le 9 novembre: We did our fashion show today, and everyone did an amazing job! I had a really fun time with you guys.
We then did some sample test questions:
Good luck on the test tomorrow! ♥
We then did some sample test questions:
- I’m not going to wear an old ugly ragged pair of jeans. Je ne vais pas porter de vieux laid jeans déguillé.
- She didn’t just take off her big ugly tight expensive colourful baggy boots. Elle ne vient pas d’enlever ses grandes laides bottes serrées, chères, en couleur et amples.
- I’m not going to take off my new small inexpensive good-looking cozy thicc black blue and white pointy shoes. Je ne vais pas enlever mes belles petites nouvelles chaussures pas chères confortables bombées noires bleues blanches, et pointues.
- I’m wearing / Je porte/je ne porte pas
- You’re putting on/Tu mets/tu ne mets pas
- She’s taking off/elle enlève/elle n’enlève pas
- He likes to wear/ Il aime porter/il n’aime pas porter.
- She really likes to put on – Elle aime bien mettre / Elle n’aime pas bien mettre.
- I just took off – Je viens d’enlever
- She’s going to put on – Elle va mettre
Good luck on the test tomorrow! ♥
le 8 novembre: We had our intérro:
We had our commemoration for Indigenous Veteran's Day today; thank you for your respectful behaviour.
We had a great game of Je Passe, then I gave you the rest of the block to work on your projects/study for your test on Thursday. Good luck on the présentations de collections tomorrow!
Homework:
Make sure you're ready for your fashion show, and that you study for Thursday's test.
Intérro:
We be all done the intérros! Woot! ♥
- I’m not going to wear my old blue tie. Je ne vais pas porter ma vieille cravate bleue.
- She’s putting on her small, tight bathing suit. Elle met son petit maillot de bain serré.
- He just took off his good-looking orange sunglasses. Il vient d’enlever ses belles lunettes de soleil orange.
- I’m wearing my ugly old boots. Je porte mes laides, vieilles bottes.
- My tights are scratching me. Mes collants me grattent.
- Your tie looks good on you. Ta cravate te va bien.
We had our commemoration for Indigenous Veteran's Day today; thank you for your respectful behaviour.
We had a great game of Je Passe, then I gave you the rest of the block to work on your projects/study for your test on Thursday. Good luck on the présentations de collections tomorrow!
Homework:
Make sure you're ready for your fashion show, and that you study for Thursday's test.
Intérro:
We be all done the intérros! Woot! ♥
le 7 novembre: We had our intérro:
I gave you a sheet with two photographs to work on to prepare you for all the evaluation pieces that are happening this week:
- She just put on her old red boots. Elle vient de mettre ses vieilles bottes rouges.
- He is going to wear his small dressy suit. Il va porter son petit costume habillé.
- You’re taking off your good-looking white sandals. Tu enlèves tes belles sandales blanches.
- I put on my ugly loose sweater. Je mets mon laid chandail ample.
I gave you a sheet with two photographs to work on to prepare you for all the evaluation pieces that are happening this week:
| practice_for_magazine_show_and_test_q1.docx |
We took up the answers to just the first picture, so that you would understand what to do:
Voici Bob. Qu’est-ce que Bob porte? Bob vient de mettre des nouvelles chaussures pointues, un vieux pantalon beige/blanc, étroit, et chic, une petite veste bleue et habillée, une grande chemise bleue, à pois, ample, et branché, une belle cravate longue et bleue, et des mauvaises lunettes de soleil noires. Il ne va pas mettre de chaussettes. Il ne porte pas de chandail vert et serré. Son ensemble tombe bien sur lui. Il n’est pas de victime de la mode.
I then gave you the rest of the class to work on your fashion show presentations with your group.
Homework:
Work on your fashion show presentations, your magazine page, and prepare for your test on Thursday.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Your pants look good on you. Ton pantalon te va bien.
2. My ugly old hat scratches me. Mon vieux laid chapeau me gratte.
3. He's not going to put on his new, tight orange boots. Il ne va pas mettre ses nouvelles bottes orange et étroites. Etc. ♥
Voici Bob. Qu’est-ce que Bob porte? Bob vient de mettre des nouvelles chaussures pointues, un vieux pantalon beige/blanc, étroit, et chic, une petite veste bleue et habillée, une grande chemise bleue, à pois, ample, et branché, une belle cravate longue et bleue, et des mauvaises lunettes de soleil noires. Il ne va pas mettre de chaussettes. Il ne porte pas de chandail vert et serré. Son ensemble tombe bien sur lui. Il n’est pas de victime de la mode.
I then gave you the rest of the class to work on your fashion show presentations with your group.
Homework:
Work on your fashion show presentations, your magazine page, and prepare for your test on Thursday.
Intérro:
- porter, enlever, mettre for je, tu, il and elle in the present tense
- porter, enlever, mettre in the infinitive
- aimer bien, aimer mieux
- je viens de, tu viens de, il vient de, elle vient de
- aller in the je, tu, il, elle forms in the present tense
- mon ma mes, ton ta tes, son sa ses
- cravate, maillot de bain, lunettes de soleil, bottes, collants
- vieux, petit, beau, laid, nouveau in all their forms
- bleu, orange, étroit in all their forms
- me gratte, tu as mauvais goût, ringard, te va bien
Eg:
1. Your pants look good on you. Ton pantalon te va bien.
2. My ugly old hat scratches me. Mon vieux laid chapeau me gratte.
3. He's not going to put on his new, tight orange boots. Il ne va pas mettre ses nouvelles bottes orange et étroites. Etc. ♥
le 4 novembre: We had our intérro:
I then taught you a fun way to use the verb venir and the infinitive to indicate that something happened in the past. We started with the present tense conjugation of venir (to come):
Je viens nous venons
tu viens vous venez
il vient ils viennent
elle vient elles viennent
We learned that using venir in the present tense and following it with "de" and the infinitive of a different verb translates to "I am coming from wearing my hat" or "He's coming from taking off his ugly socks", but actually means "I just wore my hat" or "He just took off his ugly socks." I taught you the weird translation first so that you would understand the importance of including the "de" in this construction.
We then tried these sentences on for size:
1. He’s going to put on an ugly yellow striped sweater. Il va mettre un laid chandail rayé et jaune.
2. I just took off a short tight red polka-dotted skirt. Je viens d’enlever une jupe serrée, courte, rouge et à pois.
3. I really like to wear my blue tights. J’aime bien porter mes collants bleus.
4. She prefers to wear fashionable expensive dresses. Elle préfère porter des robes branchées et chères.
We played "Où est Twinkie" with our vocab, then we worked on our magazine pages and index cards a bit. Here is some info I put on the board about your work:
- You’re going to wear an old plaid suit. Tu vas porter un vieux costume écossais.
- I’m going to put on a good-looking, dressy bathing suit. Je vais mettre un beau maillot de bain habillé.
- You’re going to take off your new, simple tights. Tu vas enlever tes nouveaux collants simples.
- I’m going to put on my small, expensive boots. Je vais mettre mes petites bottes chères.
- The tie doesn’t look good on you at all, GZ… La cravate ne te va pas du tout, GZ…
- … you’re a fashion victim….tu es une victime de la mode.
I then taught you a fun way to use the verb venir and the infinitive to indicate that something happened in the past. We started with the present tense conjugation of venir (to come):
Je viens nous venons
tu viens vous venez
il vient ils viennent
elle vient elles viennent
We learned that using venir in the present tense and following it with "de" and the infinitive of a different verb translates to "I am coming from wearing my hat" or "He's coming from taking off his ugly socks", but actually means "I just wore my hat" or "He just took off his ugly socks." I taught you the weird translation first so that you would understand the importance of including the "de" in this construction.
We then tried these sentences on for size:
1. He’s going to put on an ugly yellow striped sweater. Il va mettre un laid chandail rayé et jaune.
2. I just took off a short tight red polka-dotted skirt. Je viens d’enlever une jupe serrée, courte, rouge et à pois.
3. I really like to wear my blue tights. J’aime bien porter mes collants bleus.
4. She prefers to wear fashionable expensive dresses. Elle préfère porter des robes branchées et chères.
We played "Où est Twinkie" with our vocab, then we worked on our magazine pages and index cards a bit. Here is some info I put on the board about your work:
Remember that your index card:
Your magazine page:
Homework:
Work on your projects, and study for your test.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. He just took off his old, ugly striped sweater. Il vient d'enlever son vieux, laid chandail rayé.
2. She is going to put on her beautiful little pointy boots. Elle va mettre ses belles petites bottes pointues.
3. I really like to wear my dressy new sandals. J'aime bien porter mes nouvelles sandales habillées. ♥
- has to have a minimum of 10 different adjectives;
- has to use "son/sa/ses" with clothing items;
- has to show present tense, passé récent (venir de infinitive), futur proche (aller infinitive), aimer (bien) (mieux) infinitive (or instead of the aimer construction you can use préfèrer infinitive)
Your magazine page:
- must have three people, represented by three pictures, clipart, or drawings;
- the pictures MUST match what you say in the paragraphs;
- one paragraph that is very trashy about a member of a rival fashion house;
- one paragraph about you, talking about how great you look (you can just copy your index card);
- one paragraph that you can do what you like with: you can be trashy about the third person, or nice about the third person, or sort of wishy-washy about the third person
- minimum of 20 adjectives and of course, all the tenses and tons of pieces of clothing
Homework:
Work on your projects, and study for your test.
Intérro:
- porter, enlever, mettre for je, tu, il and elle in the present tense
- porter, enlever, mettre in the infinitive
- aimer bien, aimer mieux
- je viens de, tu viens de, il vient de, elle vient de
- aller in the je, tu, il, elle forms in the present tense
- mon ma mes, ton ta tes, son sa ses
- costume, bottes, sandales, chandail, chapeau
- vieux, petit, beau, laid, nouveau in all their forms
- rouge, blanc, habillé, ample, pointu in all their forms.
Eg:
1. He just took off his old, ugly striped sweater. Il vient d'enlever son vieux, laid chandail rayé.
2. She is going to put on her beautiful little pointy boots. Elle va mettre ses belles petites bottes pointues.
3. I really like to wear my dressy new sandals. J'aime bien porter mes nouvelles sandales habillées. ♥
le 3 novembre: We had our intérro:
Here is today's homework with the answers:
Homework:
Work on the index card that your friend will read for the fashion show.
Intérro:
- She’s going to wear a pretty bathing suit. Elle va porter un beau maillot de bain.
- He’s going to put on a new, tight suit. Il va mettre un nouveau costume serré.
- She’s taking off old loose boots. Elle enlève des vieilles bottes amples.
- I’m going to take off my long bad tights. Je vais enlever mes mauvais collants longs.
- Zimm is wearing his new short tie. Zimm porte sa nouvelle cravate courte.
Here is today's homework with the answers:
- Here's Fred. What is he wearing? Voici Fred. Qu’est-ce qu’il porte?
- He's wearing an ugly suit. Il porte un laid costume.
- He's not wearing a good looking suit.
- Il ne porte pas un beau costume.
- He's going to put on a small white shirt and a red striped tie.
- Il va mettre une petite chemise blanche et une cravate rouge et rayée.
- He likes to take off his big, out of fashion socks. Il aime enlever ses grandes chaussettes démodées.
- I prefer to wear small, trendy socks. Je préfère porter des petites chaussettes branchées.
- Fred's going to take off his beautiful pointy orange shoes. Fred va enlever ses belles chaussures orange et pointues.
Homework:
Work on the index card that your friend will read for the fashion show.
Intérro:
- vieux, beau, nouveau, petit, mauvais in all their forms
- habillé, simple, cher, écossais in all their forms
- ne te vas pas du tout, me gratte, une victime de la mode
- je vais, tu vas, il va, elle va
- mon, ma, mes. ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses
- porter, enlever, mettre in just their infinitive forms
- un maillot de bain, un costume, des collants, des bottes, une cravate ♥
le 2 novembre: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework:
We played a fantastic game of Zig Zag Zog; c'était très amusant! We then learned a pretty cool trick: a new way to use verbs such as "aller", "aimer", and "préférer": you can conjugate them in the present tense, then put an unconjugated verb after it, and we can indicate that we are going to do something, we like to do something, or we prefer to do something. Here are some examples:
Je vais porter - I am going to wear (implies the future without using the future tense! woot!)
J'aime porter - I like to wear
Je préfère porter - I prefer to wear
Here are some more examples:
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
"Here's Fred. What is she wearing? He's wearing an ugly suit. He's not wearing a good looking suit. He's going to put on a small white shirt and a red striped tie. He likes to take off his big, out of fashion socks. I prefer to wear small, trendy socks. Fred's going to take off his beautiful pointy orange shoes."
