French I L'école et mon emploi du temps nom Communication and Language By the end of this unit, you will know... A. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT GRADE YOU ARE IN B. HOW TO ASK WHICH CLASSES SOMEONE HAS C. HOW TO SAY WHICH CLASSES YOU HAVE D. HOW TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULE: MON EMPLOI DU TEMPS E. HOW TO ASK WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLASS F. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHICH HOUR YOU HAVE A CLASS G. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TIME/WHEN YOU HAVE CLASSES H. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHICH CLASSES YOU LIKE/DON'T LIKE & WHY Culture You will also be able to compare and contrast our American educational system with a French system. Join the conversation! Request to be a part of the KHS - Lycée Jean-Marc Boivin Facebook Group. Go to www.facebook.com/groups/boivinkirkwood. Remember that this is a school group. You do not need to be "friends" with anyone, but you are invited to learn about others and teach them about our American customs by reading and writing in both French and English. Both Madame Convers and Madame Kalfus are the administrators of the group. 1
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A. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT GRADE YOU ARE IN Tu vas à quelle école? (What school do you go to?) Je vais à Kirkwood High School / au lycée Kirkwood High School. (I go to KHS.) Tu es en quelle classe? (What grade are you in?) je suis en... - I'm in...... troisième -... 9th grade... seconde -... 10th grade... première -... 11th grade... terminale -...12th grade PRATIQUE 1. Tu vas à quelle école? 2. En quelle classe es-tu? 3
B. HOW TO ASK WHICH CLASSES SOMEONE HAS Tu as quels cours? OU Quels cours as-tu? OU Quels cours est-ce que tu as? (Which classes do you have?) C. HOW TO SAY WHICH CLASSES YOU HAVE --J'ai... (I have...) --J'étudie... (I am studying...) --Je fais... (I do/study/have...) allemand (m) German histoire-géo(graphie) (f) humanities, history and geography anglais (m) English langue vivante (f) modern language art (m) art mathématiques (f/pl) mathematics biologie (f) biology physique (f) physics chimie (f) chemistry SES 3 economic and social sciences enseignement scientifique (f) EPS 1 general science STI 4 industrial sciences PE, sport and physical education STL 5 laboratory sciences espagnol (m) Spanish ECJS 6 civil education français (m) French SVT 7 biology, earth sciences géo(graphie) (f) histoire (f) geography history Notes: 1. éducation physique et sportive 2. informatique, gestion et communication 3. sciences économiques et sociales 4. sciences et technologies industrielles 5. sciences et technologies de laboratoire 6. éducation civique, juridique et sociale 7. sciences de la vie et de la terre 4
GRAMMAR: TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL SUBJECTS In general, when talking about an individual school subject, French speakers always use the article le, la or l'with the name of the subject. So for example: j'étudie le français I'm studying French l'histoire est très difficile history is very difficult However, the article is not generally used: with the preposition en; in compounds with de (prof de..., cours de...), or with "quantitive" expressions (peu de..., beaucoup de...); un cours de mathématiques; in lists of subjects. For example: il est fort en histoire he's good at history c'est mon prof de chimie he's my chemistry teacher je fais français, histoire et anglais I'm doing French, history and English PRATIQUE Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of "quel" 1. âge as-tu? 4. est ta classe préférée? 2. heure est-il? 5. Tu as cours? (plural) 3. En classe es-tu? 6.Tu vas à école? 5
PRATIQUE Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of "avoir" 1. Quels cours -nous? 4. J' faim! 2. -ils soif? 5. Quel âge -t-il? 3. Quel âge -tu? 6. -vous un chien? 6
D. HOW TO TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULE: MON EMPLOI DU TEMPS French I MON EMPLOI DU TEMPS nom "Drop 7" (classe de 7ième heure) = heure cours 1ère 7h50-8h47 2ème 3ème 4ème 5ème 6ème 7ème 8h53-9h54 10h00-10h57 1ère déjeuner 10h57-11h29 Class 11h36-12h33 Class 11h03-12h00 2ème déjeuner 12h00-12h33 12h39-1h36 1h42-2h40 2h40-2h50 E. HOW TO ASK WHEN SOMEONE HAS CLASS À quelle heure as-tu...? (What time do you have...?) À quelle heure est-ce que tu as...? ( " " ) F. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHICH HOUR YOU HAVE A CLASS J'ai français... première heure (1st hour) deuxième heure (2nd hour) troisième heure (3rd hour) quatrième heure (4th hour) cinquième heure (5th hour) sixième heure (6th hour) septième heure (7th hour) 7
G. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TIME/WHEN YOU HAVE CLASSES À quelle heure as-tu maths? (What time do you have math?)\ (ex) J'ai maths... à 10h30. avant le déjeuner (before lunch) après le déjeuner (after lunch) après anglais (after English) le matin (in the morning) l'après-midi (in the afternoon 8
French I L'EMPLOI DU TEMPS de mon partenaire Il / Elle s'appelle "Drop 7" (classe de 7ième heure) = heure cours 7h50-8h47 8h53-9h54 10h00-10h57 1ère déjeuner 10h57-11h29 Class 11h36-12h33 Class 11h03-12h00 2ème déjeuner 12h00-12h33 12h39-1h36 1h42-2h40 2h40-2h50 9
H. HOW TO TALK ABOUT WHICH CLASSES YOU LIKE/DON'T LIKE & WHY HOW TO ASK SOMEONE ABOUT WHICH CLASSES THEY LIKE Quel est ton cours préféré? (What is your favorite class?) Quels sont tes cours préférés? (What are your favorite classes?) Quels sont tes matières préférées? (What are your favorite subjects?) TALK ABOUT CLASSES YOU LIKE J'aime (le français) Je préfère... Ma matière préférée est le/la/les...(my favorite class is...) Mes matières préférées sont le/la/les... (my favorite classes are...) TALK ABOUT CLASSES YOU DON'T LIKE Je n'aime pas... Je n'aime pas tellement... (I don't really care for...) TELL WHY YOU LIKE THEM J'aime ce cours parce que c'est... (I like this class because it's...) intéressant (interesting) amusant (fun) cool bien (good) facile (easy) TELL WHY YOU DON'T LIKE THEM Je n'aime pas ce cours parce que c'est... (I don't like this class because it's...) ennuyeux (boring) le prof est méchant (the teacher is mean) difficile (difficult) Je n'aime pas ce cours car je n'aime pas la matière (I don't like the subject) je suis nul (en maths; en sciences, etc.) (I am bad at...) 10
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