SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
FRENCH 107 – SPRING 2003

abbreviations:  TX = textbook WB = workbook (cahier d’exercices)


(T) 2/10  Vos camarades de classe et le Français
-prélude TX p. 3

 For Wednesday:  WB p. 2 D, pre-reading exercises “M. Loubon”.   For Thursday :  WB pp. 1-2 A, B, C.  For Friday:  Two paragraphs about self based on WB p. 2 E on separate sheet of paper.  (counts as a homework assignment).

(W) 2/11 Le Français dans le monde/Discovering the Francophone World
-in-class activities
 For Thursday:  study vocab. pp. 8-9 TX and do B and C p. 10.
(R) 2/12 Les Etudes
-asking and answering questions about university life

For Tuesday:  TX p. 11 #s 2 and 3 (to be handed in)  TX saviez-vous pp. 10 and 16;  WB pp. 19-21 II A B (check your answers in the answer key)  For Friday:  present tense –er verbs and stem-change –er verbs TX b. pp. 142-144; Appendix C  suivre, obtenir (venir), s’inscrire (écrire) and present tense –ir verbs like réussir, dormir  pp. 144-145 and –rir verbs.

(F) 2/13 M. Loubon
 -activities based on reading
 -present tense review

  For Monday :  accuracy check:  adjective review pp. 151-157 TX.   WB p. 5  I (verb review),  pp. 6-7 all exercises, p. 8 exercise E

(M) 2/16 Les Etudes 
-describing university life
 -present tense review
(T) 2/17  Les Etudes
-comparing and contrasting French and American universities
(W) 2/18 Les Etudes 
-describing university life
 -present tense review

For Thursday:  prepare à discuter TX p. 19.  Freshman prepare questions for upper classmen and upper classmen prepare advice for freshman.  (For Wednesday 2/25, Writing Assignment I)

(R) 2/19  Les Etudes 
- students ask for and give advice about university life

 For Friday:  study chapter 1 vocabulary

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xxxxxxay:  pxxxxxprepare advice for freshman.
 

 - in class activities

For Monday:  Quiz on second group of verbs.
 

 -Quiz second group of verbs
 -Scenarios or role-plays

 For Tuesday:  see above.  Also, TX p.145 c (-re verbs), Appendix C aller p.231, avoir, p. 232, être et faire, p. 238.
 

  -in class activities

 For Wednesday :  TX Appendix C mettre p. 239, devoir p. 235, recevoir like devoir.
 

 -in class activities

 For Thursday :  TX p. 117 « entrons en matière » describe photo
 For Friday :  Quiz on third group of verbs
 
 

  -TX p. 117.

 For Friday:   see above
 

 -Quiz third group of verbs

 For Monday:  Read La Confession several times and do II. A-E and III. A-E.
 TX Appendix C dire p.236, lire p.238, connaître p. 233, savoir p. 244.

 -Story:  II and III A-E

For Tuesday :  TX pp. 211-213 adverbs.
 For Wednesday:  Read story several times; WB pp. 6-8 II A B C D E F (check answers in back of WB, circle those you get wrong)
 

 
 -in class activities

 For Wednesday :  see above.
 For Thursday:  Quiz on –rir and irreg. verbs

 -in class activities

 For Thursday:  be prepared to work on Francophonie project; Quiz fourth group of verbs.
 For Friday:   First writing assignment

 
 -Quiz fourth group of verbs.
 -work in groups on Francophonie project.
 -object pronouns me/te/nous/vous

 For Friday:  1st writing assignment due

 -first writing assignment
 -verbs which take à and those that don’t
 -object pronouns le/la/l’/les/lui/leur

 For Monday:  Ex. V packet (pronouns).
 For Tuesday:  Bring francophone project to class
 

-in class activities

 For Tuesday:  see above

  
 
-final check of Francophone projects for accuracy
 Journée de Francophonie – Classes meet in Trabant Center
 
 For Thursday :  Summary/questionnaire of 3/12.  Study vocab. pp. 34-35 TX. ex. B p. 36.  WB pp. 29-30 B, C, D.
 -review of 3/12 activities
 -in class activities

 For Friday:  study vocabulary from story

 -scenarios or role-plays based on story

 For Monday:  second writing assignment; read TX p. 164 A (Formation/Imperfect)

-second writing assignment
-imperfect tense

 For Tuesday:  study vocab. TX read “saviez-vous” pp. 36, 37, 41
 For Wednesday:  Quiz on object pronouns; WB p. 34 A B
 

