le 27 nov: Oh my goodness, what a day. I'm completely exhausted and overstimulated. I'm sorry that you didn't get time to practice your skits, and I think you understand why. :S
We briefly discussed what's on the test on Thursday:
We briefly discussed what's on the test on Thursday:
le 26 nov: First off, I did a sample presentation for you, which included cookies! Yay! Notice that two things happened:
1. I noticed that I forgot to mention the salt, so I just said, "Oh désolée, j'ai oublié le sel". (Oh sorry, I forgot the salt).
2. I forgot to mention that chocolate chip cookies aren't the regional specialty of any place, and I should have. (Les biscuits aux pepites de chocolat ne sont pas un specialité régionale de France).
Then we learned how to use direct object pronouns from our information sheet, and from work on the board. We did the following exercise:
1. Nous allons melanger la farine - alors, melangez-la. (We're going to mix the flour; ok mix it)
2. Nous voudrions ajouter les oeufs - alors, ajoutez-les.
3. Nous remuons le lait et la vanille - alors, remuez-les.
4. Nous allons fouetter la crème - alors, fouettez-la.
5. Nous voudrions bouillir le chocolat - alors, bouillez-le.
6. Nous faisons cuire le gâteau - alors, faites cuire-le.
7. Nous voudrions manger beaucoup de choucroute, champagne, et quiche Lorraine dans la région de Grand-Est. - Alors, mangez-les.
8. Nous mangeons beaucoup de boeuf bourguignon et escargots dans la région de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. - Alors, mangez-les.
9. Charcroute est simple à faire - Alors, faites-la.
10. Nous allons mettre le bicarbonate de soude dans le bol. - Alors, mettez-le.
Homework: work on your presentations.
Intérro: faire cuire, melanger, mijoter, remuer, mesurer, mettre, ajouter in the impératif for vous, and I'll put a sentence in English on the board, and you take out the object and replace it with an object pronoun while putting the sentence into the imperatif (just like we did today on the activity sheet). Eg: "Je melange la farine et le sel" - Melangez-les. :)
1. I noticed that I forgot to mention the salt, so I just said, "Oh désolée, j'ai oublié le sel". (Oh sorry, I forgot the salt).
2. I forgot to mention that chocolate chip cookies aren't the regional specialty of any place, and I should have. (Les biscuits aux pepites de chocolat ne sont pas un specialité régionale de France).
Then we learned how to use direct object pronouns from our information sheet, and from work on the board. We did the following exercise:
1. Nous allons melanger la farine - alors, melangez-la. (We're going to mix the flour; ok mix it)
2. Nous voudrions ajouter les oeufs - alors, ajoutez-les.
3. Nous remuons le lait et la vanille - alors, remuez-les.
4. Nous allons fouetter la crème - alors, fouettez-la.
5. Nous voudrions bouillir le chocolat - alors, bouillez-le.
6. Nous faisons cuire le gâteau - alors, faites cuire-le.
7. Nous voudrions manger beaucoup de choucroute, champagne, et quiche Lorraine dans la région de Grand-Est. - Alors, mangez-les.
8. Nous mangeons beaucoup de boeuf bourguignon et escargots dans la région de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. - Alors, mangez-les.
9. Charcroute est simple à faire - Alors, faites-la.
10. Nous allons mettre le bicarbonate de soude dans le bol. - Alors, mettez-le.
Homework: work on your presentations.
Intérro: faire cuire, melanger, mijoter, remuer, mesurer, mettre, ajouter in the impératif for vous, and I'll put a sentence in English on the board, and you take out the object and replace it with an object pronoun while putting the sentence into the imperatif (just like we did today on the activity sheet). Eg: "Je melange la farine et le sel" - Melangez-les. :)
le 21 nov: Hello! Today we had our intérro...
... then took up the homework:
We then finished up La Recette de Barres au caramel et chocolat from the blue sheet, and I did a sample presentation of how I might do a cooking show using that recipe. We certainly loved that "buttery hands" bit. :) I then started to explain to you how to refer to an ingredient as "it" in a recipe (it's either le or la, depending upon the gender of the item), but we ran out of time before I was able to say much.
I gave you the following vocab on the board:
- pickled cabbage la choucroute
- the lovely soft white cheese that is excellent baked up in puff pastry le camembert
- pork and beans le cassoulet
- French pancakes les crèpes
- a regional specialty un specialité régionale
- scalloped potatoes la tartiflette
... then took up the homework:
- Charcroute is easy and simple, and is a regional specialty of _______________________.
2. I like to eat tartiflette, which (qui) is the regional specialty of _______________________.
3. Zimm doesn't like crepes, which are the regional specialty of _______________________.
4. Camembert is a cheese which Claire and Marc's mother used to make; it's the regional specialty of _________________________.
- Choucroute est facile et simple, et c’est un specialité régionale de Grand Est.
- J’aime manger la tartiflette qui est la specialité régionale de Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Zimm n’aime pas bien de crèpes qui sont une specialité régionale de Bretagne.
We then finished up La Recette de Barres au caramel et chocolat from the blue sheet, and I did a sample presentation of how I might do a cooking show using that recipe. We certainly loved that "buttery hands" bit. :) I then started to explain to you how to refer to an ingredient as "it" in a recipe (it's either le or la, depending upon the gender of the item), but we ran out of time before I was able to say much.
I gave you the following vocab on the board:
Homework: Translate the following:
1. I'm putting the mixture on the baking sheet.
2. Cook the mixture in the oven.
3. Boil the chocolate.
4. Melt the butter.
5. She was whipping the eggs.
intérro: The same sentences as for the homework. :)
1. I'm putting the mixture on the baking sheet.
2. Cook the mixture in the oven.
3. Boil the chocolate.
4. Melt the butter.
5. She was whipping the eggs.
intérro: The same sentences as for the homework. :)
le 20 nov: Sorry that it's 6:15 and I'm just getting to the webpage now. I actually didn't get home until 5:30, then there was the dinner thing... yada yada yada. Anyway, we got right into the regional cuisines today, as well as making sure that we knew what the new regions of France are in comparision to what they were back in 2016. We watched a powerpoint video about the regional foods; sorry I can't put our results on the webpage, but they're all at school and I'm at home. You've got your notes, though. I'll put more info on the page tomorrow morning. :)
It's 8:09am Wednesday morning, and here is some additional information, as promised. Please note that some of the regions have more than one specialty:
On mange beaucoup de choucroute, champagne, et quiche Lorraine dans la région de Grand Est.
On mange beaucoup de tarte tropézienne dans la région de Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur.
On mange beaucoup de Paris-Brest dans la région d'île-de-France.
On mange beaucoup de cassoulet dans la région d'Occitanie
On mange beaucoup de crèpes dans la région de Brétagne.
On mange beaucoup de Camembert dans la région de Normandie.
On mange beaucoup de boeuf bourguignon et escargots dans la région de Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
Homework: Translate the following, and fill in the names of the regions:
1. Charcroute is easy and simple, and is a regional specialty of _______________________..
2. I like to eat tartiflette, which (qui) is the regional specialty of _______________________.
3. Zimm doesn't like crepes, which are the regional specialty of _______________________.
4. Camembert is a cheese which Claire and Marc's mother used to make; it's the regional specialty of _________________________.
Intérro: la tartiflette, la charcroute, le cassoulet, le camembert, un specialité régionale, les crèpes.
It's 8:09am Wednesday morning, and here is some additional information, as promised. Please note that some of the regions have more than one specialty:
On mange beaucoup de choucroute, champagne, et quiche Lorraine dans la région de Grand Est.
On mange beaucoup de tarte tropézienne dans la région de Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur.
On mange beaucoup de Paris-Brest dans la région d'île-de-France.
On mange beaucoup de cassoulet dans la région d'Occitanie
On mange beaucoup de crèpes dans la région de Brétagne.
On mange beaucoup de Camembert dans la région de Normandie.
On mange beaucoup de boeuf bourguignon et escargots dans la région de Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
Homework: Translate the following, and fill in the names of the regions:
1. Charcroute is easy and simple, and is a regional specialty of _______________________..
2. I like to eat tartiflette, which (qui) is the regional specialty of _______________________.
3. Zimm doesn't like crepes, which are the regional specialty of _______________________.
4. Camembert is a cheese which Claire and Marc's mother used to make; it's the regional specialty of _________________________.
Intérro: la tartiflette, la charcroute, le cassoulet, le camembert, un specialité régionale, les crèpes.
le 19 nov: There was no intérro or homework today, so we got right to it and started discussing the regions. First I gave you your portfolios so that you could see how you're doing, then I collected the portfolios up again. I then gave you several handouts (including the marking rubric for your emission de cuisine) about regional specialties in France, including maps of the old (pre-2016) regions, and the new (post-2016) regions (yes, most of the regions have been redrawn and renamed! Yay!). I asked you to trace the map of the new regions and use it as an overlay on top of an older map to see how the regions had changed. Here's what we came up with:
Les Nouvelles Régions de la France
We also saw in our handouts many regional specialties attached to the old regions of France. For example, "la choucroute" is pickled cabbage, and it's a specialty of Alsace. Problem is, Alsace as a region doesn't exist anymore. Good thing we traced the map of the new regions! Now we can say that la choucroute is a regional specialty of Grand Est.
Homework: Using your resources, please find four regional specialties (not choucroute) and write a sentence for each. Write on the handout sheet that I gave you. Eg:
"On mange beaucoup de choucroute dans la région de Grand Est." (One eats a lot of pickled cabbage in the Grand Est region).
Intérro: le Grand-Est, la Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, l'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, la Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, l'Occitanie. :)
Les Nouvelles Régions de la France
- Les régions de Lorraine, Alsace, et Champagne sont maintenant “le Grand Est”.
- Les régions de Bourgogne et Franch-Compté sont maintenant “la Bourgogne-Franche-Compté.”
- Les régions d’Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes sont maintenant “l’Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes”
- La région de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ne change pas.
- Les régions de Languedoc-Roussillon et Midi-Pyrénées sont maintenant « l’Occitanie ».
- Les régions de Limousin, Pitou-Charentes et Aquitaine sont maintenant “la Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
- La région de Pays-de-la-Loire ne change pas
- La région de Brétagne ne change pas.
- La région de Normandie ne change pas.
- La région de l’île-de-France ne change pas.
- Les régions de Picardie et Nord-Pas-de-Calais sont maintenant “les Hauts-de-France”.
We also saw in our handouts many regional specialties attached to the old regions of France. For example, "la choucroute" is pickled cabbage, and it's a specialty of Alsace. Problem is, Alsace as a region doesn't exist anymore. Good thing we traced the map of the new regions! Now we can say that la choucroute is a regional specialty of Grand Est.
Homework: Using your resources, please find four regional specialties (not choucroute) and write a sentence for each. Write on the handout sheet that I gave you. Eg:
"On mange beaucoup de choucroute dans la région de Grand Est." (One eats a lot of pickled cabbage in the Grand Est region).
Intérro: le Grand-Est, la Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, l'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, la Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, l'Occitanie. :)
le 16 nov: After the intérro....
...we took up the homework after taking 5 minutes or so to practice. We ran out of time pretty quickly!
