Mercredi 2o mars

I brought the students some exercises in order to practice the present tense for the first group and it was an occasion to work on some specific patterns that you can help with at home, like the using of J' before a vowel: J'écoute / J'adore / J'espère. It was good work for today so with ended up with a word-searching game, baccalauréat-style.

Mercredi 13 mars

This afternoon, we reviewed in details the characteristics of the three verb groups, insisting on their identification and on conjugation models for the first and the second ones. Reviewing our high-frequency words, we then went for a verb hunt, finishing with a word game, always about verbs.

Mercredi o6 mars

After using verbs in sentences to get used to them and to see how different they could be in a sentence, it was time to look at them in details; so I introduced the characteristics of the three groups, and we played a word game to identify verbs and their endings. Then practice will help to keep all those new concepts in mind. A la semaine prochaine!

Mercredi 27 février

Today, the students kept on practicing on the present-past conjugation of -ER and -IR verbs, in order to assimilate the importance of the sounds heard, and of the letters written: -e / -é. For that purpose, we had a set of flashcards and played with them to build up sentences.
Toward the end, we also played another letter game where the kids needed to form as many words possible with a limited number of letters, it was a funny and instructive way to end our rich class time.

Mercredi 2o février

Today our students worked hard in writing their own sentences in the present and past tenses, using -ER and -IR verbs, in order to put into practice what we've learned so far. Then we finished the class time with a little vocabulary game to see what they know, and they liked it very much.

Mercredi 13 février

After two weeks out of the classroom, it was wise to resume the past formation with -ER verbs, continuing with the -IR verbs. Starting with sentences in the present tense, the students converted them into the past, and learned the difference between -er and -é, although it sounds the same.
Then it was time for some Valentine Cards with French lines inside. Joyeuse Fête de la Saint-Valentin!!

Mercredi 3o janvier

That's when the sounds and grammar come together to help grasp the essence of French. Today we worked on that " -é " that appears at the end of past participles, the challenge being the acute accent. So we practiced with a few sentences to get the pattern right: "J'ai ----é". Then, again, using that theme game, we worked on vocabulary and spelling, here the challenge being to find a food item starting with d-.