Pratiquez - une légende urbaine

Part 1 of the writing assessment tomorrow will be on direct and indirect object pronouns. 

Part 2 will be you writing an urban legend with story dice! 

Il était une fois… (once upon a time...)
Some useful connecting words: Ensuite, Puis (then), Après (after), Donc (so), Mais (but)
Il faut+infinitif (moral of the story)

Story should be in passé composé and imparfait (avoir/être)
If you have any dialogue it should be in the Present.
You can add pronouns (relative and object) to show off your skills
and to make your writing more advanced
(Don't forget about basic concepts like adjective agreement!)

You will be given a time limit for your written story
Specific vocabulary will be given to you (vocabulary about the dice)

I will be looking at your writing overall: use of grammar + if the story makes sense.

We reviewed Direct Object Pronouns (me, te, nous, vous, le, la, les) + placement

S ne pV pas (present tense or imparfait)

S ne pAUX pas PP* (passé composé)

*add agreement to past participle if necessary:
- this is only if it's in passé composé
- only if it's a direct object pronoun
- only if the pronoun comes before the verb, and is replacing something fem/plur/fem+plur

You have a quiz on this tomorrow.
If you do not understand a part of this please come
and see me today after school or tomorrow at lunch.

The quiz will have 2 sections: 
1. Find object and replace with correct direct object pronoun+placement (le/la/les)
2. A translating section (me/te/nous/vous): I will give you the past participles of verbs used for the translation section.
>> For both, you should know how to add the negative!

Don't forget to do Duolingo and study for your quiz.

Today we went over the l'autostoppeuse story.

You read the story again by yourself, then in a group, and then answered some comprehension questions. We went over it together as a class. We were also able to find a few examples of direct object pronouns in the text! (There are also quite a few indirect object pronouns, so keep the story, we'll look for those later!)

We then reviewed direct object pronouns, practiced a little, and then looked at the pronouns me/te/nous/vous (translating from ENG -> FR) *When replacing with a pronoun remember to look for the object of the sentence

Examples
1. I see you (present) = "I" am the one doing the action of "seeing" - the object of the sentence is YOU. You replace "you" with the pronoun "te" and put it in the same place as if it were le/la/les (that we have been practicing!- before the verb!)

I see you = Je te vois

2. She liked us (passé composé) = "She" is the one doing the action of having "liked" - the object of the sentence is US. You replace "us" with the pronoun "nous" and put it in the same place as if it were le/la/les (that we have been practicing!- before the aux!)

She liked us = Elle nous a aimés*

(*Agreement is still a thing here! With direct object pronouns and passé composé!) 

3. He didn't hate you guys (passé composé, and the negative) = "He" is the one doing the action of having "hated" - the object of the sentence is YOU GUYS. You replace "you guys" with the pronoun "vous" and put it in the same place as if it were le/la/les (that we have been practicing!- before the aux! + then after, add the negative around them.)

He didn't hate you guys = Il vous a détestés = Il ne vous a pas détestés

I was going to give you a quiz on this tomorrow, but as there was some confusion upon adding me/te/nous/vous, the quiz will be on Wednesday. 

Don't forget to do Duolingo! 

We did a great big review of Direct Object Pronouns, with lots of practice. See previous post for some notes! At the end of class I gave you an urban legend to read "L'autostoppeuse"

Try your best to understand it! We will go over it on Monday.

Don't forget to do Duolingo! 

Imparfait quiz (avoir/être) - with added reading comprehension activity!
I used vocab we had learned and used to create a little urban legend.
You drew a comic on the back of what happened in the story- we went over it as a class after the quiz.

We learned about Direct Object Pronouns
To avoid being repetitive, we can replace the object of the sentence with a pronoun!
We will start with le/la/les, and learn about me/te/nous/vous next week.

Present tense
The DOP goes before the verb
Marie aime Bob -> Marie l'aime
Marie mange le bonbon -> Marie le mange
Marie déteste les fleurs  -> Marie les déteste

Négatif
The DOP sticks to the verb, and the negative construction goes around it.
Marie ne l'aime pas
Marie ne le mange pas

>>> It works the same way in the imparfait!!
Marie aimait Bob -> Marie l'aimait -> Marie ne l'aimait pas

Passé Composé
The DOP goes before the AUX ** direct objects add agreement to past participle if they come before the verb! +e +s +es **
Marie a aimé Bob -> Marie l'a aimé
Marie a mangé le bonbon -> Marie l'a mangé
Marie déteste les fleurs  (f)-> Marie les a détestées*

Négatif
The DOP sticks to the aux, and the negative construction goes around it.
Marie ne l'a pas aimé
Marie ne l'a pas mangé

You finished your stories in groups, and shared them with the class. We reviewed what made a 'good' urban legend and voted on the class favourite. We practiced with imparfait and passé composé (you will have a quiz on imparfait- avoir/être constructions tomorrow!)

The urban legend we watched today:

Devoirs: study + duolingo

We reviewed the legend we saw yesterday (les égouts) and learned about a good grammar tense used in the past for storytelling: the imparfait (and when to use it!) You took some notes on the following video- and we did the exercises at the end.

You will primarily be using être and avoir 

J'étais

Tu étais

Il était

Nous étions

Vous étiez

Ils étaient

J'avais

Tu avais

Il avait

Nous avions

Vous aviez

Ils avaient

At the end of class you worked on your own urban legends using Story Cubes! 