I had some homework for you, but I forgot to update just this page (the other class is done). So, no homework or intérro for tomorrow; it's too late for you to get it done. :)
- two thirds of a tablespoon of baking powder. deux tiers d’une cuillère à table de poudre à pâte
- a quarter of a cup of milk un quart d’une tasse de lait
- three quarters of a teaspoon of baking soda. trois quarts d’une cuillère à thé de bicarbonate de soude
- a tablespoon of brown sugar une cuillère à table de cassonade
- a cup of water une tasse d’eau
...we took up the homework after taking 5 minutes or so to practice. We ran out of time pretty quickly!
I had some homework for you, but I forgot to update just this page (the other class is done). So, no homework or intérro for tomorrow; it's too late for you to get it done. :)
le 15 nov: After the intérro...
...we took up the homework, and got as far as the list of ingredients:
une tasse de farine
une tasse et demi de sucre
une demi-tasse de lait
un quart d’une cuillère à thé de sel
un tiers d’une tasse de beurre
un oeuf
deux cuillères à table de chien et poulet de nuggs (merci pour ça, Simon!)
trois quarts d’une cuillère à table de vanille
un tiers d’une cuillère à thé de poivre
un demi d’une tasse de cassonade
deux tasses et demi d’eau
I gave you a recipe for Quiche Lorraine, and we went through the list of ingredients but not the instructions. I gave a sample presentation of a cooking show (just up to the list of ingredients), then we ran out of time.
Homework: Imagine that you have to do your cooking show tomorrow. Write an intro to the show based on the one that I did during class; it might look a bit like this:
Hello, and welcome (bienvenue) to Nancy's cooking show! Today, we are making cookies! I love cookies because they're easy to make (facile à faire) and delicious! First, the ingredients:
Then pretend that you have some ingredients in front of you, already measured out. List out the ingredients and their measurements, as if you're showing them to an audience. An example might be:
a cup of flour
half a cup of sugar
two eggs
three quarters of a cup of butter
a teaspoon of baking powder
a third of a tablespoon of baking soda
a quarter of a teaspoon of salt
a tablespoon of vanilla
In French, of course! You can have notes with you when you come up to the front of the class tomorrow and present.
Intérro: un quart d'une tasse, trois quarts d'une cuillère à thé, deux tiers d'une cuillère à table, de cassonade, de lait, d'eau, de bicarbonade de soude, de poudre à pâte.
- add a cup and a half of sugar ajoutez une tasse et demi de sucre.
- mix 2 tablespoons of vanilla and two eggs. mélangez deux cuillères à table de vanille et deux oeufs.
- Stir a half-cup of brown sugar and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt. Remuez une demi-tasse de cassonade et un quart d’une cuillère à thé de sel.
...we took up the homework, and got as far as the list of ingredients:
une tasse de farine
une tasse et demi de sucre
une demi-tasse de lait
un quart d’une cuillère à thé de sel
un tiers d’une tasse de beurre
un oeuf
deux cuillères à table de chien et poulet de nuggs (merci pour ça, Simon!)
trois quarts d’une cuillère à table de vanille
un tiers d’une cuillère à thé de poivre
un demi d’une tasse de cassonade
deux tasses et demi d’eau
I gave you a recipe for Quiche Lorraine, and we went through the list of ingredients but not the instructions. I gave a sample presentation of a cooking show (just up to the list of ingredients), then we ran out of time.
Homework: Imagine that you have to do your cooking show tomorrow. Write an intro to the show based on the one that I did during class; it might look a bit like this:
Hello, and welcome (bienvenue) to Nancy's cooking show! Today, we are making cookies! I love cookies because they're easy to make (facile à faire) and delicious! First, the ingredients:
Then pretend that you have some ingredients in front of you, already measured out. List out the ingredients and their measurements, as if you're showing them to an audience. An example might be:
a cup of flour
half a cup of sugar
two eggs
three quarters of a cup of butter
a teaspoon of baking powder
a third of a tablespoon of baking soda
a quarter of a teaspoon of salt
a tablespoon of vanilla
In French, of course! You can have notes with you when you come up to the front of the class tomorrow and present.
Intérro: un quart d'une tasse, trois quarts d'une cuillère à thé, deux tiers d'une cuillère à table, de cassonade, de lait, d'eau, de bicarbonade de soude, de poudre à pâte.
le 14 nov: Today we took up the homework:
j’ajoute les oeufs
j’ajoutais la vanille
j’ai ajouté le sucre
je vais ajouter la farine
Ajouter le cassonade
Ajoutez le sel
je verse les oeufs
je versais la vanille
j’ai versé le sucre
je vais verser la farine
Verser le cassonade
Versez le sel
Je mets le poivre dans le bol.
Je mettais le beurre dans le bol.
J’ai mis les oeufs dans le bol.
Je vais mettre le poudre à pâte dans le bol.
Mettre le lait et le poudre à pâte dans le bol.
...then did our intérro. When we were finished, we looked at how to do some measurements as they apply to recipes.
j’ajoute les oeufs
j’ajoutais la vanille
j’ai ajouté le sucre
je vais ajouter la farine
Ajouter le cassonade
Ajoutez le sel
je verse les oeufs
je versais la vanille
j’ai versé le sucre
je vais verser la farine
Verser le cassonade
Versez le sel
Je mets le poivre dans le bol.
Je mettais le beurre dans le bol.
J’ai mis les oeufs dans le bol.
Je vais mettre le poudre à pâte dans le bol.
Mettre le lait et le poudre à pâte dans le bol.
...then did our intérro. When we were finished, we looked at how to do some measurements as they apply to recipes.
Homework: Write a recipe. Have a list of ingredients with measurements (probably cookie ingredients would be the best), and four lines of instruction (using four different verbs), using the vous form of the impératif.
Intérro: 2 cups of flour, a cup and a half of sugar, a half cup of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of vanilla, 2 eggs,
a quarter of a teaspoon of salt, ajouter, mélanger, remuer in the vous form on the impératif
Intérro: 2 cups of flour, a cup and a half of sugar, a half cup of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of vanilla, 2 eggs,
a quarter of a teaspoon of salt, ajouter, mélanger, remuer in the vous form on the impératif
le 13 nov: Today I explained how to form the imperative mood, and we compared its use to that of the infinitive in recipes: when the chef knows his audience (like he knows who is in his studio audience, or wants to appear chummy in the recipes he publishes), he'll use the imperative mood, but when he doesn't know his audience and wants to be formal, he'll use the infinitive. Here's our chart of how to form l'impératif:
We then looked at our powerpoint slide about "mesurer" and the six tenses we can put it in:
§Je mesure le lait
§Je mesurais le lait
§J’ai mesuré le lait
§Je vais mesurer la vanille
§Mesurez (measure) le lait
§Mesurer le lait
§Mesurer le lait et la farine
Homework: Using the above as a guide, write the same tense structures for verser, mettre, and ajouter. Make sure you make full sentences and use a lot of ingredient vocabulary.
Intérro: la vanille, le sucre, le beurre, le sel, and verser, mettre and ajouter in any or all of the tenses you used for homework. :)
§Je mesure le lait
§Je mesurais le lait
§J’ai mesuré le lait
§Je vais mesurer la vanille
§Mesurez (measure) le lait
§Mesurer le lait
§Mesurer le lait et la farine
Homework: Using the above as a guide, write the same tense structures for verser, mettre, and ajouter. Make sure you make full sentences and use a lot of ingredient vocabulary.
Intérro: la vanille, le sucre, le beurre, le sel, and verser, mettre and ajouter in any or all of the tenses you used for homework. :)
le 8 nov: Today we took up our homework, then I explained our next unit to you: La Cuisine. Our project for this unit, a cooking show, is due on November 28, and the test for this unit is November 29. We won't have time to give extensions, you must perform on the 28th and write your test on the 29th.
We started a powerpoint on the various regions of the world where French is spoken, but ran out of time. No homework, no intérro. :)
We started a powerpoint on the various regions of the world where French is spoken, but ran out of time. No homework, no intérro. :)
le 7 nov: We took up the test, then I gave you the following homework:
For the first set of exercises, change the past participle if it needs to change (agree with the subject). For the second exercise, put the verb into the passé composé for the subject pronoun indicated. Tomorrow we start with La Cuisine. :)
le 6 nov: Test day! Yay! Tomorrow we start our "La cuisine" unit. You'll love it! :)
le 5 nov: Today we finished up our "Jean-Marc est Malade" presentations (bon travail!) and handed in our comics, then we went over what would be on your test tomorrow:
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No homework other than to study! Bonne chance! :)
le premier novembre: We didn't have an intérro or homework for today, so we started right in on our review of verbs that take être in the passé composé. We reviewed Mt. Étre as well as Dr. & Mrs. Vandertrampp as mnemonics to help us remember which verbs take être. We then reviewed the present tense of être and tried a couple of verbs on the board:
I told you that it's important to know the être verbs, and to know how they have to agree with the number and gender of the subject, but it's another learning skill entirely to be able to use them in context. So I gave you a bit of a translation to do, which we didn't finish up in class, so it'll be for homework:
Could you also please try some of these sentences from our morning class; if you don't get them all done, that's ok. Maybe try for half?
Intérro: aller, partir, venir, nâitre in the passé composé with all conjugations of être. :)
- They (f) went
- I exited.
- You (s) spoke.
- She died.
- We stayed.
- Mme GZ went
Could you also please try some of these sentences from our morning class; if you don't get them all done, that's ok. Maybe try for half?
- Mme GZ went to the dentist yesterday.
- She spoke to the dentist.
- He examined the poor sick patient.
- Zimmerman arrived.
- Zimmerman stayed.
- The dentist examined Mme GZ with a stethoscope.
- He wrote a prescription.
- He made a diagnosis.
- He left the office.
- He came back to the office.
Intérro: aller, partir, venir, nâitre in the passé composé with all conjugations of être. :)
le 30 octobre: After the intérro, we quickly took up the homework:
Then I gave you a little booklet of vocab for going to the doctor, making sure you concentrated on the verbs we need to know and the other useful vocabulary. We then watched a powerpoint that uses that vocabulary, and I narrated the story as we went. Look below for a copy of the powerpoint in pdf format, if you want to look at it again.
Homework: Write a paragraph about visiting the doctor's office. Start off by saying that you feel bad, you don't feel well, etc, then go to the doctor, he examines you, auscults you, tells you to breathe deeply, cough, etc... you describe your symptoms to him, and he makes a diagnosis. Have him write you a prescription. Your paragraph should basically have all the vocab in it from the two vocab sheets we did today. Make sure to use passé composé, imparfait, and present tense.
Intérro: examiner, ausculter, respirer à fond, faire un diagnostic (in passé composé, present, and imparfait), il souffre, le médecin lui prescrit des antibiotiques, il lui fait une ordonnance.
- Elle a bu.
- Tu as mis
- Il a lu
- J’ai fait
- Nous avons pris
- Il est mort.
- je suis né
- Elles ont fait
Then I gave you a little booklet of vocab for going to the doctor, making sure you concentrated on the verbs we need to know and the other useful vocabulary. We then watched a powerpoint that uses that vocabulary, and I narrated the story as we went. Look below for a copy of the powerpoint in pdf format, if you want to look at it again.
