pretend you are at the French restaurant "C'est la vie" in
         Sarasota. You order food & beverages. Be polite and use the
         vocabulary & grammar you studied in class.
         The teacher is the waiter and the students are the customers.
- Take flex test on line in class when ready  
- Begin homework
HOMEWORK: 
- Do ex. 17 p. 50 in WB
- Review for oral competency test  

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JEUDI 19 / VENDREDI 20
MATERIAL:
- Computer + headset + microphone
- Online speaking activities
- Realia: Menus from the restaurant "C'est la vie"
          plates+ silverware+ glasses...
OBJECTIVES:
- Develop creativity 
- Develop listening comprehension and speaking fluency
PROCEDURES:
- Warm-up:
  --> Correct ex. 14/15 p. 49 & 16 p. 50 in WB 
  --> Write 2 sentences about where you go to before coming to school
          2 sentences about what you like to do at school
          2 sentences about what you are going to do after your French class
- Cooperative learning:
  --> Practice - naming ustensil
               - ordering food or a beverage at a cafe or restaurant
               - using polite expressions in French
  (Practice for Field trip to the French restaurant "C'est la Vie" next week)

  --> In small groups (2 or 3 students), write a  skit and then act 
  it out. 
  One of you will be the server. The others will be the customers.  
  Topic: You are at a restaurant  with a friend. You are all very 
  hungry and thirsty. 
  The waiter is new...
  Before ordering food, you ask for the missing utensils...
  Then you order food & beverages...
  Of course, use as many words as you can from the vocabulary list. 
  Also use: je vais prendre... 
  Have fun! Bon Appetit!
- Record your skit on speaking website
HOMEWORK:
- Learn skit & practice on line in flextests
  --> Quiz grade
-- Review for oral competency test  


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MARDI 17 / MERCREDI 18                        CHAPTER 5

MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook, Workbook & Audio Book
- Projector
OBJECTIVES:
- Learn how to: order food and beverages at a cafe or restaurant
- Expressing directions: Tell where you & others go
- Give locations
- Practice & develop oral fluency &  sharpen Listening Comprehension
PROCEDURES:
- Warm up:
  --> Describe orally projected pictures on Mots 1 & Mots 2
- Take notes on the verb "aller" &  the contractions with the preposition "a"
- Do ex. 15 p. 163; 16-18 p. 164 in TB
- Write sentences with the preposition a
  --> & the verb "aller" about all the locations you go to during 
      a typical day and at what time:  
     (school/sports: field, court.../cafeteria/house/appartment/dormitories/
      store...)
  --> & the verb "Etre" about where you are at
  --> Make all your sentences negative
- Do ex. 4 p. 64 in Audio activity book
HOMEWORK:
- Do ex. 8/9/10/11 p. 47/48 in WB 
- Learn "aller" + preposition a and contractions

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FRIDAY 13 / MONDAY 16                          CHAPTER 5

NATIONAL STANDARDS:
MATERIAL:
- "Bon Voyage" Textbook & Workbook
- Situation cards
- Oral Interactive Website BBC
OBJECTIVES:
- Learn how to: order food and beverages at a cafe or restaurant
- Practice & develop oral fluency &  sharpen Listening Comprehension
PROCEDURES:
- Warm-up: (15 mn)
  --> Work with a partner with situation cards:
      Student tell if statements make sense
  --> Review of "A la terrasse d'un cafe" vocabulary words & expressions
      Student describe orally the picture of people at a cafe
      Students express what they like to eat or drink
- Take notes on "Le couvert" & "Les trois repas de la journee"
  --> How to set up a table, the tip is included,the 3 meals of the day
- Answer the teacher's questions about "How to set up a table"
- Translate paragraphs orally p.158/159 in TB
- Do oral practice exercise # 1 on line 
- Do cooperative learning exercises p. 160/161 in TB
HOMEWORK:
- Do ex 4, 5 p. 45 & 6/7 p. 46 in WB

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WEDNESDAY 11 / THURSDAY 12                   CHAPTER 5

NATIONAL STANDARDS: Communication: 1.1 - 1.2  
MATERIAL: Bon Voyage Textbook
          Transparencies
          Realia: postcards of French cafe & restaurants
          Situation cards          
OBJECTIVES:
- Learn how to: order food and beverages at a cafe or restaurant
PROCEDURES:
- Warm-up: 
  Review of last chapter
  --> The newspaper of your sister school in France is doing a story about
      you. Give the following information:
      1. Your name
      2. How many brothers & sisters you have
      3. Brief description of yourself
      4. A brief description of your home
- Take notes on vocabulary describing people "A la Terrasse d'un cafe" 
  on transparencies
- Answer questions asked by teacher about the people at a cafe
  on the picture & postcards:  
  --> Use new expressions 
- Do speaking  ex. 1-2-3p. 156 & 4 p. 157 in TB   
- Cooperative Learning:
  --> Work with a classmate. Tell what snack foods & beverages you like 
  or do not like.
  --> Work with a partner with situation cards:
  Student tell if statements make sense
HOMEWORK:
- Learn Vocabulary
- Do ex. 1-2-3 p. 44 in WB

MONDAY 9 / TUESDAY 10

- Take tests: Written Test (2d part)
              Listening Comprehension Test
              20-sentence essay
              Dictation


