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