Homework: Write a paragraph about visiting the doctor's office. Start off by saying that you feel bad, you don't feel well, etc, then go to the doctor, he examines you, auscults you, tells you to breathe deeply, cough, etc... you describe your symptoms to him, and he makes a diagnosis. Have him write you a prescription. Your paragraph should basically have all the vocab in it from the two vocab sheets we did today. Make sure to use passé composé, imparfait, and present tense.
Intérro: examiner, ausculter, respirer à fond, faire un diagnostic (in passé composé, present, and imparfait), il souffre, le médecin lui prescrit des antibiotiques, il lui fait une ordonnance.
| health_powerpoint.pdf |
29 octobre: Today we did our little 3-minute quiz, then our intérro. We then took up the homework:
I didn't feel well yesterday (hier). I had sore teeth and a headache. I drank some water (de l'eau) and did the housework. Today I hurt all over and I have a fever. I have a bad flu! Go home, rest in bed, and take some aspirin, Mme GZ! Stay in bed?? For how long??? A week? A week, that's long! Yay!
Je ne me sentais pas bien hier. J’avais mal aux dents et j’avais mal à la tête. J’ai bu de l’eau et j’ai fait le ménage. Aujourd’hui j’ai mal partout, et j’ai de la fièvre. J’ai une mauvaise grippe! Rentrez chez vous, restez au lit, prenez de l’aspirine! Restez au lit? Pendent combien de temps? Une semaine! C’est long! Yay!
I then gave you some more irregular verbs in the passé composé:
I didn't feel well yesterday (hier). I had sore teeth and a headache. I drank some water (de l'eau) and did the housework. Today I hurt all over and I have a fever. I have a bad flu! Go home, rest in bed, and take some aspirin, Mme GZ! Stay in bed?? For how long??? A week? A week, that's long! Yay!
Je ne me sentais pas bien hier. J’avais mal aux dents et j’avais mal à la tête. J’ai bu de l’eau et j’ai fait le ménage. Aujourd’hui j’ai mal partout, et j’ai de la fièvre. J’ai une mauvaise grippe! Rentrez chez vous, restez au lit, prenez de l’aspirine! Restez au lit? Pendent combien de temps? Une semaine! C’est long! Yay!
I then gave you some more irregular verbs in the passé composé:
We figured out that it was weird to have connaître, savoir, and vouloir up there in the passé composé list, as we had already discussed that verbs of head, health, and heart were usually conjugated in imparfait. So, what gives...? Oh dear, the bell rang right when I was going to explain it. It'll have to wait until tomorrow!
Homework: Translate the following:
1. She drank.
2. You (s) put.
3. He read.
4. I made.
5. We took.
6. He died.
7. I was born. (it's still passé composé).
8. They (f) did.
Intérro: avoir mal à l'oeil, avoir mal à l'oreille, avoir mal au dos, avoir mal au genou, avoir mal à la jambe in imparfait and present tense, for all 8 conjugations (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles).
Homework: Translate the following:
1. She drank.
2. You (s) put.
3. He read.
4. I made.
5. We took.
6. He died.
7. I was born. (it's still passé composé).
8. They (f) did.
Intérro: avoir mal à l'oeil, avoir mal à l'oreille, avoir mal au dos, avoir mal au genou, avoir mal à la jambe in imparfait and present tense, for all 8 conjugations (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles).
le 26 octobre: Hope you enjoyed seeing loopy Mme GZ at 8/10 pain with her stupid tooth! lol We started off the class taking up the homework:
Hier, j’étais malade. Je ne me sentais pas bien. J’étais constipé, j’ai vomi, et j’ai toussé. Mais maintenant, j’ai la diarrhée, j’ai mal aux dents, et j’ai mal à la tête. J’avais une mauvais grippe, mais maintenant je suis enrhumé? Non!
The above is just an example. You could have written about any ailments you liked.
Then we continued on with passé composé by looking at the irregular verbs. We didn't finish up, only got this far:
Hier, j’étais malade. Je ne me sentais pas bien. J’étais constipé, j’ai vomi, et j’ai toussé. Mais maintenant, j’ai la diarrhée, j’ai mal aux dents, et j’ai mal à la tête. J’avais une mauvais grippe, mais maintenant je suis enrhumé? Non!
The above is just an example. You could have written about any ailments you liked.
Then we continued on with passé composé by looking at the irregular verbs. We didn't finish up, only got this far:
It's really important that we feel comfortable with passé composé, so I'm going to ask you to do a little bit of homework over the weekend. Please translate the following paragraph:
I didn't feel well yesterday (hier). I had sore teeth and a headache. I drank some water (de l'eau) and did the housework. Today I hurt all over and I have a fever. I have a bad flu! Go home, rest in bed, and take some aspirin, Mme GZ! Rest in bed?? For how long??? A week? A week, that's long! Yay!!!!!!!!!!
Intérro: The following verbs in passé composé and imparfait: parler, vomir, tousser, éternuer, aimer for all subject pronouns. (aimer is regular in the passé composé).
I didn't feel well yesterday (hier). I had sore teeth and a headache. I drank some water (de l'eau) and did the housework. Today I hurt all over and I have a fever. I have a bad flu! Go home, rest in bed, and take some aspirin, Mme GZ! Rest in bed?? For how long??? A week? A week, that's long! Yay!!!!!!!!!!
Intérro: The following verbs in passé composé and imparfait: parler, vomir, tousser, éternuer, aimer for all subject pronouns. (aimer is regular in the passé composé).
le 24 octobre: We started off by doing the homework. This is a really important chart, so please make sure you can use this information in your project and for the test (as well as in class):
je suis enrhumé
je tousse
j’ai le nez qui coule
j’ai froid
j’ai mal à la gorge
j’éternue
j’ai mal aux oreilles
j’ai mal à la tête
j’ai la gorge qui gratte
j’ai les yeux qui piquent
j’ai la grippe
j’ai de la fièvre
j’ai mal au ventre
j’ai chaud
je vomis
j’ai la diarrhée
j’ai des frissons
je suis fatigué
j’ai mal partout
We then started the tense passé composé. We didn't get very far. Here's what we have so far:
-passé composé is a past tense which passes the "pen test": it describes a contained, independent action in the past that has an easily understandable beginning, middle, and end (the action wasn't taking place, then it did, then it stopped, like a pen being dropped onto the ground). Examples are: I ate, I drank, I fell, I walked, I ran, I stopped, etc.
-the "composé" in the tense name means that the tense is made up of more than one part. You in fact need two verbs to form the passé composé: a helper (or auxillary) verb, and then the main verb (like to eat, to drink, to fall, to walk, to run, to stop, to use the examples from the point above).
We learned that most of the verbs in French take avoir (conjugated in the present tense) as their helper, and 16 verbs take être. We'll concentrate on the regular verbs that take avoir for the next couple of days.
We also learned that in order for the main verb to be in the past, it needs to be changed a bit. Here's how the regular verbs are changed:
regular "er" verbs: take off the "er" ending and add an "é" (eg: j'ai parlé, I spoke)
regular "ir" verbs: take off the "ir" ending and add an "i": (eg: j'ai vomi - I vomited)
regular "re" verbs: take off the "re" ending and add a "u" (eg: j'ai vendu - I sold)
How do you know what verb is "regular" in the passé composé? I'll teach you the ones that aren't. Other than just memorizing that list, you won't be able to tell if a verb is regular in the passé composé just by looking at it.
Let that sink in, and be prepared tomorrow to ask me questions about things you don't understand, as well as be in a good frame of mind to learn a little more about passé composé. What we want to avoid is finding out 10 days from now that you "just don't get passé composé". That's stressful! :)
je suis enrhumé
je tousse
j’ai le nez qui coule
j’ai froid
j’ai mal à la gorge
j’éternue
j’ai mal aux oreilles
j’ai mal à la tête
j’ai la gorge qui gratte
j’ai les yeux qui piquent
j’ai la grippe
j’ai de la fièvre
j’ai mal au ventre
j’ai chaud
je vomis
j’ai la diarrhée
j’ai des frissons
je suis fatigué
j’ai mal partout
We then started the tense passé composé. We didn't get very far. Here's what we have so far:
-passé composé is a past tense which passes the "pen test": it describes a contained, independent action in the past that has an easily understandable beginning, middle, and end (the action wasn't taking place, then it did, then it stopped, like a pen being dropped onto the ground). Examples are: I ate, I drank, I fell, I walked, I ran, I stopped, etc.
-the "composé" in the tense name means that the tense is made up of more than one part. You in fact need two verbs to form the passé composé: a helper (or auxillary) verb, and then the main verb (like to eat, to drink, to fall, to walk, to run, to stop, to use the examples from the point above).
We learned that most of the verbs in French take avoir (conjugated in the present tense) as their helper, and 16 verbs take être. We'll concentrate on the regular verbs that take avoir for the next couple of days.
We also learned that in order for the main verb to be in the past, it needs to be changed a bit. Here's how the regular verbs are changed:
regular "er" verbs: take off the "er" ending and add an "é" (eg: j'ai parlé, I spoke)
regular "ir" verbs: take off the "ir" ending and add an "i": (eg: j'ai vomi - I vomited)
regular "re" verbs: take off the "re" ending and add a "u" (eg: j'ai vendu - I sold)
How do you know what verb is "regular" in the passé composé? I'll teach you the ones that aren't. Other than just memorizing that list, you won't be able to tell if a verb is regular in the passé composé just by looking at it.
Let that sink in, and be prepared tomorrow to ask me questions about things you don't understand, as well as be in a good frame of mind to learn a little more about passé composé. What we want to avoid is finding out 10 days from now that you "just don't get passé composé". That's stressful! :)
le 23 octobre: Sorry for the delay in doing the webpage tonight! Had a very busy evening. Anyway, we practiced our J-M est malade, then I gave you a booklet with some revision of vocab and a bit of new vocab.
Homework: Write a conversation between two people which starts with the usual hello and how are you, includes what's the matter and what's wrong with you, I'm sick, I don't feel well, I hurt all over, I'm doing badly, then the second person goes on to say that they used to have cold symptoms, but now they have flu symptoms (or used to have flu symptoms and now have a cold, whichever you like), and name as many symptoms for each condition that you can. Person #1 will end off the conversation saying that their friend used to have <condition>, but now has <condition>. If this is unclear, here's an idea of what I mean:
P1: Hello! How are you?
P2: I'm not doing well.
P1: What's wrong?
P2: I don't feel well, I'm not doing well.
P1: What's wrong with you?
P2: I'm sick. I hurt all over. I used to have a fever, but now I have a runny nose. I used to have the shivers, but now I have a headache. I used to have diarrhea, but now I have irritated eyes and a scratchy throat... (etc)
P1: You used to have the flu, but now you have a cold!
Make sure you use lots of appropriate symptoms.
And there's no intérro, since I was late getting the page up. :)
Homework: Write a conversation between two people which starts with the usual hello and how are you, includes what's the matter and what's wrong with you, I'm sick, I don't feel well, I hurt all over, I'm doing badly, then the second person goes on to say that they used to have cold symptoms, but now they have flu symptoms (or used to have flu symptoms and now have a cold, whichever you like), and name as many symptoms for each condition that you can. Person #1 will end off the conversation saying that their friend used to have <condition>, but now has <condition>. If this is unclear, here's an idea of what I mean:
P1: Hello! How are you?