Intérro:
Eg:
1. He is going to take off his good looking loose bathing suit. ♥
We then took up the homework:
We played a fantastic game of Zig Zag Zog; c'était très amusant! We then learned a pretty cool trick: a new way to use verbs such as "aller", "aimer", and "préférer": you can conjugate them in the present tense, then put an unconjugated verb after it, and we can indicate that we are going to do something, we like to do something, or we prefer to do something. Here are some examples:
Je vais porter - I am going to wear (implies the future without using the future tense! woot!)
J'aime porter - I like to wear
Je préfère porter - I prefer to wear
Here are some more examples:
- Are you going to wear a small red hat? Est-ce que tu vas porter un petit chapeau rouge?
- He’s going to put on some raggedy old socks. Il va mettre des vieilles chaussettes déguillées.
- You are going to take off your cheesy ugly yellow dress. Tu vas enlever ta laide robe jaune et ringarde.
- She likes to wear trendy striped socks. Elle aime porter des chaussettes branchées et rayées.
- You (s) prefer to put on an old ugly plaid shirt. Tu préfères mettre une vieille laide chemise écossaise.
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
"Here's Fred. What is she wearing? He's wearing an ugly suit. He's not wearing a good looking suit. He's going to put on a small white shirt and a red striped tie. He likes to take off his big, out of fashion socks. I prefer to wear small, trendy socks. Fred's going to take off his beautiful pointy orange shoes."
Intérro:
- vieux, beau, nouveau, petit, mauvais in all their forms
- long, court, ample, serré, étroit in all their forms
- je vais, tu vas, il va, elle va
- mon, ma, mes. ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses
- porter, enlever, mettre in just their infinitive forms
- un maillot de bain, un costume, des collants, des bottes, une cravate
Eg:
1. He is going to take off his good looking loose bathing suit. ♥
le premier novembre: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework:
1. Here's Fred. Voici Fred.
2. What is Fred wearing? Qu’est-ce que Fred porte?
3. Fred is wearing a tight red jacket. Fred porte une veste serrée et rouge.
4. He is a fashion victim! Il est une victime de la mode.
5. He's not wearing any striped white socks. Il ne porte pas de chaussettes blanches et rayées.
6. Fred has bad taste! Fred a mauvais goût!
7. Does your ugly brown hat itch, Fred? Est-ce que ton laid chapeau brun te gratte, Fred?
8. You are not trendy, Fred; you are plain and gaudy. Tu n’es pas branché Fred; tu es uni et voyant.
We then learned how to say "my", "your", "his" and "her" in French:
- The new suit is good-looking. Le nouveau costume est beau.
- The old jacket is cheesy. La vieille veste est ringarde.
- The small coat is trendy. Le petit manteau est branché.
- The good-looking vest is vulgar. Le beau gilet est vulgaire.
- The new pair of pants is plain and big. Le nouveau pantalon est uni et grand.
We then took up the homework:
1. Here's Fred. Voici Fred.
2. What is Fred wearing? Qu’est-ce que Fred porte?
3. Fred is wearing a tight red jacket. Fred porte une veste serrée et rouge.
4. He is a fashion victim! Il est une victime de la mode.
5. He's not wearing any striped white socks. Il ne porte pas de chaussettes blanches et rayées.
6. Fred has bad taste! Fred a mauvais goût!
7. Does your ugly brown hat itch, Fred? Est-ce que ton laid chapeau brun te gratte, Fred?
8. You are not trendy, Fred; you are plain and gaudy. Tu n’es pas branché Fred; tu es uni et voyant.
We then learned how to say "my", "your", "his" and "her" in French:
We did the exercises in French for Mastery on pages 150 and 151 in class.
Homework:
Look at the picture below as your guide, and write three tiny conversations based on Activity 2 in F4M on page 151: Pierre asks where his clothing item is (and you'll use one BANGS adjective and one non-BANGS adjective to describe this piece of clothing); Shaye answers back that she doesn't have that article of clothing (using Pierre's adjectives), but here is a different clothing item (also using a BANGS and non-BANGS adjective). There are English and French examples in the picture underneath the intérro words.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Where are my big red pants? Où est mon grand pantalon rouge?
2. I don't have your big red pants. Je n'ai pas tes grand pantalon rouge.
3. Here are some old blue jeans. Voici le vieux jean bleu. Etc. ♥
Homework:
Look at the picture below as your guide, and write three tiny conversations based on Activity 2 in F4M on page 151: Pierre asks where his clothing item is (and you'll use one BANGS adjective and one non-BANGS adjective to describe this piece of clothing); Shaye answers back that she doesn't have that article of clothing (using Pierre's adjectives), but here is a different clothing item (also using a BANGS and non-BANGS adjective). There are English and French examples in the picture underneath the intérro words.
Intérro:
- mon ma mes, ton, ta tes, son sa ses
- pantalon, chapeau, chaussettes, gilet, maillot de bain
- petit, grand, vieux, nouveau, beau and all their forms
- violet, marron, orange, rouge, blanc
- je n'ai pas...
- voici
- Où est...
- questions
Eg:
1. Where are my big red pants? Où est mon grand pantalon rouge?
2. I don't have your big red pants. Je n'ai pas tes grand pantalon rouge.
3. Here are some old blue jeans. Voici le vieux jean bleu. Etc. ♥
le 31 octobre: We had our test, then took it up. We then looked at some adjectives and adjective phrases which can be used to describe clothing: some nice ones for your own outfit (for the magazine article and the fashion show) and some not-so-nice ones for you to use to describe someone else's clothing (for the magazine article).
Here are the answers to the 10 questions that are at the bottom of the worksheet we used today:
I also gave you the conjugations of être, which you need any time you need to say "the clothing item is <adjective>", or "the clothing item are <adjective)".
être – to be
je suis – I am
tu es – You are
il est – He is
elle est – She is
nous sommes – we are
vous êtes – you are
ils sont – they are (m)
elles sont – they are (f)
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
1. Here's Fred.
2. What is Fred wearing?
3. Fred is wearing a tight red jacket.
4. He is a fshion victim!
5. He's not wearing any striped white socks.
6. Fred has bad taste!
7. Does your ugly brown hat itch, Fred?
8. You are not trendy, Fred; you are plain and gaudy.
L'intérro:
1. The pants are vulgar and plain. Le pantalon est vulgaire et uni.
2. The new purple suit is trendy. Le nouveau costume violet est branché.
3. The new, white and green coat is cheesy. Le nouveau manteau est ringard. Etc. ♥
Here are the answers to the 10 questions that are at the bottom of the worksheet we used today:
- Le pantalon te grossit.
- La veste est unie et vulgaire. / La veste unie et vulgaire.
- La robe t’amincit.
- GZ n’est pas branchée; elle est démodée.
- Tu as mauvais goût, GZ!
- Il porte un mauvais laid vieux chandail ringard.
- GZ est une victime de la mode.
- Est-ce que la laide jupe te gratte?
- Le costume ne te va pas du tout.
- Les chaussettes sont nazes, et les chaussures sont laides.
I also gave you the conjugations of être, which you need any time you need to say "the clothing item is <adjective>", or "the clothing item are <adjective)".
être – to be
je suis – I am
tu es – You are
il est – He is
elle est – She is
nous sommes – we are
vous êtes – you are
ils sont – they are (m)
elles sont – they are (f)
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
1. Here's Fred.
2. What is Fred wearing?
3. Fred is wearing a tight red jacket.
4. He is a fshion victim!
5. He's not wearing any striped white socks.
6. Fred has bad taste!
7. Does your ugly brown hat itch, Fred?
8. You are not trendy, Fred; you are plain and gaudy.
L'intérro:
- un costume, un pantalon, un gilet, une veste, un monteau
- brun, violet, blanc, vert (and all of their forms);
- nouveau, vieux, beau, petit, grand (in all their forms)
- branché, ringard, uni, vulgaire
1. The pants are vulgar and plain. Le pantalon est vulgaire et uni.
2. The new purple suit is trendy. Le nouveau costume violet est branché.
3. The new, white and green coat is cheesy. Le nouveau manteau est ringard. Etc. ♥
le 28 octobre: We had our intérro:
We then practiced putting together huge sentences with tons of adjectives: you guys did a great job! I then gave you the practice test, and we took it up:
Partie A : Qu’est-ce qu’on porte?
Partie B : Traduisez en français :
Here are the answers:
You then circulated around the room and interviewed four people to find out what they're wearing for the fashion show, and wrote the information in French down on a form that I gave you. On Monday after we write our test, I'll give you some additional vocabulary so that you can start writing your magazine page. I'll give you the structure and format of that on Monday.
Homework:
Make sure that you've finished up your interview sheet, including the top at the part where you're describing what you're wearing. You can copy that part from the paragraph you wrote. Make sure you have lots of articles of clothing, and lots of adjectives.
Intérro:
No intérro! ♥
- I’m putting on a small polka-dotted pair of yellow shorts. Je mets un petit short à pois et jaune.
- He’s not taking off a big striped bathing suit. Il n’enlève pas de grand maillot de bain rayé.
- She’s wearing floral brown boots. Elle porte des bottes à fleur et marron.
- I’m not wearing inexpensive yellow shoes. Je ne porte pas de chaussures jaunes et pas chères.
- You’re putting on an overpriced pullover. Tu mets un pull hors de prix.
We then practiced putting together huge sentences with tons of adjectives: you guys did a great job! I then gave you the practice test, and we took it up:
Partie A : Qu’est-ce qu’on porte?
- Qu’est-ce qu’on porte à la plage? (4 choses)
- __________________________
- __________________________
- __________________________
- __________________________
- Qu’est-ce que Zimm porte au palais de justice? (7 choses)
- ___________________________________
- ___________________________________
- ___________________________________
- ___________________________________
- ___________________________________
- ____________________________________
- ____________________________________
Partie B : Traduisez en français :
- Henri has an old suit. _____________________________________________
- He’s buying a new tie. _____________________________________________
- You’re (s) putting on a warm, cozy coat. __________________________________________
- I’m taking off a polka-dotted, striped, pretty white hat. ________________________________
- She’s not wearing pointy, ragged, old orange shoes. _________________________________
Here are the answers:
- un short
- un maillot de bain
- des lunettes de soleil
- des sandales
- un chapeau
- un t-shirt
- un costume
- une cravate
- des chaussures
- une veste
- un pantalon
- une chemise
- des chaussettes
- Henri a un vieux costume.
- Il achète une nouvelle cravate.
- Tu mets un manteau confortable, chaud.
- J’enlève un beau chapeau à pois, rayé et blanc.
- Elle ne porte pas de vieilles chaussures pointues, déguillées, et orange.
You then circulated around the room and interviewed four people to find out what they're wearing for the fashion show, and wrote the information in French down on a form that I gave you. On Monday after we write our test, I'll give you some additional vocabulary so that you can start writing your magazine page. I'll give you the structure and format of that on Monday.
Homework:
Make sure that you've finished up your interview sheet, including the top at the part where you're describing what you're wearing. You can copy that part from the paragraph you wrote. Make sure you have lots of articles of clothing, and lots of adjectives.
Intérro:
No intérro! ♥
le 27 octobre: We had our intérro:
We took up Tuesday's homework:
I then gave you some new adjectives:
à pois - polka dotted
rayé - striped
à fleur - floral
pointu - pointy
hors de prix - overpriced
pas cher - cheap
All of these adjectives are placed after the noun (article of clothing), as none of them fall into BANGS.
I gave you the rest of the block to write a paragraph about what you're wearing for the fashion show. You can take liberties with the articles of clothing and the adjectives, as I really wanted you to practice your French rather than be exactly specific about what you're wearing. I gave you a sample paragraph:
Here’s GZ. What’s she wearing? She’s putting on expensive pointy red shoes, ratty old white socks, a cheap polka-dotted green skirt, an elegant, out-of-fashion blouse, small blue glasses, a beautiful dressy yellow jacket, and a cozy brown coat. She’s not taking off her narrow black vest.
Homework:
Make sure you've finished your paragraph, as we'll be using it tomorrow.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. He's not wearing a small polka-dotted yellow bathing suit. Il ne porte pas de petit maillot de bains à pois et jaune.
2. She's taking off some big brown striped, overpriced boots. Elle enlève des grandes bottes rayées, brunes, et hors de prix. Etc. ♥
- I’m not taking off an old, colourful coat. Je n’enlève pas de vieux manteau en couleur.
