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Independent Study
Week 5
Welcome to Week #5
• This week you will have daily grammar
exercises to practice the Present Tense of IR
Verbs and the negative.
• You will be quizzed on this Thursday (not
Friday because of the half day.)
Continue to do the following
each day:
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Complete the daily log
Summarize a current event
Work through BBC Ma France
Read Chapter 4 of La Joconde by Friday.
Do not take the book home with you, I only
have one copy of it. Place it on my desk
when you are finished reading it. Merci!
Early French History Continued
• Watch this video on King Clovis:
• http://www.history.com/videos/king-clovisof-gaul#king-clovis-of-gaul
• You were first introduced to this King in the
Viking video.
• Write a summary of the video.
IR Verb Review
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/vir1.html
• Visit this website to review the IR verbs and
present tense endings.
• Copy the endings, the verbs and their
meanings in your notes.
• Complete the activities at the bottom of the
page and check your answers.
Negative Review
• Visit this website to review the formation of
the Negative:
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/neg1.html
Mon:Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
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Write in French.
Je finis mes devoirs.
Il grossit parce qu’il mange trop.
Nous réunissons à huit heures.
Réfléchis-tu un moment?
Jean et Claire n’obéissent pas toujours à
leurs parents.
Check your answers.
• I’m finishing my homework.
• He’s gaining weight because he eats too
much.
• We are getting together at 8.
• Are you reflecting for a moment?
• Jean and Claire don’t always obey their
parents.
Tues:Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Write in French.
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He is getting old.
They (f) never react.
She is establishing a church.
I am choosing a car.
We are finishing the ice cream.
Check your answers.
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Il vieillit.
Elles ne réagissent jamais.
Elle établit une église.
Je choisis une voiture.
Nous finissons la glace.
Weds:
Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Write in French.
• My little brother never obeys.
• Do you (informal) succeed at school?
• They (m) are not losing weight because
they eat too much.
• She is not gaining weight.
• I am finishing the test today.
Check your answers.
• Mon petit frère n’obéit jamais.
• Réussissez-vous à l’école?
• Ils ne maigrissent pas parce qu’ils
mangent trop.
• Elle ne grossit pas.
• Je finis l’examen aujourd’hui.
Current Events
• http://www.france24.com/en/france
• Visit the website above.
• Summarize a current event in France in one
paragraph, in English.
BBC: Ma France
• This series will help your pronunciation greatly.
• Visit this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/f
lash/#
• You will need headphones. They are in the closet
in the front of the room.
• Work through the videos. You should spend at
least 15 minutes on this site a day.
• Log what you completed.
Watch this video.
• This video was made by the same tourists in
France.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsOrJ1A
t6lE&feature=youtu.be
• It shows Aix-en-Provence in the south of
France.
Jeudi: IR Verb Quiz
Review your notes on IR Verbs and then
take the quiz.