Period 1 French 1 GAGE-8th grade French 1 Assignments

Step 1: Interview students in class: 
Step 2. Use the paper that you used in class to write about what sports they have played. 
Choose one person you interviewed and write about what you learned on this document. 
Please write a minimum of 1 paragraph with a minimum of 6 sentences.. 
Try to use passé composé at least once. See my examples on the document attached.
Step 3: Then write a paragraph about yourself and the sports/hobbies you like to do. 
Step 4: Turn it in ASAP so I can give you feedback. We will be using this in class on MONDAY, le 27 avril. I will correct as many as I can over the weekend.

PRACTICE KNOWING HOW TO MAKE IRREGULAR VERBS PAST TENSE:  Get 75% or better on 30 questions in 6 minutes.
DOING WELL ON THIS WILL HELP YOU WITH THE 15 POINT QUIZ JEUDI LE 23 AVRIL. 

Use the link to join this Pear Deck activity!
This will help you review the irregular verbs in passé composé. Please complete the entire thing and make corrections to your work if you want full credit.

Write the definitions and be prepared to act them out. Use the copy I give you in class.

You need to get 33 out of 42 correct in order to complete this assignment.

We will do the first slide together to identify the vocabulary. Then we will read the chapter together in class. Please respond to the rest for homework. If you are absent please do it all for homework. 

Follow the directions to write the questions on the worksheet "Practice Writing Questions" - you can also use the one I gave you in class.
Below is a video that you should watch if you were absent or if you get stuck on this worksheet. It will help you with how to answer the questions. 

Complete 30 questions in 5 minutes

Complete the vocabulary on this document. Do your best to fill in the words you know before you look them up.

Complete 60 questions to get full credit on this assignment. 

THE QUIZ THURSDAY WILL BE ON THESE 3 VERBS:
Please complete 50 questions to get credit for this assignment. Do it as many times as you want to help you prepare. 

THE QUIZ THURSDAY WILL BE ON THESE 3 VERBS!! Do this Conjuguemos for 6 minutes and get 85% correct to get credit for the assignment. 

We will be reading each chapter out loud together from the books in class. You will need to complete the vocabulary each time I distribute it. If you miss class or need another copy of the vocabulary, you can use the one attached. There will always be a picture of each chapter attached with the vocabulary, so if you miss class you can read it to stay caught up. 

Open the magazine on the Scholastic Website and read 3 articles. Describe them in English as a private comment. Please write at least 5 sentences about each article. If the article is too short to write 5 sentences about it, pick a longer article. 

I will do an introduction to our next book, La France en Danger. 
As I go over the slideshow on WW2, complete these notes. You can use the slide attached to do the bottom half of the worksheet with the timeline.

In class we will find people to fill in the top half of the worksheet attached. For homework you will write 8 sentences about them. 
If you are not in class on Wednesday, you can do this by just comparing yourself with family, friends, pets or whatever. 

Please practice 6 minutes 30 questions -  conjugating the following verbs in one assignment: 
aller
avoir
être
faire
mettre
pouvoir
vouloir

Complete the Gimkit to practice the vocabulary and comparisons.

Complete the worksheet I gave you in class. If you lose it, print out this one.

Use the half sheet that you turned in and I corrected. 
1. Type in your descriptions of your favorite casual and dressy outfits (include shoes on both)
2. Take a picture of yourself in the outfit OR add images of the items of the casual and dressy outfits. 
3. Delete the first slide (sample I included) after before you turn it in.

Do 45 questions to get credit

Complete the version of this worksheet that I give you in class or if you are absent, print this one and do it. I will expect you to have done both sides of it in class on Wednesday. As you will turn it in.

Faire le EdPuzzle activié pour aider à apprendre le nouveau vocabulaire.

The next quiz will have some futur proche questions. So to review those and some old and new vocabulary, do 50 questions to complete this Blooket. 

Get all 32 correct please!

The quiz on Thursday will be 20 points and review  the following vocabulaire et structure:
Rewrite present tense sentences into futur proche. 
Conjugate vouloir or pouvoir to complete a sentence provided.
Identify items pictured with their colors. 
Choose the correct ending for regular verb past participles: ER, IR or RE

Use the worksheet I gave you in class to describe your favorite outfits when you are casual (sport) and when you are dressy (habillé). You will also describe the shoes you wear. Please complete this by class on Thursday  - you will turn it in at the beginning of class.

Complete 30 in 5 minutes

Here is the link to the PearDeck we quickly went over in class. If you will be absent on Thursday, please complete this and turn this assignment in when you are done.  Otherwise you will have time on Thursday to do this assignment. 

Complete 30 questions in 5 minutes with 85% accuracy.

Use the one I give you in class to complete. If you lose it, print out the one attached.

Complete 45 questions to complete the assignment.

Complete 45 questions to complete the assignment.

Use the one I give you in class to complete. If you lose it, print out the one attached.

This is homework; however, if you have finished your pen pal letter, you can do this in class.

Be sure to have your cahier updated. You will need to turn it in on Wednesday, le 18 mars. If you need to make sure that you have everything in your cahier. Go to the section "Cahier Virtuel" in Classwork and it lists the table of contents and all of the handouts. 

Please use the Google doc provided to write your letter so I can give you feedback.  Use the tools I provide to help you: 
8 steps assignment
slide show we went over in class 
Link to wordreference.com - DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE
The rubric is built into this Google Classroom assignment. Study it to make sure you have everything to get a great grade.

Use the practice dialogue sheet I gave you in class. It's attached. 
Compose natural conversations to purchase fruit and vegetables using the expressions on the sheet attached. 
Practice your numbers (use the assignment in Google Classroom) and know the fruit and vegetable vocabulary so you can ask for and buy things. 
I have attached the quiz activité directions that I will go over before Thursday. 
This will be worth 20 product points. 5 points alone for staying in French the entire time.