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JEUDI 5 / VENDREDI 6
- Finish project
- Translate Lectures Culturelles
- Take Written Test (first part)
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MARDI 3 / MERCREDI 4                         CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS: Communication: 1.1 - 1-2 - 1.3
                    Cultures: 2.1 - 2.2
                    Connections: 3.1 - 3.2
                    Communities: 5.1 - 5.2
MATERIAL: Projects
OBJECTIVES:
- Develop oral fluency &  sharpen Listening Comprehension
- Develop public speaking ability 
- Understand rubric & grading system
PROCEDURES:
- Take Speaking Part: (half class)
  Present family with family tree  & essay memorized to the class
  --> 5 to 10 mn presentation only in French without any notes 
  --> Follow mental speaking strategies
- The class and teacher grade each student's interview regardless 
  of rubrics 

HOMEWORK:
- Continue to gather info from French speaking student at the Academy 
- Videotape or tape the interview
- Translate Chapter 5 vocabulary words

                       




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VENDREDI 30 / LUNDI 2                        CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS: Communication 1.1 - 1-2 - 1.3
                    Connections: 3.1 - 3.2
                    Communities: 5.1 - 5.2
MATERIAL: Chapter 4 Video
          Projects
          
OBJECTIVES:  
- Develop oral fluency &  sharpen Listening Comprehension 
- Develop public speaking ability
PROCEDURES:
- Watch Video concerning Monet, the painter, and his hometown 
  Giverny in France. (35 mn)
  --> Discover his house, his garden and the natural backgrounds he used 
      to paint his paintings.  
- Discuss French impressionists
- Continue to work on projects
--> Projects due January 5th-6th



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MERCREDI 28 / JEUDI 29                        CHAPTER 4
NATIONAL STANDARDS: Communication: 1.1 - 1-2 - 1.3
                    Cultures: 2.1 - 2.2
                    Communities: 5.1 - 5.2

MATERIAL: Exemple of Projects done by students from last year
          Situation Cards
          Assessment Hand-outs
OBJECTIVES:
- Finish Project  
- Review Chapter Vocabulary & Structure
- Sharpen listening comprehension skills
- Develop speaking skills
PROCEDURES:
- Go over corrected essay/ask questions to teacher concerning 
  the corrections   
- Cooperative Learning: 
  --> Work with 4 Situation cards with a partner. Take turns.
- Continue to work on project (2d part)
  Begin doing your Family Tree
  --> Do your family tree using possessive adjectives & irregular adjectives
      Project due on FEBRUARY: 5th-6th
HOMEWORK:
- Review grammar & vocabulary in TB + notes + hand-outs
- Do Assessment in TB p. as a pre-test
- Memorize essay for graded oral presentation 
  --> Oral presentation and written test on FEBRUARY: Monday 4/ Tuesday 


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LUNDI 26 / MARDI 27                                 CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS: Communication 1.1 - 1-2 - 1.3 
MATERIAL: Bon Voyage Textbook, Workbook & Audio Book
          Situation Cards 
          Realia: Pictures of French Housing
                  Pictures of a family tree
          Exemple of an essay written by a student from last year
OBJECTIVES:
- Sharpen  listening comprehension skills
- Develop speaking fluency
- Project: Talk about your family & Family Tree
           Describe your home or apartment
PROCEDURES:
- Do audio activities p. 20-22 in Audio book
- Cooperative learning:
  --> Pick one oral activity in basket and ask question to partner. 
      Then take turns.
- Begin Project: 
  Write a 20-sentence essay // Double-spaced //Time alloted: 1 hour
  Assignment due at the end of the class.
  Topic: Describe your family (including you)and where you live. 
         Tell: --> How many brothers/sisters/cousins you have.
               --> Their names, ages
               --> What they do, what they like, which nationality they are,
                   where they live (country, state, city, house, apartment)
                   (Use of irregular adjectives, expressions with "avoir"
                    & possessive adjectives = a must))
  --> STUDENTS WILL BE GRADED ON:   - Topic: 3 pts
                                    - Organization: 3 pts
                                    - Quality of information: 3 pts
                                    - Grammar & spelling: 6 pts
                                    - Neatness 
                                     (Hand written or word processed): 2 pts
                                    - Timeliness: 3 pts
HOMEWORK:
- Review vocabulary on Family & learn vocabulary on Housing
- Do ex. 5-6 p. 31; 7 p. 32 in WB
- Bring pictures of your family FOR PROJECT!
  
                       


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MARDI 20 / MERCREDI 21                          CHAPTER 4
JEUDI 22 / VENDREDI 23

NATIONAL STANDARDS:   - Cultures 2.1 - 2.2
                      - Comparisons 4.2
                      - Connections 3.1 - 3.2

MATERIAL: Bon Voyage Textbook & Workbook
          Pictures of French Housing
          Essay Rubric
OBJECTIVES:
- Review irregular vebs & possessive adjectives
- Talk about families and homes in French-speaking countries
PROCEDURES:
- Fill out hand-outs with irregular adjectives and possessive adj.
- Take quiz on irregular & possessive adjectives (45mn)/ Correct quiz 
- Read about the different types of French Housing tipically found in France
  p. 130-131 in TB
  --> Use of reading strategy: Vizualizing
- Translate paragraphs and answer teacher's questions 
- Compare and discuss French housing and housing in your country
HOMEWORK:
- Review vocabulary on Family & housing & Grammar
- Communicate with French-speaking students from the Academy 
  & gather some information in French about where they
  lived.(type of housing, location: city, country, suburbs...)
--> Written Test on family and housing  

