WEEK 6 - APRIL 27 to MAY 1 ~ FRENCH / FRANÇAIS

Bonjour mes amis! 
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            Spring  ~   Le Printemps  
                                      to 
       Animals  
   Les Animaux 

          

BLUE & purple words are LINKS 

*We also need to practice the use of prepositions*, so please try to include them in your writing task below. [*in, on, under, beside, in front, behind]

1. ÉCOUTE ~ (Listening Task) Listen to these for 5+ minutes

Positional words are prepositions, which indicate where one object is relative to another. 
PREPOSITIONAL WORDS link  and  SENTENCES using prepositional words

I have included four animal groups, which means there are a LOT of words to learn. This week, choose only one animal group to focus on and then choose a different group each week. All animal words will be part of our vocabulary focus until June. Try to practice animals you don't know.

Les animaux de la ferme (Farm) Les animaux domestiques (Pets)
le cheval (horse) le cochon (pig) le chien (dog) le chat (cat)
le chèvre (goat) le mouton (sheep) le lapin (rabbit) la souris (mouse)

la poule (chicken) le coq (rooster) le serpent (snake) le hamster
le poussin (chick) la vache (cow) l'oiseau (bird) le cochon d'Inde
l'oie (goose) le canard (duck) l'écureuil (squirrel) (^ Guinea pig ^)


Les animaux sauvages (Wild) Les animaux de la forêt (Forest)
le zèbre (zebra) le singe(monkey) l'hérisson (hedgehog) le renard (fox)
l'éléphant (elephant) le lion (lion) le loup (wolf) le raton laveur (raccoon)
l'hippopotame (hippo) le rhinocéros (rhino) le hibou / la chouette (owl)
la girafe (giraffe) le tigre (tiger) le renne / le cerf (deer)
le gorille (gorilla) le crocodile (crocrodile) la moufette (skunk)

2. ÉCRIT ~ (Writing Task) 

Please try to write 5-6 complete sentences using prepositions, as many different sentence-starters as possible, while incorporating any animal words, colours, petit(e)/grand(e), and questions phrases.

See sample sentences & questions below:

J’ai trois petits chiens à côté de ma maison.   Vois-tu mes chiens? 

J’aime les renauds rouges dans la forêt! Aimes-tu les renards? 

Je veux le lapin blanc sous l'arbre.  Veux-tu un animal?

Je suis / Je peux / Je vois / Je vais / Je fais / Je parle 

I am  /     I can   /   I see  /   I go  /   I make /   I speak 
3. Activité ORALE ~ (Oral Task)

* Please try to repeat these words and phrases; watch videos for 5+ mins.

• Prepositional Song - Where is the...?     
• Chanson - Song - Ma chamber 
• Sur la Ferme                           
• Old McDonald en français
• Try to sing along with: this funny song & another version of it - Big Nose
• New QUESTION phrases & GREETING Phrases
• Review the question words, body parts, days of the week, weather phrases.

4. LECTURE ~ (Reading Task) 
* Please try to listen carefully and read along when you can.
- online story - Quatre Amis animaux 
- French story "Maggie travaille."

• Story about a Zebra
• The Ugly Duckling ~ Le vilain petit canard
• You can always work on Duolingo for 5+ mins.

WEEK 5 - APRIL 20 to 24 FRENCH PRACTICE

 Our FRENCH goals for April are the same all month

   

 [*CLICK THE BLUE WORDS to review all the links again & again]

1. ÉCOUTE ~ (Listening Task)

• “Le printemps” vocabulaire (SPRING words to know) 
• chanson link - Le printemps, by Matt Maxwell (SPRING song)  
• Listen closely for some of this week’s vocabulary words!
• C'est le Printemps ~ Click HERE for another Spring song

2. ÉCRIT ~ (Writing TASK): 

• Create 3+ sentences using "C'est un(e) ___."
• Create 3+ sentences using "Ce sont des ___."
• Use your spring vocabulary. 

EXAMPLES: C'est un jonquille jaune. / Ce sont des tulipes rouges. / Vois-tu le beau papillon?
This is a yellow daffodil. / These are some red tulips. / Do you see the beautiful butterfly?
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REMINDERS

• Continue to practice how to write complete sentences.
• Try asking questions using last week's model > "Vois-tu..? J'aimes-tu..?
• "le" = 'the' ~ AND ~ "un" = 'a' (le papillon OR un papillon) masculin
• "la" = 'the' ~ AND ~ "une" = 'a' (la tulipe OR une tulipe) feminin
• Add "e" to the adjectives (describing words; colours,etc.) when used with a "la" word
• Add "s" to the adjectives (describing words; colours,etc.) when used with plural words

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   3. Activité ORALE ~ (Oral Task):
Have a puppet talk ~ use these verbs in a complete sentence.

• Je suis (I am), Je vois (I see) Je joue (I play)
•    Je vais (I go) Je porte (I wear) Je veux (I want)
• J'ai (I have) J'aime (I like) Je peux (I can)

EXAMPLES: Je joue sur la pelouse. / J’ai deux fleurs. / Je vois un oeuf dans le nid.                              I play on the lawn.                /       I have two flowers.             /           I see an egg in the nest.

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• Please continue daily oral practice of your BASIC words & phrases
• Review videos and REPEAT words  
• Review the question words or body parts and/or days of the week &   weather phrases.

   4. ÉCOUTE (Listening) et LECTURE (Reading Task)
~ Each day listen to, then read along with 1+ of these stories:

• Apprendre les saisons avec Pinpin et Lili
• Le PRINTEMPS ~ histoire
• Introduction to "Billy le chien" (another story)
• Please try to read: LE PRINTEMPS - in Google Slides (spring vocabulary)

• Work on Duolingo for 5+ minutes