Le lundi 12 janvier

• Due today: Packet given out last class (onomatopée, bon/bonne expressions, interrogation) - double check
• Group quiz: 10 points (focus on forms of avoir, être, faire)
• Plural of nouns: focus on animals from onomatopée - use of les, des, mes, tes, ses
• Between-chapter readings: p. 118 - "Ce week-end à la télé"; p. 122 - "Bonjour, Trinh"
• Class: work with inversion and est-ce que to make questions
• New vocabulaire (oral presentation only): Classroom objects
• Homework: Interrogation, verb practice sheet & 5 point quiz on interrogatives

Le mercredi 14 janvier

• Due: worksheet
• Classroom objects
• Est-ce que & inversion exercises
• 6 point quiz on interrogatives & 7 point group work on verbs

Le vendredi 16 janvier

Small groups begin, using lunches 1 & 2; all meet 3rd & 4th lunches

• New vocabulary distributed for spelling/definition test on Tuesday, January 27 (our second day back after the MLK/inauguration holiday)
• More work with est-ce que and inversion
• Prepositions: dans, sur, sous, devant, derrière, Bk: p. 144
• Review of être, avoir, faire, bon/bonne phrases, classroom objects
• Homework for Friday, 1/23: packet ("Un concert de musique africaine" - 4 pages - double homework check)
• Coming soon: matching quiz with onomatopée

Le vendredi 23 janvier

• Due: packets with interrogative & faire emphasis
• Prepare for vocabulary spelling test + 3 est-ce que/inversion questions

Le vendredi 30 janvier

• HAVING YOUR TEXTBOOK THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!
• Test (33 points): 20 spelling words and definitions
• New vocabulary distributed: home items and electronics
• Classwork focussing on prepositions and house vocabulary
• Homework for Monday, Feb. 1: prepare classroom objects oral for small group time; be able to identify 16 classroom objects (with correct gender - le/la or un/une) + finish the worksheet given out in class

Le lundi 2 février

• Oral quiz on classroom objects (small group session)
• Turn in worksheet from last class (2 pages)
• Vocabulary quizzes returned
• Review new house vocabulary
• Listening comprehension exercise: p. 148
• Oral review: marcher, p. 143; prépositions, p. 146, ex. 1, 2
• Videoclips: leçons 9 and 10
• Review: transparencies (objets de classe/de maison)
• Focus on Leçon 10, p. 152
• Homework (devoir) for next class: work packet and textbook exercises marked on packet (triple credit because of length).  Take your work home tonight in case of inclement weather.

Le mercredi 4 février

• Work packet due
• Small groups: transparencies, readings (pp. 134-137), marcher (p. 143, ex. 8), ordinateur (questions, discussion, p. 147)
• Large group: review of homework packet assignment, readings (pp. 150-151), avoir verb exercises (p. 152), negation with the verb avoir
• Homework for Friday, 2/6: Workbook, pp. 89, 90, 92, 96; textbook, p. 156, ex. 9, 10

Le vendredi 6 février

• Small groups: go over pp. 156, 157 in text; review house vocabulary and onomatopée
• Cahier d'exercices: listening comprehension and written work in class (collected in class)
• Review of avoir, faire, être
• Homework: textbook - p. 157, ex. 11, 12; p. 158, ex. 13; p. 160, ex. 1

Le mardi 10 février

• Due today: Book exercises noted in 2/6 homework
• General sense vocabulary concepts; expressing single/repeated time with le
• Oral work: pp. 158-159
• Small test: forms of the verb avoir (10 points) and listening comprehension for Leçons 9, 10 (15-20 points --- emphasis on school and house words)
• Begin personal description: m/f adjectives
• Personal adjective inventory 1
• Homework: Verb quiz 2 (avoir, faire, être) - 20 points

