le 27 novembre:  We practiced in pairs for our presentation tomorrow.  Bon chance!  :)
le 26 novembre:  We continued practicing for our presentations, which are due on Thursday.

​Homework:  Keep memorizing!  Keep practicing those emotions!  :)
le 25 novembre:  We went over all of the emotions that we've done already, and added some:

fâché / fâchée
triste
heureux/heureuse
frustré/frustrée
amoureux/amoureuse
culotté/culottée
timide

We practiced our scripts again, and despite the fact that Mme GZ brought back enough prizes for everyone in both classes, only two of you had your work memorized.  :(

​Homework:  GET THE REST OF THAT SCRIPT MEMORIZED.  YES, I'M YELLING.  :)
le 20 novembre:  I haven't updated the webpage in a few days as all we've been doing has been working on projects.  Today we finished up the projects and began working on our next unit's script, "Au Théâtre".  I read through the script and  translated it for you. and asked that you memorize your first four lines for tomorrow.  Here's an audio of the script:

au_théâtre.m4a

Homework:  memorize your first four lines of the script.
Intérro:  No more intérros this trimester!  :)
le 14 novembre:  Today we did a practice test in preparation for our test tomorrow.  Bon chance!  :)
le 13 novembre:  We had our intérro:

  1.  Where does one find the cannabis seller? Où se trouve le cannabisier?
  2. The cannabis seller works at the cannabis shop. Le cannabisier travaille à la cannabiserie.
  3. I climb up to the cheese shop. Je monte à la fromagerie.
  4. The cheese seller goes to the pharmacy. Le fromagier va à la pharmacie.
  5. The butcher passes by the bakery. Le boucher depasse la boulangerie.
  6. The baker goes to the butcher shop. Le boulanger va à la boucherie.
  7. Where does one find the cheese shop? Où se trouve la fromagerie?
  8. There it is! La voilà! 

Then I handed out the intérro prizes, which was great.  Congratulations to all!   

Homework:  We'll take up yesterday's homework, which we didn't have time for today.
Intérro: Be able to put the following verbs into the negative, for all 8 conjugations:  acheter, aller, depasser, entrer dans, sortir de.  As well, know the following vocabulary:  du pain, du boeuf, des crevettes, du fromage, du yaourt, la boulangerie, la boucherie, la poissonnerie, la fromagerie, la laiterie.  Be able to ask simple questions using "est-ce que".  Eg:

1.  Are you buying some yogurt at the dairy?  Est-ce que tu achètes du yaourt à la laiterie?
2.  No, I'm not buying any yogurt at the dairy. Non, je n'achète pas de yaourt à la laiterie.  ETC  :)

​

le 12 novembre:  Today we played a game in which we practiced our story-making abilities for the project, and a tiny bit of writing for the test.  Don't forget to bring your flashcards tomorrow (the ones you made today) so that we can use them again.  I'll give you a sample project tomorrow.

Homework:  Pick three stores and three workers (they don't have to work at those three stores).  Taking one store and one worker, write a little story about your shopping trip that includes that shop and that worker.  Then write a second story (or a continuation of the first story) about the second shop you chose and the second worker, then write about the third shop and the third worker.  Remember, the more detail you put into your story, the more effective your studying is.  :)

And don't forget to bring your intérro winnings tomorrow to see who will win first, second, and third place!!

Intérro:  la cannabiserie, le cannibisier, le fromagerie, le fromagier, la boucherie, le boucher, la boulangerie, le boulanger, la pharmacie, le pharmacien. travaille, où se trouve, le voilà, la voilà, monter, aller, depasser.  SOME OF THE VERB REQUIRE THAT YOU SAY "TO THE" PLACE:  EG "À LA BOUCHERIE" RATHER THAN JUST "LA BOUCHERIE".  :)
le 8 novembre:  Today we did our intérro:

  1.  First, I leave my place. (chez moi). D’abord, je sors de chez moi.
  2. I’m looking for the library. Je cherche la bibliothèque.
  3. I’m looking for books. Je cherche des livres.
  4. I’m entering the cheese shop. J’entre dans la fromagerie.
  5. I’m not finding any books. Je ne trouve pas de livres.
  6. I’m going into the cannabis shop. J’entre dans la cannabiserie.
  7. I don’t buy any books. Je n’achète pas de livres.
  8. I leave the cannabis shop. Je sors de la cannabiserie.
  9. I enter the bookstore. J’entre dans la librairie.
  10. I’m looking for some croissants. Je cherche des croissants.
  11. I find some cheese. Je trouve du fromage.
  12. I leave the bookstore. Je sors de la librairie.

We did an auto-évaluation, then I talked about how I might study for a test.  I drew a graphic to help you, but I drew a better one in the afternoon so I'm giving you that one:
...and I notice that I left off "depasser", so there are actually 17verbs!  Wow!

