le 4 mars: Today we learned some desserts:
Remember that you have two study days coming up, and you should use them to a) study for your test on Wednesday, and b) get yourselves ready for your project.
As for the test, what I've done is simply written out a conversation between a waiter and two customers, and asked you to translate it. Take a good look at the homework you've done and the sort of oral presentations you've done in class; that's exactly the sort of thing that's on the test.
See you Friday, and good luck! I'll miss you and be thinking about you when I'm in Victoria! :)
As for the test, what I've done is simply written out a conversation between a waiter and two customers, and asked you to translate it. Take a good look at the homework you've done and the sort of oral presentations you've done in class; that's exactly the sort of thing that's on the test.
See you Friday, and good luck! I'll miss you and be thinking about you when I'm in Victoria! :)
le 1 mars: Today we did our quiz, then listened to your homework in oral presentation style. We decided that the customer needs to list off either the appetizers or the main courses in the project so that the waiter doesn't have the bulk of the vocabulary.
I then gave you the following vocabulary so that we could hit the ground running on Monday:
Je voudrais un ménu, s.v.p - I would like a menu, please.
L'addition, s.v.p - The bill, please
Je croix qu'il y a un erreur dans l'addition - I think there's a mistake in the bill.
We'll go over this on Monday, as well as desserts. Tuesday and Wednesday will be study days for you, then your test will be on Thursday (when the TTOC is here), and your projects are due Friday.
Homework: Do whatever you need to do to get ready for your project and test.
Quiz: no quiz. :)
I then gave you the following vocabulary so that we could hit the ground running on Monday:
Je voudrais un ménu, s.v.p - I would like a menu, please.
L'addition, s.v.p - The bill, please
Je croix qu'il y a un erreur dans l'addition - I think there's a mistake in the bill.
We'll go over this on Monday, as well as desserts. Tuesday and Wednesday will be study days for you, then your test will be on Thursday (when the TTOC is here), and your projects are due Friday.
Homework: Do whatever you need to do to get ready for your project and test.
Quiz: no quiz. :)
le 28 février: Today we went over our due dates:
Remember that if you're not going to here for part of next week, you need to come and talk to me about how you're going to make up the work. Please don't assume that you can come in on make-up day to make up a large amount of work; I have too many students to be able to accommodate that situation.
We also had circle today and talked about our stresses, and how to deal with them; then we did a short survey for me; merci beaucoup! Because we spent time in circle, we missed the quiz (woot). We took up the homework in little skits (bon travail!), and time ran out at that point.
Homework: Put together the two conversations that you have already written, and be ready to present a longer skit tomorrow including drinks, appetizers, and main dishes.
Quiz: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme plat principal? Il y a le flétan, la pieuvre, une salade à algue, le pain frit, les pommes frites. :)
We also had circle today and talked about our stresses, and how to deal with them; then we did a short survey for me; merci beaucoup! Because we spent time in circle, we missed the quiz (woot). We took up the homework in little skits (bon travail!), and time ran out at that point.
Homework: Put together the two conversations that you have already written, and be ready to present a longer skit tomorrow including drinks, appetizers, and main dishes.
Quiz: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme plat principal? Il y a le flétan, la pieuvre, une salade à algue, le pain frit, les pommes frites. :)
le 27 février: We started off with our quiz:
We then looked at some more vocabulary:
Remember that when you're using "appetizers", "drinks", "main dishes", "desserts" in the question "What x do you have?", you need to use the SINGULAR form. Eg: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson? Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme entrée? Qu'este-ce que vous avez comme plat principal? etc.
Homework: Translate the following:
Waiter: Something to eat?
Customer: What appetizers do you have?
Waiter: There's a green salad, a seaweed salad, halibut eggs, and fry bread.
Customer: What main dishes do you have?
Waiter: There's salmon with rice, octopus with fries, and a hamburger.
Customer: I would like the octopus with fries.
Waiter: Sorry! There isn't any more.
Quiz: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme plat principal? Il y a le flétan, la pieuvre, une salade à algue, le pain frit, les pommes frites. :)
Homework: Translate the following:
Waiter: Something to eat?
Customer: What appetizers do you have?
Waiter: There's a green salad, a seaweed salad, halibut eggs, and fry bread.
Customer: What main dishes do you have?
Waiter: There's salmon with rice, octopus with fries, and a hamburger.
Customer: I would like the octopus with fries.
Waiter: Sorry! There isn't any more.
Quiz: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme plat principal? Il y a le flétan, la pieuvre, une salade à algue, le pain frit, les pommes frites. :)
le 26 février: First off, we had our quiz:
Then we listened to a bit more of the cassette, and learned how to say certain types of sandwiches:
un sandwich au jambon - a ham sandwich
un sandwich au pâté - a pâté sandwich
un sandwich au fromage - a cheese sandwich
We also learned that if a customer asked "Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme sandwich?" (what types of sandwiches do you have?), it could be because the waiter asked them beforehand: "Quelque chose à manger?" (something to eat?)
un sandwich au jambon - a ham sandwich
un sandwich au pâté - a pâté sandwich
un sandwich au fromage - a cheese sandwich
We also learned that if a customer asked "Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme sandwich?" (what types of sandwiches do you have?), it could be because the waiter asked them beforehand: "Quelque chose à manger?" (something to eat?)
Homework: Translate into French:
Waiter: Hello! What are you having? Something to eat, something to drink?
Customer: Hello! What drinks do you have?