P2: I'm not doing well.
P1: What's wrong?
P2: I don't feel well, I'm not doing well.
P1: What's wrong with you?
P2: I'm sick. I hurt all over. I used to have a fever, but now I have a runny nose. I used to have the shivers, but now I have a headache. I used to have diarrhea, but now I have irritated eyes and a scratchy throat... (etc)
P1: You used to have the flu, but now you have a cold!
Make sure you use lots of appropriate symptoms.
And there's no intérro, since I was late getting the page up. :)
le 22 octobre: Hope you had a great long weekend! Today we did a little drawing exercise, then some of us did our "J-M est Malade" presentation practice, then I taught you the following vocabulary:
ça va? How are you?
ça va mal. I'm doing badly.
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? What's wrong? / What's the matter?
Je suis malade. I'm sick
Qu'est-ce que tu as? What's wrong with you?
Je ne me sens pas bien. I don't feel well.
J'ai mal partout. I hurt all over.
Please study these tonight for the intérro tomorrow, and continue working on your JM est malade presentation. :)
ça va? How are you?
ça va mal. I'm doing badly.
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? What's wrong? / What's the matter?
Je suis malade. I'm sick
Qu'est-ce que tu as? What's wrong with you?
Je ne me sens pas bien. I don't feel well.
J'ai mal partout. I hurt all over.
Please study these tonight for the intérro tomorrow, and continue working on your JM est malade presentation. :)
le 16 octobre: Today we listened to you perform your first two lines, and listened to a tape of a girl describing her various ailments.
Homework: memorize your next two lines.
Intérro: le dos, la jambe, l'oreille, l'oeil, le pied, le ventre, le bras, le genou, les dents, je ne me sens pas bien.
Homework: memorize your next two lines.
Intérro: le dos, la jambe, l'oreille, l'oeil, le pied, le ventre, le bras, le genou, les dents, je ne me sens pas bien.
le 15 octobre: It's actually Sunday evening, and I thought I'd take a moment to let you know about your next project and test:
Our next unit is "La santé" (health). Here's what we'll be learning:
-parts of the body
-how to say that you hurt in the parts of the body
-other maladies, many concentrating on cold or flu symptoms
-review of present and imparfait
-going to the doctor
-getting a prescription filled at the pharmacist
Your project will have two parts: an oral part, which will be you memorizing one half of a script about a boy named Jean-Marc going to the doctor because he doesn't feel well. The script has already been written for you, you just have to memorize your part. I'll assign parts tomorrow, and each evening I'll expect you to memorize two additional lines. I'll be marking you on memorization, pronunciation, intonation, and acting. You will perform the skit on Monday November 5.
The second part of your project will be visual and written only: you'll draw a comic strip about any sort of health situation (your mother forcing you to go to the doctor; someone at the doctor who's being misdiagnosed, such as a boy going in for cold symptoms and the doctor telling him he's pregnant, etc). You'll be marked on your vocabulary, use of tenses, spelling and grammar, as well as how neat the comic is, whether you drew the lines with a ruler, whether you've coloured it in, how easy it is for me to read the speech balloons, and finally, whether it's a good story. Bonus point if I laugh when I read it. You'll be handing the comic in on Monday, November 5.
Your test will be on everything we do in the unit, and will be on Tuesday, November 6.
Today, the actual Monday, I told you all about your project and test, I handed out our "Jean-Marc est Malade" script and assigned roles, and we went over it several times (in English and in French).
Homework: Memorize your first two lines for presentation off-script tomorrow.
Intérro: no intérro. :)
Our next unit is "La santé" (health). Here's what we'll be learning:
-parts of the body
-how to say that you hurt in the parts of the body
-other maladies, many concentrating on cold or flu symptoms
-review of present and imparfait
-going to the doctor
-getting a prescription filled at the pharmacist
Your project will have two parts: an oral part, which will be you memorizing one half of a script about a boy named Jean-Marc going to the doctor because he doesn't feel well. The script has already been written for you, you just have to memorize your part. I'll assign parts tomorrow, and each evening I'll expect you to memorize two additional lines. I'll be marking you on memorization, pronunciation, intonation, and acting. You will perform the skit on Monday November 5.
The second part of your project will be visual and written only: you'll draw a comic strip about any sort of health situation (your mother forcing you to go to the doctor; someone at the doctor who's being misdiagnosed, such as a boy going in for cold symptoms and the doctor telling him he's pregnant, etc). You'll be marked on your vocabulary, use of tenses, spelling and grammar, as well as how neat the comic is, whether you drew the lines with a ruler, whether you've coloured it in, how easy it is for me to read the speech balloons, and finally, whether it's a good story. Bonus point if I laugh when I read it. You'll be handing the comic in on Monday, November 5.
Your test will be on everything we do in the unit, and will be on Tuesday, November 6.
Today, the actual Monday, I told you all about your project and test, I handed out our "Jean-Marc est Malade" script and assigned roles, and we went over it several times (in English and in French).
Homework: Memorize your first two lines for presentation off-script tomorrow.
Intérro: no intérro. :)
le 11 octobre: We continued with our projects today. Don't forget about your test tomorrow. :)
le 10 oct: We continued on with our projects today, and will finish up with everyone tomorrow (hopefully! They're taking a long time!). Don't forget that you have a test on Friday. It will cover everything we've done on the house unit, but to be honest, I'm going to concentrate on the following vocabulary and verbs:
-combien d'étages est-ce qu'il y a dans ma maison?
-Dans ma maison, il y a...
-e premier étage, deuxième, le rez-de-chaussée, le grenier, le sous-sol
-la cuisine, la salle a manger, le foyer, le salon, le séjour, la salle de bains, la chambre, l'escalier, le couloir, le bureau, la lingerie
-Bedroom items from Sept 26's entry
-Kitchen items from Sept 28's entry
-Bathroom items from Oct 1's entry
-Laundry room items from Oct 2
-Living room items from Oct 5's entry
-The following verbs in present and imparfait, for all conjugations: se réveiller, se lever, se laver, se raser, se regarder, se baigner, se doucher, se reposer, s'habiller, se déshabiller, parler (with the additions...to, softly, loudly, about ), regarder, ecouter, chillaxer, vapoter, all the expressions using faire:
faire la cuisine, to do the cooking
faire de la lessive, to do the laundry
faire de lit, to make the bed
faire le ménage, to do the housework
faire de la vaisselle, to do the dishes
faire les devoirs - to do your homework
faire la chambre - to clean the bedroom
...mettre, jouer (both music and games), téléphoner à, dessiner, travailler, aller, pleurer.
Be prepared to put the vocab and verbs above into sentences, just as you did for your project. Also, be prepared to name off some items in the rooms; for example, I may say, "Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans la chambre?" and you would reply, "Dans la chambre il y a un lit, une lampe, un oreiller,..." etc. Check to see how many points the question is worth to figure out how many items you should list. I may also ask, "Qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la cuisine?" and you'd reply, "Nous faisons la cuisine", or "Nous mangeons un sandwich", or whatever is appropriate.
Homework: finish up your project and/or study for your test! :)
-combien d'étages est-ce qu'il y a dans ma maison?
-Dans ma maison, il y a...
-e premier étage, deuxième, le rez-de-chaussée, le grenier, le sous-sol
-la cuisine, la salle a manger, le foyer, le salon, le séjour, la salle de bains, la chambre, l'escalier, le couloir, le bureau, la lingerie
-Bedroom items from Sept 26's entry
-Kitchen items from Sept 28's entry
-Bathroom items from Oct 1's entry
-Laundry room items from Oct 2
-Living room items from Oct 5's entry
-The following verbs in present and imparfait, for all conjugations: se réveiller, se lever, se laver, se raser, se regarder, se baigner, se doucher, se reposer, s'habiller, se déshabiller, parler (with the additions...to, softly, loudly, about ), regarder, ecouter, chillaxer, vapoter, all the expressions using faire:
faire la cuisine, to do the cooking
faire de la lessive, to do the laundry
faire de lit, to make the bed
faire le ménage, to do the housework
faire de la vaisselle, to do the dishes
faire les devoirs - to do your homework
faire la chambre - to clean the bedroom
...mettre, jouer (both music and games), téléphoner à, dessiner, travailler, aller, pleurer.
Be prepared to put the vocab and verbs above into sentences, just as you did for your project. Also, be prepared to name off some items in the rooms; for example, I may say, "Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans la chambre?" and you would reply, "Dans la chambre il y a un lit, une lampe, un oreiller,..." etc. Check to see how many points the question is worth to figure out how many items you should list. I may also ask, "Qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la cuisine?" and you'd reply, "Nous faisons la cuisine", or "Nous mangeons un sandwich", or whatever is appropriate.
Homework: finish up your project and/or study for your test! :)
le 5 octobre: Today we did our intérro then took up the homework: what I'm noticing about some of us is that we:
-need to work on pronunciation;
-need to be careful about what prepositions we use... when we're not clear, the sentences are hard to understand;
-need to review the difference between imparfait and present in how the tense is formed;
-need to study more!
We then played a little card game to practice saying what we were doing in a certain room, but now we're doing something else.
Homework: work on your projects, which are due Tuesday. AND... have a great Thanksgiving!
Intérro: Nope! Not this weekend! :)
-need to work on pronunciation;
-need to be careful about what prepositions we use... when we're not clear, the sentences are hard to understand;
-need to review the difference between imparfait and present in how the tense is formed;
-need to study more!
We then played a little card game to practice saying what we were doing in a certain room, but now we're doing something else.
Homework: work on your projects, which are due Tuesday. AND... have a great Thanksgiving!
Intérro: Nope! Not this weekend! :)
le 4 oct: Nice to be back! Today I went on and on about The Edge of the Knife, the film I saw last night in Vancouver. Go look it up, it's a great film.
www.imaginenative.org/efm-2018-the-edge-of-the-knife/
I absolutely have to show you a picture of all of us at the Vancouver Playhouse:
www.imaginenative.org/efm-2018-the-edge-of-the-knife/
I absolutely have to show you a picture of all of us at the Vancouver Playhouse:
On the right is the famous "Cousin Blaine". And Vanessa's mother Sonia is crouching in the front! xx
Ok, back to our actual work. Today we went over things we might find in the living room:
Ok, back to our actual work. Today we went over things we might find in the living room:
I then went over all the verbs from September 19, and how you might use them in the living room. You could also do a lot of those actions in the family room, or any other room where you could watch, play, listen to, eat, chillax, etc.
Homework: Using all of the verbs I gave you today, write a paragraph about what you used to do in the living room, and what you do now. If you can't remember the verbs, look up Sept 19's post, the list is there. If you get tired of saying that you're always in the living room, you can sneak in a couple of "dans le séjour" or "dans la chambre", if you like.