Have a great long weekend, see you on Tuesday.

Homework:  study and work on your project.
Intérro:  no intérro.  :) 
le 7 novembre:  Today we did our intérro: 

  1. The fish guy works at the fish shop. Le poissonnier travaille à la poissonnerie.
  2. The dairy guy works at the dairy. Le laitier travaille à la laiterie.
  3. The baker works at the bakery. Le boulanger travaille à la boulangerie
  4. The butcher works at the butchershop. Le boucher travaille à la boucherie.
  5. The waiter works at the restaurant. Le serveur travaille au restaurant.

We took up the homework, and that's all we had time for.

Homework:  Write a short story about going to three different shops, speaking to three different employees, and buying (or choosing not to buy) two items per shop (six in total).  Use all of our verbs from the entire unit.

Intérro:  d'abord, puis, ensuite, après ça, sortir de, acheter, chercher, trouver, entrer dans, à la librarie, à la bibliothèque, au kiosque, à la fromagerie, à la cannibiserie, des croissants, des livres, du fromage. :)
le 6 novembre:  We did our intérro:
  1.  I’m leaving the pharmacy. Je sors de la pharmacie.
  2. I want some pills. Je veux des comprimés.
  3. I see the pharmacy. Je vois la pharmacie.
  4. I speak to the pharmacist. Je parle au pharmacien.
  5. I take some pills. Je prends des comprimés.
  6. I enter the pharmacy. J’entre dans la pharmacie.

We then took up your three paragraph homework.  Here's a sample of one paragraph:

J’entre dans la pharmacie.  Je veux des comprimés.  Je parle au pharmacien.  Je prends des comprimés.  Je sors de la pharmacie.

We then played a Twinkie game where le chat had to guess Twinkie's occupation.

Homework:  Write five sentences, saying "Twinkie works at the (store); Twinkie is a (profession).  Remember not to use le, or un before the profession in that last sentence.  Eg:  "Twinkie est professeur."
If you want to get fancy, write more sentences.  If you want to get fancier, you could ask a question as to whether Twinkie works at a specific store, then answer it either in the affirmative or the negative.  Have fun!
Intérro:  monter, arriver, se trouver, vouloir, voir, acheter for je and il, à la cannibiserie,  à la fromagerie, à la pâtisserie, à la bibliothèque, au lycée.  :)

le 5 novembre:  Today we did our intérro:

  1.  The dairy guy works at the dairy. Le laitier travaille à la laiterie.
  2. The baker works at the bakery. Le boulanger travaille à la boulangerie.
  3. The butcher works at the butcher shop. Le boucher travaille à la boucherie.
  4. The fish guy works at the fish shop. Le poissonnier travaille à la poissonnerie.
  5. The waiter works at the restaurant. Le serveur travaille au restaurant.

We then played a dice-throwing game whereby we had to stay one line of our "la ville" story then throw the dice to another person.  What did we learn from this?  We really need to practice our storytelling!  That's ok, we have a bit of time before our project on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of November (test on the 15th). 

Here are some thoughts:  why not divide up your verbs into categories which make sense to you in a story?  Did you notice that Mme GZ was able to put 95% of the verbs on the board without looking at her notes?  That's because I thought about them in the order of a story.  Like this, maybe...

First, I leave my place
I go up to the candy store
I'm looking for the candy store
I can't find the candy store!
Oh, there it is.
I see the candy store.
I'm finding the candy store!
I'm looking at the candy store.
I enter the candy store.
I'm in the candy store.
I want some candy.
Where is the candy?
I speak to the candy guy.
"Where does one find the candy?"
There it is.
I take some candy.
I buy some candy.
I leave the candy store.
I continue on to the grocery store.
I pass by the library; I don't enter the library.

See how the verbs just came to me, because they made sense in that order?  Maybe give that a try.

Another thing you might try is seeing if you can see some repetitive patterns.  For example, it should be pretty evident that you say "at the candy store" a lot!  As long as you know how to say that, you have lots of your work done for you.  And are you noticing that most of the sentences start with "I"?

Nothing takes the place of PRACTICE.  

Homework:  using the six verbs sortir de, entrer dans, vouloir, parler, voir,  and prendre, write three little stories about three different shops, three different items, and three different employees as part of your large shopping trip.  Eg:  "I leave my place, I enter the grocery store.  I want some salt,  I see the grocer, and I speak to the grocer.  I take some salt".  That would be ONE story.  Write three.  Join them together with your adverbs of continuity.  