You will record yourself reciting a poem for 10 product points:
Choose one of the two poems we have read in the last month. "Cher Frère Blanc" ou "Ce qui se passe sous la terre"
Listen to my recording attached of the poem and practice it several times. 
Record your recitation using Vocaroo

Play don't look down or just do 60 questions to review the 3 groups of regular verbs. 

Please watch this Peppa Pig episode in French and answer the questions.

Please complete 40 questions in 6 minutes to practice the regular verbs.

Drag the image to the correct quadrant.

Know the vocabulaire des fruits et légumes. 50 questions will complete this assignment. 

Please complete the worksheet to practice passé composé with ER, IR and RE verbs.

Complete steps 7 and 8 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Completer les exercices qu'on a commencé en classe. Utilize la copie que je t'ai déjà donné ou ce-lui qui est attaché.

You will research and write about a celebrity or a famous person you admire and write about it in French. 
Please complete étape 1 (step 1) of the document attached  in class 
Finish étape  2 (step 2) as homework if you do not finish it in class. 
During your research, look for a picture of your person and add it to the document. 
Use this information for étape 7 de ta lettre à ton correspondant. 
Please reformat the document below to make it look more like my example and print it out. Enlarge and change the font so it fills the page.  Make it look nice, and print it out. It will be posted on our walls. Bring your printed copy to class on March 9th
If you need me to print it out, please send me a private comment and ask me nicely!

Complete step 6 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Complete step 5 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Use either app to learn the meaning of the RE verbs. You can do either or both to help you review. If you do Blooket, please send me a private comment, so I can verify (no need to with Gimkit). Do both if you have trouble with one. 
You will need to know this for the quiz Thursday, le 5 mars.

We have been studying the numbers for awhile. The next quiz on Thursday, March 5 will include numbers 70 to 100 only Here are several ways to review these numbers. Complete 3 of these assignments to get 30 points AND prepare for the quiz. Leave a private comment and tell me which 3 you did:  TURN OFF THE MUSIC ON GIMKIT SO YOU CAN HEAR THE RECORDINGS.
QUIZLET : For the quiz you will need to hear me say the number between 70 and 100 and write the digit. Use these sets to review. In Quizlet go to settings and turn on audio so you hear the number instead of see it. 
GIMKIT 1 - multiple choice - good place to start if you feel really rusty with these numbers BUT it's not very similar to how you will be tested. So not a great use of your time - 30 questions 
GIMKIT 2 - multiple choice (you will hear my voice say the number and you choose the correct numeric for) a better way to study but the quiz will NOT be multiple choice - 30 questions
GIMKIT 3 - audio with text input - THIS IS WHAT THE TEST WILL BE LIKE. IF YOU DO WELL ON THIS YOU KNOW THESE NUMBERS!! - 30 questions

Jeudi le 5 mars , nous aller avoir un quiz de 15 points. Étudiez les légumes, nombres  70 à 100, et les verbes en RE
On Thursday, March 5th,  we are going to have a 15 point quiz on numbers 70 to 100, vegetables and meaning of RE verbs 
You need to know the 
vocabulary of vegetables 
numbers 70 to 100
RE verb conjugations and the meanings of the words. 
DO THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNED IN QUIZLET, BLOOKET, GIMKIT AND HUMAN BINGO TO HELP YOU PREPARE.
BELOW ARE LINKS TO A FEW OF ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY POSTED BUT THEY ARE HERE FOR EASY ACCESS. DO THESE TO REVIEW FOR THE QUIZ THE NIGHT BEFORE IF YOU DO THE HOMEWORK IN ADVANCE.

With this assignment you can ONLY see an image and hear the pronunciation of the word. Be sure to turn down the volume on the game so that you can hear the recording of the word. Practice your pronunciation as you hear it said.

Complete step 4 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Complete 6 minutes and get 75% to complete

Please write in the meaning of the verbs on the Human Bingo sheet. Then we will play in class on Wednesday.  I will give you a copy in class, but do this one if you lose it.
Also there is a link to wordreference below if you need to look them up.

Complete step 4 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Many of your pen pals wrote to you about having a Galette des Rois. I wanted to share with you what this tradition is. If you need to be nut or gluten free, it's not the best dish for you. Otherwise it's super yummy. Google how to make one. It's really easy.

With this assignment you can see an image, the word, and hear the pronunciation. Be sure to turn down the volume on the game so that you can hear the  recording of the word. Practice your pronunciation as you hear me say it.

Look over the magazine and read 3 articles. Describe what you read here. This is a 15 point assignment. Each article you read is worth 5 points. How thorough your responses are indicate how many points you get for each article.

Complete step 3 of your pen pal letter to your French pen pals by this date.

Use either app to learn the meaning of the IR verbs. You can do either or both to help you review. If you do Blooket, please send me a private comment so I can verify (no need to with Gimkit). 
You will need to know this for the quiz Thursday, le 26

Jeudi le 26 février, nous aller avoir un quiz de 10 points. Étudiez les fruits et les verbes en IR.
On Thursday, February 26,  we are going to have a 10 point quiz on les fruit and IR verbs. 
You need to know the 
vocabulary of the fruit and the gender of the nouns
IR verb conjugations and the meanings of the words. 
DO THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNED IN BLOOKET, GIMKIT AND HUMAN BINGO TO HELP YOU PREPARE.

Click on the link below to start the quiz. Please listen carefully to my oral prompt for the first two questions.
Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour commencer le quiz. Écoutez attentivement mes instructions orales pour les deux premières questions.

You will need to know the gender of the noun for the quiz. 
Vous devrez connaître le genre du nom pour répondre au quiz.

Please write in the meaning of the verbs on the Human Bingo sheet. Then we will play in class on Wednesday.  I will give you a copy in class, but do this one if you lose it.
Also there is a link to wordreference below if you need to look them up.

Create a dot-to-dot with the hard copy I gave you in class or print this one out if you lost it. AT the bottom write out the numbers so that you can read them to another person to recreate your dot to dot for the next class.

Learn about the traditions of Carnaval in Québec. It looks like there are a lot of questions but most of them are notes and not questions to answer. It's a really cool event. Check it out!!

