You sit down in your seat and get your folder out. Mr. Greeley is standing at the front of the class without a warm-up on the board -- since there was nothing at the front, you don't get anything else out. Mr. Greeley then starts talking, "Class, we're going to review your vocab from yesterday to start things off today. I'm going to give you a series of commands, in French, and you're going to have to follow them. Do your best, and ask questions if you need help, or just look around if you're not sure," he says. "Here we go: Sortez votre feuille (he holds up an imaginary piece of paper) blanche."
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[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
[[Sors ta feuille blanche.]]
[[Watch what other people are doing.]]
[[Take out a pencil.]]Mr. Greeley looks around the class to see who did or did not follow his commands. To a few students he says, "Regarde tes voisins," while pointing at the students around the student who didn't get out their white vocab sheet. Once everyone has their sheet out he continues, "Ok, la classe: sortez votre stylo ou crayon."
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[[Sors ton crayon.]]
[[Watch your neighbors.]]
[[Take your pencil out.]]
[[Raise your hand.]]
[[Put in your headphones.]]You notice that everyone at your table is taking out their white vocab sheet.
[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
[[Sors ta feuille blanche.]] You see Mr. Greeley going around the classroom telling other students " "Regarde tes voisins." When he gets to you he says it again, pointing at the people sitting around you. You notice that they all have their white vocab sheets out in front of them.
[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]You notice that everyone else at your table gets out a pen or a pencil. "Sortez votre stylo ou crayon," you hear Mr. Greeley say again.
[[Sors ton crayon.]]
[[Take out a pencil.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] Once you have your pencil out, Mr. Greeley says, "Très bien, la classe! Maintenant: écrivez votre nom," while making imaginary writing motions on the top part of a classmate's vocab sheet.
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[[Ecris ton nom sur ta feuille blanche.]]
[[Watch what your neighbors are doing.]]
[[Write your name at the top of your vocab sheet.]]Mr. Greeley comes over to you. "Ah, il faut que tu sortes ton crayon ou stylo," he says as he walks around your table picking up the pencils and pens your classmates have gotten out.
[[Take out a pencil.]]
[[Sors ton crayon.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] "Très bien la classe," Mr. Greeley looks on approvingly parce que toute la class a sorti leur feuille blanche. "Sortez votre stylo ou crayon," he says shortly after tout en écrivant sur une feuille imaginaire avec un stylo imaginaire.
[[Sors ton crayon.]] Mr. Greeley stares blankly back at you.
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[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
[["I don't speak French, Mr. Greeley."]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] Mr. Greeley says "That's ok, just watch what I do. Sors ta feuille blanche," while picking up the white vocab sheets your neighbors took out.
[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] "Eh ben voilà! Ca fait toute la class qui l'a sorti! Quelle chance pour moi et pour vous," Mr. Greeley says tout en souriant comme un fou. Au coin de la classe tu vois deux petits nains qui sortent de la classe. Tu entends Mr. Greeley "La classe, il faut maintenant m'écrire deux mille mots sur les différences entre la vrai compréhension et la fausse compréhension. Comment est-ce que l'on peut se rendre compte quand on ne comprend plus ce qu'un autre dit?" dit-il tout en te regardant avec un regard de déception.
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Regarde tes voisins.]]
[[Raise your hand.]] Tu vois que tous tes camardes de classe sont en train d' écrire leur copie.
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Lève-toi la main]] M. Greeley te voit et se promène à ta siège. Il te regarde, déçu.
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[I'm really sorry, but I don't understand any of what you said.]]"That's ok," Mr. Greeley says. "That's ok. Just do your best to keep up by either following along on your vocab sheet or by watching your neighbors. Don't just click on the French option." He contines: "Sors ta feuille blanche," he says while picking up the white vocab sheet that all of your neighbors took out.
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Take out your white vocab sheet.]] You see your neighbors writing their names at the top of their vocab sheets.
[[Write your name at the top of your vocab sheet.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] Mr. Greeley continues going around the classroom, stopping at several students' desks and saying "Ecris ton nom," while pointing at the vocab sheet in the top right hand corner where it says 'Nom:________________.' He continues, "Alright, nice work. We're going to do a little practice with some hand motions for some of the commands we learned yesterday. I'll say the command, you make the appropriate hand motion. Remember, this is like church: if you're not sure what's going on, just look at your neighbors and copy what they do. You'll figure it out soon enough." He then says, "Sometimes I'm going to show you a symbol that is not the right one. Don't go by what I'm doing. Allez, on commence. Le premier: écoutez."
