le 12/13 decembre

warm-up:  Workbook page 100 activities 1 and 2
class work:  Homework corrections
                    Listening comprehension page 75-76, CD 7 tracks 18, 19 and 20.
                    Inner outer circle to practice questions.
                    Chapter 3 test

homework: complete any late work as tomorrow is your last day to turn in work!

le 11/12 decembre

warm-up: translate question words
class work: homework corrections
                   Act out La Légende de Saint Nicolas
                   Put a printed version of the story back in order with a partner.
                   Given a word bank correctly fill in the er verbs of the story.
                   This was turned in at the end of class.
handouts: none
homework: In the book pages 114-115 activities 1,3-6 on a separate sheet of paper.

TEST NEXT CLASS PERIOD on chapter 3. Forming and answering questions, subject pronouns (je, tu, il etc.) and er verbs and their conjugations.

Le 10 decembre

warm up: notes on vocabulary on page 89 in the yellow box.  Complete activity 9 on page 89.
                review vocabulary on page 108 in green boxes.  Write questions for activity 5 page 108 #2-5.
class work:  go over er verb quizzes and correct.  Retakes are next class during THOR.  Students
                    must have completed er verb packet to retake the quiz.
                    La Legende de Saint Nicolas - students were given vocabulary sheet of vocabulary for
                    La Legende de Saint Nicolas.
handouts:  La legende de saint nicolas
homework: photocopy page 77-78.

le 7 decembre

warm-up: conjugate an er verb.  Fill in the blanks with the correct verb.
class work:  corrected dream girl/boy description
                    group quiz on the dating game presentation
                    er verb quiz
handouts: none
homework: none

le 5/6 decembre

warm-up: Fill in the question word. 
class work:  correct homework
                    "Volunteers" reinacted a dating game while the class filled out a chart to record information about the contestants.
                     The class wrote up a description of there dream boy or girl.
handouts: chart for presentation, photocopy of pages 77-78.
homework: study for er verb quiz, activity 1 on page 77, complete description of dream boy or girl if you didn't complete it in class.

le 4/5 decembre

warm-up: Answer questions to show understanding of the new questions words that were introduced.
Class work:  Check progress with subject pronouns
                     Notes on question words.
                     Class was given a half sheet of questions to answer for a character they are creating for
                      a dating game we'll be reinacting tomorrow in class.
Handouts: half sheet with questions (one per group), photocopy of workbook pages 71 and 73
Devoir: workbook pages 71 et 73

Le 3 decembre

warm-up: conjugate an er verb
                listening comprehension.  Am I describing a good student or a bad students.
class work:
                Make corrections to the descriptions they wrote last week about good and bad students.
                Answer questions about our typical day as an American student.
                Compare our schedule to a French student's schedule.  Page 128 in the book.
Handouts: none
Homework:  Make corrections to er verb packet.

le 30 novembre

warm-up = page 99 activity 11
class work = Introduced vocabulary on page 100 in the yellow box.
                     Activity 12 page 100 with a partner
                     On a half sheet of paper answered questions about how well they did certain activities.
                     Played Atchi Patchi to practice asking and answering questions.
Handouts:  half sheet of paper with questions for game.
Homework: Turn in cahier on Monday.  Gather and complete late work.

le 28/29 novembre

warm-up: Answer questions with complete sentences.  Introduction of more question words.
class work: Review objectives
                   Translate subject pronouns
                   Review er verbs
                   Conjugate er verbs in packet.
                   Turn to page 81 in book and list things that the people do and don't do.
                   Figure out and take notes on the rule for forming negative sentences.
                   Listening comprehensions page 70 CD 7 track 15
                   Create a list of what a good student does and a bad student does.
handouts: none
homework:  Finish er verb packet.

le 27/28 novembre

warm-up: translate the subject pronouns.
class work:  Complete Venn Diagrams with a partner finding similarities and differences.
                    Introduce your partner to another set of people. 
                    Learn new -er verbs and take notes on their endings. 
                    Answer questions about your family and read "un portrait d'une famille"
handouts:  Er verb packet
homework: pages 66-67 in the packet.