Le jeudi 12 février

• Leçon 11: "Le copain de Mireille" - exercises with adjectives; video
• Personal adjective inventory 2
• Hair, eyes, face descriptions
• Quiz on irregular verb forms: avoir, être, faire, ne...pas (de) -23 points
• Homework for Tues. 2/17: textbook, pp. 164-165, ex.1, 2, 3, 4

Le mardi 17 février

• Translation exercises to review objects, verbs
• Corrections to assignment on pp. 164-165
• New vocabulary: Adjectifs 3, 4 (-if, -eux, irregulars, etc.)
• Work begun on pp. 166-168, ex. 5, 7, 8 (to be turned in on 2/19)
• Homework 2 for 2/19: Workbook, pp. 103-104

Le jeudi 19 février

• Small groups: correction of 2 homework assignments
• Large group: warmup, p. 170, ex. 1, 2; listening and written exercises in workbook; graded adjective exercise
• Personal description paragraph project: adjectives, basic facts, hair, eyes, face
• Homework: write draft for project by filling in the blanks on the prep sheet.  Bring a photo of yourself to class.  If time permits,write your personal portrait on the purple cover stock that you were given in class.

Le lundi 23 février

• Small groups: check personal portrait drafts; show class how to calculate meters & kilos and how to describe face size.
• Large groups: colors, BAGS adjectives
• Devoir: writing assignment - personal description (20 points)

Le mercredi 25 février

• Leçon 12: "La voiture de Roger" - reading, video
• Book exercises: p. 168, ex. 9; p. 170, ex. 1, 2
• Adjectifs 5: couleurs
• Quiz: adjectifs au féminin (18 points)
• Review of writing assignment before handing it in for corrections
• Devoir/Homework for Fri. 2/27: Cahier pour Tous packet

Le vendredi 27 f'évrier      Au revoir, février!

• Small groups: working with the question "De quelle couleur est -----?" - exercises 1, 2, 3, pp. 174-175 and appropriate exercises to correct in homework packet; describing class objects by size and color
• Large group: exercises with BAGS adjectives (joli, beau, jeune, vieux, bon, mauvais, gentil, grand, petit, gros, long) and appropriate packet exercises
• Writing project 2: describe a classmate  [un/une camarade de classe] using the outline we worked with in class Monday and Wednesday
• Devoir/Homework: prepare for small test on Wednesday, 3/4 - 12 multiple choice grammar/vocabulary questions, 10 listening comprehension, 10 reading comprehension

Le mercredi 4 mars         Un nouveau mois!

• Small groups: review of composition 2 that you will turn in (15 points); general practice
• Large group: small test described in 2/27 homework description
• Grammar: using il est, elle est, and c'est correctly
• Readings between chapters: compliments, animaux et langage, scooter/mobylette, lettre de Brigitte
• Prep for next chapter on clothing and shopping
• Personal description 'compositions' and workbook packets returned
• Homework 1: For Friday 3/5 - Adjectifs test - masculine, feminine, plural of regular and irregular adjectives from Lists 1, 2, 3, 4. (38 points) TEST FORMAT: masc to fem, fem to masc, change singular to plural, match opposites. Honors has 5 more points. Please study meanings of adjectives as well!

Le vendredi 6 mars

• Small groups: pp. 182-183
• Begin Unit 6 (Le shopping).  Note that Unit 5 (Places/Housing) is omitted for the moment and will be used in April/May.
• New vocabulary: school clothing
• Application of adjectives to clothing (size, color, quality)
• Adjectifs: quiz noted on 3/4 homework

Le mardi 10 mars

• Homework due on Thursday, 3/12: textbook, pp. 260-261, ex. 3, 4, 6

Le jeudi 12 mars

• Homework for Mon., 3/16: workbook, pp. 152, 154; keep studying Clothing -(Vêtements 1, 2 sheets); mettre verb exercise at the bottom of sheet that introduced demonstrative and interrogative adjectives

