SHERRY COFFMAN YOU are responsible for your make up work!!! Missed Quizzes and Tests   MUST be scheduled  the first day back All Make up work MUST be completed in the allotted time or you will receive a zero!!!!! Email questions to . . .  scoffma1@aisd.net You should always have your workbook with you. You may download handouts from this site. . .      HANDOUTS (Under construction) Borrow handwritten notes from a classmate. Current Assignments You need to check the Make Up book if you are absent. Do NOT assume that this is ALL we did in class. This may only be what was assigned to do outside of class. th Six Weeks: DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS April 16 & 17 WB # 6-1: Workbook page 159 Assign: PP # vocab/Read Chap 4-7; 6 content questions Article on individual topics assigned in class with paragraph giving the French POV and your opinion. April 18 & 19 Tree Map for vocab pages 258-260 Assign: PP # vocab/Read Chap 8 & 9; 3 content questions; Passé Simple quiz next time April 20 & 23 No written assignment Passé Simple Quiz Assign: Chap 10-13; 3 content questions Content Quiz: Chap 1-9 Friday April 24 & 25 TAKS testing. Assign: A.p.t. pages 91-93 Student pages assigned April 26 & 27 TAKS testing. Take Home Tutor practice in class Content Quiz: Chap 1-9 Assign: # vocab & Read Chap 14-16; 3 content questions Read "Bien Dire" articles in class Presentations next time April30&May1 Activities 7 & 8, page 263 in Text Assign: # vocab & Read Chap 17-19 Content Quiz: Chap 10-15 next time Present articles from 4/17 May 2 & 3 Assign: A.p.t. # 6-2, pages 95 & 96 Assign: # vocab & Read Chap 20-23 Content Quiz in class today AP Reading practice in class today. May 7 & 8 Assign: A.p.t. #6-3, pages 99-101, Activities 1 & 2 only each page. Do not do Activity 3 on any pages. Assign: # vocab & Read Chap 24-27 4 Content questions Review vocab for AP Exam, READ in Trésors or En Bonne Forme. May 9 & 10 No Assign. STAAR Test We did student pages & project work in class. Listening Practice Exam in class Review vocab for AP Exam, READ in Trésors or En Bonne Forme. May 11 & 14 WB # 6-2, pages 166 & 167 We will finish student pages & do group work in class. AP Writing Practice May 15 & 16 Tree Maps with sentences: Work on KASG packets May 17 & 18 Grading Party May 21 & 22 Group Presentation Get KASG delivery ready May 23 & 24 Written Test Turn in Petit Prince copy for # quiz grade La Mad! May 25 & 29 Movie Day ? May 30 & 31 Finals Finals Finals . 5th Six Weeks: DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS Feb 21 Finish checking your Relative Pronoun worksheet with the UT French Grammar Site Write sentences using 10 new vocab words and incorporating Mots d'Articulation & Expressions Impersonelle, etc. Feb 22 & 23 Memorize song lyrics "Tu as faim" for quiz next Tuesday Feb 24 & 27 Feb 28 & 29 Song lyric quiz Dialogue page 268, activity 3 due next time (quiz) If you were absent, write a complete dialogue and you will read one part in class; Presentations next Tuesday MAC article due March 1 & 2 Get notes from a classmate. Make sure you have your "Tu as faim" lyrics memorized. BRING PROPS! Dialogue presentations in class (quiz) Presentations next time Make sure you have read pages 276 & 277 MAC: article presentations vocab quiz next time March 5 & 6 Music video filming Presentations "Le Bracelet" MAC:video presentations Vocab Translations March 7 & 8 Finish Fruits & vegetable flashcards Petite Histoire due March 9 & 19 Make a chart of things you would typically eat from breakfast (le petit déjeuner), lunch (le déjeuner) and dinner (le dîner) on weekdays and the weekends. From Text: notes pages 271& 272 Assign: Act 5, page 273 Quiz: Vocab Unités 7 & 9 Friday Come with ideas to discuss: " Comment est-ce que les religions différents percevoient l'homosexualité?" March 20&21 Took Reading Quiz today: Schedule Makeup Assign: get ready for speaking test next time. You will talk about what French & Americans eat at different times of the day. Class work with Power Point & THT pracitce. Articles with highlights for synthesis next time. March 22&23 Speaking Test, schedule make up if you were absent Vocab Quiz: Unités 7 & 9 Assign: Read pages 261 & 262 Article synthesis & discussion March 26&27 STAAR testing, no assign STAAR testing, no assign STAAR testing, no assign March 28&29 Assign: Complete menu & turn in Friday April 3 & 4 4th period will do presentations next time. Poisson d'avril due next time Act 3 & 4, p 309; Act 1, p 323 Poisson d'avril due We will finish presentations next time. Poisson