Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • checked homework,
  • reviewed the significant holidays during the year and what is appropriate to say at each one,
  • heard and retold a joke about tomatoes, and
  • learned about adjective endings with ein-words.
Homework: rewrite the sentences, substituting each noun phrase with a new one pp.252-253.

Period 3 students:
  • took a quiz on the infinitives and past participles of verbs with stem-vowel changes,
  • completed and checked a crossword to practice the participles of strong verbs,
  • reviewed strong verbs with no vowel change, and
  • practiced asking and answer questions about the past with selected strong verbs.
Homework: memorize the remaining strong and mixed verbs for a quiz.

Period 4B students:
  • were reminded to CONJUGATE verbs, i.e. don't speak in infinitives,
  • practiced conjugating rĂ©ussir, apprender, pouvoir, vouoir, and devoir in the present tense,
  • composed phrases based on eight illustrations,
  • completed and checked activity 5 page 219,
  • orally completed page 415:6 and 7,
  • completed listening/speaking activities F and G page 88 of the workbook to DF,
  • wrote out sentences to activity G, and
  • practiced the format for Thursday's quiz.
Homework: complete activities 6 and 7 on page 415 of Discovering French. The test originally scheduled for today was postponed until Thursday to give students additional time to study and practice.