We will not have a skype session today (Thurs.,9/22). Instead, please use the entire class time to work on Mango French starting where you left off yesterday. Write down the last question/answer that you do today and bring it to class on Monday.
Class work session for Wed., 9/28: Continue with Mango French. Write the last question/answer down to report back on Thurs. ALso be able to summarize what the lessons were about (example, greetings, introductions, etc.).
Take the entire classtime today to work with Mango French. You can do it either together as a group of 4 or split up if you feel you need to work at different lessons. Take whatever time you need at the end to write down the last question/answer you do and bring it to class on Tuesday.
We'll go over the meaning of the French version in class. As you can see, the words are different because the sounds of the "notes" suggest different words in French.
If you have a chance, watch and listen before class on Thursday, Nov. 16.
For Monday. Write three simple sentences in French using the verb avoir, which we went over in class on Thursday. Use three different subject pronouns (je, tu, il/elle, etc.). Stick to the basics (subject, verb, obect and whatever article (un/une/des or le/la/les) is necessary. You can use the yellow box on page 75 of Mais, Oui as a reminder and whatever examples you find in the book as well. Try to use different objects rather than the same one in order to vary your vocabulary.
Review the French alphabet in the language guide found in the Intro French section of the blog. We're going to begin a review using Mais, oui, so review pages 4-6 for greetings and introductions.
Over the weekend review the vocabulary on pages 17-18 of Mais oui! some more. Pay attention this time to the numbers 1-69. We're going to play some kind of quiz game in-class on Tuesday instead of a test for the chapter.
For this week while you are working from home or from school:
Use the language guide to review what we've been doing. Starting with the verbs etre, avoir, aller, and faire, which the guide calls "out of this world" verbs.
French 1: Review all four verbs: être, avoir, aller and faire. Click and listen with the goal of memorizing all four in the present tense. Repeat out loud trying to imitate the pronunciation.
Vocabulary to explore:
animal vocabulary that will come in handy with the fables:
Continue working with Mango French where you last left off. If working from home, please continue with the French language Guide vocabulary from the last assignment blogs.
Using the vocabulary from the animal and landcape language guide sections from the last assignment, start writing a few simple sentences answering the following questions. The idea is that you imagine that you are a particular animal, and you ask yourself:
Qui suis-je? (who am I?) or Quel animal suis-je? (which animal am I?)
Où est-ce que j'habite? (where do I live) example: J'habite dans une forêt
Comment suis-je?
(the answer to this would describe the animal you are). Example: Je suis grand et gris. (un éléphant...).
We'll be doing this for a while, slowly building on these sentences. For Wednesday 1/26 have at least one simple sentence written out. Examples: Je suis un singe. J'habite dans la jungle. Je suis petit et brun.
You can pick an animal from the on-line language guide or from the fable book.
Here is the "slow reading" of La cigale et la fourmis", which we looked at in "bande dessinee" form yesterday. The grammar and vocabulay is advanced, and this is the real 16th century French poem, so it's not easy French. However, I think you can get something fom following along the audio and the words.
Here'a a cartoon version in modern French:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHY5L5fAeA
Ty listening to this song version!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mp1v4PD9a8
The words are big -- perhaps you can follow along a bit after seeing the other one with the explanation.
When you're done listening to these youtube clips together, take a look again at the version we have in our book on page 13.
There are of course a ton of other versions on youtube -- feel fee to take a look at and listen to others. As I said in class, this poem and fable is verry important in the French speaking world!
More notes; As it turns out the "modern version" above as a diffferent spin on "dansez maintenant"! It might be worth it to get through it for it. What is this new intepretation? What might it contibute to the meaning of the story?
Create your own modern fable in BD format to physically share in class. You don't have to make it a "great work of art", but it is 3 45-minute class sessions, and homework time, so make it worthwhile!
Go back to earlier blog assignments for the links to the animated fables. Watch them again, particularly the ones that correspond to the fables we read, such as La cigale et la fourmis and La tortue et le lievre. If you find links to others we've read, such as Le renard et le corbeau (or any others you want to see) watch them as well.
Continue with your vocabulary project for the fables. If you are done with "La Poule aux oeufs d'or" continue to the next one that we haven't read. If there's time, and you want to watch a French video of any of the fafbles, find one on youtube.
If you didn't watch another fable yesterday, watch one today. If you watched one which corrsponds to the 40 fables en BD, find it in the book and put together a vocabulary list of words you don't know. You can work alone or in a pair. If the fable video you watched isn't in the book, go ahead to #4 La Biche et le lion on page 12 and write up a vocabulary list of the words you don't know.
Continue with Mango French wherever you are. Do a review of the last Mango lesson if you wish. When you're about done, take notes of what you're doing and be prepared to summarize what you think the lesson is about.
