WORLD  LANGUAGES  LAB  ACTIVITIES  ARCHIVE

 

CLASS :      FR 101   --   Corinne Vérard-Eppley

 

Chapter in  Textbook :   Introduction   (Vis-à-Vis textbook) - LAB WEEK 1

 

Language topic :   greetings and numbers

 

Activity (and material needed) :

 

Video :  Vis-à-Vis (#2)   a short segment of the greeting dialogue.

1. Explain who the characters are (give vocab for Mère, Père, Grand-mère, Grand-père, frère)

2. Play the segment a couple of times and ask students: who is greeted and how?

(formal / informal)    

3. Play the segment one last time w/out soundtrack, pausing for each character : let the class “greet” each character.

 

Lab / computers : working on numbers:

Intro to Can*8 ?

Vis-à-Vis Tutor 1.1 numbers

Rosetta   1-04 + 4-03

(if time  : Tutorial Français : numbers 1-31)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD  LANGUAGES  LAB  ACTIVITIES  ARCHIVE

 

CLASS :      FR 101   --   Corinne Vérard-Eppley

 

Chapter in  Textbook :   Introduction   (Vis-à-Vis textbook) - LAB WEEK 2

 

Language topic :   numbers,

vocab (days, months, greetings),

indefinite articles: un, une, des,

intro to -ER verbs

 

Activities (and material needed) :

 

Video :  “Causons” : a short commercial about coffee called “Bonjour!”

Watch the video, discuss what it is about (Greeting : Bonjour!, French commercials, French TV?, breakfast beaverage in a bowl vs. in a mug, etc…)

 

BINGO! Game.   [0-69]  See attached copy of my document.

 

Lab / computers : working on numbers:

           

            “Français” tutorial :  a) numéros 1-31   +  b) -ER verbs

Vis-à-Vis Tutor 1.2 + 1.3

Rosetta   1-05 (+ 1-02 if time)

            Can*8  ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Vérard-Eppley.  [ 0-69]                                                       BINGO !

 

 

 

  15

 

 

    57

 

    17

 

    28

 

    0

 

    12

 

    32

 

    43

 

   13

 

    66

 

  20

 

 

   59

 

    30

 

    41

 

   64

 

     52

 

    22

 

    19

 

    53

 

    46

 

    2

 

 

   10

 

    29

 

    55

 

    68

 

    3

 

    48

 

   38

 

    61

 

   23

 

    8

 

 

    1

 

    35

 

    42

 

    6

 

   24

 

    60

 

    4

 

    31

 

   54

 

   44

 

 

   25

 

    11

 

    34

 

    7

 

    63

 

    62

 

    56

 

    45

 

   26

 

   27

 

 

   36

 

    49

 

   16

 

   65

 

    58

 

    5

 

   50

 

    37

 

    14

 

   18

 

 

    40

 

     9

 

    51

 

   69

 

    33

 

    47

 

    39

 

    21

 

    67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD  LANGUAGES  LAB  ACTIVITIES  ARCHIVE

 

CLASS :      FR 101   --   Corinne Vérard-Eppley

 

Chapter in  Textbook :   Introduction   (Vis-à-Vis textbook) - LAB WEEK 3

 

Language topic :                      -ER verbs

                                                (+ review of the classroom vocab)

 

Activities (and material needed) :

 

Video :  “Causons” : a short commercial (05-08 au compteur sur l’écran) against smoking called “Fumer, c’est pas ma nature” + short handout-worksheet (with most of the words spoken in the video segment blanked out.)

Watch the video (comprehension aurale), discuss what it is about, and find out the words.

 

Lab / computers : working on numbers:

           

            “Français” tutorial :  a) -ER verbs (review)   +  b) -ER verbs 2.

Rosetta   2-06 [negative].

            Can*8    “Vocabulary” (FR 101)

                          “Vrai / Faux”  (caution : sound is VERY LOUD!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS:FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK:

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

Family Vocab

 

ACTIVITY

 

1. Conversation : Students have been asked to bring family photos (or a small photo album) to class.

In small groups, students present their family members to their peers (using family vocab, telling the people's names, and if needed, a little about what that person does or likes...)

 

   2. Rosetta Stone : 4-07

 

   3. Triple Play : 

  (maybe present Triple Play on the Projector to the class)

a) click on "Listening"

b) click on "people"

c) click on "family tree"

   First, listen to and study the vocab by clicking on the family members, trying to remember the vocab.  (do all three levels, see the 3-brick-icon on left)

   Then, once you are comfortable with the vocab, click on the beige button on the left (with an oval, an arrow and a stick-man) and click on the green arrow to start : answer the questions (do all 3 levels)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS: FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK: Chapter 3

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

Vocab. of CLOTHES and COLORS.

