Brainpop en français

NT: Watch at least two videos per week, and watch each of them two or three times.

https://fr.brainpop.com

NT: devoirs from 3/2

1.  Paris map activity

2.  vocabulary chart (cut and paste)

3.  written directions (Paris or Lafayette)

4.  "mot du jour" worksheets

5.  Rommel book

GR & NT: giving and following directions

1.  Practice the vocabulary for giving directions by reading and repeating the phrases in this video:

2.  Practice the vocabulary with this interactive exercise, "Comment se repérer ?"

3.  Look back over what we did in class: "Dans la rue" Activité 1 (listening & following along with the map), and then try Activité 4 (identifying in which arrondissement certain monuments are found).

NT & GR: vidéos de Paris

This 15-minute video in English provides a good overview of some of the major attractions of Paris:

NT: devoirs from 12/15

1.  Continue working on your story (try one more paragraph), type it up, and email it to me.

2.  Make a list of four activities that you do (or don't do) according to each season/weather.  Use the activity vocab and weather:

En hiver, il neige, mais je ne fais pas de ski.

3.  Christmas vocab: read the words aloud (I will email the pronunciation), practice singing the two songs, and try some of the word games in the packet.

4.  If you have time: "Chercher l'intrus." Write five "find the one that doesn't match" lists for me to guess (any vocabulary--food, weather, activities, etc.).

5.  If you have time: Continue illustrating the food vocabulary.

NT: devoirs from 12/1

1.  Adverbs: Use the worksheet to rewrite the sentences from your rough draft that have adverbs.

2.  Food vocab: Finish the drawings for each category.

3.  Devinettes: Write four riddles describing various foods.

4.  Continue developing the Rommel story.

5.  Visit one of the following French restaurants online and complete the webquest worksheet:

http://www.lepuitsdelegumesbio.fr  (organic & vegetarian restaurant in Paris)

http://www.restaurantlagrange.com/accueil_La_Grange.html (Savoyard specialties, such as raclette)

http://www.l-imprevu.com/ (fancy restaurant in Nîmes in the south of France)

GR: devoirs from 11/30

1.  Continue developing your story inspired by La chenille qui fait des trous.
2.  Keep track of each day's weather, using the calendar page and vocab handout.
3.  Reread the Quel temps fait-il aloud.
4.  Write some cherchez l'intrus games for me to figure out (use any vocabulary, not just food, if you want).
5.  Practice Vive le vent:

This is a much longer version (I only taught you the chorus), but the lyrics are onscreen.  Also, there a different line: "Boules de neige" (snowballs) and "Jour de l'an" (New Year's Day).  Below is a live-action version of the song from a Québecois television show.

NT: devoirs from 11/17

1.  Continue developing the Rommel story.

2.  Write four devinettes about the food vocab.

3.  Complete the chercher l'intrus worksheet.

4.  Practice the virelangues.

TA: devoirs from 11/3

1.  Keep reviewing the alphabet, using these videos: http://boulderfunfrench.blogspot.com/2016/10/ta-ressources-pour-commencer-beginning_28.html

2.  Teach "Dans la forêt lointaine" to your kids!

TA: ressources pour commencer (beginning resources)

Bienvenue (welcome) to my new students!  Since there's no point trying to pronounce words in any language if you don't know what the letters sound like, let's start with the alphabet....

"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:

Want someone to walk you through the alphabet ? Tom from easytolearnfrench.com is a young Frenchman who earnestly teaches Anglophone viewers.  Do watch this at least once so that you hear a native speaker pronouncing the letter names:

NT: devoirs from 10/27

1.  Webquest: Visit this Savoyard restaurant to complete the worksheet about its menu.  (Click entrée to get to l'accueil, the home page.

2.  Write one or two more journal entries about your trip to la Croatie.

3.  Write a rough draft or outline of the new Rommel story.

4.  Make a shape poem about the food of your choice.  (Here are some examples in English: shape poems.)

5.  Watch several French Brain Pop episodes on nonfiction topics that interest you: https://fr.brainpop.com.  I'd suggest any of the films gratuits (the free ones--for access to all of the videos, you have to pay to subscribe) and the à la une videos (the film of the day, which changes each day).  There is also a free French Brain Pop app that you could download for a smartphone or tablet: https://enseignants.brainpop.com/film-du-jour/.

NT: devoirs from 10/13

1.  Review "La chenille qui fait des trous" with this charming video of French children reading the story aloud:

NT: devoirs from 10/6

1.  Copy your autoportrait (the about-the-author paragraph) into your Septimus book.

2.  Write another journal entry about Croatia.

3.  Review the à table vocabulary by repeating the expressions out loud (using the audio file).

4.  Make a liste des courses (grocery list) for an imaginary meal (and be prepared to tell which magasins you would visit to buy the ingredients.

5.  Read the "Eating in France" handout.

6.  Watch several French Brain Pop episodes on nonfiction topics that interest you: https://fr.brainpop.com.  I'd suggest any of the films gratuits (the free ones--to access all of the videos you have to subscribe) and the à la une videos (the film of the day, which changes each day).  There is also a free French Brain Pop app that you could download for a smartphone or tablet: https://enseignants.brainpop.com/film-du-jour/.

NT: devoirs from 9/22

1.  Use the new vocabulary list and the expressions with faire to write several journal entries about your trip.

2.  Write an "about-the-author" paragraph for your Septimus book.

3.  Practice pronouncing the à table vocabulary using the voice file I emailed.

GR: devoirs from 7/30

1.  Draw and label a place setting.

2.  Continue reviewing the food vocabulary, perhaps using some of the ideas from the bingo sheet!

3.  Sing the song from last week:

4.  Practice reading "Qu'est-ce qu'on mange" (comptine) and "On mange" (board book). 

And, consider buying some of these on-sale e-books in French for children!

NT: devoirs from 7/28

1.  Create and illustrate a book using your final draft of "Septimus le Rat."

2.  Complete the worksheets about weather vocab and the verb faire.

2.  Consider purchasing some of these on-sale French e-books for kids.

3.  Keep reviewing the grammar and vocabulary from previous lessons!

NT: devoirs from 7/21

1.  La Marseillaise: Re-watch this bilingual video of l'hymne national français and try to sing along:

2.  Revise Septimus le rat, focusing on the following verbs: avoir (il a), être (il est), aimer (il aime).

3.  Review all the recent worksheets and handouts--vocabulary with faire, grammar with Jules César & Cléopâtre, etc.  Memorize the vocab!

GR: devoirs from 7/16

1.  Re-read La chenille qui fait des trous aloud.  You might want to re-watch some of these videos.

2.  Complete the three Venn diagrams with food vocabulary; list at least one food for each section.

3.  Complete the description of the Petite chenille (worksheet).

4.  Sing along to Ah, les légumes:

GR: devoirs from 5/7 and 5/14

1.  Review "La chenille qui fait des trous" with this charming video of French children reading the story aloud:

NT: devoirs from 4/28

1.  Watch this video to review forming questions.