FR 11  Block 2

Amusez-vous et reposez-vous, les amis!

*** There are some tasks in your online Language Gym class for those wishing to practise over the break 🙂

 

FR 9  Block 3 

*** There are some practice tasks in your online Language Gym if you would like to review

***For those who have been away … we have learned the vocabulary needed to talk about people, places and classes in school (up to the end of p 21). We have also practised asking & answering questions:

Quel est ton horaire ce semestre?  … see p 19

Où vas-tu?   see p 7 & 21

Est-ce que tu vas à la _______ (fem place in school)?  Est-ce que tu vas au ___________ (masc place in school)?   see p 21

Est-ce que tu aimes ____ _______ (article … le, la or les  + subject)?    see p 19

• • Est-ce que tu aimes les maths?  Est-ce que tu aimes la photographie? Est-ce que tu aimes le français?

Qui est ton prof de _______?    (subject/course in the blank)

Est-ce que tu aimes ton prof de ______?   (subject/course in the blank)

 

FR 10  Block 5

Reposez-vous & amusez-vous, les amis!

To be prepared when you return to school

• make sure that you completed the practice in class for talking about when you were little … up to the end of page 12 in your new unit

***For those looking to review, there are assignments in your online Language Gym class to practise the imparfait and vocabulary/structures for talking about when you were younger

FR 11  Block 2

Make sure that you 

• finished & reviewed the answers for your practice with ‘le futur simple’ on p 21- 24
  • Remember … part 8 is optional (very challenging!) practice only

***Practice tasks with futur simple & countries are in your online Language Gym class

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

 

 

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

Pronouns, prepositions & basic verbs – assessment tomorrow 🙂

*** If you are looking for more practice & immediate feedback to prepare for assessment on Thursday, check out the links below. There are lessons with examples followed by a short quiz for each link.

me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les  pronouns

me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur pronouns

y pronoun

en pronoun

common prepositions

prepositions with contractions (de le = du …)

The assessment is focused on using prepositions, pronouns and basic verbs in simple sentences.

There is:

• a section that is fill in the blank (prepositions)   ex.  Ma soeur habite ___ moi.  (far from)
  • Review the prepositions you practised on p 4-7
• a section in which you write simple sentences in French that include prepositions needed for cities & countries and basic verbs (ex. Vancouver is in Canada.  =  Vancouver est au Canada. )
  • Review p 8-9
• a section in which you re-write French sentences by replacing the bolded words with the correct pronoun. (ex. J’aime beaucoup la chanson.  =  Je l’aime.)
  • Review your practice work on p 12, 14, 18 & the long handout (that wasn’t included in your booklet)
  • You can see a visual reminder of the order of pronouns on p 17
• a section that is fill in the blank (pronouns) as you practised on the long sheet

***There are some basic verb trainer tasks in your online Language Gym class to practice present and future (with aller) since many people struggled with them on the learning check in. 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that

• you completed your listening practice in class today on p 14-16
• you competed the previous day’s practice on p 10-13

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for this week

Tomorrow … conversations continue! 

• Où habites-tu?  …. Describe your home
• Comment était ta journée hier? 
• Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire pendant les vacances de printemps?
• Qu’est-ce que tu fais pour aider chez toi? Qui fait quelles tâches ménagères chez toi?

 

 

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow, make sure that

• you complete the practice with the present tense in your online Language Gym class

*** If you are looking for more practice & immediate feedback to prepare for assessment this week, check out the links below. There are lessons with examples followed by a short quiz for each link.

me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les  pronouns

me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur pronouns

y pronoun

en pronoun

common prepositions

prepositions with contractions (de le = du …)

The assessment on Thursday is focused on using prepositions, pronouns and basic verbs in simple sentences.

There is:

• a section that is fill in the blank (prepositions)   ex.  Ma soeur habite ___ moi.  (far from)
  • Review the prepositions you practised on p 4-7
• a section in which you write simple sentences in French that include prepositions needed for cities & countries and basic verbs (ex. Vancouver is in Canada.  =  Vancouver est au Canada. )
  • Review p 8-9
• a section in which you re-write French sentences by replacing the bolded words with the correct pronoun. (ex. J’aime beaucoup la chanson.  =  Je l’aime.)
  • Review your practice work on p 12, 14, 18 & the long handout (that wasn’t included in your booklet)
  • You can see a visual reminder of the order of pronouns on p 17
• a section that is fill in the blank (pronouns) as you practised on the long sheet

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that

• you completed the practice using ‘aller’ to say how people feel on p 4-6 of the new unit
• study the pattern for the verb ‘aller’ … memorize!

Throughout the week – End of unit oral 

• answer questions with Madame

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for this week

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – interpretive listening & conversations

 

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for next week, make sure that

• you completed the practice work in class with pronouns 
  • If you were absent, here it is … pronouns

*** If you are looking for more practice & immediate feedback to prepare for assessment next week, check out the links below. There are lessons with examples followed by a short quiz for each link.

me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les  pronouns

me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur pronouns

y pronoun

en pronoun

common prepositions

prepositions with contractions (de le = du …)

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for next week

Make sure that

• you completed the practice using ‘aller’ to say how people feel on p 4-6 of the new unit

Throughout the week – End of unit oral 

• answer questions with Madame

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for next week

Monday – end of unit writing

Review …

• the verbs used throughout the unit … can you use them in present, past and future tenses?
• the vocabulary (talking in detail about your routines, using different structures for negatives – other than “ne… pas”, describing your house, explaining how you help out at home)
• the novel … are there some language structures or details that you learned in the novel that you might be able to incorporate into your own work?
• the paragraphs on p 35-36 & the journal entry on p 28 for vocabulary, structure & inspiration

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – interpretive listening & conversations

 

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for Friday, make sure that

• you completed the practice work with pronouns p 14 & 18 
• review the concepts on p 16-17 

*** Learning check in tomorrow for using the pronoun ‘y’ and making sentences in French

 

FR 9  Block 3 

Date changes due to immunizations!

