Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

French 3/4 AP Poems

AP: Le dormeur du val: audio here: http://www.audiocite.net/livres-audio-gratuits-poesies/arthur-rimbaud-le-dormeur-du-val.html

3: Fourmi: poem game here: http://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-23585.

Fourmi Video: http://www.vuutv.net/fb4f161030:z6rqmUPBP6E.html

Friday, November 12, 2010

French 2 Unite 3 Review

Vocab Review:

http://quizlet.com/31036/scatter/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French_spelling.htm

http://quizlet.com/930752/scatter/ - quantities

Verbs:

http://quizlet.com/244589/scatter/ - devoir,etc

General review:

www.classzone.com - lesson quizzes - unit 3 - take all and record scores;

www.classzone.com - flashcards unit 3

www.classzone.com - online workbook - take article quiz

www.quia.com/shared/french : topics: foods, quantities, vouloir et pouvoir, articles and the partitive

French 3/AP Subjunctive Review

QUIZ: http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz43740504c28.html

QUIZ: http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Subjunctive-or-Indicative-179379.html

QUIZ: http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/fsub.html

QUIZ: http://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-36822.php

GAME: http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/n12/jeux/oiebdf7.html

GAME: http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/n11/jeux/oiebdf4.html

SONG: http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/sinsemilia_bonheur.htm

QUIA: www.quia.com/shared/french type for keywords: menage, household, chores, subjunctive

French One Comics

Today you are going to create a comic strip using verbs we have learned. Go to www.toondoo.com
-- create TWO three frame strips for one long strip
-- each frame must have a QUESTION and an complete sentence ANSWER using one of our verbs: habiter, ecouter, etudier, travailler, chanter, danser, voyager, parler, texter, telephoner, organiser, inviter, aimer, jouer, nager, or ETRE. Use a DIFFERENT VERB for each frame!

FIRST THREE FRAMES: Use est-ce que tu...
SECOND THREE FRAMES: use inversion!!! flip the sentence order: nages-tu?

--CONJUGATE!!!!!

print both and turn in TODAY. when you are done see the following blog post for review activities online.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

French I Unit 3 Review

some review exercises to review for your test on Unit 3.

1. http://www.laits.utexas.edu - select ER verbs and PRESENT tense - how many can you do correctly?

2. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/ERVerbs/index.ht - try several of the exercises

3. http://conjuguemos.com/home/docs/nologin/french_verbs_verbs_1.html - timed activity! how fast are you???

4. ETRE practice:
http://www.quia.com/pop/348744.html?AP_rand=523305203
http://www.quia.com/hm/661051.html
http://www.quia.com/ba/108595.html

5. More ER verb games:
http://www.quia.com/ba/310082.html

Bonne Chance!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Mic and Audacity instructions

Microphone setup:
*** CHECK THE VOLUME ON THE HEADSET OORD!:)

START
CONTROL PANEL
Sound/audio
Devices

Audio tab
Sound max HD - SWITCH THE PULL DOWN BOX TO HD FRONT MIC
Front mic
*** check all volume levels – all the way up****

Voice tab
Sound max HD- SWITCH THE PULL DOWN BOX TO FRONT MIC
Front mic
*** check all volume levels***

Test hardware
Next

AUDACITY instructions: to save files

FILE
Export as MP3
Open your Hdrive, save to French folder
It will ask you if you want to locate the lame drive – say YES
It’s on the C drive – click on it and open
Save to digital locker on gaggle.net?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Francais 2 le 15/18 octobre

La poesie!!!

Today you will listen to a couple of short french poems and choose ONE to learn and record yourself reading.

STEP ONE: listen to the following poems as I play them:

La Fontaine: le rat de ville et le rat des champs http://wheatoncollege.edu/academic/academicdept/French/ViveVoix/Resources/ratdeville.html

Prevert: Dejeuner du matin http://wheatoncollege.edu/academic/academicdept/French/ViveVoix/Resources/dejeunerdumatin.html

PICK ONE and listen to it SEVERAL times, pausing to repeat each line until you have a very good pronunciation. Try to be exactly like the audio!

STEP TWO: When I call time, open up audacity and record yourself reading the poem. you can erase recordings and start over until you have one you are happy with. Look at the other blog entry I have on audacity and mic setup instructions.

