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UNIT  : Getting Acquainted

How to Study French

Long list of cognates

How French has influenced English

French Spelling Tricks

French - the most practical foreign language

Why Ohio Needs French

World Fact Book - France

Celebrities who speak French

Windows on the world - France

Embassy of France in the US

Bonjour de France---La Rentrée

Regions of France - clickable map

The Regions

Frère Jacques  (song)   

Listen to Numbers                                                 
  Listen to the alphabet

 Grammar & Vocabulary:                              Games and Practice:
    Bonjour                                           Game: Greetings, Numbers
    Comment tu t'appelle?                          Days and Months
    Qu'est ce que c'est?                            Numbers 0-69
    Days of the week
    Numbers 13-21                                                                                     
    Classroom objects

Practice Quiz- Unit I
   

Hear and see Unit I vocabulary

Les Objets dans la salle de classe

 


Unit - Yourself, Friends and Family
La Famille
    Etre
    Etre and Avoir
    Er Verbs

Les Animaux

Animal Game

Etudions la famille !

The Simpsons Introduce themselves

Let’s Study Animals !

Family Life in France (site in French, but has good pictures of various occasions such as a wedding celebration, etc.)

la famille - practice activity (game)

descriptions (adjective practice)

possessive adjectives



Halloween !

Cauchemars(nightmares)
Halloween in France (CNN article)
Halloween
Great Halloween Site for poetry/story ideas, coloring sheets, etc!

Escargots Dressed up for Halloween!


UNIT  - Home, Cities and Neighborhoods

Lodging in France

Interiors

Buying a home in France

Property in France: How to find it, buy it, live in it

Real estate listings in France and More real estate listings in France

Rentals ("Locations") in France

Yahoo Méteo (French Weather site)

French Shops/stores

Cryillus (clothing for the family)
3Suisses (This French department store site has a variety of useful links)

Practice Exercises:

Practice the verb AVOIR

Family and House "quiz"

possessive adjectives

The weather (Java game)

Quels temps fait-il? (Rags to Riches game)

Er Verbs

the verb :Faire


En Ville

Vocabulaire: en ville

La préposition « à »+ l’article défini (le/la/les)

à + le = au (to/at/in the

Je vais au magasin.

à + la = à la 

Nous allons à la piscine.

à + l’voyelle = à l’(école) 

Elle est à lhôtel.

à + les = aux 

Nous faisons une promenade aux Champs-Elysées.

 

La préposition « de »+ l’article défini (le/la/les)

de+ le = du (from the et d'autres définitions) 

Je fais du VTT.

de + la = de la

Nous faisons de la natation.

de + l’voyelle = de l’(école) 

Elle fait  de léquitation

de + les = des 

Vous venez des Etats-Unis.

French Shops
Aux Champs Elysées (song)

places

About Paris

ALLER and FAIRE

the verb :Faire

Aller : a battleship game

Asking for directions (videos)

Ou vont-ils? Say where they are going...

Paris en photos

Regions of France - information

Yahoo French Regional Directory

Google Search results - Regions of France

Regions of France - clickable map

The Regions


Bon Appétit !!!!! Avez-vous faim? (A Unit About French Food!)

Restaurants and cafés:
( You will find examples of menus here):

Le Procope (oldest café in Paris)
Les Deux Magots - famous Parisian café
Le Safari(restaurant in Nice, France)
Menu from université de Paris
Brasseries
Parisian restaurant menu
Alsatian Restaurant menu
Antoine's restaurant(New orleans)
The Bistro (Cincinnati Restaurant!)
Jean Robert at Pigalls (in Cincinnati !)
Le Cordon Bleu- famous cooking school
Les restos du coeur (French "soup kitchens")

To Order authentic French specialties: Joie de Vivre
Information(Recipes, etc.):
Tips on French Food and Cooking
About French Food- loaded with recipes and information
French-English dictionary of gastronomy
Les Plaisirs de la table - a bibliography of French food related sites
Globe Gate Gourmet (another excellent bibliography)
French Cheese
http://www.boulangerie.net/(Excellent site for learning about pastries and bread, and the various regional "specialty" bread and pastry products. Click on "produits" on the left of the screen to access great information and pictures.)
La patisserie
Le Croque Monsieur
La Cuisine de Veronique (recettes)
Index of French recipes
Adminet Recipe Links
Délices de France (recipes)
Les Recettes de Miam-Miam
Saveurs de France (regional products, etc.)

For Fun, look at:
Les pommes frites sont belges!

Orangina - popular boisson
Tarte à l'escargot

games and practice exercises:
Table Place Settings Vocabulary games
"Au Café" vocabulary game
Vocabulaire Illustré en français (click on aliments-food)
Online grammar game for two people
Challenge Board game for one or two players
Food and food shopping game
Food shopping in France (matching, flash cards, etc.)
Verb game (faire, vouloir, pouvoir) for one or two players
Planning the special meal (a Quia game)
La Gastonomie Française Trackstar activity
Partitive or definite article?

Internet Activities:
On va au restaurant à Paris
Avez-Vous Faim?
Visite virtuelle d'un supermarché en France
The Food Pyramid

COOKING PROJECT


Unit: Our Daily Routines:

Avoir - test your knowledge of the forms
Etre - test your knowledge of the forms
descriptions (adjective practice)
possessive adjectives

routines quiz (do only #1-12)

Les Escargots !!!!!

Adopt an Escargot

About snails  (informational site in English; also contains stories, clipart, etc.)

Escargots (information in French; excellent illustrations)

Comment éléver et cuisiner les escargots(site can be viewed in French OR English)

Attention Escargots! Danger!

Dangers Assignment


Unit: Le Look (Fashion and Clothes)


Some Christmas Links:

Worldviews: Christmas

Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada

Christmas traditions from the French Embassy

Santa's Net - France

Pere Noel's Work Shop

http://www.pere-noel.com/accueil.htm

http://www.monperenoel.net/

l'Epiphanie

Gateau des Rois (photos of the two common "types")

Gateau des rois (recipe en français)


Unit: Leisure Time and Sports


Unit: The French Around Me


La Saint-Valentin


Unit - Health and Sports

 


Un Voyage à Paris avec l'oncle Jasper
Aller : a battleship game

Aux Champs Elysées (song)

About Paris (pictures, web sites, info)

Paris Slides (Power Point)    Notes

 

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2007-2008