le 26 novembre

warm-up: questions about our story from last week. Introduction of questions words.
class work: overview of objectives
                   notes on subject pronouns
                   created Venn Diagrams to complete next class.
handouts: objectives sheet
homework: none

le 22-23 novembre

Thanksgiving break

le 20/21 novembre

warm-up: write a list of things you like and don't like to do
class work:  listening comprehension. CD 2 track 5
                                                              CD 7 track 4
                   tic tac toe with activities from pages 74-75 in book
                   practice inviting people to do things with inner outer circle while filling in a schedule.
                   quiz lecon 5 - material from pages 74-81 in your textbook
                   read the story we acted out in class.
handouts: none
homework:  None!  Bon Action de Grace!

le 19 novembre

warm-up: match written description with either person a or person b. page 80 in book.
class work: introduced vocabulary on page 78 which is about inviting people to do an activity.
                  TPRS story about a boy inviting a girl to do something.
                   activities 8 and 9 in book
                   went to classzone.com to practice vocabulary
handouts: page 35 in workbook  (photocopy)
homework: page 35 in workbook (photocopy)

le 16 novembre

warm-up: class answered which activities they prefer to do
class work: students interviewed each other about their likes and dislikes
                   charades with activities vocabulary
handouts: Est-ce que tu aimes_________________?
homework: writing activities for periods 3 and 4.  none for period 6

le 15 novembre

warm up: listening activity on page 80 of text book
class work: review lesson objectives
                   learn and take notes on vocabulary on pages 74-75 in book.
                   review objectives to see if students understand vocabulary.
handouts: objectives sheet and writing activities
homework: writing activities

le 12/13 novembre

warm-up:  While watching the movie Chocolat record any differences between French and American cultures.
class work:  Students finished watching Chocolat
                    Introduction of vocabulary on page 74 of testbook
Handouts: none
Homework: none

le 9 novembre

warm-up: write as many words as you can understand from the movie in your cahier.
class work:  Continued speaking assessment on family
                    Class watched the movie Chocolat during interviews :)
handouts: none
homework: none

le 7/8 novembre

warm-up: flip sheet to practice weather
class work: writing assessment on weather
                   speaking assessment on family
                   class watched the movie Chocolat during interviews :)
handouts: none
homework: none
   

le 6/7 novembre

warm-up: flipcard to practice spelling weather
class work: students created a collage about their family and friends.
                students practiced introducing themselves and their family to their friends
handouts: none
homework: study for the test tomorrow!

le 5 novembre

warm-up:  Weather - reading comprehension. 
                 Draw a picture and answer questions about given weather reports.
class work:  Go over weather, time and dates quiz
                 Study guide passed out for test on Wed for p. 4 and Thrus for p. 3 and 6.
                 Students wrote a weather report for Bellingham with a partner. 
                 Reports were projected and the class corrected them.
                 Madame Smith presented herself and her family as an example of the speaking part of
                 the asssessment.
handouts: study guide
homework: Complete the activities on the study guide.  Bring in images from the internet or pictures of your family.

le 2 novembre

warm-up:  Match the question to the response.
class work:  Listening comprehension workbook page 21 CD 5 track 32 to practice ages.
                    Tete a tete activity page 142-144- students practiced asking about and giving ages of
                    different people in their families.  They also practiced describing a friend to their partner.
                    Atchi-patchi!  If time students played a game to practice asking and answering questions.
handouts: none
homework: le petit cahier was collected.  Students have until Monday to turn it in.

le 31 octobre/ le premier novembre

**note Madame Smith was at a workshop on le 31 octobre
warm-up: textbook page 37 activity 5- Ask these questions to a partner when you finish
class work: Family riddles - students wrote questions about family members to practice
                   new vocabulary. ex Qui est la mere de ma mere?
                   Practice asking family members' names.
                   Inner outer circle activity sharing family riddles and asking questions about each others family members.
handouts: none
homework: none

le 30/31 octobre

**note Madame Smith was at a workshop during this class period.
warm-up: page 20 activity 1 in the book
class work: learn family members. page 35
                    listen to Madame's explination and then answer questions about her family tree
                    learn the difference between mon/ma
                    draw a family tree that is dictated
                    listening comprehension CD5 track 31 on workbook page 21.
                    activities 1 and 2 on page 36 in the book
worksheets: photocopy of workbook pages 23-24
homework: pages 23-24

le 29 octobre

**note Madame Smith was at a workshop during this class period.

warm-up: Find the word that doesn't belong

class work: Nationalities

page 18-19 in book. Add vocabulary from page 19 to notes "French greetings and introductions"

explanation of the difference between masc. and fem. pronunciation of a variety of nationalities

CD 1 track 6 and 7 while students follow along on page 18.