Intérro: un fauteuil, un ordinateur, un texto, un courriel, des jeux vidéos, une table basse, un sofa, and the following verbs in all conjugations, in imparfait and in the present tense: chillaxer, parler, regarder, téléphoner à, envoyer, utiliser. :)
Homework: Using all of the verbs I gave you today, write a paragraph about what you used to do in the living room, and what you do now. If you can't remember the verbs, look up Sept 19's post, the list is there. If you get tired of saying that you're always in the living room, you can sneak in a couple of "dans le séjour" or "dans la chambre", if you like.
Intérro: un fauteuil, un ordinateur, un texto, un courriel, des jeux vidéos, une table basse, un sofa, and the following verbs in all conjugations, in imparfait and in the present tense: chillaxer, parler, regarder, téléphoner à, envoyer, utiliser. :)
le 2 oct: Here is our intérro for today:
We took up the homework; here was my take on it:
Ils se lavaient au lavabo, mais maintenant ils se regardent dans le miroir. Ils se rasent, mais ils utilisaient une serviette de bain. Ils se douchaient, et ils mangent un sandwich dans la baignoire. Ils débouchent les toilettes avec le piston.
We started in with the furniture and appliances in the laundry room:
le sèche-linge - the dryer
le lave-linge - the washer
Here is some additional vocabulary that we didn't have time to do:
l'étendoir à linge - the drying rack
la table à repasser - the ironing board
le fer à repasser - the iron
le panier à linge - the laundry basket
If you want to say that there's a shelf in your laundry room, that's "l'étagère" (f).
A cupboard (as well as a closet) is un placard, if that's where you keep your laundry detergent and related cleaning stuff, like Mme GZ. :)
No intérro or homework for tomorrow, as you're having a TTOC. Be good! :) If you want to know what I'm going to see in Vancovuer tomorrow, check out this link:
youtu.be/CzVwX7SgicA
- He was taking a bath in the bathroom. Il prenait un bain dans la salle de bains.
- She is washing herself with some soap in the bathroom. Elle se lave avec du savon dans la salle de bains.
- I was brushing my teeth at the sink. Je me brossais les dents au lavabo.
- We were drying ourselves with a towel. Nous nous sechions avec une serviette de bain. Nous nous essuyions
- They (m) were looking at themselves in (dans) the mirror. Ils se regardaient dans le miroir.
We took up the homework; here was my take on it:
Ils se lavaient au lavabo, mais maintenant ils se regardent dans le miroir. Ils se rasent, mais ils utilisaient une serviette de bain. Ils se douchaient, et ils mangent un sandwich dans la baignoire. Ils débouchent les toilettes avec le piston.
We started in with the furniture and appliances in the laundry room:
le sèche-linge - the dryer
le lave-linge - the washer
Here is some additional vocabulary that we didn't have time to do:
l'étendoir à linge - the drying rack
la table à repasser - the ironing board
le fer à repasser - the iron
le panier à linge - the laundry basket
If you want to say that there's a shelf in your laundry room, that's "l'étagère" (f).
A cupboard (as well as a closet) is un placard, if that's where you keep your laundry detergent and related cleaning stuff, like Mme GZ. :)
No intérro or homework for tomorrow, as you're having a TTOC. Be good! :) If you want to know what I'm going to see in Vancovuer tomorrow, check out this link:
youtu.be/CzVwX7SgicA
le 1 octobre: We had our intérro, then we brainstormed about what items would go in a bathroom:
Please notice that I found the word for "a plunger": un piston. To unclog = déboucher (régulier). If you want to say "I am unclogging the toilet with a plunger in the bathroom on the first floor", it would look like this: je débouche des toilettes avec un piston dans la salle de bains au premier étage. A handy phrase, I'm sure.
Homework:
Think up 8 things that "they" can do in the bathroom (meaning that the subject pronoun will be "ils"). Make some of the verbs pronominal, and some not pronominal. Half the verbs should be in the imparfait. Use as many bathroom items as you can. I'm thinking that you could make good use of the verb "utiliser" (to use), especially with items such as toilet paper. Utiliser is completely regular.
Intérro: se laver, se brosser les dents, se secher, prendre, (all conjugations, in present and imparfait), un lavabo, du savon. un bain, une serviette de bain, un miroir.
Eg:
She was washing herself with soap at the sink. avec = with; au = at the (à la if the item is feminine)
They are drying themselves with a towel.
Claire is taking a bath in the bathtub.
Homework:
Think up 8 things that "they" can do in the bathroom (meaning that the subject pronoun will be "ils"). Make some of the verbs pronominal, and some not pronominal. Half the verbs should be in the imparfait. Use as many bathroom items as you can. I'm thinking that you could make good use of the verb "utiliser" (to use), especially with items such as toilet paper. Utiliser is completely regular.
Intérro: se laver, se brosser les dents, se secher, prendre, (all conjugations, in present and imparfait), un lavabo, du savon. un bain, une serviette de bain, un miroir.
Eg:
She was washing herself with soap at the sink. avec = with; au = at the (à la if the item is feminine)
They are drying themselves with a towel.
Claire is taking a bath in the bathtub.
le 28 sept: (I put these notes up a day early. Thursday's notes are below!)I'm actually in Vancouver today, but I told the TTOC in my notes that I would put the kitchen vocabulary up on the webpage, just in case you didn't get it to today:
the table la table
the dishes la vaiselle
some chairs des chaises
the cutlery les outils
the countertop le plan de travail
the dishwasher la lave-vaiselle
the cupboards les placards
to dry secher (e=è)
the sink l’évier
the dishtowel le torchon
the microwave le micro-ondes
the dishrag la lavette
the oven le four
the toaster le grille-pain
the stove la cuisinière
the coffeepot la cafetière
the freezer le congélateur
to wash laver
Homework for Monday: Just think about your projects (due October 9) and if you'd perhaps like to start building your houses over the weekend.
Intérro for Monday: dans la cuisine (in the kitchen), il y a, la table, des chaises,la vaiselle, je lave, je sèche, (in present and imparfait ,la lavette, le torchon. Sample sentences:
-In the kitchen, there’s the table and some chairs. Dans la cuisine, il y a la table et des chaises.
-I was washing the dishes with a dishrag in the sink. Je lavais la vaiselle avec une lavette dans l’évier.
the table la table
the dishes la vaiselle
some chairs des chaises
the cutlery les outils
the countertop le plan de travail
the dishwasher la lave-vaiselle
the cupboards les placards
to dry secher (e=è)
the sink l’évier
the dishtowel le torchon
the microwave le micro-ondes
the dishrag la lavette
the oven le four
the toaster le grille-pain
the stove la cuisinière
the coffeepot la cafetière
the freezer le congélateur
to wash laver
Homework for Monday: Just think about your projects (due October 9) and if you'd perhaps like to start building your houses over the weekend.
Intérro for Monday: dans la cuisine (in the kitchen), il y a, la table, des chaises,la vaiselle, je lave, je sèche, (in present and imparfait ,la lavette, le torchon. Sample sentences:
-In the kitchen, there’s the table and some chairs. Dans la cuisine, il y a la table et des chaises.
-I was washing the dishes with a dishrag in the sink. Je lavais la vaiselle avec une lavette dans l’évier.
le 27 sept: We had the intérro, then took up the homework. Some of your statements were hilarious, but none were as fun as Simon's.... Naughty!
Homework: conjugate mettre in the present tense.... oh what the heck, here it is:
je mets nous mettons
tu mets vous mettez
il met ils mettent
elle met elles mettent
Homework: Answer the following questions in French. Be detailed, include some items in the room with their prepositions, and the floor. Watch the subject pronouns and the tenses:
1. Qu'est-ce que Mme GZ fait dans la chambre?
2. Qu'est-ce que tu faisais dans la chambre?
3. Qu'est-ce que nous faisons dans la chambre?
4. Qu'est-ce que vous faisiez dans la chambre?
5. Qu'est-ce que Marie et Marc font dans la chambre?
Intérro: le lit, la couette, la couverture, l'oreiller, la taille d'oreiller, le drap, l'édredon, , sur, il y a, mettre in all tenses and conjugations. Eg:
I was putting the sheet and the duvet on the bed - je mettais le drap et la couette sur le lit.
On the bed there's a blanket and a quilt - Sur le lit il y a une couverture et un édredon.
Have fun tomorrow with the TTOC! See you Monday!
Homework: conjugate mettre in the present tense.... oh what the heck, here it is:
je mets nous mettons
tu mets vous mettez
il met ils mettent
elle met elles mettent
Homework: Answer the following questions in French. Be detailed, include some items in the room with their prepositions, and the floor. Watch the subject pronouns and the tenses:
1. Qu'est-ce que Mme GZ fait dans la chambre?
2. Qu'est-ce que tu faisais dans la chambre?
3. Qu'est-ce que nous faisons dans la chambre?
4. Qu'est-ce que vous faisiez dans la chambre?
5. Qu'est-ce que Marie et Marc font dans la chambre?
Intérro: le lit, la couette, la couverture, l'oreiller, la taille d'oreiller, le drap, l'édredon, , sur, il y a, mettre in all tenses and conjugations. Eg:
I was putting the sheet and the duvet on the bed - je mettais le drap et la couette sur le lit.
On the bed there's a blanket and a quilt - Sur le lit il y a une couverture et un édredon.
Have fun tomorrow with the TTOC! See you Monday!
le 26 sept: After the intérro today, we broke off into pairs or groups of three and practiced our homework verbally, then some of us performed. Après ça, I taught you some items one might find in the bedroom:
Homework: Come up with 6 ridiculous sentences, using 6 different subject pronouns, 6 different verbs (3 in imparfait, 2 pronominal), all taking place in the bedroom. In each of the sentences, you'll use one of the items we translated on the board above. Problem is, you'll need a preposition for most of these items: for example, if you are getting dressed in the bedroom, how do you work "blanket" into your sentence? Perhaps you're getting dressed under the blanket? Aha! There's your preposition.
Here are some prepositions you can use for your homework that will help you make some crazy sentences:
sur on
sous under
dans in
devant in front of
derrière behind
à côté de beside
au dessus on top of
au dessous underneath
Just use the prepositions you need, don't worry about memorizing any of them.
Intérro: se réveiller, se lever, s'habiller, se déshabiller in imparfait and present, all conjugations, la chambre, all the floors, le lit, la lampe de chevet, la couette, le tiroir, la commode, and dans. I'll want you to make sentences like, "The drawer is in the dresser in the bedroom on the second floor" or "the duvet is on the bed in the bedroom on the ground floor", etc. :)
le 25 sept: We took up the homework, then did the intérro. We went over some of the verbs from list:
Je regarde la télé
Je jouais du piano / de la guitare hawaïenne.
Je joue aux cartes / aux jeux vidéos.
prendre – to take
je prends nous prenons
tu prends vous prenez
il prend ils prennent
elle prend elles prennent
je prenais un bain
Homework: conjugate envoyer in the present tense. Take care that it's a stem-changer (y=i in the boot).
Intérro: manger, regarder, jouer, vapoter prendre envoyer in all conjugations in both tenses, un bain, all floors, all rooms :)
le 24 sept: Here is our intérro from today:
I then gave you some information about your house project:
10e année: projet de la maison
Due: le 9, 10, 11 octobre
The house itself
Please make a house out of cardboard, wood, or anything you like. It has to look like a model of a house (not a drawing on a piece of paper). You can have as many rooms and floors as you like. Inside each room you need to have the furniture that we’ve learned in class, but that doesn’t mean that you need to go out and buy anything, or spend hours making anything. You can use items such as cut up toilet paper rolls, Lego, clay, etc, or you could just print off a “bedroom” from online, cut it out, and glue it on the wall of the room. Lots of students do a combination of the two. Take a look at the models in the classroom to get an idea.
