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:

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!

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.

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.

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."

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 5/26/15

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.)