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| Title | Activities for the Imparfait and the Passé Composé |
| Body | Among the replies to a recent request on the FLTEACH listserv for ideas for practicing the imparfait and the passé composé were these suggestions. ---- One of my favorites is to create a common experience and then generate the narrative to recount the event. For instance, another teacher would come into the classroom and do something bizarre. Take something from my desk, leave something (a rubber chicken) on my desk when my back was turned. As I tried to figure out how the chicken came to be on my desk, we'd naturally have to choose imparfait/passé composé. It ends up as a group retelling. Using a scene from a movie is also good, preferably a movie in the target language, but the key is to focus on an event. An English example would be from the first Star Wars when Luke Skywalker enters Princess Leia's cell. Show the clip and then ask the students to tell the story. "The Princess was waiting in her cell when the door opened and in came a soldier." My culminating assignment was to have the students recount an event from their past - usually with an illustration. I modeled by telling them the story of how I broke my arm. A certain number of worksheets with fill-ins are likely as that is how they are tested on AP/SAT exams. Ferree, R.M. Re: passe compose et imparfait. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (20 Sept. 2005). ---- I have a co-worker storm into my room and start yelling at me in front of the class. We make a plan for a fake fight (I took papers off her desk, I'm using her teacher's book, took her favorite piece of chalk), and I begin teaching my lesson. She comes into my class and we "have words". After she storms out (and while the class is still in shock), I write what happened on the board: We were taking notes (imperfect) when our class was interruped (passé composé). She yelled (passé composé). We felt scared/angry (imp). She was mad (imp). She left (passé composé). This works if you can find a co-worker to yell and if you can keep a straight face while it's going on. It illustrates the differences of feelings, one-time actions, ongoing actions being interruped. It's fun watching as the students figure out it's a set-up and part of the lesson. Hinds, K. Re: passe compose et imparfait. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (21 Sept. 2005). |
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