STEP THREE: sign into www.gaggle.net and save your audio file to your digital locker. then we need to figure out, can we upload the audio file from your digital locker to the homework drop box i created, OR do you need to email me the audio file through gaggle? start experimenting and let's figure out what works best.
Amuses-toi bien!!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Francais AP lab le 6 octobre

Aujourd'hui:
1. www.http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/7-jours/
ecoutez 3 clips et ecrivez une petite description ici (sous "Comments" - ajoutez votre nom svp!)
2. www.quia.com/shared/french
subcategory: AP vocabulary
essayez quelques jeux de la vocabulaire
3. www.dailyfrenchpod.com - choississez 3 podcasts et ecoutez. Ecrivez ici le titre et une petite sommaire.
4. www.voxopop.com - aidez-moi! est-ce que nous pouvons faire un petit conversation????? :)
5. Le petit prince - chapitres 3,4
ESSAY vendredi:
Dans la vie, il est nécessaire de faire des choix importants (études, carrière, vie familiale et personnelle, activités diverses, etc.). Donnez un ou deux exemples de décisions que vous avez prises. Expliquez comment vous êtes arrivé(e) à cette ou à ces décisions et quelles en ont été les conséquences.

Francais 3 comic strip

Objective: create a comic strip for the reflexive story you wrote in class last time. you have TWO days in the lab to finish so do a good job!
go to www.toondoo.com and sign in - create a new account. When you are done you will need to SAVE your toondoo, title it and make it private. To turn it in you will email it to me at elisabeth.howell@fortbend.k12.tx.us
You need at least 20 frames with at least one complete sentence per frame!
This is a major grade!

Friday, September 17, 2010

ALL LEVELS - Textbook codes!

To sign in to the textbook online: go to www.classzone.com

select world languages high school
select YOUR textbook - discovering french bleu (1) blanc (2) or rouge (3)
after you register they will ask you for an activation code:
french 1: 2633296-10 (the 10 will go in the second blank)
french 2:2633296-20
french 3: 2633296-30

you should be able to click on the book and get into the online textbook and the flashcards. enjoy!!!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

AP / French 3 Lab sept. 10

TODAY: you will do these activities then comment on this blog with your scores for each, keep a microsoft word document open to take notes in then copy it into the comment box. Bonne Chance!

1. Log onto the BBC Languages French page http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/gauge/ for a 12-question multiple choice test to get a basic idea of your French level. Although it is not an exact assessment tool, the site notes that the test will give you an “approximate indication of your knowledge.” Include your score in your comments. You can take the test again for a better score if you wish! :)

2 Visit the ESL Language Studies Abroad site http://www.esl-languages.com/en/study-abroad/online-tests/french-test/index.htm for a more in-depth multiple choice test comprising 40 questions designed to test your grammar skills. At the conclusion of the test you will be assigned a level from beginning to advanced. include your score in your comments.

3 Test your comprehension skills by logging onto Radio France International’s (RFI) French language page http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/pages/001/accueil_exercice_ecoute.asp to listen to extracts of French radio reports followed by multiple choice questions (also in French). Write down what you listened to and how you did on the quiz. Do at least 2 of them!

4 Grow your vocabulary by logging onto http://www.french-flashcards.com/ In addition to interactive flashcards, the site also offers written drills to enhance your comprehension and writing skills. you will need to sign up for free, and they will send you daily emails for practice! try some and comment on what you think?

5 AP only!!! Log on to http://www.test-my-french.com/ for a comprehensive test of your written, reading and oral comprehension skills. Composed of seven sections and conducted entirely in French. try it and comment with your score!

French 2 lab sept 9/10

TODAY we are working on review of things we learned last year:

1. Go to http://www.classzone.com/ and follow my instructions
authorization code is 2633296-20 BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORD - i do not have access to it!
play the Unite 1 flashcards (20 minutes)

2. go to http://www.french-flashcards.com/ and sign up for a free account. click on "words by level" and test yourself. try basic, then see if you can do the harder ones! (20 minutes)

3. go to www.quia.com/shared/french and work on things you need to review from last year - be sure to do the passe compose since we are starting that next!!! (20 minutes)

IF everyone behaves i will give you a french game site at the end of class. (10 minutes)
Bon weekend!

