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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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 2 of 18 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. 1202—Fall 2008 Page 3 of 18 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. 1202—Fall 2008 Page 4 of 18 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. 1202—Fall 2008 Page 5 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 6 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 7 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 8 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 9 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 10 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 11 of 18 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 12 of 18 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 HW—Cahier M 10/20 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week. 1202—Fall 2008 Page 13 of 18 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 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight Sa 10/25 7-2.3, 7-2.T 1202—Fall 2008 Page 14 of 18 M 10/27 Quiz Tutoring 7 Ch. 7, 3e étape—Point de départ (287-290) Vocabulaire/spelling (302-303) : Les cours (les matières) Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week. Tuesday, October 28—Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W” W 10/29 Quiz HW—Cahier F 10/31 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 15 of 18 M 11/3 HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 HW—Quia Due before midnight Sa 11/8 M 11/10 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight Tu 11/11 Tutoring 9 W 11/12 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week. 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 Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week. 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 16 of 18 Th 11/13 F 11/14 Quiz HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Cahier Due before midnight Tu 11/18 Tutoring (final week) W 11/19 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 Remember to see a tutor for at least 30 minutes this week. 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 HW—Quia Due before midnight 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 17 of 18 Monday 11/24-Friday 11/28—Fall Break—No Classes M 12/1 Quiz HW—Cahier W 12/3 Quiz HW—Cahier Do before Quia 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 1202—Fall 2008 Page 18 of 18 HW—Quia Due before midnight Th 12/4 8-3.6, 8-3.T F 12/5 HW—Quia Due before midnight 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