Week 10: October 31 - November 4
French I - Fall 2016
Bienvenue à la Dixième Semaine!
Traditional Block:
Now that the midterm is over, Traditional students will really dig into second quarter work. Working in Unit 6: Les Endroits, students will learn vocabulary for places around town as well as the new irregular verbs faire and venir. Assignments due this week include:
1. Les Endroits, Discussion 1A
2. Les Endroits, Speaking 1A
3. Les Endroits, Writing 1D
4. Les Endroits, Speaking 1E
5. Les Endroits, TPR Quiz
6. Les Endroits, Section 1Quiz
7. Les Endroits, Discussion 2D
8. Les Endroits, Section 2 Quiz
9. Les Endroits, Speaking 3A
Year Long:
Students in YL courses will continue work in Unit 3: Le Temps this week. Assignments this week will include lessons on showing possession using the de + owner structure and a fun tongue-twister to practice pronunciation. Assignments due this week include:
1. Le Temps, Writing 3A
2. Le Temps, Discussion 3B
3. Le Temps, Writing 3C
4. Le Temps, Speaking 3C
5. Le Temps, Section 3 Quiz
* Monday, 10/31 @ 12pm w/ Mme Elizabeth Lovelady-Alfonso (Unit 6)
* Monday, 10/31 @ 2pm w/ Mme Nicole Swanson (Unit 6)
* Monday, 10/31 @ 3pm w/ Mme Nicole Swanson (Unit 3)
* Tuesday, 11/1 @ 10am w/ Mme Anabela Mendes (Unit 3)
* Tuesday, 11/1 @ 11am w/ Mme Ashley Padgett (Unit 6)
* Tuesday, 11/1 @ 12pm w/ Mme Mary Hansbrough (Unit 6)
* Wednesday, 11/2 @ 1pm w/ Mme Susan Cowan (Unit 6)
* Wednesday, 11/2 @ 6pm w/ Mme Jean McDaniel (Unit6)
* Thursday, 11/3 @ @ 11am w/ Mme Claire Driscoll (Unit 6)
* Thursday, 11/3 @ 6pm w/ Mme Erin Tyson (Unit 6)
* Thursday, 11/3 @ 7:30pm w/ Mme Karen Miller (Unit 3)
While the course calendars for year-long and early calendar students will not match those of traditional block students, year-long and early calendar students are still welcome at any session (and vise versa with traditional block students!) In addition to selecting a session by the schedule, note the material that will be presented to ensure that you are selecting the session that will be most beneficial to you! Students are also welcome to attend more than one session for extra practice! RLCs are located in a separate course in which students will need to self enroll. The link to self enroll is:
https://ncvps.instructure.com/enroll/EXXJEK
Upon entering the RLC course, students will access the RLC room by selecting "Collaborate Ultra" and then the link that says "French I Summer 2016." Students need to log in with both first and last name to ensure they receive credit for attendance. Those who phone in using the teleconference option need to identify themselves to the instructor presenting so their attendance is documented!
La Toussaint
Cases of Culture Clash
Sections 1 and 2 - Mme Claire Driscoll
"One of my culture clashes when visiting la France is that the dogs were welcomed at many cafés and restaurants. Les chiens were so well behaved! They did not rush to gobble the crumbs that fell from the table and they did not squabble at all with their other furry friends. They were as civilized as the the patrons."
Email: claire.driscoll@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-355-7141
Sections 3, 10 & 16 - Mme Lovelady-Alfonso
"I adore aller au cinéma (love going to the movies) as well as les films français! So it was the first thing I wanted to try when visiting another country. I never once thought it would be that culturally different but it really can be, even in the bigger cities. Premièrement (firstly), one must really pay attention to movie times as well as when films come out as they don't have times available all day everyday like in the Etats-Unis and films tend to not stay out available to watch as long. Seconde, make sure to always arrive on time, because some salles de cinéma begin the film à l'heure (on time) then show the ads for future films during a brief intermission. This is not always the case, but does sometimes happen. I was also very hungry when I arrived and couldn't wait to get some yummy buttered popcorn, but to my surprise en France, your only two choices are pop-corn sucré (sugared) or pop-corn salé (salted) with NO butter,oh my :-) I opted for the pop-corn sucré and it was délicieux! Although j'aime beaucoup regarder les films français (very much like to watch French films) I do however prefer to watch American films in English. To do this en France, you would look in the horaires (time table) for the title that also says VO for version originale. Enfin (finally), it is très intéressant to note that when an American film comes to France that they sometimes put the title in French, although it is not always a direct translation. Sometimes they actually change the title. Example: The children's movie 'A Bug's life' is called '1001 pattes' (legs) and the 2000 film 'Castaway' is called 'Seul au monde' (Alone in the world). You can check out what else is new or older au cinéma français here http://www.allocine.fr/."