Friday, September 3, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

FRENCH ONE exam review

Today you have a couple of assignments - keep this blog open for your instructions!
DO THESE ACTIVITIES or you will be shut down. at the end of class I will give you an arcade website to play IF you have done all the work.

1. YOU HAVE 40 MINUTES TO Create a French speaking avatar for yourself! go to http://www.voki.com/
don't register - just click on CREATE at the top
go through the faces, clothes, backgrounds, etc and create an avatar for yourself
for speech, select "text to speech"
type in your writing prompt for the exam you did on the review last class - 5 sentences about yourself
select FRENCH for the language
select the voice you want - experiment with different voices
click play to hear how you sound!
click on PUBLISH - X out the register screen, you don't have to do this
select SEND TO FRIEND
email to me at elisabeth.howell@fbisd.k12.tx.us

2. EXAM PRACTICE - 30 MINUTES! go to www.quia.com/shared/french
under subcategories select:
avoir-present tense
etre
food and cafe vocab
foods
aller - present tense
faire - present tense
passe compose

You can get onto quia at home to practice too!

Friday, May 21, 2010

FRENCH TWO EXAM REVIEW

You have 2 assignments today:

1. You are going to create a speaking avatar of yourself!

go to www.voki.com
you can choose the face, hair, clothes, bling, background, etc
use the text to speech to make your avatar talk - have them say "hello, my name is ... and a couple of other things about yourself IN FRENCH! be sure to select FRENCH and then pick the gender you want
when you are done click "submit" (x out the screen that wants you to register) then click on EMAIL to friend and email it to me at elisabeth.howell@fbisd.k12.tx.us

2. to review for your exam, go to www.quia.com/shared/french and play the games:
under subcategory select:
house - house vocab is on the exam
parts of the body and parts of the body vocab - this is also on the exam
passe compose v. imparfait
passe compose
passe compose verbes irreguliers
Y and En at the very end of the list!

Hope you have had as much fun this year as I have. Y'all were a great class and I really enjoyed teaching you and hope you have a great year next year. Come by the french room and visit your poor old french teacher (if you weren't brave enough to sign up for French 3!!!) :)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Aerodrame Questions

