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.
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.
Intro French: concentrate on être and avoir for now. Take a look at the next two though (aller and faire). You can click and listen even if you aren't trying to memorize them all at this point.
Vocabulary to explore:
animal vocabulary that will come in handy with the fables:
Work with either Mango French or the next Parlex-vous video. If you are working from home, coniotnue with the French Language Guide vocabulary lessons from the last 2 blog entries.
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.
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.
Watch Parlez-moi , whichever episode is next. Review the last one you saw if you wish. I'll ask you what the episode was about and what French you might recall from watching it.
For Tuesday, 9/13
ReplyDeleteReminder, you had 25 minutes of class time to do this...
Make us a visual representation of language, it does not need to be museum quality.
Over 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.
The class asked to hear the French version of Do-Re-Mi, the "doe a deer" song from "The Sound of Music".
ReplyDeleteSo, here it is. Try to watch and listen to the video. Don't worry about what it means. We'll go through it and learn some of the words in class!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lw2dvsMgfo
Find the yelloq box with the verb "etre" on the top of page 23 in Mais oui!
ReplyDeleteCopy out what you see, paying attention to the spelling. Do this a couple of times over the weekend.
For Tuesday, Dec. 6
ReplyDeleteIn the language guide above, review the French alphabet. If you have time, review some of the salutations as well.
Practice counting numbvers from 1-69.
ReplyDeleteUse the numbers section of the French Language Guide:
http://www.languageguide.org/french/numbers/
For Monday, December 19:
ReplyDeleteCopy over the sentences you made in class on Thursday. You should end up with a little conversation.
Over break:
ReplyDeleteWatch this video. This is what English might be like it if didn't have French and Latin in it!:
Over break:
Take 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
Intro French: concentrate on être and avoir for now. Take a look at the next two though (aller and faire). You can click and listen even if you aren't trying to memorize them all at this point.
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/
In school work session or Thursday, 1/12/17:
ReplyDeleteWork with either Mango French or the next Parlex-vous video. If you are working from home, coniotnue with the French Language Guide vocabulary lessons from the last 2 blog entries.
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.
For Thusday, Febuary 9th in class: The same assignment as French 1A.
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 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.
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
For classtime on Wednesday, May 3:
ReplyDeleteWatch Parlez-moi , whichever episode is next. Review the last one you saw if you wish. I'll ask you what the episode was about and what French you might recall from watching it.