Workbook page 5 CD 5 track 5 and 10

With a partner do activity 3 on page 21 in textbook.

handouts: none

homework: none

Le 24/25 octobre

warm-up:
       - Listen comprehension.
              time: workbook pages 41-42 activities A, C and E   CD 6 tracks 16,18 and 20.
              weather: workbook pages  51-52 activities A and C.  CD 6 tracks 28 and 30.
       - Use whiteboards to practice spelling days of the week and months
       - Take quiz on weather, time, dates and days of the week.
handouts: none
devoir: none

Le 23/24 octobre

warm-up: write the months in order without looking in notes.
classwork:  Le meteo:
                   Introduction of the difference between Celcius and Fahrenheit as well as several new vocabulary words.
                   Students do a "jig-saw" activity regarding the weather in several different French speaking countries.  The first fill in information about a country with a small group by looking a printout of today's weather report in one of 4 countries.  They are then scrambled into new groups where each member has different information.  They must then share their information while trying to speak only in French.

handouts:  Le meteo: Quel temps fait-il?       Study guide
devoir: Study for the quiz on Wednesday (p.4) or Thursday (p.3 and 6), complete the study guide packet.

le 22 octobre

warm-up: Answer questions about the weather, time and date.
review: days of the week, months, weather
          announcements:  quiz on Wednesday(period 4) /Thursday (period 3 and 6)
classwork: listening comprehension activities p. 45-47 in workbook. CD 6 tracks 22-25
handouts: weather worksheet
devoir: due next class weather worksheet
 

le 18/19 octobre

warm-up: put the days of the week in order.
review:-  The months, the days of the week song, the weather.
             -  Take notes on weather
             -  Practice weather with a partner.
             - Virtual tour of French speaking countries.  Talk about the weather at each location.
             -  Practice weather with map, with Madame and then with a partner.

handouts: practice maps,
homework: none

le 16/18 octobre

warm-up: write the months in order.
Class work:   - Learn the days.  Look over page 61. Sing day of the week song.
                     
                      - Record: Quel jour est-ce? in lesson 2 time and weather
                                      Quelle est la date? Aujourd'hui, demain, hier* 
                                      Quelle heure est-il?
                                      A quelle heure-est ____________?
                                      Quand est ton anniversaire?
                       - Ask class when their birthday is in a line.

                       - TPR lesson on weather.
homework: due next class workbook page 48 and 49 (photocopy)

le 15 octobre

warm-up: Dictation CD 1 track 37, activity 1 on page 57 of your book CD1 track 39
Class work: - Learn months using large flashcards.
                    - Listen as Madame Smith gives dates and star them on a calendar.
                    - Record the months on a calendar.
                    - Do this activity with a partner.

Handouts: calendar
Homework: connect the dot from packet given to you by the substitute on Friday.  Extra credit connect the dot. (Minimum of 20 numbers written out in French must be used.)

le 12 octobre

warm up: Match the time with the clocks
Note: Madame Smith is at a teacher conference today.
Class work:  Watch the video on telling time and complete the packet.
                    Connect the dots to practice numbers
                    Create your own connect the dot for extra credit
handouts: video packet + connect the dots
homework: finish up the connect the dot for extra credit

le 10/11 octobre

warm-up:  Count as high as you can in one minute.
review: et quart, et demie, moins le quart, du matin, de l'après midi, du soir
classwork:  
             - correct homework
             - practice telling time with a partner.
Learn milatary time
             - practice giving milatary time with partner
             - game to practice milatary time
             - inner outer rectangle activity to practice telling time with paper plate clocks.

