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: