Thursday, August 28, 2008/le jeudi 28 août 

• Due: Borrowed words, sheet 1
• Students should come prepared to begin reciting alphabet

Wednesday, September 3/le mercredi 3 septembre

• Due: Borrowed words, sheet 2; review of list 1
• Alphabet recitation, 13 points
• Numbers 11-16; add age statement
• Questions (name, origin, health, residence)
• Workbook exercises: listening
• Mini poster project (identity)
• Devoir: prepare for quiz on Vocabulaire 1A

Friday, September 5/le vendredi 5 septembre

• Vocabulaire supplémentaire: nationality adjectives
• Culture: Astérix
• Alphabet recitations to complete
• Explanation of accentuation (^, é, è, ç, ë)
• Quiz 1A (15 points)
• Workbook exercise packet
• Homework: study for quiz on Vocabulaire 1B; finish packet

Tuesday, September 9/le mardi 9 septembre

• Numbers oral, 0-20
• How to write out 20s and 30s
• Quiz 1B (15 points)
• Vidéoclips 1B et 1C

Thursday, September 11/le jeudi 11 septembre

• Math: flashcards with numbers 0-69 (addition, random numbers)
• Finish numbers orals
• Worksheet: numbers and times
• Devoir: study for Vocabulaire 1C and spelling of all numbers through 20; wkbk - pp. 8, 11, 12

Monday, September 15/le lundi 15 septembre

• Collect numbers/time worksheets and workbooks
• Math: multiplication in French (cards, oral)
• Practice worksheet: math and 24-hour clock; new vocabulary: la classe, le concert, le match, le déjeuner, le dodo
• Vocabulary Quiz 1C (33 points)
• New vocabulary 2A: people and words from dialog
• Devoir: Wkbk, pp. 8, 11, 12 (for those who did not turn theirs in)

Wednesday, September 17/le mercredi 17 septembre

• Review of Monday's quiz
• Jours de la semaine (days of the week)
• Listening comprehension exercises: numbers, letters, diphthongs, time, basic questions
• Workbook: review of pp. 8, 11, 12
• New lesson 2A: vocabulaire; vidéoclip
• Wkbk (oral and written)

Friday, September 19/le vendredi 19 septembre

• Packet: work due that was distributed in class (pp. 5-8)
• Opening exercises: time, date, numbers, etc.
• Work with Leçons 2A, 2B in workbook, pp. 13-20
• Numbers 80-100; math with moins
• New vocabulary 2B/2C: family relationships, verb forms
• Devoir:  vocabulaire 2A preparation (see sheet given out in class on 9/15 for quiz); bring workbook to class to continue exercises

Wednesday, September 24/le mercredi 24 septembre

• Note that Tues. 9/23 is a faculty retreat day (no school)
• Vocabulaire 2A quiz (10 people, 5 verbs, 2 adjectives - see sheet)
• Famille: learning to work with family relationships, names, ages
• Wkbk: listening and written exercises

Friday, September 26/le vendredi 26 septembre

• Test (examen): listening comprehension, vocabulary since start of year (48 points)

               -alphabet sounds
               -diphthongs (ai, au, ei, eu, oi, ou, ui)
               -nasal sounds (un, on, in, an/en, ien)
               -numbers 0-100 & math problems
               -time expressions
               -vocabulaire: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A
               -matching questions with answers

               (Honors students= 48 points; non-honors = 45 point scale

• Family vocabulary and video 2C
• Possessive adjective: mon, ma, mes (my)
• exercise: la famille Dubois
• game
• Devoir (homework) for next class: textbook, p. 32, ex. 1, 2, 3; p. 36, ex. 1; p. 37, ex. 4; bring workbook for work to be assigned in class & be sure that your BRAVO game sheet is ready to go

Le mardi 30 septembre

• listening comprehension unit tests returned
• Months of the year & How to write dates
• Review of homework: pp. 32, 36, 37
• Famille: using ton, ta, tes/s'appelle/est; another "family tree" Final unit exercises
• Homework: p. 38, ex. 2, 3; p. 39, ex. 4 & famille Guérin wksht

Le jeudi 2 octobre

• Famille: writing exercises with mon/ma; il/elle; la famille Duval
• Review of homework
• Game: number bingo (Bravo)

Le lundi 6 octobre

• Vidéoclip: Jours et Dates
• Written exercise to hand in: la famille Landry
• Begin food and drink unit
• "French in the Kitchen" worksheet 
• Typical French café foods
• Using the verb avoir faim
• Homework: Workbook, pp. 19, 23, 31