d'avril due April 5 & 9 No Assignment 8th period only: Workbook p78, A.p.t. Act 3, p 141 Article: The effect of technology on society April 10 & 11 Verb practice worksheet Passé Simple worksheet packet AP practice test - Reading; article discussion next time. April 12 & 13 No written assignment Petit Prince: # vocab & Read Chap 1-3; write 3 content questions. April 16 & 17 WB # 6-1: Workbook page 159 Assign: PP # vocab/Read Chap 4-7; 6 content questions April 18 & 19 Assign: PP # vocab/Read Chap 8 & 9; 3 content questions; Passé Simple quiz next time. 4th Six Weeks: DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS Jan 5 & 6 You will need to schedule to come in B day Lunch or after school to watch "Le Ballon Rouge" Assign: "Le Ballon Rouge" summary Vocabulaire "Le logement" "Joyeux Noel" rough draft due 1/12 Jan 9 & 10 Tree maps for vocab pages 140 & 142. Draw pictures of objects. Travel Project due for some groups Assign Act 1, p 75 Vocabulaire "La recherche d'un emploi" Rough draft due next time Jan 11 & 12 Teach the prepostions of location to someone and have them sign the page in your spiral where you wrote the words. (sur, sous, dans, devant, derrière, à coté de) Travel Project due for some groups Assign:" Vocabulaire " Les métiers" ; MAC article; MAC group 1 PP next time. Jan 13 & 17 WB # 4-1, workbook pages 91 & 92. At LEAST 6 items,p 91. Label WITH un/une. Assign: Act 1 p 79 Create Vocab activities for assigned section Jan 18 & 19 Study for Quiz, vocab pages 140, 142 & 144 Finish Tree Map if not finished in class Conversation Libre p 85- present next time. If you were absent, you're in a group of 3 to do # 5 with 2 other people. Come with ideas. Vocab Ex: "Le logement" (3) MAC video next time Jan 20 & 23 Vocab Quiz: pages 140, 142 & 144 Assign: WB # 4-2, workbook pages 103-105 Assign: 6 sentences in subjunctive mood starting with "Il faut que ..." different subjects and different verbs each sentence. Quiz: Vocab Unité 2 next time Assign: Vocab Ex "La recherche. . ." T shirts $8.00 Order by Jan31. Must pay when you order. Jan 24 & 25 Video in class "Cathedral" See me about make up plan Read pages 344-347 and make at least 1 Thinking Map (any type) for EACH topic. (6 topics, page 347) Find an article for the selected question. T shirts $8.00 Order by Jan31. Must pay when you order. Jan 26 & 27 Assign: "Ma Ville" pick up sheet in class (double daily grade) Study vocab p 197 from the text. Make sure your group Thinking Map poster is complete before Tuesday. Vocab Text next time; MAC group 2 PP next time. T shirt money due Tuesday!! Future Fish Night next Wednesday!!! Jan 30 & 31 Assign: A.p.t #4-1, pages 71-73 Speaking Assessment NEXT TIME Reading quiz today p 345-347 & 358-359. Assign: Make at least 1 Thinking Map from vocab pages 348-350. Assign: EBF p 343 & 344, Ex A & B MAC group 2 Article next time $$$$ for T shirts!!!! Feb 1 & 2 Speaking Assessment in class today Writing Assessment due next Tuesday, handout given in class. Worked with vocab pages 348-350 Assign: Act 4, p 351 on a loose sheet of paper. Write at least 5 sentences. Food Description due Feb 14 EBF Ex done in class. MAC group 2 Video next time Feb 3 & 6 Worked in Lab on Take Home Tutor to review Units 4 & 5 Assign: Workbook, pages 27, 28, 29, 31 Bien Dire article resumé next time. Feb 7 & 8 Tourist attraction project started. Talk to your assigned partner when you return. If you were absent, pick up handout on Thurs. Assign: UT worksheets due next Thurs. Quiz Subjunctive: Friday Food Description due Feb 14 Articles: "La discrimination du sexe concernant les métiers en France" Feb 9 & 10 Notebook Check in class Assign: Workbook pages 89,90,97,121 Feb 13 & 14 Reading Quiz, valentines & crepes Travel Agency Open House Valentienes & crepes Feb 15 & 16 Memorize your dialogue for presentations next time. Project work in class Email in class, no assignment Feb 17 & 21 Presentations: (Quiz grade) "On va a Paris?" MAC work in lab Vocab quiz next time 3rd Six Weeks: DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS Nov 14 & 15 Tree Map with vocab p 74 & 75 from Text "Le recyclage" project due Next Tues MAC articles due Friday Sell your candy! Nov 16 & 17 10 original sentences from what we've learned the last 2 class periods. Act 3, p202 from Text. "Desastres naturels" quiz next time Nov 18 & 21 Write 5 sentences using the interview data you have from class to say what where your classmates are going and what they will do there. Act 3, p 202 from Text; "Le Recyclage" due next time. "La Violence" (a-j) next time; EBF Ex