Independent Study

Week 3

Marking Period 2

Welcome to Week #3 Marking Period 2

During this marking period, you should continue to do the following each day:

• Summarize a current event

• Work through BBC Ma France

• Read some of La Joconde

Once a week, you should:

• Post to the Edmodo message board.

This Week’s Test

• This week’s test will be on Friday.

• You should be familiar with:

• 1. La Joconde Chapter 11

• 2. Le Passé Composé of Regular ER Verbs• 3. 25 adjectives from le portrait moral section.

Le Vol de La Joconde Ch. 11• Monday: Visit http://quizlet.com/19405010/le-vol-de-la-

joconde-ch-11-flash-cards/ Write down the words and listen to the pronunciation before you start reading the chapter.

• Tues: Practice the vocabulary by visiting: http://quizlet.com/19405010/learn.

• Weds: Practice the words at this site:http://quizlet.com/19405010/speller

• Thurs: Play the vocab games on the Quizlet website.

• Read a little of Chapter 11 each day. Finish reading it on Thursday.

Monday Vocabulary

• Visit: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/html/voc/04.html#030

• Listen to the vocabulary in the sections Le portrait moral and les adjectifs qui précèdent le nom.

• Visit http://quizlet.com/30690212/independent-french-adjectives-flash-cards/

• These are the 25 adjectives from Le portrait moral that you will be tested on this week.

• You will not be tested on the adjectives that go in front of the noun this week, but you should start getting familiar with them.

Monday Vocabulary Practice• Write in English.

• .Juliette n’aime pas Marc parce qu’il est trop désagréable.

• .Je suis de mauvaise humeur parce que je suis malade.

• .Il est de bonne humeur parce que c’est son anniversaire aujourd’hui.

• .Marie et Monique sont ambitieuses et compétitives.

• .Le chat est très curieux et drôle.• Mon petit frère est mignon, mais il est

égoïste.

Monday -Check your answers.

• .Juliette doesn’t like Mark because he is too unpleasant.

• .I am in a bad mood because I’m sick.• .He is in a good mood because it’s his birthday

today.• .Marie and Monique are ambitious and

competitive.• .The cat is very curious and funny.

• My little brother is cute, but he is selfish.

Monday Activity

• You will watch an episode of a French TV show.• This document includes questions for you to answer

about the video. • Click here to open the document.

• Go here to view the video: http://www.union.k12.pa.us/Page/712

• If the link does not work, you can access the document, by going to my website and opening the French 2/3/4 page. It is titled Extra French Video 2 worksheet.

Tuesday Vocabulary

• Visit http://quizlet.com/30690212/learn and http://quizlet.com/30690212/speller to practice with the adjectives.

Review of the Passé Composé

• The Passé Composé is a past tense.• It expresses an action that happened

once, in the past.• The Passé Composé is made up of two

verbs: • 1. A helping verb (avoir) • 2. The past participle

Verb 1: The Helping Verb (Avoir)

• The helping verb is conjugated in the present tense to match the subject.

• Review the conjugation of avoir.• J’ai = I have Nous avons= We have

• Tu as = You (inf) have Vous avez= You (form) have

• Il a = He has Ils ont = They (m) have

• Elle a = She has Elles ont = They (f) have

• On a = One has

Verb 2: The Past Participle

• We will first review the past participle of regular ER verbs.

• You form the past participle by taking off the ER ending and adding é to the end of the verb.

Examples

1. Nous avons mangé la glace.

We ate ice cream /We did eat ice cream./ We have eaten ice cream.

2. J’ai visité Paris.

I visited Paris. / I did visit Paris./ I have visited Paris.

A Closer Look

• J’ai mangé la pizza.• Ai is the helping verb. It is the je form of the

verb avoir. The helping verb should always match the subject.

• Mangé is the past participle. To form the past participle you will always remove the ER and add é. The past participle is not conjugated to match the subject.

Tues: Vocabulary Practice

Write in English.• .Pourquoi es-tu de mauvaise humeur

aujourd’hui?• .J’aime travailler avec Jean-Luc parce qu’il est

débrouillard.• .Je ne parle plus à Suzanne parce qu’elle est folle.• .On n’aime pas Paul parce qu’il est désagréable et

trop franc.• .Les enfants sont enthousiastes pour Noël.

• J’ai travaillé beaucoup mardi.

Check your answers.

• .Why are you in a bad mood today?• .I like to work with jean-Luc because he is

resourceful.• .I don’t talk to Suzanne anymore because she is

crazy.• .People don’t like Paul because he is unpleasant

and too frank.• .The children are enthusiastic for Christmas.

• I worked a lot on Tuesday.

Wednesday Vocabulary Practice

• Visit Quizlet to practice the two adjective vocabulary games:

• http://quizlet.com/30690212/scatter

• and https://quizlet.com/30690212/spacerace

Weds: Translation Practice• .I sang at school on Wednesday.• .They (feminine) studied at the library because they’re

ambitious.• .He is in a good mood because he played football today.• .We (masculine) played volleyball because we (m) are

competitive.• .The generous woman gave five hundred dollars to the

church.• She didn’t talk to Thomas because he is arrogant.

Wednesday: Check your answers.

•.J’ai chanté à l’école mercredi.•.Elles ont étudié à la bibliothèque parce qu’elles sont ambitieuses.•.Il est de bonne humeur parce qu’il a joué au football américain aujourd’hui.•.Nous avons joué au volley parce que nous sommes compétitifs.•.La femme généreuse a donné cinq cent dollars à l’église.•.Elle n’a pas parlé à Thomas parce qu’il est arrogant.

Thursday:

Write in French.• .Are you (formal, masculine) curious?• .We watched T.V. at Claude’s house.• .She is crazy. She ate twenty escargots.• .They (f) worked all the time because they are

ambitious.• .He is in a good mood because he played soccer

today.

Check your answers.

• .Êtes-vous curieux?• .Nous avons regardé la télé chez Claude.• .Elle est folle. Elle a mangé vingt escargots.• .Elles ont travaillé tout le temps parce qu’elles

sont ambitieuses.• Il est de bonne humeur parce qu’il a joué au football

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/flash/#

• 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.

Friday

• Take the quiz on the Independent Study page on Edmodo.

• Don’t forget to make your post for the week to the message board on Edmodo.