 

ACTIVITY

 

MATERIALS, WEBSITES, AND EQUIPMENT  NEEDED:

 

Rosetta Stone

 

Chapter 3 video

 

www.3suisses.fr

 

 

 

ACTIVITY STEPS: (Please describe the steps of the activity in a way that another teacher can understand how to do the activity in their class)

 

1. Rosetta Stone

    *(Colors) : 1-03, 3-05, 1-07.

    *(Clothes) : 1-09, 3-03

    *(Description physique) : 3-01 (short hair, long hair, etc).

 

2. Vidéo Vis-à-Vis Chap. 3 with vocab worksheet. 

Listening comprehension exercise, and try to answer the questions on the worksheet.

 

3. If time (for those who are more curious):

 

   * WEB surfing on a French clothes mail-order catalog. 

Imagine you want to buy yourself the perfect outfit to go to France on vacation this summer!  What will you buy, in what color, and for what price???  Go to:    www.3suisses.fr    and discover the magic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD  LANGUAGES  LAB  ACTIVITIES  ARCHIVE

 

CLASS :      FR 101   --   Corinne Vérard-Eppley

 

Chapter in  Textbook :   3

 

Language topic :   v. AVOIR + idiomatic expressions w/ avoir.

 

 

Activities (and material needed) :

 

Computer exercises:

 

1. Flag "français" : "AVOIR"

2. Rosetta Stone: 3-07 + 5-11

3. Can*8 : AVOIR   +   "How old am I ?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS:FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK:

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

House Vocab

 

ACTIVITY

 

Video "Causons"  :  Un petit appartement.

1. regardez et écoutez!

2. MUTE : regardez et parlez!  recreate the lines

3. Discussion culturelle : what did you notice?

 

CD-Rom "Ecoutez bien!"  Guess what room this is?  (Exercice de compréhension générale)

 

Creation of an oral presentaion (in pairs)  L"AGENCE IMMOBILIERE

   (fiches de Papy + map of France transparency)

You want to sell the castle, farm, appartement building, (etc) on your card.

Make your description as detailed as possible.

(how many rooms, what furniture, use descritive adjectives, etc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS:FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK:

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

-IR verbs + prenominal adjectives.

 

 

ACTIVITY

 

- VAV Tutor  4.6 :  (-IR verbs)

   - Rosetta Stone   1-03 &  2-03

   - Can *8  "New Lesson 1" (Conjugate and pronunce -IR verbs) and "New Lesson 2" (adjectives)

   - FRANÇAIS (flag)  :  -IR verbs 1  and  -IR verbs 2 (in this one, beware!  There are 3 Irregular verbs in there : offrir, ouvrir and découvrir. They are -IR verbs, but they get conjugated like -ER verbs!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS:FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK:

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

1. positions (near, far, on, under, right, left, etc)

2. négatif PAS DE

 

 

ACTIVITY

 

Rosetta Stone (positions) 2-05 + 2-08 + 8-08 + 8-09 + (7-08 optional)

 

Can*8  "Véronique"  (neg. pas de)

 

Vis-à-Vis Tutor : 4.1 and 4.2 (neg. pas de)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD LANGUAGES LAB ACTIVITES ARCHIVE

 

CLASS:FREN 101

(SPAN 101, 102, FREN 101, 102, etc)

 

 

CHAPTER IN TEXTBOOK:

 

LANGUAGE TOPIC (Vocab:Clothes, Vocab: The house, present tense -ar verbs, stem-changing verbs, preterite vs imperfect, etc.):

 

 

 

ACTIVITY

 

1. VAV Tutor :

   3.4 (est-ce que)

   3.5 et 3.6 (à)

 

2. Can*8 = DE

 

3. Rosetta Stone:

   5-08 (jouer d'un instrument)

   4-04 (parler à, parler de)

   8-06 (appartient à = belong to)

 

For those who have time:

 

  WEB browsing: 

  Go to   www.amazon.fr    ['native' site entirely in French]

  Click on the "CADEAUX" tab at the top.

 

  Imagine that you are extremely generous, and you want to give many gifts to different people.  Explore what looks right for the right people, and then create sentences (in writing, or orally with your neighbor) describing what you'll give TO WHOM. 

  ex.  Je donne XXX  à...

  (professeur, étudiants, amis, enfants, collègues, secrétaire, directeur, docteur, dentiste, ...)