Waiter: There's Orangina, Coke, Fanta, Perrier, coffee, tea, coffee with cream, hot chocolate, and bottled beer.
Customer: I'd like a coffee with cream.
Waiter: Sorry, there isn't any more.
Customer: Ok, for me, an Orangina.
Waiter. Very good. Something to eat?
Customer: What sandwiches do you have?
Waiter: We have ham sandwiches, pâté sandwiches, cheese sandwiches...
Customer: A cheese sandwich, please.
Waiter: Very good!
Quiz: un sandwich au fromage, un sandwich au jambon, un sandwich au pâté, quelque chose à manger, quelque chose à boire, qu'est-ce que vous avez comme sandwich, qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson, une bière en bouteille, désolé, il n'y en a plus. :)
Waiter: Hello! What are you having? Something to eat, something to drink?
Customer: Hello! What drinks do you have?
Waiter: There's Orangina, Coke, Fanta, Perrier, coffee, tea, coffee with cream, hot chocolate, and bottled beer.
Customer: I'd like a coffee with cream.
Waiter: Sorry, there isn't any more.
Customer: Ok, for me, an Orangina.
Waiter. Very good. Something to eat?
Customer: What sandwiches do you have?
Waiter: We have ham sandwiches, pâté sandwiches, cheese sandwiches...
Customer: A cheese sandwich, please.
Waiter: Very good!
Quiz: un sandwich au fromage, un sandwich au jambon, un sandwich au pâté, quelque chose à manger, quelque chose à boire, qu'est-ce que vous avez comme sandwich, qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson, une bière en bouteille, désolé, il n'y en a plus. :)
le 25 février: Good job with our TTOC on Friday, class. :) Today we went over the drinks that you learned on Friday, then added two new lines:
Serveur: Qu'est-ce que vous prenez? Quelque chose à boire? (what are you having? Something to drink?)
Patron: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson? (what drinks do you have?)
We also included the fun line "Oh, désolé, il n'y en a plus" (sorry, there isn't any more). Fun to use not only if you've actually run out of something, but also if you don't feel like giving the customer what they want! Mwaa haa haa
We practiced little skits of the small conversation below.
Serveur: Qu'est-ce que vous prenez? Quelque chose à boire? (what are you having? Something to drink?)
Patron: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson? (what drinks do you have?)
We also included the fun line "Oh, désolé, il n'y en a plus" (sorry, there isn't any more). Fun to use not only if you've actually run out of something, but also if you don't feel like giving the customer what they want! Mwaa haa haa
We practiced little skits of the small conversation below.
Quiz: Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme boisson? Quelque chose à boire? Il n'y en a plus, un Orangina, une bière en bouteille, un chocolat chaud.
le 21 février: Today we started our new unit, "Au Restaurant" (At the Restaurant). I went over what's on the project and the due dates for projects and the test:
We listened to a cassette tape with lots of vocabulary, and looked at our comic sheet. We started to categories of who says what to whom, but we ran out of time:
No homework, no quiz. :)
le 20 février: `Test day! :)
le 19 février: Welcome back! We had a few kids do their late "La Ville" projects, then we talked about what's on the test tomorrow:
Good luck on your test tomorrow! :)
le 13 février: We went to the All Native tournament today! Have a great weekend, see you on Tuesday! Oh, and by the way, not sure that many of you are remembering that our test, originally scheduled for today, is rescheduled for Tuesday Feb 19 (our first day back from our 5-day holiday). So we'll have a review day on the 19th, and write the test on Feb 20. :)
le 12 février: Today our friend Mrs. Burger came in to talk about crest poles, and we did a few more projects. I expect to see some of you after school today to finish up your projects, or at lunch or after school tomorrow. I'd like to have all the projects completed by 4:00pm Wednesday afternoon.
You in fact do NOT have a test tomorrow, as we're going to All Native tomorrow morning. PLEASE MEET ME AT 8:30AM TOMORROW MORNING AT THE CIVIC (IN THE LOBBY) FOR ATTENDANCE. See you there! :)
You in fact do NOT have a test tomorrow, as we're going to All Native tomorrow morning. PLEASE MEET ME AT 8:30AM TOMORROW MORNING AT THE CIVIC (IN THE LOBBY) FOR ATTENDANCE. See you there! :)
le 11 février: We had our first project day today. Those who went today received a bonus mark. Bon travail!
Don't forget that WE'RE MEETING AT THE ALL NATIVE TOURNAMENT AT THE CIVIC CENTRE AT 8:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING. Don't come to class first, I won't be there!
Also, please remember that you need to hand your coloured-in heart in to me by Wednesday after school.
No homework (other than to study for your test on Wednesday), no quiz.
Don't forget that WE'RE MEETING AT THE ALL NATIVE TOURNAMENT AT THE CIVIC CENTRE AT 8:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING. Don't come to class first, I won't be there!
Also, please remember that you need to hand your coloured-in heart in to me by Wednesday after school.
No homework (other than to study for your test on Wednesday), no quiz.
le 10 février: As requested, here are some sample sentences you can work on to help you with your presentation:
- Hello, my name is x, and here is “The City”.
- First, I leave my place.
- I’m looking for the museum, where is the museum?
- Where does one find the museum? I want the museum!
- Oh, there it is! There’s the museum. It’s the museum!
- I see the museum. I walk to the museum.
- I pass by the pharmacy.