Handouts: worksheet to use with a partner to practice telling time.            
Homework: workbook pages 43-44 (This is a photocopy.)

le 9/10 octobre

warm up: Quel age as-tu? Take notes on asking about age and then guess the ages of the celebrities.
Classwork:
               Practice introduction questions with inner outer circle.
               Review numbers 0-59
                  Game where partner tries to guess you number.
               Learn time by creating paper plate clocks.
               Take notes from pages 56-58 on the back of the clock.
               Here is a site to help you practice the times.
              
Handouts:  materials to build clock
Homework: In the French textbook: page 57 #2, page 59

le 8 octobre

warm-up: p.25 #3
classwork:
go over unit 1 tests
review numbers 0-20
learn numbers 21-50
play Zut!
dot to dot with Madame and then a partner.


handouts dot to dot, create your own dot to dot
homework: crossword puzzle

le 5 octobre

warm-up: write 3 sentences for Jacques a dit.
classwork:  Take Unit 1 test.
Handouts: none
Homework: none

le 3/4 octobre

warm-up: vrai ou faux - questions about our classroom
classwork: practice for test
Jeopardy with a partner
Categories in small groups
Number Whack-a-mole with Smartboard
Handouts: Jeopardy
Devoir: Study for test.  Bring proof that you did.

le 2/3 octobre

Warm-up: part of the body or classroom object? 
Class work: 
    Go over study guide for test. 
    Practice activities for test on Friday. 
    Games to practice classroom objects.  Pop-up and Circle Attack.

Handouts: Study guide
Devoir - Exercise 32, on a seperate piece of paper create 4 multiple choice questions.

le 1 octobre

warm-up: What color are things around the room.
Review:  Things around the room, colors and numbers 0-20
Classwork: 
                  TPR lesson.  Learned 3 new verbs and took notes on them
                   Zip around - an activity to practice the classroom vocabulary.
                
Handouts: cahier for October
Collected cahier for September
Devoir: none

le 28 septembre

warm-up: math
     review numbers, colors, objects around the room
     classwork: study new things around the classroom with the flashcards.
     Draw the classroom according to the descriptive paragraph.

handouts: description of a classroom (half sheet)
homework: finish drawing the classroom according to the description if you didn't finish it in class. Complete any late work you have to turn in with your petit cahier on Monday.

le 26/27 septembre

warm-up: Put numbers in order from 0-20.
                Here's a link to help you practice the numbers.
review: TPR 3 things around the classroom
quiz: TPR 3
     - Learn more things around the classroom using flashcards.
     - Learn prepositions.
     - Set up classroom according to Madame Smith's directions.
     -Do the same activity with a partner.

     - If time play card game to practice things around the room.

Handouts: flashcards of objects around classroom.
Homework: Study your flashcards and notes for at least 15 minutes.  Draw a classroom and label the objects in it using your flashcards as a guide. Make sure to bring your cahier and any late work for next class as I will be collecting the cahier.

le 25/26 septembre

warm-up: color the monster
            discuss adjective agreement
review: colors
         take notes on colors
classwork: tprs 3: objects around the classroom
         take notes on objects
handouts: exercise 37/  page 12 is on the backside
homework: exercise 37  and page 12

le 24 septembre

Warm-up: put the conversation in order
Classwork: 
     - practice introductory conversation with partner.
     - Learn the colors.
     -  practice with small pieces of paper.

Handouts:  none
Homework:  none

Color video just for fun. 

le 21 septembre

warm-up: put the conversation in order.
 classwork:    
      Jacques a dit
      Petit Jean
      Interro - parts of the body
      learn numbers 11-20
handouts: none
homework: none!

le 19/20 septembre

warm-up: unscramble vocabulary words.
classwork:
     - review spelling of body parts by playing tic tac toe as a class and then with a partner.
     - add to greetings and introductions by teaching how are you
     - ask several classmates how they are and what their name is.
     - listen and dance to petit jean
     - add to les articles notes.
homework:  les articles

le 18/19 septembre

warm up: Vrai/ Faux
classwork:
     - review parts of the body
     - computer activities.  - click on activities for le 18/19 septembre
     - Notes les articles
   
handouts : Half sheet to sign off websites were completed.
               "Les articles"
homework:  Les articles

In class activities le 18/19 septembre.

Complete the following exercises.  As you finish them get the last screen signed off on the paper I handed out in class to prove you completed each activity.  You can open a new tab to continue playing while you're waiting to get a completed activity checked off.

