1 Section One: My Room DAY ONE In this lesson, I will view an animation titled Chez moi. 1. Open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and complete the Reflection. 2. Read the context below then view the animation Chez moi on the Animation CD or Website. Context: Jean-François is describing his neighbourhood. He wants to get better acquainted with you so he invites you to take a tour of his house. He is especially excited about showing you how cool his room is. 3. Open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and do question 1. 4. View again the animation Chez moi. Pay special attention to the items that Jean-François points out in his room. 5. Open Section One, Day One of the Workbook and do question 2. Pg 3
DAY TWO In this lesson, I will be introduced to new vocabulary. 1. Open Section One, Day Two of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Listen to Track 1 on the Module 3 CD and take some time to learn the vocabulary related to items found in one s room. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you follow along. Listen a second time and repeat each word after you hear it. Record yourself saying the words below. Compare your recording with the track. How is your pronunciation? Practice saying the words that are still giving you difficulty. le plancher le plafond la fenêtre la porte le mur le tapis les stores les rideaux le lit la garde-robe Pg 4
la lampe la table de nuit la commode l étagère le bureau l affiche le miroir le réveil le magnétophone l ordinateur les photos 3. Open Section One, Day Two of the Workbook and do questions 2 and 3. Pg 5
An important part of learning a second language is the ability to remember and use vocabulary in context. Here are a few simple strategies that will help you learn, retain and/or recall new vocabulary. Practice a new word or expression. Repeat a new word or expression silently or aloud. Repeat a new word silently and associate it with an image. 4. Open Section One, Day Two of the Workbook and do questions 4 and 5. Pg 6
DAY THREE In this lesson, I will review how to use the expressions Il y a, voici and voilà. 1. View again the animation Chez moi. Pay special attention to the section in which Jean-François describes his room. Jean-François used the expression Il y a to describe the different items located in his room. Examples: Dans ma chambre, il y a un lit sous ma fenêtre. (In my room, there is a bed under my window.) Dans ma chambre, il y a des affiches sur le mur. (In my room, there are posters on the wall.) Pg 7
continued When describing something, we can use the structure Il y a which means There is or There are. Remember that in French, this expression never changes, whether it describes one item or more than one. 2. Open Section One, Day Three of the Workbook and do questions 1 and 2. continued Another way to describe something is to use the expression voici meaning here is or voilà meaning there is. Examples: Voici mon lit. (Here is my bed.) Voilà ma garde-robe. (There is my closet.) Pg 8
3. Open Section One, Day Three of the Workbook and do questions 3 and 4. Pg 9
DAY FOUR In this lesson, I will review possessive adjectives mon, ma, mes and colours. I will also be introduced to the preposition de. 1. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 3 on the Module 3 CD. Use the following pictures to help you understand. Context: Jean-François and Karine are working on their latest art project. Madame Morin has asked the students to draw a detailed picture of their bedrooms. While drawing their pictures, Jean-François and Karine discuss different items found in their respective rooms. Pg 10
Jean-François and Karine used possessive adjectives when they were talking about the different items in their rooms. Mon, ma and mes refer to MY. The form you use depends on the gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) of the noun that follows the possessive adjective. Review the examples on the next page. Pg 11
Examples: Mon lit est bleu. Mon is used because the noun lit is masculine and singular. Ma table de nuit est blanche et rose. Ma is used because the noun table de nuit is feminine and singular. Mes rideaux sont violets. Regardless of whether an item is masculine or feminine, mes is always used in front of the plural form of a noun. Pg 12
Jean-François and Karine talked about the colour of different items in their rooms. When colours are used to describe something, they are adjectives. Therefore they take the masculine or feminine and singular or plural forms of the nouns they describe. Examples: Mon tapis est beige. Ma porte est blanche. Mes murs sont roses. Mes lampes sont violettes. Pg 13
The chart below shows the different forms of common colours. Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural beige beige beiges beiges blanc blanche blancs blanches bleu bleue bleus bleues brun brune bruns brunes gris grise gris grises 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 14
Remember that the spelling of some colours is the same whether they are masculine or feminine. Other colours have a different spelling when they are feminine. The plural forms of most colours take an s except for orange. Did you notice that Jean-François and Karine used the words foncé and clair when you listened to the dialogue? Both these words are adjectives that can be added to colours; foncé means dark and clair means light. Examples : Jean-François said: Ma commode est bleu foncé. Karine said: Mes murs sont rose clair. When adding the words foncé and clair to any colour, this set of words become invariable (ex. bleu foncé, rose clair), which means that they remain the same regardless of whether or not the noun they describe is masculine or feminine or plural. Pg 15
3. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do questions 2 and 3. When we want to talk about something that belongs to someone, we use the preposition de to indicate possession. For example, if we are talking about Jean- François s bedroom, we say la chambre de Jean- François. Here is the structure to follow: definite article (le, la, les) + noun + de + name of person If you wanted to talk about Karine s curtains, you would say les rideaux de Karine. In order to describe the colour of specific items belonging to someone, you can use the preposition de in a sentence along with the conjugated form of the verb être. If the item is singular, est is the correct form to use. If there is more than one item, sont is the correct form to use. Listen to Track 4 on the Module 3 CD. You will hear three sentences with the preposition de being used. These sentences are shown below so you can follow along as you listen. Le tapis de Jean-François est gris. (Jean-François carpet is grey.) La commode de Jean-François est bleu foncé. (Jean-François dresser is dark blue.) Les rideaux de Karine sont violets. (Karine s curtains are purple.) Pg 16
4. Practice saying the sentences given in the hint above at least twice so that you are familiar with how the preposition de is used. 5. Open Section One, Day Four of the Workbook and do questions 4 and 5. Pg 17
DAY FIVE In this lesson, I will review the expressions J aime and Je n aime pas as well as some descriptive adjectives. 1. Open Section One, Day Five of the Workbook and complete the Reflection. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 5 on the Module 3 CD. Use the following picture to help you understand. Context: Madame Morin has just put the students drawings of their rooms on the bulletin board. Miguel, Karine and Jean-François are looking at the different drawings. They have a conversation regarding what they like and dislike about their respective rooms. Pg 18
Did you notice that Miguel, Karine and Jean-François used the verb AIMER to describe the things they like and dislike about their respective rooms? When you want to indicate that you like something, you use J aime Example: J aime ma commode bleu foncé. (I like my dark blue dresser.) When you want to indicate that you don t like something, you use Je n aime pas Example: Je n aime pas mon lit. (I don t like my bed.) Pg 19
At times in their conversation, Miguel, Karine and Jean- François used adjectives to describe various items in their rooms. Examples: Miguel said: J aime bien mon grand lit. Karine said: J aime ma jolie lampe violette. Grand is the adjective that describes the size of Miguel s bed. In this case, jolie is the adjective that describes the appearance of Karine s lamp. In French, adjectives agree with the nouns. This means that they become masculine or feminine and singular or plural depending on the gender and the number of the noun they qualify. Pg 20
Use the chart below to help you decide which adjective to use. Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural petit petite petits petites small English Translation grand grande grands grandes big joli jolie jolis jolies pretty intéressant intéressante intéressants intéressantes interesting beau belle beaux belles beautiful As a rule, we add an e to make the adjective feminine and an s to make it plural. However, there are exceptions to this rule. The masculine adjective beau doesn t follow a regular pattern since its spelling changes to belle when it becomes feminine. There are many more adjectives to choose from other than the ones listed in the chart above. Consult the Glossary or a dictionary. This will help you find the definition of new adjectives as well as their correct spelling. 3. Open Section One, Day Five of the Workbook and do questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Pg 21
DAY SIX In this lesson, I will review the following prepositions of place: sur, sous, dans, derrière and devant. 1. Open Section One, Day Six of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 6 on the Module 3 CD. Use the following pictures to help you understand. Context: Jean-François is playing on the computer in his room. His mother comes in to say hello and notices that his room is a bit messy. She asks Jean-François to put his things away and tidy up before he can go back to having free time. Pg 22
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Jean-François and his mother used the words dans, derrière, devant, sur and sous to describe where certain items in Jean-François room were located. These words are called prepositions of place. They are used to describe the location of something in relation to something else. Use the chart below to help you remember the meaning of the different prepositions. Prepositions of place dans derrière devant sur sous English translation in behind in front of on under Examples: Les papiers sont dans la poubelle. Les vêtements sont derrière la porte. Pg 24
La boîte à lunch est devant la garde-robe. Les vêtements sont sous le lit. Les livres sont sur le bureau. Notice that the verb être is used. The form est is used when the subject is singular and the form sont is used when the subject is plural. 3. Open Section One, Day Six of the Workbook and do questions 2 and 3. Pg 25
DAY SEVEN In this lesson, I will review how to use prepositional phrases (à côté de, à droite de, à gauche de, en face de) and possessive adjectives (son, sa, ses). 1. Open Section One, Day Seven of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Listen to Track 8 on the Module 3 CD and take some time to learn the prepositional phrases we use to describe where something is located. Use the following pictures from left to right to help you understand. Listen a second time and repeat each sentence after you hear it. Record yourself saying the sentences below. Compare your recording with the track. How is your pronunciation? Continue practicing until you feel comfortable with these prepositional phrases. Les livres sont à côté de la lampe. La table de nuit est à droite du lit. Pg 26
Le bureau se trouve à gauche de la porte. L étagère est en face de la garde-robe. You just heard the expressions à côté de (beside), à droite de (on the right), à gauche de (on the left) and en face de (across from) to explain where specific items are located. These are called prepositional phrases and are used to describe where one item is located in relation to another. 3. Open Section One, Day Seven of the Workbook and do question 2. Pg 27
Look at the floor plan of Jean-François room shown below. You can clearly see where each item is located in his room. If you want to tell someone where his chair is located, you say: Sa chaise est devant son bureau. (His chair is in front of his desk) If you want to describe where his dresser is, you say: Sa commode est à droite de son lit. (His dresser is on the right of his bed). Pg 28