Make up questions:
Episode 3
1. Who accompanies the Prime Minister?
2. Who applauds?
3. What's the name of the plane?
4. What are the men going to take from the stand?
5. What's the weather like?
6. Do the police catch one of the mysterious men?
7. What's the "technical difficulty" that keeps Phillippe from being at the mic?
8. What happens when Phillippe calls Radio Inter?
9. Who is the "idiote" next to Philippe?
10. Is Sylvie's line busy?
Episode 4
1. Does Philippe catch up to the police?
2. Where does Philippe go when he loses the police car?
3. What do the police do to check if someone is following them?
4. Why is Philippe's boss going to be furious?
5. What's the color of Philippe's car?
6. Why does Radio Inter keep having technical difficulties?
7. Does the suspect in the police car talk voluntarily?
8. Which inspector do the police call on the radio?
9. Does the secretary answer the phone at Radio Inter?
10. Philippe's boss says that Sylvie is the girlfriend of a ...?
Episode 9
1. What's un scoop?
2. Why is the boss scared to let Philippe do his story?
3. Why does the boss eventually let him?
4. Where is Philippe going to go?
5. Is he going alone?
6. Who's going with him?
7. What is he going to take with him?
8. Is Sylvie happy to be going on a trip?
9. Does Lamarche know that Philippe left Paris?
10. What does Sylvie think of Philippe's job?
Episode 10
1. At what time do they arrive in Toulouse?
2. What's the first thing they do in Toulouse?
3. Where are they building the Delta?
4. What does Philippe want Sylvie to bring him if he goes to prison?
5. How are they going to present themselves at the hotel? (their "story")
6. Who calls Guerin on the phone?
7. What restaurant do they eat lunch in?
8. Do Philippe and Sylvie find a room quickly?
9. Why does Guerin's mom want to see him?
10. Does Geurin have the time to deal with his mom?
Episode 17
1. Who is the client for Aero-France?
2. Is the pilot satisfied with the Delta?
3. What is Muller-Faure scared of?
4. Did Guerin say, yes or no, that the plane could fly safely?
5. Which method of interrogation does Dumas use?
6. When does the client want the demonstration of the Delta?
7. How much time does it take to prepare the flight?
8. What kind of gas does Philippe need for his car?
9. Who is the driver of the truck?
10. Does Philippe get the license plate number of the truck?
Episode 18
1. What kind of collaboration does Dumas ask of Philippe?
2. Who does not want info on the Delta?
3. What order does Dumas give Philippe on the telephone?
4. Why does Dumas believe the Delta affair is over?
5. Does Philippe return to Paris?
6. Who is the imbecile?
7. What does one do, in general, in a cafe?
8. Is there a connection between Pilevski and the suspects?
9. What are the antennas for?
10. Who gives the plane permission to takeoff?
Episode 19
1. How does the Delta takeoff go?
2. Who is in the control tower?
3. Who is in the woods?
4. Where is Philippe?
5. Since he cant' talk to Muller-Faure, what does Philippe do?
6. Who is at the hospital?
7. Who is Philippe looking for at Pons?
8. Is there someone in Pilevski's house?
9. At what speed does the Delta usually fly?
10. What happens when a plane goes from mach 1 to mach 2?
Episode 23
1. What color are the clouds?
2. How high are the clouds?
3. How much fuel does the XA5 have?
4. Who has to escort Philippe and Sylvie back to Paris?
5. Who does Nougarede call?
6. What instructions does Muller-Faure give to Nougarede?
7. Who has to lead the police to the truck?
8. Who does Nougarede congratulate?
9. Is the Delta flying high?
10. Why do they sound the alarm?
Episode 24
1. Why is it difficult for Sylvie and Philippe to recognize the road?
2. How many kilometers are left to the truck?
3. Does the driver go slowly?
4. What does the Delta pilot hope to find under the clouds?
5. Where was the Inspector when he called?
6. What do they see on the way, on the road?
7. how many police enter the woods with the inspector?
8. Does the Delta catch fire?
9. What explodes?
10. Who wins the race against time?
Episode 25 :)
1. Who answers the pilot of the XA5 in the control tower?
2. Does he understand what's going on?
3. What is the explanation of the jamming?
4. What instructions do the flight chief give to the pilot?
5. What did Muller-Faure not believe?
6. How can they find where the Delta crashed?
7. Are the ambulances useful?
8. Is there a relationship between the client and the agents?
9. What did Pilevsky leave in his house?
10. What favor does Philippe ask of Muller-Faure?
11. Where is Sylvie going to follow Philippe?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

French I Artist Project May 12-13

Today you will learn about a famous French artist. Using the Internet, find as much information on your artist as possible and create a powerpoint about him/her. NO Wikipedia - some of the info is wrong. THIS WILL COUNT AS TWO DAILY GRADES SO DO A GOOD JOB!!!

FIRST SLIDE: name of artist and:
1. Born: when/where
2. Died: when/where/how?
3. find a photo or portrait of the artist and paste it on this slide
SECOND SLIDE: at least one image of their work and:
1. Childhood/ growing up
2. Marriage / family
3. Education if any
THIRD SLIDE: at least one image of their work and:
1. What age did they start painting/ creating art?
2. Mediums used (what did they work with? oil? acrylic? stone?)
3. Problems in life??
4. Economic situation: poor, rich?
5. 1 Major world event during this person’s lifetime:
FOURTH SLIDE: at least one image of their work and:
1. What style of art did they create? impressionism, realism, modernism, etc.
2. Why is this person considered one of the great French artists?
FIFTH SLIDE: at least one image of their work and:
1. How much does this person's original work sell for today???
2. What museums display this person’s work today? Where can you find any of their work in America?


WHEN YOU ARE DONE: save your powerpoint to your H drive THEN
log into www.gaggle.net
under the Jump To menu, select homework drop boxes
find our drop box - Howell French I
save your powerpoint to the drop box by uploading from your H drive
you're done!

FRENCH ONE EXAM REVISION

Activities on QUIA you can try to review for the spring exam:

subcategories to try:

avoir - present tense
DR/MRS VANDERTRAMP
etre
passe compose

Monday, April 19, 2010

Aerodrame - French III/AP

Here is the link to the audio files for aerodrame:
http://www.emcp.com/electronic_resource_centers/listonline.php?GroupID=6400&Printable=Yes

Be sure to check out a book if you are absent and do your make up episodes!
Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

French III/AP Gaggle Blogs

Today you will create your own blog using Gaggle. You have a couple of things to do, so be sure to read all the instructions.