Friday – End of unit writing

• be prepared to label the world map in French & answer questions about where French is spoken
  • scroll back to yesterday’s post for more details 🙂 
• write a short paragraph about yourself in French – using the vocab and structures learned in the unit (look at examples on p 55)
• answer questions (on paper) on a variety of topics from the unit

Monday/Tuesday – End of unit oral  

• answer questions with Madame 🙂

***There are some tasks in your online Language Gym class to practice

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Friday

Make sure that you

• completed the practice on p 52
• read the paragraphs about Gilles, Brigitte & Gérard 

*** End of unit interpretive assessment is tomorrow

***We will be finishing the unit this week. To prepare for the end of unit assessment, you can review & practise

• the verbs used throughout the unit … can you use them in present, past and future tenses?
• the vocabulary (talking in detail about your routines, using different structures for negatives – other than “ne… pas”, describing your house, explaining how you help out at home)
• asking/answering questions in the three tenses (about daily life, routines and home)
• the novel … are there some language structures or details that you learned in the novel that you might be able to incorporate into your own work?

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for Thursday, make sure that

• you completed the practice work with pronouns p 13 # 7 & 8

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for assessments this week

Thursday – End of unit writing

• be prepared to label the world map in French & answer questions about where French is spoken
  • scroll back to yesterday’s post for more details 🙂 
• write a short paragraph about yourself in French – using the vocab and structures learned in the unit (look at examples on p 55)
• answer questions (on paper) on a variety of topics from the unit

Friday – End of unit oral  

• answer questions with Madame 🙂

***There are some tasks in your online Language Gym class to practice

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Thursday

Make sure that you

• finished reading the novel in class
• finished the practice on p 48-51

***We will be finishing the unit this week. To prepare for the end of unit assessment, you can review & practise

• the verbs used throughout the unit … can you use them in present, past and future tenses?
• the vocabulary (talking in detail about your routines, using different structures for negatives – other than “ne… pas”, describing your house, explaining how you help out at home)
• asking/answering questions in the three tenses (about daily life, routines and home)
• the novel … are there some language structures or details that you learned in the novel that you might be able to incorporate into your own work?

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for Wednesday, make sure that

• you completed the practice work in class with prepositions on p 5, 7 & 9-11

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for assessments this week

Thursday – End of unit writing

• be prepared to label the world map in French & answer questions about where French is spoken
  • scroll back to yesterday’s post for more details 🙂 
• write a short paragraph about yourself in French – using the vocab and structures learned in the unit (look at examples on p 55)
• answer questions (on paper) on a variety of topics from the unit

Friday – End of unit oral  

• answer questions with Madame 🙂

***There are some tasks in your online Language Gym class to practice

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Wednesday

Make sure that you

• finished reading Chapter 5 & wrote a two sentence summary (past tense) that includes as much detail as possible
• wrote 9 questions to ask a partner about helping out at home
  • 3 for what they regularly do (usually, always, generally, etc)
  • 3 for what they did (yesterday, last weekend, last week, etc)
  • 3 for what they are going to do (tonight, tomorrow, next weekend, etc)
• Carefully reviewed the sentence builder for ‘Describing My House’ on p 46 & completed the practice on p 47

***We will be finishing the unit this week. To prepare for the end of unit assessment, you can review & practise

• the verbs used throughout the unit … can you use them in present, past and future tenses?
• the vocabulary (talking in detail about your routines, using different structures for negatives – other than “ne… pas”, describing your house, explaining how you help out at home)
• asking/answering questions in the three tenses (about daily life, routines and home)
• the novel … are there some language structures or details that you learned in the novel that you might be able to incorporate into your own work?

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for Tuesday, make sure that

• you completed the practice work in class with prepositions on p 3-4 of the new unit

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for Tuesday

Make sure that you completed the practice in class with asking questions & nationalities on p 73-74

***End of Unit assessments are scheduled for this week & will include a little of everything you have learned so far. We will discuss this in more detail tomorrow, but see below for what you need to be able to do with the map of the world.

What should you know/be able to do (regarding the map and French-speaking countries)

• label the continents in French + Canada & USA
• list European French-speaking countries
• tell where the majority of French speakers in the world live
• tell how many countries in the world have French as one of their official languages
• list some of the French-speaking countries of Africa (Aim for at least 10 … or more to extend)

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Tuesday

Make sure that you

• finished reading Chapter 4 & wrote 2-3 sentences to summarize what happened
• used some of the “tâches ménagères” vocab on p 40 to explain what you do to help at home on p 41

 

 

 

FR 11  Block 2

Bon travail avec les conversations, les amis!

Passez un bon weekend 🙂

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for Monday

Make sure that you completed the practice in class with nationalities.

• We used the sentence builder & language awareness notes on p 66-67 to complete p 68-69
• We used the sentence builder & language awareness notes on p 70 to complete p 70-71

***You have a learning check-in for weather phrases, greetings and some alphabet/sounds on Monday 🙂

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Monday

Make sure that

• you finished reading Chapter 3 in class & wrote 2 questions/page to ask a partner on Monday