Le lundi 16 mars

• Small groups: go over homework assigned last Thursday; practice with demonstratives and interrogatives
• Large group: fancy and nighttime clothing
• Listening comprehension from the workbook
• Adding other qualities (size, condition, style) to our clothing description
• Book exercises: p. 263, ex. 7, 8
• Devoir: small test on meanings in meanings in English of clothing lists 1, 2

Le mercredi 18 mars

• Small groups: oral exercises - acheter; review of homework, p. 263, ex. 7, 8; review of  adjectives that describe things
• Large group: small vocabulary/verb test - meanings in English of words in Vêtements 1, 2; forms of mettre and porter
• Large group (continued): vidéoclip from Leçon 18; book scenes, pp. 266, 267; oral work using ex. 4, 5, 6, 7, pp. 270-271
• Homework: alternative workbook packet

Le vendredi 20 mars

• Homework for next class: Wkbk, pp. 159-161, exercises with acheter. amener/apporter, demonstrative and interrogative/exclamation adjectives

Le mardi 24 mars

• Small groups: review of homework in workbook; visual clothing descriptions
• Large group: listening activities in wkbk, Leçon 18; new vocabulary - fabrics; le sac de M. Wood (clothing to describe); exercise on combining clothing and fabric phrases
• Homework for Friday, 3/27: exercise packet - two pages; clothing project set-up
• Clothing project: cut out and mount 6 colored pictures showing clothing; glue on computer or construction paper; be ready to follow instructions to complete an 18-point activity in class next time

Le vendredi 27 mars

• Just one large group because of class activity requiring art work.  All should go to eat during 1st lunch
• Clothing project (Make sure that you have pictures and previous worksheets for consultation. Do not come unprepared!)
• Review of homework assignment: translations, answers to 8 questions on p. 273, grammar exercises) - this may be turned in on Tuesday, March 31
• Homework: prepare for 35 point evaluation noted on Thursday, April 2 agenda.

Le mardi 31 mars

• Small groups return after a one day hiatus: warmup on pp. 274-275
• Due today: any clothing project drafts and pictures that were not handed in on Friday, 3/27
• Reviewed and collected in class: packet with translations, ex. 9 (p. 273), etc.
• Special forms of beau, nouveau, vieux: bel, nouvel, vieil & book exercises 4 and 5 on p. 279
• Homework: study for quiz (see 4/2 agenda); finish clothing mini-project with 6 descriptions/pictures (18 points)

Le jeudi 2 avril

• Listening quiz (10 points) + review of acheter, amener, apporter, mettre (15 points) + exercises with ce, cet, cette, ces and quel forms (10 points)
• Practice with forms of beau, nouveau, vieux in small groups
• Comparison: using plus, moins, and aussi ....que
• Introduction to -ir verbs

Le lundi 6 avril

• Petits groupes: review grades for last Thursday's quiz and clothing project final draft; exercise with adjectives (opposites & comparisons)
• Grand groupe: vidéo for Leçon 19; -ir verb forms (sheet and packet)

Le jeudi 23 avril

• Petits groupes: review exercises with comparison, -yer verbs; turn in -ir verb packet
• Grand groupe: command (imperative) forms of -er verbs, mettre, faire; reading, p. 284 - "Alice a un job"
• Classwork/homework: Book, p. 292, ex. 12, 13, 14

COMING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29: Unit 6 Test

Note: -re verbs will not appear on the unit test
      

Le lundi 27 avril

• Petits groupes: review of commands assignment, p. 292; exercise, p. 293
• Grand groupe: preparation for Wednesday's exam; group -ir quiz (12 points); review exercises on pp. 294, 295, 296, 297

Le mercredi 29 avril

• UNIT 6 TEST (topics all listed above)

Le lundi 4 mai

• No homework due for today
• Petits groupes: exams returned; -re verbs

• Grand groupe: Return to Unit 5 to begin month-long study of city and housing
• Readings and exercises, pp. 194-198
• Distribution of Sem 2 study packet
• Homework: pp. 196, 198, ex. 1, 2, 3

