section 5: Alberta Winter Celebrations

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Section Five:
Alberta Winter Celebrations
DAY ONE
In this lesson, I will view an animation titled “J’habite en
Alberta.”
1. Before viewing the animation, read the context below in
number 2 then open Section Five, Day One of the Workbook
and complete the Reflection.
2. Read once more the context below then view the animation
“J’habite en Alberta” on the DVD or Website.
Context: Four Francophone students living in various regions of Alberta talk
about who they are, where they live and what they like to do during the summer
and the winter.
3. Open Section Five, Day One of the Workbook and do
questions 1 and 2.
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People who speak French as a first language and live in
Alberta are called Franco-Albertains or FrancoAlbertans. There are more than 60,000 of them living in
various regions of Alberta.
While some were born in Alberta, most of them come
from others provinces in Canada or were born in other
countries where French is spoken.
Francophone communities across Canada have a flag to
show their pride in their cultural heritage. This is the
Franco-Albertan flag.
The blue represents the Albertan population while the
white represents the Francophones living across the
province. The flower is a wild rose, the official flower of
Alberta, and in the upper left-hand corner is a fleur-delis, a symbol of the francophone world.
The white and blue diagonal bars in the middle
represent the roads and rivers taken by the ancestors to
explore and colonize this part of Canada.
4. Open Section Five, Day One of the Workbook and do
question 3.
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DAY TWO
In this lesson, I will review greetings and how to introduce
myself in French.
1. Open Section Five, Day Two of the Workbook and do question
1.
When you want to introduce yourself, you use a greeting
and the expression Je m’appelle.
Bonjour, je m’appelle Simon.
Salut, je m’appelle Julie.
Bonjour! is most often used when talking with adults or
with people you don’t know.
Salut! is used often among friends.
Allô! is often used when speaking on the telephone or
with people you know very well.
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There are also many ways to say “good-bye” in French.
Au revoir
Salut
À demain
À bientôt
À plus tard
Bonsoir
Bonne nuit
(Good-bye)
(Bye)
(See you tomorrow)
(See you soon)
(See you later)
(Good evening)
(Good night)
Au revoir is always used in a formal situation. In
informal situations, you would use any of these including
Au revoir.
2. View again the animation “J’habite en Alberta” on the DVD or
Website. This time, pay attention to how each character says
“hello” and “goodbye”.
3. Open Section Five, Day Two of the Workbook and do
questions 2 and 3.
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DAY THREE
In this lesson, I will be introduced to the verb Habiter and
some expressions in French.
1. View again the animation “J’habite en Alberta” on the DVD or
Website. This time, pay attention to how the characters say
where they live and which school they go to.
2. Open Section Five, Day Three of the Workbook and do
questions 1 and 2.
Although Francophones live in most areas of the
province, there is a big concentration of them living in
the northern part of the province in towns such as
Falher, Bonnyville, Saint-Paul, Plamondon and Lac La
Biche. Many Francophone children also attend French
schools where the language of instruction is French.
There are over 25 French schools in the province of
Alberta.
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The verb Habiter is used when you want to tell people
where you live.
J’habite à Edmonton.
I live in Edmonton.
Tu habites à Calgary.
You live in Calgary.
Il/elle habite à Jasper. He/she lives in Jasper.
It follows the same conjugation pattern (endings) as the
verb Aimer.
j’habite
j’aime
tu habites
tu aimes
il/elle habite il/elle aime
In the animation, our friends talked about the school they
go to.
When you want to tell the name of your school, you use
the following expression:
Mon école s’appelle l’école La Vérendrye.
The name of my school is La Vérendrye school.
However, if you want to tell where you go to school, you
use the following expression:
Je vais à l’école La Vérendrye.
I go to La Vérendrye School.
3. Open Section Five, Day Three of the Workbook and do
questions 3, 4, and 5.
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DAY FOUR
In this lesson, I will review the months of the year and
how to tell when is my birthday.
1. View again the animation “J’habite en Alberta” on the DVD or
Website. This time, pay attention to how the characters talk
about their birthdays.
Marie, Sébastien, Mai and Mathieu use the following
expression to talk about their birthday:
Mon anniversaire est le ___________________.
Then, they included the date they were born.
Mon anniversaire est le 15 février.
