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FREN 1202
Fall Semester 2008
MWF 11-11:50 a.m.
Martin 228
Instructor....................................... Dr. M. Laycox
Office ............................................. 236-J Martin
Phone ............................................. 543-8584
e-mail ............................................. [email protected]
Office hours ...... Monday, Wednesday 10-11 / Tuesday 9-9:30
Course description.
Required books.
Jeannette D. Bragger and Donald B. Rice. Allons-y ! Le français par étapes. 6th ed. Boston: Thomson
Heinle, 2004.
Quia book key.
(Allons-y will be used in the Spring semester for FREN 2201. This will be the final usage of this textbook at UCM,
as it is being phased out and another book is being phased in.)
Distribution of final grade.
I.
Written final exam ......... 20%
II.
Chapter exams ............... 30% (3 exams @ 10% each)
III.
Quizzes ........................... 10%
IV.
Quia ................................. 15%
V.
Participation ................... 10% (attendance affects this portion of the grade)
VI.
Oral exam ....................... 5%
VII.
Tutoring .......................... 10%
Grade scale.
0%-59.49% ......... F
59.50%-69.49% .. D
69.50%-79.49% .. C
79.50%-89.49% .. B
89.50%-100% ..... A
All grades and absences are posted on Blackboard. Check there at the end of the semester for final
grades; I will not report grades, including final exam or semester grades, through e-mail.
Classroom policies.
Attendance.
Except for university-sanctioned events, there are no excused or unexcused absences. Students attending
such university-sanctioned events must provide the instructor with a letter from the sponsoring
organization with planned dates of absences. Attendance will be taken daily at the end of the drop-add
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period. All students have two absenses without affecting their participation grade (item V in grade
distribution above). After the second absence, three points are deducted from the participation grade for
each absence, beginning with the first absence. University-sanctioned absences do not count toward this
total. For example, if Jenny Muleskinner were to receive a 90% for participation at the end of the
semester with no absences, or if she did have absences, her participation grade would be the following:
Days absent
0
1
2
3
4
5
Points deducted
(0 x 3) = 0
(0 x 3) = 0
(0 x 3) = 0
(3 x 3) = 9
(4 x 3) = 12
(5 x 3) = 15
Participation grade
90 – 0 = 90%
90 – 0 = 90%
90 – 0 = 90%
90 – 9 = 81%
90 – 12 = 78%
90 – 15 = 75%
All assignments are found in the daily schedule and must be completed on time regardless of any
absences—including those caused by university-sponsored events.
Participation.
Attendance is only one factor that can influence the participation grade. Others include a willingness to
engage in classroom activities, completion of any assignments that you are asked to bring to class, and
the usage of French in class. Working on assignments for other courses, texting, or any endeavor not
related to classroom activities will not be tolerated and may adversely affect the participation grade, as
will tardiness and leaving class without prior arrangements.
Tutoring.
You will be required to visit one of the French tutors 30 minutes per week. See daily schedule for date of
first session. Prior to each session, write three questions, in French, that you will use to begin a
conversation with the tutor. The remainder of the time will be devoted to any questions you may have,
as well as conversational and pronunciation activities proposed by the tutor.
Extra credit.
There is no extra credit for this course.
Early alert.
As part of the commitment of the Department of Modern Languages to building a positive, studentcentered learning community that supports the success of every student, the faculty member instructing
this course participates in the UCM Early Alert Program.
Office of Accessibility Services.
If you have a learning disability that requires special accommodation, please inform your instructor at the
end of the first class period. Students with documented disabilities who are seeking academic
accommodations should contact the Office of Accessibility Services, Union 220, Voice and TTY (660) 5434421.
Academic honesty.
Students should be familiar with university policies regarding academic honesty and cheating. See the
Student Handbook, http://ucmo.edu/Documents/rights_responsibilities.pdf, especially pages 141-143.
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These policies apply in this course. So that there may be no confusion, NOTHING is authorized during
exams or daily quizzes. While performing Quia exercises, each student is expected to complete their
assignment individually, although you may use your textbook. Note that many (though not all) of the
activities in Quia provide you with correct answers after you have submitted your work, and you may
submit your work 3 times.
Make-ups.
