Les questions? Comment demander des question en français.

Comment demander une question:

1) inversion:  Avez-vous....?  e.g.  Avez -vous regardé un film pendant les vacances?

2) Est-ce que vous avez...?  e.g.  Est-ce que vous avez regardé un film pendant les vacances?  Est-ce que literally means:  is it that.  Using "est-ce que" with a question word will give you a more specific question and result in not just a yes or no answer.  e.g.  Quel film est-ce que vous avez regardé pendant les vacances?

3) inflection at the end, raise your voice.  Turn a statement into a question with tone.  e.g.  Vous avez regardé un film pendant les vacances?

4) using n'est-ce pas or non:  Vous avez regardé un film, n'est-ce pas? or Vous avez regardé un film, non?

5)use question words: que, quoi, qui, comment, combien, pourquoi, quand, où, quel(le)  e.g.  Quel film est-ce que vous avez regardé?

Que? Qui? and Quoi? mean who, whom, what and whose; Comment? means how; Combien? means how many; Pourquoi? means why; Quand? means when; Où? means where; and Quel(le)? means which.

The following link has the same information, but with many more examples of how to make questions.

http://www.talkinfrench.com/ask-questions-french/

Here is a weird video that uses the first question format in its title sequence.
http://youtu.be/kgBlCij4APU

Conversations à propos les activités d'hiver

Voici les mots de Boggle de la semaine dernière.  Il y avait 181 possibilités.  Voici quelques mots communs:  GONFLEURS, RONFLEURS, SURGONFLÉ, COULEURS, MOULEUSE, ROUGEURS, SECOUEUR, ROULEUR, COUPES, ÉCOULE, FLEURS, GONFLÉ, LUEURS, MOUFLE, ROMPES, ROMPUE, RONFLE, ROUGES, SECOUE, CAPES, COULE, FLUOR, FOULE, FUGUE, LEURS, LUGES, MOULE, POULE, ROULE, ACES, CAPS, COUP, FEUS, GRUE, LEGO, MOUE, NOUE, OUPS, POUF, ROUE, RUSE, CES, COU, ECO, EGO, FOU, LUE, MON, NOM, NUL, OUF, POU, RUE, SUR, CA, CE, ES, EU, GO, LE, LU, ON, OR, OU, PU, SE, UN, US.

Ce n'est pas tous les mots, mais c'est une idée de ce que tu peux trouver.

Boggle Board cette semaine:
Le thème est les sons "oi", "eu" et "o/ot".

Les mots/phrases de la semaine (thème:  les activitiés d'hiver):
Lancer une boule de neige.
Faire un bonhomme de neige.
Pêcher sur la glace.
Patiner
Glisser
Faire du tobaggon.
Faire du ski.
Faire de la planche à neige.
Faire un fort.
Jouer au hockey.

Voici un lien pour a vidéo avec les prononciations en français.  Below is a link to a video on how to pronounce each of these sentences.  Use Explorer to view the video.  Firefox does not seem to support the video format.  The movie was made with iMovie.

https://plus.google.com/108314616995428715856/posts/FWudZd3mJfW

Select the video with the images with blue borders.

Les conversations avec un partenaire:
Cette semaine, vous allez parlez à propos des activités d'hiver avec un partenaire.  Suivez le modèle.  Follow the model for conversations about winter activities.  It is from th e website Real Language Right Away.  This is one of the free resources available online (www.reallanguagerightaway.com).

En hiver:
A:  Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire en hiver?   (What do you want to do in the winter?)
B:  Je veux (I want to) faire un bonhomme de neige.  Et toi?
A:  Moi, je veux manger des bonbons.
B:  Bonne idée! (Good idea!)

Utilisez les phrases de la semaines ou des autres phrases sur les fiches dans vos duotangs.  Use the sentences of the week, or other sentences from the worksheets in the duotangs.  Remplacez les parties soulignées.  Replace the underlined parts.  Also, this video and the picture above have some other sentences you can use.  Ce vidéo et la photo en haut ont aussi des autres phrases que vous pouvez utilisez.

https://plus.google.com/108314616995428715856/posts/FWudZd3mJfW

Select the video on the right with the image found above.