Complete this copy or the one I give you in class. We started it on Thursday but won't have time to go over it until mercredi le 11 février.

There will be a 30 point (15 product and 15 process) assessment Monday on a dialogue in a café. Make sure that you complete the practice dialogue EdPuzzles and know your vocabulary of the restaurant et café we have been learning. 

There is a Gimkit attached to practice. Best to complete all old homework if you have missing items.
There is.a PearDeck attached as well to help you study

This is a longer video with more people at the table. You can do this 3 times if you want to improve your score. 

Bonjour mes élèves incroyables !
We have a big test coming up, so you should know how to conjugate all of the verbs we have been learning: both regular and irregular. The homework assignment (2nd link below) has all of the verbs; you can do that as many times as you want to prepare. If you want to focus on specific verbs because they give you more trouble, do the activities (you will see them listed on the right when you log into your account). I have posted smaller sets of different verbs. Play a game and practice your verbs. This one is a hard test. You will have to type the answers - as it's not multiple choice.

Complete this short EdPuzzle and practice the pronunciation as you hear it, then answer the questions.

Prepare for the quiz on Thursday le 5 février by doing this Conjuguemos as many times as you can to help you learn the verbs. The quiz will be worth 20 points and it will be taken in Conjuguemos so you will need to be comfortable typing the conjugations to pass.
I've attached a useful handout to help you study for this quiz. I'll give you a hard copy on Monday.

Pratiquer le dialogue au café distribué en classe (violet).
READ THE RUBRIC AS THIS WILL BE GRADED AS PRODUCT.
You will record yourself saying all the parts of the dialogue attached. You may either:
 make a video using Canva (go to Clever) or Vids an app in Google to make a video on your computer (you can use objects to play the roles but you need to say the parts) 
OR 
you can just record yourself in Vocaroo saying all of the parts. BE SURE TO PRACTICE IT. Change your voice a bit for each part so it's understandable. 
This is the same dialogue as the EdPuzzle homework. Practice it a few times as this assignment before you record. 

Follow directions and practice writing the words for the numbers. Complete both pages. Use the document attached to help you. 

Learn the meanings of the new IR verbs we have been learning. Complete 31 questions correctly to finish and receive full credit.

Convert sentences from today to tomorrow. Use the copy distributed in class.

You will need to know how to count and use numbers in the activity we are doing on Friday. Please practice listening and saying the numbers. In particular, review from 60-100. Below I have several ways you can practice them: 
Speakable - this app doesn't record that you finished it, but it lets you hear and repeat what you hear. If you don't pronounce it right it will not understand you. So it's a good way to practice. 
Language Guide - another website that give you a way to listen and practice numbers. It doesn't record your progress either. 
Quizlet - is good to review numbers over 100. 
Gimkit - practice the numbers 1-100
You choose how you want to review and study them. 

I've also attached the numbers songs, si tu préfères chanter.

Complete 45 questions or 200 bait while reviewing for the quiz on Thursday

Work with a neighbor on this. Go through these slides and watch the video and listen to the song. Each slide has you do something a little different. After you have done it, turn it in.

Practice the new Verbes en IR réguliers for 6 minutes 30 words.

Complete this short-ish PearDeck to review the contractions using à + le, la, l' and les. Please ask me questions if you have any as this is what the next quiz will cover. 

Please complete this short video that reviews the futur proche. You can complete it 3 times if you want to improve your score.

It's don't look down with 2000 per question. Have fun going all the way to the top. You must get 60 questions correct to finish if you don't feel like jumping. 

Practice the new food vocabulary in Blooket,

Please practice 30 questions in 5 minutes. To review for the quiz on Thursday. 

Please do Duolingo a little everyday until you complete 75 XP.  This is worth 15 points. 

Practice the irregular verbs: être, avoir, prendre, apprendre, comprendre and faire to review. 

Please complete the copy handed out in class. If you lose it or prefer to do the one attached, you can.

Please complete the copy handed out in class. If you lose it or prefer to do the one attached, you can.

Study the irregular verb faire and the new expressions that are used with faire with this Quizlet. Practice by playing a game until you think you can ace a quiz on it. Then take a quiz in Quizlet.

Complete this assignment to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, January 15. In Blooket this assignment will remain open until 2/12 so that you can practice it and/or retake the quiz. However for full credit you must complete this by 1/15. 

Practice conjugating Faire

Please read the assignment sheet attached (and how you will be graded) before you start your your drawings. 
This assignment must be physically turned in on Wednesday the 14th in class. Please include four examples of what you (or a character you create) like to do (or don't like to do) in different kinds of weather. 
Use the four ideas below or four of your own. 

Quand il fait beau, j'aime/déteste faire  ______
Quand il pleut, j'aime/déteste faire _______
Quand il fait chaud, j'aime/déteste faire ______
Quand il neige, j'aime/déteste faire ______
Your drawings should be drawn by hand; however, if you prefer to do it digitally, do it in Canva. If you choose to create it digitally, you MUST print it out yourself and bring a PRINTED COPY TO CLASS.

Complete 40 questions correctly to complete this assignment. It is due lundi le 12, janvier. You have until Wednesday le 14 to complete it for partial credit. After that you cannot make up this assignment. 

Use the link to join this Pear Deck activity!

Play until you get 40 questions correct. This assignment is due before the quiz on January 8 but you have until 1/24/26 to complete it for quiz retakes.

This is a SHORT video with 5 questions. You can practice the new vocabulary using the sounds of the weather to choose the correct answer. There is one new term: il grêle = it's hailing. Practice the pronunciation of the terms by repeating after the recording in the video.

Complete the worksheet for the next 7 days in Australia in French. 
You will need to refer to the numbers and weather vocabulary we went over in class. I've also attached both below.  Follow the example I provide in the first column. 
Use the copy I handed out in class. If you lose it, print this one out. 

Please complete this EdPuzzle about Christmas in Switzerland by Rick Steves. It's only 4 minutes with not very many questions. This is a good thing to do if you finish the written and speaking final and don't have other things to do. 