 Chapter exams. One missed end-of-chapter exam may be made up by taking a cumulative exam
near the end of the semester. If you miss more than one end-of-chapter exam, you may only
make up one of them; you will receive a 0 for the other(s). Two dates are available; you may
choose either one (see daily schedule for specific dates). These are the only times that will be
offered.
 Daily quizzes. These may not be made up. If you are absent, however, the missed quiz will not
count against you.
 Quia. All assignments are found in the daily schedule. These exercises are to be completed online, and are to be done regardless of attendance or absence. The computer ends acceptance of
submitted work promptly at midnight, so please plan accordingly.
 Oral exam. Oral exams will be given only during the week they are administered as given in the
daily schedule. If you miss your appointment, a rescheduled exam, if possible, must be made
during that week. If you have not taken the oral exam by the last day of oral exams on the daily
schedule, you will receive a 0.
 Tutoring. Tutoring sessions must be attended regularly. There is no provision to “double up”
the amount of time you meet one week to make up for a previously missed week.
 Final exam. According to university policy, “Only in special cases are students granted
permission to take a (final) examination out of the scheduled hours—and then only with the
approval of both the instructor of the class and the Vice President of Student Affairs. A fee is
charged for rescheduling final examinations and is payable in the Revenue Office when the
approval form (available in the Office for Student Affairs) has been completed and before the
examination is taken. Any student who has three final examinations scheduled on one day may
request permission to move one of these to another day during the final examination period.
There is no charge for this, but permission must be obtained from the instructor of the class and
the Vice President for Student Affairs as described above.”
CQIP and General Education Goals
A. Communicating
1. Students will develop their oral communication in both “everyday” and “idea-centered”
conversational Chinese/French/German/Spanish. “Oral communication” does not mean perfection, but
rather an increased ability to convey the speaker’s message in the foreign language.
2. Students will be able to understand and ask basic questions, and make simple statements related to the
topics covered in the textbook.
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3. Students will expand their vocabulary on topics such as: meeting and greeting people, giving personal
information, describing themselves and other people; talking about their routines, their families, their
classes; expressing likes and dislikes, etc.
4. Students will develop their reading proficiency
5. Students will develop their writing skills by writing journals about themselves and their activities.
6. Students will develop their speaking abilities by participating in class activities.
B. Valuing
1. Students will demonstrate an awareness of the cultural values of other communities
by reading the cultural information provided in the textbook.
2. Students will be introduced to some of the ways those living in other societies fulfill their needs, be
they educational, social or cultural.
C. Humanities and Fine Arts
Students will understand the historical, linguistic and cultural contexts and expressions of the peoples
where the target language is spoken, within the limits of the textbook and other materials introduced.
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FREN 1202
Fall 2008 Schedule
W 8/20
Introduction du cours ; révision des chapitres 1-4
F 8/22
Quiz
Ch. 4, 3e étape—Point de départ (150-154)
Vocabulaire/spelling (168-169) : Pour payer ; L’argent
English equivalents to the French vocabulary expressions at the end of the
chapter will be given; you are to supply the French. This is a spelling quiz as
well as a vocabulary quiz; no credit will be given for misspelled words—
including accents. The categories of words being quizzed from the list at the
end of the chapter are given above. This is a quiz of this chapter and these
categories: synonyms, while possibly correct, will receive no credit. Example:
You see  Keep the change. ___
You write  Gardez la monaie.
M 8/25
Ch. 4, 3e étape—Le présent et le futur immédiat des verbes pronominaux
(155-158)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (168-169) : Verbs.
(A common mistake students make at this point is to assume that all
verbs are pronominal. Only verbs that have the pronoun se before the
infinitive are pronominal. Some verbs in the vocabulary list at the end of
the chapter are pronominal—s’amuser, se balader, se dépêcher, etc. Others
are not—arriver, entrer, monter, etc. Don’t use reflexive/reciprocal
pronouns with every verb you use—only the pronominal ones.)
 Le présent des verbes pronominaux ; le futur immédiat des verbes pronominaux
(155-157)
(Answers to quiz questions can be found in the green “Structure” boxes
found in the pages from the text covered today (p. 155-158). In some
instances, the green boxes are called “Notes grammaticales”. If, for any
reason, the answers are not apparent, I will be happy to explain them—
before class. The quiz questions in class will be the same as the ones given
here; they are in English, and you may respond in English if appropriate.