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VENDREDI 16 / LUNDI 19                        CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS:   - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
MATERIAL: Bon Voyage Textbook & Workbook
          Hand-outs on Irregular Adjectives
          Quia.com Online Activities # 21, 34
OBJECTIVES:
- Talk about your family
- Describe your home or apartment
PROCEDURES:
- Correct ex.14/15/16 p. 35 in WB
- Fill out hand-outs on irregular adjectives & review of possessive adj.
  (Chart on: "One item owned" versus "several items owned" 
              by one or several owners)
- Cooperative learning: 
  --> Work with a classmate. Take turns saying whom you and your family
  members take after. You may wish to use the following regular and 
  irregular adjectives:
  grand, amusant, blond, beau, sympa, petit, brun
- Individual work:
  --> Write some sentences about the description of
  your house/apartment/rooms using irregular adjectives
- Review vocabulary with quia.com activities in Computer Lab
HOMEWORK:
- Review irregular adjectives
  --> Quiz on voc. & Irr. Adj. 

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MERCREDI 14 / JEUDI 15                             CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS:   - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
MATERIAL: Bon Voyage Textbook & Workbook
          Projections on " l'anniversaire"
          Hand-outs on idioms with avoir 
          Quia.com Online Activities # 10, 12
OBJECTIVES:
- Talk about your family
- Describe your home or apartment
- Learn about expressions with avoir
- Learn about possessive adjectives
PROCEDURES:
- Review vocabulary on "La Famille". Describe the 
  family members and their relationships
- Take notes on expressions with avoir on hand-outs & on pages 114-115 in TB 
HOMEWORK:
- Learn expressions with avoir 
- Do ex. 1 p.29, 2-3-4 p. 30in WB
- Do Quia.com Online Activities # 10, 12, 21, 34 to learn vocabulary

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LUNDI 12 / MARDI 13                          CHAPTER 4

NATIONAL STANDARDS:   - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
                      - Cultures 2.1 - 2.2
                      - Comparisons 4.2
                      - Connections 3.1 - 3.2
MATERIAL: Midterm Exams
          Bon Voyage Textbook & Workbook
          Individual white boards
          Individual computers
OBJECTIVES:
- Correct Midterm Exams
- Review etre, -er verbs, how to negate 
  a sentence, how to ask a question, negation of indefinite articles,  
  vocabulary on "La Famille" 
  --> Work on Long Term Memory
- Learn how to conjugate le verbe avoir with all subject pronouns
  and how to negate le verbe avoir using the negation of indefinite articles
  
- Learn about the possessive adjectives "mon, ma, mes"
- Talk about your family using possessive adjectives, and le verbe avoir
  
PROCEDURES:
- Cooperative Learning:
  --> Students work in pairs and help their partner correct mistakes 
      in the midterm exam
  --> Ask questions to the class & teacher
  --> Students explain lessons to the class (Extra-credit points)
- Translate sentences with le verbe avoir in the affirmative and 
  in the negative (je N'ai PAS DE...)
- Write about your family using vocabulary words, the verb "avoir" and 
  the verb "S'appeler'
  (J'ai une soeur. Elle s'appelle Karine.)

HOMEWORK:
- Learn vocabulary on family, possessive adjectives & the verb "avoir" 
  --> Quiz on MERCREDI 14 / JEUDI 15 JANVIER  

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MERCREDI 7 / JEUDI 8 / VENDREDI 9
- MIDTERM EXAMS

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LUNDI 5 / MARDI 6          REVIEW FOR MIDTERM EXAMS (CHAPTERS: P, 1, 2, 3)

National Standards: - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
                      - Cultures 2.1 - 2.2
                      - Comparisons 4.2
                      - Connections 3.1 - 3.2
Material: Bon Voyage Textbook
          Bon Voyage Workbook
          Websites: Quia.com
                    Chapter 1: --> Act. 2; 5; 28; 31; 35
                    Chapter 2: --> Act. 4, 14, 16, 42, 45
                    Chapter 3: --> Act. 17; 19; 20; 22
                    conjuguemos.com for the -er verbs &  the verb "etre"
          
Objectives:
- Review Chapters P, 1, 2, 3 for Midterm Exam on January, Wednesday 10
Procedures:
- Go over Chapters P, 1, 2, 3 quizzes and tests 
- Fill out Chapter 1 Assessment p. 44/45 and Chapter 2 Assessment p. 76/77
  in TB 
- Review articles, adjectives, 3 types of agreements, le verbe etre, 
  the negation "ne...pas", pronunciation rules, "A Typical Day of a French
  Student".
- Fill out Chapter 3 Assessment p. 106/107 and 
           Chapter 4 Assessment p. 138/139 in TB 
- Review numbers up to 1000, -er verbs, "la negation des articles indefinis",
  le verbe "avoir", possessive adjectives, irregular adjectives
- Practice -er verbs on line with conjuguemos.com 
- Begin online activities with quia.com 