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[[Make a writing motion with your pencil.]]
[[Look at your neighbors.]]
[[Ecoutez.]]
[[Cup your hand to your ear.]]Mr. Greeley sees you and says, "That's not what I asked. You should take those out and 'sors ta feuille blanche," he says while picking up your neighbor's white vocab sheet.
"Oh my bad," you say taking off your headphones. [[Take out your white vocab sheet.]]
Tu dis, "Oh, c'est de ma faute." Tu enlèves tes écouteurs. [[Sors ta feuille blanche.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] Tu écris ton nom. M. Greeley continue, "La classe, il faut maintenant m'écrire deux mille mots sur les différences entre la vrai compréhension et la fausse compréhension. Comment est-ce que l'on peut se rendre compte quand on ne comprend plus ce qu'un autre dit?" dit-il tout en te regardant avec un regard de déception.
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Regarde tes voisins.]]
[[Raise your hand.]] Mr. Greeley looks at you and smiles, "Gotcha." You notice your neighbors all have their hands cupped to their ears.
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[[Cup your hand to your ear.]]
[[Make a writing motion with your pencil.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]] You notice your neighbors writing their names on the top of their vocab sheets. "Ecrivez ton nom," you hear Mr. Greeley say as he walks up next to you. He points to "Nom:___________" in the top right hand part of your vocab sheet.
"Oh, right." [[Write your name at the top of your vocab sheet.]]
[[Put in your headphones.]]
[["I don't speak French, Mr. Greeley."]] "La classe, il faut regarder les camarades si on ne comprendrait pas," dit Mr. Greeley en te regardant. "Qu'est-ce qu'ils font, les autres?"
[[Look at your neighbors.]]
[[Regarde tes voisins.]]
[[Put in your headphones.]] Mr. Greeley goes around the class looking at students. He smiles at a few who were making writing motions with their hands. He then says, "Ecoutez," while gesturing toward the students who had their hands cupped to their ears. Soon, the whole class has their hand cupped to their ears. "Ok, pas mal. Au prochain: levez la main."
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[[Stand up.]]
[[Lift your hand into the air.]]
[[Cup your hand to your ear.]] Mr. Greeley smiles at you and says, "Gotcha." He then gestures to your classmates while saying "Lève la main." You notice that they're all raising their hands.
[[Lift your hand up in the air.]]
[[Remain standing.]]
Sit down and then [[Lift your hand into the air.]] Mr. Greeley then says, "Et maintenant, la dernière: levez-vous et regardez-moi."
[[Get up.]]
[[Look toward Mr. Greeley]]
[[Get up and look at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Peek at what your neighbors do.]]The class giggles at you. Mr. Greeley smiles. "Assieds-toi," he says gesturing to your chair. You sit down quickly. Mr. Greeley then says, "Et maintenant, la dernière: levez-vous et regardez-moi."
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[[Get up.]]
[[Look toward Mr. Greeley]]
[[Get up and look at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Peek at what your neighbors do.]]"Levez la main," Mr. Greeley says, smiling, as he gestures toward his hand. "La main," he says again.
Sit down and [[Lift your hand up in the air.]] You stand next to your chair. You notice that most of the class is up and looking at Mr. Greeley.
[[Look at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Put in your headphones.]] You look at Mr. Greeley. He looks back at you while gesturing to your classmates, who have almost all stood up.
[[Stand next to your seat.]]
[[Stare blankly at Mr. Greeley.]]
[[Put in your headphones.]] Mr. Greeley looks around and nods approvingly once the whole class is standing and looking at him. "Très bien," he says. "Asseyez-vous et on va commencer."
[[Sit in your chair.]]Mr. Greeley looks around and nods approvingly once the whole class is standing and looking at him. "Très bien," he says. "Asseyez-vous et on va commencer."
[[Sit in your chair.]]Mr. Greeley looks around and nods approvingly once the whole class is standing and looking at him. "Très bien," he says. "Asseyez-vous et on va commencer."
[[Sit in your chair.]]Mr. Greeley pats you on the back. "It takes a while to learn a language. Keep it up and I think you'll be pleased with your results." He smiles and goes back to teach the class.
"Oh, and the password is the word "écureuil." Write it down."
<img src="images/squirrel.gif"/>Some students are raising their hands and some students are standing. However, most students seem to be raising their hands and standing at the same time.
[[Get up.]]
[[Look toward Mr. Greeley]]
[[Get up and look at Mr. Greeley.]]