Please watch this cartoon and answer the questions. 

Read two articles that are interesting to you and write a private comment to me to describe what you read. Write in English or French.

There will be several small tests over several days for your examen final. The total of the tests will be work 70 points total product. To be prepared, you should do the following:

Jeudi le 11 décembre: 
Quiz on la famille et la maison - practice the Blooket & Gimkit assigned to review

Vendredi e 12 décembre: 
No test after all. 

Lundi le 15 décembre: 
Fête d’hiver - in class we will practice writing prompts and asking and answering questions with a partner

Mercredi et jeudi  le 17 - 18 décembre:
Speaking assessment - Practice speaking assessment - asking and answering questions. See "Interpersonal rubric 2025" attached. DO THE GIMKIT ATTACHED 
Writing assessment - Know how to write about your family members, school and classes (know the vocabulary of school and family. Know how to describe using verbs and adjectives we have learned. Know how to use possessive adjectives correctly.  See "1 year 2nd On demand rubric" below.

IF YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABSENT ON ANY OF THESE DAYS, PLEASE ARRANGE WITH MADAME TO DO COMPLETE THE TEST BEFORE THE BREAK AS THE QUARTER ENDS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19.

Be sure to have your cahier updated. You will need to turn it in on Thursday, December 18 to be graded.

Start by reading over the slide show for this assignment. It includes the follow useful tools:
A calendar of what and when each step is due
The 8 steps broken down by due dates
The rubric for the assignment also embedded within this assignment 
What to highlight when you are ready to turn it in
Useful expressions in the past tense
Verbs we have used and how to conjugate them
Please read over the slideshow first, here are the handouts that are attached.
1. The blank document where you should write your letter, so I can give you feedback.
2. WordReference link in case you want to look something up DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE
3. The Lettre No. 2 assignment Slideshow to read over first
4. The 8 steps on one document so it's easy to copy and paste. 
5. The rubric is integrated into Google Classroom so please review it too. 
Again, please use the Google doc provided to write your letter.

CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR YOUR PEN PAL'S RESPONSE TO YOUR LAST LETTER.

Be sure to have your cahier updated. You will need to turn it in on Thursday, December 18 to be graded.

Use the questions to review and practice what you will need to write on the final writing assessment.  Write the first draft without using your cahier or any notes. Write it on the paper provided. Then rewrite it using your cahier and older practice examples to help you correct it.  Use the one provided during class, but if you are absent print this one out and use it. 

Please make sure that you have finished steps 7 and 8 by the due date. Writing your pen pal letter is not an assignment you will want to rush and do the night before. Therefore I assign steps every few days. This will help you not get behind. I will be checking in on your progress on this assignment over the next week to give you feedback and ideas. If I see that you are not doing the assignment, I will write a comment on the pen pal letter assignment to encourage you to get working on it. Completing the steps when they are due, we will have mini lessons and will spend some class time on this, but you will need to also work on it for homework. If you keep up with completing the steps, the small amounts of time in class we work on it will be more productive.

Here is what people volunteered to bring in class. If you decide you want to make something else or different, send me a private comment and I'll add your name to the list. You are not required to bring anything, but it's more fun if you do!

You and your partner will record yourself asking and answering the questions to prepare for the assessment on Wednesday and Thursday.
After you have practiced, please  record yourself in Vocaroo when you are answering the questions. You must answer 9 different questions randomly. Your partner cannot show you the questions.
Then you can ask your partner questions and they will record themself answering them. You cannot look at the question you are answering.
You will each have approximately 7 minutes to practice... then 10 minutes to record total for each of you..

Please make sure that you have finished steps 6 by the due date. Writing your pen pal letter is not an assignment you will want to rush and do the night before. Therefore I assign steps every few days. This will help you not get behind. I will be checking in on your progress on this assignment over the next week to give you feedback and ideas. If I see that you are not doing the assignment, I will write a comment on the pen pal letter assignment to encourage you to get working on it. Completing the steps when they are due, we will have mini lessons and will spend some class time on this, but you will need to also work on it for homework. If you keep up with completing the steps, the small amounts of time in class we work on it will be more productive.

I CANCELLED THIS TEST SO IF YOU WANT TO GET EXTRA CREDIT YOU CAN DO THIS FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS

Complete 70 questions or get $250,000 while playing Cash Tycoon to review for the test on Isabelle

Please make sure that you have finished steps 5 by the due date. Writing your pen pal letter is not an assignment you will want to rush and do the night before. Therefore I assign steps every few days. This will help you not get behind. I will be checking in on your progress on this assignment over the next week to give you feedback and ideas. If I see that you are not doing the assignment, I will write a comment on the pen pal letter assignment to encourage you to get working on it. Completing the steps when they are due, we will have mini lessons and will spend some class time on this, but you will need to also work on it for homework. If you keep up with completing the steps, the small amounts of time in class we work on it will be more productive.

Practice possessive adjectives and house vocabulary for the quiz Thursday, le 11 décembre

Complete 60 questions or get to the very top to complete this assignment.

Please read the last two chapters and complete the one short page of vocabulary.

If you want to retake this quiz, please let me know ASAP as we just have one week left of the quarter.

I will give you a hard copy of this assignment in class. Please use the other document attached to refer to so you know which adjective to use

Please make sure that you have finished steps 3 and 4 by the due date. Writing your pen pal letter is not an assignment you will want to rush and do the night before. Therefore I assign steps every few days. This will help you not get behind. I will be checking in on your progress on this assignment over the next week to give you feedback and ideas. If I see that you are not doing the assignment, I will write a comment on the pen pal letter assignment to encourage you to get working on it. Completing the steps when they are due, we will have mini lessons and will spend some class time on this, but you will need to also work on it for homework. If you keep up with completing the steps, the small amounts of time in class we work on it will be more productive.

Texte du chapitre et le vocabulaire. Lire le chapitre et traduire le vocabulaire.