Homework:
- Review Chapter P, 1, 2, 3
- Practice vocabulary and grammar on line with quia.com
  For Chapter 1: --> Act. 2; 5; 28; 31; 35
  For Chapter 2: --> Act. 4, 14, 16, 42, 45
  For Chapter 3: --> Act. 17; 19; 20; 22
  conjuguemos.com for the -er verbs &  the verb "etre"

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SEMAINE 19: DU LUNDI 5 AU 9 JANVIER 2009
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HOLIDAY BREAK: DU 22 DECEMBRE AU 2 JANVIER.......
                   ...BONNES VACANCES DE NOEL...... 
             Reposez vous bien et revenez en pleine forme!
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MERCREDI 17 / JEUDI 18 /VENDREDI 19
- review for Midterm & games & video

LUNDI 15 / MARDI 16
Chapter 3 Tests
- Take listening Comprehension Test  Speaking Test  Written Test


 
 
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SEMAINE 16: DU LUNDI 15 AU VENDREDI 19 DECEMBRE
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JEUDI 11 / VENDREDI 12 A
National Standards: - Communication 1.1-1.2-1.3
                    - Cultures 2.1- 2.2
                    - Comparisons 4.2
                    - Communities 5.1-5.2

Material: Bon Voyage Textbook - Chapter 3- Mots 2
          Bon Voyage Workbook -
          Transparencies 
          www.quia.com
          www.glencoe.com

OBJECTIVES:
- Talk about what you do not do
- Discuss schools in France
PROCEDURES:
- Take quiz
- Take notes on "the negation of the indefinite articles"
- Do ex. 23-24-25 p. 94 in TB
- Answer the questions asked by teacher about projected pictures 
  --> Use negative sentences &  "the negation of the indefinite articles"
- Read & translate the text p. 96 in TB "Un eleve Francais aux Etats-Unis".
  Then answer questions p. 96 related to the text.
- Cooperative learning: Comparisons.
  --> With a classmate, look at the illustrations on p. 97 in TB.
  Then compare your own daily school habits with those of the French students
  in the illustrations. Write at least 10 sentences & read to the class.
- Discuss the differences in between a French & american school day.
HOMEWORK:
- Learn grammar lesson p. 94 in TB & notebook
- Do ex. 11 p. 24 in WB
- Review vocabulary with www.quia.com activities 17-19-20-22
- Learn more about schools in the Francophone world. To begin your 
  virtual adventure, go to the Glencoe French website: www.french.glencoe.com
  --> Share with your classmates what you have learned next class  
     (participation points) 
MARDI 9 / MERCREDI 10 
National Standards: - Communication 1.1-1.2-1.3
                    - Cultures: 2.1
                    - Comparisons: 4.2

Material: Bon Voyage Textbook - Chapter 3- Mots 2
          Bon Voyage Workbook -
          Transparencies 
          Reproducible activities French Middle/High school
          de Gregory - Instructional fair -
          www.quia.com
          www.glencoe.com
          
Objectives:
- Talk about what you and others like and do not like to do
- Talk about what you and your friend do after school

Procedures: 
- Warm-up: Correction of ex. in WB
- Take notes on "Likes & dislikes Verb  Infinitive" 
  (aimer, detester, adorer)
- Fill out hand-outs on aimer  infinitive  
- Write  3 sentences using "Likes & dislikes Verb  infinitive" 
  in:  an affirmative sentence
       a negative sentence 
       an interrogative sentence.
- Cooperative Learning:
  --> Do ex. 26 p. 95 in TB "Aimes-tu travailler?"
  --> Work with a classmate:
     -  Write 5 sentences about some things you 
        like and do not like to do. 
     -  Tell your classmate
- Answer questions asked by teacher about projected pictures  using 
  "Likes & dislikes Verb  infinitive" 
- Review of vocabulary Mots 2:
  Topic: "Qu'est ce que tu fais apres les cours?"
  --> Compare your day with that of Patrick. Use as many expressions, 
  -er verbs, and likes /dislikes verbs  infinitive" as possible.
  --> Write at least 10 sentences.  Present to the class. Bonne chance!


                            
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SEMAINE 15: DU LUNDI 8 AU VENDREDI 12 DECEMBRE
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VENDREDI 5 B / LUNDI 8                            Chapter 3
National Standards: - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
                    - Cultures 2.1 - 2.2
                    - Comparisons 4.2
                    - Connections 3.1 - 3.2
Material: Bon Voyage Textbook - Chapter 3- Mots 2
          Bon Voyage Workbook
          Bon Voyage Student tape Manual
          Bon Voyage Video
          Bon Voyage Video Quiz
Objectives:
- Sharpen acquisition of receptive skills 
- Prepare for the Chapter Test
Procedures:
- Finish ex. in WB
- Finish Listening Comprehension ex. in STM
- Do Assessment "C'est a vous" in TB p. 106/107 as a pre-test
- Watch video
- Play  Video quiz: Mingjogger game show
HOMEWORK:
- Read "La Technologie" p. 102/103 in TB
- Review for Test

