NT: devoirs from 12/3

1.  Reread "La vraie vie de Jules César" (while listening to the audio file).

2.  Finish filling out the Jules César vocabulary charts.

3.  Read photocopied pages 38-9.

4.  Continue working on the booklet.

NT: devoirs from 11/10

1.  Geography: Label the world map with the corresponding French vocabulary terms (from the geo vocab chart), and also add in some mountains, deserts, and rivers.  Read the Wikipedia handout on French geography (in English).

2.  Vocabulary/grammar: Do exercises A, C, and E (photocopied workbook pages).

3.  "La vraie vie de Jules Cesar": Read (and reread) the text, complete the vocab chart, and put the sentences in order.

4.  Booklet: Complete as many more "all about me" pages as you wish.


5.  "Spot It": Make flashcards with the vocabulary words for this game, ideally with a picture on one side and the word in French on the other.

6.  Continue practicing the following, ideally once every day while you're on traveling:

• Roule Galette script
• Counting 1-100 in French
• Saying the French alphabet
• Telling time
• "Spot It" flashcards

NT: devoirs from 11/5

Read the photocopied vocab/grammar pages and continue to work on the geography pages.

NT: devoirs from 10/29/15

1.  Complete the next two pages in the booklet.
2.  Read the new vocabulary lesson (handout).
3.  Read the handout on the four regions of France.
4.  Continue to practice your roles for RG, changing your voice for each of the different animals.

devoirs from 10/22/15

1.  Practice pronouncing all the roles for RG.
2.  Complete the next two pages in the booklet.

devoirs from 10/15/15

1.  Continue to revise and expand the last scene of RG.
2.  Complete pages 1-2 of the booklet.
3.  Complete the clock worksheet.

devoirs from 10/8/15

1.  Revise the last scene of "Roule galette."  Add more details that reveal information about the two characters.  If you don't know how to say something in French, just take notes in English and we'll work on it together next week.

2.  Complete the "Me voici" worksheet.

3.  Read the handout about telling time in French.

4.  Keep practicing the alphabet with the online games and videos

5.  And, as always, practice reading RG aloud!

alphabet français III : jouez !

Practice your listening comprehension and improve your pronunciation with these online French alphabet activities:

Alphabetical order: Choose a category, click on a word to hear it pronounced, and drag-and-drop it to reorder the words alphabetically.

Matching game: Turn over the cards to match the word (spoken aloud) with the picture.  (This will also teach new vocabulary and reinforce words you already know.)

Spelling game: Click on a category, listen to the speaker read the word, then drag and drop the letters in order to spell the word.  The speaker can say each letter name multiple times.

More to come!

devoirs from 10/1/15

1.  Continue practicing the "Roule Galette" script, particularly the last scene.
2.  Continue practicing the French alphabet; I will post some online games to this blog soon.
3.  Answer the questions about French-speaking countries, using the photocopied map.

l'alphabet français II : répétez !

Okay, so you have listened to more French alphabet songs than you'd ever thought possible.  Enough listening!  You won't learn the sounds and the names of the letters until you get comfortable pronouncing them.  So clear your throat, take a long drink of eau, and try these out:

"Military-style French Alphabet": An English-speaking French teacher walks you through her version of the alphabet, set to the rhythm of a familiar military cadence ("I don't know but I've been told…").  This ten-minute video is very thorough and offers opportunities to practice single lines at a time slowly and then build up to saying the whole chant more quickly. Watch this quick example first:

l'alphabet français I : chantez !

It's time to learn the French alphabet!  Let's start with some chansons (songs)... First, some traditional alphabet songs feaaturing Mozart's familiar melody….

La chanson de l'alphabet, featuring a man's voice accompanied by a calm acoustic guitar:

The letters appear on screen, along with the lyrics at the end of the song: "Maintenant je les connais/Toutes les lettres de l'alphabet."

devoirs from 9/22/15

1.  Continue practicing the "Roule Galette" script.
2.  Continue working on the new entry in the vocabulary chart.
3.  Finish writing the last page of the RG script.
4.  Practice the alphabet using the videos (which I will post soon).

devoirs from 9/15/15

1.  Read and repeat the "Roule galette" script (I will email your dad the audio file today or tomorrow).
2.  Answer the new "Observer and analyser" questions about RG.
3.  Add "connaître" to the verb chart and complete as many other squares as possible (use your dictionary or a site like wordreference.com).

devoirs from 9/8/15

1.  Finish the rest of the photocopied workbook pages.
2.  Practice reading the first page and a half of the revised "Roule galette" script.
3.  Answer the "Observer et analyser" questions.

devoirs from 9/1/15

1.  Finish the rest of the photocopied workbook pages.
2.  Practice reading the first page and a half of the revised "Roule galette" script, using the voice file I emailed your dad.

devoirs from 8/25/15

1.  Finish the rest of the photocopied workbook pages.
2.  Vocab chart: look up related words to add to the word I wrote on it.
3.  Practice reading the first page of our "Roule galette" script, using the voice file I emailed your dad.
4.  Read the photocopied pages about telling time ("L'heure").

devoirs from 8/18/15

1.  Finish all the photocopied workbook pages

2.  Finish the "Autoportrait du lapin" sheet with sentence prompts using the new vocab--je suis, je ne suis pas....

devoirs from 8/11/15

1.  Revise the lapin-galette dialogue (check spelling!)

2.  Finish the cahier (workbook) pages

3.  Illustrate the Roule galette comic strip.

Bonjour bonjour ! Comment ça va ?

Here are some fun videos to practice listening comprehension of words and phrases related to greeting people and asking how they're doing:

"Bonjour, Hello" by BASHO and Friends -- song with onscreen lyrics and lots of repetition of several ways to ask and answer "how are you" in French; designed for non-native speakers; no photos, videos, or other illustrations of what the words mean.

devoirs from 5/30/15

1.  Watch this adorable stop-motion clay animation video of Roule Galette:

devoirs from 5/26/15

1.  Faire les exercices A-F, p. 1-3
2.  Apprendre les mots de vocabulaire pour la salle de classe
3.  Regarder ces deux vidéos de "Roule galette" :

(This one is a cartoon version of the story.)

toodle-oo?

"Toodle-oo" is an expression in English that means "good-bye."  It is actually a mispronunciation of a French phrase--which one?

devoirs from 5/17/15

1.  Jouer au Buzz pour pratiquer les chiffres 1-100.

2.   Lire "Competence 1" (formal and informal greetings).

3.  Écrire un dialogue entre deux personnes celebres avec le vocabulaire d'aujourd'hui.

devoirs (homework) from 5/2/15

Practice reading, recognizing, and saying the numbers!


1.  Watch this video to review how to form the numbers 1-100 in French:

practice the numbers!

About.com offers a clear, concise explanation of French numbers, along with the pronunciation of each individual number.

Read this description of how the numbers work in French, listen to the pronunciation of the numbers 1-100, repeat the pronunciation, and practice with the random number generator.  Then, try out one or two of the quizzes for each set of numbers!

chanson d'au revoir

"Ainsi font font font" is our farewell song:

chanson de bonjour

We'll always sing the same opening song at the beginning of class:

Dans la forêt lointaine

le calendrier français

Pay close attention the next time we talk about today's date…what is the major difference between the American calendar and the French calendar?