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:

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.

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!

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:

GR: devoirs from 4/9 and 4/16

1.  Sing and dance with "Frère Jacques Rock 'n Roll."

2.  Choose a song that we have already learned and break all the words down into syllables, remembering to end the syllables with a vowel whenever possible.

example: Fre-re Ja-cques fre-re Ja-cques dor-mez vous dor-mez vous

GR: devoirs from 4/2

1.  Practice singing Sur le pont d'Avignon:

2.  Continue practicing vocabulary with the bingo board activities.

3.  Rehearse Roule galette.

GR: devoirs from 3/12

1.  Practice reading Roule galette in two ways : reading the script aloud, and listening to the audio files of the galette and the lapine, repeating after the speaker.

2.  Continue editing and expanding the dialogue.

3.  Complete the "I can" chart.

4.  Make flashcards from the vocabulary lists (two cards for each word, illustrated, with the word written below).  Use the flashcards to play Memory, Old Maid, maybe even Go Fish (looking for pairs instead of groups of four); study the flashcards to review vocabulary.  Suggestion: if possible, use card stock or scrapbook mat paper to make the flashcards, because otherwise you'll probably be able to see the image from the other side.  Index cards seem to be too thin.

GR: devoirs from 3/5

1.  Read pages 1-2 of the Roule galette script aloud once a day.

2.  Color the "D" worksheet.

3.  Practice singing Lundi matin :

GR: Tourne, tourne petit moulin

Many, many versions of Tourne, tourne petit mouin exist.  Here's the one that we learned together:

GR: devoirs from 2/6

1.  Practice singing Petit escargot.

2.  Complete the cut-and-paste worksheet.

GR: devoirs from 1/29

1.  Finish the "chercher l'intrus" worksheet.
2.  Finish the "mots cachés" word search.
3.  Color as many of the alphabet coloring pages as you want.
4.  Keep watching the alphabet videos from last week and be prepared to tell me which one is your favorite and why.
5.  Check out some of these new alphabet videos and games, which will help you practice pronouncing the letters along with some words that start with those letters.

first class with GR!

Here are the songs we learned during our first class:

Dans la forêt lointaine

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."