• Le Corps and Le Visage  Study the vocabulary and complete the "exercice"for "Le corps" and "Le Visage".  
• Morphion - Play a couple of games of tic tac toe .
• Matching - Play a couple of games
• Le garde du corps Listen and click on the part of the body the robot announces. 
• La chasse au mot Click on the vocabulary word that matches the image.
• Tu t'appelles comment. Just listen. Then get checked off for this activity Annie
• Mots croisés - Complete the crossword puzzle.
• Très Tetris - When all other activities are checked off, see how high you can score at Tetris.

le 17 septembre

warm up:  draw a person and label as many parts of the body as you can.
classwork:
     - review and learn more parts of the body.
     - viste blog and use website to learn the new body vocabulary
     - play swatter game to practice vocabulary
     - learn numbers 0-10

handouts: 2 sided sheet of part of the body vocabulary, les parties du corps crossword
               suggestion:  made flashcards of the parts of the body.
homework:  crossword puzzle

 

Le 14 septembre

warm up: vrais faux and corrections
classwork:  
          Jacques a dit (Simon says)
          quick review with a parnter     
          interro - quiz on parts of the body, alphabet and numbers
          class introductions
handouts:  none
homework: none

le 13 septembre

warm-up: put the numbers in order
                draw the monster
classwork:   check out text books from the library
                   draw monsters and describe to a partner
handouts: none
homework: draw a monster and describe it in 5 sentences:
                 helpful vocabulary:
                  Le monstre a = the monster has
                  chaque = each
                  Chaque ________ a = each ______ has
                  avec = with
                  l'autre = the other
         *** quiz tomorrow on the alphabet, parts of the body and numbers 0-5

le 11 / 12 septembre

warm-up: correct the sentences
classwork:  review parts of the body
                  go over homework
                  learn numbers 0-5
                  practice body parts and numbers by drawing monsters.
                  French names and introductions

handouts:   name tags.
homework:   due 9/13 Lecon 1a La rentree (The backside of Exercise 8 and 9)

Le 10 septembre

warm-up: unscramble vocabulary words, spell 3 words to a partner using the French alphabet.
classwork:  - review classroom commands, parts of the body
                  - draw and write notes* for parts of the body (tprs 2)
                  ** These notes are avaible in the notebook "classnotes" in the front of the room.
                  - quiz on parts of the body (tprs 2)
                  - Introductions

handouts:  exercise 8-9/la rentree
homework: due next class exercise 8 and 9

Le 7 septembre

Warm-up: multiple choice classroom commands
Agenda: - review alphabet and classroom commands
             - notes* on how the French greet eachother.
             ** There is a copy of these notes in the class notes notebook in the front of the room.**
             - learned more classroom commands and some parts of the body (TPR 2)
             - song "tete epaule genoux pieds"
             - class introductions.
Handouts:  none
Homework: go to the blog and study for at least 15 minutes
                   sqhsfrancais1.blogspot.com

septembre 5/6

Warm-up:  Read "How to succeed at a foreign language"
Write down 2 strategies you've used in the past that work well.
Write 1 strategy that you'd like to try.

Classwork:
Review classroom commands (TPR1)
Notes on classroom commands (TPR 1) - Madame Smith has a set to copy if you were absent.
Quiz TPR1
Class bingo
Learn the alphabet

Handouts: Student Interest Inventory, How to succeed at a foreign language

Homework: Due 9/7 Student Interest Inventory, ask your parents how you got your name or think of a clue to help the class remember your name.

L'alphabet

Use these sites to practice the alphabet!
Alphabet
Alphabet 2 listen and practice.  This one quizzes you(:

Here's your text book's website.  It has the flashcards for Bonjour, comment t'appelles-tu and other helpful vocabulary.
Bonjour!

Bon week-end!

Le 4/5 septembre

Warm-up: Why did you sign up for French?

Agenda: Policies and Course overview.

Explanation of Immersion and TPR techniques
TPR lesson 1 classroom commands

Handouts: mon petit cahier, dayone sheet and parent letter, student inventory

Homework: Have parent letter signed due next class 9/5 or 9/6
                   Student inventory due Friday 9/7