Intérro:  sortir de, entrer dans, vouloir, parler, voir, prendre (all in the "je" form only); ​des comprimés, la pharmacie, le pharmacien.  :)
le 4 novembre:  No intérro today.  We took up the 21 sentences that we had to translate from last week:

  1.  D’abord, je sors de chez moi.
  2. Je cherche la boulangerie.
  3. Où est la boulangerie?
  4. Je ne trouve pas la boulangerie.
  5. Oh, je vois la boulangerie.
  6. Je regarde la boulangerie. 
  7. Voici la boulangerie.
  8. J’entre dans la boulangerie.
  9. Je suis dans la boulangerie maintenant.
  10. Où sont les baguettes?
  11. Je veux des baguettes.
  12. Puis je demande au boulanger, “Où sont les baguettes?”
  13. Oh, les voilà.
  14. Après ça, je prends les baguettes.
  15. Je ne veux pas de pain complet, merci.
  16. Je prends les baguettes.
  17. J’achète les baguettes.
  18. Enfin je sors de la boulangerie.
  19. Je ne reste pas à la boulangerie.
  20. Ensuite je continue à la boucherie.
  21. Je depasse la confiserie.

I then gave you this sheet so that you could practice associating stores with the people who work there:
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I gave each of you either the number 1 or the number 2.  If you received the number 1, please do all of the odd numbered sentences from Parts A and B.   If you received the number 2 please do all of the even numbered sentences from Parts A and B. 

Homework:  do the appropriate questions from the worksheet above.
Intérro:  travailler (just the "il" form), à la boulangerie, à la boucherie, à la poissonnerie, à la laiterie, au restaurant, le boulanger, le boucher, le poissonnier, le serveur, le laitier.  I'll be making sentences such as "The server works in the restaurant" or "The baker doesn't work in the fish shop".  Remember that you CAN have à la or au after the negative.  Eg:  ​Le boulanger ne travaille pas à la poissonnerie.  :)
le premier novembre:  First, we determined the dates of our project and test:

Project:  le 18, 19, 20 novembre
Test:  le 15 novembre

We then learned our adverbs of continuation:

First - d'abord
Next- ensuite
Then - puis
After that - après ça
Finally - enfin

We then tried them out in some sentences:

  1.  I want some candy.  Je veux des bonbons.
  2. First, I look for the candy shop.  D’abord, je cherche la confiserie.
  3. Next, I find some candies.  Ensuite, je trouve des bonbons.
  4. After that, I take some candies.  Après ça, je prends des bonbons.
  5. Then I buy some candies.   Puis, j’achète des bonbons.
  6. Finally I eat some candies.   Enfin, je mange des bonbons.

I then gave you a sheet of the remainder of verbs that we're going to use in this unit:
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We went over the English translations of the verbs, and the conjugations:

​être – to be (dans)
Je suis            nous sommes
tu es               vous êtes
il est               ils sont
elle est           elles sont
 
aller – to go (à) (chez)
je vais            nous allons
tu vas             vous allez
il va                ils vont
elle va            elles vont
 
sortir – to leave (de)
je sors            nous sortons
tu sors           vous sortez
il sort             ils sortent
elle sort         elles sortent

Homework:  You could start in on those 21 sentences from your handout today if you wanted.
​Intérro:  no intérro.
le 31 octobre:  Happy hallowe'en!  Today we had our intérro:

  1.  I see some cheese in the cheese shop. Je vois du fromage à la fromagerie.
  2. I want a shrimp in the fish shop.  Je veux une crevette à la poissonnerie.
  3. I’m taking ice cream in the dairy. Je prends la glace à la laiterie.
  4. I’m buying some beef at the butchershop. J’achète du boeuf à la boucherie.
  5. I’m not seeing any ham in the deli. Je ne vois pas de jambon à la charcuterie.

... then we took up our homework.  Here's my version:

Je cherche la boulangerie.  Où est la boulangerie? Je trouve la boulangerie.  Je veux du pain.  Où est le pain?  Je vois du pain.  Je prends du pain, et j’achète du pain.  Je n’achète pas de baguettes.
 
Je trouve la charcuterie.  Je veux du jambon.  Je ne veux pas de saucissons.  J’achète du jambon.
 
Je regarde la boucherie.  Je veux du boeuf.  Je prends du boeuf.  Je cherche la confiserie.  Je trouve des bonbons...  Etc

We then started to learn how to say first, then, next, after that, and finally, but we ran out of time:

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HomHomework:  go trick-or-treating
intérro:  eat candy.  :)
le 30 octobre:  After our intérro:
  1.  some bread du pain – la boulangerie
  2. a yogurt – un yaourt – la laiterie       
  3. some meat – de la viande – la boucherie  
  4. an egg – un oeuf  - l’épicerie  
  5. some pills – des comprimés – la pharmacie

... we went over voir, prendre, and vouloir from yesterday's notes, and I taught you that if you want to say in, at, or to a shop, you need to use the following format:

à la for feminine shops, such as à la boucherie, à la laiterie, à la charcuterie
au for masculine shops, such as au lycée, au musée, au supermarché, au kiosque, au restaurant
à l' for shops that begin with a vowel, such as à l'épicerie.