A (odd #'s only), EBF Ex C Nov 28 & 29 A.p.t. workbook #3-1, pages 33-35 Dylan, you missed this! Write a 5-7 phrase paragraph about a foreign country you would like to visit. Use future and conditional verb tenses. Vocab activity for your assigned list. MAC power point - group 2 .Candy money due NOW!!!! Nov 30 & Dec 1 Act 1, p 85; Act 3 & 4, p 86 from the Text. and this . . . Act 1, p 199 from the Text Vocab activity "L'économie" Dec 2 & 5 WB # 3-2:  Workbook pages 71-74 (Took quiz in class) AND these. Vocab quiz Unité 5 next time Vocab activities (all 3) "La violence" . Dec 6 & 7 Act 4, p 107 This was only assigned to 1st per. Vocab Quiz - Unité 5 Assign: Act 10 & 11 page 205 Vocab activities (2) "Les Desastres naturels" Vocab Test next Tuesday Dec 8 & 9 Dialogue in class with partner Made some significant progress on your project. La Mad. Au revoir Alina! Dec 12 & 13 Present dialogues also this./ Assign: Write paragragh Made some progress on your project. Vocab Test Dec 14 & 15 Bûche de Noël Bûche de Noël Bûche de Noël & Film Dec 16 Work in lab Dec 19 & 20 Final Final Final - Tout le monde est "exempt"! (Late work NOT accepted.) Coffman Homepage (for parents). . . Click here Websites: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/:  Grammar practice for all levels of French from University of Texas. http://www.flashcardexchange.com/:  You can use this site to practice vocab  with flashcards and set apps for your iphone,                                                                               etc. scroll to the bottom to choose the language. http://www.newsinslowfrench.com/ You can use this site to listen to French news broadcasts in SLOW French to practice your listening skills. http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/accueil_apprendre.php Various activities to help you learn French from channel 5 in Canada. 1st Six Weeks: (Late work NOT accepted.) DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS Aug 22/23 Teach a friend or family member what you learned in class today. Bring supplies Vist the Naf Naf site, choose 3 articles of clothing you would wear, print out at least 1. Be ready for vocab quiz "La Rédaction" (a-c) Aug 24/25 Teach a friend or family member what you have learned so far this year. Bring parent signature sheet if you have not already. Begin a Double Bubble Thinking Map to compare American to French culture from info pages 33-34 in your text. Be ready for vocab quiz "La Rédaction" (d-e) Officers, what days can you meet during lunch? Aug 26/29 Teach a friend or family member what you have learned so far this year. Bring parent signature sheet if you have not already. Write a description in French with AT LEAST 6 characteristics for :  1- yourself, 2- a famous celebrity (vocab p 36 & 37) Be ready for vocab quiz "La Rédaction" (i-v) Illustrate lines from "Page d'écriture" Aug 30/31 Teach a friend or family member what you have learned so far this year. Bring parent signature sheet if you have not already. Finish your Tree Map from page 36 in the text. Vocab Ex 1 & 2 "La Rédaction"; Soulignez les verbes pages 1-6, Bec d'âne; UT Gram (ce qui/ce que) 9/13/2011 during lunch. Sept 1/2 "Ca va?" sheet with 6 responses. Quiz next Thurs. #'s (0-20) Create your own "trousse" with at least 10 items in it. Draw pictures and write the word. Be ready to discuss in class. Vocab Ex 3 &4 "La Redaction"; Soulignez les verbes p 8-11 Bec d'Ane. Sept 6/7 Study #'s (0-20) for Quiz. Bring product wrappers with French & English. A.P.T. p 17-19 due next Tuesday. Vocab Ex 5; Verbes Bec d'Ane p 20-24; Vocab Test next time. Meeting postponed. Sept 8/9 Write an autobiography to include your name, age, nationality, where you're from, and birthday. Be ready for the group presentation. Sept 12/13 Bring a photo, load the practice CD and return to class next time. Be ready to work in groups on your product poster. En Bonne Forme, Ex C & D, p 387 & 388 Sept 14/15 Bring a photo and the CD if you did not last class. Finish product poster if not completed. Paragraph: "on a le portefeuille à droite et le coeur à gauche." Sept 16/19 Workbook pages 15, 16 & 19. Get notes from a friend. Act 1, p 53, ALL 15 items. Copy vocab p 52 in spiral. (Use Tree map format as explained) Be ready to discuss the 4 questions we wrote in class together. Sept 20/21 Worsheet; Quiz Leçon2 & Speaking Assessment Next Tuesday. Writing Assessment Next Thursday. Unité 1 Testing Next Time: Writing & Listening Assign. Act 4, p 51 on loose sheet of paper. " 2 articles de: La Succès de Carla Bruni. . . à cause