- She’s wearing a beautiful, cool dress. Elle porte une belle robe cool.
- He’s putting on a warm, cozy blue hat. ll met un chapeau chaud, confortable, et bleu.
- You’re not wearing a pretty white skirt. Tu ne portes pas de belle jupe blanche.
- He’s taking off a thicc green jacket. Il enlève une veste verte et bombée.
We took up Tuesday's homework:
- I’m not taking off an old, colourful coat. Je n’enlève pas de vieux manteau en couleur.
- She’s wearing a beautiful, cool dress. Elle porte une belle robe cool.
- He’s putting on a warm, cozy blue hat. ll met un chapeau chaud, confortable, et bleu.
- You’re not wearing a pretty white skirt. Tu ne portes pas de belle jupe blanche.
- He’s taking off a thicc green jacket. Il enlève une veste verte et bombée.
- Henri a un vieux costume. Il achète un nouveau costume.
- Brigitte a un vieux manteau. Elle achète un nouveau manteau.
- Paul a une vieille cravate. Il achète une nouvelle cravate.
- Sylvie a des vieux collants. Elle achète des nouveaux collants.
- Michèle a un vieux chemisier. Elle achète un nouveau chemisier.
- Philippe a des vieilles chemises. Il achète des nouvelles chemises.
- Jean-Claude a un vieux chapeau. Il achète un nouveau chapeau.
- Georges a un vieil anorak. Il achète un nouvel anorak.
- Vincent a un vieil appareil-photo. Il achète un nouvel appareil-photo.
- Catherine a une vieille chaîne stéréo. Elle achète une nouvelle chaîne stéréo.
I then gave you some new adjectives:
à pois - polka dotted
rayé - striped
à fleur - floral
pointu - pointy
hors de prix - overpriced
pas cher - cheap
All of these adjectives are placed after the noun (article of clothing), as none of them fall into BANGS.
I gave you the rest of the block to write a paragraph about what you're wearing for the fashion show. You can take liberties with the articles of clothing and the adjectives, as I really wanted you to practice your French rather than be exactly specific about what you're wearing. I gave you a sample paragraph:
Here’s GZ. What’s she wearing? She’s putting on expensive pointy red shoes, ratty old white socks, a cheap polka-dotted green skirt, an elegant, out-of-fashion blouse, small blue glasses, a beautiful dressy yellow jacket, and a cozy brown coat. She’s not taking off her narrow black vest.
Homework:
Make sure you've finished your paragraph, as we'll be using it tomorrow.
Intérro:
- à pois, rayé, à fleur, pointu, hors de prix, pas cher
- grand, petit
- jaune, marron
- des bottes, un short, un maillot de bain, un pull, des chaussures
- questions and negatives.
Eg:
1. He's not wearing a small polka-dotted yellow bathing suit. Il ne porte pas de petit maillot de bains à pois et jaune.
2. She's taking off some big brown striped, overpriced boots. Elle enlève des grandes bottes rayées, brunes, et hors de prix. Etc. ♥
le 26 octobre: Today we had our intérro:
We didn't have a chance to take up the homework, as we had a lot of adjective work to do.
We decided that we would add the following adjectives to our list:
cool - cool
en couleur - colourful
bombé - thicc
confortable - cozy
chaud - warm or hot
We then learned that there are a number of adjectives which are placed before the noun in French, and they can be categorized into the following 5 groups:
Beauty - beau/belle, laid/laide (good looking, ugly)
Age: nouveau, vieux (new, old)
Numbers: un, deux, trois...
Goodness: bon/bonne, mauvais/mauvais (good, bad)
Size: petit/petite, grand/grande (small, big)
Here's a couple of examples:
1. I'm wearing cool new jeans - Je porte un nouveau jean cool.
2. He's putting on two colourful socks - Il met deux chaussettes en couleur
3. She's taking off a warm, cozy, old pair of pants - Elle enlève un vieux pantalon chaud et confortable.
Homework:
Make sure you have yesterday's homework done, as we didn't have a chance to take it up today.
Also, do Activity 2 on page 201 and Activity 3 on page 202 in French for Mastery. We went over how to do those exercises in detail at the end of class.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Is she wearing a thicc, cozy old coat? Est-ce qu'elle porte un vieux monteau bombé et confortable?
2. I'm not taking off a beautiful, cool new jacket. Je n'enlève pas de belle nouvelle veste cool.
- She’s wearing a ragged blue blouse. Elle porte un chemisier déguillé et bleu.
- I’m not putting on a formal orange tie. Je ne mets pas de cravate habillée et orange.
- He’s taking off an out-of-fashion red vest. Il enlève un gilet démodé et rouge.
- You’re putting on a dressy black suit. Tu mets un costume habillé et noir.
- I’m not wearing an expensive brown shirt. Je ne porte pas de chemise chère et marron.
We didn't have a chance to take up the homework, as we had a lot of adjective work to do.
We decided that we would add the following adjectives to our list:
cool - cool
en couleur - colourful
bombé - thicc
confortable - cozy
chaud - warm or hot
We then learned that there are a number of adjectives which are placed before the noun in French, and they can be categorized into the following 5 groups:
Beauty - beau/belle, laid/laide (good looking, ugly)
Age: nouveau, vieux (new, old)
Numbers: un, deux, trois...
Goodness: bon/bonne, mauvais/mauvais (good, bad)
Size: petit/petite, grand/grande (small, big)
Here's a couple of examples:
1. I'm wearing cool new jeans - Je porte un nouveau jean cool.
2. He's putting on two colourful socks - Il met deux chaussettes en couleur
3. She's taking off a warm, cozy, old pair of pants - Elle enlève un vieux pantalon chaud et confortable.
Homework:
Make sure you have yesterday's homework done, as we didn't have a chance to take it up today.
Also, do Activity 2 on page 201 and Activity 3 on page 202 in French for Mastery. We went over how to do those exercises in detail at the end of class.
Intérro:
- vieux, vieille and their plurals
- beau, belle and their plurals
- chaud, bombé, cool, en couleur, confortable in all their forms
- bleu, noir, blanc in all their forms
- un manteau, une jupe, une robe, une veste, un chapeau
- porter, enlever, mettre for je, tu, il, elle including questions and negatives
Eg:
1. Is she wearing a thicc, cozy old coat? Est-ce qu'elle porte un vieux monteau bombé et confortable?
2. I'm not taking off a beautiful, cool new jacket. Je n'enlève pas de belle nouvelle veste cool.
le 25 octobre: We had our intérro, then took up the homework:
1. I'm wearing an elegant dress. Je porte une robe élégante.
2. You're (s) putting on a narrow skirt. Tu mets une jupe étroite.
3. She's taking off a blue sweater. Elle enlève un pull (chandail) bleu.
4. He's wearing an elegant suit. Il porte un costume élégant.
5. We're not wearing long pants. Nous ne portons pas de pantalon long.
6. Are you (pl) putting on some informal shoes? Est-ce que vous mettez des chaussures simples?
7. They're (m) wearing a green track suit. Ils portent un survêtement vert.
8. They're (f) putting on expensive shoes. Elles mettent des chaussures chères.
I then gave you 45 minutes to get into your fashion group, decide your theme, and come up with what everyone is wearing. You need to be able to describe in French what you yourself are wearing (maybe not by today, but soon).
I gave you three new vocabulary words:
écossais - plaid
déguillé - ragged
démodé - out of fashion
You'll need these to do your homework.
Homework:
First of all, please make sure that you have a paragraph written in English about what you're wearing in the fashion show. You don't need to know the French translation for all of the words you want to use; we'll work on them together. Here's an example:
"Here's GZ! She's wearing a short black skirt, loose tights, black and white shoes, a white and yellow t-shirt, and an expensive and fashionable short black jacket."
Also:
Traduisez les phrases en français:
1. He's wearing ragged blue pants.
2. She's putting on a short red dress.
3. He's taking off a green plaid skirt.
4. I'm wearing a loose yellow suit.
5. You're not putting on any tight white socks.
***NOTE:*** All of the adjectives I've given you so far, including the three new ones today, are placed after the noun they modify. If you want to use more than one adjective after the noun, make sure you precede the last adjective with "et" (and). Example: "I'm putting on some ragged, out of style short skinny socks" would be "Je mets des chaussettes déguillées, démodées, courtes et étroites". Note that all of the adjectives agree with the article of clothing that they're describing in number (singluar, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine).******
Intérro:
Eg:
1. You're putting on a ragged suit. Tu portes un costume déguillé.
2. He's wearing a blue plaid tie. Il porte une cravate bleue et écossaise. Etc. ♥
1. I'm wearing an elegant dress. Je porte une robe élégante.
2. You're (s) putting on a narrow skirt. Tu mets une jupe étroite.
3. She's taking off a blue sweater. Elle enlève un pull (chandail) bleu.
4. He's wearing an elegant suit. Il porte un costume élégant.
5. We're not wearing long pants. Nous ne portons pas de pantalon long.
6. Are you (pl) putting on some informal shoes? Est-ce que vous mettez des chaussures simples?
7. They're (m) wearing a green track suit. Ils portent un survêtement vert.
8. They're (f) putting on expensive shoes. Elles mettent des chaussures chères.
I then gave you 45 minutes to get into your fashion group, decide your theme, and come up with what everyone is wearing. You need to be able to describe in French what you yourself are wearing (maybe not by today, but soon).
I gave you three new vocabulary words:
écossais - plaid
déguillé - ragged
démodé - out of fashion
You'll need these to do your homework.
Homework:
First of all, please make sure that you have a paragraph written in English about what you're wearing in the fashion show. You don't need to know the French translation for all of the words you want to use; we'll work on them together. Here's an example:
"Here's GZ! She's wearing a short black skirt, loose tights, black and white shoes, a white and yellow t-shirt, and an expensive and fashionable short black jacket."
Also:
Traduisez les phrases en français:
1. He's wearing ragged blue pants.
2. She's putting on a short red dress.
3. He's taking off a green plaid skirt.
4. I'm wearing a loose yellow suit.
5. You're not putting on any tight white socks.
***NOTE:*** All of the adjectives I've given you so far, including the three new ones today, are placed after the noun they modify. If you want to use more than one adjective after the noun, make sure you precede the last adjective with "et" (and). Example: "I'm putting on some ragged, out of style short skinny socks" would be "Je mets des chaussettes déguillées, démodées, courtes et étroites". Note that all of the adjectives agree with the article of clothing that they're describing in number (singluar, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine).******
Intérro:
- déguillé, écossais, habillé, démodé, cher in masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural forms
- bleu, rouge, marron, orange, noir in masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural forms
- un costume une cravate, un chemisier, une chemise, un gilet
- porter, enlever, mettre in question form and in the negative, just for je, tu, il, elle
Eg:
1. You're putting on a ragged suit. Tu portes un costume déguillé.
2. He's wearing a blue plaid tie. Il porte une cravate bleue et écossaise. Etc. ♥
le 24 octobre: We had our intérro:
I gave out your marks, and we discussed how to improve our French grade. I then gave you this vocabulary:
un survêtement - a tracksuit
un chandail - a sweater
We then played Kahoot. Bon travail!
We took up the homework:
We then learned some new adjectives:
- Claire is taking off some blue socks. Claire enlève des chaussettes bleues.
- Zimm is wearing white shoes. Zimm porte des chaussures blanches.
- GZ isn’t putting on a black skirt. GZ ne met pas de jupe noire.
- You have a yellow suit. Tu as un costume jaune.
- I’m not wearing a red (man’s) shirt. Je ne porte pas de chemisier rouge.
I gave out your marks, and we discussed how to improve our French grade. I then gave you this vocabulary:
un survêtement - a tracksuit
un chandail - a sweater
We then played Kahoot. Bon travail!
We took up the homework:
- Are you (s) wearing a red skirt? Est-ce que tu portes une jupe rouge?
- I don’t have a red skirt. Je n’ai pas de jupe rouge.
- He’s not wearing any blue shoes. Il ne porte pas de chaussures bleues.
- We’re not putting on a black suit and a yellow shirt. Nous ne mettons pas de costume noir et de chemisier jaune.
- You (pl) don’t have any orange socks. Vous n’avez pas de chaussettes orange.
We then learned some new adjectives:
Remember, all of the adjectives above go AFTER the noun, just like the colours.
Eg:
Je porte une jupe serrée - I'm wearing a tight skirt.
Zimm met une chemise habillé. Zimm is putting on a dressy shirt.
Tu enlèves un hoodie ample. You're taking off a loose hoodie.