Le mercredi 6 mai

• Petits groupes: go over homework, pp. 196, 198; la maison (structure of French housing; vocabulaire)
• Grand groupe: the verb ALLER (to go); how to express to/at with places; video 13; how to give simple street directions; worksheet with plurals, places, -re, inversion, directions

Le vendredi 8 mai

• Places: prepositions and adverbs
• Bk, p. 200: rooms in the house - variety of exercises
• Review of large worksheet from last class
• Homework: p. 207, ex. 1 & 2; p. 208, ex. 3

Le mardi 12 mai

• Review of first four pages of yellow Semester 2 Exam prep packet
• Verb: ALLER
• How to talk about the future with aller + infinitive
• Worksheet: aller
• Video, Lecon 14
• Worksheet for homework: aller & mixed verbs
• Homework: have aller exercise packet ready to be checked

Le jeudi 14 mai

• Large class only; go to first lunch
• Questions for oral test distributed in class (will count as Q4 grade)
• Sign-up for orals on Monday, May 18 and Friday, May 22
• Review of aller exercise sheet
• Reading: p. 204, "Week-end à Paris"
• Transportation vocabulary: vélo, vélomoteur, voiture, taxi, métro, bus, train, avion, pied
• Working with the preposition de (du, de la, de l', des)
• Homework: preparation of oral test; study yellow test guide

Le lundi 18 mai

• Small groupings today: use Lunch 1/Lunch 2 arrangement
• Oral interviews (5 minutes each using questions handed out in class): today: Shola, Katie Crowley, Bobby, Jen S., Victoria. There's room for 5 more, since these have to be completed this week.  2-3 Signups needed for after school.
• Semester 2 Test Review: focus on plurals, adjectives (masc and fem), verbs - Worksheet in groups; keep studying yellow review packets

Le mercredi 20 mai

• Go to Lunch 1; everyone present for big evaluation
• SEMESTER 2 TEST, PART 1 (50%): listening comprehension and vocabulary choices
• Looking for more interviews tomorrow during Gold, last period, study hall, room 232.  Thanks to Caroline and Jen for coming by on 5/19.

PART I IS ALREADY GRADED.  COME BY TO SEE YOUR SCORE SINCE THERE IS NO PLACE FOR IT ON THE PORTAL UNTIL THE ENTIRE EXAM IS COMPLETE.

AWARD WINNERS SO FAR:

• THE "GOLDEN EAR" LISTENING COMPREHENSION AWARDS go to.....
              Lindsey Galanko  76/80, Bobby Hitte   71/80, and Emily Blair   70/80
• MR. VOCABULARY: nobody hit 60  Honorable mention - Nolan  57/70
• MISS VOCABULARY: Jen Stifter  62/70 and Bree Cavanagh  61/70
• BEST OVERALL SCORES SO FAR (50% of TEST): Lindsey  132/150, Bree  130/150

Le vendredi 22 mai

• Last day for small groups: be ready for interview, with no excuses; chances were given for administration outside the class
• Orals to be completed: as of 5/20, we will be doing about 13 orals in class today 
• Last review day: groups will get credit for worksheet

KNOW YOUR VERB FORMS, PLURALS, ETC. FOR GRAMMAR ON SEM 2 TEST.

BE READY TO READ A PASSAGE & ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR PART IV.

Le mardi 26 mai

• Remember that approximately 4-5 of you must complete interview today - after school OR during PERIOD 2 STUDY HALL (rm 232) OR lunch hour.

Le mercredi 27 mai

• All go to 1st lunch before test.
• LAST DAY OF CLASS!  All textbooks must be handed in or face a $76 replacement fee payable to the school bookstore. 
• SEMESTER 2 TEST, PART 2 (50%): grammar/verbs forms/structures; reading comprehension.