French I, Semester I; Le Jour et la Date
Sections:

Introduction  |  Section 1  |   Section 2  |  Section 3   |  Dictionaries

 

  

Introduction

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Welcome to Unit 2, Le jour et la date!

You did a great job with Unit 1! Are you ready to move on? If you have any questions or are not sure you understood something in Unit 1, this is the time to ask your teacher about it. This unit, like all the units to come, will build off of the previous one. Ask yourself: Did I understand everything and am I ready to use it to communicate in French? If you can honestly answer "Yes!" to that question, you're ready to move on!

This unit covers the following:

  • talking about days of the week and months
  • expressing dates
  • expressing likes and dislikes
  • using subject pronouns
  • numbers from 1 - 31
  • cultural aspects

Doing the exercises

You should have a notebook especially for this class to take notes and do your written exercises. Follow this sequence:

  1. Write down the exercise as you see it.
  2. Write the answers next to each question or fill in the blank.
  3. Check your answers by clicking on the link.

 

Let's review some useful information.

 

Icon Symbols

 

As you work, you will see icon symbols that identify the kind of activity you are doing. Click here to review what the symbols mean.

 

Accents

 

Don't forget the accent marks when you turn in written assignments to your teacher. You will be marked off if they are missing. Review how to makes accent marks here.

 

Unit Vocabulary


There are two dictionaries available to you from each page - French to English and English to French. Just click on the word Dictionaries at the top of the page.

Culture Focus

This unit will feature Paris. We'll also be exploring different cultural aspects related to the material we're covering. You'll get lots of opportunities to do research on the Internet to learn more about it.

Unit Activities

This unit offers a lot of different activities. Make sure you do all of them! The activities listed below are graded. The point values are in red.

  1. Section 1, Part D, Discussion Board, answers: 8 points
  2. Section 1, Part E, Writing, answers: 16 points
  3. Section 1, Part F, Discussion Board, questions/answers: 16 points
  4. Section 1, Part F, TPR Quiz: 8 points
  5. Section 1, Part G, Grammar, plurals: 8 points
  6. Section 1, Quiz: 24 points
  7. Section 2, Part A, Recording, phrases: 8 points
  8. Section 2, Part B, Writing, questions and answers: 12 points
  9. Section 2, Part B, Discussion Board, questions: 8 points
  10. Section 2, Part C, Writing, answers: 24 points
  11. Section 2, Quiz: 30 points
  12. Section 3, Part A, Writing, dates: 16 points
  13. Section 3, Part B, Recording, song: 8 points
  14. Section 3, Part B, Discussion Board, questions on Monet: 8 points
  15. Section 3, Part C, Discussion Board, birthday: 5 points
  16. Section 3, Quiz: 23 points
  17. Unit Exam: 53 points

 

Practice makes perfect! Make sure you do the following activities every day:

Vocabulary activities: practice the vocabulary using flashcards for at least 15 minutes a day.

Verb conjugations: keep adding new verbs and their conjugations to your verb sheet. Practice conjugating verbs every day.

 

Let's get started!
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