Complete sentences are not required. As an example, the correct
answers for questions #1, 2 & 3 are given in parentheses. Quizzes are
given at the beginning of class; students who are tardy will take the quiz
as soon as they arrive. There are no make-up quizzes given, but missed
quizzes do not count against students who are absent.)
1. What are the two meanings pronominal verbs may express? (An action
that reflects back on the subject; an action in which two or more subjects
interact.)
2. Conjugate the verb s’amuser in the present tense. (Careful—what will
you do with the reflexive prounous me, te and se before a vowel? See
marginal note, p. 156.) (je m’amuse / tu t’amuses / elle s’amuse / nous nous
amusons / vous vous amusez / ils s’amusent)
3. Conjugate the verb se lever in the present tense. (Refer to the marginal
Quiz
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HW—Cahier de
travaux pratiques
(=Cahier)
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 8/28
W 8/27
Quiz
HW—Cahier. Do
‘Grammar’ note about the grave accent.) (je me lève / tu te lèves / on se lève
/ nous nous levons / vous vous levez / elles se lèvent)
4. Where do you put the ne…pas to make a negative statement with a
pronominal verb?
5. Using the pronominal verbs from the list on p. 156, how would you
say… I’m having a good time. / On Saturdays, I go to bed at midnight.
6. How do you form the futur immédiat of pronominal verbs? With what
does the reflexive/reciprocal pronoun of the infinitive agree?
7. How do you form the negative of a sentence using a pronominal verb in
the futur immédiat?
8. How would you say… I am not going to go to bed early. / They want to get up
at 6 a.m. / We hope to have fun during the trip.
P11 : VII-IX
(The “Pratique de la grammaire” section of the Cahier is found at the end of
the paperback workbook, following p. 364. Pagination begins over again,
starting with page P1. Homework assigned from these pages is to be done
before doing Quia. Answers are provided at the back of the workbook on
the pages indicated after each exercise. Since all answers are provided,
homework assigned from the Cahier is given on the honor system: you are to
check your own work. These activities will not be collected or graded.)
4-3.3
Ch. 4, 3e étape—L’impératif des verbes pronominaux (158-160)
L’impératif des verbes pronominaux (158-160)
1. (Review of the imperative mood for non-pronominal verbs; see p. 109)
What is the imperative mood use for? What are the 3 forms of the
imperative, and what are they based on? What is omitted? What is
special about the written tu form of the imperative for regular –er verbs?
2. In the imperative of pronominal verbs, what is dropped or omitted? Is
this different than the imperative of non-pronominal verbs?
3. In an affirmative imperative of a pronominal verb, where does the
reflexive/reciprocal pronoun go? What do you add in the written form?
What happens to the pronoun te?
4. In a negative imperative of a pronominal verb, where does the
reflexive/reciprocal pronoun go? Does the pronoun te change? Where
does the ne…pas go?
5. Using the tu form of the imperative of a pronominal verb, how would
you say… Have a good time! / Don’t worry!
6. Using the vous form of the imperative of a pronominal verb, how would
you say… Sit down! / Don’t get upset!
7. Using the nous form of the imperative of a pronominal verb, how would
you say… Les’s go for a walk! (there are two equally valid possibilities
from the vocabulary list at the end of the chapter) / Let’s go to bed!
P11-P12 : X-XI
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before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 8/28
F 8/29
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Sa 8/30
4-3.4 thorugh 4-3.6, 4-3.T
Ch. 4—Point d’arrivée (161-165)
4-4.1 through 4-4.3, 4-4.6
Monday, September 1—Labor Day—No Classes
W 9/3
Quiz
HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 9/4
Ch. 5, 1ere étape—Point de départ ; les mois de l’année ; la date ; les saisons de
l’année (178-185)
 Vocabulary/spelling (214-215) Pour parler du temps qu’il fait ; Pour
exprimer ses préférences à propos du temps ; Pour demander et donner
la date ; Les saisons de l’année
 Les mois de l’année ; la date ; les saisons de l’année (182-184)
1. What are the twelve months of the year in French?
2. In English, the names of the months are capitalized, i.e. September.
Are they capitalized in French?
3. What preposition or expression can you use to express the idea of in
a month? How would you say…Classes begin in August. (Les cours
commencent ___.)