Review the indirect object pronouns on p. 281-282 in Mais, oui ! Try the indirect object exercises (Activites M) on page 282. You're supposed to imagine what or whom the indirect object pronouns might refer to. you might have to look up whatever words you need to learn in French in order to write a longer version of the sentence.
Have a rough draft of your "character study" composition ready to submit in class, Have something written for each fo the three points: character's environment, physical traits and personality, and how the story illustrates or develops the character.
You can use the Mais, oui ! section on adjectives for describing your character (page 29: "Describing personality traits") See also pages 32, 33: "Specifying people and things"
Bonjour !
ReplyDeleteWe will not have a skype session today (Thurs.,9/22). Instead, please use the entire class time to work on Mango French starting where you left off yesterday. Write down the last question/answer that you do today and bring it to class on Monday.
Class work session for Wed., 9/28: Continue with Mango French. Write the last question/answer down to report back on Thurs. ALso be able to summarize what the lessons were about (example, greetings, introductions, etc.).
ReplyDeleteOver break listen to this song, which some of you already know. This version has the French lyrics as well as the English translation.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8FYyA5vCPo
Note: there is at least one error in the English translation. Caché means "hidden", not "broken". (Cassé means "broken").
For classtime Monday, October 31:
ReplyDeleteTake the entire classtime today to work with Mango French. You can do it either together as a group of 4 or split up if you feel you need to work at different lessons. Take whatever time you need at the end to write down the last question/answer you do and bring it to class on Tuesday.
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ReplyDeleteVoilà ! La chanson célèbre (famous song) de "La mélodie du bonheur" (French title of "The Sound of Music") :
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lw2dvsMgfo
Here are the French words:
http://www.greatsong.net/PAROLES-LA-MELODIE-DU-BONHEUR,DO-RE-MI,100611974.html
We'll go over the meaning of the French version in class. As you can see, the words are different because the sounds of the "notes" suggest different words in French.
If you have a chance, watch and listen before class on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Review the verb avoir in the yellow box at the bottom of page 75 in Mais, Oui.
ReplyDeleteFor Monday. Write three simple sentences in French using the verb avoir, which we went over in class on Thursday. Use three different subject pronouns (je, tu, il/elle, etc.). Stick to the basics (subject, verb, obect and whatever article (un/une/des or le/la/les) is necessary. You can use the yellow box on page 75 of Mais, Oui as a reminder and whatever examples you find in the book as well. Try to use different objects rather than the same one in order to vary your vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteFor Monday, Dec. 6:
ReplyDeleteReview the French alphabet in the language guide found in the Intro French section of the blog. We're going to begin a review using Mais, oui, so review pages 4-6 for greetings and introductions.
For Monday, Dec. 12:
ReplyDeleteBonjour!
Over the weekend review the vocabulary on pages 17-18 of Mais oui! some more. Pay attention this time to the numbers 1-69. We're going to play some kind of quiz game in-class on Tuesday instead of a test for the chapter.
You can use the Language Guide found at the beginning of the Intro French blog entry, as well as the greetings section of that site.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.languageguide.org/french/numbers/
For Monday, December 19:
ReplyDeleteCopy over the sentences you did in class on Thursday so you can clearly see them as a dialogue or conversation.
Practice conjugating être and avoir for review. Test yourself during the weekend at least twice.
Over break:
ReplyDeleteTake a look at this video. It's a fun way to appreciate how much French and Latin there is in English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIo-17SIkws
For this week while you are working from home or from school:
ReplyDeleteUse the language guide to review what we've been doing. Starting with the verbs etre, avoir, aller, and faire, which the guide calls "out of this world" verbs.
http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/conjugations/out-of-this-world-irregulars.jsp
French 1: Review all four verbs: être, avoir, aller and faire. Click and listen with the goal of memorizing all four in the present tense. Repeat out loud trying to imitate the pronunciation.
Vocabulary to explore:
animal vocabulary that will come in handy with the fables:
http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/mammals
Please see the last blog entry. After you've practiced that material, move on to the page about landsscapes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/landscapes/
Try to write two sentences in French combining the animal vocabulary and the landscape vocabulary!
In school sork session for Thursday 1/12/17:
ReplyDeleteContinue working with Mango French where you last left off. If working from home, please continue with the French language Guide vocabulary from the last assignment blogs.
For Monday, January 16:
ReplyDeleteFor Monday, January 16:
No new assignment. Please review the last homework you've done to keep it in mind.
Review the names of mammals on the French Language Guide.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/mammals/
Take the "listening" challenge to quiz yourself.
If you're ready to move on to more vocabulary, go to the "landscape" section and use the "listening challenge" to practice those words as well.
http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/landscapes/
These words will help when talking about the fables.
