1 Section One: Halloween DAY ONE In this lesson, I will view an animation titled Vive l Halloween. 1. Before viewing the animation, read the context below then open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Read the context below then view the animation Vive l Halloween on the DVD or Website. Context: It is Halloween night and Isabelle, Miguel and Élise are trick or treating. They are approaching Madame Dupuis house. They describe the house and they ring the doorbell. Madame Dupuis gives them candies. 3. Open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and do question 2. Pg 3
Halloween takes place every year on October 31. It is celebrated in many countries but it is not really celebrated in France. In Quebec, the expression to go trick or treating translates in French as courir l Halloween, which literally means to run the Halloween. In Quebec, French speaking children don t say trick or treat when they go from door to door trick or treating. They say Vive l Halloween! or simply Halloween! 4. Open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and complete the Reflection. Pg 4
DAY TWO In this lesson, I will be introduced to the French vocabulary for Halloween. 1. Listen to Track 1 on the Module 4 CD and take some time to learn the French words associated with Halloween. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you follow along. Practice saying each word twice. Record yourself. Compare your pronunciation to that on the CD. Are you using the correct pronunciation? What words are giving you difficulty? Listen to them again and practice saying them two more times each. le beurre d arachide l'araignée le bonbon le chat noir la chauve-souris la citrouille le costume le fantôme le hibou le loup-garou la maison hantée le maquillage Pg 5
le masque le monstre la réglisse le sac la sonnette la sorcière le squelette le suçon le vampire 2. Open Section One, Day Two of the Workbook and do question 1. 3. View again the animation Vive l Halloween and this time, listen for the vocabulary words related to Halloween. Pg 6
All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. When looking at a noun, always look at the word which precedes it. This word is called an article. A masculine noun will have either the article un or le in front of it. A feminine noun will have either the article une or la in front of it. There is no simple way to remember if a word is masculine or feminine. When learning a new word, also remember the article that comes in front of it. This will help you. Look at the examples below: le (definite article ) un (indefinite article) Masculine Singular: le chat un chat la (definite article) une (indefinite article) Feminine Singular: la citrouille une citrouille 4. Open Section One, Day Two of the Workbook and do questions 2, 3, and 4. Pg 7
DAY THREE In this lesson, I will review colours and the question format Est-ce que c est? 1. Open Section One, Day Three of the Workbook and complete the Reflection. 2. Listen to Track 3 on the Module 4 CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Listen for the colours. Repeat each sentence out loud. 3. Open Section One, Day Three of the Workbook and do question 1. Pg 8
When you want to know something specific about an object, you can use the question format Est-ce que. Est-ce que c est un chat noir? Oui, c est un chat noir. Est-ce que c est un chat blanc? Non, c est un chat noir. 4. Listen to Track 5 on the Module 4 CD. Repeat each question and each sentence out loud. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Pg 9
Black cats and witches have been associated with the celebration of Halloween for centuries. It is believed that witches would meet in the spring and in the fall to celebrate the change of seasons. Superstitious people also believed that they had the ability to transform themselves into black cats. Still today, many people believe that seeing a black cat will bring bad luck. On October 31, various shades of black, grey, white and orange are used in costumes and ornaments to help create the atmosphere of mystery traditionally associated with this special day. 5. Open Section One, Day Three of the Workbook and do questions 2 and 3. Pg 10
DAY FOUR In this lesson, I will review the singular and plural forms of nouns and be introduced to the use of colours as adjectives. 1. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do question 1. Pg 11
Nouns can be singular or plural. How can you tell the difference? The article before the noun is the first hint. singular le la un une plural les des LE fantôme UN fantôme = singular LA sorcière UNE sorcière = singular LES fantômes DES fantômes = plural LES sorcières DES sorcières = plural The spelling of the noun is the second clue. Most often, nouns will take an s when they are plural. In French, there are many exceptions. The noun hibou is one of them. Instead of taking an s, it takes an x. le hibou les hiboux You will learn these exceptions as you get more familiar with the French language. Pg 12
2. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do question 2. 3. View again the animation Vive l Halloween. This time, listen carefully to the segment where Madame Dupuis gives candies to the children. Colours are often used as adjectives and they are very useful to describe the appearance of something. They take the masculine or feminine and singular or plural forms of the noun they describe. Below are the most common colours and their proper spellings. Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural blanc blanche blancs blanches bleu bleue bleus bleues brun brune bruns brunes jaune jaune jaunes jaunes noir noire noirs noires orange orange orange orange rose rose roses roses rouge rouge rouges rouges vert verte verts vertes violet violette violets violettes Pg 13
continued Look at the examples below. le chat noir la réglisse noire Did you notice that the spelling of some colours changes from the masculine to the feminine form? le bonbon rouge la réglisse rouge Did you notice that some colours have the same spelling whether they are masculine or feminine? All the colours presented in the chart except orange take an s when they are plural. The colour orange is an exception and it never takes an s. Always look at the noun described by the colour. It will help you to decide if the adjective is masculine or feminine and singular or plural. 4. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do questions 3, 4, and 5. Pg 14
DAY FIVE In this lesson, I will review the plural forms of nouns and be introduced to the expression il y a. 1. Open Section One, Day Five of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. View again the animation Vive l Halloween. This time, listen carefully at the description of Madame Dupuis house. When describing something, a location, a situation or a scene, we often use the expression il y a. Il y a une maison hantée. There is a haunted house. Il y a quatre suçons. There are four lollipops. While in English there is becomes there are when more than one element is mentioned, it doesn t change in French. It always stays as il y a. Pg 15
3. Open Section One, Day Five of the Workbook and do question 2. 4. Read the context below then listen to Track 7 on the Module 4 CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Context: Isabelle is describing what s in her house at Halloween. Pg 16
We have seen that in order to transform a singular noun into plural, we can use the articles les or des and add an s to the noun. Another way to transform a singular noun into plural is to use numbers. The number replaces the article before the noun. Look at the examples below. un chat trois chats un squelette dix squelettes Numbers from 1 to 10 in French are as follows: 1 : un 6 : six 2 : deux 7 : sept 3 : trois 8 : huit 4 : quatre 9 : neuf 5 : cinq 10 : dix 5. Open Section One, Day Five of the Workbook and do questions 3, 4, and 5. Pg 17
DAY SIX In this lesson, I will be introduced to the prepositions of place dans, devant, derrière. 1. View again the animation Vive l Halloween. This time, listen for the location of the various objects Madame Dupuis used to decorate her house. 2. Open Section One, Day Six of the Workbook and do question 1. Pg 18
Prepositions of place are used to indicate where a person, an animal or an object is located. Look at the chart below: dans derrière devant in behind in front of Look at the examples below: Le suçon est dans le sac. Le monstre est derrière la porte. Le vampire est devant l arbre. When said in French, these prepositions of place sound similar. They even look similar. There is no simple way to remember them. Learn them by making a drawing or repeating them to familiarize yourself with their meaning and the way they sound. Pg 19
3. Read the context below then listen to Track 8 on the Module 4 CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Context: Isabelle is describing what you can see around Madame Dupuis house. 4. Open Section One, Day Six of the Workbook and do questions 2, 3, and 4. Pg 20
DAY SEVEN In this lesson, I will be introduced to the prepositions of place sur and sous. 1. Read the context below then listen to Track 10 on the Module 4 CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Context: Élise is back from trick or treating and she is describing where she put her candies in her kitchen. Pg 21
There are two other prepositions of place frequently used in French. sous sur under on Look at the examples below: Le chat gris est sous la chaise. Le suçon violet est sur la table. Since both words begin with the letter s, the following hint may help you to learn and use them properly.. Sous is the longer word which means under, which is also the longest preposition in English. Sur is the shorter word which means on, which is also the shortest preposition in English. Pg 22