Homework:
Traduisez en français:
1. I'm wearing an elegant dress.
2. You're (s) putting on a narrow skirt.
3. She's taking off a blue sweater.
4. He's wearing an elegant suit.
5. We're not wearing long pants.
6. Are you (pl) putting on some informal shoes?
7. They're (m) wearing a green track suit.
8. They're (f) putting on expensive shoes.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Est-ce qu'il porte un short court? Is he wearing short shorts?
2. Je n'enlève pas de lunettes de soleil chères. I'm not taking off expensive sunglasses. ♥
Eg:
Je porte une jupe serrée - I'm wearing a tight skirt.
Zimm met une chemise habillé. Zimm is putting on a dressy shirt.
Tu enlèves un hoodie ample. You're taking off a loose hoodie.
Homework:
Traduisez en français:
1. I'm wearing an elegant dress.
2. You're (s) putting on a narrow skirt.
3. She's taking off a blue sweater.
4. He's wearing an elegant suit.
5. We're not wearing long pants.
6. Are you (pl) putting on some informal shoes?
7. They're (m) wearing a green track suit.
8. They're (f) putting on expensive shoes.
Intérro:
- long, court, ample, étroit, cher in masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural forms
- un chandail, un short, des lunettes de soleil, des sandales, des collants
- porter, enlever, mettre in question form and in the negative, just for je, tu, il, elle
Eg:
1. Est-ce qu'il porte un short court? Is he wearing short shorts?
2. Je n'enlève pas de lunettes de soleil chères. I'm not taking off expensive sunglasses. ♥
le 20 octobre: We had our intérro:
We then learned all about what you need to keep in mind for adjectives (where they're placed in a sentence, and how to make them masculine, feminine, singular, and plural):
- I’m putting on some shoes. Je mets des chaussures.
- He’s not wearing any pants. Il ne porte pas de pantalon.
- She’s taking off a t-shirt. Elle enlève un t-shirt. (tee-shirt)
- You’re wearing some shoes. Tu portes des chaussures.
- I’m not taking off any jeans. Je n’enlève pas de jean(s).
We then learned all about what you need to keep in mind for adjectives (where they're placed in a sentence, and how to make them masculine, feminine, singular, and plural):
Homework: Translate the following into French:
- Are you (s) wearing a red skirt?
- I don’t have a red skirt.
- He’s not wearing any blue shoes.
- We’re not putting on a black suit and a yellow shirt.
- You (pl) don’t have any orange socks.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Are you wearing white socks? Est-ce que tu portes des chaussettes blanches?
2. No, I don't have any white socks. Non, je n'ai pas de chaussettes blanches. Etc. ♥
- des chaussures (some shoes)
- un costume (a suit)
- une chemisier (a man's shirt)
- une jupe (a skirt)
- des chaussettes (some socks)
- the masculine, feminine, singular, and plural forms of the colours bleu, rouge, blanc, noir, jaune
- avoir, porter, mettre, enlever for je, tu, il, elle only
- questions with est-ce que and negatives.
Eg:
1. Are you wearing white socks? Est-ce que tu portes des chaussettes blanches?
2. No, I don't have any white socks. Non, je n'ai pas de chaussettes blanches. Etc. ♥
le 19 octobre: We had our test today, then I told you all about our next unit (Les Vêtements) and what is expected for the project:
We went over the first bunch of clothing that we need for this unit (French for Mastery page 192), and then three verbs that we'll be using:
I didn't have room for "mettre" (to put on") on the board, so here are the conjugations:
je mets nous mettons
tu mets vous mettez
il met ils mettent
elle met elles mettent
I gave you this sheet for homework:
Traduisez en français:
Homework:
The questions above.
Intérro:
1. John is wearing jeans. Jean porte un pantalon.
2. John isn't wearing jeans. Jean ne porte pas de pantalon.
3. Marie is putting on socks. Marie met des chaussettes.
4. Bob isn't taking off any shoes. Bob n'enlève pas de chaussures. Etc. ♥
je mets nous mettons
tu mets vous mettez
il met ils mettent
elle met elles mettent
I gave you this sheet for homework:
Traduisez en français:
- What is Bob wearing?
- Bob is wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and sandals.
- He is not wearing any socks.
- What is Fred putting on?
- Fred is putting on a pullover and a pair of pants.
- He is not putting on any sunglasses.
- What is Marie taking off?
- Marie is taking off jeans, and an anorak
- She is not taking off a bathing suit.
Homework:
The questions above.
Intérro:
- porter, enlever, and mettre in just the je, tu, il and elle forms
- un jean, un pantalon, des chaussettes, des chaussures, un t-shirt
- negatives
1. John is wearing jeans. Jean porte un pantalon.
2. John isn't wearing jeans. Jean ne porte pas de pantalon.
3. Marie is putting on socks. Marie met des chaussettes.
4. Bob isn't taking off any shoes. Bob n'enlève pas de chaussures. Etc. ♥
le 18 octobre: We started off with our practice test and took up the answers:
| practice_test_q1_2022.docx |
Here are the answers for Partie D:
1. J'achète du sel et du poivre à l'épicerie.
2. Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le dispensaire de cannabis?
3. Je n'achète pas de mât totémique.
4. Zimm cherche un chapeau en cèdre tissé.
We decided that we won't have any true/false on the test, as they're too easy. I'll increase the number of translation sentences instead.
1. J'achète du sel et du poivre à l'épicerie.
2. Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le dispensaire de cannabis?
3. Je n'achète pas de mât totémique.
4. Zimm cherche un chapeau en cèdre tissé.
We decided that we won't have any true/false on the test, as they're too easy. I'll increase the number of translation sentences instead.
Then those of you who did not do their projects for me got them done today. We spent the rest of the class practicing for our test tomorrow.
Homework:
No homework.
Intérro:
No intérro. ♥
Homework:
No homework.
Intérro:
No intérro. ♥
le 17 octobre: We watched the majority of your videos today, and they were excellent! I'll have them marked ASAP.
We did some test prep, and we decided on the following format for your test on Wednesday:
We also worked on some translation sentences:
We'll write a practice test tomorrow.
Homework:
Study for your test on Wednesday. If you still need to do a poster for me, work on that as well. Last day to do your presentation for La Ville is Thursday by 3:30pm.
Intérro:
No intérro. ♥
We did some test prep, and we decided on the following format for your test on Wednesday:
- translations from English to French;
- matchums;
- true/false
- fill in the blank
We also worked on some translation sentences:
- First, I look for the fish store. D’abord, je cherche la poissonnerie.
- Where is the fish store? Où est la poissonnerie?
- I’m not finding the fish store. Je ne trouve pas la poissonnerie.
- I find the fish store. Je trouve la poissonnerie.
- I go into the fish store. J’entre dans la poissonnerie.
- Who works at the fish store? Qui travaille à la poissonnerie?
- I speak to the fish guy. Je parle au poissonnier.
- “What’s in the fish store?” Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la poissonnerie?
- I buy some fish. J’achète du poisson.
- I leave the fish store. Je sors de la poissonnerie.
We'll write a practice test tomorrow.
Homework:
Study for your test on Wednesday. If you still need to do a poster for me, work on that as well. Last day to do your presentation for La Ville is Thursday by 3:30pm.
Intérro:
No intérro. ♥
le 14 octobre: We had our intérro:
We worked on our museum paragraphs by saying them outloud to each other then saying them in front of the class. I then gave you the rest of the block to work on your projects, with lots of help from me. :)
We learned "le conservateur du musée" as a vocab word today, meaning "museum curator".
Homework:
Finish up your "La Ville" video or poster, and be ready to present on Monday.
Intérro:
No intérro! ♥
- What’s in the museum? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans le musée?
- In the museum, there is a bentwood box. Dans le musée, il y a une boîte en bois courbé.
- I am not buying a totem pole. Je n’achète pas de mât totémique.
- There is a carving shed. Il y a un hangar de sculpture.
- Zimm is buying a woven cedar hat. Zimm achète un chapeau en cèdre tissé.
We worked on our museum paragraphs by saying them outloud to each other then saying them in front of the class. I then gave you the rest of the block to work on your projects, with lots of help from me. :)
We learned "le conservateur du musée" as a vocab word today, meaning "museum curator".
Homework:
Finish up your "La Ville" video or poster, and be ready to present on Monday.
Intérro:
No intérro! ♥
le 13 octobre: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework by reading our work to a partner then saying it in front of the class.
I taught you the verb acheter (to buy):
j'achète nous achetons
tu achètes vous achetez
il achète ils achètent
elle achète elles achètent
Remember that acheter is a stem-changer; you have to change the "e" in the stem to an "è" inside the boot.
I then gave you the rest of the vocabulary: items that you can find in a museum (or around town in Prince Rupert, such as a carving shed, crest pole, bentwood box, and a woven cedar hat). Here's the powerpoint which contains the vocabulary (and lots more besides):
- What is in the grocery store? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans l’épicerie?
- Who works at the fish store? Qui travaille à la poissonnerie?
- I’m speaking to the cannabis seller. Je parle au marchand de cannabis.
- The fish seller works at the fish store. Le poissonnier travaille à la poissonnerie.
- I enter the cannabis dispensary. J’entre dans le dispensaire de cannabis.
- I leave the deli. Je sors de la charcuterie.
- I speak to the deli guy. Je parle au charcutier.
We then took up the homework by reading our work to a partner then saying it in front of the class.
I taught you the verb acheter (to buy):
j'achète nous achetons
tu achètes vous achetez
il achète ils achètent
elle achète elles achètent
Remember that acheter is a stem-changer; you have to change the "e" in the stem to an "è" inside the boot.
I then gave you the rest of the vocabulary: items that you can find in a museum (or around town in Prince Rupert, such as a carving shed, crest pole, bentwood box, and a woven cedar hat). Here's the powerpoint which contains the vocabulary (and lots more besides):
| la_ville_pictures_of_vocab_to_identify_stores.ppt |
I gave you the criteria for your project today:
You'll also be marked on your fluency (pronunciation, whether you have long pauses, too many "errrrr"s and "ummmmmm"s), and how well I can hear you. Keep in mind as well that if you mumble in a monotone, your project will be less interesting than it could be. If you sound excited about it, the listener will be excited too. :)
Homework:
Write a paragraph about going to the museum, using as many verbs as you can (I go, I walk, I look for, I find, I enter, I speak, I leave, I return, I buy, who works, I am, etc). You'll have to use "acheter" in the negative, unless you're buying a woven cedar hat at the museum giftshop.
Also, start or continue working on your video or poster presentation, as the videos are due on October 17, and the posters are due on the 18th (and your test is on the 19th). I had a great question in class today: what happens if we're supposed to film on the weekend, and it's raining? You'll just have to put on a raincoat! We can't let a little rain stop us.
Intérro
Eg:
The intérro is pretty straightforward, as there is a question asked, (qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le musée) and then the answer given (dans le musée il y a...
un chapeau en cèdre tissé, un boîte en bois courbé, un mât totémique, et un hangar de sculpture). But for acheter and the negatives, expect something like this:
1. I'm not buying the woven cedar hat. Je n'achète pas le chapeau en cèdre tissé.
2. She's buying the bentwood box. Elle achète la boîte en bois courbé. Etc. ♥
- mention 9 shops;
- mention 5 workers;
- use all the verbs we've used in this unit (I've listed them in the homework below);
- use all your adverbs (d'abord, puis, etc).
- use at least one negative;
- ask at least one question;
- mention at least six items
You'll also be marked on your fluency (pronunciation, whether you have long pauses, too many "errrrr"s and "ummmmmm"s), and how well I can hear you. Keep in mind as well that if you mumble in a monotone, your project will be less interesting than it could be. If you sound excited about it, the listener will be excited too. :)
Homework:
Write a paragraph about going to the museum, using as many verbs as you can (I go, I walk, I look for, I find, I enter, I speak, I leave, I return, I buy, who works, I am, etc). You'll have to use "acheter" in the negative, unless you're buying a woven cedar hat at the museum giftshop.
Also, start or continue working on your video or poster presentation, as the videos are due on October 17, and the posters are due on the 18th (and your test is on the 19th). I had a great question in class today: what happens if we're supposed to film on the weekend, and it's raining? You'll just have to put on a raincoat! We can't let a little rain stop us.
Intérro
- qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le musée
- dans le musée il y a...