The presentation
You’ll present to me, using the format that we’ve been using since the beginning of the unit. You’ll introduce your house, state how many floors there are, how many rooms there are, what the rooms are and what floor they’re on, what the furniture is, what you used to do in the room and what you’re doing now. If you don’t have a specific room or floor, or piece of furniture, you can say that you don’t have it.
Marking
I’ll be marking based on how much vocabulary you use, your mastery of imparfait and present tense, your pronunciation, and your fluency.
We talke about the various uses of "parler": (to speak, or to talk). You can speak in a certain way (loudly, softly), you can speak to someone, you can speak on the phone, and you can speak about something:
Je parle - I'm speaking
Je parle fort - I'm speaking loudly
Je parle doucement - I'm speaking softly
Je parle fort à Zimm - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm'
Je parle fort à Zimm au téléphone - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm on the phone
Je parle fort à Zimm au téléphone des devoirs - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm on the phone about the homework.
Homework:
Translate the following:
1. I was speaking softly to Fred in the kitchen but now I'm speaking loudly to Claire in the bedroom on the second floor.
2. Bob was speaking to Paul on the phone about homework.
3. We are speaking softly on the phone in the office on the ground floor.
4. You (pl) were speaking loudly in the family room on the first floor.
5. They (f) were speaking softly to Claire and Marc in the laundry room on the basement floor, but now they're speaking loudly to themselves in the living room on the basement floor.
Intérro:
parler for all conjugations in present and imparfait, se parler in all conjugations in present and imparfait, doucement, fort, au téléphone, à (person's name), all the rooms, all the floors.
- We were cooking in the kitchen on the second floor…Nous faisions de la cuisine dans la cuisine au deuxième étage…
- But now we’re making the bed in the bedroom on the first floor. Mais maintenant nous faisons le lit dans la chambre au premier étage.
- I was doing the housework in the front hall on the ground floor… Je faisais le ménage dans le foyer au rez-de-chaussée…
- But now I’m doing the laundry in the laundry room on the basement floor. Mais maintenant je fais de la lessive dans la lingerie au sous-sol.
- They were doing the housework on the attic floor… Elles faisaient le ménage au grenier…
- But now they’re making the bed in the hallway. Mais maintenant elles font le lit dans le couloir.
I then gave you some information about your house project:
10e année: projet de la maison
Due: le 9, 10, 11 octobre
The house itself
Please make a house out of cardboard, wood, or anything you like. It has to look like a model of a house (not a drawing on a piece of paper). You can have as many rooms and floors as you like. Inside each room you need to have the furniture that we’ve learned in class, but that doesn’t mean that you need to go out and buy anything, or spend hours making anything. You can use items such as cut up toilet paper rolls, Lego, clay, etc, or you could just print off a “bedroom” from online, cut it out, and glue it on the wall of the room. Lots of students do a combination of the two. Take a look at the models in the classroom to get an idea.
The presentation
You’ll present to me, using the format that we’ve been using since the beginning of the unit. You’ll introduce your house, state how many floors there are, how many rooms there are, what the rooms are and what floor they’re on, what the furniture is, what you used to do in the room and what you’re doing now. If you don’t have a specific room or floor, or piece of furniture, you can say that you don’t have it.
Marking
I’ll be marking based on how much vocabulary you use, your mastery of imparfait and present tense, your pronunciation, and your fluency.
We talke about the various uses of "parler": (to speak, or to talk). You can speak in a certain way (loudly, softly), you can speak to someone, you can speak on the phone, and you can speak about something:
Je parle - I'm speaking
Je parle fort - I'm speaking loudly
Je parle doucement - I'm speaking softly
Je parle fort à Zimm - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm'
Je parle fort à Zimm au téléphone - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm on the phone
Je parle fort à Zimm au téléphone des devoirs - I'm speaking loudly to Zimm on the phone about the homework.
Homework:
Translate the following:
1. I was speaking softly to Fred in the kitchen but now I'm speaking loudly to Claire in the bedroom on the second floor.
2. Bob was speaking to Paul on the phone about homework.
3. We are speaking softly on the phone in the office on the ground floor.
4. You (pl) were speaking loudly in the family room on the first floor.
5. They (f) were speaking softly to Claire and Marc in the laundry room on the basement floor, but now they're speaking loudly to themselves in the living room on the basement floor.
Intérro:
parler for all conjugations in present and imparfait, se parler in all conjugations in present and imparfait, doucement, fort, au téléphone, à (person's name), all the rooms, all the floors.
le 20 sept: Today we went over the following expressions for the house using faire:
faire la cuisine, to do the cooking
faire de la lessive, to do the laundry
faire le lit, to make the bed
faire le ménage, to do the housework
faire de la vaisselle, to do the dishes
faire les devoirs - to do your homework
faire la chambre - to clean the bedroom
We also did a review of how to conjugate faire in the present tense:
faire - to make, to do
je fais nous faisons
tu fais vous faites
il fait il font
elle fait elle font
We started this exercise in class, and I'd like you to finish it up for Monday. Answer the question using the chore in brackets to help you (I didn't copy over the pictures):
Qu’est-ce que Fred fait? __________________________________ (dishes)
Qu’est-ce que Claire fait? _________________________________ (cooking)
Qu’est-ce qu’ils font? ____________________________________(laundry)
Qu’est- ce que Robert fait? _______________________________(bed)
Qu’est-ce que tu fais? ____________________________________(homework)
Qu’est-ce qu’elles font? __________________________________(housework)
Qu’est-ce que nous faisons? ______________________________(cooking)
Qu’est-ce que je fais? ___________________________________(bedroom)
Intérro: faire (in present and imparfait, for the je, il, nous and elles conjugations only), faire la cuisine, faire la chambre, faire le ménage, faire de la lessive, la lingerie, la cuisine, la chambre, le bureau, l'escalier, le couloir, and all the floors.
Faites un bon weekend! :)
faire la cuisine, to do the cooking
faire de la lessive, to do the laundry
faire le lit, to make the bed
faire le ménage, to do the housework
faire de la vaisselle, to do the dishes
faire les devoirs - to do your homework
faire la chambre - to clean the bedroom
We also did a review of how to conjugate faire in the present tense:
faire - to make, to do
je fais nous faisons
tu fais vous faites
il fait il font
elle fait elle font
We started this exercise in class, and I'd like you to finish it up for Monday. Answer the question using the chore in brackets to help you (I didn't copy over the pictures):
Qu’est-ce que Fred fait? __________________________________ (dishes)
Qu’est-ce que Claire fait? _________________________________ (cooking)
Qu’est-ce qu’ils font? ____________________________________(laundry)
Qu’est- ce que Robert fait? _______________________________(bed)
Qu’est-ce que tu fais? ____________________________________(homework)
Qu’est-ce qu’elles font? __________________________________(housework)
Qu’est-ce que nous faisons? ______________________________(cooking)
Qu’est-ce que je fais? ___________________________________(bedroom)
Intérro: faire (in present and imparfait, for the je, il, nous and elles conjugations only), faire la cuisine, faire la chambre, faire le ménage, faire de la lessive, la lingerie, la cuisine, la chambre, le bureau, l'escalier, le couloir, and all the floors.
Faites un bon weekend! :)
le 19 sept: After doing the intérro:
...we took up the homework:
She was resting in the bedroom on the ground floor but now she's combing her hair in the bathroom on the first floor. Elle se reposait dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant elle se peigne les cheveux dans la salle de bains au premier étage.
We were bathing in the bathroom on the second floor but now we're calming down in the hallway on the basement floor.
Nous nous baignions dans la salle de bains au deuxième étage, mais maintenant nous nous calmons dans le couloir au sous-sol.
I was bored in the front hall on the ground floor but now I'm getting angry in the laundry room in the attic. Je m’ennuyais dans le foyer au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant je me fâche dans la lingerie au grenier.
You (pl) were eating like pigs in the dining room on the first floor but now you (pl) are getting ready in the living room on the second floor. Vous vous goinfriez dans la salle au manger au premier étage, mais maintenant vous vous préparez dans le salon au deuxième étage.
They (m) were getting organized in the half-bath on the first floor but now they're (m) getting prepared in the bedroom on the second floor. Ils s’organisaient dans les toilettes au premier étage, mais maintenant, ils se preparent dans la chambre au deuxième étage.
You (s) were bathing in the bathroom on the ground floor but now you're (s) drying off in the bedroom on the second floor.
Tu te baignais dans la salle de bains au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant tu t’essuies dans la chambre au deuxième étage.
I then gave you a list of non-pronominal verbs that we'll be using in this unit, and asked you to copy them down:
manger
to eat
parler
to speak/to talk
faire
to make/to do
regarder
to look at/to watch
jouer
to play
téléphoner à
to phone
vapoter
to vape
prendre
to take
cuire
to cook
envoyer
to send
dessiner
to draw
chillaxer
to chill
travailler
to work
pleurer
to cry
viber
to vibe
écouter
to listen to
aller
to go
No homework, no intérro tomorrow. But I do recommend that if you're having trouble with pronominal verbs or with l'imparfait, you review for a few minutes. :)
- I was getting angry in the kitchen on the ground floor… Je me fâchais dans la cuisine au rez-de-chaussée…
- …but now I’m calming down. …mais maintenant je me calme.
- You (pl) were eating like a pig in the kitchen on the second floor…Vous vous goinfriez dans la cuisine au deuxième étage…
- …but now you’re styling your hair. Mais maintenant vous vous coiffez les cheveux.
- I was bathing in the bathroom on the first floor… Je me baignais dans la salle de bains au premier étage
- …but now I’m resting. …mais maintenant je me repose.
...we took up the homework:
She was resting in the bedroom on the ground floor but now she's combing her hair in the bathroom on the first floor. Elle se reposait dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant elle se peigne les cheveux dans la salle de bains au premier étage.
We were bathing in the bathroom on the second floor but now we're calming down in the hallway on the basement floor.
Nous nous baignions dans la salle de bains au deuxième étage, mais maintenant nous nous calmons dans le couloir au sous-sol.
I was bored in the front hall on the ground floor but now I'm getting angry in the laundry room in the attic. Je m’ennuyais dans le foyer au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant je me fâche dans la lingerie au grenier.
You (pl) were eating like pigs in the dining room on the first floor but now you (pl) are getting ready in the living room on the second floor. Vous vous goinfriez dans la salle au manger au premier étage, mais maintenant vous vous préparez dans le salon au deuxième étage.
They (m) were getting organized in the half-bath on the first floor but now they're (m) getting prepared in the bedroom on the second floor. Ils s’organisaient dans les toilettes au premier étage, mais maintenant, ils se preparent dans la chambre au deuxième étage.
You (s) were bathing in the bathroom on the ground floor but now you're (s) drying off in the bedroom on the second floor.