Read the chapter and then complete the slides attached.

Learn about how Christmas is spent in France. There will be several EdPuzzles about holidays over the next few weeks so please complete these by the due dates.

Click the link and practice matching the correct form of mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses to the noun that has the same gender and number.  Take a screenshot of your work in Flippity and attach it to the slideshow below. For full credit match 12 family members to the correct possessive adjective (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa ses).

Please make sure that you have finished steps 1 and 2 by the due date. This is not an assignment that you want to do the night before. Therefore I assign steps every few days. This will help you not get behind. I will be checking in on your progress on this assignment over the next few weeks to give you feedback and ideas. If I see that you are not doing the assignment, I will write a comment on the pen pal letter assignment to encourage you to get working on it. 

These reminders are not worth points, so if you miss one, there is not consequence, but the entire assignment is worth 36 points so it's important not to get behind. Completing the steps when they are due, we will have mini lessons and will spend some class time on this, but you will need to also work on it for homework. If you keep up with completing the steps, the small amounts of time in class we work on it will be more productive.

Use the document below to start your 3 paragraphs about your family members. The slideshow will walk you sentence by sentence if your need to use it. You will add this to your penpal letter so it will be helpful to have it done 
Follow the sentence frames and write about 3 family members. You don't have to write about your immediate family members, you can describe your pets, a cousin, an aunt, uncle or grandparent, or even  family friend. You can write about more than 3 if you want but in the interest of time, I'm only requiring 3. 
You will need to have your cahier organized to do this assignment. OR you can use the Cahier Virtuel in Google Classroom. You should make sure your cahier is organized and because you will have to turn your cahier in on December 17. 
USE OF TRANSLATION SOFTWARE WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Read the chapter and complete the three slides based on the information in Chapter 6.

Practice the family vocabulary with the possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses).

Please do your best to complete the quiz. The first questions will be a listening question and you will type the word I say that is missing from the sentence. Please continue independently after that

Complete this Gimkit as many times as you like to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, 12/4.
For Quiz 9 you will need to know the conjugations of prendre, apprendre and comprendre. And you know the definitions/meanings of all the irregular verbs we have learned (être, avoir, prendre, comprendre, apprendre).

Please read the passage and answer the questions about the reading. Do the one I gave you in class. This is just in case you lose it.

Please watch the video and answer the listening comprehension questions. You can redo it 3 times to improve your score if you like. Your score will be posted to PowerSchool.

Complete the three slides based on the information in Chapter 5.

Please complete the Blooket to review the verbs that will be on the quiz Thursday.

Attached you will find Chapter 4 of Isabelle. Once you have read it, complete the vocabulary and fill in the blue blanks on each slide.

To complete the recipe and ingredients handout, please use the Quizlet to learn the names of the ingredients in ratatouille

Use the link to join this Pear Deck activity!
Please do your best as this one is graded. Pay attention to the score that you get at the end.

Learn about how French people love ratatouille and the different ways they make it.

Please complete all of the slides after you read the chapter.

In class we will do the first 2 tasks together. Please click the link below and enter this password to complete the activity for this assignment:asha@2025nov

For homework, please record (video or audio within Padlet) an answer to one of the questions on the 3rd task in French or English. Listen to what other students have said as well.  You must let me know in a private comment what. you discussed. Be sure you fill out the form correctly as I will have to find your recording to give. youcredit.

Slide 1: drag the image that best matches the caption
Slide 2: Write what the underlined words mean in English

Complete the vocabulary either on the handout I gave you or this one.

Practice listening to and identifying sentences about school with Gimkit. Complete 70 and you're done.

You will need to know these on Monday. Do either the Quizlet or the Blooket to practice. Let me know which you did in a private comment.

Use the document attached to write about what you want to be. Dream a little. Don't feel tied to "what's a good job" find jobs that are interesting to you. Feel free to look up a job that isn't on the list. Write the paragraph about what you want to be in the style of Isabelle.

The slide below is for your reference you don't have to do anything. It includes the masculine and feminine versions of the names of the professions.

Please complete 5 minutes or 30 questions which ever comes first. There is no percentage correct. 

This is an in class assignment that will be written, and performed in small groups. If you are not here on Monday, November 17th, you will be required to do this alone and create a video saying all parts of the dialogue

Drag the translation of the profession to the image with the word in French.
Do all 4 slides.
Get ideas from this assignment to help you with the Qu'est-ce que tu veux être? writing assignment.

Now that you have finished writing the 3 paragraphs, please type them up using the template attached. You can simply make changes to the template provided. 

BE SURE TO DELETE ALL OF THE BLUE TEXT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE ACTUAL TEXT but was instructions from the template. 
I've included the slides for each paragraph if you need them. 
If you were absent OR unable to finish the writing assignment we started in class, the resources below are the ones we used in class.  Please complete as much as you can while writing about your schedule on a Monday (so write about 3 classes). We will continue to work on this for the rest of the week.  Eventually we will work this into our next pen pal letter.

Please watch this video to learn about how school works in France

Complete the vocabulary attached if you prefer to do it digitally rather than using the one in class that I gave you.

Please work independently to complete this questionnaire about the film you watch over the 4 day weekend.

This weekend your homework is to watch a film in French. I'm giving you access to this film through a special grant from the Albertine Foundation in conjunction with the French Embassy. I just learned 2 things: 
There will be two advertisements and then the film starts. 
YOU CAN TURN ON SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH. 
To access the film: click the first link. You will need to enter the following information to get into the film:
email address: [email protected]
password: FestivalScope
Once you log in you will need to click the menu at the top right corner of the webpage. Choose "MY LIBRARY" (pdf of slides I showed you in class.). 
I've also attached step-by-step instructions put out by the Albertine Foundation. Enjoy the film. You must complete this by Tuesday, November 11 by 8pm. I'm not sure how late it will be available but possibly midnight??
You will be required to do another assignment next week, so you need to have watched the film to do the next assignment.

Memorize the meanings of these verbs for the quiz Thursday.