If your birthday is the first day of the month, you will use
the word premier which means first.
Mon anniversaire est le 1er avril.
When talking about your birthday, you use the possessive
adjective mon meaning “my”.
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2. Open Section Five, Day Four of the Workbook and do
question 1.
3. Listen to Track 49 on the Module 1 CD. Practice saying each
month at least twice. Listen carefully to the French
pronunciation of each month since it is very similar to the
English pronunciation.
janvier - January
février - February
mars – March
avril - April
mai - May
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juin - June
juillet - July
août - August
septembre September
octobre - October
novembre November
décembre December
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The months of the year are very similar in English and in
French.
Did you notice that each month starts with the same
letter in English and in French? This might help you to
remember them.
In French, however, months don’t take a capital letter
unless they begin a sentence.
4. Open Section Five, Day Four of the Workbook and do
questions 2, 3, and 4.
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DAY FIVE
In this lesson, I will review the seasons and the verbs
Aimer and Préférer.
Many celebrations taking place in Alberta throughout the
year. For the Franco-Albertans and French Canadians,
there are two events which are very important.
The first one is Maple Sugaring season. In French, it is
called Le temps des sucres or La cabane à sucre.
The Maple Sugaring season is a symbol of spring. It
announces the arrival of spring and the renewed energy
and life it brings. In Quebec, the Maple Sugaring season
traditionally starts early March and ends late April. In
Alberta French communities also celebrate their own
version of La cabane à sucre.
In the summer time, the Fête franco-albertaine
presents concerts, visual arts exhibitions, performances,
and workshops. French communities across the province
take turns, on a yearly basis, to host this event.
1. Open Section Five, Day Five of the Workbook and complete the
Reflection.
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2. Read the context below then listen to Track 58 on the Module 4
CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you
understand.
Context: Marie and Sébastien each talk about French celebrations in their
communities. Marie lives in Bonnyville and this year her community will host la
Fête franco-albertaine. She participates in this celebration every summer.
Sébastien lives in Calgary. He loves spring and always participates in la cabane
à sucre.
Marie
Sébastien
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In French, you can use the verbs Aimer and Préférer
when talking about something you like.
If someone asks you, “Which season do you like, summer
or winter?”
You could answer the following:
J’aime l’été.
(I like summer.)
If someone asks you, “Which season do you prefer,
summer or winter?”
You could answer the following:
Je préfère l’hiver.
(I prefer winter.)
3. Open Section Five, Day Five of the Workbook and do
questions 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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DAY SIX
In this lesson, I will review the verb Aimer using the forms
J’aime and Je n’aime pas.
1. Listen to Track 59 on the Module 4 CD. In the wintertime,
there are many activities you can do with your family and
friends. Use the following pictures from left to right as you
listen to the description of each activity.
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2. Open Section Five, Day Six of the Workbook and do question 1.
3. Read the context below then listen to Track 60 on the Module 4
CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you
understand.
Context: Sébastien and Marie are visiting one another in Calgary. Marie moved
away a year ago. They are talking about what they like and don’t like about
winter.
J’aime
Je n’aime pas
Sébastien
Marie
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The verb Aimer is used to express likes and dislikes.
J’aime faire du ski.
(I like skiing.)
Tu aimes patiner.
(You like ice skating.)
Il/elle aime jouer au hockey.
(He/she likes playing hockey.)
To express dislikes, it is used as follows:
Je n’aime pas faire du ski.
(I don’t like skiing.)
Tu n’aimes pas patiner.
(You don’t like ice skating.)
Il/elle n’aime pas jouer au hockey.
(He/she doesn’t like playing hockey.)
4. Open Section Five, Day Six of the Workbook and do
questions 2 and 3.
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DAY SEVEN
In this lesson, I will be introduced to vocabulary words
related to the Maple Sugaring season.
1. Open Section Five, Day Seven of the Workbook and complete
the Reflection.
The First Nations people were the first to collect maple
water by making an incision into the bark of the maple
tree. When the French colonized Canada, they continued
this tradition and started gathering maple sap using
spouts and pails. Eventually, they used barrels to collect
the water and their horses to pull the barrels to the shack
where they transformed the sap into maple syrup.
Today, many sugar shacks have a sophisticated tubing
system in place to collect sap but there are still some
sugar shacks which use the traditional methods of
collecting maple water.