Using the vocabulary from the animal and landcape language guide sections from the last assignment, start writing a few simple sentences answering the following questions. The idea is that you imagine that you are a particular animal, and you ask yourself:
ReplyDeleteQui suis-je? (who am I?) or
Quel animal suis-je? (which animal am I?)
Où est-ce que j'habite? (where do I live)
example: J'habite dans une forêt
Comment suis-je?
(the answer to this would describe the animal you are). Example: Je suis grand et gris. (un éléphant...).
We'll be doing this for a while, slowly building on these sentences. For Wednesday 1/26 have at least one simple sentence written out. Examples: Je suis un singe. J'habite dans la jungle. Je suis petit et brun.
You can pick an animal from the on-line language guide or from the fable book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xTa77--js
ReplyDeleteLa tortue et le lievre
Here is the "slow reading" of La cigale et la fourmis", which we looked at in "bande dessinee" form yesterday. The grammar and vocabulay is advanced, and this is the real 16th century French poem, so it's not easy French. However, I think you can get something fom following along the audio and the words.
ReplyDeleteHere'a a cartoon version in modern French:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WHY5L5fAeA
Ty listening to this song version!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mp1v4PD9a8
The words are big -- perhaps you can follow along a bit after seeing the other one with the explanation.
When you're done listening to these youtube clips together, take a look again at the version we have in our book on page 13.
There are of course a ton of other versions on youtube -- feel fee to take a look at and listen to others. As I said in class, this poem and fable is verry important in the French speaking world!
The above is intended as a work session for class on Thrusday February 9th.
ReplyDeleteMore notes; As it turns out the "modern version" above as a diffferent spin on "dansez maintenant"! It might be worth it to get through it for it. What is this new intepretation? What might it contibute to the meaning of the story?
ReplyDeleteFor Monday, 2/20
ReplyDeleteCreate your own modern fable in BD format to physically share in class. You don't have to make it a "great work of art", but it is 3 45-minute class sessions, and homework time, so make it worthwhile!
Over break: Review the fables we've read so far.
ReplyDeleteIn the BD fable book #'s 1, 5, 7, 15, 29, 38
Go back to earlier blog assignments for the links to the animated fables. Watch them again, particularly the ones that correspond to the fables we read, such as La cigale et la fourmis and La tortue et le lievre. If you find links to others we've read, such as Le renard et le corbeau (or any others you want to see) watch them as well.
For classtime Tuesday March 7: Please follow the instructions from over break.
ReplyDeleteFor classtime Monday 3/13
ReplyDeleteContinue with your vocabulary project for the fables. If you are done with "La Poule aux oeufs d'or" continue to the next one that we haven't read. If there's time, and you want to watch a French video of any of the fafbles, find one on youtube.
For Thursdday 3/23:
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't watch another fable yesterday, watch one today. If you watched one which corrsponds to the 40 fables en BD, find it in the book and put together a vocabulary list of words you don't know. You can work alone or in a pair. If the fable video you watched isn't in the book, go ahead to #4 La Biche et le lion on page 12 and write up a vocabulary list of the words you don't know.
For Tuesday 4/4:
ReplyDeleteCome to class repared to tell me about the fable you picked to watch yesterday. If it's related to one in the BD book, we'll read that one next.
Review French numbers 1-30 and be prepared to count at the end of class on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteReview all but the last panel of the dog and the piece of meat fable, so we'll be ready to jump into the last panel and moral.
You can find the numbers in the French language guide
ReplyDeletehttp://www.languageguide.org/french/numbers/
ReplyDeleteFor Tuesday, May 2:
ReplyDeleteTake some time at home to review what we did in class today (5/1). you can play the sound files as you read the examples:
http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/adjectives/possesives.html
http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/adjectives/demonstratives.html
To do during classtime on Wednesday, May 3:
ReplyDeleteContinue with Mango French wherever you are. Do a review of the last Mango lesson if you wish. When you're about done, take notes of what you're doing and be prepared to summarize what you think the lesson is about.
Review the indirect object pronouns on p. 281-282 in Mais, oui ! Try the indirect object exercises (Activites M) on page 282. You're supposed to imagine what or whom the indirect object pronouns might refer to. you might have to look up whatever words you need to learn in French in order to write a longer version of the sentence.
ReplyDeleteFor work session on Thursday, May 11:
ReplyDeleteContinue with Mango French. Let me know on Monday what lesson, chapter etc. you've done last.
For Monday, June 5:
ReplyDeleteHave a rough draft of your "character study" composition ready to submit in class, Have something written for each fo the three points: character's environment, physical traits and personality, and how the story illustrates or develops the character.
You can use the Mais, oui ! section on adjectives for describing your character (page 29: "Describing personality traits") See also pages 32, 33: "Specifying people and things"