- I’m coming to the museum. Then, I enter the museum.
- I see the bentwood box, the totem pole, and the woven cedar hat.
- Where is the curator? Oh, there he is. Hello! I speak to the curator.
- How much does the bentwood box cost?
- Whoa, that’s expensive!
- I don’t buy the bentwood box.
- I leave the museum.
le 8 février: We got into circle and talked about our museum trip yesterday: things we learned there, and how we felt about the visit in general. We then reviewed
le 7 février: We went to the museum today; what a great trip! You guys were really wonderful; thank you so much for your excellent behaviour.
I asked you to write down three things that you learned at the museum. Hopefully some of those things will relate to our vocabulary. I'm going to add a bit of vocab based on what we learned today:
a transformation mask: une masque de transformation
some woven robes with cedar bark: des robes tissées avec de l'écorce de cèdre
some woven baskets: des paniers tissés
some woven blankets: des couvertures tissées
We'll take up our three things that we learned tomorrow in class. :)
I asked you to write down three things that you learned at the museum. Hopefully some of those things will relate to our vocabulary. I'm going to add a bit of vocab based on what we learned today:
a transformation mask: une masque de transformation
some woven robes with cedar bark: des robes tissées avec de l'écorce de cèdre
some woven baskets: des paniers tissés
some woven blankets: des couvertures tissées
We'll take up our three things that we learned tomorrow in class. :)
le 6 février: We took up the homework, then we talked about stem-changer verbs, and learned the verb acheter:
We then put together two questions to help us talk about our trips around town: Qu'est-ce qu'on achète... (at a particular store)?, and Où se trouve... (a particular item)? :
I gave you a sheet with pictures of what can be bought at six different stores (see picture above), and examples of how you would answer the two questions for la poissonnerie.
Homework: Ask the two questions above and answer them, according to the example above, for the remaining 6 stores on the right hand side of the picture.
Quiz: où se trouve..., qu'est-ce qu'on achète... à la boucherie, à la charcuterie, à l'épicerie, le sel, du pain, du jambon. :)
Homework: Ask the two questions above and answer them, according to the example above, for the remaining 6 stores on the right hand side of the picture.
Quiz: où se trouve..., qu'est-ce qu'on achète... à la boucherie, à la charcuterie, à l'épicerie, le sel, du pain, du jambon. :)
le 5 février: Today we had our quiz, then played a little ball game with reviewing the questions and answers of who works where. We then took up the homework, and started "coûter" - to cost. We're only going to use it only in the question "combien coûte...?" Eg:
-combien coûte un poulet? - How much does a chicken cost?
-combien coûte le stylo? - How much does the pen cost?
Class time ran out at this point.
Homework: Translate the following:
1. How much does the bentwood box cost?
2. Who works at the museum?
3. The museum curator works at the museum.
4. I see the totem pole, and the woven cedar hat.
5. I want the pharmacy!
6. I see the candy shop.
Quiz: no quiz. :)
-combien coûte un poulet? - How much does a chicken cost?
-combien coûte le stylo? - How much does the pen cost?
Class time ran out at this point.
Homework: Translate the following:
1. How much does the bentwood box cost?
2. Who works at the museum?
3. The museum curator works at the museum.
4. I see the totem pole, and the woven cedar hat.
5. I want the pharmacy!
6. I see the candy shop.
Quiz: no quiz. :)
le 4 février: We started with two questions on the board: "Qui travaille <at the store>?" and "Où se trouve ... <the person who works there>?":
Remember: travailler, meaning "to work", is a regular "er" verb and thus is conjugated just like trouver, chercher, parler, etc.
Qui travaille à la boucherie? Who works at the butcher shop?
Qui travaille au musée? Who works at the museum?
Qui travaille à l'épicerie? Who works at the grocery store?
The answers are, of course, the names of the professions. See the photo above for the ones we've done so far:
Qui travaille à la boucherie? Who works at the butcher shop? / Le boucher travaille à la boucherie.
Qui travaille au musée? Who works at the museum? / Le conservateur du musée travaille au musée.
Qui travaille à l'épicerie? Who works at the grocery store? / L'épicier travaille à l'épicerie.
We practiced this orally in groups of three, and you all did a great job. We're leaving the "Où se trouve ... <the person who works there>?" business until tomorrow.
Homework: Choose eight shops and eight professions and ask the question who works and the shop, and answer it.
Quiz: Qui travaille... à la boulangerie, à l'épicerie, à la pâtisserie, à la confiserie, à la laiterie, le boulanger, l'épicier, le pâtissier, le confisier, le laitier. :)
Qui travaille à la boucherie? Who works at the butcher shop?
Qui travaille au musée? Who works at the museum?
Qui travaille à l'épicerie? Who works at the grocery store?
The answers are, of course, the names of the professions. See the photo above for the ones we've done so far:
Qui travaille à la boucherie? Who works at the butcher shop? / Le boucher travaille à la boucherie.
Qui travaille au musée? Who works at the museum? / Le conservateur du musée travaille au musée.
Qui travaille à l'épicerie? Who works at the grocery store? / L'épicier travaille à l'épicerie.
We practiced this orally in groups of three, and you all did a great job. We're leaving the "Où se trouve ... <the person who works there>?" business until tomorrow.
Homework: Choose eight shops and eight professions and ask the question who works and the shop, and answer it.