4. Give one way (of 3 possibilities) of asking what the date is today.
5. (Cardinal numbers: 1, 2, 3,… Ordinal numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,…) When
saying the date in English, we use ordinal numbers—August (the)
first; the first of August / August (the) second; the second of August,
etc. When writing the date in English, we sometimes use ordinal
numbers, and sometimes cardinal: August 1; August 1 st / August 2;
August 2nd. Regardless of how we write the date, we still pronounce
it, though, using ordinal numbers.
a. Except for the first day of the month, does French use ordinal
or cardinal numbers with dates?
b. When expressing the date, which article is used?
c. How, if at all, is the preposition of (as in, “the 3rd of
September”) translated in expressing dates?
d. How would you say…Today is the 3rd of September?
6. How do you say…the 1st of September?
7. How would you say… in summer, in the fall, in winter, in the spring?
(Careful—“in” is not translated with the same preposition for Spring
as it is with the other 3 seasons.)
P12-P13 : I-III
5-1.3, 5-1.4
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F 9/5
Quiz
HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Sa 9/6
M 9/8
Quiz
HW—Cahier
W 9/10
Quiz
Ch. 5, 1ere étape—Le passé composé avec à « avoir » (185-188)
Le passé composé avec avoir (185-188)
1. What are the two parts of the passé composé called?
2. What is the helping verb (also known as the auxiliary verb) for most
French verbs in the passé composé.
3. With what does the helping verb agree in the passé composé?
4. How do you form the past participle of regular –er verbs? What do these
past participles sound like? What are the past participles of…manger /
parler / quitter? How would you say… They found the museum.
5. A few infinitives of verbs with irregular past participles from the list on p.
186 will be given, and you will be asked to give the past participle.
6. How do you form the negative of the passé composé? How would you
say… They didn’t find the museum.
P13 : IV-VI
5-1.5, 5-1.T
Ch. 5, 2e étape—Point de départ ; les adverbes et les prépositions désignant le
passé (189-194)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (214-215) : Les films ; verbs in ‘Vocabulaire général’
 Les adverbes et les prépositions désignant le passé (193-194)
1. As in a vocabulary quiz, the English equivalent of some of the adverbs
on p. 193 and 194 will be given, and you are to give the French.
2. In FREN 1201 you learned that Il y a + noun means “There is…”: Il y a une
voiture ici = There is a car here. If, instead of a noun, Il y a is followed by
a duration of time, what does Il y a mean? How would you say…3 days
ago / 2 years ago?
P13-P14 : VII
Ch. 5, 2e étape—Le passé composé avec « être » (195-197)
Le passé composé avec être (195-197)
1. While most verbs in French use avoir as the auxiliary in the passé composé,
a few take the auxiliary être, and though you will learn more of them as
you progress in French, the only ones you need to know about for now are the
9 verbs on the list on p. 195. What are the nine verbs that take être, and
what are their (masculine, singluar) past participles?
2. If the past participles of verbs conjugated with être in the passé composé
act like adjectives, with what do they agree in number and in gender?
3. Keeping in mind the need for agreement in number and in gender, what
is the correct form of the past participle of the verb aller in these
sentences: Paul est ___ au café. / Paul et Roger sont ___ au cinéma. / Anne et
Marc sont ___ à la maison. / Claire est ___ chez ses parents. / Suzanne et Yvette
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HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 9/11
sont ___ chez leurs parents.
P14-P15 : VIII-X
5-2.3, 5-2.5, 5-2.T
F 9/12
Quiz
Ch. 5, 3e étape—Point de départ (198-203)
Vocabulaire/spelling (214-215) : Les activités sportives
M 9/15
Quiz
Ch. 5, 3e étape—Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux (204-205)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (214-215) : Pour énumérer une suite d’actions
 Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux (204-205)
1. In Ch. 5, 2e étape, you learned about nine verbs that take être in the passé
composé. In this étape, you have more verbs—all pronominal verbs—that
take être in the passé composé. Where does the reflexive/reciprocal
pronoun go?
2. With what does the past participle usually agree? (“Usually”, because
there are a few exceptions where there is no agreement, as in the 3rd
example sentence in the ‘Structure’: Ils se sont parlé….)
3. Using a pronominal verb in the passé composé, how would you say… The
professor made a mistake. / Hélène had a fight with her brother. / (Use yourself
as the subject in this next sentence, making the necessary agreement) I
didn’t have fun last night.
