FRANÇAIS IV AP: Le travail d`été (Summer Work)2011

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FRANÇAIS IV AP: Le travail d'été (Summer Work)2011
The summer work is based on the four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
A L'ECOUTE / LISTENING: Les sites web et les podcasts
Choose TWO of the following sites to watch / listen to and WRITE A SUMMARY. Use the rubric below:
www.rfi.com (Radio France Internationale)
www.tv5.org - then go to: Apprendre le français / Première classe
(There are video clips, tutorials and games to practice vocab and culture)
www.lafrancebis.com
www.onethinginafrenchday.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/
http://info.france2.fr/france/
http://www.france24.com/fr/
RECIT / SUMMARY RUBRIC
Type up the following information (12 pt. font , Times New Roman, espace double)
Name of site (Nom du site)
Title (Titre)
Type of listening activity (Genre d'activité d'écoute): radio broadcast, podcast, movie trailer, etc.
10 vocabulary words, French - English
Summary (Récit) 6 sentence summary in French using vocabulary from vocab list. Underline vocabulary words used
Reflection (Réflexion) Give your impressions in French (why you selected this piece, implications for society)
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L'ORAL: Mon album de photos / My photo album
Over the summer, take pictures of people and places and arrange them in a photo album. You will share this album with the class in an oral presentation
in August. (*Note: It is not necessary to take an expensive exotic vacation in order to create a photo album of memories. If you don't leave Aurora, just
take pictures of your family, neighborhood or work and that's enough for sharing your summer with us!)
L'album doit comprendre / The album should include:
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10 photos depicting you, your friends or family in the most memorable moments of your summer
Each photo should have text written in French underneath.
Please write 5 photo descriptions using 5 different verbs in the PASSE COMPOSE. The other 5 photo descriptions should incorporate 5
different verbs in the IMPARFAIT. (For information and usage of passé composé and imparfait, see below:
Practice narrating your pictures in French. Show your photo album to your mom, dad, guardian and explain each picture in French.
Have mom, dad, guardian sign that you narrated the album all in French.
You will share your summer photo album with the class in August.
PASSE COMPOSE
Formation:
auxiliary verb
avoir
+ past participle
être
PASSE COMPOSE
Usage:
SPECIFIC ACTION OR EVENT
COMPLETED ACTION
AN ACTION THAT INTERRUPTED
IMPARFAIT
Formation:
nous form - ons
+ -ais
-ions
- ais -iez
- ait - aient
*Exception: stem for être is: ét-
IMPARFAIT
Usage:
SETTING/ SCENE / TIME / WEATHER
MENTAL ACTIVITY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
HABITUAL ACTION
ACTION IN PROGRESS
Ceci certifie que ma fille, mon fils ____________________________________ nous a raconté son été en français en mentionnant toutes les
10 photos. Il / Elle l'a fait tout en français! Je suis fière / fière d'elle / de lui. Il / Elle est prêt (e) à le présenter à la classe
(Translation: This certifies that my son, daughter told us about his / her summer in French, mentioning all 10 photos. He / She did it all in French!
I am proud of her / him. He / She is ready to present it to the class!)
Signé,
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(Signature du parent ou gardien)
Signature de l'élève
(date)
(date)
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LA LECTURE / READING : Oscar et la dame rose
Roman (Novel)
Oscar et la dame rose, by Eric Emmanuel-Schmidt is the story of a 10-year old French boy suffering from leukemia. His lonely life is transformed by
Mamie-Rose, a nurse in pink who makes a difference and offers him hope. Read the story and answer the questions. Each page of questions has a
vocabulary list supplied for you.
*Warning: This story is filled with emotion - you will laugh and cry!
L'ECRIT / WRITING: Les temps du verbe / Verb tenses
Here is a list of 22 common French verbs. Conjugate them in the following tenses. You may hand write them or you may type them, but place them into
an attractive chart. Please conjugate ALL SUBJECT FORMS in these tenses: présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur, conditionnel, subjonctif.
1. avoir (to have)
10. vouloir (to want)
19. recevoir (to receive)
2. aller (to go)
11. prendre (to take)
20. souffrir (to suffer)
3. être (to be)
12. falloir (to be necessary)
21. craindre (to fear)
4. faire (to do, make)
13. devoir (must)
22. croire (to believe)
5. venir (to come)
14. dire (to say, tell)
6. mettre (to put, place)
15. écrire (to write)
7. savoir (to know facts)
16. s'asseoir (to sit down)
8. connaître (to know people, places, things)
17. naître (to be born) *takes être in p.c.
9. pouvoir (can, to be able)
18. mourir (to die) *takes être in p.c.
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