Maryvale French

The multiple choice final exam is on Friday (for seniors and periods 2 & 3) and Tuesday/Wednesday (for everyone else).  It is a difficult final with 70 questions covering units 4-7 from the textbook.  There will be listening, verb conjugation, culture, and reading.

Use this final day in the lab to do the activities on Classzone – the lesson quizzes and the online workbook activities.  Units 4-7, and all of the lessons within them.

It is very important that you use this time to review and practice for the final.  The final is not easy, and many of you need to get a passing grade on it in order to pass the class or to keep your current grade.

It is not the time to be playing games, listening to music, texting your friends, checking basketball scores and replays, or surfing random websites. If you are not using the computer to study for the exam, you will be told to log off and given a textbook so that you may do the review activities on paper.

Today it’s Star Wars day – May the 4th be with you!

French 2: We will be doing one final, quick project before the end of the year.  You will be selecting a French-speaking country and making a Powerpoint OR a Prezi about it.  You may work with a partner.  You will have only TWO class periods to do this project, so work efficiently!

You will need to include the following information in your project:

Geography – where is the country located?  What are the important geographical features (rivers, mountains, etc)

Climate – what are the average temperatures in each season?  What is the rainfall amount?  Does it snow there?

Languages – what languages do they speak?  Obviously, French.  But are there any other languages commonly spoken?

Economy – what is the currency used?  What are the main sources of income for the country?

Culture – what are the cultural aspects of the country?  What religion do people follow?  What holidays do they celebrate?  Do they have a certain clothing style that they wear (like head coverings, women not wearing pants, etc)?

Political system – what political system do they follow?  Who is the leader of the country?  Is it stable, or is there a lot of instability and/or corruption?

Touristy stuff – what are the things that tourists would want to visit in this country?  Be sure to mention several different things (museums, events, natural parks, etc.)

History – are there any important historical events that affect the country today?

Picture for good luck – Antoine Vemette – he speaks French, so you could ask him “Tu voudrais danser avec moi?” and probably get a sensible answer.

French 2 – you will be researching French cuisine today.  Click here to open the worksheet in word, then save your finished work to the inbox.  Google is your friend today.

French 4 – Conjuguemos!  Do some imparfait (easy peasy) and then some passe compose practice (not so easy peasy).  Have fun, verbs are exciting and sexy.  Being able to use them properly in the past tense will therefore make YOU exciting and sexy.

Cheap Papa John’s pizza today, brought to you by MIKKEL BOEDKER!

French 2 – practice the new vocabulary for unit 8 on Quizlet – the set is called unit 8 – foods.

French 4 – practice the new vocabulary for unit 6 on Quizlet – the set is called unit 6-house, apartment, furniture.

French 6 – practice unit 6 vocabulary about les hotels on Quizlet.

NOTE: for extra fun, go to http://quizlet.com/play and play a multi-player game!

French 1: Conjuguemos!  ir/iss verbs, re verbs, irregular verbs, er verbs.  It’s called French 1/2 practice – ALL VERBS.

French 3: Conjuguemos – spend 25 minutes doing the present tense reflexive verbs and 25 minutes doing passe compose – reflexive verbs (#48 & #50).

Your student ID number is the user ID number and the PW is 123456.

French 1/2: Make a powerpoint about why your chosen topic is “la meilleure chose du monde.”  You need AT LEAST six different reasons.  The powerpoint must be in French, and it must be in my backpack by the end of the class period.

French 3/4:  You will be researching the sport of your choice.  Make a glogster or a prezi showing the following items:

• terminology in French for the equipment
• French vocabulary for the sport (goal, time out, offside, foul, etc.)
• Is this sport practiced in France?  Who participates?  If there are teams, what teams are important?
• Who are the main French athletes that do this sport?  What are their rankings in the world (ie, are they a contender for a medal?  world cup? etc).

French 5/6: Type up your essays – 200 words minimum!

French 1-2:  You will be shopping for clothing at French clothing stores.  Your budget is $500.  You will need to purchase:  one nice outfit, one casual outfit, a bathing suit, shoes, pyjamas, and one accessory.  Keep track of what you buy, where you buy it, and the color and price.  Write your list on a paper and turn it in before you leave.

Places to go shopping:

3suisses.fr

la redoute

promod

Kookai (women’s only)

Placedestendances

MIM

Kiabi.com (discount clothing)

French 3-4:  Practice the new vocabulary on Quizlet!

French 5-6:  Practice the future and the conditional tenses on Conjuguemos.

French 1:

Use conjuguemos.com today – do the activities for -er verb conjugation, aller/etre/avoir/faire, and the clothing vocabulary games.