- un chapeau en cèdre tissé;
- une boîte en bois courbé
- un mât totémique
- un hangar de sculpture
- acheter for je, tu, il, and elle
- negatives
Eg:
The intérro is pretty straightforward, as there is a question asked, (qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le musée) and then the answer given (dans le musée il y a...
un chapeau en cèdre tissé, un boîte en bois courbé, un mât totémique, et un hangar de sculpture). But for acheter and the negatives, expect something like this:
1. I'm not buying the woven cedar hat. Je n'achète pas le chapeau en cèdre tissé.
2. She's buying the bentwood box. Elle achète la boîte en bois courbé. Etc. ♥
le 12 octobre: Welcome back from your long weekend! We went over what had been taught Friday and Monday afternoon:
Here is our list of professions:
the cannabis seller
le marchand de cannabis
the candy seller
le confisier
the butcher
le boucher
the deli guy
le charcutier
the grocer
l’épicier
the fish seller
le poissonnier
the pharmacist
le pharmacien
the baker
le boulanger
We practiced using all of the vocabulary together, then I gave you a sheet with all of the stores listed, and you wrote down who works there and what one can buy there. Here's what we decided for the items you can buy:
la boulangerie - du pain
la boucherie - du poulet
la poissonnerie - du poisson
la pâtisserie - une tarte
le dispensaire de cannabis - du cannabis
le supermarché - des fruits
l'épicerie - du sel et du poivre
la charcuterie - des saucissons
la confiserie - des bonbons
We went over the verbs we know so far for this unit:
aller
to go
chercher
to look for, to search for
marcher
to walk
être
to be
trouver
to find
avoir
to have
travailler
to work
entrer dans
to enter into
parler
to speak, to talk
sortir de
to exit from
retourner
to return
I gave you a sample of what you might say about a shop:
Où est la pâtisserie? Je cherche la pâtisserie. Ah, je trouve la pâtisserie. J’entre dans la pâtisserie. Qui travaille à la pâtisserie? Je trouve le pâtissier. Je parle au pâtissier : « Où sont les tartes? » Il cherche les tartes; il ne trouve pas de tartes. Je sors de la pâtisserie.
We played "Où est Twinkie" to practice using the vocab together.
I let you know that if you are doing a video for your project, it must be completed by October 17, and if you're doing a poster and a presentation, it must be completed by October 18. As you know, your test is on October 19.
Homework:
Choose two stores (an item and worker for each), and pretend that they are part of your project. Use your adverbs (d’abord, enfin, etc) and use all of your verbs, plus at least one question and a negative (including “who works at the <shop>” and “what is in <the shop>?”) Eg:
IFirst, leave the butcher shop, and I look for the bakery. Who works at the bakery? Oh, the baker works at the bakery. Then, I enter into the bakery, and I ask the baker: “what’s in the bakery?”. He looks for bread. He isn’t finding the bread. Finally, I leave the bakery.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Who works at the cannabis shop? Qui travaille au dispensaire de cannabis?
2. The cannabis seller works at the cannabis shop. Le marchand de cannabis travaille au dispensaire de cannabis.
3. I enter the supermarket. J'entre dans le supermarché.
4. What's in the fish shop? Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans la poissonnerie?
5. I speak to the deli guy. Je parle au charcutier. Etc. ♥
- all of the professions (8 of them, as "l'épicier" can be used for the supermarket and the grocery store);
- sortir de and entrer dans;
- travailler
Here is our list of professions:
the cannabis seller
le marchand de cannabis
the candy seller
le confisier
the butcher
le boucher
the deli guy
le charcutier
the grocer
l’épicier
the fish seller
le poissonnier
the pharmacist
le pharmacien
the baker
le boulanger
We practiced using all of the vocabulary together, then I gave you a sheet with all of the stores listed, and you wrote down who works there and what one can buy there. Here's what we decided for the items you can buy:
la boulangerie - du pain
la boucherie - du poulet
la poissonnerie - du poisson
la pâtisserie - une tarte
le dispensaire de cannabis - du cannabis
le supermarché - des fruits
l'épicerie - du sel et du poivre
la charcuterie - des saucissons
la confiserie - des bonbons
We went over the verbs we know so far for this unit:
aller
to go
chercher
to look for, to search for
marcher
to walk
être
to be
trouver
to find
avoir
to have
travailler
to work
entrer dans
to enter into
parler
to speak, to talk
sortir de
to exit from
retourner
to return
I gave you a sample of what you might say about a shop:
Où est la pâtisserie? Je cherche la pâtisserie. Ah, je trouve la pâtisserie. J’entre dans la pâtisserie. Qui travaille à la pâtisserie? Je trouve le pâtissier. Je parle au pâtissier : « Où sont les tartes? » Il cherche les tartes; il ne trouve pas de tartes. Je sors de la pâtisserie.
We played "Où est Twinkie" to practice using the vocab together.
I let you know that if you are doing a video for your project, it must be completed by October 17, and if you're doing a poster and a presentation, it must be completed by October 18. As you know, your test is on October 19.
Homework:
Choose two stores (an item and worker for each), and pretend that they are part of your project. Use your adverbs (d’abord, enfin, etc) and use all of your verbs, plus at least one question and a negative (including “who works at the <shop>” and “what is in <the shop>?”) Eg:
IFirst, leave the butcher shop, and I look for the bakery. Who works at the bakery? Oh, the baker works at the bakery. Then, I enter into the bakery, and I ask the baker: “what’s in the bakery?”. He looks for bread. He isn’t finding the bread. Finally, I leave the bakery.
Intérro:
- qui travaille à ...
- qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans...
- j'entre dans...
- je sors de...
- je vais à...
- je parle au...
- la poissonnerie / le poissonnier
- l'épicerie / l'épicier
- le dispensaire de cannabis / le marchand de cannabis
- le supermarché
- la charcuterie / le charcutier
Eg:
1. Who works at the cannabis shop? Qui travaille au dispensaire de cannabis?
2. The cannabis seller works at the cannabis shop. Le marchand de cannabis travaille au dispensaire de cannabis.
3. I enter the supermarket. J'entre dans le supermarché.
4. What's in the fish shop? Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans la poissonnerie?
5. I speak to the deli guy. Je parle au charcutier. Etc. ♥
le 6 octobre: We had our intérro:
1. What’s in the fish shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la poissonnerie?
2. There are some crabs in the fish shop. Il y a des crabes dans la poissonnerie.
3. What’s in the butcher shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la boucherie?
4. There’s some chicken in the butcher shop. Il y a du poulet dans la boucherie.
5. What’s in the pastry shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la pâtisserie?
6. There are some cakes in the pastry shop. Il y a des gâteaux dans la pâtisserie.
The homework was to write a sample presentation (see yesterday's entry), so I felt the best way to take that up was to have you practice with a friend, then ask volunteers to come up and give their presentation for the class (reading it, not off-script). Congratulations to those who volunteered! You did a great job.
Don't forget that you have a test tomorrow, on everything that we've done so far in this unit. Basically, the test will be extremely similar to what your homework was for today. Remember that you'll have to not only use the four verbs we've studied, but also ask what's in the three shops (butcher, fish shop, pastry shop), and answer the question from the following vocab: des gâteaux, du poulet, du poisson. You don't have to give me more than one answer per shop.
Good luck studying, and see you Wednesday! No intérro for tomorrow. ♥
1. What’s in the fish shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la poissonnerie?
2. There are some crabs in the fish shop. Il y a des crabes dans la poissonnerie.
3. What’s in the butcher shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la boucherie?
4. There’s some chicken in the butcher shop. Il y a du poulet dans la boucherie.
5. What’s in the pastry shop? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans la pâtisserie?
6. There are some cakes in the pastry shop. Il y a des gâteaux dans la pâtisserie.
The homework was to write a sample presentation (see yesterday's entry), so I felt the best way to take that up was to have you practice with a friend, then ask volunteers to come up and give their presentation for the class (reading it, not off-script). Congratulations to those who volunteered! You did a great job.
Don't forget that you have a test tomorrow, on everything that we've done so far in this unit. Basically, the test will be extremely similar to what your homework was for today. Remember that you'll have to not only use the four verbs we've studied, but also ask what's in the three shops (butcher, fish shop, pastry shop), and answer the question from the following vocab: des gâteaux, du poulet, du poisson. You don't have to give me more than one answer per shop.
Good luck studying, and see you Wednesday! No intérro for tomorrow. ♥
le 5 octobre: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework:
I showed you a powerpoint with some of our store vocabulary, and we decided what items would be in some of the stores. Here's the powerpoint:
- You’re returning to the deli.
- He’s going to the corner store.
- She’s looking for the supermarket.
- I’m going to the deli.
- You’re looking for the corner store.
We then took up the homework:
- I’m looking for the bakery. Je cherche la boulangerie.
- Where is the candy store? Où est la confiscerie?
- I’m not finding the corner store. Je ne trouve pas l’épicerie.
- She’s not looking for the butcher shop. Elle ne cherche pas la boucherie.
- We’re walking to the cannabis store. Nous marchons au dispensaire de cannabis. PLEASE NOTE THAT I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THAT "DISPENSAIRE" WAS FEMININE, BUT IT'S MASCULINE. désolée!
- You (pl) are going to the fish store. Vous allez à la poissonnerie.
- They’re (f) returning to the deli. Elles retournent à la charcuterie.
- They’re (m) not going to the supermarket. Ils ne vont pas au supermarché.
I showed you a powerpoint with some of our store vocabulary, and we decided what items would be in some of the stores. Here's the powerpoint:
| la_ville_pictures_of_vocab_to_identify_stores.ppt |
Homework:
Write out a sample of your project (what we've learned so far):
Write out a sample of your project (what we've learned so far):
- start with the introduction about you being a guest on Ts'msyen land, and your crest;
- use trouver, chercher, aller, and retourner with four different shops;
- ask what's in the bakery, pastry shop, and fish store, and answer with the items we learned today (see picture below).
L'intérro:
- Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans...
- dans la <store name> il y a...
- la boucherie
- la boulangerie
- la poissonnerie
- la pâtisserie
- des crabes
- des gâteaux
- du poulet ♥
le 4 octobre: We had our intérro:
I then taught you the verbs retourner (to return) and marcher (to walk), both of which are regular "er" verbs. I explained to you what prepositions are (little words that define the relationship between the verb and the object of a sentence), and that verbs like trouver don't need a preposition, verbs like chercher have the preposition built in, and verbs like aller, marcher and retourner need the preposition "to". I taught you that:
à la = in the, at the to the for feminine stores (la boulangerie, la charcuterie, etc);
au = in the, at the, to then for masculine stores (le supermarché)
à l' = in the, at the, to the for stores which begin with a vowel (l'épicerie)
I then gave you time to do the homework:
Translate into French:
L'intérro:
Eg:
1. I'm returning to the grocery store. je retourne à l'épicerie.
2. She's looking for the candy shop. Elle cherche la confiserie.
3. You're going to the supermarket. Tu vas au supermarché.
4. He's returning to the deli. Il retourne à la charcuterie. ♥
- You are not looking for (mon café). Tu ne cherches pas mon café.
- I am looking for my coffee. Je cherche mon café.
- He is finding my coffee. Il trouve mon café.
- She isn’t finding my coffee. Elle ne trouve pas mon café.
- unceded territories les territoires non-cédés
- the Ts’msyen nation la nation Ts’msyen
- the Sm’algyax speaking people les peuples parlant Sm’algyax
I then taught you the verbs retourner (to return) and marcher (to walk), both of which are regular "er" verbs. I explained to you what prepositions are (little words that define the relationship between the verb and the object of a sentence), and that verbs like trouver don't need a preposition, verbs like chercher have the preposition built in, and verbs like aller, marcher and retourner need the preposition "to". I taught you that:
à la = in the, at the to the for feminine stores (la boulangerie, la charcuterie, etc);
au = in the, at the, to then for masculine stores (le supermarché)
à l' = in the, at the, to the for stores which begin with a vowel (l'épicerie)
I then gave you time to do the homework:
Translate into French:
- I’m looking for the bakery.
- Where is the candy store?
- I’m not finding the corner store.
- She’s not looking for the butcher shop.
- We’re walking to the cannabis store.
- You (pl) are going to the fish store.
- They’re (f) returning to the deli.
- They’re (m) not going to the supermarket.