Thème: Les activitiés d'hiver

Voici les réponses de Boggle de la semaine dernière.  Il y avait 186 mots, alors j'ai mis (passé composé!) les plus "communs":VENDREDI, DENTURE, DEVINER, EVIDENT, LUTINEE, LUTINER, CREDIT, DECENT, DECRUE, DEVINE, ENDIVE, EVIDER, LUTINE, RECENT, RENDRE, REUNIE, VEINER, VENDRE, DEVIN, DINER, ENCRE, EVIDE, LUNDI, LUTIN, RECRE, REDIT, RENDE, TIEDE, VEINE, VENDE, VIDER, CENT, CRUE, DENT, DINE, DIVE, DRUE, EDIT, IDEE, INDE, LUNE, NERD, REND, TIEN, TUER, UNIT, VEND, VIDE, CRU, DIT, LUT, NID, NUL, UNE, VIN, CE, DE, EN, EU, IN, LU, NE, NI, RE, TU, UN, VE

Boggle Board cette semaine:
La Thème est les sons "ou", "eu" et "on"

Les mots/phrases de la semaine (thème:  les activitiés d'hiver):
Lancer une boule de neige.
Faire un bonhomme de neige.
Pêcher sur la glace.
Patiner
Glisser
Faire du tobaggon.
Faire du ski.
Faire de la planche à neige.
Faire un fort.
Jouer au hockey.

Vocabulaire de la semaine dernière:
Here is a picture of a little quiz to help remember the vocabulary from the past two weeks, related to la nouvelle année, résolutions et les vacances de Noel.

Présentation:

Starting some time this week, students will be presenting themselves in class.  Students are required to follow the model posted on the chart paper in class.  You worked on this presentation with the previous French teacher for a few months before Christmas break.  Below is a link to the assessment rubric.  This is what is going to constitute a majority of your mark for the report cards in February.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B43ouhP9FKzJQmNxZVRkWUdDdVk/view?usp=sharing

Here is a picture of what the students are going to say.

Students are also being evaluated on how well you follow instructions in French.  For example, answering "Ici", or "Bonjour" when your name is called.  Can you understand when asked to get your duotang or a pencil?  Vas chercher ton duotang et un crayon.  Can you close your duotang when asked?  Fermez vos duotang.  Does the class quiet down to silence when Madame starts counting down from five?  Cinq, quatre, trois, deux, un...silence s'il vous plaît.

Le futur proche

There are also several ways to talk about the future in French.  We are going to learn about "futur proche".  The equivalent in English would be when you say, "I am going to do something".  The verb "to go" in French is the verb "aller".  We use "futur proche" for things that will happen in a few minutes, hours or days.

The form for conjugating in "le futur proche" is:

Subject + le verb aller + infinitive (unconjugated) verb

Je vais manger un pain.                             Nous allons courir dehors.
Tu vas aller au restaurant.                         Vous allez conduire.
Il va dormir ce soir.                                   Ils vont regarder un film.
Elle va nager dans le lac.                           Elles vont lire des livres.
On va chanter une chanson.

Le verb ALLER
Je vais               Nous allons
Tu vas               Vous allez
Il va                   Ils vont
Elle va               Elles vont
On va

Here's a video with the verb ALLER conjugated in the present tense.  It uses the music of Étienne, from www.educorock.com.

http://youtu.be/y47eSlLSxa0

The following worksheet has several examples of "futur proche", ALLER + INFINITIF.

When writing about New Year's resolutions, we will be using "futur proche". 

Theme: Résolutions, la nouvelle année.

Voici les réponses de Boggle de la semaine dernière.  Il y avait 208 mots, alors j'ai mis (passé composé!) les plus "communs":  RENOUVELLE, RESOLUTION, REVOLUTION, EVOLUTION, NOUVELLE, SOLUTION, ENLEVER, ENLEVES, RESOLUT, ROUELLE, SOUTIEN, ELEVER, ELEVES, OUTILS, REVEIL, ENVOL, LEVER, OEILS, REVUE, VERSO, ELLE, LIEN, LIEU, LION, LUIT, NEON, NOEL, NOUS, REVE, ROSE, ROUE, SUIT, TIEN, VELO, VERS, VEUT, VOUS, ILS, LIT, LOI, LUI, OIE, OUI, SOL, SON, SOU, EN, IL, LE, OS, NE, OU, RE, SE, TU, VU.

Boggle Board cette semaine:

Le thème est les jours de la semaine et le son "en".

Les mots/phrases de la semaine:

- le compte à rebours
- passer du temps avec votre famille ou vos amis
- les feux d'artifice
- minuit
- une résolution
- une nouvelle année
- regarder un film
- voyager
- jouer des jeux de vidéo
-faire la grasse matinée

Pour les résolutions, nous allons parler du futur.  Pour parler du futur, nous pouvons utiliser le "futur proche".  Aller faire quelque chose.  E.g. Je vais courir chaque jour.