P15-P16 : XI-XIII
HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Tu 9/16
Tutoring 1
5-3.4, 5-3.5, 5-3.T, 5-4.7
Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week.
W 9/17
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 9/18
Ch. 5—Point d’arrivée (206-211)
5-4.1 through 5-4.4
F 9/19
Test—Ch. 4, 3e étape & Ch. 5
M 9/22
Quiz
Ch. 6, 1ere étape—Point de départ (218-222)
Vocabulaire/spelling (254-255) : Pour indiquer ce que vous désirez dans un
magasin ; Pour demander le prix de quelque chose ; La boulangeriepâtisserie ; La charcuterie ; La boucherie
Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week.
Tutoring 2
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W 9/24
Quiz
HW—Cahier
F 9/26
Quiz
HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Sa 9/27
M 9/29
Quiz
Tutoring 3
W 10/1
Quiz
HW—Cahier
Ch. 6, 1ere étape—Les adjectifs démonstratifs (ce, cet, cette, ces) (222-224)
Les adjectifs démonstratifs (ce, cet, cette, ces) ; Les adjectifs démonstratifs (suite)
(222-224)
1. What are the 3 forms of the singular demonstrative adjective (in English,
this, that), and with what types of words are they used? What is the
plural demonstrative adjective (in English, these, those)?
2. When is the ‘s’ of ces pronounced?
3. If it is necessary to distingush between this right here and that over there,
what words can you add to the noun?
P16 : I
Ch. 6, 1ere étape—Les expressions de quantité (224-226)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (254-255) : Pour indiquer la quantité
 Les expressions de quantité (224-226)
1. What expression is used in French to ask how much or how many of
something someone has?
2. What expression meaning “a little, a little bit of” can be used only with
noncount nouns? What similar expression can be used with plural
nouns? (See marginal ‘Grammar’ note, p. 224)
3. What preposition follows all the expressions of quantity? How, if at all,
does this preposition change with gender and number of the nouns that
follow? How would you say… a lot of books / a lot of salad / a lot of pâté / a
lot of girls
P16-P17 : II-IV
6-1.3, 6-1.5, 6-1.T
Ch. 6, 2e étape—Point de départ (227-232)
Vocabulaire/spelling (254-255) : Le petit déjeuner ; Les légumes ; Les fruits ;
Les produits laitiers; Les produits surgelés ; Autres produits alimentaires
Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week.
Ch. 6, 2e étape—Le partitif (232-233)
Le partitif (232-233)
1. What idea does the partitive article express? How is it sometimes
translated into English?
2. What are the four forms of the partitive, and when is each used (masc.,
fem., sing., pl.)?
3. What happens to the partitive after a negative expression? How is the
negative partitive sometimes translated into English?
4. Using the appropriate partitive, how would you say… Are you having
tea? / No, I’m not having any tea. / I bought some soup. / I didn’t buy any soup.
/ We ate pizza last night. / They want some eggs. / They don’t want any eggs.
P17-P18 : V-VII
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Do before Quia
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Th 10/2
F 10/3
Quiz
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Sa 10/4
M 10/6
Quiz
Tutoring 4
W 10/8
Quiz
HW—Cahier
Do before Quia
HW—Quia
6-2.4
Ch. 6, 2e étape—Les nombres de 70 à 1 000 000 (234-237)
Les nombres de 70 à 1 000 000 (234-237)
(As with the numbers from 0 to 69, you will not be asked on either quizzes or
tests to spell out the numbers from 70 to 1,000,000.)
1. In English, we say “one hundred, two hundred, three hundred”, etc. In
French, which multiple of one hundred does not require a number (such
as 1, 2, 3, etc.) in front of it?
2. When followed by a noun, what preposition is required after numbers of
1,000,000 or greater? (See marginal ‘Grammar’ note, p. 235)
3. To aid legibility in English, we sometimes use commas to separate
thousands, millions, billions, etc. What is used in French? What does
French use in place of a decimal point? How would a French person
write… $1,455.63?
6-2.5, 6-2.T
Ch. 6, 3e étape—Point de départ (238-240)
Vocabulaire/spelling (254-255) : Les magasins et les petits commerçants ;
L’argent ; La musique ; Un magasin de jouets ; Un magasin de sport ; Verbes
Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week.
