French I, Semester 2, L'école et La routine

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |   Section 2  |   Section 3   |   Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E   |   Part F   |   Part G   |   Part H   |   Part I

Section One - Part G L'Emploi Du Temps As a student in a school in the United States, you have a school schedule that is fixed. If you are not on a "block" schedule, you go to the same class first hour each day, correct? If you are on the block schedule, you have a schedule that varies some. Let's look at the school schedule below for Valérie, a student in a public school in the United States. Yours may look similar to this. Période lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi première l'espagnol l'espagnol l'espagnol l'espagnol l'espagnol deuxième l'algèbre l'algèbre l'algèbre l'algèbre l'algèbre troisième la biologie la biologie la biologie la biologie la biologie déjeuner déjeuner déjeuner déjeuner déjeuner déjeuner quatrième l'informatique l'informatique l'informatique l'informatique l'informatique cinquième l'anglais l'anglais l'anglais l'anglais l'anglais sixième la geographie la géographie la géographie la géographie la géographie septième l'éducation physique l'éducation physique l'éducation physique l'éducation physique l'éducation physique It is fine if your schedule does not look like this. It might look similar or it might look quite a bit different. Notice along the left-hand side. The numbers given in bold face are not the numbers we have learned before. Those are "un, deux, trois." These numbers, premier, deuxième, troisième, etc., are known as ordinal numbers. They put things in order. Here are all of them. premier / première first deuxième second troisième third quatrième fourth cinquième fifth sixième sixth septième seventh huitième eighth neuvième ninth dixième tenth   Two other words that are helpful when putting things in order are: prochain / prochaine next dernier / dernière last Practice Practice these numbers in this activity. JigSound Des profs What do you call your teachers? Mr. Smith? Mrs. Jones? In French speaking countries, it is customary for the students to call their teachers Madame or Monsieur. When they greet their teachers, the students generally simply say, "Bonjour Madame" instead of "Bonjour Madame Dupont." Teachers are never called by their first names. Students are "étudiants" or "élèves." Ton Emploi Du Temps What is your school schedule like? Make a schedule in French similar to the one that you saw for Valérie above. Be sure to use course names in French and the ordinal numbers to put things in order as you have them during the day. Write a paragraph of 4-5 sentences in French talking about your classes. This assignment is worth 16 points. Devoir Oral When you finish writing your paragraph about your school day, make a recording of yourself saying it and submit this to your teacher. This assignment is worth 8 points. Avance à la Partie H.

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