continued... When we want to describe something that belongs to someone we use the words son, sa and ses. These are possessive adjectives. Son lit est sous sa fenêtre. (His bed is under his window). Sa table de nuit est à gauche de son lit. (His night table is on the left of his bed). Ses affiches sont sur le mur. (His posters are on the wall.) Always look at the noun AFTER the possessive adjective to determine if you will use son, sa or ses. Here is a chart to help you remember: Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural son sa ses ses 4. To familiarize yourself with prepositional phrases, pick a particular item in Jean-François room and tell a friend where it is located by using the correct preposition and also the correct possessive adjective. Try doing this a few times with different items. Refer to the Helpful Hints above if you can t remember which ones to use. 5. Open Section One, Day Seven of the Workbook and do questions 3 and 4. Pg 29
DAY EIGHT In this lesson, I will learn how to use the expression Il n y a pas. 1. Open Section One, Day Eight of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 10 on the Module 3 CD. Use the following chart to help you understand. Context: Madame Morin has asked the class to find a partner and compare their rooms. Karine asks Miguel to be her partner and they begin to comment on the items they have and don t have in their respective rooms. non oui non non oui non oui oui Pg 30
Karine and Miguel both used the expressions Il y a and Il n y a pas during their conversation. We use the expression Il y a when we want to indicate the presence of something. Example: Il y a des rideaux violets. (There are purple curtains.) However, when we want to indicate the absence of something, we use the expression Il n y a pas, which means There is no/there are no. Example: Il n y a pas de stores dans ta chambre. (There are no blinds in your room.) The expression Il y a is always followed by an indefinite article, either un, une or des depending on the gender and number of the item. Example: Il y a un livre sous la chaise. (There is a book under the chair.) Il y a des photos sur l étagère. (There are pictures on the bookshelf.) When using the expression Il n y a pas, the word de is used in place of the indefinite article regardless of whether an item is masculine, feminine or plural. Example: Il n y a pas de livre sous la chaise. (There is no book under the chair.) Il n y a pas de photos sur l étagère.(there are no pictures on the bookcase.) Pg 31
continued If the item starts with a vowel when using the expression Il n y a pas, the de changes to d. Example: Il n y a pas d affiches sur le mur. (There are no posters on the wall.) 3. Open Section One, Day Eight of the Workbook and do questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. Pg 32
DAY NINE In this lesson, I will work with the questions Où est?, Où sont?, Où se trouve? and Où se trouvent? in order to ask where a specific item is located. 1. Open Section One, Day Nine of the Workbook and do question 1. 2. Read the context below then listen to Track 12 on the Module 3 CD. Use the following picture to help you understand. Context: Karine has decided to change her room around and she really likes the layout of Jean-François room. She phones him in order to ask some questions about the location of certain items in his room. Pg 33
Karine wanted to know where specific items in Jean-François room were located. She used two different question formats. Où est le bureau? (Where is the desk?) Où se trouve ton réveil? (Where is your alarm clock?) Où sont les photos de ta famille? (Where are the pictures of your family?) Où se trouvent tes affiches? (Where are your posters?) Où est and Où se trouve are used when what you are looking for is singular. Où sont and Où se trouvent are used when what you are looking for is plural. 3. Open Section One, Day Nine of the Workbook and do questions 2 and 3. Pg 34
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: Jean-François took you on a tour of his house in the animation. What was the title of this animation and what part of his house did he like most? Day Two: Look at the pictures of items taken from Jean-François room. Name each one in French using the correct definite article le/la/les. Day Three: Look at the pictures above in Day Two. Write a sentence about each item with the sentence starters given below. Ensure you use the correct indefinite article un/une/des before each item. Il y a Voici Voilà Pg 35
Day Four: Pretend that the alarm clock below belongs to you. Write a sentence telling what colour it is. Remember to use the correct possessive adjective mon/ma/mes. Look at the picture below. It belongs to Jean-François. Write a sentence to describe the colour of this item using the preposition de. Day Five: Look at the three pictures below. Say which item you like and which item you dislike. Use the sentence starters: J aime and Je n aime pas. Ensure you also include the correct adjective in each sentence. Pg 36
Day Six: Complete the three sentences below with the correct preposition of place devant/derrière/dans/sur/sous. Look at the pictures to determine where each item is located. Le stylo est le bureau. Les vêtements sont la garde-robe. Jean-François est la porte de sa chambre. Day Seven: Look at the picture of Karine s room shown below. Write a sentence that tells where her night table is located and another sentence telling where her desk is located. Remember to use the correct prepositional phrase à côté de/à droite de/à gauche de/en face de in each of your sentences. Pg 37
Day Eight: Look at the picture of Karine s room again. Write two sentences using the expression Il n y a pas to indicate two things that Karine does not have in her room. Day Nine: Ask questions about the location of three items in your room. Remember that the questions Où est? and Où se trouve? are used for singular items. The questions Où sont..? and Où se trouvent? are used when talking about more than one item. 2. Open Section One, Day Ten of the Workbook and do questions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Pg 38