ELEMENTARY FRENCH II

at Camden County College
Prof. Howard

Chapter 6: CULTURE
                               * French meals :

• The 3 meals
• The drinks and courses
• Table etiquettes
• What to expect in a restaurant
• A typical French menu

                                * French cuisine
                                * Great French recipes

                                * Well known French Restaurants

                                * A tour of the French gastronomy

GRAMMAR:       * Verbs vouloir and pouvoir
                                                * The partitive
                                                * The partitive in the negative
                                                * Contrast the definite article and the partitive
                                                * Expressions of quantity

VOCABULARY : * Table setting
                                                * Food and drinks

ACTIVITIES:      * Compose a great dinner
                                                * Tasting and grading a restaurant
                                                * games on - food items
                                                                 - food and drinks
                                                                 - more on food
                                                                 - fruits and vegetables
                                                                  - going to the restaurant
                                                                  - verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
                                                * quiz on     - food (very challenging!)

Chapter 7: 

GRAMMAR :
                                   * Verb acheter
                                   * Verbs like "partir"
                                   * Direct Object Pronouns
                                   * The verbs lire, dire, écrire
                                   * Adjectives which precede the noun

VOCABULARY :
                                    * Train vocabulary
                                    * Vocabulary about items one reads and writes

ACTIVITIES:
                                    * Organize a trip by train
                                    * Game on - people and description with preceding adjectives

Chapter 8: 

                                * Tipping
                                * Youth hostels in France
                                * A few important castles
                                            Les châteaux de la Loire
 

GRAMMAR:
                                   * Verbs like finir
                                   * Verbs like perdre
                                   * The Passé Composé with avoir
                                                                     with être

VOCABULARY :
                                    Trips and Transportation

chapter 9: 

GRAMMAR:
                                          * Agreement of the past participle with avoir
                                          * Verb Tenir
                                          * Indirect Object Pronouns

VOCABULARY :
                                                Sports 
                                                Music instruments and the kinds of music

ACTIVITIES:
                                               * games on - sports and leisure

Chapter 10: 

GRAMMAR
                                         * Reflexive Verbs in the present
                                                                     in the past
                                         * The verbs voir and croire
VOCABULARY:
                                          * The House
                                          * Movies

ACTIVITIES
                                          * games on - the home
                                                            - reflexive verbs
                                         * quiz on     -the reflexive pronouns