MERCREDI 3 / JEUDI 4                             Chapter 3
National Standards: - Cultures 2.1- 2.2
                    - Comparisons 4.2
Material: Bon Voyage Textbook - Chapter 3- Mots 2
          Bon Voyage Workbook
          Bon Voyage Student tape Manual
          www.quia.com
          www.glencoe.com
OBJECTIVES:
- Gain knowledge and understanding of the Francophone  World
- Develop cross-cultural sensitivity; 
  --> Discover some aspects of French students' school life
- Apply pronunciation rules 
- Sharpen acquisition of receptive skills 
PROCEDURES:
- Using Reading Strategy (using pictures & photographs),
  1. Listen to teacher reading text p. 98/99.
  2. Try to understand the meaning of this text titled 
  "Une journee avec Jacqueline". You can take notes.
  3. Tell the story to the class in English.
  4. Answer the questions p. 99
  5. Discuss the main differences between French schools & American schools
  5. With a classmate, try to rewrite the story in French. 
- Review for test:
  --> Answer questions p. 104/105 in TB 
HOMEWORK: 
- Take quiz on line as a review for test(french.glencoe.com)



 
LUNDI 1ER / MARDI 2                                  Chapter 3
                                 
National Standards: - Communication 1.1-1.2-1.3
                    - Cultures: 2.1
                    - Comparisons: 4.2
Material: Bon Voyage Textbook - Chapter 3- Mots 2
          Bon Voyage Workbook -
          Elmo projection 
          Reproducible activities French Middle/High school
          de Gregory - Instructional fair -
          www.quia.com (Shared Activities)
          www.glencoe.com         
Objectives:
- Talk about what you and others like and do not like to do
- Talk about what you and your friend do after school
Procedures: 
- Warm-up: Correction of ex. in WB
- Take notes on "Likes & dislikes Verb  Infinitive" 
  (aimer, detester, adorer)
- Fill out hand-outs on aimer  infinitive  
- Write  3 sentences using "Likes & dislikes Verb  infinitive" 
  in:  an affirmative sentence
       a negative sentence 
       an interrogative sentence.
- Cooperative Learning:
  --> Do ex. 26 p. 95 in TB "Aimes-tu travailler?"
  --> Work with a classmate:
     -  Write 5 sentences about some things you 
        like and do not like to do. 
     -  Tell your classmate
- Answer questions asked by teacher about projected pictures  using 
  "Likes & dislikes Verb  infinitive" 
- Review of vocabulary Mots 2:
  Topic: "Qu'est ce que tu fais apres les cours?"
  --> Compare your day with that of Patrick. Use as many expressions, 
  -er verbs, and likes /dislikes verbs  infinitive" as possible.
  --> Write at least 10 sentences.  Present to the class. Bonne chance!
Homework:
- Learn Verb  infinitive
- Do ex. 12 p. 25 in WB
- Review vocabulary with www.quia.com activities 17-19-20-22


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SEMAINE 14: DU LUNDI 1er AU VENDREDI 5 DECEMBRE 
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***************NOVEMBER 26-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO SCHOOL***************
                                   Yea!!!! 
               Reposez vous bien et revenez en pleine forme! 


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SEMAINE 13: DU LUNDI 24 AU VENDREDI 28 NOVEMBRE
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VENDREDI 21 B / LUNDI 24 /MARDI 25                             Chapter 3
Students will: 
-       Review Mots 1 by preparing in writing the answers to the following
        questions and then by answering the teacher's questions using 
        - er verbs and adverbs and the personal pronoun "on": 
        "Qu'est ce que tu fais a l'ecole, entre les cours, a la cantine,...?"
        "Qu'est ce que tu fais en classe, pendant les cours?...
        "Qu'est ce que vous faites dans la classe,...? 
        "Qu'est ce que vous faites apres les cours?
-       Identify and shop for school supplies 
        --> Cooperative learning: with a classmate,
          1. Make a list of important school supplies with Vocabulary p. 108
          2. Discover the French Currency: The Euro and its latest rate!
             Go to the berry website
             Read about the 13 European countries which adopted the Euro
             Convert American Dollars in Euros. Share info with class.  
          3. It's back to school time and you are buying the school supplies
             --> Take turns being the customer and the salesperson using 
             the following questions and answers: 
             "Combien ca coute...?, C'est combien....?, Ca coute combien...?
             Ca coute...., Ca fait..." 
HW:
- Learn vocabulary about school supplies and the questions seen in class
- Do ex. 2/3 p. 20 in WB
- Print the Euro bills and coins and color them


MERCREDI 19 / JEUDI 20                      Chapter 3
National Standards: - Communication 1.1 - 1.2 - 1.3
Students will:
- Talk about what they do at school and after school
- Take notes on Mots 1 & do ex. p.84-85 in TB
- Answer questions asked by teacher, provide information & 
        exchange opinions about pictures projected 
        on board
        --> Use -er verbs
        --> Use affirmative and negative sentences
        --> Use of the expressions "je suis d'accord, je ne suis pas
            d'accord avec vous, toi, lui, elle...& the pronouns
        --> Use adverbs
HW:
- Do ex. p.91-92-93 in TB



LUNDI 17 / MARDI 18                      Chapter 3 pp. 108 - 109
Students will :
- Learn how to negate a sentence with -er verbs
- Learn how to do "La Liaison" and "L'elision" Techniques with 
  -er verbs
- Learn how to ask a question with -er verbs using 3 methods      
- Practice er-verbs individually and with a classmate
  --> Do ex. p. 91 in TB
HW:
- Learn -er verbs --> Quiz on Tuesday 6/ Wednesday 7  
- Learn list of adverbs 

