Chapitre 4

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describe family members by more than one relationship: my aunt or the sister of my father;

ask and answer general followed by a more specific/ probing questions to elicit more details on a particular theme: living arrangements and family (do you have any sisters? then how many? Ages, birthdays; occupation with details (which class/ which school)

report on similarities and differences among classmates: how many only children; who is oldest at home; who ahs dogs vs. cats: etc) group class by age/ by birthdays within the year;

talk about a home and the neighborhood

use and recognize basic WH- questions and yes/no questions

recognize and use key vocabulary:
immediate family members; the __of my ___; including half or step relationships;

recognize and use supplementary vocabulary:
pets
occupations
numbers (age)
likes and dislikes with pasttimes
birthdates: day and month only;
adjectives: tall big/little/ younger/older; limited number of qualitative ( irritating/ smart/happy/ active/ calm)

rooms of a house;

home and neighborhood;

to recognize and use key verbs

to have
to be

there is/are

to live at home/ in x city;

to work

to like plus infinitive
to call oneself;

to recognize and use key grammar concepts
possessive adjectives;

of, from;

negative form of verbs
possessive adjectives my/your/ his/ her: singular and plural;
adjectives: position and agreement of selected list;

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Printed sources: text p.140: family vocabulary: (add step and half terms);

text p. 123: possessive adjectives with family;

text p. 116-117: rooms in a house or an apartment building

Online Sources:

Family vocabulary from About French with audio;

Physical Descriptions - French Vocabulary - French for Beginners with audio

Professions ~ French for Beginners with audio

Adjectifs possessifs - French Possessive Adjectives study patterns then take mini-test at bottom;

Printed sources: text p. 112: la famille Morel (describe each member in 2 different ways)

text pp.118-119: examples of different types of homes

Online Sources: Family Feud - French Classroom Game - Teaching Resources

Mâcher la moustique - French Classroom Game - Teaching Resources

Quia - French - Family memorize list of 34 terms from la Famille by Sue Bohnert then do all 8 exercises. 5 columns match possessives descriptions with family member.

eLanguage.com - Vocabulary Builder:family audio and visual

French Vocabulary and Pronunciation for Beginners

Glencoe World Languages Français Bon voyage!: Level 1A Ch.4

Oral text pp. 136-137 draw and label 2 rooms in your house and describe your family as part of a letter to a pen-pal from a French-speaking country.

text pp.136-137 oral activities

Written text pp. 136-137;

PROJECT 1: DAY IN THE LIFE 15 details about yourself /a typical day

Online Sources Family phrases to use to describe a family picture.

Tips for writing your first message to a EPal

Finding information about a country

Questionnaire - Day in the Life

PROJECT 2: POSTER: MOI 15 facts about you, with visuals.

Treasure hunt to answer survey questions in French about posters.