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Essential Questions

Essential Questions. How do the French identify their family members? How can you talk about your family?. Choose the correct adjective. Patrick a un ______ (nouveau / nouvel) ordinateur. Tom et Dom sont de _____(vieil / vieux) amis. Eric est un ______ (bel / beau) homme.

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Essential Questions

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  1. Essential Questions • How do the French identify their family members? • How can you talk about your family?

  2. Choose the correct adjective. Patrick a un ______ (nouveau / nouvel) ordinateur. Tom et Dom sont de _____(vieil / vieux) amis. Eric est un ______ (bel / beau) homme. Ma _____ (nouvelle / nouvel) amie s’appelle Agnès. Il y a de _____ (belles / beaux) livres à la bibliothèque. 1.2

  3. NOTE • demi-frère = both stepbrother and half-brother • demi-soeur = both stepsister and half-sister

  4. Cinquain Poetry • Write a cinquain, a 5-line poem, describing a friend or family member. • Line 1: A noun • Line 2: Two adjectives • Line 3: Three verbs or verb phrases • Line 4: A sentence • Line 5: A noun

  5. Example 1 Mon frère Généreux, sportif Il chante, il dessine, il travaille J’adore mon frère. Jean-Claude

  6. Example 2 Mon chien Grand, marrant Il joue, il mange, il aime les chats J’adore mon chien. Sampson

  7. Nicknames • In French, names are changed and shortened just as they are in English when a person is with family or friends. • Boys • Jacques: Jacquot (Jimmy) • Guillaume: Guy (Bill) • Girls • Alexandrie: Alix (Alex) • Marguerite:Margot (Maggie) 2.1

  8. Pierre Hélène Luc Céline Lucienne Henri Martin Phillippe Monique Claude Samuel

  9. Écoutons • Claude décrit sa famille. Regarde l’arbre généalogique (family tree) et décide si les phrases sont A.) vraies B.) faux 1.2

  10. Réponds aux questions suivantes d’après l’arbre généalogique de Claude. Comment s’appelle le neveu de Céline? Comment s’appelle les cousines de Martin? Qui est l’oncle de Claude? Comment s’appelle le mari d’Hélène? Qui est la tante de Claude? Qui est le frère de Martin? Qui est lecousin de Phillippe? Qui sont les enfants de Lucienne? 1.2

  11. Interview • Ask three of your classmates the questions below. Based on their answers, see if there are any similarities between their families and yours. • Vous êtes combien dans ta famille? • Comment s’appelle ton père? Et ta mère? • Tu as des frères ou des soeurs? • Tu as un animal domestique? 1.1,1.3

  12. Comparisons • Imagine you’re an exchange student staying with a French family. Which of the following would you expect to do: • help yourself to the fridge and be able to snack whatever you like? • eat dinner in front of any one of the three TV sets? • spend Sunday with your family? 4.2

  13. If you stay with a French family, you’ll notice that children usually have dinner every evening with their parents. Except for the goûter, they don’t eat between meals. The family will most likely have dinner in the dining room. Some families might watch the 8 o’clock news together while eating dinner around the dinner table.

  14. Boys and girls help with grocery shopping, meal preparation, cooking, and setting or clearing the table. French teenagers rarely have parties at home; they meet their friends at a café or a theatre. They usually go out on Wednesday afternoons, since school ends early, and on Saturday nights. Sunday is often spent with the family.

  15. Do you always have lunch or dinner with your family? • Do American students usually go out on Wednesdays and Saturday nights?

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