Transcript Independent Study

Independent Study
Week 6
Welcome to Week #6
• This week you will have daily grammar
exercises to practice the Present Tense of
RE Verbs and adverbs.
• You will be quizzed on Friday.
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 5 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 Charles Martel:
• http://www.history.com/videos/charlesmartel-repels-the-moors#charles-martelrepels-the-moors
• Charles Martel was King of the Franks a
couple of hundred years following Clovis’
rule.
• Write a summary of the video.
RE Verb Review
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/vre1.html
• Visit this website to review the RE 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.
• You will be quizzed next Friday.
Look up the following verbs and
write them in your notebook.
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Attendre
Défendre (le château)
Descendre (les escaliers, la montagne)
Entendre (les oiseaux, la musique)
Étendre (les bras, les jambes)
Fondre (le fromage, la glace, le chocolat)
Pendre (les vêtements)
Perdre (les clés, le sac à main, le sac à dos)
Prétendre
Rendre (un baiser, un invitation, grâce, un cadeau)
Répandre (la nouvelle, le sel)
Répondre (à)
Vendre
Adverbs Review
• Visit this website to review adverbs:
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/adv2.html
• Complete the exercises at the bottom of the
page and check your answers.
Mon:Practice with Present Tense RE Verbs
• Write in English.
• J’attends Pierre depuis deux heures et puis
je suis très frustré.
• Nous fondons le chocolat.
• Jean pend les vêtements.
• Tu prétends le chien?
• Vous répondez aux questions?
Check your answers.
• I’m waiting for Pierre for two hours and so
I’m very frustrated.
• We are melting the chocolate.
• Jean is handing the clothes.
• Are you (informal) claiming the dog?
• Are you (formal) answering the questions?
Tues:Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Write in English.
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Nous répandons la nouvelle.
Je perds toujours les clés.
Entends-tu les oiseaux?
La glace fond parce qu’il fait très chaud.
Elle étend les bras.
Check your answers.
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We are spreading the news.
I always lose my keys.
Do you (informal) hear the birds?
The ice cream is melting because it’s very
hot.
• She is stretching her arms.
Weds:
Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Write in English.
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Je descends la montagne.
Prétendez-vous les chats?
Il entend la musique.
Elles vendent leurs robes.
Check your answers.
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I’m going down the mountain.
Are you (formal) claiming the cats?
He hears the music.
They (f) are selling their dresses.
Thursday:
Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Write in English.
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Je vends ma voiture.
Il perd souvent son manteau.
Ils défendent leur soeur.
Est-ce que tu répands la nouvelle?
Check your answers.
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I’m selling my car.
He often loses his coat.
They (m) are defending their sister.
Are you (informal) spreading the news?
Friday
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Write in English.
Nous descendons les escaliers.
Je perds rarement les clés.
Vous répondez aux questions en français ou
en anglais?
• Il m’attend.
Check your answers.
• We are going down the steps.
• I rarely lose my keys.
• Are you (formal) answering the questions in
French or in English?
• He’s waiting for me.
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://blip.tv/world-traveler/loire-alsace580378
• It shows the Loire Valley and Alsace.