Ch. 6, 3e étape—Le présent et le passé composé du verbe « devoir » ; l’adjectif
interrogatif « quel » (241-244)
Le présent et le passé composé du verbe irrégulier devoir (241-242)
1. Conjugate the irregular verb devoir in the present tense. What is devoir’s
past participle? In the passé composé, is the auxiliary verb être or avoir?
2. What are the possible meanings of devoir in the present tense? in the
passé composé?
L’adjectif interrogatif quel (243-244)
3. When asking someone a question beginning with quel, what are you
asking them to do?
4. What are the four forms (masc., fem., sing., pl.) of quel? How, if at all, do
they differ in pronunciation?
5. When quel and a noun (that is the direct object of the verb) are followed
by the passé composé, with what must the past participle agree in gender
and number? (See marginal ‘Grammar’ note.)
6. With what two types of questions does quel usually occur?
P18 : VIII-X ; P18-P19 : XI
6-3.3, 6-3.5, 6-3.T, 6-4.7
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Due before midnight
Th 10/9
F 10/10
HW—Quia
Due before midnight
Sa 10/11
Ch. 6, 3e étape—Point d’arrivée (245-251)
6-4.1 through 6-4.6
M 10/13
Tutoring 5
Test—Chapitre 6
Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week.
W 10/15
Quiz
Ch. 7, 1ere étape—Point de départ (262-265)
Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Pour parler des programmes ; Pour parler
des cours ; Pour parler des examens
F 10/17
Quiz
Ch. 7, 1ere étape—L’accord des adjectifs ; le pluriel des adjectifs (266-271)
L’accord des adjectifs ; Le pluriel des adjectifs (266-271)
1. With what must adjectives agree in number and gender?
2. How do you form the feminine of most adjectives?
3. How do you form the feminine of a masculine adjective that ends in –e?
4. Given the following masculine endings of some adjectives, what are the
corresponding feminine endings? -er / -x / -et / -et / -n / -el / -f. Give an
example of each (such as those in item #3 on p. 268.)
5. What are the feminine forms of the irregular adjectives beau / vieux /
blanc?
6. How do you form the plural of most adjectives? Is there normally a
change in pronunciation?
7. How do you form the plural masculine, if the singular masculine ends in
–s or –x?
8. If the masculine singular form of an adjective ends in –eau, how is the
masculine plural formed?
P19 : I-III
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M 10/20
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Tu 10/21
Tutoring 6
Ch. 7, 1ere étape—La place des adjectifs (272-274)
La place des adjectifs (272-274)
1. Where do most French adjectives go in a sentence?
2. What are the 11 adjectives that go before the noun they modify?
P19 : IV
7-1.3, 7-1.6, 7-1.T
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W 10/22
Quiz
Ch. 7, 2e étape—Point de départ (275-280)
Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Adjectifs
F 10/24
Ch. 7, 2e étape—Les adjectifs (suite) ; le comparatif ; les comparatifs
«meilleur» et «mieux» (281-286)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Pour donner les traits physiques d’une
personne
 Les adjectifs (suite) ; le comparatif (281-284)
1. What are the masculine plural, feminine singular and feminine plural
forms of these adjectives: beau / nouveau / vieux?
2. What forms do the adjectives beau, nouveau, and vieux have if they
modify a masculine singular noun beginning with a vowel or a vowel
sound?
3. Using the verb avoir, how would you say… My mother has blue eyes. / My
brother has black hair.
4. When forming the comparative of French adjectives and adverbs, what
words are used meaning… more / as / less? (cont. next page )
What word follows, meaning “than, as”?
5. How would you say… She is taller than her brother. / He is less serious than
his sister. / Paul is as rich as Bill.
6. When making comparisons with nouns, what expressions do you use
that mean… more / as much / less? What word follows, meaning “than,
as”? If you want to use a pronoun rather than a noun in your
comparison, which pronouns do you use? (List them out.)
Les comparatifs meilleur (adjectif) et mieux (adverbe) (285-286)
(Questions 7-9 are review questions about English; the answers are not in the
green ‘Structure’ box.)
7. What is the comparative of the English adjective “good”? i.e., how
would you complete this sentence: Ann got a good grade, but Joe got a
___ (+ good) grade than Ann. Answer in English
8. What is the comparative of the English adverb “well”? i.e. how would
you complete this sentence: Jennifer Lopez sings well, but Madonna
sings ___ (+ well) than J-Lo. Answer in English.