Tu te baignais dans la salle de bains au rez-de-chaussée, mais maintenant tu t’essuies dans la chambre au deuxième étage.
I then gave you a list of non-pronominal verbs that we'll be using in this unit, and asked you to copy them down:
manger
to eat
parler
to speak/to talk
faire
to make/to do
regarder
to look at/to watch
jouer
to play
téléphoner à
to phone
vapoter
to vape
prendre
to take
cuire
to cook
envoyer
to send
dessiner
to draw
chillaxer
to chill
travailler
to work
pleurer
to cry
viber
to vibe
écouter
to listen to
aller
to go
No homework, no intérro tomorrow. But I do recommend that if you're having trouble with pronominal verbs or with l'imparfait, you review for a few minutes. :)
le 18 sept: Today we had our intérro:
We then went over the homework on the board, then you got into pairs and came up with little stories about what you were doing and where, but now you're doing something else in a different location:
Je me brossais les dents dans la salle de bains au rez-de-chaussée... I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom on the ground floor...
Mais maintenant je m'habille dans la chambre au premier étage. ...but now I'm getting dressed in the bedroom on the first floor.
Homework: Translate the following sentences:
1. She was resting in the bedroom on the ground floor but now she's combing her hair in the bathroom on the first floor.
2. We were bathing in the bathroom on the second floor but now we're calming down in the hallway on the basement floor.
3. I was bored in the front hall on the ground floor but now I'm getting angry in the laundry room in the attic.
4. You (pl) were eating like pigs in the dining room on the first floor but now you (pl) are getting ready in the living room on the second floor.
5. They (m) were getting organized in the half-bath on the first floor but now they're (m) getting prepared in the bedroom on the second floor.
6. You (s) were bathing in the bathroom on the ground floor but now you're (s) drying off in the bedroom on the second floor.
Intérro: se goinfrer, se coiffer les cheveux, se reposer, se baigner, se calmer, se fâcher, (in the present tense and l'imparfait) le bureau, la lingerie, la cuisine, les toilettes, le couloir, mais maintenant, and all the floors.
Je me brossais les dents dans la salle de bains au rez-de-chaussée... I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom on the ground floor...
Mais maintenant je m'habille dans la chambre au premier étage. ...but now I'm getting dressed in the bedroom on the first floor.
Homework: Translate the following sentences:
1. She was resting in the bedroom on the ground floor but now she's combing her hair in the bathroom on the first floor.
2. We were bathing in the bathroom on the second floor but now we're calming down in the hallway on the basement floor.
3. I was bored in the front hall on the ground floor but now I'm getting angry in the laundry room in the attic.
4. You (pl) were eating like pigs in the dining room on the first floor but now you (pl) are getting ready in the living room on the second floor.
5. They (m) were getting organized in the half-bath on the first floor but now they're (m) getting prepared in the bedroom on the second floor.
6. You (s) were bathing in the bathroom on the ground floor but now you're (s) drying off in the bedroom on the second floor.
Intérro: se goinfrer, se coiffer les cheveux, se reposer, se baigner, se calmer, se fâcher, (in the present tense and l'imparfait) le bureau, la lingerie, la cuisine, les toilettes, le couloir, mais maintenant, and all the floors.
le 17 sept: Today we learned how to l'imparfait: when it's used (when you want to express a past action which is habitual or repetitive, or when you are expressing a general past action that doesn't really have a discernable beginning and end), how it translates ("I was talking, I used to talk"), and how to form it (take the "nous" form of the present, get rid of the "ons" ending, and add the imparfait endings: ais, ais, ait, ait, ions, iez, aient, aient). Here is an example of "parler" conjugated in l'imparfait:
je parlais nous parlions
tu parlais vous parliez
il parlait ils parlaient
elle parlait elles parlaient
Sometimes it's really obvious when you should use imparfait. For example, if I ask you to translate "I used to eat", you would know from "used to" that it has to be imparfait. As well, if I said, "I was driving", you would know it had to be imparfait because of the word "was". "Used to" and "was" are smoking guns for imparfait.
But there are some verbs that, due to their meaning, should always take imparfait to indicate the past, no matter how they sound in English. What we learned today that verbs that have to do with head, health and heart take l'imparfait in the past. For example, if I say "The princess loved the prince", that action is too blurry and messy on the timeline to be contained within the strict confines of passé composé. It doesn't pass the "pen test" (if you can think of a past tense action that has a beginning, middle, and end, just like me dropping a pen onto the floor, then that verb passes the "pen test". An example would be, "I ate", "I ran", "I saw"), so therefore it's imparfait. Elle aimait le prince.
Another example of verbs of health. If you're unsure of the timeframe of a past tense health condition, then it's imparfait. Examples would be "I had a headache" "She had the flu", "He had a cold". But health actions which have a clear beginning and end would be passé composé: "I broke my ankle", "She sneezed", "We coughed", "He threw up". These actions began, happened, then ended in a predictable, discreet way, so they're passé composé.
We also learned that if you want to put a pronominal verb into l'imparfait, you conjugate the verb as you would above, and don't change the reflexive pronoun (we don't in English, either... " I speak to myself, I used to speak to myself"):
je me parlais nous parlions
tu teparlais vous parliez
il parlait ils parlaient
elle parlait elles parlaient
If you're having trouble with the concept or formation of imparfait, take a look at these sites. The last one talks about pronominal verbs specifically:
youtu.be/nHtT_7ujfVk
francais.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses/imparfait
www.laits.utexas.edu/jnl/imperfect/imperfect_learn.html
french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-reflexive-verbs-in-l-imparfait-imperfect-tense
Homework: Rewrite your paragraph that you put together with a partner on September 14, but this time put it in l'imparfait. For example:
Instead of: D'abord, je me réveille, (I wake up) you would write je me réveillais (I was waking up, or I used to wake up).
Write half of the verbs for the subject pronoun "je", and the other half for the subject pronoun "elle".
Intérro: se lever, se réveiller, s;habiller, se déshabiller, se laver in l'imparfait in just the je, elle, and ils forms, plus la chambre, la salle de bains, le bureau, and all the floors. For example:
I was getting up in the bedroom on the ground floor: Je me levais* dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée.
*Why does this verb not have an accent grave on the "e"? You can tell me tomorrow! ;)
je parlais nous parlions
tu parlais vous parliez
il parlait ils parlaient
elle parlait elles parlaient
Sometimes it's really obvious when you should use imparfait. For example, if I ask you to translate "I used to eat", you would know from "used to" that it has to be imparfait. As well, if I said, "I was driving", you would know it had to be imparfait because of the word "was". "Used to" and "was" are smoking guns for imparfait.
But there are some verbs that, due to their meaning, should always take imparfait to indicate the past, no matter how they sound in English. What we learned today that verbs that have to do with head, health and heart take l'imparfait in the past. For example, if I say "The princess loved the prince", that action is too blurry and messy on the timeline to be contained within the strict confines of passé composé. It doesn't pass the "pen test" (if you can think of a past tense action that has a beginning, middle, and end, just like me dropping a pen onto the floor, then that verb passes the "pen test". An example would be, "I ate", "I ran", "I saw"), so therefore it's imparfait. Elle aimait le prince.
Another example of verbs of health. If you're unsure of the timeframe of a past tense health condition, then it's imparfait. Examples would be "I had a headache" "She had the flu", "He had a cold". But health actions which have a clear beginning and end would be passé composé: "I broke my ankle", "She sneezed", "We coughed", "He threw up". These actions began, happened, then ended in a predictable, discreet way, so they're passé composé.
We also learned that if you want to put a pronominal verb into l'imparfait, you conjugate the verb as you would above, and don't change the reflexive pronoun (we don't in English, either... " I speak to myself, I used to speak to myself"):
je me parlais nous parlions
tu teparlais vous parliez
il parlait ils parlaient
elle parlait elles parlaient
If you're having trouble with the concept or formation of imparfait, take a look at these sites. The last one talks about pronominal verbs specifically:
youtu.be/nHtT_7ujfVk
francais.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses/imparfait
www.laits.utexas.edu/jnl/imperfect/imperfect_learn.html
french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-reflexive-verbs-in-l-imparfait-imperfect-tense
Homework: Rewrite your paragraph that you put together with a partner on September 14, but this time put it in l'imparfait. For example:
Instead of: D'abord, je me réveille, (I wake up) you would write je me réveillais (I was waking up, or I used to wake up).
Write half of the verbs for the subject pronoun "je", and the other half for the subject pronoun "elle".
Intérro: se lever, se réveiller, s;habiller, se déshabiller, se laver in l'imparfait in just the je, elle, and ils forms, plus la chambre, la salle de bains, le bureau, and all the floors. For example:
I was getting up in the bedroom on the ground floor: Je me levais* dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée.
*Why does this verb not have an accent grave on the "e"? You can tell me tomorrow! ;)
le 14 sept: After the intérro, which is below:
...we put some verbs on the board and had an exercise whereby we put them in chronological order ("I wake up, I get up, I scratch myself, I take a shower", etc... ending with "I go to bed") in paragraphs. We had one group perform (
- I am getting up in the bedroom on the ground floor. Je me lève dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée.
- You are talking to yourself in the hallway on the first floor. Tu te parles dans le couloir au premier étage.
- I am getting undressed in the bedroom on the second floor. Je me déshabille dans la chambre au deuxième étage.
...we put some verbs on the board and had an exercise whereby we put them in chronological order ("I wake up, I get up, I scratch myself, I take a shower", etc... ending with "I go to bed") in paragraphs. We had one group perform (
le 13 sept: Today we continued working on pronominal verbs, concentrating on the verbs that we might use in a house. I gave you this worksheet:
Les verbes réfléchis pour “la maison”
se réveiller to wake up
se lever to get up
s’habiller to get dressed
se déshabiller to get undressed
se reposer to rest
se coucher to go to bed
se laver to wash oneself
se regarder to look at oneself
se doucher to shower
se baigner to bathe
se raser to shave
se maquiller to put on makeup
se brosser (les dents) to brush one’s teeth
se coiffer (les cheveux) to fix one’s hair
s’asseoir to sit down
se calmer to calm down
se cacher to hide
s’ennuyer to be bored
s’essuyer to dry oneself
se fâcher to get angry
se grater to scratch an itch
se goinfrer to eat like a pig
se mettre (à) to start doing something
s’organiser to get organized
se peigner les cheveux to comb one’s hair
se préparer to get ready
les exemples:
Je me réveiller à sept heures.
I get up at 7:00.
Je me maquille dans la salle de bains.
I put on makeup in the bathroom.
Je me mets à faire mes devoirs.
I’m starting to do my homework.
Je me prépare à regarder Netflex.
I’m getting myself ready to watch Netflix.
Homework: using the following verbs, ask what the following people are doing in whatever room and floor you like:
se parler
s'essuyer
s'déshabiller
se laver
se lever
Je
tu
You and Claire
Marc and I
Marie and Claire:
For example:
What am I doing in the bedroom on the first floor? You're getting undressed in the bedroom on the first floor.
What are you doing in the office on the ground floor? I'm talking to myself in the office on the ground floor.
Etc!
If you can't remember how to start the question, it's Qu'est-ce que.