Email: elizabeth.lovelady-alfonso@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 919-617-7763
Twitter: @My_FrenchTutor
Sections 4 & 11 - Mme Ashley Padgett
"I experienced cultural differences while shopping in France. I was in Nice admiring dresses in one shop from the outside and decided to go in and look around. I was greeted by the shop owner and promptly told that the 'outside was for looking and the inside was for buying.' So I went to another shop, where the owner was much more friendly. I picked out a dress and went to try it on in the dressing room. The owner said he would bring me some other things to try on that I might like, he knocked on the door and told me that the dresses were outside. When I opened the door, he told me that I was trying on the wrong size, and actually needed two sizes larger so that the clothes would fit as they should. He said that he would not sell me a dress unless it fit correctly! I was slightly embarrassed, but the owner was correct, and I was impressed with the knowledge of clothing store personnel in France!"
Email: ashley.padgett@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-414-6876
Twitter: @MmePadgettNCVPS
Section 5 - Mme Mary Hansbrough
"I was dining with the family of one of my French friends in Nîmes. They had gone out of their way to make the Sunday dinner extraordinary and it certainly was. Excellent in every way. But of course I was expected to eat all of everything they had prepared, but I just don't eat huge amounts of food. I did manage to finish everything and was so happy to go back to my hotel only to discover that I was also expected for supper that same night!!! Although I was happy that it was just quiche, salad and the cheese and fruit afterwards and, of course, the pastry desserts. I was completely full still from lunch, but I did not want to be rude. So I consumed it all again!! Even when I tried to just eat the cheese without bread, I was immediately told that you just did not do that; you must eat the cheese with the bread! So I managed to consume about another 1000 calories.
I did the same exact thing at a small restaurant in St Marie de la Mer. I ordered the Salade Niçoise. We were going out on a boat ride and had been invited to dine with the captain and one of his crew before the sail. The owner of the restaurant brought out this huge salad and I ate about half of it; I was about to leave the rest when the captain informed me that I had insulted the owner of the restaurant by not finishing it so once again I ate every last morsel until I almost got sick- then went out for a sail on the Mediterranean."Email: mary.hansbrough@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 770-714-0434
Section 6 - Mme Jean McDaniel
"I experienced my first case of culture clash when I arrived for lunch at a French friend's house the day after arriving in the Nice, France. I felt so proud to stop and buy a few croissants on the way to having lunch at Cathy's house. I presented them to my friend in anticipation of having them served at lunch with whatever we were eating. I wondered why, after lunch, they had not been served. My friend gently reminded me that lunch is the big meal of the day in France and they generally eat Baguettes as the bread with lunch. She also kindly told me that croissants are eaten for breakfast with café au lait or later in the day for an afternoon snack."
Email: jean.mcdaniel@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 704-578-7206
Sections 7 &12 - Mme Susan Cowan
Email: susan.cowan@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 252-228-9588
Sections 8 & 14; YL Section 6 - Mme Nicole Swanson
Email: nicole.swanson@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 919-413-2551
Twitter: @nicoleswansonfr
Sections 9 & 15; YL Section 5 - Mme Karen Miller
Email: karen.miller@ncpublicschool.gov
Phone: 740-804-2119
Twitter: @MmeMillerNCVPS
YL Sections 3 & 4 - Mme Anabela Mendes
Email: anabela.mendes@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 919-949-1365