Quiz: Qui travaille... à la boulangerie, à l'épicerie, à la pâtisserie, à la confiserie, à la laiterie, le boulanger, l'épicier, le pâtissier, le confisier, le laitier. :)
le 1 février: After we did our quiz:
...we took up the homework, and practiced it orally:
No homework, no quiz. :)
le 31 janvier: Today I put a sample of what we've learned so far on the board (I missed voir and vouloir, but oh well!):
As you can see from the photo above, I also gave you the conjugations for the irregular verb "aller" (to go). We practiced making small little sample projects orally with the vocabulary above.
Homework: Choose 4 feminine shops, and write 4 tiny speeches following this format:
a) Your intro plus 3 lines using the verbs on the left hand side of the board (see picture above) and the shop
b) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop;
c) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop;
d) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop (for the fourth little speech, you may have to repeat a verb).
Quiz: je vais, tu vas, il va, elle va, la boulangerie, la confiserie, la librairie, la bibliothèque, la gare. I'll be putting them into small sentences such as I'm going to the candy store, you're going to the bookshop, etc.
Homework: Choose 4 feminine shops, and write 4 tiny speeches following this format:
a) Your intro plus 3 lines using the verbs on the left hand side of the board (see picture above) and the shop
b) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop;
c) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop;
d) Three other lines from the verbs above and a different shop (for the fourth little speech, you may have to repeat a verb).
Quiz: je vais, tu vas, il va, elle va, la boulangerie, la confiserie, la librairie, la bibliothèque, la gare. I'll be putting them into small sentences such as I'm going to the candy store, you're going to the bookshop, etc.
le 30 janvier: We had our quiz:
Then I told you a story about how if you want to say "to the" with a masculine location, you have to use "au" rather than "à le". If you want to say "from the" with a masculine location, you have to say "du" rather than "de le". Same with plural places: "aux = to the", and "des = from the".
No homework, no quiz.
No homework, no quiz.
le 29 janvier: We started off with our quiz:
We continued on with an explanation of how we need to use prepositions with certain verbs to indicate "to" and "from":
- It’s the bakery. C’est la boulangerie.
- Here’s the deli. Voici la charcuterie.
- Where’s the clothing store? Où est le magasin de vêtement?
- There it is (the clothing store). Le voilà.
- Here’s the butcher shop. Voici la boucherie.
We continued on with an explanation of how we need to use prepositions with certain verbs to indicate "to" and "from":
See the picture above for an example of how we use the prepositions in sentences.
Homework: Write 7 sentences, using subject pronouns from "tu" to "ils", the verbs on the board above, and seven feminine shops.
Quiz: See the board above. :)
Homework: Write 7 sentences, using subject pronouns from "tu" to "ils", the verbs on the board above, and seven feminine shops.
Quiz: See the board above. :)
le 28 janvier: We started the class with a circle and some breakfast, then we talked about the three events we'd like to attend:
-museum visit;
-All Native;
-Edge of the Knife movie.
Tomorrow we'll make sure that everyone wants to go, and I'll hand out permission forms for you to take home.
We wrote down some sentences using Où est..., c'est... voici... le/la voilà, and il y a with some shops, then played Quiet Ball with those sentences:
-museum visit;
-All Native;
-Edge of the Knife movie.
Tomorrow we'll make sure that everyone wants to go, and I'll hand out permission forms for you to take home.
We wrote down some sentences using Où est..., c'est... voici... le/la voilà, and il y a with some shops, then played Quiet Ball with those sentences:
That's all we had time for.
Homework: no homework.
Quiz: The phrases above, paired with the stores above. Eg: Here's the bakery. Where is the deli? There's a clothing store (over there)....etc. :)
Homework: no homework.
Quiz: The phrases above, paired with the stores above. Eg: Here's the bakery. Where is the deli? There's a clothing store (over there)....etc. :)
le 25 janvier: We had our quiz:
Then we took up the homework:
I then began our little lesson on connecting adverbs that you can use to link your sentences together:
First - d'abord
Then - puis
Next - suivant
After that - après ça
Finally - enfin
I asked you to practice using "d'abord" with the verbs that we're using, and a variety of shops. Eg:
-d'abord, je veux la pharmacie.
-d'abord, je cherche la confiserie... etc
Then the class ended. Faites un bon weekend! :)
- the dairy la laiterie/la crémerie
- the bakery la boulangerie
- the supermarket le supermarché
- the pastry shop la pâtisserie
- the candy shop la confiserie
Then we took up the homework:
- I’m looking for the pharmacy.
- Where does one find the restaurant?
- Where’s the candy shop?
- There it is!
- There’s the candy shop.
- He wants the carving shed.
- We enter (into) the pastry shop.
- You (pl) look for the grocery store.
I then began our little lesson on connecting adverbs that you can use to link your sentences together:
First - d'abord
Then - puis
Next - suivant
After that - après ça
Finally - enfin
I asked you to practice using "d'abord" with the verbs that we're using, and a variety of shops. Eg:
-d'abord, je veux la pharmacie.
-d'abord, je cherche la confiserie... etc
Then the class ended. Faites un bon weekend! :)
le 24 janvier: We had our quiz:
... and went over the rest of the vocab from the vocab sheet. I then I gave you the following VERY IMPORTANT sheet:
9A: La ville
When we’re talking about our travels around town, we can use some phrases with our vocabulary and our verbs:
Où est le/la… Where is the…?
Le/la voilà! There it is!
Voici le/la… Here’s the…
Il y a un/une… There’s a…
Here are some verbs that we can use to create sentences with our shops in “La Ville” (this is just the first set):
Chercher – to look for
Je cherche Nous cherchons
Tu churches 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
Se trouver – (used in sentences to ask, “where can I find…?)
Où se trouve l’épicerie?
Entrer dans – to enter into
J’entre dans Nous entrons dans
Tu entres dans Vous entrez dans
Il entre dans Ils entrent dans
Elle entre dans Elles entrent dans
Please translate the following sentences into French:
We went over the introductory phrases ("where is/ there it is, etc), then looked at all the verbs (ignore "sortir de" for now). We saw that we can use all of the verbs with our store vocab:
You want the store - Tu veux le magasin
He sees the totem pole - Il voit le totem
She's going into the restaurant: Elle entre dans le restaurant. ETC
Homework: Please translate questions 1-8 from your sheet.
Quiz: le supermarché, la boulangerie, la pâtisserie, la confiserie, la laiterie/la crémerie :)
- the stores les magasins
- the grocery store l’épicerie
- a totem pole un totem
- the city la ville
- a carving shed un hangar à découper
... and went over the rest of the vocab from the vocab sheet. I then I gave you the following VERY IMPORTANT sheet:
9A: La ville
When we’re talking about our travels around town, we can use some phrases with our vocabulary and our verbs:
Où est le/la… Where is the…?
Le/la voilà! There it is!
Voici le/la… Here’s the…
Il y a un/une… There’s a…
Here are some verbs that we can use to create sentences with our shops in “La Ville” (this is just the first set):
Chercher – to look for
Je cherche Nous cherchons
Tu churches 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
Se trouver – (used in sentences to ask, “where can I find…?)
Où se trouve l’épicerie?
Entrer dans – to enter into
J’entre dans Nous entrons dans
Tu entres dans Vous entrez dans
Il entre dans Ils entrent dans
Elle entre dans Elles entrent dans
Please translate the following sentences into French:
- I’m looking for the pharmacy. _________________________________________________
- Where does one find the restaurant? ___________________________________________
- Where’s the candy shop? ______________________________________________________
- There it is! __________________________________________________________________
- There’s the candy shop. _______________________________________________________
- He wants the carving shed. ____________________________________________________
- We enter into the pastry shop. _________________________________________________
- You (pl) look for the grocery store. ______________________________________________
We went over the introductory phrases ("where is/ there it is, etc), then looked at all the verbs (ignore "sortir de" for now). We saw that we can use all of the verbs with our store vocab:
You want the store - Tu veux le magasin
He sees the totem pole - Il voit le totem
She's going into the restaurant: Elle entre dans le restaurant. ETC
Homework: Please translate questions 1-8 from your sheet.
Quiz: le supermarché, la boulangerie, la pâtisserie, la confiserie, la laiterie/la crémerie :)
le 23 janvier: We started our "La Ville" unit today by me explaining what the unit will entail, what the project is. I'M MOVING THE DUE DATES TO FEBRUARY 11 AND 12 FOR THE PROJECTS, AND FEBRUARY 13 FOR THE TEST.
i then gave you a double-sided vocab sheet, made up of pictures, for you to translate. We got part of the way through.
Quiz: la ville, les magasins, l'épicerie, un totem, un hangar à découper. :)
Quiz: la ville, les magasins, l'épicerie, un totem, un hangar à découper. :)
le 22 janvier: We had our celebration of learning today, and not much else, as it was a short day. No homework or quiz. :)
le 21 janvier: Test day! We start our new unit, "La Ville", tomorrow, but first we have a celebration of our learning. If you can bring in a little something for us to eat, that would be great. :)
le 17 janvier: Today was the last day for doing our family tree. Good job! Tomorrow we do some targeted studying for our test on Monday. :)
le 16 janvier: We continued on with our family tree presentations, and I gave you the following couple of sentences to translate WITHOUT YOUR NOTES. Remember, I'm not interested in seeing a perfect copy of something you wrote from your notes, I want to see (and I want you to see) what you need to concentrate on when you study for the test:
No quiz. :)
le 15 janvier: We had our first presentations for "La famille" today; excellent jobs! Tomorrow we continue on. Remember that we have a test on La famille on Monday. No homework, no quiz. :)
le 14 janvier: We have our presentations for "La famille" tomorrow, and today we had a practice day. Two of you practiced with me today and did such a good job that I just gave you a mark! Remember, even if you practice with me and I give you a mark, you can still re-do on your assigned day and take the better mark of your two attempts.
Bon chance demain! :)
Bon chance demain! :)
le 11 janvier: Today we went over the French translations of the rest of our activities, and reviewed that we can put the various conjugations of "aimer" in front of them to indicate that we or our family members like doing the hobbies. Eg:
J'aime dessiner - I like to draw
Tu aimes faire dodo - you like to take a nap
Il aime lire - he likes to read
...etc. I then gave you the following worksheet:
J'aime dessiner - I like to draw
Tu aimes faire dodo - you like to take a nap
Il aime lire - he likes to read
...etc. I then gave you the following worksheet:
Please finish up the worksheet for Monday; it's a prototype of your project (it's not the project itself).
On the weekend, please work on your presentation which you're giving either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. You all signed up for specific days today. Remember that you can't read your presentation from a piece of paper, it needs to come from the heart. What I recommend is for you to chunk it up: think of the introduction as one part of it, then the last four bullets from the homework above would be what you say about each person you're talking about. You won't be repeating adjectives, but the structure will be the same. I'm thinking that you'll only talk about 5 or so people on your tree rather than everyone you've included on your poster; it's less work for you, and we have to keep an eye on the time!