We then did an exercise where you were to write four sentences for an item and a shop, using the four verbs vouloir, voir, prendre, and acheter, then another set of four for a different item/shop, then a third set, then a fourth set, then a fifth set.  Twenty sentences in all.  They were to follow the following format:

Je veux du pain à l'épicerie.
Je vois du pain à l'épicerie.
Je prends du pain à l'épicerie.
J'achète du pain ​à l'épicerie.

We then played a little game with throwing a die around to practice.  Yay!

Homework:  Take the following verbs and write a little story using 5 different items and five different stores.  Imagine you're describing a short little shopping trip.

vouloir
voir
regarder
acheter
chercher
trouver

Eg:  "I want some bread.  I look for the bakery, and I see the bread.  I find some baguettes, and I take some baguettes.  I pay for the baguettes.  I look for the grocery store; I want some oil, some vinegar, some salt, and some pepper.".... ETC  

Intérro:  je veux, je vois, je prends, j'achète, du boeuf, du fromage, une crevette, la glace, du jambon, à la charcuterie, à la fromagerie, à la poissonnerie, à la boucherie, à la laiterie.​  :)
le 29 octobre:  Today we went over a large amount of items you can buy in various stores (here is the Word file I created for this):
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We translated all of the items, then did an activity whereby we said:

Person #1:  Je cherche (the item)
Person #2:  Où se trouve (the item)?
Person #1:  (the store)

I told you I'd put the conjugations for three verbs on this page, and you're to copy them into your notes for homework.  Here they are:

vouloir - to want
Je veux                     Nous voulons
Tu veux                     Vous voulez
Il veut                        Ils veulent
Elle veut                   Elles veulent

voir - to see
je vois                       nous voyons
tu vois                       vous voyez
il voit                          ils voient
elle voit                    elles voient

prendre - to take
je prends                 nous prenons
tu prends                 vous prenez
il prend                    ils prennent
elle prend               elles prennent

Make sure to put these in your notes!  We'll go over pronunciation tomorrow.

Homework:  VERBS IN NOTES.
Intérro:  un oeuf, de la viande, un yaourt, du pain, des comprimés, une épicerie, une boucherie, une laiterie, une boulangerie, une pharmacie.  :)
le 28 octobre:  Today we took up the sheet that I gave you when you have Mme Stevenson, and we made sure that we know how to create a statement, a question, and a negative answer.  We also went over "se trouver" to make sure you understood it.

We then did "acheter", which is a stem changer:

j'achète                         nous achetons
tu achètes                    vous achetez
il achète                        ils achètent
elle achète                   elles achètent

We started in with some vocabulary of what you might find in the shops.  I asked you to fill in this chart:
We'll finish it up tomorrow.

Homework:  no homework
​Intérro:  no intérro.  :)
le 23 octobre:  We did some additional verb work today to get ready for your work you'll do with Mme Stevenson tomorrow.

Intérro:  I know I said we'd have one tomorrow, but I changed my mind.  :)
Homework:  no homework. 
le 22 octobre:  Today we had our intérro, then we started working on what verbs we might want to use when talking about our shopping trip.  We ran out of time before we could get too far on that; we'll continue on tomorrow.

Homework:  no homework
Intérro:  trouver (in the nous, vous, ils, and elles forms), chercher (in the nous, vous, ils, and elles forms), une maison longue, une boîte en bois courbé, un chapeau de cèdre tissé, une salle de fête autochtone, le musée.
le 21 octobre:  We went over what er, ir, and re verbs are, and what regular verbs are.  We put the conjugation of "trouver"up on the board.  I gave you a worksheet about asking if people are looking for a store, and that they're finding it.

Homework:  finish up either the odd or the even numbers on the worksheet, depending upon whether you received a 1 or a 2 today from me.
Intérro:  trouver (conjugated for je, tu, il, and elle), chercher (conjugated for je, tu, il, and elle), le supermarché, la charcuterie, li librairie, la bibliothèque, le kiosque, le café.  :)
le 17 octobre:  Today we continued on with our vocabulary for the shops in La Ville, but ran out of time when we finished up (on the sheet) with "supermarché".  We'll finish up tomorrow.

Homework:  no homework
​Intérro:  no intérro
le 16 octobre:​  Today we started off by doing a self-evaluation on the project you did yesterday, then we started our new unit, "La Ville".  We began by learning the shop names we'll need.  We finished the Powerpoint.  I added the shop la boutique de cannibis​, the cannibis boutique.

