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Unité 5: En Ville
(lessons 13-16- scroll down to each lesson)
Unit Overview
This unit discusses city life in Paris, and introduces vocabulary for places of living, places around town, rooms in a house, and family members. It teaches us how to talk about where we’re going or where we’re coming from, and what we are going to do in the near future. It also talks about going to a place, coming from a place, playing instruments, games, and sports, and more. Read each lesson below for specifics.
Leçon 13- La Ville et La Maison
Leçon 13 powerpoint link (sorry, ppt not currently working)
Vocabulaire- Dans la Ville, Où habites-tu, Dans la Maison
- saying where you live (p196)
places around town (p197)
asking directions (p199)
parts of the house (p200)
How to ask for directions
Pardon
Excusez-moi
Où est-ce?- where is it
Où est-ce qu’il y a un café- where is there a cafe?
Est-ce que c’est loin?- Is it far?
C’est près- is it nearby
Ce n’est pas loin.- it is not far.
C’est à gauche- to the left
À droite- to the right
Tout droit- straight ahead
Tournez à gauche– turn left
Continuez tout droit- continue straight ahead
Traversez la rue.- cross the street
J’habite dans une maison- house
un appartement-apartment
un immeuble–apartment building
Ma maison/mon appartement est moderne- modern
confortable- comfortable
Ma chambre est en haut- upstairs
en bas- downstairs
La maison- The house (parts of the house)
et Dans Ma Ville – Places Around Town
français | anglais |
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un hôtel | a hotel |
un café | a coffee house, a café |
un restaurant | a restaurant |
un supermarché | a supermarket |
un magasin | a store |
un cinéma | a cinema |
une école | a school |
une église | a church |
un centre commercial | a mall |
une bibliothèque | a library |
un théâtre | a theater |
un musée | a museum |
un hôpital | a hospital |
une piscine | a swimming pool |
un parc | a park |
un stade | a stadium |
une plage | a beach |
**As you may notice, there are some vocab words missing or added, depending on the game**
français | anglais |
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une maison | house |
un appartement | apartment |
un immeuble | apartment building |
le garage | garage |
le jardin | garden |
la salle à manger | dining room |
le salon | living room |
la cuisine | kitchen |
la chambre (de mes parents) | bedroom (my parent’s bedroom) |
la salle de bains | bathroom |
les toilettes | restroom/W.C. |
le rez-de-chaussée | ground floor |
le premier étage | second floor |
SUPPLEMENTARY VOCAB: une entrée |
entry |
un escalier | staircase |
le toit | roof |
le grenier | attic |
le sous-sol | basement |
la cave | cellar |
La Maison vocabulaire (unscrambling)
La Maison vocabulaire (matching, concentration, flashcards)
Ma Ville (matching, concentration, flashcards)
http://www.quia.com/jw/54139.html (ville et maison= unscrambling)
http://www.quia.com/cm/19433.html?AP_rand=470140612 (Places around town and home – matching)
http://www.quia.com/jg/336600.html (vocabulaire de ville- matching, flashcards, concentration)
Leçon 14- Week-end à Paris
This lesson discusses “aller” – to go, and the near future “le futur proche“. It also discusses the contractions of à + definite article. Finally, it introduces the preposition “chez“.
ALLER – to go
(Note- aller is an IRREGULAR verb (even though it ends in -er)
je vais | nous allons |
tu vas | vous allez |
il/elle/on va | ils/elles vont |
Je vais au stade. = I’m going to the stadium. Comment vas-tu? = How are you?
Nous n’allons pas au parc. = We are not going to the park. Allons-y! = Let’s go!
Note de Grammaire – Contractions with à
The preposition à usually means to or at.
1. When you use à with the definite articles “le” or “les”, you must make the following contractions:
à + le = au J’aime aller au cinema. = I like to go to the movies.
à + les = aux Tu vas parler aux professeurs? = Are you going to talk to the teachers?
2. When à appears before la or l’, there is no contraction.
à + la = à la J’aime aller à la piscine. = I like to go to the pool.
à + l’ = à l’ Marie adore aller à l’école.