Faites un bon weekend! :)
On the weekend, please work on your presentation which you're giving either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. You all signed up for specific days today. Remember that you can't read your presentation from a piece of paper, it needs to come from the heart. What I recommend is for you to chunk it up: think of the introduction as one part of it, then the last four bullets from the homework above would be what you say about each person you're talking about. You won't be repeating adjectives, but the structure will be the same. I'm thinking that you'll only talk about 5 or so people on your tree rather than everyone you've included on your poster; it's less work for you, and we have to keep an eye on the time!
Faites un bon weekend! :)
le 10 janvier: We had our quiz but didn't take up the homework.
No homework, no quiz. :)
No homework, no quiz. :)
le 9 janvier: Today we took up the homework from yesterday; a lot of us didn't get it done because you forgot to check the webpage. Try to make it a habit! There's lots of important information here.
I then put the following family tree on the board and did a small presentation for you using a lot of adjectives, and mentioning what relatives I didn't have:
I then put the following family tree on the board and did a small presentation for you using a lot of adjectives, and mentioning what relatives I didn't have:
I then gave you 10 questions to answer, all about identifying the people in the tree:
1.Barb est la tante de ___________
2.Betty est la grand-mère de _____
3.Zimm est le père de ______
4.Christine est la soeur de ______
5.Robbie est le cousin de ______
6.Herrat est la ______ de Nancy
7.Betty est la ________de Zimm
8.Frank est le _____ de Nancy
9.Jamie est le _____ de Nancy
We took them up.
We then went back to the activities from yesterday, and added some more:
1.Barb est la tante de ___________
2.Betty est la grand-mère de _____
3.Zimm est le père de ______
4.Christine est la soeur de ______
5.Robbie est le cousin de ______
6.Herrat est la ______ de Nancy
7.Betty est la ________de Zimm
8.Frank est le _____ de Nancy
9.Jamie est le _____ de Nancy
We took them up.
We then went back to the activities from yesterday, and added some more:
I taught you that instead of learning how to conjugate all of these different verbs, we would just put the appropriate conjugation of "aimer" in front of them, and leave them unconjugated (in other words, instead of saying "I hunt", you'd say "I like to hunt").
Circled in red above are the conjugations of the regular verb "aimer", which you'll follow with the verb as it appears on the board (dessiner for "to draw" for example, and jouer for "to play".)
We also discussed that your project will be on the 15, 16, and 17 of January, and that we'll decide tomorrow the procedure for figuring out which students will go on which day.
Homework: draw out your real family tree in rough form, that you'll be using as the basis for your actual project. You can sketch it out on a piece of paper, don't use poster board yet. Decide which people in your tree you'll be talking about, and what you'll say about them. I'll be checking tomorrow to make sure you've got it done.
Quiz: All of the conjugations of "aimer", used with "jouer au volley, jouer au hockey, jouer au golf, and dessiner. Eg: j'aime jouer au hockey, il aime dessiner, nous aimons jouer au golf. :)
Circled in red above are the conjugations of the regular verb "aimer", which you'll follow with the verb as it appears on the board (dessiner for "to draw" for example, and jouer for "to play".)
We also discussed that your project will be on the 15, 16, and 17 of January, and that we'll decide tomorrow the procedure for figuring out which students will go on which day.
Homework: draw out your real family tree in rough form, that you'll be using as the basis for your actual project. You can sketch it out on a piece of paper, don't use poster board yet. Decide which people in your tree you'll be talking about, and what you'll say about them. I'll be checking tomorrow to make sure you've got it done.
Quiz: All of the conjugations of "aimer", used with "jouer au volley, jouer au hockey, jouer au golf, and dessiner. Eg: j'aime jouer au hockey, il aime dessiner, nous aimons jouer au golf. :)
e 8 janvier: We went over what's on the quiz, worked on it a bit, then had the quiz. You did a small self-evaluation after that.
We then started to write down activities that you and your family like to do, but then we ran out of time. Here's what we got so far (and what you shouted out to me when you were leaving the classrooom...lol):
We then started to write down activities that you and your family like to do, but then we ran out of time. Here's what we got so far (and what you shouted out to me when you were leaving the classrooom...lol):
Homework: We forgot to take up the homework for today, and that's ok. Using the family tree in the photo below, write two sentences about each person in the tree, and mention four relatives that you don't have. :)
le sept janvier: Bienvenue! I hope that everyone had a wonderful and restful holiday. We started class slowly today, as we were all tired. We had a short breakfast and talked about what we did over the holiday, then I did a review of what you need to do for your family tree presentation. I then taught you how to put sentences into the negative (the "verb sandwich"!). We paid attention to the fact that you can't have the following words after "pas": un, une, du, de la, des, de l'. All of those words would have to be replaced with de or d'. Here are some examples:
J'ai deux fils - I have two sons
Je n'ai pas de fille - I don't have any daughters
J'ai une mère, pas de père - I have a mother, not a father.
J'ai deux cousins, pas de cousines - I have two boy cousins, no girl cousins.
Our class ended just as I was giving you some work to do, so here it is: Look at the family tree in the photo below, and write from the point of view of the coloured-in person. Say what relatives he has (using the il conjugation of avoir), and five relatives he doesn't have.
