Transcript Independent Study

Independent Study
Week 3
Welcome to Week #3
• This week you will have daily grammar
exercises to practice the Present Tense of
ER Verbs.
• You will be quizzed on these this 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 2 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!
History
• Who is Louis XIV?
• Why did he call himself “The Sun King”?
• What was life in France like for ordinary
people under the reign of Louis XIV?
• Why did he moves the governmental center
from Paris to Versailles? Find a picture of
Versailles. What is it used for today?
ER Verb Review
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/ver1.html
• Visit this website that you visited last week.
You will need to know the conjugation of
the present tense ER Verbs (the endings)
and the meaning of the ER verbs on that
website for Friday’s quiz.
Mon:Practice with Present Tense ER Verbs
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He works today.
We sing with Julie.
You (informal) play with the dog.
They (f) speak French and English.
I live in New Castle.
Check your answers.
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Il travaille aujourd’hui.
Nous chantons avec Julie.
Tu joues avec le chien.
Elles parlent français et anglais.
J’habite à New Castle.
Tues:Practice with Present Tense ER Verbs
Écrivez en français.
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I’m looking for a dog.
We dance on Fridays.
She likes to read.
We are watching T.V. today.
Are you (informal) staying home?
Check your answers.
1. Je cherche un chien.
2. Nous dansons le vendredi.
3. Elle aime bouquiner.
4. Nous regardons la télé aujourd’hui.
5. Restes-tu à la maison?
Weds:
Practice with Present Tense ER Verbs
Écrivez en français.
1. She is giving Peter a rabbit for his birthday.
2. I am traveling to Paris tomorrow.
3. Are you (formal) eating snails?
4. Do you (informal) think she is pretty?
5. They (m) hate to study math.
Check your answers.
1. Elle donne à Pierre un lapin pour son
anniversaire.
2. Je voyage à Paris demain.
3. Mangez-vous des escargots?
4. Penses-tu qu’elle est jolie?
5. Ils détestent étudier les maths.
Jeudi: La Grammaire
Écrivez en français.
I love to go to the mall.
Are you (informal) speaking Chinese?
She watches T.V. too much.
They (m) like to call Jean-Paul.
Where do you (formal) like to stay?
Check your answers.
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J’adore aller au centre-commercial.
Parles-tu chinois?
Elle regarde la télé trop.
Ils aiment téléphoner à Jean-Paul.
Où aimez-vous rester?
Vendredi: La Grammaire
Écrivez en français.
We work too much.
They (f) are looking for Colette.
Where are you (informal) studying?
What are you (formal) looking for?
I am staying home today.
Check your answers.
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Nous travaillons trop.
Elles cherchent Colette.
Où étudies-tu?
Qu’est-ce que vous cherchez?
Je reste à la maison aujourd’hui.
Look over your verbs and endings. Take
the quiz when ready.
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=rsmOJA
EYSfI
• It gives an in depth look at some of the
famous paintings in the Louvre Museum of
Paris.