L'intérro:
- je, tu, il, elle (chercher) conjugations
- je, tu, il, elle (aller) conjugations
- je, tu, il, elle (retourner) conjugations
- la charcuterie
- la confiserie
- le supermarché
- l'épicerie
- "to the" for masculine and feminine stores and stores that begin with a vowel
Eg:
1. I'm returning to the grocery store. je retourne à l'épicerie.
2. She's looking for the candy shop. Elle cherche la confiserie.
3. You're going to the supermarket. Tu vas au supermarché.
4. He's returning to the deli. Il retourne à la charcuterie. ♥
le 3 octobre: Welcome to spooky season! We did our intérro:
We then learned how to do the introduction to our presentation, which involves us acknowledging that we live on unceded Ts'msyen territory:
Bonjour, je m'appelle GZ, et je suis une invitée (un invité if you identify as male) sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen et les peuples parlant Sm'algyax. Je suis adabiis (le papillon).
Hello, my name is GZ and I am a guest on the unceded territory of the Ts'msyen and Sm'algyax speaking people. I am adabiis (the butterfly).
We'll be practicing this every day so that you can comfortably say it at the beginning of your presentation.
We then went over how to conjugate regular "er" verbs (we first learned this on September 14; see web entry below), and we learned how to translate and conjugate "chercher" (to look for, or to search for) and "trouver" (to find):
chercher - to look for, to search for
je cherche nous cherchons
tu cherches vous cherchez
il cherche ils cherchent
elle cherche elles cherchent
trouver - to find
je trouve nous trouvons
tu trouves vous trouvez
il trouve ils trouvent
elle trouve elles trouvent
We also reviewed how to put a sentence into the negative (we first learned it Sept 22; take a look at that webpage entry if you've forgotten what to do), and how to form a simple question with "est-ce que" (you just put "est-ce que" in front of the sentence to make it a simple question: tu cherches (you are looking for) becomes est-ce que tu cherches (are you looking for. Remember that in front of il, elle, ils, and elles, the "que" of est-ce que is shortened down to est-ce qu').
Homework:
-do the activity on pages 2-3 of the workbook. If you forgot yours at school, there's a link to it at the bottom of today's entry.
-review negatives and how to make simple questions if you're feeling unsure about them.
Intérro:
Eg:
-I'm searching. je cherche
-You're not searching. tu ne cherches pas
-the unceded territories - les territoires non-cédés
-he's finding - il trouve
-he's not finding - il ne trouve pas. Etc. ♥
- He is going Il va
- the pharmacy la pharmacie
- She goes Elle va
- the high school le lycée
- I go Je vais
- the office le bureau
- You (s) go Tu vas
- the museum le musée
We then learned how to do the introduction to our presentation, which involves us acknowledging that we live on unceded Ts'msyen territory:
Bonjour, je m'appelle GZ, et je suis une invitée (un invité if you identify as male) sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen et les peuples parlant Sm'algyax. Je suis adabiis (le papillon).
Hello, my name is GZ and I am a guest on the unceded territory of the Ts'msyen and Sm'algyax speaking people. I am adabiis (the butterfly).
We'll be practicing this every day so that you can comfortably say it at the beginning of your presentation.
We then went over how to conjugate regular "er" verbs (we first learned this on September 14; see web entry below), and we learned how to translate and conjugate "chercher" (to look for, or to search for) and "trouver" (to find):
chercher - to look for, to search for
je cherche nous cherchons
tu cherches vous cherchez
il cherche ils cherchent
elle cherche elles cherchent
trouver - to find
je trouve nous trouvons
tu trouves vous trouvez
il trouve ils trouvent
elle trouve elles trouvent
We also reviewed how to put a sentence into the negative (we first learned it Sept 22; take a look at that webpage entry if you've forgotten what to do), and how to form a simple question with "est-ce que" (you just put "est-ce que" in front of the sentence to make it a simple question: tu cherches (you are looking for) becomes est-ce que tu cherches (are you looking for. Remember that in front of il, elle, ils, and elles, the "que" of est-ce que is shortened down to est-ce qu').
Homework:
-do the activity on pages 2-3 of the workbook. If you forgot yours at school, there's a link to it at the bottom of today's entry.
-review negatives and how to make simple questions if you're feeling unsure about them.
Intérro:
- la nation Ts'msyen
- les territoires non-cédés
- les peuples parlant Sm'algyax
- chercher in the je, tu, il and elle form
- trouver in the je, tu, il, and elle form
- use of negatives.
Eg:
-I'm searching. je cherche
-You're not searching. tu ne cherches pas
-the unceded territories - les territoires non-cédés
-he's finding - il trouve
-he's not finding - il ne trouve pas. Etc. ♥
| les_conjugaisons_de_verbes_réguliers.docx |
le 29 sept: We started off (no intérro or homework for today) discussing the dates of our two La Maison chapter tests, and the date(s) of the project:
le 7 oct: first chapter test
le 19 oct: second chapter test
le 17/18 oct: projects due.
Your project can either be a video or a poster with an oral presentation. If you are doing the video, you can hand it in to me on October 19, but I must be able to view it properly from my PC in the classroom by the time I go home on the 19th. If you are doing a poster with an oral presentation, be ready for the 17th or the 18th to present.
We then did an exercise whereby I wrote French sentences on the board, and left a blank for you to fill in the appropriate conjugation of "aller":
le 7 oct: first chapter test
le 19 oct: second chapter test
le 17/18 oct: projects due.
Your project can either be a video or a poster with an oral presentation. If you are doing the video, you can hand it in to me on October 19, but I must be able to view it properly from my PC in the classroom by the time I go home on the 19th. If you are doing a poster with an oral presentation, be ready for the 17th or the 18th to present.
We then did an exercise whereby I wrote French sentences on the board, and left a blank for you to fill in the appropriate conjugation of "aller":
You all did a good job with this. If you don't know how to conjugate "aller" for the subject pronouns (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles), please study it over the weekend. In the examples I used on the board I included store names from our vocabulary:
la boulangerie - the bakery
le bureau - the office
l'épicerie - the grocery story (like a corner store)
le lycée - the high school
le musée - the museum
la confiserie - the candy store
la pharmacie - the pharmacy
la boucherie - the butcher shop
What I didn't explain yet is the au, à la, and à l' business. We'll do that on Monday (or go here if you really want to know now: agreenmouse.com/practice-using-a-with-le-la-les-l-and-a-and-en-with-transport/.
Homework: no homework
Intérro::
la boulangerie - the bakery
le bureau - the office
l'épicerie - the grocery story (like a corner store)
le lycée - the high school
le musée - the museum
la confiserie - the candy store
la pharmacie - the pharmacy
la boucherie - the butcher shop
What I didn't explain yet is the au, à la, and à l' business. We'll do that on Monday (or go here if you really want to know now: agreenmouse.com/practice-using-a-with-le-la-les-l-and-a-and-en-with-transport/.
Homework: no homework
Intérro::
- je vais - I go, I am going, I do go
- tu vas - you go, you are going, you do go
- il va - he goes, he is going, he does go
- elle va - She goes, she is going, she does go
- la pharmacie
- le lycée
- le musée
- le bureau ♥
le 28 sept: We started in with doing the rest of the presentations, then we had our test. Bravo! We talked a bit about the next unit:
Title: La ville (the city)
End date of unit: October 19
Test: October 19
Projects due: October 18/19
Project: You can either do a poster with a memorized oral presentation (alone), or a video (alone or with a partner, no groups greater than 2).
We started off by learning a verb that we'll be using quite a bit in this unit:
Aller - to go
Je vais - I go, I am going, I do go nous allons - we go, we are going, we do go
tu vas - You go, you are going, you do go vous allez - you go, you are going, you do go (plural subjects)
il va - he goes, he is going, he does go ils vont - They go, they are going, they do go
elle va - she goes, she is going, she does go elles vont - They go, they are going, they do go
I taught you that every present tense French verb has three English meanings (see the English translations above). So for example:
"Je vais au restaurant" can mean I go to the restaurant, or I am going to the restaurant, or I do go to the restaurant.
Tomorrow we'll continue on with our new unit from 12:15 until 1:15, then we'll head over to the PRMS track for our Reconciliation Walk. Remember that this walk is mandatory, so please don't ask to stay behind in the classroom.
Homework:
-no homework
Intérro:
-no intérro ♥
Title: La ville (the city)
End date of unit: October 19
Test: October 19
Projects due: October 18/19
Project: You can either do a poster with a memorized oral presentation (alone), or a video (alone or with a partner, no groups greater than 2).
We started off by learning a verb that we'll be using quite a bit in this unit:
Aller - to go
Je vais - I go, I am going, I do go nous allons - we go, we are going, we do go
tu vas - You go, you are going, you do go vous allez - you go, you are going, you do go (plural subjects)
il va - he goes, he is going, he does go ils vont - They go, they are going, they do go
elle va - she goes, she is going, she does go elles vont - They go, they are going, they do go
I taught you that every present tense French verb has three English meanings (see the English translations above). So for example:
"Je vais au restaurant" can mean I go to the restaurant, or I am going to the restaurant, or I do go to the restaurant.
Tomorrow we'll continue on with our new unit from 12:15 until 1:15, then we'll head over to the PRMS track for our Reconciliation Walk. Remember that this walk is mandatory, so please don't ask to stay behind in the classroom.
Homework:
-no homework
Intérro:
-no intérro ♥
le 27 sept: We started off with our practice test:
| bonjour_practice_test_q1.docx |
We then took up the answers:
A few of you did your presentations, and did a wonderful job. Tomorrow we finish up the presentations, do our real test, then start our next unit.
Homework: Study for your test and practice your presentation if you haven't already performed.
Intérro: No intérro. ♥
- Ça va…
- bien
- très bien
- comme ci comme ça
- ça va mal
- Je m’appelle ______
- J’habite (à) Prince Rupert
- J’aime…
- faire du vélo
- faire les sports
- écouter la musique
- jouer aux jeux vidéo
- dessiner
- J’aime des biscuits
- J’aime bien des caramels
- J’aime mieux la réglisse
- Je préfère une barre au / de chocolat
- J’aime des gâteaux de riz
- J’aime bien des bonbons enrobés de chocolat
- les drames, les films d’horreur, les films romantiques, les films d’action, les comédies, les dessins animés
- Oui, j’aime jouer aux jeux vidéo / Non, je n’aime pas jouer aux jeux vidéo.
- Je préfère : le sushi, le spaghetti, la pizza, la lasagna, les hot-dogs, les hamburgers, les ramens,
- Je préfère les mathématiques, les sciences, l’art, l’éducation physique, les sciences humaines, le français, le drame
- Oui, j’ai un chat. / Non, je n’ai pas d’animal domestique. / un serpent
- Oui, j’ai des piercings / Non, je n’ai pas de piercings / Ce n’est pas tes oignons / dégage / Tu blagues?
- Oui, j’en ai deux / Non, je n’ai pas de tatouages.
A few of you did your presentations, and did a wonderful job. Tomorrow we finish up the presentations, do our real test, then start our next unit.
Homework: Study for your test and practice your presentation if you haven't already performed.
Intérro: No intérro. ♥
le 26 sept: We had our intérro:
We then went over our marking rubric:
- Does he have any snacks? Est-ce qu’il a des goûters?
- No, he doesn’t have any snacks. Non, il n’a pas de goûters.
- Do you have any pets? Est-ce que tu as des animaux domestiques?
- No, I don’t have any pets. Non, je n’ai pas d’animaux domestiques.
- Do they (m) have any video games? Est-ce qu’ils ont des jeux vidéo?
- No, they (m) don’t have any video games. Non, ils n’ont pas de jeux vidéo.
- Does he have any piercings? Est-ce qu’il a des piercings?
- No, he doesn’t have any piercings. Non, il n’a pas de piercings.
- Do I have any tattoos? Est-ce que j’ai des tatouages?
- No, I don’t have any tattoos. Non, je n’ai pas de tatouages.
We then went over our marking rubric:
| 9e_année_la_conmversation_marking_rubric__1_.docx |
We then played "Où est Twinkie" to practice some of our vocabulary, then I gave you the rest of the class to practice for your conversation and study for your practice test tomorrow. Remember half of us are performing our oral conversation tomorrow, and the other half on Wednesday, and we're having our real test on Wednesday, then starting our new unit if there's time (otherwise, we'll start on Thursday). ♥
le 22 sept: We had our intérro:
We then had a little avoir review, and did an activity based on statements, questions, and negatives with classroom items and avoir:
- I’m outtie. Je me casse.
- Awkward! Gênant!
- Do you have any tattoos? Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
- Mind your own business. Ce n’est pas tes oignons.
- Do you have any piercings? Est-ce que tu as des piercings?
- Yes, I have three. Oui, j’en ai trois.
We then had a little avoir review, and did an activity based on statements, questions, and negatives with classroom items and avoir:
I taught you how to form the negative, and how you can't use du, de la, des de l', un or une after the negative (the Derrick 6!):
If you are having trouble understanding how to use "de" after the negative, try this site: french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/un-and-une-become-de-or-d-in-negative-sentences-indefinite-article.
