French+2+and+3+Required+Summer+Practice


 * Bonjour ! **


 * Required Summer work for Honors French 2 and 3 students **



This site is for students going into these classes this fall: Honors French II and Honors French III. (If you were French II students this past year, you are now French III! If you were French I students, you are now French II!)


 * The summer assignment is a means for helping you practice French during the summer break. The idea is to maintain exposure, and use what you know for enjoyable activities that you get to choose yourself. __Spend at least 20 minutes per week exploring/working with any of the sites you find on this page.You may also read books and articles that you locate, yourself, or listen to music that you may find.__ Some links/activities are review materials, and others incorporate vocabulary and grammar you may not have studied yet. Do not expect to be able to understand every word; try to get the gist of sites, articles, video clips. **** You may also count conversations with French speaking friends toward required practice time. (The conversation must be totally in French;-) This is an especially great activity if you are chatting online with a native French speaker, or vacationing in a French speaking area, etc. While you may count a limited amount of time speaking in French with a classmate from Finneytown, this should not count toward more than 30-40 minutes, total, of your summer work, and you should indicate with whom you talked, and for how long, on your log sheets. ) **

(same document but in word document if you want to type on it):
 * Log: Download as many of these sheets as you need to complete the summer work. Challenge yourself to at least 20 minutes per week. **
 * Organize the sheets in a way that is easy for me to understand and see what you did. These sheets are due to me on the first day you return to school and completion will count as a major test grade for the first quarter : [[file:French 2-3 summer log.pdf]] **


 * Vary what you use on this site each week. For example, try some games one week, listen to music another week, review some of the grammar and vocabulary activities and games at the bottom of the page during another week, etc. The more variety, the more skills you develop. **

Spending a little time everyday listening to French-language Francophone songs, playing games in French, watching French-language Francophone television shows, cartoons, etc. online, or watching part of a French-language Francophone movie on a regular basis will improve your language skills drastically. You will be able to think in French a little better each day. It is up to you to continue to practice. Language learning is a skill that must be developed frequently and over a long period of time.


 * If you find a link you want to add to this page, send it to me. Indicate the category I should put it in also: sshackelford@finneytown.org **


 * Dictionary and Grammar References: **
 * [|**Word Reference**]** (an on-line dictionary in various languages) **


 * ** [|Grammar Reference] **

[|APPS Pour le Français] - great variety !


 * Activities Options from which to choose: **


 * [|Supersite] for all things French: lots to explore and learn here on a variety of topics


 * [|Mini Online French course via vidéo]


 * [|Bite-size French practice tests in reading and listening>]


 * Flashcards **
 * [|Quizlet-] many categories flashcards including vocabulary, grammar, history, art
 * [|Flashcards 2]


 * General Practice **
 * [|Begininng French practice activities]
 * [|Exploring many topics]


 * Listening Practice **
 * [|Dans la cuisine]
 * [|French by French listening and culture activities>]
 * [|Au marché, on fait des courses]
 * [|Les recettes de la cuisine au Québec]
 * [|Un pique-nique: écoutez et répondez]
 * [|Bonjour de France-compréhension-débutant]
 * [|Bonjour de France-compréhension-élementaire]
 * [|RFI infos du jour]
 * [|Frenglish news-] in French and English with audio-good start for practice type of AP exercises
 * [|1 jour 1 actu]
 * [|BBC listening activities]
 * [|Amusez-vous bien et explorez la musique francophone]
 * [|RFI general] -les infos et la musique
 * [|TV5 Monde Actualités du Jour]
 * [|Espace apprendre] -so many practice opportunities for reading and listening-excellent
 * [|French listening activities with script]
 * [|Bonjour aux amis-exercises]


 * Listening Practice with the News **
 * [|Radio France]
 * [|Un site avec les actualites pour les jeunes de France "en temps reel"]
 * [|Québec infos]
 * [|BBC Afrique]


 * Reading Practice **
 * [|Espace apprendre] -so many practice opportunities for reading and listening-excellent
 * [|BBC Reading]
 * [|Manger à Flunch]
 * [|Les Petits Citoyens]
 * [|Newsmap-La France-cliquez sur "France"]
 * [|Paris pour les jeunes adultes]
 * [|Choose a selection from the Reader's Digest in French]
 * For reading comprehension revision try: [|i-café]
 * [|Les Clés Junior-beaucoup d'articles.]
 * [|La cuisine de Monica-les recettes]
 * [|Advanced reading comprehension>]


