Week 17 - May 9 - 13
French I - Spring 2016
La Dix-septième Semaine
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 10 in preparation for the final exam next week. Assignments due this week include:
1. L'Ecole, Project 3D
2. L'Ecole, Writing 3D
3. L'Ecole, Section 3 Quiz
4. L'Ecole, Unit Exam
The semester will end on Friday, May 20. All assignments, including the final exam, will be due on that date. Final grades will be posted by teacher on Tuesday, May 24, and should be available in registration to schools on Thursday, May 26.
* Monday, 5/9 @ 9am w/ Mme Ashley Padgett (Unit 10)
* Monday, 5/9 @ 12pm w/ Mme Claire Driscoll (Unit 10)
* Monday, 5/9 @ 2pm w/ Mme Nicole Swanson (Unit 10)
* Monday, 5/9 @ 8pm w/ Mme Melissa Harrelson (Unit 10)
* Tuesday, 5/10 @ 10am w/ Mme Mary Hansbrough (Unit 10)
* Wednesday, 5/11 @ 5:30pm w/ Mme Maria Yandell (Unit 10)
* Wednesday, 5/11 @ 7:30pm w/ Mme Jean McDaniel (Unit 10)
* Thursday, 5/12 @ 4pm w/ Mme Erin Tyson (Unit 10)
* Thursday, 5/12 @ 8pm w/ Mme Karen Miller (Unit 10)
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!
L'Examen Final
In one week's time, both Year-Long and 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 Écoles Françaises et Américaines
Sections 1 & 2 - Mme Claire Driscoll
Email: claire.driscoll@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-355-7141
Section 3 - Mme Mary Hansbrough
Email: mary.hansbrough@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 770-543-9383
Section 4 - Mme Melissa Harrelson
"One of the things about French schools that I find interesting is that the teachers will often change classes instead of the students. It is the very same throughout Mexico, where I witnessed this practice first hand. It seems strange to us, but the students were fine with staying in the same room and the teachers learned to be very creative with the limited supplies they had. I also like the fact that uniforms are required. I have traveled to many countries and continents and so far the U.S. is the ONLY country that does not require uniforms across the board. Our students complain when the issue comes up, but the focus in the other countries is on learning and safety, not fashion"
Email: melissa.harrelson@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-891-0379.
Section 6 - Mme Jean McDaniel
"I loved the fact that they served real food for lunch at school. We sat down at our tables with a bowl of pasta, sauce, a vegetable, bread, cheese and fruit and we all shared like we were eating a family style meal together. It really put the emphasis on eating delicious and healthy food and not on hurrying through lunch. We spent time enjoying our time together."
Email: jean.mcdaniel@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 704-578-7206
Section 8 - Mme Karen Miller
"The thing I find the most surprising about French schools is the lack of extra-curricular activities. In American schools, co-curricular and extra-curricular clubs and sports are a major part of students lives. It is often through our participation in extra-curricular activities that American students decide what careers they would like to pursue. French kids are still involved in sports like soccer and tennis, but through independent organizations."
Email: karen.miller@ncpublicschool.gov
Phone: 740-804-2119
Twitter: @MmeMillerNCVPS
YL Section 3 - Mme Ashley Padgett
"The thing that impressed me the most about French schools is the amount of respect that students have for their teachers. Not that American students don't respect teachers, but in France it goes to a higher level. When I was taking classes at a French university, students would stand beside their desks when a teacher entered the room and would wait for him or her to tell the students to be seated. This was completely new to me, and something that really embarrassed many of the international students that were in my class on our first day with this professor."
Email: ashley.padgett@ncpublicschools.gov
Phone: 336-414-6876
Twitter: @MmePadgettNCVPS