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SEMAINE 12: DU LUNDI 17 AU VENDREDI 21 NOVEMBRE 
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JEUDI 13 / VENDREDI 14 A  
(Early Release on Friday for morning Students)   
                                                Chapter 3    pp. 82 - 89
                                                             pp. 108 - 109

- Correct Dictation / Written & List. Comp. Tests
- Begin new Chapter:
     In chapter 3, students will learn to:
     -	talk about what they do in school
     -	talk about what they and their friends do after school
--> Students will:
- Take notes on: -er verbs
- Learn the use of "on" versus "vous"
- Conjuguate 7 -er verbs 
- Work on -er verbs packet  
- Play games with -er verbs 
HW:
- Learn: 
        - Definition of an infinitive form of a verb versus 
          conjugated verb 
        - List of -er verbs and how to conjuguate them 
- Do ex.  1 p.19  in WB 



MARDI 11 / MERCREDI 12
- Take Written Test
       Dictation
       Listening Comprehension Test: ex. # 2-4-5-6-7 p. 10-11 
       in Audio Act. Book.
- Prepare a crossword puzzle with Chapter 3 new vocabulary 
HW:
- Learn vocabulary words
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SEMAINE 12: DU LUNDI 10 AU VENDREDI 14 NOVEMBRE  
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VENDREDI 7 B / MONDAY 10
- Correct Lectures Culturelles
- Write & correct Autobiography "Moi et mon copain"
- Take Speaking Test while the class practices vocabulary & the verb "etre"
  at the present tense with Online Shared Activities #12 & #13 in Quia.com
HW: 
- Learn 20 sentence essay for autobiography in test

 

 
MERCREDI 5 / JEUDI 6
- Take quiz
- Correct quiz; understand the mistakes
- Culture: 
  Translate "Le Francais aux Etats-Unis" p. 68/69 in TB
  Answer questions related to text
  Locate France, Haiti, Canada, Louisiane, Vermont, 
- Share with the class your trips, experiences in those countries, states, 
cities...
  --> Which cultural differences did you notice?
HW: 
- Geography of France: Do ex. A/B/C p. 17 in WB
  --> Write a summary of what you learned from these 3 exercices 
      to share  with the class
- Review for Written Test, Dictation, Listening Comprehension Test and
  Speaking Test
  

LUNDI 3 / MARDI 4- Fill in your school schedule in French
- Present it to the class: "De 7 heures 30 a 9 heures:j'ai Francais,...)
- Translate text p. 66, titled "Quel Prof?, Quel cours...?
- Answer the  questions p. 66 with a partner; take turns
- Make a chart of all your classes and rate them: 
     --> Facile, assez difficile, difficile, tres difficile
  Then compare your chart with that of your classmate.
  ex: "Pour moi, le cours de Francais est facile. Tu es d'accord?
      Oui, je ne suis pas d'accord. Pour moi, le cours est vraiment
      difficile"...
HW:
- Review grammar, vocabulary & expressions for Quiz next class

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SEMAINE 11: DU LUNDI 3 AU VENDREDI 7 NOVEMBRE
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JEUDI 30 / VENDREDI 31
- Review English grammar: 
        -  Subject & verb agreement
           article/noun
           noun/ adjective
- Take notes (comparative grammar):
        -  Article and noun agreement
        -  Subject & verb agreement
        -  Noun & adjective
- Do ex.12-13 p. 59, 14-15 p. 60, 16-22 p. 62-63 in TB
- Do ex. in hand-out excerpt from Side by Side, 
                              Comparative Grammar p. 124/125 
HW:
- Do ex. 7 p. 14; 11-12-13 p.15 in WB
- Do ex. 4 & 5 p. 12 in WB 
- Learn agreements  


MARDI 28 / MERCREDI 29
- Take notes on the definite & indefinite articles in the plural
- Do ex. 12-13 p.59 & 14-15 p. 60 in TB
- The teacher describes some projected pictures on board 
 (using articles in the singular & the plural) and 
  students answer using the expressions: 
  "Tu es d'accord?... Oui je suis d'accord. Non, je ne suis pas d'accord."
- End of class game: Review of numbers
  --> Look at the Paris phone book with a classmate and 
      give a telephone number. Your classmate will tell which number it is.
  --> Play with la balle & count to 100
HW:
- Do ex. 6 p. 13 in WB
- Learn articles in the plural

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SEMAINE 10: DU LUNDI 27 AU VENDREDI 31 OCTOBRE
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VENDREDI 24 / LUNDI 27
- Practice Chapter 2 vocabulary
  -->  Fill out puzzles: quiz grade
- Review the conjugation of etre in the singular and plural
- Take notes on Vous/tu
- Practice the use of tu versus vous:
  --> Work on line with: 
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/language_notes/tu_vous.shtml
- Do ex. 23/24 p. 65 in TB
HW: 
- Do ex. 8 p. 14 & 9-10 p. 15 in WB
- Learn tu versus vous
  (Practice on line)

HW:
- Learn Chapter 2 Vocabulary 
--> Create 4 different puzzles with  www.puzzlemaker.com 