Homework:
Finish up your conversation, and if you can, arrange with your partner to meet up on the weekend and practice together. Remember that you need to be ready to perform on Tuesday Sept 27.
Intérro:
We're going to practice our negatives for this intérro:
Eg:
1. Do you have any snacks? Est-ce que tu as des goûters?
2. No, I don't have any snacks. Non, je n'ai pas de goûters.
3. Does he have any tattoos? Est-ce qu'il a des tatouages?
4. No, he doesn't have any tattoos. Non, il n'a pas de tatouages.
5. Do you have any video games? Est-ce que vous avez des jeux vidéo?
6. No, we don't have any video games. Non, nous n'avons pas de jeux vidéo. Etc. ♥
Homework:
Finish up your conversation, and if you can, arrange with your partner to meet up on the weekend and practice together. Remember that you need to be ready to perform on Tuesday Sept 27.
Intérro:
We're going to practice our negatives for this intérro:
- all the conjugations of "avoir"
- des animaux domestiques
- des tatouages
- des piercings
- des jeux vidéo
- des goûters
Eg:
1. Do you have any snacks? Est-ce que tu as des goûters?
2. No, I don't have any snacks. Non, je n'ai pas de goûters.
3. Does he have any tattoos? Est-ce qu'il a des tatouages?
4. No, he doesn't have any tattoos. Non, il n'a pas de tatouages.
5. Do you have any video games? Est-ce que vous avez des jeux vidéo?
6. No, we don't have any video games. Non, nous n'avons pas de jeux vidéo. Etc. ♥
le 21 sept: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework:
- Does he like playing video games? Est-ce qu’il aime jouer aux jeux vidéo?
- He likes math better. Il aime mieux les mathématiques.
- She really likes art. Elle aime bien l’art.
- We like science. Nous aimons les sciences.
- They (m) prefer video games. Ils préfèrent des jeux vidéo.
We then took up the homework:
- Do you like to play video games? Est-ce que tu aimes jouer aux jeux vidéo?
2. Yes, I like to play video games. Oui, j’aime jouer aux jeux vidéo.
3. I play Assassin's Creed. Je joue à Assassin’s Creed.
4. GZ doesn't like to play video games. GZ n’aime pas jouer aux jeux vidéo.
5. What's your favourite class? Quelle est ta classe préférée?
6. I like math... J’aime les mathématiques…
7. I really like socials... J’aime bien les sciences humaines.
8. I like art better... J’aime mieux l’art…
9. But I prefer PE. Mais je préfère l’éducation physique.
10. Do you like hamsters? Est-ce que tu aimes des hamsters?
11. No, I don't like hamsters. Non, je n’aime pas d’hamsters.
12. I like dogs. J’aime des chiens.
We then went over the rest of the vocabulary you need to write your conversation:
Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
Oui, j’en ai trois. – Yes, I have three.
Oui, j’en ai un. -Yes, I have one.
Oui, j’en ai cinq. - Yes, I have five.
Où sont tes tatouages?
ce n’est pas tes oignons.
des piercings. – piercings
Est-ce que tu as des piercings?
Oui, j’en ai cinq.
Tu blagues?
peut-être – maybe
chépas – I dunno
ça m’est égal – I don’t care
je m’en fous – I don’t give a fudge cookie
n’importe quoi – whatever
casse-toi / dégage – buzz off
je me casse – I gotta go
gênant – awkward!
arrête de te montrer – stop flexing
un perdant / une perdante – derp/derpina
I gave you some time in class to begin working on your conversation. Remember that half of you will be doing your conversation with a partner (in front of the class, from memory) on Sept 27 and the rest will be doing their conversation on Sept 28. We will do a practice test on the 27th as well, and our real test on the 28th.
Homework:
Interro:
Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
Oui, j’en ai trois. – Yes, I have three.
Oui, j’en ai un. -Yes, I have one.
Oui, j’en ai cinq. - Yes, I have five.
Où sont tes tatouages?
ce n’est pas tes oignons.
des piercings. – piercings
Est-ce que tu as des piercings?
Oui, j’en ai cinq.
Tu blagues?
peut-être – maybe
chépas – I dunno
ça m’est égal – I don’t care
je m’en fous – I don’t give a fudge cookie
n’importe quoi – whatever
casse-toi / dégage – buzz off
je me casse – I gotta go
gênant – awkward!
arrête de te montrer – stop flexing
un perdant / une perdante – derp/derpina
I gave you some time in class to begin working on your conversation. Remember that half of you will be doing your conversation with a partner (in front of the class, from memory) on Sept 27 and the rest will be doing their conversation on Sept 28. We will do a practice test on the 27th as well, and our real test on the 28th.
Homework:
- work on your conversation, and try to have it all done for tomorrow. Remember, tomorrow is the last school day this week, and you have to perform on Tuesday!
Interro:
- est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
- oui, j'en ai trois.
- est-ce que tu as des piercings?
- ce n'est pas tes oignons
- je me casse
- gênant! ♥
le 20 sept: We had our intérro:
We then went over "the", "a", and "some":
- They (m) like hamburgers better. Ils aiment mieux des hamburgers.
- We like ramen. Nous aimons des ramens.
- You (pl)really like the fried egg sandwich. Vous aimez bien le sandwich d’œuf grillé.
- Do they (f) prefer dramas? Est-ce qu’elles préfèrent des drames?
- They (m) don’t like hamburgers better. Ils n’aiment pas mieux des hamburgers.
We then went over "the", "a", and "some":
We learned how to talk about video games:
le jeu vidéo: the video game
les jeux video: the video games
un jeu vidéo: a video game
des jeux vidéo: some video games
Use "des jeux vidéo" if you want to talk about video games in general, as in "do you like video games?" (est-ce que tu aimes des jeux vidéo?)
One thing that I didn't emphasize enough in class is that if you are talking about video games in general after the verb "jouer", you have to use "aux", NOT "des". This is because the French have a specific way of using "jouer", depending if you're talking about playing games and sports, as opposed to playing musical instruments.
We learned how to put our video game information into sentences:
Do you like to play video games? Est-ce que tu aimes jouer aux jeux vidéo?
Yes, I like to play video games. Oui, j'aime jouer aux joux vidéo.
No, I don't like to play video games. Non, je n'aime pas jouer aux jeux vidéo.
Yes, I play Fortnite. Oui, je joue Fortnite.
We then chose some classes to talk about, and how to use them in sentences:
les matières (classes) – ta classe (your class)
le drame – drama
les mathématiques - math
l’éducation physique - PE
les sciences - science
l’art – art
les sciences humaines – socials
43. Quelle est ta classe préférée?
44. J’aime le drame.
45. J’aime bien les sciences.
46. J’aime mieux l’art.
47. Mais je préfère l’éducation physique.
Finally, we chose some pets to talk about:
a cat un chat
a dog un chien
a snake un serpent
a turtle un tortue
a hamster un hamster
Homework: Translate the following sentences into French:
1. Do you like to play video games?
2. Yes, I like to play video games.
3. I play Assassin's Creed.
4. GZ doesn't like to play video games.
5. What's your favourite class?
6. I like math...
7. I really like socials...
8. I like art better...
9. But I prefer PE.
10. Do you like hamsters?
11. No, I don't like hamsters.
12. I like dogs.
Intérro:
Eg:
Do you (s) like art? Est-ce que tu aimes l'art?
No, I prefer science. Non, je préfère les sciences.
She likes video games better. Elle aime mieux des jeux vidéo.
He likes to play video games. Il aime jouer aux jeux vidéo.
We really like math. Nous aimons bien les mathématiques. ♥
le jeu vidéo: the video game
les jeux video: the video games
un jeu vidéo: a video game
des jeux vidéo: some video games
Use "des jeux vidéo" if you want to talk about video games in general, as in "do you like video games?" (est-ce que tu aimes des jeux vidéo?)
One thing that I didn't emphasize enough in class is that if you are talking about video games in general after the verb "jouer", you have to use "aux", NOT "des". This is because the French have a specific way of using "jouer", depending if you're talking about playing games and sports, as opposed to playing musical instruments.
We learned how to put our video game information into sentences:
Do you like to play video games? Est-ce que tu aimes jouer aux jeux vidéo?
Yes, I like to play video games. Oui, j'aime jouer aux joux vidéo.
No, I don't like to play video games. Non, je n'aime pas jouer aux jeux vidéo.
Yes, I play Fortnite. Oui, je joue Fortnite.
We then chose some classes to talk about, and how to use them in sentences:
les matières (classes) – ta classe (your class)
le drame – drama
les mathématiques - math
l’éducation physique - PE
les sciences - science
l’art – art
les sciences humaines – socials
43. Quelle est ta classe préférée?
44. J’aime le drame.
45. J’aime bien les sciences.
46. J’aime mieux l’art.
47. Mais je préfère l’éducation physique.
Finally, we chose some pets to talk about:
a cat un chat
a dog un chien
a snake un serpent
a turtle un tortue
a hamster un hamster
Homework: Translate the following sentences into French:
1. Do you like to play video games?
2. Yes, I like to play video games.
3. I play Assassin's Creed.
4. GZ doesn't like to play video games.
5. What's your favourite class?
6. I like math...
7. I really like socials...
8. I like art better...
9. But I prefer PE.
10. Do you like hamsters?
11. No, I don't like hamsters.
12. I like dogs.
Intérro:
- aimer
- aimer bien
- aimer mieux
- préfèrer Be prepared to conjugate all the verbs for all of the subject pronouns, and be able to use them with
- jouer est-ce que as well as the negative.
- des jeux vidéos
- les mathématiques
- l'art
- les sciences
Eg:
Do you (s) like art? Est-ce que tu aimes l'art?
No, I prefer science. Non, je préfère les sciences.
She likes video games better. Elle aime mieux des jeux vidéo.
He likes to play video games. Il aime jouer aux jeux vidéo.
We really like math. Nous aimons bien les mathématiques. ♥
le 16 sept: We had our intérro today:
5. What kind of food do you prefer? Quel type de nourriture est-ce que tu préfères?
6. I like pizza better. j’aime mieux la pizza.
We then took up the homework:
We had our alphabet oral test, and you guys did great. If you want to improve your already high mark, we can do the test again next week. We spent the rest of the class going to Rainbow, getting treats, and hanging out at the field (well-deserved!).
Homework: No homework.
Intérro:
Eg:
1. Do we like ramen? Est-ce que nous aimons des ramens?
2. You (pl) don't like the fried egg sandwich. Vous n'aimez pas le sandwich d'oeuf grillé
3. Do they (f) prefer dramas? Est-ce qu'elles préfèrent les drames? Etc.
Faites un très bon weekend! ♥
- What kind of movie do you prefer? Quel type de film est-ce que tu préfères?
- I like comedies. J’aime des (les)comédies.
- What kind of snack do you prefer? Quel type de goûter est-ce que tu préfères?
5. What kind of food do you prefer? Quel type de nourriture est-ce que tu préfères?
6. I like pizza better. j’aime mieux la pizza.
We then took up the homework:
- Est-ce que Zimm aime des films d’horreur?
- Non, il n’aime pas des (les) films d’horreur.
- GZ aime bien la pizza.
- Adam préfère la réglisse.
- Vanessa n’habite pas (à)Prince Rupert.
We had our alphabet oral test, and you guys did great. If you want to improve your already high mark, we can do the test again next week. We spent the rest of the class going to Rainbow, getting treats, and hanging out at the field (well-deserved!).
Homework: No homework.
Intérro:
- nous aimons des ramens
- vous aimez bien le sandwich d'oeuf grillé
- ils aiment mieux des hamburgers
- elles préfèrent les drames
- be able to put the sentences into questions using "est-ce que"
- be able to put the answers into the negative.
Eg:
1. Do we like ramen? Est-ce que nous aimons des ramens?
2. You (pl) don't like the fried egg sandwich. Vous n'aimez pas le sandwich d'oeuf grillé
3. Do they (f) prefer dramas? Est-ce qu'elles préfèrent les drames? Etc.
Faites un très bon weekend! ♥
le 15 sept: We had our intérro:
We then took up the homework:
1. Il chante.
2. Tu parles.
3. Elle joue.
4. Je danse.
5. Vous parlez.
6. Ils jouent.
7. Elles aiment.
8. Il aime.
We then learned about our favourite food and movies:
Quelle est ta nourriture préférée?
la pizza
des ramens
un sandwich d’œuf grillé
le sushi
les hamburgers
Quel est ton type de film préféré?
comedies – les comédies
animation – les dessins animés
drama – les drames
horror – les films d’horreur
action films - les films d’action
Christmas films - les films de Noël
We then practiced our conversation, after "chunking" it up into pieces: the intro Q&As, what people like to do, the music we like, the snacks, the food, the movies (and the rest we'll do later).