Le mercredi 8 octobre

• Wkbk review plus pp. 24, 32
• Vocabulaire, lists 3A (faim/cafe foods); 3B (soif/ beverages)
• Video 3B
• Homework: preparation for spelling quiz on the spelling of months (Bk, p. 62) and days of the week (Bk, p. 61) - 25 points plus (1) Quel jour est-ce? and (2) C' est quand, ton anniversaire?
• Homework 2: Bk, p. 61, ex. 2, 3; p. 63, ex. 5, 6

Le vendredi 10 octobre

• Review of homework, pp, 61, 63
• Vidéoclip
• Vocabulary 3C quiz: months, dates, days of the week
• French foods found in Washington area (sheet)
• No homework; bring workbook next class

Le jeudi 16 octobre

• Review of foods & drinks; avoir soif : oral exercises, pp. 50-51, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4
• French foods found in Washington 2
• Textbook exercises: Ça fait combien?, pp. 52-54 
• Homework: Wkbk, pp. 35, 36, 39, 40, 49

Le lundi 20 octobre

• Quelle heure est-il? [adding new expressions to the mix: et quart, et demi(e), moins le quart]
• Videoclip 4A
• Review packet
• Homework: workbook exercises (homework to be turned in)
• Coming on Friday, 10/24: test on foods & drinks (see two-page sheet with foods)-matching exercise with expanded French food list
• Devoir 1: finish review packet begun in class (do not do 1st two pages)
• Devoir 2: study for Vocabulaire 3A quiz on Wednesday, 10/22 (table setting items, 8 expressions dealing with restaurant)

Le mercredi 22 octobre

• Review: time & packet from last class
• How to use mon, ma, mes
• Verbs: to be, to have, to be called
• Quiz: Vocabulaire 3A
• New vocabulaire 3B
• Class work packet
• Devoir (homework): prepare for Friday's food/drinks quiz (light purple sheet/matching)

Le vendredi 24 octobre

• Quiz on foods/drinks (purple sheet) -27 points
• Film: the making of Ratatouille; scene from the actual movie
• Devoir (homework): double-sided sheet with translations/times

Le mardi 28 octobre

• Quiz returned & practice of vocabulaires 3B/4A
• Review of Friday's homework assignment
• Weather expressions: handouts, book exercises
• Seasons
• Vidéoclip 4C: Quel temps fait-il? [What's the weather?]
• Homework for 10/30: workbook, pp. 43, 44, 48, 53

Le jeudi 30 octobre

• Workbook: oral & written exercises (with CD)
• Exercise: weather expressions (adaptation of Washington Post to French)
• Homework for Monday, 11/3: textbook, pp. 66-67, ex. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Le lundi 3 novembre

• Go over homework assignment
• Colors (with verb phrase)
• New unit: actions - introduction to a list of verbs
• How to form the je and tu of -er verbs 
• Workbook exercises, pp. 54-58

Le mercredi 5 novembre

• Workbook exercises due today, pp. 54-58
• -er verbs: infinitifs, formes du présent 
• Written work with new unit    

Testing preparation for Friday, November 7:

Listening comprehension:

1. Questions/answers (multiple choice)
2. Foods and drinks
3. Table setting (on sheet, not in book)
4. Paying for items with the waiter
5. Time expressions

-         basic time

-         using du matin, de l’après-midi, du soir

-         24 hour clock (heure officielle)

-         Using midi, minuit instead of douze heures

-         Using special 15-minute expressions: et quart, et demie, moins le quart

6. Dates and months (p. 62)
7. Weather and seasons (p. 65)
8. Familiar and formal/polite expressions: Prête(z)-moi, donne(z)-moi, s’il te plaît, s’il vous plaît

Writing ability:

1. Spelling of new weather expressions (sheet passed out on 10/30)
2. Writing times, dates, weather phrases
3. Be able to write about the actual time, date, weather

Le vendredi 7 novembre

• Testing day (Unit 2) : there are 3 parts
  • spelling: weather and seasons from sheet  (24 points)
  • listening comprehension: 13 answers to match to a question  (13 points)
  • writing: 5 dates to write out (be sure to know spelling of months); 5 times to write out; a couple of times to convert to the 24-hour clock; days to spell out; 5 questions to answer in a full sentence; 6 phrases/sentences to translate (31 points)
• Be sure to turn in exercises 2, 3, 4, from pp. 76, 77 in textbook (a few were handed in last class)
• No homework for 11/11

