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

Aujourd'hui,

We did a little horoscope activity! As you know, when you read the newspaper, there are a number of different 'fun' things besides reading articles! You got into groups based on your birthday, and tried to decipher the horoscope: you were reading it just like someone in Montreal! You told the class one thing that your horoscope said, and as a group if you agreed or disagreed with it. Again, this activity was just for fun, and to practice your reading comprehension.

We reviewed what we already know, and what we need to know for the final project of a newscast!

You were asked to summarize an article (using qui/quoi/quand/comment/où) and your new knowledge of relative pronouns.

Don't forget that Duolingo is daily homework (10XP)

We had the relative pronoun quiz and then marked it together. Most of you did better on the second quiz! Bravo.

This new skill you have acquired will allow you to make more complex sentences, and repeat yourself less often. Be proud of yourself, and use it in your writing!

Bon weekend!

Re-quiz tomorrow! Relative Pronouns! Study!

- We reviewed Relative Pronouns (les pronoms relatifs) - Qui / Que, Qu'
- We did a "find your partner" activity with entertainment headlines, where you put your headlines together using a relative pronoun, and translated the sentence.
- You did p. 31 in the cahier, we went over the answers
- QUIZ TOMORROW ON RELATIVE PRONOUNS 
>> Section 1: putting two sentences together using relative pronouns
>> Section 2: filling in the blank with the correct relative pronoun

We finished the class by reading from a real French newspaper! 24heures (24 hours) from Montréal! You decided whether you would stay at home "Je reste!" or go out "Je sors!" and what you would do based on the mini-articles describing some different options (e.g. Je sors! Je vais au cinéma pour voir le film "Légende" parce que j'aime les films d'histoire)