Please complete this Google Form to practice making sentences plural

Write the translations for the verbs below each word on the attached file. Use the one I gave you in class. We will need a physical copy when we play bingo before the quiz on Thursday

This will help prepare you for the quiz on Thursday.

YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON THURSDAY TO REVIEW THE ER VERBS AND VOCABULARY WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING. YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW: 
The new verbs and vocabulary for the school and the story about Charlotte à l'école ou pas ? (attached)
The meaning of the verbs = do the Gimkit and Blookets assigned. 
How to conjugate the REGULAR ER verbs = do the Conjuguemos assigned attached.

This is the last paragraph and I will give you your corrected first 2 paragraphs in class after the quiz. You should finish the 3rd paragraph in class and turn it into me. We will type it up in class next weekend after I have looked it over. If you are absent or don't finish it, use the attached documents to complete it. 

Use the handout I give you in class to write one paragraph each day. We will do this in class; however, this will be a super short class, so you may not finish it. If you must keep it to finish it use the attached slides to help you. Let me know if you have any questions. 

Watch this 2 minute video with 8 little questions to learn about La Toussaint in France.

Use the handout I give you in class to write one paragraph each day. We will do this in class, but if you don't finish it or if you prefer to go at your own pace, use these slides to help you complete it. You should turn it in to me before you leave so I can look it over and make corrections. If you don't give it to me, I can't do that and won't be doing it on this document. 

Write a short story (4-5 sentences) on the subject of Halloween with your peluche and create a video of your story. Use props from the classroom. I have attached my cheesy video as an example. Use the vocabulary attached.

Practice for 5 minutes, complete 40 words with 80% accuracy.

Please complete this PearDeck to review how to respond to negative questions and statements.  The last slide has all of the answers. Please can check your work and make corrections to get full credit.

Complete this Blooket and study the meanings of the new verbs.

Once you have a French speaking country in Africa to learn about, complete the 5 slides of the slideshow attached. 
Each slide of the attached slideshow indicates what you need to change and include. Follow the directions that tell what you will need. 
First slide gives you online encyclopedias that you can use to find information. If you use another source, please include the link where you found the information in the Notes for the slide. DO NOT rely on Google AI to give you information, use reliable websites for your research. (delete this slide before you turn it in)
Second slide - lists the basic information that you need to include about your country. The slide asks for the information required.
Third slide - show 3 images and respond to 2 prompts about the food and drink popular in your country. 
Fourth slide - use 2 images and respond 2 prompts to show the music and art in your country. 
Fifth slide -  use 3 images and respond to 3 prompts to show the kind of weather in your country. 
CHANGE THE FONT, BACKGROUND, COLOR OF EACH SLIDE. MAKE SURE THAT THE FONT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO READ AND THAT THE FONT COLOR AND BACKGROUND MAKE IT EASY TO READ.

Practice for 5 minutes, complete 30 words with 80% accuracy.

LOG IN WITH GOOGLE - CHOOSE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER ISSUE
Read over the magazine either the hard copy I gave you in class, or the digital copy below, and find two interesting articles. Describe what they were about in English. Check out page 10-11 and learn about foods in different French Speaking countries. If they list a food eaten in your country, use it on your slide about your country.
I FORGOT TO PASS THIS OUT SO I'M EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO WEDNESDAY.

Please read the slides, click the links to the official websites of the Education in each country. Then answer the questions on the slides. Then turn it in.

Review the vocabulary of the school subjects for a writing assignment we will be doing.

Please practice the Gimkit to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, 

Please complete 5 minutes of practice with 90% accuracy to review for the quiz on Thursday, October 23. 

Practice writing and spelling school supplies and their colors while playing FishTopia. This WILL be on the weekly quiz.

DUE TO THE NATION WIDE LARGE-SCALE OUTAGE, I HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT TO WEDNESDAY.
Please complete this EdPuzzle by WEDNESDAY, October 22nd end of day is okay.

I handed this out in class to review for the quiz. Please print this out and do this if you can't find the one I gave you in class.

Please complete 30 questions correctly in order to complete this assignment. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE MONDAY, OCT 20. YOU CAN TURN IT IN LATE UNTIL NOVEMBER 11TH please use the late pass if you do.

Complete 75XP of Duolingo in one week. Try to do a little every day. If you use a personal account and are not in our class account, please attach a screenshot of what you have completed.

Go to the link below and assemble the words to write sentences that describe people's nationalities. 
Be sure that the subject: je, tu, il, elle, (or iel), nous, vous, ils, elles, (or iels) match the number and gender and the nationality too. 
You will NOT use all of the tiles.  Only make 7 or 8 sentences and will use all of the red tiles to make your sentences negative. 
Please take a screenshot and attach it to this assignment and turn it in.
Trouble getting started? 
Start by lining up the green tiles like in the screenshot below.
Then compose each sentence with the correct form of ne/n' (remember use n' when the verb starts with a vowel)
Then find the correct conjugation for the verb être 
Then add the pas 
Then find a nationality (doesn't have to be your own or anyones) that matches the gender and the number with the green subject pronoun. See my sample below?
DON'T FORGET TO ATTACH A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR COMPLETED 7-8 SENTENCES BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN!

This is a homework assignment. You must complete all of the slides. At the end of the slideshow you will find the answers to each slide. Verify that you did it all correctly. Go back and correct your mistakes. Not correcting mistakes will result in a lower grade.

Please do this Gimkit to review être before the quiz on Thursday.

I ADDED THE SLIDE WITH THE SAMPLE SENTENCES YOU ASKED ABOUT IN CLASS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. 
Attached you will find the slideshow I went over in class on how to write your pen pal letter.
>>You will also find the 8 steps in a one page handout form (if that's easier).
>> Please also look at the rubric for this assignment in Google Classroom. The rubric is worth 28 points. An additional seven points will be added if you turn in two copies of your letter.
>> Two copies of your letter: One copy is for your pen pal, the second copy is for me to grade. Before you turn in the second one you will be highlighting the items from the rubric on. We will do the highlights in class together.