I then taught you how to do the negative:
1. Find the verb in the sentence.
2. Put "ne" in front of the verb, and "pas" after it.
3. If the verb begins with a vowel, change the ne to n' (eg: j'aime, je n'aime pas).
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
1. Does Zimm like horror movies?
2. No, he doesn't like horror movies.
3. GZ really likes pizza.
4. Adam prefers licorice.
5. Vanessa doesn't live in Prince Rupert.
Intérro:
EG:
1. Quel type de goûter est-ce que tu préfères?
2. Je n'aime pas la réglisse.
3. Il n'aime pas mieux la pizza. ...etc.
DON'T FORGET THAT YOU HAVE YOUR ALPHABET QUIZ TOMORROW! ♥
- You like. Tu aimes.
- He dances. Il danse.
- I play. Je joue
- She likes. Elle aime.
- He plays. Il joue.
- You play. Tu joues.
- He likes. Il aime.
- She plays. Elle joue.
We then took up the homework:
1. Il chante.
2. Tu parles.
3. Elle joue.
4. Je danse.
5. Vous parlez.
6. Ils jouent.
7. Elles aiment.
8. Il aime.
We then learned about our favourite food and movies:
Quelle est ta nourriture préférée?
la pizza
des ramens
un sandwich d’œuf grillé
le sushi
les hamburgers
Quel est ton type de film préféré?
comedies – les comédies
animation – les dessins animés
drama – les drames
horror – les films d’horreur
action films - les films d’action
Christmas films - les films de Noël
We then practiced our conversation, after "chunking" it up into pieces: the intro Q&As, what people like to do, the music we like, the snacks, the food, the movies (and the rest we'll do later).
I then taught you how to do the negative:
1. Find the verb in the sentence.
2. Put "ne" in front of the verb, and "pas" after it.
3. If the verb begins with a vowel, change the ne to n' (eg: j'aime, je n'aime pas).
Homework:
Translate the following into French:
1. Does Zimm like horror movies?
2. No, he doesn't like horror movies.
3. GZ really likes pizza.
4. Adam prefers licorice.
5. Vanessa doesn't live in Prince Rupert.
Intérro:
- quel type de film est-ce que tu préfères?
- quel type de goûter est-ce que tu préfères?
- quel type de nourriture est-ce que tu préfères?
- j'aime des comédies
- tu aimes bien la réglisse
- il aime mieux la pizza.
- plus putting any of the three sentences above into the negative.
EG:
1. Quel type de goûter est-ce que tu préfères?
2. Je n'aime pas la réglisse.
3. Il n'aime pas mieux la pizza. ...etc.
DON'T FORGET THAT YOU HAVE YOUR ALPHABET QUIZ TOMORROW! ♥
le 14 sept: We had our intérro:
We then played "Oû est Twinkie" in order to practice our homework. You all did a great job! Then Jana came up with the idea that we should play "Je Passe" but with the alphabet so that we can practice for our test on Friday. We tried it, and it was great!
I then taught you how to conjugate regular "er" verbs:
- What’s your favourite snack? Quel est ton goûter préféré?
- I like chocolate bars… j’aime des barres au chocolat…
- I really like licorice… j’aime bien la réglisse…
- I like hard caramels better… j’aime mieux des caramels durs…
- (but) I prefer rice cakes. (mais) je préfère des gâteaux de riz.
We then played "Oû est Twinkie" in order to practice our homework. You all did a great job! Then Jana came up with the idea that we should play "Je Passe" but with the alphabet so that we can practice for our test on Friday. We tried it, and it was great!
I then taught you how to conjugate regular "er" verbs:
I showed you that the pattern for conjugating that you learned for "parler" applies to other regular er verbs as well, such as "danser":
Homework:
Eg:
1. You dance. tu danses
2. He likes. Il aime
3. She plays. Elle joue ♥
- keep practicing your alphabet and how to pronounce the vowel combinations from the PowerPoint, as you have an oral test on Friday;
- do the eight questions in the picture above (under the red word "Homework")
- danser
- jouer I'll ask you for any of the je, tu, il, or elle conjugations for these three verbs.
- aimer
Eg:
1. You dance. tu danses
2. He likes. Il aime
3. She plays. Elle joue ♥
le 13 sept: Today we had our intérro:
We then went over the alphabet and some new vowel sounds:
- I like funk. J’aime le funk.
- I prefer rock. Je préfère le rock.
- I like country better (ptuii). J’aime mieux le country (ugggghhhhhhh).
We then went over the alphabet and some new vowel sounds:
| french_phonetics__1_.pptx |
We then substituted "what's your favourite TV show?" with "What's your favourite snack?" (Quel est ton goûter préféré?) and I gave you a sheet with some French snack names in it for you to translate to English. We had the snacks on a table as props:
la réglisse
licorice
une barre de chocolat
a chocolate bar
une barre au chocolat
a chocolate bar
des croustilles épicées
some spicy potato chips
des croustilles
some chips
des biscuits
some cookies
des caramels durs
some hard caramels
des caramels mous
some soft caramels
des barres de granola
some granola bars
des gâteaux de riz
some rice cakes
des bonbons enrobés de chocolat
some chocolate covered candies
We then practiced our homework by saying our conversations in front of the class.
Homework: Please write a tiny conversation where Person 1 asks Person 2 what their favourite snack is, and Person 2 answers what they like, really like, like better, and prefer.
Intérro: des barres au chocolat, la réglisse, des caramels durs, des gâteaux de riz, des croustilles, j'aime, bien, mieux, je préfère, quel est ton goûter préféré. Eg:
1. Quel est ton goûter préféré? What is your favourite snack?
2. J'aime la réglisse... I like licorice...
3. I really like hard caramels... J'aime bien des caramels durs...
4. I like rice cakes better... J'aime mieux des gâteaux de riz....
5. But I prefer chocolate bars. Mais je préfère des barres au chocolat.
Remember, the intérro won't look exactly like the example above, but the vocabulary will be the same. ♥
la réglisse
licorice
une barre de chocolat
a chocolate bar
une barre au chocolat
a chocolate bar
des croustilles épicées
some spicy potato chips
des croustilles
some chips
des biscuits
some cookies
des caramels durs
some hard caramels
des caramels mous
some soft caramels
des barres de granola
some granola bars
des gâteaux de riz
some rice cakes
des bonbons enrobés de chocolat
some chocolate covered candies
We then practiced our homework by saying our conversations in front of the class.
Homework: Please write a tiny conversation where Person 1 asks Person 2 what their favourite snack is, and Person 2 answers what they like, really like, like better, and prefer.
Intérro: des barres au chocolat, la réglisse, des caramels durs, des gâteaux de riz, des croustilles, j'aime, bien, mieux, je préfère, quel est ton goûter préféré. Eg:
1. Quel est ton goûter préféré? What is your favourite snack?
2. J'aime la réglisse... I like licorice...
3. I really like hard caramels... J'aime bien des caramels durs...
4. I like rice cakes better... J'aime mieux des gâteaux de riz....
5. But I prefer chocolate bars. Mais je préfère des barres au chocolat.
Remember, the intérro won't look exactly like the example above, but the vocabulary will be the same. ♥
le 12 sept: We ran through the alphabet again, and watched a Powerpoint about how to pronounce vowels, vowels with accents, and some vowel combinations. Remember that you need to be able to say the alphabet and read some words out loud with me by Friday for our alphabet test. Here is the Powerpoint:
| french_phonetics__1_.pptx |
You then paired up and made flashcards for all the conversational questions and answers from our workbook, and you swapped them with your friend and put the decks into a logical order. You then had the opportunity to play Concentration (or Memory) with them, if you had time. Not to worry if you didn't have time to finish up; we'll do more tomorrow.
We continued with our conversational booklet, and learned how to say the following types of music:
We continued with our conversational booklet, and learned how to say the following types of music:
We also learned how to express our opinions:
Quel musique aimes-tu? What music do you like?
J'aime le pop... I like pop...
J'aime bien le dub... I really like dub step...
J'aime mieux le jazz... I like jazz better....
mais je préfère le heavy-métal. But I prefer heavy metal.
You can put these sentences together in interesting ways:
Est-ce que tu aimes le pop?
Oui, mais je préfère le techno.
Hmm... j'aime le techno mais j'aime mieux le hip-hop.
Hé! * J'aime bien le hip-hop!
*hey!
Homework: Work more on building proficiency in your conversation; you should be able to say the first 19 lines of the convo from the front page of your booklet, and most of that without looking. And by the way, just to see if you guys are reading this closely, the second person who says to me before class tomorrow morning "J'aime le country" will get a prize. As well, write a 10-line conversation made up of 5 questions and 5 answers (or write 5 tiny conversations of one question and one answer each, whatever you like).
Intérro: je préfère, j'aime, j'aime mieux, le rock, le funk, le country. Eg:
1. J'aime le rock.
2. j'aime mieux le funk.
3. je préfère le country (ptuii!) ♥
Quel musique aimes-tu? What music do you like?
J'aime le pop... I like pop...
J'aime bien le dub... I really like dub step...
J'aime mieux le jazz... I like jazz better....
mais je préfère le heavy-métal. But I prefer heavy metal.
You can put these sentences together in interesting ways:
Est-ce que tu aimes le pop?
Oui, mais je préfère le techno.
Hmm... j'aime le techno mais j'aime mieux le hip-hop.
Hé! * J'aime bien le hip-hop!
*hey!
Homework: Work more on building proficiency in your conversation; you should be able to say the first 19 lines of the convo from the front page of your booklet, and most of that without looking. And by the way, just to see if you guys are reading this closely, the second person who says to me before class tomorrow morning "J'aime le country" will get a prize. As well, write a 10-line conversation made up of 5 questions and 5 answers (or write 5 tiny conversations of one question and one answer each, whatever you like).
Intérro: je préfère, j'aime, j'aime mieux, le rock, le funk, le country. Eg:
1. J'aime le rock.
2. j'aime mieux le funk.
3. je préfère le country (ptuii!) ♥
le 9 sept: We went over our conversational vocabulary, and some of you went up in front of the class with some small conversations off-script. Très bon travail (very good work!). We went to McClymont park with Mme Dueck's class for the rest of the afternoon.
Homework: I don't like to give weekend homework, but if you like, please keep looking at your conversational vocabulary and practice it so you can feel comfortable with it. ♥
Homework: I don't like to give weekend homework, but if you like, please keep looking at your conversational vocabulary and practice it so you can feel comfortable with it. ♥
le 8 sept: Today we practiced our alphabet, got our team names, then went through our booklet for our "Bonjour" unit. We translated the first 14 questions:
In order to answer the question "Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?", we came up with 8 hobbies/activities:
j’aime… (I like)
…lire (to read)
…faire du sport (to do sports)
…dessiner (to draw)
… écouter de la musique (listen to some music)
…écrire (to write)
…courir (to run)
… faire du vélo (to bike)
… jouer aux jeux vidéos (to play video games)
Later this evening I'll put an audio file up so that you can listen to these French questions and practice your pronunciation.
Homework: Remember to bring a blanket for tomorrow's picnic walk! As well, practice your alphabet, and try to get a little more familiar with the 14 questions we did today. ♥
j’aime… (I like)
…lire (to read)
…faire du sport (to do sports)
…dessiner (to draw)
… écouter de la musique (listen to some music)
…écrire (to write)
…courir (to run)
… faire du vélo (to bike)
… jouer aux jeux vidéos (to play video games)
Later this evening I'll put an audio file up so that you can listen to these French questions and practice your pronunciation.
Homework: Remember to bring a blanket for tomorrow's picnic walk! As well, practice your alphabet, and try to get a little more familiar with the 14 questions we did today. ♥
le 7 sept: Bienvenue à la classe! Today we learned about l'argot, played Je Passe, learned the alphabet, and chose our last unit (Les vêtements). If you need some help with pronunciation of the alphabet, try this site: youtu.be/N0woSj5XaX4 or youtu.be/golDmUTCx_A, or youtu.be/5xuZxGirWQI (this last one is for small kids, but that can be fun too).
Homework: Practice as much of the alphabet as you can, but at least A-G. ♥
Homework: Practice as much of the alphabet as you can, but at least A-G. ♥