Re: French 1

Andrew

Posted on 1/26/10

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This is also my first year using DF Bleu and Blanc. We are
starting Lecon 11 on Friday. One thing I remember the textbook
teacher telling us was to only quiz on the first 2, max 3 lessons
of each unite. That saves time and grading time. E.g. in unite
3, only give a lecon quiz on 5, 6 and maybe 7. Then go right to
the unit test. I agree a little with Mlle Robertson; however,
I've also noticed this series does a TON of recyling of
vocabulary and grammar in level I and in level II in blanc.

The textbook teacher (former French teacher) suggested with at
minimum finish unit 6 in the year to cover all IRs and RE verbs.
If you don't cover this, it will make starting Blanc in level II
a pain of having to supplement all the rappel materials.

On 1/24/10, Mlle Robertson wrote:
> On 1/19/10, Cheryl Hartford wrote:
>> Hi,
>> This is my first year using Discovering French Bleu and we
>> are just finishing lesson 8. I need to know how to move
>> faster. Do you have ideas?
>> Cheryl
>
> I'm only a second-year teacher, so I'm not exactly an expert.
> But I've always figured it's better to cover less and do a
> thorough job of it than to try to finish the whole textbook in
> a year. So my suggestion is to set the pace according to how
> the kids are doing and let them show you how fast to go.

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