Le mardi 11 novembre

• Tests returned
• -er verbs: how to express we and they
• Review of -er meanings & video
• Group quiz on -er verbs
• Workbook exercises (listening)
• Homework: Wkbk, pp. 62, 63, 71

Le vendredi 14 novembre

• Verb work (translations and forms)
• Making questions with est-ce que
• Homework: Textbook, p. 78, ex. 8, 9 (be sure to use "invitations" box at top of page as a guide; p. 80, ex. 3; p. 81, ex. 5

Le mardi 18 novembre

• Quiz: -er verbs (12 points)
• Book: review of homework on pp. 78, 80, 81
• Leçon 7: "Une boum" (pp. 92ff)
• Video
• Written work
• Homework: prepare for test on 45 -er verb meanings [see master sheet given out in class; be sure to add étudier (to study) which was forgotten]; 10-12 verb forms will also be included on evaluation

Le jeudi 20 novembre

• Verb testing (55 points)
• Adverbs: how to make a sentence much more specific
• Translation exercise: new vocabulary
• Book exercises

Coming very soon: Semester 1 Exams - Thurs. Dec 11 (Listening/Vocabulary); Monday, Dec. 15 (Grammar/Verbs/Reading)

Class meets only 4 times before exam (Dec. 1, 3, 5, 9)

Le lundi premier décembre

• Check out the new semester review listing on the menu (lots of hints & reminders)
• Verb tests returned (scores are on the portal)
• Introduction: structure of the Sem 1 exam; basic expressions review exercises on board
• -er review/adverbs
• How to form questions asking for specific information: when, where, why, how, how many, how much, who, what, etc.
• The verb être: pp. 82ff in text
• Onomatopée 1: 'sounds' of nature, animals, everyday life
• Homework: textbook - être exercises, p. 85, ex. 1, 2; packet, -er exercises, #11-19; study for Sem 1 exam

Le mercredi trois décembre

• Review of homework and être
• New vocabulary: places
• Onomatopée 2
• Question formation (day 2)
• Homework: pp. 102-103, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4; p. 88, ex. 8; p. 89, ex. 9

Le vendredi 5 décembre

• Onomatopée 3
• Exercises: original sentences
• Homework corrections (pp. 88, 89, 102, 103)
• Interrogation (pourquoi, combien, qui) with est-ce que
• Sem 1 exam review (numbers, basic questions)
• Devoir: p. 107, ex. 2 (follow model), 3 (follow model), 4(answer in a full sentence)
• Devoir 2: any extra exercises left over from class

Le mardi 9 décembre

• Last day of review before the Sem 1 Exam: vocabulary, verbs, questions with est-ce que
• Vidéo: Unité 3, leçon 6
• Extra credit assigned: Book, pp. 114-115, ex. 1, 3, 4, 5 (4 extra points to be given in accordance with accuracy of exercises.  Please hand in 12/10 or 12/11 to be corrected and beneficial for grammar part on Day2 of Semester 1 exam, Monday, 12/15.)

Le vendredi 11 décembre

• Be sure to hand in the exercises on p. 102-103 that were not collected last class
• Semester 1 Exam: parts 1, 2 - Listening Comprehension & Vocabulary/Reading

BONNE ANNÉE 2009

Le mardi 6 janvier

• La Fête des Rois
• Vocabulaire des fêtes
• Onomatopée: cris d'animaux (animal sounds)
• Bon/bonne exclamations
• The verb "faire"(to do, to make)
• Leçon 8: p. 104, reading, "Un concert de musique africaine"
• Class exercise: p. 110, ex. 9, 10
• Homework: last call for p. 107, ex. 2, 3, 4

New procedures:

• We will now be required to keep an organized three-ring binder since our text has moved to a higher level of vocabulary and grammar
• All notes and worksheets will now be color-coded so that you can be better organized
• Students who did not average 75% or higher on the semester test will be asked to attend weekly 'tutoring' on Wednesday afternoons in January (room 204)

Le jeudi 8 janvier (last day of the first semester)

• Practice with onomatopée & bon/bonne exclamations
• Review of grammar/structures section of Semester 1 exam
• Group exercises: regular verbs along with être, avoir, faire
• Interrogation: how to make questions with the inversion method
• Contrast of inversion & est-ce que
• Exercise: providing questions for responses
• Cultural readings: pp. 118 ff