French Materials and Tasks for Class 8

Week of June 8 th and 15th

1. a) Speak the poem:"Le Dormeur du val "(with the sound track) and make sure you understand every word, otherwise write down those you still need to learn.

b) Answer in French questions about the poem and as usual use the vocab. of the questions to formulate and write the answers:

i. Est-ce-que le jeune soldat semble triste ou heureux?...(does the young soldier

seem sad or happy?)

ii. Est ce que le mot" malade"decrit bien l'etat du soldat?...(does the word sick

describe well the state of the soldier?

iii. Quand decouvrons-nous la realite a propos de l'etat du soldat?..(when do we

discover the reality about the state of the soldier?_

iv. Qu'esce-que le poete, Arthur Rimbault decrit comme une absurdite? (what

does the poet describe, as an absurdity?)

(to answer the last question get help by using the following words: jeune, tranquille (young, quiet); but also: l'air malade (looking ill), and also: la trace des balles de fusil (the mark of the gun bullets).

2. a) First revise the vocabulary we learnt about the weather. Then write in French how the weather is now in a few sentences.

   b) Listen, read, repeat, learn and recopy sentences how to describe some activities:(listen to the sound track to keep a good pronunciation)

 +Cette semaine, il faisait beau alors…..This week it was nice weather, so...

.J'ai joue au ballon..(I played ball).;Je me suis promene(e).(I took a walk);

J'ai fait du jardinage..(I gardened); j'ai cueuilli des fleurs..(I picked flowers);

J' ai fait des bouquets de fleurs....(I made bunches of flowers):

j'ai piquenique dehors..(I had a  picnic outside)…..

+ Cette semaine, il faisait mauvais, alors…(this week it was bad weather, so...)

-J'ai joue aux cartes avec.mon (mes) frere(s), ma,(mes) soeur(s), mes parents..

…………...(I played cards with my brother(s),sister(s),parents.

-J'ai ecoute de la musique..(I listened to music);

J'ai joue au piano, a la flute, a la guitare..(I played piano, flute, guitar)..

J'ai aide a la maison a preparer des repas..(I helped home to prepare some meals) ;

par exemple,j'ai prepare des salads..(I prepared salads),

j'ai cuit des spaghettis avec de la sauce tomate et du fromage rape..(I cooked

spaghetti with tomato sauce and grated cheese)

-J'ai fait une salade de fruits avec des pommes,des bananes,des mandarines, des

poires, des fraises hmmm Delicieux! ( I made a fruit salad with apples, bananas,

satsumas, pears, strawberries….Delicious!!).

3. Litterature…"Le Petit Prince"..

Chapter 12...(XII) p.35 (only the last 6 lines),p.36 ,p.37 (only first 2 lines until the end of the chapter)

a) Here are the verbs in the infinitive so you can translate easily with a dictionary, write the translation below, some have been given to you:

.p35...etait...etre=……………..….. ;

habitee...habiter=……………………… ;

Be careful a lot of verbs are written in the Past Historic, same as now our perfect tense.( P.H.)

Fut.(PH).;..etre=…………….; elle plongea (PH)...plonger=…………………….;

fais-tu...faire=…………………....; il trouva (PH)...trouver=………………………...;

p.36...je bois...boire=……………………..; demanda(PH)..demander=……………..;

oublier=………………………..; s'enquit=enquired ; plaignait...plaindre=felt for him..;

j'ai honte..avoir =……………..

honte...to BE ashamed (in French you say to Have shame) ;

avoua (PH)..avouer= admitted ; baissant...baisser= lowering  ; s'informa (PH)

s'informer..=……………………………….; desirait...desirer=……………………..;

secourir=……………………..; acheva (PH)...achever=ended;

s'enferma (PH).=.closed himself; s'en fut PH)=went away

p37(2 lines)..sont...etre..=………….; se disait-il...se dire= to tell oneself.

b) Write down the translation of p36 .(first 12 lines)

c) Answer the following questions in French and use the words in the questions to formulate the answers:

i. Est ce que le Petit Prince est naif quand il demande au buveur ce qu'il fait

devant tant de bouteilles?..(Is the little Prince naïve when he asks the drinker

about what he is doing in front of so many bottles?)

ii. Quelle sont les repetitions dans les questions et les reponses?..(which words

are repeated in the questions and answers?)

iii. Quelle est la morale de cette planete avec l'attitude du buveur?..(What is the

morality of this planet due to the attitude of the drinker?)

4. Grammar Revise the verbs below we have learnt so far:

Regular ER verbs, AllER, *Se demander, VoyaGER, Etre, Avoir., apprenDRE, comprenDRE.

Translate below:...oubliER,(to forget), plonGER(to dive),

*s'enfermER (to confine/lock up)

we forget=……………………....; he was forgetting=………………..;

they forgot=……………………..; I will forget=…………………………;

you (lot) would forget=……………….. … we dive=…………………………...;

she was diving=…………………………; you (lot) were diving=……………..…;

they will dive=……………………………; I would dive=………………………….

He confines himself=…………………….…; we confine ourselves=………………….;

they were confining themselves=…………….' she confines herself (Perfect)=……….;

I will confine myself=……………………;they will confine themselves.=………………..

That’s it. Work well! I look forward to appreciate your progress...I hope soon……. Best wishes!   Madame Gaillemin