mardi, le 30 octobre

Today we did a Halloween sudoku and started a film, "La Grande Seduction."

mercredi, le 24 octobre

Today we practiced direct and indirect object phrases. The practice phrases are online at http://www.liberty.issaquah.wednet.edu/Teachers/BoschkerK/Practice%20Fr%20to%20Eng%20sentences.ppt

Then we went over the new vocabulary list for Chapter 3 and started the activite de vocabulaire:
1) flashcards
2) write words French - English - French - English - French
3) draw pictures of words and label English/French

Think about whether the words go with computer or telephone and organize them together. Put the verbs together.

le 22 octobre

1) Reportage
17) de 150 000 a 300 000 manifestants dans l'Hexagone
From 150,000 to 300, 000 protesters in the Hexagon (France)
18) Nicolas et Cecilia: Ils se separent, donc, Nicolas Sarkozy sera le premier president de la Republique divorce
Nicolas and Cecilia separate, so Nicolas Sarkozy will be the first divorced French President
19) Le huard cloture au-dessus des 103 cents US (une hausse de $.85 cents US)
The looney closes above US$1.03 (a rise from US$ .85)

2) New vocabulary
3) Bon voyage video--chez le medicin
4) Ch 2 quiz assignment--rewrite missed words and correct sentences

jeudi, le 18 octobre

Today we took the chapter 2 test.

Then, we watched clips and reviewed numbers. No homework over the weekend.

mardi, le 16 octobre

Reportage
15) A380: visite de l'atelier de peinture
16) 48 matchs de plus pour, au final, revivre la meme illusion, eprouver la meme tristesse. Deux echecs. Deux eliminations en demi-final face a l'Angleterre.

Questions et conversation
Lecture

Quiz jeudi on vocabulaire, souffrir/ouvrir, pronoms
Assignment due jeudi: dialogue activite Charlie Brown et Lucy

vendredi, le 12 octobre

Today we practiced vocabulary.
Due lundi: word search

mercredi, le 10 octobre

1) Practice with objets directs/indirects
2) Dialogue
3) chapter verbs, conjugated like regular "-er" verbs
souffrir--to suffer
je souffre
tu souffres
il souffre
nous souffrons
vous souffrez
ils souffrent

ouvrir--to open
j'ouvre
tu ouvres
il ouvre
nous ouvrons
vous ouvrez
ils ouvrent

vocabulary ladders--pick 25 of the hardest words on the vocab list and write each once in French/English

lundi, le 8 octobre

1) Reportage
Les Neozelandais avaient la meilleure equipe du monde, et ils le savaient. Ils avaient aussi un pression inimaginable, dans un pays ou le ballon ovale est roi. Et ils ont chu, par la crace d'un match improbable (20-18) par les Francais.

2) Indirect/direct object practice. Get handout.

3) Vocabulaire--handout

4) Activite de vocabulaire. Votre choix de:
1) fr - ang - fr - ang - fr
2) flashcards fr-ang
3) dessin (drawing) labeled fr - ang
4) graphic organizer fr - ang

Due mercredi, le 10 octobre--un monstre et activite de vocabulaire

jeudi, le 4 octobre

Today we watched clips and talked about body parts.
Assignment: Create a monster by pasting together body parts cut from a magazine.
--must have at least 10 body parts
--parts must be labelled with a maladie (Il a mal a la, au, or aux)
--be creative
/10 possible points for the writing, /10 possible points for creativity

Verb sheets need to be done next week. Check out a book if you haven't finished it yet.

mardi, le 2 octobre

Reportage

10) Birmanie: les pressions internationals restent sans effet sur le regime
Myanmar: international pressure remains without effect on the regime.
11) Un lyceen attaque au couteau par un camarade
A high school student is attached by a classmate with a knife.
12) Des enfants esclaves cultivent le canabis anglais
Enslaved children grow English canabis.
13) Vos solutions pour sauver l'ecole!
Your solutions for saving schools!

Today we took the quiz, talked about direct object pronouns, and started on chapter reading.
Homework for le 4 octobre: complete chapter reading through page 20.