Le passé composé

In French, there are several ways to talk about the past.  A very common verb form is called, "le passé composé".  This form is made up of two verbs to describe past events that are finished. We use the verbs "avoir" ( to have) and "être" (to be) along with the action we wish to express.  The second verb is changed from the infinitive (unconjugated verb) to the past participle (past tense of something).

The form for conjugating in "le passé composé" is:

Subject + helping or auxillary verb + past participle

J'ai mangé la dinde.                                    Nous avons entendu de la musique.
Tu as voyagé en Mexique.                         Vous avez dormi chez vos grand-parents.
Il a fini mon livre.                                       Ils ont joué des jeux de vidéo.
Elle a regardé beaucoup de films.              Elles ont fait la grasse matinée.

To create the past participle with the three groups of regular verbs follow these steps.
Group 1 are -ER verbs like,  "manger", "regarder", or "jouer".
Remove the -ER from the infinitive and replace it with É.  "Manger" becomes "mangé".

Group 2 are -IR verbs like, "finir" or "dormir".
Remove the -IR from the infinitive and replace it with I.  "Finir" becomes "fini".
Note: "ouvrir" is irregular and becomes "ouvert".

Group 3 are -RE verbs like "entendre" and "attendre".
Remove the-RE from the infintive and replace it with -U.  "Entendre" becomes "entendu".
Note: "comprendre" is irregular and becomes "compris".

This video shows French Immersion students creating le passé composé.

http://youtu.be/y3ilodytMfY

There are 17 verbs in French that use the verb "être" instead of "avoir" as the helping verb.  They are often remembered using the mnemonic acronym MRS VANDERTRAMP.  Many of these verbs are movement verbs, such as, "aller", "sortir", and "tomber".

This video can help you remember all 17 verbs as you sing along to Rhianna's Umbrella.

http://youtu.be/-TpxOg3jZ9g

When using "être" as the helping verb, the past particple agrees with the subject.  For example:
Je suis allée à Toronto.  "Allée" has an extra "e" because I am female.

When we first learn a language, we often learn the present tense first, but this can limit what you would like to talk about.  If you want to talk about how you spent your holidays, it is best to use the past tense.

Theme: Résolutions et la nouvelle année. Les vacances.

Le thème pour cette semaine est la nouvelle année, les résolutions, et que vous avez faites pendant les vacances.

Boggle Board:

Les mots/phrases de la semaine:

- le compte à rebours
- passer du temps avec votre famille ou vos amis
- les feux d'artifice
- minuit
- une résolution
- une nouvelle année
- regarder un film
- voyager
- jouer des jeux de vidéo
-faire la grasse matinée


Sentence starters:
- "Cette année, je suis fier de:"
- "Ma résolution pour cette année est:"

We are using the past to describe events that have happened.  Le passé composé.

La nouvelle année commence!

Welcome back to school after a well deserved break for the festive holidays.  As we are starting a new year, I would like to introduce some fun, new activities for our class.

The first thing is the Boggle Board.  Each week, I will put letters on the Boggle board and your goal is to find as many words as possible, en français.  This will be an entrance activity, something to get you focused when you first come into the classroom, ready to learn French.  I will provide you with pages to use to lists your words.  Words can be as short as deux lettres, or as long as you can find.  The boards might be based on the theme of the week, or a "son vedette", which we have seen already.  At the end of the week, I will take a look at everyone's words and post our Boggle vedette (celebrity) for the week.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BOGGLE-French-BOGGLE-worksheet-804814

I may also, occasionally, post a casse-tête (puzzle) for you to solve when you come in the class.  My goal is to reduce our transition times, and have students quickly sitting at their desks, ready to learn.  I may revisit the seating plans, if I notice issues.

As mentioned above, I will post the theme of the week in class.  We will also have a list of vocabulary words related to the theme, and we will be practicing these words throughout the week.  By Friday, I hope you will be familiar enough with the words that you will recognize them, and be able to use them in conversation with your classmates.

If at all possibly, bring a pencil with you.  I will provide you with one, if you forget.  However, you must return borrowed pencils.  I keep saying I cannot supply100 pencils a day.  I know there are not 100 students in your class, but I do teach over 100 students each day.  I may start asking for collateral (comme une chaussure, like a shoe), in order to ensure my pencils are returned!

I am hoping to provide you with ample opportunities to speak and hear French in the classroom.  I will be giving you, as a class, the opportunity to earn rewards, such as a movie day, or music day.  Keep in mind, ça va être en français parce que c'est une classe de français.  In French :)

Many of you are interested in learning how to speak French, and want learn about the many aspects of French culture.  We need to work together to create a classroom where we can all learn this wonderful language.