de son mari?" with highlights. Sept 22/26 Get ready for your Speaking & Writing Assessments. Writing & Listening Test, Unité 1 Sept 27/28 Speaking Assessment; Assign WB # 2-1 pages 23 & 24. Speaking Test, Unité 1; Assign: Read p56-59 in Text. Be ready for content quiz next time. Writing Test; search on line for MAC topic. Sept 29/30 Writing Assessment & Quiz Leçon 2 Reading content quiz. Participation Orale in class next time, p61-67. Work on your article for your MAC. 2nd Six Weeks: (Late work NOT accepted.) DATE French I Homework Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French III Check the Make up book after ANY absence. PAP IV/AP French Check the Make up book after ANY absence. French Club NEWS Oct 3,4 Read ALL "note culturelle" on pages 13-36 in your book. Draw a picture of someone you know (full body) Write a surrealistic poem of the same structure as the poem on page 67 of your text. Vocab: "L'amour" (a-c) quiz next time. Tree Map: Past Participles, EBF p 50&51. MAC article due 10/13 T shirt designs due Oct 25 beg. of lunch. Next meeting Oct 25 Oct 5,6 Paragraph to describe your drawing. hair, height, eyes, name, relationship to you, etc. Tree Map (vocab, p 112) Presentation: "ça n'exist pas" next time. Be ready for vocab quiz "L'amour" (d-f) Oct 7,11 A.p.t. # 2-2, pages 27 & 28 Eighth graders don't forget your work for Oct 11. A.p.t. p 49-51 Grammar packet: Passé Composé if not finished in class. Be ready for vocab quiz "L'amour" (j-n) Article summaries due next time. Oct 12,13 No Assignment No Assignment Be ready for vocab quiz "L'amour" (p-v) Oct 14,17 No Assignment Act 3, p 115 - Write out the entire paragraph & underline the verbs Vocab Ex 1 & 2 Oct 18,19 Practice telling time in French with your family & friends Bring a photo of yourself as a young child and draw a picture of yourself doing the activity you used in class today. Vocab Ex 3 & 4 Oct 20,21 Draw 4 pictures to represent the different seasons. Write one sentence for each picture to indicate the season and the weather. Finish Tree Map is not finished in class from Act 5 & 8, pages 116 & 117 Vocab Ex 6; article with summary on the topic selected in class. Oct 24,25 We watched a video about the "Louvre" and took notes. You may make this up if you schedule for a B day during lunch or after school. THIS MUST BE SCHEDULED. Write a paragraph for each of the 2 main idea that we chose in class today. Include at 1 or 2 sentences in EACH paragraph giving the American point of view and your personal position on the topic. Vocab Test, "L'amour" next time. Tree Map EBF chart p 74. MAC group: PP presentation next time. Oct 26,27 Make a Tree Map using the vocab list you were given in class,one column for each subject in your schedule. List classroom supplies that you need for each class in the appropriate column. Make a Tree Map with vocab, p 126 from your Text. EBF p 174, Ex B,C, D odd sentences only. MAC group Article presentation next time. Oct 28,31 Draw a Halloween character and write a paragraph to describe: name, age, hair, eyes, height, favorite subject, season (why), items needed for favorite subject. Quiz Leçon 4 Tues. Conversation Libre p 128 with your group. MAC video next time Nov 1,2 Write a letter to respond to Nathalie's letter, page 124 in your Text. Reading Quiz next time. Read pages 135-138 in your Text for group work next time. Article: Les affects de la nourriture biologique. Nov 3,4 Get ready for your Writing Test Monday & Speaking Test Wednesday Act 2, p 129 from the Text. - write the entire paragraph, making corrections to the text. Nov 7,8 Writing Test Assign: Coloring sheet Email in class. Nov 9,10 Speaking Test Test Unité 3 in class today. Assign: Find an idea for your "Projet de recyclage" Working on MAC Nov 11 Periods 1-3: 4 drawings for film vocab with words. Period 4: A.p.t. pages 23-26 Coffman Homepage (for parents). . . Click here Websites: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/:  Grammar practice for all levels of French from University of Texas. http://www.flashcardexchange.com/:  You can use this site to practice vocab  with flashcards and set apps for your iphone,                                                                               etc. scroll to the bottom to choose the language. http://www.newsinslowfrench.com/ You can use this site to listen to French news broadcasts in SLOW French to practice your listening skills. http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/accueil_apprendre.php Various activities to help you learn French from channel 5 in Canada.