Quiz: Be able to write, in French:
I don't have any aunts.
He doesn't have any daughters.
She doesn't have any girl cousins.
We don't have any uncles.
They (m) don't have any sisters-in-law. (belles-soeurs is the plural). :)
J'ai deux fils - I have two sons
Je n'ai pas de fille - I don't have any daughters
J'ai une mère, pas de père - I have a mother, not a father.
J'ai deux cousins, pas de cousines - I have two boy cousins, no girl cousins.
Our class ended just as I was giving you some work to do, so here it is: Look at the family tree in the photo below, and write from the point of view of the coloured-in person. Say what relatives he has (using the il conjugation of avoir), and five relatives he doesn't have.
Quiz: Be able to write, in French:
I don't have any aunts.
He doesn't have any daughters.
She doesn't have any girl cousins.
We don't have any uncles.
They (m) don't have any sisters-in-law. (belles-soeurs is the plural). :)
le 19 déc: Today we took up our homework by getting in circle and practicing with each other. We learned that it's important to take notes and check the webpage if we want to be prepared for our French class.
Here is the material you need to know for your quiz tomorrow:
Here is the material you need to know for your quiz tomorrow:
I'll be making sentences from the words above, such as "My uncle is lazy" or "my (girl) cousin has hazel eyes." Don't forget your secret Santa presents for our party on Friday! :)
le 18 déc: Today we had our quiz, then I gave you a blank sheet to draw a family tree on. Here's the homework from the board:
Faites une bonne soirée! Have a good evening! :)
le 17 déc: Today I gave you a sheet of adjectives and hair/eye colours and we translated them together. We also did our draw for Secret Santa!
Remember that you have your quiz on Tuesday, on the conjugations of avoir and être (just the je, tu, eil, and elle forms) with the adjectives gentil, amusant in both the feminine and masculine forms.
Homework for tomorrow: Complete the following sentences using four adjectives per person (two physical, two personality):
Voici mon père...
C'est ma mère...
il y a mon frère...
J'ai une soeur... :)
Remember that you have your quiz on Tuesday, on the conjugations of avoir and être (just the je, tu, eil, and elle forms) with the adjectives gentil, amusant in both the feminine and masculine forms.
Homework for tomorrow: Complete the following sentences using four adjectives per person (two physical, two personality):
Voici mon père...
C'est ma mère...
il y a mon frère...
J'ai une soeur... :)
le 14 déc: Today we went over the conjugations of avoir and être, as they're really important French verbs:
I taught you these two adjectives:
amusant - funny (male)
amusante - funny (female)
gentil - nice (male)
gentille - nice (female)
We used the above adjectives with the family tree I put on the board.
On Monday we'll pick our names for Secret Santa. Have a great weekend! :)
amusant - funny (male)
amusante - funny (female)
gentil - nice (male)
gentille - nice (female)
We used the above adjectives with the family tree I put on the board.
On Monday we'll pick our names for Secret Santa. Have a great weekend! :)
le 13 déc: We were very lucky to have Mr. Campbell as our guest today, who talked about the importance of the clan system in Ts'msyen culture. It was wonderful to feel so included when he was talking about the role of the adabiis crest.
We then had our quiz after lots of time to practice it. After we did the quiz, we ran out of time!
No homework for tomorrow. :)
We then had our quiz after lots of time to practice it. After we did the quiz, we ran out of time!
No homework for tomorrow. :)
le 12 déc: Today we had our celebration of you bringing in your orange forms. Yay! Tomorrow we have our quiz; it's on the following:
-my father
-my mother
-my sister
-my brother
-my aunt
-my uncle
...in French, of course. :)
-my father
-my mother
-my sister
-my brother
-my aunt
-my uncle
...in French, of course. :)
le 11 déc: Today we practiced a bit for our quiz, then took it. Our first quiz ever in Mme GZ's French class... whoo hoo! We laid down the ground rules for quizzes and tests, and hopefully that'll make our quiz time smoooooth and easy. Remember you have another quiz on Thursday; the quiz will be on Part A of the worksheet.
Speaking of tomorrow, we're going to have a bit of a celebration so that Mme GZ can say thank you for bringing in your forms! If you haven't brought your form in yet, please try to bring it in ASAP.
We started to take up the homework by getting into pairs and practicing Part A, but we ran out of time before we could take it up.
Homework: finish up the worksheet if you haven't already. :)
Speaking of tomorrow, we're going to have a bit of a celebration so that Mme GZ can say thank you for bringing in your forms! If you haven't brought your form in yet, please try to bring it in ASAP.
We started to take up the homework by getting into pairs and practicing Part A, but we ran out of time before we could take it up.
Homework: finish up the worksheet if you haven't already. :)
le 10 déc: I reminded you of your quiz tomorrow, and we practiced the first sentence of our introduction, which will be what the quiz is made up of:
"Bonjour, je m'appelle (name), et j'habite sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen."
Just that sentence above is on the quiz. Then we continued on with the rest of the introduction: "Je suis adabiis (un papillon) (or whatever your crest is). Voici mon arbre généalogique. Combien de personne y a-t-il dans ma famille? Dans my famille, il y a 15 personnes." Here is a picture of the family tree I drew on the board:
"Bonjour, je m'appelle (name), et j'habite sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen."
