le 21 octobre

Here is your assignment for next Monday! You already have notes about this, but this is to clarify the details.

1. You should have all of your pictures by now for your imaginary room (20 minimum);

2. You should have your descriptive sentences in the fnal draft form (if you did not turn those in and then correct them, they will lose 5 points per day starting on Monday of next week);

3. You should have a sketch of your room setup so that you can write the sentences that are due on Monday.

Here are the guidelines for the sentences:

1. You must use the following prepositions:

devant (in front of), derriere (behind), sur (on), sous (under), dans (in), a cote de (next to), loin de (far from), pres de (next to), a gauche de (to the left of), a droite de (to the right of), en face de (facing)

There will be repetition of some of these in order to have enough for the sentences.

Keep in mind the rules about the contractions:

de+le= du

de+les=des

de+l’=de l’

de+la=de la

Example of  sentences: La table est loin de le livre=La table est loin du livre.

Le livres est pres de les chaises=Les livres sont pres des chaises.

Pay attention to whether you should use “est” or “sont”. This depends on the first noun in your sentence. Is it singular or plural?

Example: La table est…/Les chaises sont…

Sentence structure: Start with one item and state where it is in relation to another item. The item at the END of the first sentence will be the first noun in the next sentence, etc. until you get all around the room.