Homework:  no homework
Intérro:  la ville, les magasins, la boucherie, la pâtisserie, la confiserie.  :)
le 15 octobre:  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Today is our project day, and I'm really looking forward to hearing your conversations.  Thank you to those who have already handed in their conversations through a text or on a USB.    :) 
le 11 octobre:  Test day.  Bon chance, and Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!
le 10 octobre:  Today was a shortened day as we have Student/Parent/Teacher interviews.
​le 9 octobre:  There wasn't an intérro, so we got right into correcting our practice tests:

Partie A:           /18
  1.  Je joue au volley/ basket/golf/hockey.  J’aime jouer au….  je danse; je mange, j’aime manger, je lis, j’aime lire, je joue au foot / au soccer, j’aime la photographie
  2. J’ai quatorze ans.  (treize)
  3. Oui, j’ai un oiseau / je n’ai pas d’oiseau.
  4. J’habite à Prince Rupert.
  5. Ça va (très bien mal), merci, ça ne va pas.
  6. Je préfère les maths, les sciences, les sciences sociales, le français, l’anglais, l’éducation physique. (mon sujet préféré est les maths.)
  7. Je préfère la pizza, le sushi, les hamburgers, le chocolat. (Ma nourriture préférée est…)
  8. C’est le vingt-six mars.  C’est le premier mars.
 Partie B:
  Dégage!
  1. Gêant!
  2. Je m’en fous
  3. peut-être
  4. J’en ai deux.
  5. Je n’ai pas d’animaux domestiques.
  Partie C:
J’aime…les films d’action, d’horreur, les comédies, les films policiers, les drames, les sciences fictions, (le sci-fi), les documentaires,J’aime bien…
J’aime mieux…
Mais je préfère…

Finally we did an auto-évaluation on how we've been preparing for the practice test, then we handed the test in.

Homework:  Make sure you're studying for your test on FRIDAY.
​Intérro:  no intérro.  :)




le 8 octobre:  We started off with our intérro:
  1.  I’m not fourteen years old. Je n’ai pas quatorze ans.
  2. I speak French.  Je parle français.
  3. I don’t speak French.  Je ne parle pas français.
  4. I have two tattoos. J’ai deux tatouages.
  5. I play hockey. Je joue au hockey.
  6. I don’t have two tattoos. Je n’ai pas deux tatouages.
  7. I don’t play hockey. Je ne joue pas au hockey.
  8. I don’t dance. Je ne danse pas.
  9. I dance. Je danse.
  10. I’m fourteen years old. J’ai quatorze ans

We then did a little survey about fun in the classroom, then moved on to an exercise to practice our months.

Homework:  work on your projects (due Tuesday)
le 7 octobre:​   ​We had our intérro:

  1.  What’s your favourite subject? Quel est ton sujet préféré?
  2. I like woodshop. J’aime l’education manuelle.
  3. I really like lunch. J’aime bien le déj.
  4. I like socials better. J’aime mieux les sciences sociales.
  5. But I prefer math. Mais je préfère les maths.

We then had a look at our portfolios today, as our parents are going to be seeing them at S/P/T interviews on Thursday.  We then did a survey whereby we used a chart to ask 5 people a question, then another 5 people a different question, etc.  There were five questions in total and therefore 25 squares of information for you to fill out.  You then chose the most popular answers for each of the 5 questions, wrote the answers on a sticky note, then put them on the board under the question (which I wrote there).  At the end of the exercise, we had asked a lot of questions in French, answered a lot of questions in French, written a bit of French, and were able to say what the class' favourite this-or-that was.  Bon travail!

Homework:  Just remember that your TEST IS THIS FRIDAY, and that your PROJECT IS NEXT TUESDAY; please study for the test and prepare for the project.

Intérro:  Je danse,  J’ai deux tatouages  J’ai quatorze ans, Je ne parle pas français, Je joue au hockey, Je ne danse pas, Je n’ai pas quatorze ans, Je ne joue pas au hockey,  Je n’ai pas deux tatouages,   Je parle français.
le 4 octobre:  There was no intérro today, as Mme GZ gave confusing information.  We took up our practice test:

Partie A:

  1. Bonjour, (comment) ça va?
  2. Ça va mal, merci. / ça ne va pas, merci.
  3. Comment t’appelles-tu?
  4. Je m’appelle Nancy.
  5. Où habites-tu? / Où est-ce que tu habites?
  6. J’habite à PR.
 
Partie B:
 
  1. Non, je n’ai pas d’animals domestiques.
  2. Non, je n’ai pas de piercings.
  3. Non, je ne joue pas au foot.
 
Partie C:

  1.  Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?
  2. j’aime
  3. J’aime bien
  4. J’aime mieux
  5. Mais je préfère 
  6. Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
  7. Ce n’est pas tes oignons! Ça ne te regarde pas!
  8. Dégage!
  9. Peut-être, je m’en fous!
  10. San déc!  Pécno!  Géant!
  11. Je me casse!


We also did our auto-évaluation.

