Transcript Independent Study

Independent Study
Week 4
Welcome to Week #4
• This week you will have daily grammar
exercises to practice the Present Tense of IR
Verbs and the negative.
• You will be quizzed on these next 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 3 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
• This video is on The Franks, a Germanic
tribe that controlled much of Gaul. Gaul
was what France was called before it
became France.
• You should watch a little of it each day this
week. It is almost 45 minutes long:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA_SSp
QDpl4
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
Écrivez en anglais.
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Mon petit frère grandit trop vite.
Ma grand-mère vieillit.
Nous n’obéissons pas à nos parents.
Personne n’aime grossir.
Réunissons-nous à huit heures du soir?
Check your answers.
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My little brother is growing up too fast.
My grandmother is growing old.
We don’t obey our parents.
No one likes to gain weight.
Are we getting together at 8 p.m.?
Weds:
Practice with Present Tense IR Verbs
Écrivez en anglais.
• Je réussis à mes examens, mais je n’étudie
jamais.
• Nous ne maigrissons pas parce que nous ne
faisons plus d’exercices.
• Il établit une église à Paris.
• Personne ne réussit à l’examen parce que c’est
trop difficile.
• Elles grandissent trop vite.
Check your answers.
• I pass my tests, but I never study.
• We aren’t losing weight because we don’t
exercise anymore.
• He is establishing a church in Paris.
• No one is passing the test because it’s too
hard.
• They (f) are growing up too fast.
Jeudi: La Grammaire
Écrivez en anglais.
• Ma mère maigrit en été et grossit en hiver.
• Je ne réagis jamais quand il fait des bêtises.
• Elles réunissent au centre-commercial à midi le
mardi.
• Vous réfléchissez à vos voyages de temps en
temps?
• Le chien ne m’obéit jamais mais il est mignon.
Check your answers.
• My mother loses weight in the summer
and gains weight in the winter.
• I never react when he does silly thing.
• They (f) get together at the mall at noon
on Tuesdays.
• Do you reflect on your travels from time
to time?
• The dog never obeys me, but he’s cute.
Vendredi: La Grammaire
Écrivez en anglais.
• Kelly choisit un petit chat pour son
anniversaire.
• Personne ne réussit sans (without) travailler.
• Elles mincissent pour leur voyage à la plage.
• Nous ne grossissons plus car nous sommes au
régime (on a diet).
• Ils réunissent à deux heures et demie demain.
Check your answers.
• Kelly is choosing a little cat for her birthday.
• No one succeeds without work.
• They (f) are getting slim for their trip to the
beach.
• We don’t gain weight anymore because we are
on a diet.
• They (m) are getting together at 2:30
tomorrow.
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.