Week 17: December 15-19
French I - Fall 2014
Semaine Numéro Dix-Sept
Traditional Block:
This week Traditional students will continue work in Unit 10: L'Ecole. This week students will complete a project detailing their school day. Assignments due this week include:
1. L'Ecole, Writing 2C
2. L'Ecole, Speaking 2D
3. L'Ecole, Section 2 Quiz
4. L'Ecole, Writing 3A
5. L'Ecole, Project 3B
6. Voyage Virtuel (parts 1-4)
7. L'Ecole, Discussion 3B
8. L'Ecole, Project 3D
9. L'Ecole, Writing 3D
Year Long:
Students in YL courses will finish work in Unit 5: Les Couleurs. This week students will use the verb avoir in idiomatic expressions. Assignments due this week include:
1. Les Couleurs, Section 2 Quiz
2. Les Couleurs, Writing 3A
3. Les Couleurs, Section 3, Quiz
4. Les Couleurs, Unit Exam
Early Calendar:
Early Calendar courses ended on Friday, 12/12. Report cards will be posted tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/16. Enjoy your break!
There will be a progress report posted for both Traditional and YL students. This will be the last progress report of the semester for Traditional students.
* Monday 12/15 @ 10am w/ Mme Ashley Padgett
* Wednesday 12/17 @ 8pm w/ Mme Melissa Harrelson
* Thursday 12/18 @ 6pm w/ Mme Maria Yandell
* Thursday 12/18 @ 8pm w/ Mme Karen Miller
Again, note that while the course calendars for Tradition, Early Calendar and Year-Long courses do not align, students may choose to attend any live session of their choosing. Students are also welcome to attend more than one session for extra practice! 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!
The Final Exam
Upon returning from the Christmas break, Traditional students will take their final exam. Below is a list of concepts students need to master prior to taking the exam. While the exam is not comprehensive, many of the concepts we learned in the first quarter will be relevant in the final exam. This is a very important test - it's worth 25% of the overall grade for the course!
Les Endroits --- Vocabulary about the city, town, or countryside
Section 1
Vocabulary about the city, places in a town
Location in a place (loin de, près de, à droite, à gauche, à côté de)
What is a cognate
Adding "de" in front of an article (le) == de + le = du; de + les = des
How to use: je peux, je veux,je dois
Culture - Québec
Section 2
new irregular verb: faire
How to talk about your town
Culture: Louis Joliet
Section 3
New irregular verb: venir
Venir vs venir de
La Famille - Vocabulary on member of the family, birthday parties
Section 1
Vocabulary about the family
Vocabulary about a birthday
Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her,our, their)
How to say someone's age (use 'avoir')
Culture: Bastille Day
Section 2
more --er verbs plus penser
new irregular verb: dire
practice with son, sa, ses; notre, leur
Section 3
new irregular verb: lire, écrire
Vocabulary about la fête
Section 1
Culture: Bouillabaissse
Vocabulary on foods for all meals
Vocabulary for meats, vegetables, fruits, condiments
Using the partitive article with foods
How to say hungry and thirsty (expressions with 'avoir')
New irregular verb: mettre
Vocabulary for setting or clearing the table
les plats principaux, les legumes, les fruit - review vocabulary
Section 2
How to order; je voudrais
Using the partitive in the negative - (changes to 'de')
new irregular verb: boire
more adjectives: délicieux, délicieuse, sucré
Culture: Fast foods in France, vocabulary
Practice creating questions/statements
Section 3
le dîner
Culture: all about "le fromage"
Les Passetemps -
Section 1
Vocabulary for sports and other activities
Vocabulary for speaking on a phone
Verb construction: jouer à vs jouer de
Vocabulary for "when" - plusieurs fois, quelque fois, toujours, jamais, tous les jours, avant, après, etc.
Vocabulary for games
Verbs: gagner, perdre
Section 2
Vocabulary for things used in sports and games
Using BAGS adjectives
Stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui, nous, vous, eux)
More expressions with 'avoir'
Section 3
Intivitations and polite ways of "regretting"
L'école - vocabulary about school
Section 1
Vocabulary for classes at school
Review of items needed for class
More --re verbs: répondre, entendre, perdre
Irregular verbs (that follow the prendre pattern): apprendre, comprendre
Ordinal numbers
Culture: How French number their floors
Vocabulary for transportation
Section 2
Vocabulary for rooms in a house
Vocabulary for household chores
New irregular verb: savoir
Vocabulary: descendre, monter, en haut, en bas
Section 3
Culture: Typical French home
Review
Les Ecoles Françaises et Américaines
Sections 1 & 2 - Mme Lovelady-Alfonso
''2 Heures pour le déjeuner! Oui, that is what I said, 2 hours for lunch! This is one of the aspects my children miss from their 4 years in Ecole primaire-Elementary school since we have moved back to the USA. They do miss the yearly Carnivale parade and changing their shoes into slippers-so children don't track in dirts and germs with their street shoes, but it truly is the le déjeuner they miss the most!
Most école primaire are in each quartier-neighborhood so very close to home-students are not bused and les enfants have a choice to be picked up for le déjeuner at home with their parent or for those 2 hours or will be taken care of in la cantine or restaurant scolaire-Lunchroom. For those who stay, students are sat at tables in groups and served family style. They have the food placed in the center of the table and students share and serve each other family style. Most cantine still use real plates, real silverware, and glasses plus there is always un panier- a basket of baquettes-French bread placed on the table for the students to share. Afterward each child takes a role to help clear and clean the table as well as put chairs away. One similarity with American lunchrooms is that oui! It can still get kind of loud sometimes with the children talking. Après le repas-After the meal, the students have free play outside until the end of the 2 hours and the students who went home return. Lunchtime in Middle and School is served more cafeteria style like in the US and lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
French school lunches have been regarded as some of the best and most healthy in the world. To learn more check out this link http://karenlebillon.com/french-school-lunch-menus/ Please note only one meal is available for students to eat in l'école primaire and if you are wondering after looking at some of these examples if the kid's really eat it, I can attest to you personally, that oui, yes they do and they like most things as this is part of their daily lives at home and school! #sohealthy ''
Email: elizabeth.lovelady-alfonso@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 919-617-7763
Sections 3 & 9 - Mme Ashley Padgett
Email: ashley.padgett@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-414-6876
Twitter: @MmePadgettNCVPS
Sections 4 & 10 - Mme Claire Driscoll
Email: claire.driscoll@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-355-7141
Section 5 - Mme Melissa Harrelson
Email: melissa.harrelson@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-891-0379.
Sections 6 & 11 - Mme Mary Hansbrough
Email: mary.hansbrough@ncpublicschools.gov
Website: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/quiche-lorraine-recipe.html.
Phone: 770-714-0434
Sections 7 & 12 - Mme Karen Miller
Email: karen.miller@ncpublicschool.gov
Phone: 740-804-2119
Twitter: @MmeMillerNCVPS