Homework:  study for your test on FRIDAY OCTOBER 11 and prepare for your projects due on TUESDAY OCTOBER 15.
Intérro:  Quel est ton sujet préféré?  J'aime, j'aime bien, j'aime mieux, mais je préfère... les sciences, les sciences sociales, les maths, l'education manuelle, le déj.  :)

le 3 octobre:  Today we had our intérro:
  1. I like some dramas.  J’aime des drames.
  2. I really like action shows. J’aime bien les émissions d’action.
  3. I like comedies better. J’aime mieux les comédies.
  4. I prefer police shows. Je préfère les émissions policières.
  5. I don’t like any dramas. Je n’aime pas de drames.
  6. I don’t prefer action shows. Je ne préfère pas les émissions d’action.
  7. I don’t really like comedies.  Je n’aime pas bien les comédies.
  8. I don’t like police shows better.  Je n’aime pas mieux les émissions policières.

We reviewed how to put sentences into the negative, including the use of "de", then we did our practice test.  You all finished it (yay!)  We'll take it up tomorrow and do our auto-évaluation.  

Homework:  Write a really unpleasant conversation between two people, where Person 1 asks some perfectly acceptable questions, but Person 2 keeps telling them to go away, calling them a derp, etc.  Have Person 1 ask four questions, and have Person 2 dismiss them with four unpleasant answers.

Intérro:  peut-être, dégage, je m'en fous, le pécno, je me casse.​  :)
le 2 octobre:  Today we had our intérro:
 
  1.  I play soccer.  Je joue au foot.
  2. It’s your business. C’est tes oignons.
  3. I live in Prince Rupert. J’habite à Prince Rupert.
  4. I like a pizza. J’aime une pizza.
  5. It’s October fifteenth. C’est le quinze octobre.
  6. It’s not your business. Ce n’est pas tes oignons.
  7. I don’t like any pizza. je n’aime pas de pizza.
  8. I don’t live in PR.  Je n’habite pas à Prince Rupert. 
  9. It’s not October 15. Ce n’est pas le quinze octobre.
  10. I don’t play soccer.  Je ne joue pas au foot.

It looked like a lot for an intérro, but it was really just five sentences plus their negatives.  We spent a lot of time practicing the negative, as we're having a bit of trouble with it.  We did an activity whereby you got into groups of 5-6 and Person 1 asked a question to Person 2, who answered the question in the negative, then Person 2 asked a question to Person 3 who answered it in the negative, etc.  I saw some improvement in your use of the negative after that.  

Homework:  practice your negatives, either in writing or in your head.  As well, spend a few minutes looking over your notes since the beginning of the trimester, as we're going to do a practice test tomorrow.  I'll give you 5 minutes after the intérro to study as well.

Intérro:  J'aime les comédies, j'aime bien des drames, j'aime mieux les emissions d'action, mais je préfère les emissions policières, and all of these statements in the negative.  :)
le premier octobre:  Today we started out continuing on with the négatif:

  1.  Claire has two dogs.
    1.   Claire a deux chiens.
    2. Claire n’a pas deux chiens.
 
  1. I’m good, thanks.
    1.        Ça va, merci.
    2.  Ça ne va pas
 
  1. I play soccer.
    1.   Je joue au foot.
    2. je ne joue pas au foot.
 
  1. Zimm dances.
    1.  Zimm danse.
    2.  Zimm ne danse pas.
 
  1. I have two piercings.
    1.   J’ai deux piercings.
    2. Je n’ai pas deux piercings.

We also learned that you can't have the following words after "pas" in a sentence: un, une, du, de la, des, de l'.  The reason being is that these words, which mean "a" or "some", are way too non-specific to be in the negative.  For example, if you want to say that you don't have a cat, you can't say, "Je n'ai pas un chat", you have to say that you don't have any cat:  "Je n'ai pas de chat".  Here are some more examples:

1.  Je veux du café - I want a coffee / Je ne veux pas de café - I don't want any coffee.
2.  Tu as un frère - you have a brother / Tu n'as pas de frère - you don't have any brother.

Homework:  Write five questions using our vocabulary, then write answers to those questions in the negative, making sure that you use "de".  For example:

Do you have a piercing?  No, I don't have any piercing.
Do you have a pet?  No, I don't have any pet.

Intérro:  J'habite à Prince Rupert, je n'habite pas à Prince Rupert,  je joue au foot, je ne joue pas au foot,  c'est le quinze octobre, ce n'est pas le quinze octobre, c'est tes oignons, ce n’est pas tes oignons, j'aime une pizza, je n'aime pas de pizza. :)

le 30 septembre:  Bonjour!  I'm thrilled to be back in the classroom after almost a week in Ottawa.  Today we took up the unmarked portion of our tests, then did a peer-review exercise designed to help us not only receive constructive feedback, but act upon it.  Remember that how you process and analyze the feedback will be part of your final grade for this course, so please take it seriously.  

