Français 1B
Leçon 7
Programme du 3 au 11 novembre

Please complete the witten and laboratory exercises when they are assigned during the week. Do not wait until Thursday night to complete everything. It leads to sloppy work and is not a useful learning strategy.

Lundi 3:

• Vocabulaire de la famille
• Dates

Pour mardi: Read and study (again) "Vocabulaire" et "Notes de Vocabulaire," especially the section on weather.

Mardi 4:

• Correction de l'examen
• Exercices sur les prépositions
• Travail sur la famille et le temps
• En classe: Dossier 17 du Web

Pour mercredi

• Activités de vocabulaire, p 39 à 41 du Cahier.
• Labo: "Les sons du français" et "Les mots et les phrases (A et B)" p 209 à 211.
• Read and study "Structure," p 171 à 176 de Voilà.
• Read and study "Les verbes pouvoir et devoir," p 195 à 196 de Voilà.

Mercredi 5:

• Les verbes vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
• Les pronoms d'objet direct

Pour jeudi:

• Activités de strucuture, A à C, p 42 du Cahier.
• Review direct object pronouns.
• Read and study "La famille wolof," p 180 à 181 de Voilà. Reflect on the differences between this African family and French or American ones.
  Refer to the following website concerning Senegal in preparation for the discussion on Thursday:
  http://www.afric-network.fr/afric/senegal/senegal.html. Of particular interest are the "Civilisation" sections on: La Population, Les Ethnies, Les Langues, Parler le Wolof. See also the section on Tourisme.

Jeudi 6:

• Pronoms d'objet direct
• Discussion based on "La famille wolof" and Senegal Web Page

Pour vendredi:

• "Les pronoms d'objet direct" et "Thème et version," p 43 à 44 du Cahier. (You are not responsible for "Et pour finir.")
• Labo: p. 212 à 214.
• Dossier 16 du Web - "La Famille et les Enfants." Listen to the songs (click on the drawings) especially "Frère Jacques" et "Le pont d'Avignon." Visit Thierry Klein's page for even more songs and their words.
  Bring pictures of members of your family to class on Friday.

Vendredi 7:

• Chansons
• Descriptions de votre famille.
• Vous rendez tous vos exercices et vos labos.

Pour Lundi: Composition: Go back to Dossier 16. Visit the Kachaner family (there are videos, a family tree, photos, etc.). Respond to each of the questions with at least one complete sentence. Then visit the Henni family. Choose one of the three brothers and respond to the questions about him with one complete sentence.

Dialogue: With two of your classmates, imagine the following: The parents of little Jules Kachaner do not have any idea that this precocious one-year old can understand everything they say and formulate his own responses (at least in his head). Write out a one-page dialogue based on the preceding premise. The characters, of course, will be Mom and Dad Kachaner and little Jules. Memorize it and present it in class on Monday.

Lundi 10:

• Présentation des dialogues
• Récapitulation de la semaine

Pour mardi:

• Review Leçon 7 for a quiz on Tuesday.
• Read and study "Vocabulaire" et "Notes de vocabulaire" for Leçon 8, p 188 à 192.

Mardi 11:

• Quiz sur la Leçon 7
  
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• Vocabulaire de la Leçon 8