French I, Semester 2, La Cuisine

Sections:

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

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E   |   Part F   |   Part G   |   Part H

Section One - Part E Le projet In this Unit, your project is going to be fun and interesting. You are to choose a country--you can choose any countries where French is spoken. You will do a research project on that country's foods and beverages. In your research, you will need to find pictures of at least four typically eaten foods in that country, and at least two beverages. Find a recipe for at least one of the foods and prepare it. You will need to have a finished product of at least 200 words in English. The project will have four deadlines: Deadline 1: Country idea --what country do you choose? (5 points) Deadline 2: Outline (5 points) Deadline 3: Rough draft (5 points) Deadline 4: Final project: (25 points) The second deadline is due now. This assignment is worth 5 points. Le partitif Look at the sentences here to see if you can determine a pattern. Je mange du gateau. (I'm eating some cake.) Je mange le gateau. (I'm eating the whole cake.) Je mange du poulet. (I'm eating some chicken.) Je mange le poulet. (I'm eating the whole chicken. In French, if you are going to talk about a part of some whole thing, you must use what we call the partitive (part of something) article. This article is used quite a bit with foods, as you see above in the examples. Here are the other forms of it: Je mange de la salade. Je mange des cerises. Je mange du poulet. Sometimes in English we might leave this out of our sentence, saying, "I'm eating salad." In any case, we must use the article in French. It is not optional. Sometimes in English we might translate the partitive article as "some" or "any." Au travail Practice the partitive here in this activity saying that you are eating or drinking (je mange or je prends) some of the following items that you see pictured. Je mange du poulet. Je mange du gateau. Je prends de l'eau. Je prends du jus d'orange. Je mange de la soupe. Je mange de la salade. Je mange des crêpes. Je prends du lait.   J'ai faim ! Let's talk about how to express how we feel about foods and beverages. Le monsieur a faim. Il veut manger. Le monsieur a soif. Il veut boire. In order to express that we "feel" hungry or thirsty, we use the expressions: avoir faim avoir soif Practice As these friends of yours tell you what they want, tell whether they are hungry or thirsty. When you finish writing the activity out, click on the first column to see if you were right. Je veux de la salade. Tu as faim. Je voudrais du thé. Tu as soif. Je voudrais du pain. Tu as faim. Je voudrais un fruit. Tu as faim. Je voudrais de l'eau. Tu as soif. Je veux du jus. Tu as soif. Je voudrais du poulet et des pommes de terre. Tu as faim.   Practice this vocabulary in this practice activity. WordWeb D'autres Boissons Let's learn the names of other beverages you might like to drink and review the ones we know. l'eau le café le thé un soda le lait le jus   Au Travail Listen to the speaker ask you questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence in French using what you have learned in this course. You may listen to each question as many times as you like by clicking on "Écoute." Écoute Écoute Écoute Écoute Écoute Écoute Écoute Écoute This assignment is worth 16 points. Avance à la Partie F.

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