Please click the link below to practice conjugating être. You need to do the GRADED PRACTICE in order to get credit for this assignment. You will need to complete 5 minutes and get 80% accuracy to complete the assignment. 
You can also play games alone or with a friend. 

Complete the EdPuzzle and learn how to make crêpes.

Today (Oct 13) is the Canadian Thanksgiving. Watch the video to find out what the difference is between Thanksgiving in the US and Canada.

Here is what people signed up to bring. Let me know if you want to add or change anything.

Please do your best on this listening activity

Study the new school supplies in Quizlet or Gimkit. If you use Quizlet - please add a private comment that tells me to look in Quizlet for your work. 

Please verify that your cahier has sections 1 and 2 up to date. You can find the most recent handouts in this Classwork Section called "Ton Cahier Virtuel"

Read the magazine cover to cover and pick two articles to summarize in English

Please know what these mean and how to answer them if you were asked on the Final

Do this Gimkit to hear the questions I will ask you on the test. You can turn the music down so you can hear the recording of me asking the questions better.

On lundi le 6 octobre AND mercredi le 8 octobre you will have a short speaking and a writing assessment. It will take several days because I need to meet each of you, so these tests can take some time in class. You will be doing the written exam and other tasks in class while I will be meeting with each of you for the speaking part. Attached is the rubric for the speaking and writing assessments so you will know how you will be assessed. SEE THE CALENDAR POUR LES PROCHAINES 3 SEMAINES (for next 3 weeks) attached below:

Here is a summary of the assignments loaded last week that you can do to to prepare:
Speaking test: 
> Read over the rubrics attached to know how you will be assessed.
> Gimkit Study for Speaking Test
> Quizlet Bonjour Classe Questions
> Practice Final questions cut out.

> Complete the question and answer recording done with a partner in class today. If for some reason you didn’t finish. Do it by yourself. 
Written test: 
> Read over the rubric for the writing assessment to know how you will be assessed.
> You will have to write a short description of yourself in a paragraph format. Use the slide provided with the questions.
> Review and practice written description of yourself.
> Write out and rewrite the description we wrote in class together.

Use this slideshow to help you practice answering the questions I will ask. PUT IT IN SLIDESHOW MODE AND CLICK THE SPEAKER ICONS ON THE SECOND SLIDE.

You and your partner will record yourself asking and answering the questions to prepare for the assessment on Monday and Wednesday.
You will record yourself in Vocaroo when you are answering the questions. You must answer 6 different questions randomly. Your partner cannot show you the questions.
Then you can ask your partner questions and they will record themself answering them. You cannot look at the question you are answering.
You will each have approximately 7 minutes to practice... then 10 minutes to record. 

Go to the link below and assemble the words to write that describe peoples nationalities. Be sure that the subject: je, tu, il, elle, iel match the number and gender in the nationality too. Take a screenshot of your work and attach it to this assignment
You need to use all of the green and blue tiles  (except one of the green tiles). 
Then take your screenshot - Use this key to help you match the blue and green tiles: 
Je suis
Tu es
Il est
elle est
iel est

Take out the "Comment je suis" paragraph where you described yourself. Read it to yourself a few times then record it in VOCAROO
I've attached a digital recorder VOCAROO. Be sure to attach the link so I can see it.

WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOURSELF. READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW BEFORE YOU START.
  PLEASE WRITE IT ON THE HANDOUT I GIVE YOU IN CLASS. YOU WILL HAND WRITE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ACCENTS YET SO JUST WRITE IT BY HAND. 
Use your brain and write what you know! Please do not use Google Translate. The use of Google Translate will result in points deducted. 
I have included my example which you can use as a template to help you write 8-10 short sentences describing yourself. 
Please include the following: 
What is your name? Je m’appelle _____
What you look like (hair color and eye color). 
How old are you?
Your personality (include 2-3 sentences about your personality)
If you have brothers or sisters, say it. If you don’t, you are: “un enfant unique”? 
How many are in your family?
What is your nationality (passport) and what is your origin (ancestry)?
If you have to look up a word, you may use wordreference.com - link below. 
Once you have written it, on the handout provided in class (use the one attached if you are absent),  YOU WILL NEED THIS TO RECORD YOURSELF SAYING IT FOR THE SECOND HAVE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT. 

Eventually, this will be the beginning of our 1st pen pal letter.

Please practice this new vocabulary by doing the flashcards in learn and then a test.

Write 12 sentences on worksheet provided in class (a copy is attached) describing people you draw and/or know. You need to use the adverbs "un peu, assez, très et vraiment.

Do 75 questions to complete this assignment. You can play the game or just do the questions. 

This time you will find a story you like and write it out on binder paper. 
YOU HAVE TO VIEW THIS IN SLIDESHOW MODE. Please find a story you link with the slideshow attached to create a story. Once you find a story you like, write it on a piece of binder paper. 

Play Fishtopia or just do the 60 questions to complete the assignment. 

Work with a partner to complete these slides and learn a lot of new vocabualry. This will help you learn new ways to describe yourself and other people.

For each sentence write the correct form of the adjective in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. The last 4 ask you to describe yourself and friend. 
Use the copy that was passed out in class. Print this if you lose it.

Complete the map of French Speaking countries of Americas and Africa. I have attached the maps I handed out in class. I also have attached them below in case you need to print them out. 
Please color the French speaking countries after you identify them. Each country should be a different color from the one next to it. 
We will start this in class and finish it for homework. When doing this at home, I've attached a link you can use to find them and the slideshow I showed you in class.

Please complete 75XP about 30 minutes over the next 2 weeks. Try to do a little everyday or as often as you can.

Practice the numbers by doing this maze. I will give you a hard copy in class to complete. If you lose it, print this out and do it here.