We spent the last few moments working on an oral conversation whereby your friend would ask you questions, you would answer, then your friend would disagree with everything you said.  For example:

You:  Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
Friend:  Oui, j'en ai trois.
You:  Moi, je n'ai pas de tatouages.  Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire?
Friend:  Je joue au hockey.
You:  Moi, je ne joue pas au hockey.  Je joue au basket...

etc.  

We didn't get very far; we'll continue on with it tomorrow.

Homework:  no homework, unless you're having trouble with the structure of the negative, then please review it at this site;

www.dummies.com/languages/french/building-negative-sentences-in-french/

Intérro:  No intérro.  :)
le 23 septembre:  Today we practiced saying our birthdays, and a bunch of other birthdays as well:

When is your birthday?
Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?

It’s January 15
C’est le quinze janvier.

It’s February 27
C’est le vingt-sept févier.

It’s March 3
C’est le trois mars.

It’s April 10
C’est le dix avril.

It’s May 20
C’est le vingt mai.

It’s June 19
C’est le dix-neuf juin.

It’s July 1
C’est le premier juillet.

It’s August 16
C’est le seize août.

It’s September 5
C’est le cinq septembre.

It’s October 19
C’est le dix-neuf octobre.

It’s November 2
C’est le deux novembre.

It’s December 31
C’est le trente et un décembre.

Homework:  no homework
​Intérro:  the bolded sentences above.  :)
le 20 septembre:  We had our intérro today:
  1.  What’s your favourite class/subject?  Quelle est ta classe préférée? / Quel est ton sujet préféré?
  2. I like science, j’aime les sciences,
  3. I really like math, j’aime bien les maths,
  4. I like english better, j’aime mieux l’anglais,
  5. But I prefer lunch.  mais je préfère le déj.

We then played a game whereby we practiced the question "Dans quel mois est ton anniversaire?" and you needed to find the person who was holding your month on a hidden sign.  We then put our numbers up on the board (bell rang at #7):

1 – un
2 – deux
3 – trois
4 – quatre
5 – cinq
6 – six
7 – sept
8 - huit

Homework:  no homework
Intérro:  no intérro.  Faites un bon weekend!  :)
le 19 septembre:  We did our intérro:
  1.  August - août
  2. April - avril
  3. March - mars
  4. May - mai
  5. October - octobre

We then talked quite a bit about how you'd like to be assessed in this unit:  including your process of learning, or not including your process.  The class seems to be a bit split on the idea, so we'll think about it and decide later.  We know that the test is going to be on OCTOBER 11 and your presentations will be on OCTOBER 14.  Many of you want to do a video, which is great, but it must be ready and able to be shown on my computer on October 14.

We tried to start numbers, but we ran out of time.

Homework:  no homework.
Intérro:  what's your favourite class?  I like science, I really like math, I like english better, but I prefer lunch.
le 18 septembre:  We had our intérro today:

  1. derp –le pécno
  2. I dunno - chépas
  3. I don’t care – je m’en fous
  4. maybe – peut-être
  5. none of your business! – ce n’est pas tes oignons!

... then we took up the conversation homework:

  1.  Quel est ton sujet préféré? 
  2. J’aime bien les maths, mais je préfère les sciences.
  3. Est-ce que tu as des animaux domestiques?
  4. Oui, j’ai deux chiens. / J’en ai deux.
  5. Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?
  6. Ce n’est pas tes oignons! / Ça ne te regarde pas!
  7. Est-ce que tu as des piercings?
  8. Dégage!  Je me casse!
 
We started our "months of the year" vocabulary by putting the months in the proper order on the board, then we ran out of time.

Homework:  no homework
Intérro:  mars, mai, août, avril, octobre.  

And in case you can't get enough of these guys:

le 17 septembre:​  Today we had our intérro:
 
  1.  I gotta go.    Je me casse
  2. Stop flexing!  (ne) frime pas
  3. Get lost.  dégage!
  4. Are you joking?  tu blagues?
  5. Awkward!   gêant!

We then continued on with the vocabulary sheets, making sure that you have all of the vocab down there, and spelled correctly.  Then we ran out of time before we could start the months!  I was so disappointed!  :(

Homework:  finish the other two conversations from the coloured convo sheet I gave you yesterday.
Intérro:  peut-être, chépas, je m'en fous, le pécno, ce n'est pas tes oignons.  ​:)
le 16 septembre:  Bienvenue à la classe!  Today we did our intérro:

  1.  …whose name is…. qui s’appelle…
  2. some tattoos – des tatouages
  3. pets – des (les) animaux domestiques
  4. I have 3 of them – J’en ai 3
  5. What type of music do you like? – Quel type de musique est-ce que tu aimes?  (aimes-tu)
​

...and talked about what it means to have a "fixed" as opposed to "growth" mindset when it comes to believing in our abilities to succeed in French.  We then finished up the vocab sheet (except for numbers and months):
 ...and my notes from my computer:

maybe
peut-être

I dunno
chépas

I don’t care
je m’en fous/ça m’est égal

whatever!
sans déc

Buzz off!
dégage! / décampe! / va te faire foutre!