MERCREDI 22 / JEUDI 23
- Cooperative Learning: Review before Test 
  --> Work in teams:
      Video game, "Marathon Mental": Listen and choose the right answer using
      vocabulary words and grammar lessons from Chapter 1
- Take Written, Oral, and Listening Comprehension  TESTS on Chapter 1
- Fill out Jigsaw puzzle on Chapter 2 vocabulary
HW: 
- Learn 10 first words 
- Go to puzzlemaker.com and create your own puzzle 
  with Chapter 2 vocabulary 
- Fill out puzzle and bring it to class  
 


LUNDI 20/Tuesday 21 
Objectives: 
- Watch Chapter 1 Video & fill out Video Hand-outs
- Do assessment in WB
- Work on Autobiography Project
  (Deadline: Friday 24B)
HW: 
- Review for Test on Wednesday 22 / Thursday 23



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SEMAINE 9: DU LUNDI 20 AU 24 OCTOBRE
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MERCREDI 15 / JEUDI 16 / Vendredi 17A
Objectives:
- Write a two-page essay (Quiz Grade): 
  INDIVIDUAL WORK
  Double-space
  Allocated time: 1 Hour
  TOPIC: Begin to write your autobiography in French in your notebook
  (writing section)
  -->  Tell who you are and where you are from. Indicate your nationality
  and tell where you are a student. Also give a description of yourself. 
  What do you like (J'aime...(I like...)? How would you describe 
  your personality? (Je suis...)
  --> Use everything you have learned so far (verb "etre", adjectives,
      adverbs, negation, articles...). 
  --> Use textbook, workbook, notes, binder, and the dictionary located 
      at the end of the textbook 
- When you are finished with your essay:
  --> Read and translate "Le Francais en Afrique"
      and "Un Artiste Francais" p. 38 & 39 in TB
HOMEWORK:
- Finish translating the 2 texts p. 38 & 39 in TB
- Review the whole chapter for next class
    Chapter 1 Written, Speaking, and Listening Comprehension  Tests 


LUNDI 13 / MARDI 14
Objectives:
- Work on listening comprehension in Audio Book
- Read & translate "Lectures Culturelles: Un garcon & une fille" p. 36/37 
  in TB
- Take quiz
HW: 
- Do ex. about geography of Europe p. 8/9 in TB


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SEMAINE 8: DU LUNDI 13 AU VENDREDI 17 OCTOBRE
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JEUDI 9 / VENDREDI 10 B
Objectives:
- Review: how to negate a verb
  --> Correct exercises in WB
  --> Practice: Fill out hand-outs on "To be or not to be"?
  --> Do ex. 27 p. 32, 28-29 p. 33
- Read "Conversation sur la cote d'Azur" p. 34 and answer the questions
- End of the class game: "Un petit ami ou une petite amie"
  --> A class mate will pretend that he or she has a new boyfriend 
  or girlfriend. Ask many questions as you can to find out who it is. 
HW: 
- Do ex. 13-14 p.6 & 15-16-17 p. 7 in WB 
- Review articles, subject pronouns, "etre & ne pas etre", regular & 
  neutral adjectives, adverbs --> quiz next class


MARDI 7 / MERCREDI 8                       Chapter 1
Objectives:
- Take notes on the negation of the verb etre
- Take notes on some adverbs: Assez, tres, vraiment
- Do ex. 8-12 p. 24/25; 13-14 p.27; 15-16 p. 29 in TB 
- Cooperative learning: 
  --> In groups of 2, ask 4 questions to your partner. Your partner 
      will answer with complete sentences using  the 4 adverbs 
      seen previously. 
  --> In groups of 3, discuss, write & present to the class what you 
      think an ideal friend is like. What are the qualities an ideal 
      friend would have?
  --> End of class-Game: Describe somebody in the class (write & speak) 
      and then guess who it is.
HW:
- Do ex. 1-5 p. 1 & 2; 10-`12 p. 5 in WB
- Learn how to negate a verb, in particular "etre" 

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SEMAINE 7 - DU LUNDI 6 AU VENDREDI 10 OCTOBRE
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VENDREDI 3 A / LUNDI 6                    Chapter 1
Objectives
Warm-up:
*Review of adjectives & genders, verb "etre" with all subject pronouns, 
  the preposition "de" as possessive 
  --> students present to the class the previous lessons: 
     (articles, subject pronouns, conjugation of etre, adjectives & genders) 
     (extra credit points if: - lessons are well presented 
                              - the class participates)
- Understand and answer the questions: "C'est qui?", 
                                       "De quelle nationalite est-
                                        elle/il?",
                                       "Elle/il est d'ou?"
                                       " Comment est Julie?" 
- Describe the pictures on p. 20-23 in TB 
- Cooperative learning:
  --> Work in pairs asking and answering questions about  
      pictures of famous people (Oprah, General de Gaulle, Napoleon,
      Megg Ryan,...
 HW: 
- Do ex. 6- 12 p. 24-25 and 13-16 p. 27-29 in TB
- Learn 4 expressions and how to answer them



MERCREDI 1 / JEUDI 2                       Chapter 1
- Take notes on:
               - Conjugation of Etre (To be)& "the liaison"
               - Adjectives in the masculin & the feminine genders
               - The preposition "De" i.e possessive
HW:
- Learn "etre", adjectives, preposition "de" & questions/answers
- Do ex. 13 & 14 p. 27 in TB & ex. 16 & 17 p. 7 in WB