9. In each of these English sentence, is the underlined word an adjective
(modifying a noun or pronoun) or an adverb (modifying a verb)?
Chocolate is a better flavor than vanilla. / Shakespear writes better than Stephen
King. / Shakespeare is a better writer than Stephen King. / Shakespeare is better
than Stephen King. / I study better in the library than in the dorm.
10. What are the comparative French forms of the adjective…bon / bons /
bonne / bonnes? What is the comparative French form of the adverb bien?
11. How would you say in French… I sing well. / Sylvie is a better student than
I. / Chopin played the piano well.
P20 : V, VII ; P20-P21 : VI, VIII
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7-2.3, 7-2.T
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M 10/27
Quiz
Tutoring 7
Ch. 7, 3e étape—Point de départ (287-290)
Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Les cours (les matières)
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Tuesday, October 28—Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W”
W 10/29
Quiz
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F 10/31
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Sa 11/1
Ch. 7, 3e étape—Les verbes réguliers en « -ir » (291)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Verbes
 Les verbes réguliers en –ir (291)
1. How do you form the stem of regualr –ir verbs? What are the present
tense endings of regular –ir verbs? Conjugate grossir in the present tense.
What is the past participle of grossir?
2. Which verb, réussir or passer, would you use to talk about taking an
exam? Which would you use to talk about passing (making 60% or
better) an exam? (See marginal ‘Grammar’ note)
3. What preposition do the verbs obéir, réfléchir and réussir require before
the noun that follows? Using these verbs and the appropriate
preposition you just identified, how would you say… I obey my parents. /
She’s thinking about the test. (Careful—the preposition contracts with the
definite article in the second sentence!)
P21 : IX, X
Ch. 7, 3e étape—L’inversion (292-294)
 Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Pour montrer son enthousiasme ; Pour
réagir de façon négative
 L’interrogation—l’inversion ; L’inversion (suite) (292-294)
(Your text book states that inversion involves the subject and verb. To be
more precise, you can only invert a subject pronoun and verb; nouns cannot be
inverted. If a sentence to be inverted has a noun subject, a pronoun has to be
added: Jacques va-t-il à ses cours ? Tes parents mangent-ils au restaurant ? Mme
Smith parle-t-elle français?)
1. In written French, what connects an inverted subject pronoun and verb?
2. When you invert a 3rd-person subject pronoun (il, elle, on), and a veb
ending with a vowel, what must you add?
3. What is inverted with the subject pronoun when the verb is in the passé
composé?
4. When a conjugated verb is followed by an infinitive, what is inverted?
5. Using inversion, how would you say… Where are they going? / Where is
she going ? / Have you finished your homeword? / Do you want to go to the
movies?
P21-P22 : XI, XII
7-3.4, 7-3.5, 7-3.T, 7-5.1
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M 11/3
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Tu 11/4
Tutoring 8
Ch. 7—Point d’arrivée (295-299)
7-4.1 through 7-4.5, 7-4.8
W 11/5
Test—Chapitre 7
F 11/7
Quiz
Ch. 8, 1ere étape—Point de départ (306-312)
Vocabulaire/spelling (344-345) : Pour parler de sa santé ; Pour décrire ses
symptômes ; Le corps
8-1.3
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M 11/10
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Tutoring 9
W 11/12
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Ch. 8, 1ere étape—L’imparfait ; l’imparfait et les actions habituelles (312-314)
L’imparfait ; L’imparfait et les actions habituelles (312-313)
1. To form the imperfect tense (with the exception of être), what form of the
present (je, tu, il, etc.) do you start with? What ending of this present
tense do you drop? What are the imperfect endings?
2. Conjugate these verbs in the imperfect: parler / faire / maigrir / être
3. One use of the passé composé is to describe an action that happened once
in the past. What is the imperfect used to describe?
4. As with a vocabulary quiz, a few English adverbs or expressions that
often accompany the imperfect from the list on p. 313 will be given; you
are to supply the French. Example: In the past—autrefois.
P22 : I, II
8-1.5
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Ch. 8, 1ere étape—Le verbe irrégulier « pouvoir » (314-316)
Le verbe irrégulier pouvoir (314-316)
1. Conjugate the verb pouvoir in the present tense. What is its past
participle? What is its imperfect stem?