I gotta go
je me casse

Awkward!
Gêant!

stop flexing
(ne) frime pas!

derp
le pécno (quel pécno) 
 
Homework:  please do conversations #1 and #2 from the sheet I handed out.   As well, please check over your conversation table spelling from the alphabet test day.  The answers are in the attached file below.

Intérro:  ne frime pas, gêant, tu blagues? dégage!  je me casse  :) 
answers_to_conversational_sheet.docx
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le 13 septembre:  We did our intérro:

 
  1. (the) hamburger le hamburger
  2. the cat le chat
  3. the dog le chien
  4. what’s your name? Comment t’appelles-tu?
  5. how are you? (Comment) ça va?
  6. I like… J’aime

​...then went over some of the vocab still left to do for this unit:

#53:  Est-ce que tu as des tatouages?   - Do you have any tattoos?
#54:  Oui, j'en ai trois - yes, I have three of them.

That's as far as we got.

Homework:  no homework
Intérro:  les animaux domestiques, qui s'appelle, J'en ai 3, des tatouages, Quel type de musique est-ce que tu aimes (aimes-tu)?  :)  ​
le 12 septembre:  We didn't have a very long class due to the performance at the Lester Centre in Period 1 (which took much longer than we thought!).  I handed out some booklets for you to use for les intérros, which are small spelling tests that we're going to have almost every day.

Homework:  no homework.
Intérro:  J'ai, ça va, manger, mais je préfère, and le chat/le chien.  :)
le 11 septembre:  Today we had our alphabet quiz; great job!  I gave you a double-sided sheet for translation; please make sure that it's finished for tomorrow.  :)
le 10 septembre:  We practiced the alphabet today, and sounded out some words based on our knowledge of pronunciation.  You guys did a really good job!  Remember that you have a quiz tomorrow.  We went on to finish up the subjects that we can have an opinion on:
Maybe tomorrow someone can remind me what types of movies I wrote on the board then erased?  If you're the first person to do that for me, I'll give you a treat.  This is as far as we got!  Have a great evening.  :)
le 9 septembre:  Today we practiced the alphabet again, and decided that we will indeed be ready for our alphabet oral test on Wednesday.  We then practiced our conversation a bit today, and listened to the audio file that I made with Zimm over the weekend.  We added:

Où est-ce que tu habites?  Where do you live?
J'habite à Prince Rupert.  I live in Prince Rupert.
J'habite à Port Édouard.  I live in Port Edward.

We then went over our favourite types of TV shows and movies, the food we like, and our favourite types of music.  We got this far:
We'll continue with this tomorrow.  Have a great weekend!  No homework.  :)
le 6 septembre:  Today we practiced our alphabet and the conversation lines which we've already done.  We brainstormed some more things that we like to do, then practiced them orally.  We added:

-je pêche
-je fais de la chasse
-je joue des jeux vidéos

You don't have any weekend homework, but if you're having trouble with any part of the conversation so far, perhaps you could look it over.  You can always text me if you have any specific questions.  Plus, sometime tonight or perhaps tomorrow I'll put an audio file on the webpage of Zimmerman and me going through the entire conversation in French, so you can listen to pronunciation and intonation.  I'll put it in right here:

​bonjour_conversation.m4a
​
le 5 septembre:  Today we took a look at the webpage, then we practiced the alphabet.  Good job!  We then worked on the first few parts of the vocabulary sheet:

  1. Bonjour, je m’appelle GZ.
  2. Comment t’appelles-tu?
  3. Comment ça va?
  4. Ça va bien! Je pète le feu.
  5. Ça va, merci.
  6. Comme ci, comme ça.
  7. Ça va mal.
  8. Quel âge as-tu?
  9. J’ai quatorze ans.

We skipped the next few, because they required knowledge of numbers and months, and went down to "What do you like to do?"  We brainstormed some ideas based on what you like to do in your spare time:
We'll continue on tomorrow.  No homework.  :) ​
le 4 septembre:  Today I handed out the course outlines and we went over them, then we began our new unit, "Pas de peur, pas de limite".  This unit is designed to have you feel comfortable with a general, introductory French conversation.  You'll spend most of your time working on the verbal, but you will also have to know how to spell the vocabulary we're learning.  I handed out our vocabulary sheet, but we didn't have time to work on it.  No homework, unless you'd like to just look over the sheet.  Please don't feel you have to do all that translating!  :)  
le 3 septembre:  Today we met each other, and divided into two groups according to whether we like French.  I then made you take the other team's side and express an opposite opinion about French.  And that was about it!  :)

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