France and French Culture

France and
French Culture
WEEKLY FRENCH HOMEWORK
LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY
Learning new words is essential to learning a language so we expect you to learn
on average, ten words a week in addition to the homework tasks you will be
given. The following list of words covers what you will be expected to know in
your first vocabulary test. Your teacher will give you plenty of notice of the date of
this test but start learning them now so that you don’t have too many to learn at
once!
On se rencontre
Meeting people
Les nombres 1–
Numbers 1–31
Hello!
1
Bonjour!
31
Hi!
2
Salut!
un
What’s your
3
Comment
deux
name?
4
t’appelles-tu?
trois
My name’s ...
5
Je m’appelle ...
quatre
How
are
you?
6
Ça va?
cinq
Yes, I’m OK,
7
Oui, ça va bien,
six
thanks.
8
merci.
sept
So-so.
9
Pas mal.
huit
10
Non, ça ne va pas. No, I’m not OK.
neuf
Goodbye.
11
Au revoir.
dix
12
Les affaires pour School objects
onze
13
le collège
douze
What’s this?
14
Qu’est-ce que
treize
15
c’est?
quatorze
It’s …
16
C’est ...
quinze
an exercise book
17
un cahier
seize
a calculator
18
une calculatrice
dix-sept
a homework diary dix-huit
19
un carnet de
20
textes
dix-neuf
a pencil
21
un crayon
vingt
a rubber
22
une gomme
vingt et un
a book
30
un livre
vingt-deux
a mobile phone
31
un portable
trente
un porte-monnaie a purse
trente et un
a ruler
une règle
Les âges
Ages
a bag
How old are you?
un sac
Quel âge as-tu?
a pen
I am ... years old.
un stylo
J’ai ... ans.
a pencil case
The days of the
une trousse
Les jours de
week
L’alphabet
The alphabet
la semaine
How do you spell
Monday
Comment ça
lundi
that?
Tuesday
s’écrit?
mardi
You spell it …
Wednesday
Ça s’écrit …
mercredi
Thursday
jeudi
Friday
vendredi
Saturday
samedi
Sunday
dimanche
Les mois
The months
janvier January
février February
mars March
avril April
mai May
juin June
juillet July
août August
septembre September
octobre October
novembre November
décembre December
Les anniversaires
Birthdays
C’est quand, ton
When’s your
anniversaire?
birthday?
Mon anniversaire, My
birthday’s on the
c’est le cinq mai/ 5th of
May/the 1st
le premier juillet. of
July.
Les instructions
Instructions
Écoutez ... Listen to …
Fermez ... Close …
Ouvrez ... Open …
Prenez ... Take …
Regardez ... Look at
Travaillez à deux.
Work in pairs.
En classe In the classroom
Il y a … There is/are …
la chaise the chair
les crayons the pencils
la fenêtre the window
les livres the books
le magnétophone the tape-recorder
la porte the door
le professeur the teacher
les règles the rulers
le rétroprojecteur the overhead
projector
la table the table
le tableau blanc the whiteboard
des cahiers some exercise books
des crayons some pencils
huit crayons eight pencils
quatre fenêtres four windows
C’est le crayon de Luc. It’s Luc’s pencil.
Les couleurs Colours
blanc(he) white
bleu(e) blue
gris(e) grey
jaune yellow
marron brown
noir(e) black
orange orange
rose pink
rouge red
vert(e) green
Linguascope.com
Try to log onto the above website for a few minutes every week,
you can use computers at school or at home. We have made you
all members so use the following log on:
(Username: linguagell
Password: learnlangs
The password changes annually – check with your teacher)
Then click on ‘Beginner’ then ‘Bonjour’. This half-term you
should concentrate on ‘Ma trousse’ in ‘La vie au Quotidien’ and in
‘Les bases’ ‘Les nombres de 1 à 10’
http://www.linguascope.com/
France and French Culture : Task 1
This week you must complete ONE of the following tasks. Homework must
be handed in to your teacher in your first French lesson next week.
You must spend two hours on the task and should select the level of task
that will best challenge you.
TASK A
Produce a leaflet about France. You must write in your own words and
keep your work neat. You can hand write the leaflet or do it on the
computer. You should use a mixture of words and colourful pictures and
present your work under headings and sub-headings so it is clear and well
organised.
You must cover at least two of the following topics:
 The geography of France (e.g. a map, the main towns, rivers,
mountain ranges etc)
 French history (e.g. Joan of Arc, the French revolution, Napoleon)
 French food and drink (e.g. wine, cheese, bread, famous French
dishes)
 Famous French people (e.g. Napoleon, Marie Curie, Renoir, Thierry
Henri
 French festivals (e.g. Bastille Day, Mardi Gras, La Fête du Roi, Le
Nouvel An)
Mr Richards in the library has lots of good books ready to show you and
you may find the following websites useful:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
(you can look for most things through links on this site)
Other possible websites
www.kidport.com/reflib/worldgeography/france/france.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_frenchcookery.shtml -
Extension Level:
 You will cover at least three topics and will write in detail. You will
use several websites and books. You could use a French dictionary
or www.wordreference.com to find 5 French words connected to each
of your topics e.g. Geography (river), History (king).
TASK B:
Make a 3D model of a famous French landmark or object for display in your
classroom. You should also do some research on it and write at least 5
bullet points about it so that people admiring it will understand what it is
and its importance in France. Some possible landmarks and objects are
listed below:
The Eiffel Tower
The Moulin Rouge
The Arc de Triomphe
The Louvre Pyramid
The Milau Bridge
A French Breakfast
Extension Level:
You will write at least ten bullet points about your model and will try to
find out the French word(s) for it e.g: bridge/church/tower/museum in a
French dictionary or on www.wordreference.com