We watched your news projects today, and then started the new unit.

We watched this urban legend (and talked about what makes an urban legend!)
- happens in an urban location (familiar location), spooky, something bad happens, somewhat believable, real people, sometimes: lesson/moral

We practiced narrating 

Il était une fois… (Once upon a time...)

Ensuite…

Après…

Puis..

Il faut + infinitive 

You've been working on your news projects!

Don't forget to post your video to the class YouTube (on private) or, if for some reason that does not work, please bring your movie on a USB. 

Due date: January 6th 2017

The last few days we watched "La Reine des neiges" 

and did some activities associated with it.

- Passé composé (avoir/être) + listening activity

- Written sentences about what happened (passé composé - avoir/être)

- What would happen in the second half of the movie (futur proche)

You will do your final project for this unit in the first week back!

Don't forget the grammar points!

Duolingo is not mandatory over the holidays*,

Amusez-vous!

*As mentioned in class- for those of you who have not done a lot of Duolingo, I would recommend you spend some time over the break exploring the app/website and getting caught up. It's really good practice and will improve your French!!! (It is also worth 5% of your final grade) 

Utilisez le passé composé

Script:

Ici ______ (name) et ___________ (name)

QUAND (hier, lundi, mardi, mercredi…)

QUI

QUOI

C’était __________(adj).

(OÙ) (à une ville)

(Le prochain jeu… QUAND = futur proche)

Écoutons ________ (name) pour plus de nouvelles.

Exemple:

Ici Mlle Powell

Hier (Quand) Les Flames de Calgary ont affronté (face/confront) les Canucks.

Les Canucks ont gagné 5-2. (Quoi) C’était intense.

Ils ont joué le match à Vancouver (Où)

et le prochain jeu va être à Calgary demain soir (Futur Proche, Quand).

Écoutons Julia pour plus de nouvelles.

Devoirs

- #6-10

- Maison d’être (mrs dr vandertramp)

- Duolingo 10XP

With passé composé in être you need to do agreement with the subject (the person(s) doing the action)

E.g. Elle est venue- extra ‘e’ because of “Elle”, Elles sont arrivées- extra ‘es’ because of “Elles”

Don't forget that you need the AUX (and this time, you'll use être!) + PP (see previous post)

Je suis            Nous sommes
Tu es              Vous êtes
Il est               Ils sont

Change the following from Present to Passé Composé

1. Nous venons à l'école

2. Elle passe à côté de la prison 

3. Vous arrivez en bas de la montagne 

4. Il va vers le café 

5. Elles entrent dans l'immeuble

6. Je reste chez moi 

7. Elle sort de la maison 

8. Ils tombent par terre 

9. Nous partons en avion 

10. Heureusement, mon poisson ne meurt pas.

Fini? Translate the sentences. 

Passé composé (être)

Draw the house of Dr + Mrs Vandertramp,

 draw representations of the verbs below in and around the house (actions!) 

The more personal/ridiculous/funny, the more you'll remember them!

**(Please keep it school appropriate)**

*Passer (passé) can also be used, but only if a person is physically "passing" by somewhere

e.g.

We watched a Peppa Pig episode in French (the family making crêpes!)

- We then looked at the menu, and practiced ordering >> see previous post

We reviewed the passé composé (regular verbs, avoir, including the negative)

We played Kahoot to review, and the majority of you did very well

There will be a quiz tomorrow.

Don't forget: Duolingo 10XP

Crêpes demain!! (Crêpes tomorrow)

You presented your articles today. Bien fait!
Feedback after the presentations from me and your peers:
- Speaking slowly and clearly is important
- Using student-friendly language (words your friends in class know!) is a good idea
- Pictures! Find ones that relate to what you're talking about (possibly even a collage of pictures!)

*Also, I have corrected this a few times: when saying the date, you do not say "à 29 novembre" you do say "le 29 novembre" 

**For the project, I do not want you to find an article and read it as you found it out-loud. I also do not want you to translate the article and then put it into Google Translate. Find the qui/quoi/quand/comment/où/pourquoi (see what applies!), make simple sentences using words you know, and then make it a little more complex by adding a relative pronoun = combining two sentences that have the same subject or object.

We then started to review passé composé (regular verbs, with avoir), including the negative placement.

REMEMBER:
Passé composé is composed of two parts:
the AUX (avoir/être) + PP (past participle)

Avoir (aux)                        Regular verbs
J'ai                                     -ER = É          e.g. Je (manger) -> J'ai mangé
Tu as                                  -IR = I            e.g. Vous (choisir) -> Vous avez choisi
Il a                                     -RE = U          e.g. Il (vendre) -> Il a vendu
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils ont


The negative -> the negative goes like headphones around the first verb 
Present tense: Je ne mange pas la pomme
Futur Proche: Je ne vais pas manger la pomme
Passé composé: Je n'ai* pas mangé la pomme

* n' when there is a vowel following it. You can't say "ne ai" 

We also talked about different negative 'headphones'
ne... pas (not), ne... rien (nothing), ne... jamais (never)
- they look different (and mean different things), but they work the same way!

You can also remember where to add the negative to the passé composé by thinking about the "aux" (ox) doing all the work (or pretend the ne...pas are the horns!)

We will do more work on this tomorrow, don't forget to do Duolingo 10XP