 -“saviez-vous” pp. 36, 37, 41
 -activities for Le Gone du Chaâba

 For Wednesday: see above plus TX read pp. 164-165 A B C
 For Thursday:  homework for reading
 

 -Quiz on object pronouns
 - passé composé

 For Thursday:  reading
 

 -activities on reading

 For Friday:  WB pp. 32-33 A B
 For Tuesday:  homework based on reading

 -passé composé vs imperfect

 For Monday:  WB pp. 36 A B
 For Tuesday:  see above

 - plus-que parfait
 -« lettre de candidature »

 For Tuesday:  reading homework and review vocabulary from semester

 -activities on reading
 -vocabulary review of Les Etudes, La Confession, Le Travail, La Francophonie; review of adjective placement and formation as well as adverbs.

 For Wednesday:  review present tense, object pronouns, question formation, past tenses;  WB p. 37 A
 

 -review for Mid-term exam
 Examen du mi-semestre 
 -scenarios or role-plays based on work/story theme

 For Monday 4/7:  3rd writing assignment
 

 Spring Break
 
 -3rd writing assignment
 -film packet/presentation of  film

 Tonight:  View film in 140 Smith Hall from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
 

 -in class activities

 For Wednesday:  Finish answering questions about film.
 

 -discussion based on questions in packet
 -pronouns y and en

 For Thursday :  Exercices de vocabulaire (I, II, III) and IV (present tense) from packet.
 

 -negative expressions:  ne/pas/jamais/plus/personne/rien and personne/rien ne…

 For Friday :  Do the first pronoun exercise from packet 1-17
 

 -in class activities

 For Monday:  next three pronoun exercises from packet
 

 -in class activities

 For Tuesday: neg. exp. WB pp. 74-75 A B C
 For Wednesday:  review film vocab prepare talk-show roles

 -in class activities

 For Wednesday:  see above
 

 
 -talk-show

 For Thursday:  TX pp. 198-200 read A C E (relative pronouns)

-relative pronouns qui/que/dont/où

 For Friday: WB p. 76 A (not #4 or 7) and A p. 78

 -in class activities

 For Monday:  4th writing assignment due:  Quiz relative pronouns and object pronouns.
 

 -4th writing assignment
 -Quiz relative pronouns and object pronouns
 -conditional tense
- pre-reading activities for Les Campeurs

 For Tuesday:  WB p. 62 IIIb B
 

 -in class activities

 For Thursday:  presentation plus individual written description of hypothetical  Francophone country

 -les Campeurs”

 For Friday :  homework based on reading

 -presentations
 -« si » clauses with the imperfect and conditional
 -les Campeurs in class activities

 For Monday:  study vocabulary TX p. 99
 

 - vocabulary p. 99

 For Tuesday :  WB p. 83 A B C
 

 -La fleur, le miroir et le cheval

 For Wednesday:  TX pp. 202-203 read III A only.  p. 205-209 IV A B C; WB pp 85-86 II A B and p. 86 A

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 -subjunctive mood/fairy tale theme

 For Thursday:  WB p. 88 B

 - La fleur, le miroir et le cheval

 For Friday:  practice for oral exam

 -subjunctive/fairy tales

 For Monday:  Quiz on subjunctive
 

 -review subjunctive
 -Quiz on subjunctive

 For Tuesday :  practice for oral exam
 

 For Friday :  see above and practice for oral exam

 Révision

 
 Examens Oraux
 -vocab. p. 123

 For Monday :  Go to internet links and find an article about a modern-day French problem. WB p. 103 B and p. 104 A B.
 

 -bring articles to class

 For Tuesday:  TX read pp. 183-187 A B
 For Wednesday:  50 word summary of article (counts as a homework)

 - future tense

 For Wednesday : review vocabulary, negative expressions and future and conditional
 

 -in class activities

 For Thursday:  WB p. 106 IV 1,2,4,6, 8,9

 -in class activities

 For Friday:  review vocabulary
 

 -debates

 For Monday:  WB 59 I A

 Révision
 -review of present tense, past tenses, relative pronouns, object pronouns

For Tuesday:  WB pp. 60-61 “Où iriez-vous?”  and IIIa A B and p. 107 V A
 

 Révision
 -review of adjective placement and agreement, future and conditional tenses, major theme vocabulary from semester

 For Wednesday:  WB p. 105 III

 Révision
 -5th writing assignment
 -review subjunctive, negative expressions, question formation
 Examen Final