Intérro: le couloir, la chambre, la cuisine, la salle de bains, le sous-sol, le rez-de-chaussée, le premier étage, le deuxième étage, le grenier, se parler, se déshabiller, se laver s'essuyer, se lever. (just in the je and tu forms). I'll be putting them into sentences like this:
I am drying off in the bathroom on the first floor. Je m'essuie dans la salle de bains au premier étage.
You are bored in the kitchen on the ground floor. Tu t'ennuies dans la cuisine au rez-de-chaussée.
Les verbes réfléchis pour “la maison”
se réveiller to wake up
se lever to get up
s’habiller to get dressed
se déshabiller to get undressed
se reposer to rest
se coucher to go to bed
se laver to wash oneself
se regarder to look at oneself
se doucher to shower
se baigner to bathe
se raser to shave
se maquiller to put on makeup
se brosser (les dents) to brush one’s teeth
se coiffer (les cheveux) to fix one’s hair
s’asseoir to sit down
se calmer to calm down
se cacher to hide
s’ennuyer to be bored
s’essuyer to dry oneself
se fâcher to get angry
se grater to scratch an itch
se goinfrer to eat like a pig
se mettre (à) to start doing something
s’organiser to get organized
se peigner les cheveux to comb one’s hair
se préparer to get ready
les exemples:
Je me réveiller à sept heures.
I get up at 7:00.
Je me maquille dans la salle de bains.
I put on makeup in the bathroom.
Je me mets à faire mes devoirs.
I’m starting to do my homework.
Je me prépare à regarder Netflex.
I’m getting myself ready to watch Netflix.
Homework: using the following verbs, ask what the following people are doing in whatever room and floor you like:
se parler
s'essuyer
s'déshabiller
se laver
se lever
Je
tu
You and Claire
Marc and I
Marie and Claire:
For example:
What am I doing in the bedroom on the first floor? You're getting undressed in the bedroom on the first floor.
What are you doing in the office on the ground floor? I'm talking to myself in the office on the ground floor.
Etc!
If you can't remember how to start the question, it's Qu'est-ce que.
Intérro: le couloir, la chambre, la cuisine, la salle de bains, le sous-sol, le rez-de-chaussée, le premier étage, le deuxième étage, le grenier, se parler, se déshabiller, se laver s'essuyer, se lever. (just in the je and tu forms). I'll be putting them into sentences like this:
I am drying off in the bathroom on the first floor. Je m'essuie dans la salle de bains au premier étage.
You are bored in the kitchen on the ground floor. Tu t'ennuies dans la cuisine au rez-de-chaussée.
le 12 sept: An important type of verb that can be used to describe actions in the house is the pronominal verb, which can be divided into two categories: reflexive verbs, which describes an action that someone both does and receives (like washing oneself, waking oneself up, getting oneself up, etc), and reciprocal verbs, which describe an action which, in English, we would use "to/with each other" (to fight with each other, to speak to each other, to trust each other, etc). Both categories of pronominal verbs are formed in exactly the same way: you conjugate the verb "normally" (as if it isn't pronominal), but you use an additional pronoun. For example:
Je parle - I am speaking
Je me parle - I am speaking to myself.
Here is "se parler" (to speak to oneself) conjugated in the present tense:
je me parle nous nous parlons
tu te parles vous vous parlez
il se parle ils se parlent
elle se parle elles se parlent
If you need some additional info about pronominal verbs, try these websites:
www.dummies.com/languages/french/understanding-french-pronominal-verbs/
youtu.be/-EQtR7npmuE
No homework or intérro for tomorrow, but if you are having a lot of trouble with pronominal verbs, please take 5 minutes and have a look at the links above.
Je parle - I am speaking
Je me parle - I am speaking to myself.
Here is "se parler" (to speak to oneself) conjugated in the present tense:
je me parle nous nous parlons
tu te parles vous vous parlez
il se parle ils se parlent
elle se parle elles se parlent
If you need some additional info about pronominal verbs, try these websites:
www.dummies.com/languages/french/understanding-french-pronominal-verbs/
youtu.be/-EQtR7npmuE
No homework or intérro for tomorrow, but if you are having a lot of trouble with pronominal verbs, please take 5 minutes and have a look at the links above.
le 11 sept: Today we had our first intérro, then talked a bit about the homework. I put you into groups of 8 (with one group of 5) for you to figure out how you are going to present the material. I'll give you 10 minutes at the beginning of tomorrow's class to finish putting it together.
Intérro: au sous-sol, au premier étage, au rez-de-chaussée, il y a, une lingerie, un bureau, une cave, un couloir. I'll be making sentences from these vocab words, such as : "There is an office in the basement" (il y a un bureau au sous-sol).
No homework.
Intérro: au sous-sol, au premier étage, au rez-de-chaussée, il y a, une lingerie, un bureau, une cave, un couloir. I'll be making sentences from these vocab words, such as : "There is an office in the basement" (il y a un bureau au sous-sol).
No homework.
le 10 sept: Welcome back to the classroom! Hope you all had a great weekend. We started off by finishing up the rooms of the house Powerpoint; here's a complete list of the rooms you need to know:
la lingerie - the laundry room
la chambre - the bedroom
la cuisine - the kitchen
les toilettes - the washroom (powder room)
la salle de bains - the bathroom
le foyer - the front hall
le couloir - the hall
l'escalier - the staircase
le salon - the living room
le séjour - the family room
la cave - the wine cellar
le bureau - the office
le grenier - the attic room
la salle à manger - the dining room
We wrote down 10 places where Twinkie could be in the house, reusing the floors twice:
Twinkie est dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée.
Twinkie est dans la lingerie au sous-sol.
Twinkie est dans le bureau au grenier...etc.
I then asked the question, "Est-ce que Twinkie est dans <la pièce> au <l'étage.?", substituting in different rooms and floors with each question, and students had to answer in the negative and say that Twinkie was in a different location. We then tried that again with inside and outside circles, which seemed to work great! Finally, we played "Où est Twinkie", and Mme GZ had a lot of fun. :)
Homework: Translate the handout which I gave you (remembering that you don't need to translate "entrance way". If you didn't get the worksheet, here's what you need to translate:
Here is my house. How many floors are in my house? There are five floors in my house: the basement, the ground floor, the first floor, the second floor, and the attic. How many rooms are in my house? There are 10 rooms in my house. Here are the the foyer, the living room, the family room, the dining room, the kitchen, the office, the bedroom, the bathroom, and the half-bath. Here is the hallway and the stairs.
There will be an intérro tomorrow: la cuisine, la chambre, la salle de bains, au grenier, au sous-sol, le premier étage.
la lingerie - the laundry room
la chambre - the bedroom
la cuisine - the kitchen
les toilettes - the washroom (powder room)
la salle de bains - the bathroom
le foyer - the front hall
le couloir - the hall
l'escalier - the staircase
le salon - the living room
le séjour - the family room
la cave - the wine cellar
le bureau - the office
le grenier - the attic room
la salle à manger - the dining room
We wrote down 10 places where Twinkie could be in the house, reusing the floors twice:
Twinkie est dans la chambre au rez-de-chaussée.
Twinkie est dans la lingerie au sous-sol.
Twinkie est dans le bureau au grenier...etc.
I then asked the question, "Est-ce que Twinkie est dans <la pièce> au <l'étage.?", substituting in different rooms and floors with each question, and students had to answer in the negative and say that Twinkie was in a different location. We then tried that again with inside and outside circles, which seemed to work great! Finally, we played "Où est Twinkie", and Mme GZ had a lot of fun. :)
Homework: Translate the handout which I gave you (remembering that you don't need to translate "entrance way". If you didn't get the worksheet, here's what you need to translate:
Here is my house. How many floors are in my house? There are five floors in my house: the basement, the ground floor, the first floor, the second floor, and the attic. How many rooms are in my house? There are 10 rooms in my house. Here are the the foyer, the living room, the family room, the dining room, the kitchen, the office, the bedroom, the bathroom, and the half-bath. Here is the hallway and the stairs.
There will be an intérro tomorrow: la cuisine, la chambre, la salle de bains, au grenier, au sous-sol, le premier étage.
le 7 sept: After a rousing game of Ziggity Zaggity Zoggity, we went over how to talk about the floors on the house, and then watched a Powerpoint so that we could learn about "les pièces" (rooms). Here's what we have so far:
la lingerie - the laundry room
le foyer - the front hall
le couloir - the hall
l'escalier - the staircase
le salon - the living room
le séjour - the family room
We learned that to say that a room is on a floor, we have to say "au premier étage, il y a une chambre" (for example).
No weekend homework. :)
la lingerie - the laundry room
le foyer - the front hall
le couloir - the hall
l'escalier - the staircase
le salon - the living room
le séjour - the family room
We learned that to say that a room is on a floor, we have to say "au premier étage, il y a une chambre" (for example).
No weekend homework. :)
le 6 sept: We started our new unit today: La Maison. We went over the following:
Bonjour, je m'appelle Nancy, et voici ma maison. Combien d'étages est-ce qu'il y a dans ma maison? Dans ma maison, il y a cinq étages: le sous-sol, le rez-de-chausseé, le premier étage, le deuxième étage, et le grenier.
We learned that to say that a room (or a person) is on a certain floor, we use au:
Bob est au grenier.
Mme GZ est au deuxième étage.
Homework: Write a paragraph stating:
-your name
-here's my house
-how many floors are in my house?
-name the floors
Bonjour, je m'appelle Nancy, et voici ma maison. Combien d'étages est-ce qu'il y a dans ma maison? Dans ma maison, il y a cinq étages: le sous-sol, le rez-de-chausseé, le premier étage, le deuxième étage, et le grenier.
We learned that to say that a room (or a person) is on a certain floor, we use au:
Bob est au grenier.
Mme GZ est au deuxième étage.
Homework: Write a paragraph stating:
-your name
-here's my house
-how many floors are in my house?
-name the floors
le 5 sept: Today we went over some rules of the classroom that you would like to see:
-time twice a week during class for students to confer and work together if they either need help or can supply some help for French
-weekly moment of ZIMM
-nature walks: just around, and perhaps train for a Butze walk before the weather gets wonky
-eat more French food
Merci for your participation! We then took a look at some vocabulary that a teacher might say to a student, and a student might say to a teacher. You worked on it a bit in groups, then we took it up. Have that sheet handy for the rest of the trimester so that you can ask me simple French questions and respond to mine throughout our time together.
We then watched a video about why we should put our phones down occasionally. We got about halfway done; we'll watch the rest tomorrow. Remember that you need to write down one thing that he says that you either really agree with, or really disagree with. No homework.
-time twice a week during class for students to confer and work together if they either need help or can supply some help for French
-weekly moment of ZIMM
-nature walks: just around, and perhaps train for a Butze walk before the weather gets wonky
-eat more French food
Merci for your participation! We then took a look at some vocabulary that a teacher might say to a student, and a student might say to a teacher. You worked on it a bit in groups, then we took it up. Have that sheet handy for the rest of the trimester so that you can ask me simple French questions and respond to mine throughout our time together.
We then watched a video about why we should put our phones down occasionally. We got about halfway done; we'll watch the rest tomorrow. Remember that you need to write down one thing that he says that you either really agree with, or really disagree with. No homework.