1. Day of the Week French 1 Le 4 novembre 2013

2. Warm Up What are the following phrases in English? Vous desirez? Je vais au café.

3. Les jours de la semaine Lundi = Monday Mardi = Tuesday Mercredi = Wednesday Jeudi = Thursday Vendredi = Friday Samedi = Saturday Dimanche = Sunday

4. Things To Remember If you are talking about something that happens repetitively on a specific day of the week, you use the definite article « le » with the day of the week. Ex. Marie va au cinéma le samedi. Marie goes to the movies on Saturdays. Otherwise, just use the word for the day of the week. Ex. Marie va au cinema samedi. Marie is going to the movies on Saturday. (this one day, not each week)

5. Cultural Note In France, le calendrier (the calendar) starts with lundi (Monday) instead of dimanche (Sunday). Days of the week are always lowercase in France.

6. Song Sing the days of the week in the tune of the Flintstones to help you remember it. Sing the days of the week in the tune of the Flintstones to help you remember it.

7. Les nouvelles I will only have after school tutoring today. You will have a substitute on Thursday & Friday. You will need to sit in your assigned seats. Examen on Unite 3 next Wednesday.