LUNDI 29 / MARDI 30                   Chapter 1

- In groups of two, act out the dialogue about the traveler in 
  the train station (Quiz grade)
- Take notes on: 
               - Definite & indefinite articles and genders
               - Singular  & plural subject pronouns 
- Fill out hand-outs on articles & subject pronouns
HW: 
- Learn:  Definite & indefinite articles in the masculin & feminine genders 
          Singular  & plural subject pronouns
- Do ex. 15 p. 7 in WB 
                           
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SEMAINE 6 - DU LUNDI 29 AU 3 OCTOBRE
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JEUDI 25 - VENDREDI 26 B                       
- Develop listening comprehension:
  --> Listen to dialogue in computer lab related to a traveler taking 
      the train. 
  --> Answer the teacher's questions related to time in the dialogue
  --> Do interactive exercises in website
- Learn dialogue


MARDI 23 / MERCREDI 24  
Objectives:
- Learn various expressions related to time
- Write your own Pendleton schedule
- Tell at what time each class begins and ends using: 
   de...a, a partir de...jusqu'a, de...jusqu'a, 
   a partir de...a  

                              
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SEMAINE 5 - DU 22 AU 26 SEPTEMBRE
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VENDREDI 19 A / LUNDI 22                                 Chapter 1
- Warm-up: practice greetings, asking names, age, how people are...
  online with concentration game, matching game, wordsearch & flash cards:
  --> Website: quia.com/jg/293123list.html                        


MERCREDI 17 / JEUDI 18                       
Objectives:
- Warm-up: 
  - A student presents Time lesson on the board --> Quiz grade
  - Cooperative learning: Review time with clock flashcards
- Take Quiz 3
- Write a one-page essay in Journal using 7 units and present it to the
  class 
HW: 
- Review 7 Units for Test 1 on Monday 22:
  --> Greetings, "Comment tu t'appelles?", numbers 1-51, days, months,
      dates, time (Spelling and accents count) 


LUNDI 15 / MARDI 16 
Objectives:
- Warm-up: Review numbers up to 31
           Review days, months
           Answer the question "Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?"
           Review "The Liaison Technique" in compound words
- Teacher asks a student to present previous lesson on the board 
   --> Quiz grade
- Find out & tell time (Part 2)
- Practice with clocks and flash cards asking and answering questions
- Work on Hand-outs about time
HW:
- Learn time 
- Do ex. in hand-outs
- --> Quiz 3 on time
           
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SEMAINE 4 - DU 15 AU 19 SEPTEMBRE
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Vendredi 12 B / Lundi 13
- Tell your birthday to the class using the expression " Je suis ne le..."
- Take Quiz 2
- Find out and tell time (Part 1)
- Practice with mini clocks
HW:
- Learn time



Mercredi 10 / Jeudi 11
Objectives:
- Find out and tell months of the year
- Find out and give the date
- Do ex. in hand-outs
HW:
- Learn months and how to write the date
- Write your birthday in letters



Lundi 8 / Mardi 9
Objectives:
- WARM-UP: review vocabulary with flashcards
- Learn numbers 1-31 - Understand the patterns
- Do ex. in Hand-outs  play game with "la balle"
HW:
- Learn numbers 1-31
- Write your birthday in French (number in letter)

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SEMAINE 3 - DU 8 AU 12 SEPTEMBRE
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Mercredi 3 / Jeudi 4 / Vendredi 5 A
Objectives
- Review days
- Practice the expressions "je voudrais"  do & correct ex. 2 p. 9 in TB
- Practice vocabulary with Hand-outs "Salutations",  "Comment ca va?", 
  "Au revoir", "Comment t'appelles tu?" and revision
- Write a conversation with a partner and role-play it
- Take Unit 1 Written & Oral Quizzes  dictation 
HW:
- Learn "Je voudrais"
- Learn dialogue --> quiz grade
- Review days ( prepare flash-cards)


Lundi 1 / Mardi 2 
Objectives:
- Correct dialogue
- Role play the dialogue/ Correct pronunciation
- Learn 3 formal & informal expressions using "tu-->t'" (informal)
  and "vous" (formal) p. 8 in TB
- Do ex. A-G in Hand-outs p. 2-6
- Find out & tell days of the week
HW: 
- Review vocabulary and learn formal & informal expressions
- Review Unit 1 --> Quiz 1
  

 
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Mercredi 27 / Jeudi 28 / Vendredi 29 A
Objectives
- Read "Rules"  "Aca. Honesty Agreement" again & sign contract
- Read and discuss "Why learn French?" & "Global communication"
- Learn how to: - greet & say good-bye to people
                - Ask people how they are
                - Ask and tell names
                - Express simple courtesies
- Work on pronunciation - Practice with flash cards
- Work with a partner. Have a conversation. Use as many french expressions
  as possible
HW: 
- Learn vocabulary & expressions (flash cards  phonetics) 
- Write a little dialogue in between 2 friends of the same age


Lundi 25 / Mardi 26 
Objectives 
- Greetings and introductions 
- Rules and expectations 
- Take notes on how to use the binder, notebook & planner
- Go over French-speaking countries & cognates in French books
- Learn greetings in French and get to know one another using 
  the expressions:
  "Comment tu t'appelles...? Je m'appelle..."  
HW: Bring the students' info  


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        Welcome new and returning students to the Pendleton School!
                            Have a great year!
                      Passez une bonne annee 2008-2009!

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