Theme:  L'hiver

Grammar topic:  prepositions en and dans

Brise-glace:  Click the link below for the music video « L'importance de l'hiver » by Débout Sur Le Zinc. The second link contains only the lyrics.  Prepare to discuss your opinion about the song, any thoughts about it, along with interpretation of its possible meaning(s).

• Link to the music video:  L'importance de l'hiver. 
• Link to the lyrics:  L'importance de l'hiver lyrics.

Grammar exercise links:  (You do NOT need to make a login/account to do these exercises.  Each exercise contains a button at the bottom, the yellow "check my test", to check your answers. )

• Exercise 1 -- Basic explanations in English of the differences for 'en' and 'dans'. 
• Exercise 2 -- No explanations, just additional practice. 
• Exercise 3 -- More detailed explanations, in French. 

Reading: The first link is the main article, the second is a fun page of examples of the article's topic.

• Link 1:  Pourquoi dit-on une lapalissade pour qualifier une affirmation evidente?

              Note:  to pass the "paywall" you will have to accept the cookies in order to read the article in Le Point magazine.  The alternate link below can be accessed without accepting cookies.

• Alt. Link 1:   Lapalissade: L'origine du mot et des exemple amusants de lapalissades.
• Link 2:  20 célèbres tautologies de la langue française 

Bring any questions you have about these homework items. We will be discussing the article and its examples in breakout rooms. Feel free to create your own example to share!

At the end, we will have a dictée, of course :)

(Image "Le Kiosque...." retrieved from Pinterest.)

Theme: Les cadeaux et les boules de Noël

Grammar topic: passé composé, part 2

• Brise-glace:  Answers (meanings) of expressions avec donner.
• Brise-glace:  Expressions avec donner.

Grammar exercise links (You do NOT need to make a login/account to use these exercises.  Each exercise contains a button at the bottom, the yellow "check my test", to check your answers):

• Exercise 1 (medium) - irregular participles.
• Exercise 2 (difficult) - irregular participles plus agreements.

Listening exercise (Click the blue "Ecouter (2 min)" button. A "player" with controls should pop up at the bottom of the page, where you can pause and go back/replay if needed. Click the "x1" to obtain a pop up menu with options for slowing the speed (or speeding up). 

• Listening Exercise -  Aux origines des traditionnelles boules de Noël.
• Transcript - Boules de Noël

Reading exercise

•  Stella, la nouvelle boule de Noël de Meisenthal 

Bring any questions you have about these homework items.

For our "parler" breakout rooms, prepare 3 questions to ask using the irregular participles listed in exercise 1 above. These questions are just for practice, so they can be completely unrelated. You will ask your questions to your group. Be prepared to answer others' questions as well!

At the end, we will have a dictée (shorter than last month's)

Theme: les chaussures

Grammar topic: passé-composé, part 1

•  Brise-glace 
• Les expressions (pied) with translations

Grammar exercise links (You do NOT need to make a login/account to use these exercises.  Each exercise contains a button at the bottom, the yellow "check my test", to check your answers):

• Niveau 1 - https://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-110107.php
• Niveau 2 - https://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-125894.php
• Niveau 3 - https://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-112539.php

Reading and listening exercise link:

•  https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/la-france-toute-une-histoire/alexis-godillot-le-franc-comtois-qui-a-revolutionne-nos-chaussures