 * Grammar Practice **
 * [|BBC grammar practice]
 * [|Crazy activities]
 * [|YouTube channel for French grammar]
 * [|Verb Practice]
 * [|Cliff Notes for French Grammar]
 * [|Verbcast] : practice verbs on your MP3 player
 * [|Verb tense games]
 * [|French Language Guide]
 * [|Passé composé]


 * Vocabulary Practice **
 * [|Basic vocabulary review]
 * [|Les choses à manger]
 * [|Lexique FLE]
 * [|French Language]
 * [|Vocabulaire:compréhension]
 * [|Illustrated Vocabulary]
 * [|Dans la maison]
 * [|Carrefour:visitez le supermarché]


 * Les Sports et Les Vacances **
 * [|Le golf]
 * [|Conféderation Africain du Football]
 * [|Visitez la région de Québec]
 * [|Un parc d'attraction très simple]
 * [|Les jeux pour la récréation pour les petits]
 * [|Le Tour de France exercise>]


 * Video activities **
 * [|French situation videos]
 * [|Kid videos for comprehension like Dora, L'exploritrice]
 * [|La cuisine-vidéos pour préparer les plats]
 * [|La Magie-card tricks et plus]
 * [|crazy kid videos]
 * [|Apprendre le français-TV5]
 * [|CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo]


 * Les Jeux **
 * [|Practice games on many topics]
 * [|Purpose games in French-over 100]
 * [|Lots of games to practice vocabulary and grammar] -scroll to bottom of page
 * [|Encore les jeux]
 * [|Digital games to help your French]
 * [|Lots of practice with basics]
 * [|African geography games]
 * [|European geography games]
 * [|The Traveler IQ Challenge]
 * __ Alien body parts game __
 * [|Practice activities and games]
 * [|Les Jeux de Charlotte]
 * [|Translationzilla-Compare your language skills with your friends game]
 * [|Allô Prof-les jeux]
 * [|Canal-rêve-les jeux]
 * [|Bravo jeux]
 * [|Les jeux de vocabulaire-jouez bien]


 * La Musique **
 * [|Amusez-vous bien et explorez la musique francophone]
 * [|Lyrics Training]
 * [|Lyrics Gap-Aux Champs-Elysées-fill in missing words]
 * [|Vidéoclips de musique populaire francophone]
 * [|Stars Parades-Musique en Afrique et aux Antilles]
 * [|La boîte à musique>]
 * our wiki music page (s) have many links and videos

1. [|Le Patrimoine Français] -French national heritage sites 2. __ Le Centre des monuments nationaux de France--très impressionant __
 * La Culture **


 * Technology and Language fun-Try some of these tools and make things in French **
 * Go to [|Voki.com] -register and make a talking Voki avatar. Introduce yourself in French. Send me the link to your voki: sshackelford@finneytown.org


 * [|Cultural gaffes and faux-pas] -list all the cultural gaffes you learned about. Reflect and give your views. What might someone who visited the United States might make a mistake with?
 * [|Google Sketch-up] -download and create a French house, the Eiffel Tower, etc. in 3D
 * [|Votez pour Miss Glace Flunch:] écoutez les candidats et puis votez
 * [|Texting en français-Les textos français]
 * [|Le laboratoire] : Venez jouer, découvrir et bricoler avec les sciences.
 * [|Mr. Picasso head] -art, then describe yourself. Find some new adjectives
 * [|Face in Hole site] Click on the art pix. Find a piece of art, upload your photo-et voilà!
 * [|Buildyourselfwild] : animal and body parts-to make a picture.
 * [|Blabberize] :Make a talking picture in French
 * [|Be a gargouille>]


 * Francophone TV station/radio sites **
 * [|tv5]
 * [|tf1]
 * [|Les jours sur la planète-TV5-video avec des exercises]
 * [|Videos from various French TV resources]
 * Télévision en ligne
 * [|Les publicités]
 * [|Euronews]
 * [|Deutsche Welle] -Les infos en français
 * [|Listen Live-Radio stations-music from around the world]
 * [|CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo]
 * [|Les infos-20 minutes.fr]


 * Video games **
 * Do you play video games with gamers from other countries that speak French? Maybe this can be part of your weekly time from time to time.


 * Our Facebook Page **

[|Friend us, check out the postings, and add comments].


 * Your French I and French 2 pages from last year have power-points, exercises and more to explore....You may explore anything on the wiki ! Keep in mind that I will be editing pages, especially the French III page, which is quite an old one. **


 * Amusez-vous bien ! **