2. Listen to Track 11 on the Module 4 CD. You will hear sentences describing the location of each of the objects in the following pictures from left to right. Listen to one sentence at a time and repeat it out loud, then move on to the next sentence. 3. Open Section One, Day Seven of the Workbook and do questions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Pg 23
DAY EIGHT In this lesson, I will continue working with colours, the prepositions of place and the expression Est-ce que. 1. Listen to Track 13 on the Module 4 CD. Look at the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Repeat twice each set of questions and answers. a. b. c. d. e. Pg 24
In French, when using an adjective representing a colour, the adjective always comes after the noun. le sac rose (the pink bag) la réglisse rouge (the red licorice) Remember that the adjective will either be masculine or feminine and singular or plural, depending on the gender and number of the noun described. le sac rose (masc. sing.) la réglisse rouge (fem. sing.) les sacs roses (masc. plur.) les réglisses rouges (fem. plur.) 2. Open Section One, Day Eight of the Workbook and do questions 1 and 2. 3. Listen to Track 14 on the Module 4 CD. You will hear the same questions as in number 1. Listen for keywords and the prepositions to help you understand. You may also use the pictures from number 1. Then answer each question with Oui or Non. 4. Open Section One, Day Eight of the Workbook and do questions 3 and 4. Pg 25
DAY NINE In this lesson, I will be introduced to the verb Aimer. 1. Open Section One, Day Nine of the Workbook and complete the Reflection. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 15 on the Module 4 CD. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Context: Miguel and Isabelle are back from trick or treating and they are looking at the contents of their bags. They say what they like and dislike and they exchange candies. Pg 26
The verb Aimer is used to express likes and dislikes. When you want to express that you like something, you say: J aime. (note that Je become J in front of a vowel) When you want to express that you dislike something you say: Je n aime pas. 3. Open Section One, Day Nine of the Workbook and do question 1. 4. Listen to Track 16 on the Module 4 CD. You will hear two sentences for each of the following pictures from left to right. One will express a like and the other will express a dislike. Listen carefully and repeat out loud after each sentence. Pg 27
The kings of France were the first ones to popularize candies. First sweetened with honey, candies were served after a meal and were made mostly for members of the king s court. In the 16 th century, candy makers started replacing honey with sugar to make their candies. More and more people began to eat them and in the 18 th century, candy makers created, for the first time, fruit candies of various colours and shapes, chewing gum, and licorice. In 1924, the first lollipop was invented by a French candy maker who decided to insert a small wooden stick in one of his rock candies. While candies are eaten year round, Halloween is the time of the year where most candies are sold and eaten in North America. 5. Open Section One, Day Nine of the Workbook and do questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. Pg 28
DAY TEN In this lesson, I will review concepts from previous lessons in Section One. 1. Before moving to today s activities, take some time to review this section and be aware of all that you have learned. Day One: Can you name in French five objects that we associate with Halloween? Day Two: Look at the four objects below. Which ones are feminine and which ones are masculine? Say what the object is and the article before it. Use the Glossary for help. Day Three: Look at the picture below. Answer the question Est-ce que c est un suçon rouge? Pg 29
Day Four: Look at the two pictures below and tell the colour of each bag. Day Five: Look at the pictures below. Describe how many items you see in each picture using the expression il y a. Day Six: Look at the cat in the three pictures below. Can you describe where it is in each picture using the correct preposition of place (dans, devant, derrière)? Pg 30
Day Seven: Which of the two cats below are sous a table? Day Eight: Look at the cat in the two pictures below. Answer in French the following questions : Est-ce que le chat brun est devant la citrouille? Est-ce que le chat gris est devant la citrouille? Day Nine: Name in French one thing that you like and one thing you dislike about Halloween. Use the sentence starter below to help you. J aime. Je n aime pas. 2. Open Section One, Day Ten of the Workbook and do questions 1, 2, and 3. Pg 31
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