Exercice: Select the correct preposition to complete each of the sentences below.
1. Paul aime manger ( à l’ / au ) café.
2. Moi, je regarde le film ( à la / au ) télé.
3. Mademoiselle C., est-ce que vous travaillez (à la / à l’) école?
4. Les camarades ne jouent pas ( aux / au ) base-ball.
5. Alice adore jouer ( aux / à l’ ) jeux vidéos.
aller (and expressions p. 206)
Grammar: à + definite article (p. 208)
Verbs: arriver, rentrer, rester (p. 210)
the preposition chez (p. 211)
aller+infinitif (near future & in the negative p. 212)
Le Futur Proche (the near future) = form of ALLER + INFINITIVE
Fun song by Mlle. C. to help you remember!
Quia games:
http://www.quia.com/tq/143607.html (à plus the article)
http://www.quia.com/tq/281669.html (aller/ à plus the article)
http://www.quia.com/jg/341638.html (en ville)
http://www.quia.com/tq/143608.html (aller + infinitive)
http://www.quia.com/jg/329243.html (futur proche a.k.a. near future)
Leçon 15- Au Café de l’Univers
This lesson discusses “venir” – to come, to come from a place (the contractions of de + definite article). It also introduces the verb revenir (to come back). It discusses the construction noun + de + noun (for example- la classe de français). Finally, it discusses stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui, nous, vous, eux).
Note de Grammaire – contractions with “de”
Lots of games to help you practice below:
Venir flashcards and concentration
Chez + stress pronouns (multiple choice)
de + article +vocab (multiple choice story)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq15xa-C9v Y
http://www.quia.com/pop/39542.html (Jouer à / Jouer de)
http://www.quia.com/tq/143612.html (à? ou de?)
http://www.quia.com/jg/346384.html (sports, jeux, musique)
http://www.quia.com/pop/39545.html (stress pronouns)
http://www.quia.com/tq/100936.html (stress pronouns)
http://www.quia.com/cz/9783.html (venir fill-in-the-blank)
http://www.quia.com/cz/10480.html (venir)
Lesson Rags to Riches (who wants to be a millionaire?)
Practice with venir/revenir/devenir (practice quiz) – (devenir = to become)
Leçon 16- Mes Voisins
This lesson introduces more family members. It goes over all of the possessive adjectives. It also shows how to indicate possession using “de”.
http://www.quia.com/jg/347986.html (family)
http://www.quia.com/tq/288783.html (possessive adjs)
http://www.quia.com/tq/288782.html (possessive adjs)
http://www.quia.com/tq/274507.html (possessive adjs)
http://www.quia.com/hm/99761.html (family and poss adjs)
Some songs (pas le meilleur) pour les adjectifs possessifs
In summary, this unit was about the following vocabulary and grammar topics:
Vocabulaire
places around town (p197)
asking directions (p199)
places & other vocab around town (p210)
sports, games, instruments (p220)
other: vraiment, pas du tout, tu es sûr(e)?
saying where you live (p196)
parts of the house (p200)
family (p229)
Verbes
venir, revenir (p218)
de + plus definite article (p219) – with games, sports, instruments, or places
à + plus definite article (p220) – with games, sports, instruments, or places
Grammaire
Stress pronouns- moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (p221)
Noun + de + noun (p223)
possession with “de” (p228)
possessive adjectives (p230-232)
Ordinal numbers -ième (p233)
- 231
-Tu es sûr(e) ?
-Oui, je suis sûr(e).
-Non, je ne suis pas sûre.
- 233
Les Nombres Ordinaux
2nd – deuxième
3rd – troisième
4th – quatrième
NUMBER (minus final –e (if any)) + ième |
1st – premier / première
5 – cinquième
9 – neuvième
Quia links:
These links are for overall review games for the UNIT:
http://www.quia.com/cb/30391.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/31939.html
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Salut! Merci pour le message. At this time I am not currently teaching and though I may have some IPA resources packed away, I don’t have a ton on the whole. I will let you know if I do get back into it and will find any I could add! Merci et bonne continuation!
Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse rapide!