There are 13 varieties of maple trees in North America
but the sugar maple leaf is the symbol of Canada and it is
found on the Canadian flag.
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2. Listen to Track 61 on the Module 4 CD. Take some time to
familiarize yourself with the vocabulary related to the Maple
Sugaring season. Follow along with the pictures from left to
right. Listen to them and practice saying them at least twice.
la cabane à sucre
le chalumeau
le cheval
la crêpe
l’écorce
l’érable
les fèves au lard
le jambon
la neige
les œufs
le pain doré
le seau
la sève
le sirop d'érable
le temps des
sucres
la tire d'érable
le tonneau
le traîneau
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French words are either masculine or feminine. Always
look at the article before the noun in order to know its
gender.
Le and un are masculine.
le sirop d’érable
un seau
(maple syrup)
(a bucket)
La and une are feminine.
la tire d’érable
(maple taffy)
une cabane à sucre (a sugar shack)
Le and la become l’ when placed before a noun beginning
with a vowel. You will need to use the Glossary or a
dictionary to know the gender of these nouns
l’érable
l’écorce
(a maple tree) masculine
(the bark) feminine
3. Open Section Five, Day Seven of the Workbook and do
questions 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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DAY EIGHT
In this lesson, I will review the expressions C’est and Ce
sont.
1. Read the context below then listen to Track 63 on the Module 4
CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you
understand.
Context: Marie and Sébastien are looking at a photo depicting a sugar shack.
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2. Open Section Five, Day Eight of the Workbook and do
question 1.
When you want to present something or someone, you
can use the expressions C’est and Ce sont.
C’est is singular.
C’est ma tante Louise.
(This is my aunt Louise.)
C’est une photo de la cabane à sucre.
(This is a picture of a sugar shack.)
Ce sont is plural.
Ce sont mes cousins.
(These are my cousins.)
Ce sont des chevaux.
(These are some horses.)
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There are some foods traditionally associated with the
Maple Sugaring season. Aside from eating maple taffy
on the snow, people enjoy eating pancakes, baked
beans, ham and eggs cooked in maple syrup and maple
sugar spread on home-made bread. The food is very
sweet since maple syrup is served with everything.
In some sugar shacks, French toasts are served with
maple syrup or maple sugar. The origins of French toast
are unknown but many countries have their own
variations and ways of eating it.
In Québec, French toast is called pain doré which
translates as “golden bread”. In France, it is called pain
perdu which translates as “lost bread”. The word perdu
has the meaning of “old” since French people will use day
old bread as opposed to fresh bread to make French
toast. It is often eaten with powdered sugar or
cinnamon sugar. It is delicious and very easy to make.
3. Open Section Five, Day Eight of the Workbook and do
questions 2, 3, and 4.
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DAY NINE
In this lesson, I will review the prepositions of place sur,
dans, devant and derrière.
1. Look again at the picture of Sébastien’s uncle’s sugar shack.
Listen to Track 64 on the Module 4 CD. Each sentence
describes the location of a specific aspect illustrated on the
picture. Use the side pictures from left to right to help you
understand.
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Prepositions of place are used when describing the location
of something in relation to something else.
Le cheval est devant le traîneau.
(The horse is in front of the sleigh).
La sève est dans le seau.
(The sap is in the bucket.)
Sur means on.
Dans means in.
Devant means in front of.
Derrière means behind.
2. Open Section Five, Day Nine of the Workbook and do
questions 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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DAY TEN
In this lesson, I will review concepts from previous
lessons in Section Five.
1. Before moving to today’s activities, take some time to review this section and be
aware of all that you have learned.
Day One:
Name one city in Alberta where French is spoken.
Day Two:
Say Hello and Good-bye in French.
Day Three:
In French, say where you live and the name of your school.
Day Four:
Tell in French when is your birthday.
Day Five:
Tell in which seasons the Fête franco-albertaine and the Maple Sugaring season take
place.
Day Six:
Name one thing you like to do and one thing you don’t like to do during the winter.
Day Seven:
Name the objects in the images below.
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Day Eight:
What is the difference between C’est and Ce sont?
Day Nine:
Tell where the horse is located in the picture below.
2. Open Section Five, Day Ten of the Workbook and do question 1
and complete the Reflection.
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