COMPLETE THIS TO PREPARE FOR THE QUIZ SEPT 18. I PUT A LATER DEADLINE IN GIMKIT SO IT CAN BE DONE AGAIN/LATER IF YOU WANT TO RETAKE THE QUIZ. 
You have two ways to practice telling time:
Quizlet - gives you clocks to identify the time 
Gimkit - says the time in French and you pick the numerical time

Quiz review: practice responses to the in class questions
This Gimkit will help you on the Quiz Thursday, le 18 septembre and for the final at the end of the quarter.  Start practicing now. This Gimkit has my voice recorded asking the questions. Take the time to listen to these and repeat them to practice pronunciation. 
For the final, you won't see the question written, you will have to know what I'm asking and answer them. You can do this and it helps to start preparing now.

Use the link to join this Pear Deck activity! When. you get to the end you can correct your work. THIS is the one we did in class today.

Study the new vocabulary to practice the subject pronouns and the 10 belle carottes song.
You can do either BLOOKET or QUIZLET - just leave me a comment to say which you did.

Please complete the handout that I gave you in class. If you lost it you can complete this image on a separate piece of paper.

You have 4 different activities to help you learn to count to 60, take your pick:
Quizlet: Please turn on the audio and practice how to count to 60 in French. You can use any of tools below to help you learn how to pronounce them. 
Video:  There are two counting videos, our friendly worms and this girl who just counts for you. She is good practice. 
Interactive website: Use the languageguide.org site to quiz yourself. You can change the setting in the top right corner to make it more or less difficult.

Please read the attached story and then complete the worksheet provided. I will give you this in class, so if you lose it, please print and complete this one.

For this assignment you will start with a greeting, you will tell me the date, then you will tell me when is your birthday. Then you should say thank you and good-bye. If you want to use a different greeting or good-bye or add any other information you can. Here is the basic script you can use:
Bonjour Madame
Aujourd'hui est le ______ ______
Mon anniversaire est le ____ _______
Merci beaucoup
Au revoir Madame.
I have recorded a video to show you what I can look like.... You will use Vocaroo to record your voice only. If you have trouble with recording on your Chromebook, borrow one of mine, or log in to a friend's computer or find another way to send me a recording.

Review the days of the week and months of the year. This will be on the test on mercredi, le 10 septembre. 
You will need to know the days of the week, months of the year and the numbers 1-31
Below I have added the songs, a Gimkit with all the numbers as well as the days and months.

Please complete this worksheet by writing complete sentences. Please use the one I give you in class. I've attached a doc in case you lose it.

Play Gimkit Fishtopia practice the months of the year. This game is required to get credit for the assignment. If you want to do it quickly, just answer 40 questions without playing the game and you'll be finished.
I also have attached a link to practice with Quizlet, so if you want more practice, play a game in Quizlet too.

This video is 16 minutes (longer than usual) but interesting as it tells you A LOT about France and it's territories. Please do your best on the questions. Since it is in English, I'll be using the grade you get on it in PowerSchool. You will be able to redo it if you make a mistake and want to improve your score. 

Read the short passage and answer the questions about the passage. We started this in class. You don't need to do it again. 

Play Blooket to learn the days of the week

Play Don't look down and practice the numbers. 
I also have attached a link to practice with Quizlet, so if you want more practice play a game in Quizlet too. 

Please practice the greetings to review for the quiz Friday. Below you have two ways to practice. 
Gimkit - French to English translations
Blooket - English to French translations
Do both so you are prepared for the quiz. 

Please complete 10XP which should take you about 5 minutes of Duolingo. The first link will take you to Duolingo, sign in with Google.
If you have not been able to get into our class in Duolingo, you should go ahead and just create an account using the second link below so you can get points for this assignment. Use the code qxaqrc if it asks for a class code.

You will record a short greeting about yourself and spell your name in French. 
Include the following in your recording:

Say hello use a greeting (salut, bonjour)
Ask how are you (comment ça va?)
Moi, ________ (say how you are)
Je m'appelle _____ (say your name) Spell your name
Say good-bye (au revoir, ciao, salut, à bientôt)
Watch my example to help you know what to say. 
Record the audio using Vocaroo (link attached)
Please just attach audio file from Vocaroo to this assignment

Please join the class by clicking the link below. Use your Google to sign in when it asks you to. Let me know if you have any trouble getting into the class.

Please do the Blooket to review and show you understand the syllabus of this class.

Please complete filling in your map of France using the attached slideshow as needed. The assignment sheet includes several maps to help you locate the RIVERS, CITIES, MOUNTAINS, BORDERING COUNTRIES AND BODIES OF WATER. 
BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN ON THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET TO FIND THE MAPS.
I've also attached the slideshow we went over in class.

Below there are several ways to practice the alphabet in French. 
1. the song we sang in class
2. l'alphabet visuel
3. LanguageGuide.org interactive website.

Click the link below and log in with your Google account to join the class. If you are asked for a class code it is: qxaqrc

Use the list of salutations for the conversations of your characters. Below you will find several different templates for your cartoon; jeither choose 4 panels or 6 panels.
Your cartoon should be drawn by hand not done on the computer.
There is also a sample attached below; as well as, the list of greetings we have been learning in class.

This was supposed to post on Monday but it really wants to post now. Feel free to watch it if you like but it won't be due until Wednesday so we will talk about it then.

You should have received an invitation from Quizlet to join our class via email, Please make sure you have joined and that your user name in Quizlet is recognizable (uses your real name). You will get points for joining the class and using the app, so you want me to know who you are when you use it. Click "Done" once you have completed this.

Cultural Lesson: Learn about what the Back to School experience is like in France.

Use the www.wordreference.com link below to help you find the names of things you like and add them to handout I gave in class (and also attached if you lost it).
List your favorites: 
Couleur = color
Légume = vegetable
Nourriture = food
Saison = season 
Crème glacée = ice cream flavor
Jeu = game
Boisson = drink

I really want to get to know you so please complete the Google Form as soon as possible

Please bring the following to class on Wednesday so that we can start using them: 
I will give you a 3 section spiral notebook so you won't need to buy that. 

pens/pencils
tape or glue stick
dry erase markers
folder for loose files
headphones