Just that sentence above is on the quiz. Then we continued on with the rest of the introduction: "Je suis adabiis (un papillon) (or whatever your crest is). Voici mon arbre généalogique. Combien de personne y a-t-il dans ma famille? Dans my famille, il y a 15 personnes." Here is a picture of the family tree I drew on the board:
I gave you a worksheet to help you get used to saying what people's names are, and their relationships to each other. Part 3 of your worksheet needs the family tree above.
Homework: finish up the worksheet, and study for your quiz! :)
Homework: finish up the worksheet, and study for your quiz! :)
le 7 déc: I received a great report from the TTOC from yesterday; bon travail! Today we spent a bit of time talking about Mme GZ's research project and whether or not you wish to be part of it. I gave you a consent form for yourselves, and one for your parents. Please show them to your parents and explain the situation to them. Your parents can email me any questions they have. If we get all the forms back (whether or not you want to participate) by Wednesday, we'll do something fun on Wednesday. If we by some miracle get all the forms back by Monday, we'll take Wednesday off and do no French at all! Woo!
We then continued on with our family unit by reviewing how to say "my" (mon when referring to singular male relatives, ma for referring to female relatives, and mes for talking about more than one relative).
Eg: mon père - my father
ma mère - my mother
mes parents - my parents
We then learned:
c'est - there's (as in "c'est mon père" - it's my dad)
voici - Here's (as in "voici ma mère" - here's my mother)
J'ai - I have (as in "j'ai deux fils" - I have two sons)
I drew a small family tree on the board, and we figured out that lines in the tree that connect people's heads are relatives by marriage, and lines that connect people by heart are married people. I taught you:
mon arbre généalogique - my family tree (this is important)
mon fils - my son
mes fils - my sons
mon mari - my husband
ma belle-fille - my daughter-in-law
ma tante - my aunt
ma soeur - my sister
We also figured out that if we want to say "my aunt is my mother's sister", we can't use apostrophe "s" to show possession in French. We have to say "my aunt is the sister of my mother": Ma tante est la soeur de ma mère.
I forgot to tell you that there's a small quiz on Monday (we have a quiz every Monday and Thursday, remember?), so we'll have it on Tuesday instead. It'll be on the following:
-Bonjour, je m'appelle <name>, et j'habite sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen, à Prince Rupert.
That's it! Not too lengthy, but super important. Feel free to start studying it over the weekend! :)
We then continued on with our family unit by reviewing how to say "my" (mon when referring to singular male relatives, ma for referring to female relatives, and mes for talking about more than one relative).
Eg: mon père - my father
ma mère - my mother
mes parents - my parents
We then learned:
c'est - there's (as in "c'est mon père" - it's my dad)
voici - Here's (as in "voici ma mère" - here's my mother)
J'ai - I have (as in "j'ai deux fils" - I have two sons)
I drew a small family tree on the board, and we figured out that lines in the tree that connect people's heads are relatives by marriage, and lines that connect people by heart are married people. I taught you:
mon arbre généalogique - my family tree (this is important)
mon fils - my son
mes fils - my sons
mon mari - my husband
ma belle-fille - my daughter-in-law
ma tante - my aunt
ma soeur - my sister
We also figured out that if we want to say "my aunt is my mother's sister", we can't use apostrophe "s" to show possession in French. We have to say "my aunt is the sister of my mother": Ma tante est la soeur de ma mère.
I forgot to tell you that there's a small quiz on Monday (we have a quiz every Monday and Thursday, remember?), so we'll have it on Tuesday instead. It'll be on the following:
-Bonjour, je m'appelle <name>, et j'habite sur les territoires non-cédés de la nation Ts'msyen, à Prince Rupert.
That's it! Not too lengthy, but super important. Feel free to start studying it over the weekend! :)
le 5 déc: Today we started our Family unit by learning the five crests of the Ts'msyen Nation, and learning how to say that we on traditional Ts'msyen territory:
| crests.pdf |
Tomorrow we start in with brothers and sisters. :)
le 4 déc: I brought you all in some brekkies and we drank some tea as we sat in a circle and talked about the rules of the classroom. I wrote them all down:
Les Regles de la salle de classe
Be nice to GZ:
We noticed that the major theme that runs through these rules and suggestions is "Don't be a jerk". lol :)
Les Regles de la salle de classe
- Be responsible and thoughtful with school supplies.
- Be thoughtful about cleaning up your mess.
- Don’t let your food/drink be the focal point of the class’ attention.
- Don’t use the microwave and the kettle at the same time.
- Be thoughtful about making noise with your friends at your table.
- Respect the pillows: don’t throw the pillows, don’t eat on the blankets.
- Be mindful of any mess you make with the toys, and don’t play with them during inappropriate times.
- Games are for when we have the time to play them, we need to play them, or we’ve earned them.
- Take charge of your learning by checking the webpage and the yellow folders at the back of the room if you need to.
Be nice to GZ:
- Try not to chat when you need to listen.
- Bullying will not be tolerated.
- Please be mindful that Mme GZ and the rest of the class need to hear what we have to say.
- Shrugging can be interpreted as disrespectful.
- Trying is important for success.
We noticed that the major theme that runs through these rules and suggestions is "Don't be a jerk". lol :)
le 3 déc: Bienvenue à la classe! Today we got to know each other by sitting in a circle and using cards to ask and answer questions about ourselves. I then gave you some sheets with information about the class so that you could formulate rules. We took some time in class to work on them; if you didn't get them done, please do them for homework. See you tomorrow! :)