CREATE YOUR BLOG:
Go to www.gaggle.net and sign in
Under "Jump to Menu" click on "My Blog"
Now you can click on "Create a New Entry" and "Edit Blog Controls" to change the color scheme
Blog rules - no pictures of yourself, and you may not use your last name anywhere public.

FIND MY BLOG:
Under "Directory" you should have a list of everyone in the school, find my name and click on "blog" at the end of the line. Our blog is moving to this site.

CREATE a new entry:
Today you will write about the two movies we watched, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. This blog will be in English. Title this entry "Jean de Florette." You are to write a few in depth paragraphs covering all of the following topics:

1. Irony - how does the author use irony in the plot?
2. The role of water in both stories
3. Characters – could you define one side as bad or good, and why?
4. Tragedy – why is this story considered a tragedy??
Aristotle calls plot the “life and soul” of tragedy (1). It is the single most important element of tragedy. A tragedy deficient in all other respects yet possessing a good plot is much to be preferred to one excelling in all other respects yet lacking in plot.
There are several elements of a tragic plot. Peripeteia (reversal of intention) occurs when a character produces an effect opposite to that which he intended and anagnorisis (scene of recognition) “is a change from ignorance to knowledge producing love or hate between persons.” (2) The best plots, according to Aristotle, are complex ones incorporating peripeteia and anagnorisis within a chain of cause and effect leading ultimately to the catastrophe (change of fortune).
5. Aristotle also said that the best tragic characters bring misfortune upon themselves through ignorance instead of deserved punishment. Which character in the story could be considered tragic, and did they fall through ignorance or do you think they deserved it?

Character names:
Cesar (Papet) the old man/uncle Soubeyran
Ugolin, the nephew
Jean , the hunchback
Aimee, his wife
Manon, their daughter
Florette, old girlfriend of Cesar and Jean's mother
Delphine, the old woman who tells Cesar about Florette

THIS NINE WEEKS: you will have a WEEKLY blog assignment which you will need to complete at home. This will be a daily grade and will be done in FRENCH. Topics will be on the board in the classroom each week.
Bon weekend!

Friday, February 26, 2010

French I Clothing Project

You will look at a French clothing website and create a presentation about clothing. Use powerpoint for your project. You will save your project to your H drive THEN save to your GAGGLE digital locker. Next class, you will present your project to the class.

Websites:
http://www.3suisses.fr/ - clothes for all
http://www.spartoo.com/ - shoes for all
http://placedestendances.marieclaire.fr/ - clothing for all

You will make 5 slides – create an outfit for each topic:
J’aime porter
Je n’aime pas porter…
En ete, je porte…
En hiver, je porte…
A l’ecole, je porte…

For EACH SLIDE – label each item of clothing in French, include the price and where you found it (what website) Remember shoes and accessories!

When you are done, you can go to www.quia.com/shared/french
and select these categories to review for your test:
Clothes
Venir and -ir verbs
RE verbs

Monday, January 25, 2010

FRENCH II REVIEW

today you need to review for your Unit 5 Test next class.

The test will cover: sports, body parts, y and en, and reflexive verbs in the present and passe compose.

Go to www.quia.com/shared/french
and select the following subcategories:

parts of body
parts of body vocab
sports
sports using FAIRE
Reflexive verbs (do both present and passe compose exercises)

and try these for y and en:
http://www.quia.com/ba/115993.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/376683.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/222438.html
http://www.quia.com/hm/328911.html

Don't forget you can log on at home and practice more!
Etudiez! et bonne chance!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Accessing the Textbook online from home

These instructions are for all levels of HHS french:

go to www.classzone.com
Select World languages
Find your textbook - Discovering french bleu, blanc, or rouge
enter the code for our school according to what level you are in:

French I: 3738448-10
French II: 3738448-20
French III: 3738448-30

Set up an account so you don't have to do this every time.
Bonne Chance!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Le Corbeau et Le Renard - French III

This website has the audio along with a little book to flip through to help you with pronunciation.
Bonne chance!

http://peinturefle.free.fr/activite/lafontaine.htm