2. Depending on context, what are the possible meanings of pouvoir in the
present tense?
3. What is the meaning of pouvoir in the passé composé? (see marginal
‘Grammar’ note, p. 315.)
P23 : III, IV
8-1.T
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Th 11/13
F 11/14
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Sa 11/15
Ch. 8, 2e étape—Point de départ (317-320)
Vocabulaire/spelling (344-345) : Pour se procurer des médicaments ; Les
médicaments
8-2.3
Monday 11/17-Friday 11/21—Oral exams
In my office (Martin 236-J) by appointment
M 11/17
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Tu 11/18
Tutoring (final week)
W 11/19
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Th 11/20
Ch. 8, 2e étape—L’imparfait (suite) (321-323)
L’imparfait (suite) (321-322)
In addition to expressing habitual past actions, what are 6 other situations in
which the imperfect is used to talk about the past?
P23 : V
8-2.5, 8-2.6
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Ch. 8, 2e étape—Le verbe irrégulier « devoir » (suite) (323-324)
Le verbe irrégulier devoir (suite) (323-324)
1. What are the three possible meanings of devoir in the present tense?
2. What are two possible meanings of devoir in the passé composé?
3. What are two possible meanings of devoir in the imperfect?
P23-P24 : VI, VII
8-2.4, 8-2.T
Thursday 11/20, 8 a.m., and Friday 11/21, 8 a.m.—Make-up exam
You may make up one missed chapter exam. Exam is cumulative over all material from the beginning of
the semester through Wednesday 11/19.
(You only need to come one day, and only if you missed a chapter exam.)
F 11/21
Quiz
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Sa 11/22
Ch. 8, 3e étape—Point de départ (325-330)
Vocabulaire/spelling (344-345) : Pour faire des excuses ; Pour parler de sa
taille et de son poids ; Les activités ; Les aliments
8-3.5
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Monday 11/24-Friday 11/28—Fall Break—No Classes
M 12/1
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W 12/3
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Ch. 8, 3e étape—Le verbe irrégulier « savoir » (330-332)
Le verbe irrégulier savoir (330-332)
1. Conjugate the verb savoir in the present tense. What is its past participle?
What is its imperfect stem?
2. What ideas are expressed by the verb savoir in each of these situations:
a. savoir + infinitive
b. savoir que + clause (subject and verb)
c. savoir + language
d. savoir + factual information
3. What meaning does savoir have in the passé composé? (see marginal
‘Grammar’ note.)
4. In English, “you know…” can be used as a filler in a conversation when
the speaker does not immediately know what to say next. (Another
example of a conversational filler in English is, “Let’s see…”) What is the
equivalent conversational filler in French using the verb savoir?
P24-P25 : VIII, IX
Ch. 8, 3e étape—Les expressions « depuis quand, depuis combien de temps,
depuis » (332-334)
Les expressions depuis quand, depuis combien de temps et depuis (332-334)
1. What are the expressions depuis quand and depuis combien de temps used to
ask questions about?
2. Look at the English translation of the first example sentence on p. 322:
“How long have you been going jogging?” Is the verb “to jog” in the
simple present tense? Look at the equivalent French sentence: Depuis
quand est-ce que tu fais du jogging ? Is the verb faire in the present tense?
3. Compare the next three French sentences and their English equivalents
in the green ‘Structure’ box, p. 322. Are the French verbs in the same
tense as the English verbs? (A word-for-word, literal translation is the
common mistake English speakers make when trying to express the idea,
“I have been doing X since Y.” If the verb in French is not in the present
tense, the result is gibberish.)
4. If you are looking for a specific point in time that someone started doing
something (since Monday, since 1998, since the beginning of the
semester…), would you start the question with depuis quand or depuis
combien de temps?
5. If you are looking for the length of time someone has been doing
something (for an hour, for 10 days, for 5 years…), would you start the
question with depuis quand or depuis combien de temps?
6. If the verb is in the negative because the activity stopped, what verb
tense do you use with expressions with depuis?
P25 : X
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8-3.6, 8-3.T
F 12/5
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Sa 12/6
Ch. 8—Point d’arrivée (335-341)
8-4.1 through 8-4.4, 8-4.6
Final Exam—Wednesday 12/10 at 11 a.m.
Exam is cumulative over all material covered this semester