Duolingo Weekly Lessons
Duolingo is a weekly work habits grade. The week starts on
Monday and ends the following Sunday night. You have all week to finish the
lessons and can control when you do it. You can do one lesson a day, a few lessons on Monday and Tuesday, or wait until last minute Sunday night. You have to manage your time in order to do well.
On average, one lesson can take five minutes, though you can often finish one faster than that. Your grade is based on the number of lessons you complete.
Lessons
|
Grade
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8 or more
|
4
|
5 to 7
|
3
|
2 to 4
|
2
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1
|
1
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0
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Missing Grade
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Duolingo Weekly Assignments
Students were assigned specific skills such as Basics 2, Greetings, or People that they need to level up at least once before the end of the quarter. Each week, a new skill is assigned, but students can still complete lessons at their own pace. It is not a problem if a student finishes a skill late, but they must be completed by the end of the quarter.
How Grading
Works
Students will get two types of work habits grades.
50% of their grade will come from weekly lessons. Did they complete the 8 lessons?
50% of their grade will come at the end of the quarter. It reflects how many assigned skills students completed during the quarter.
27-Oct |
Basics 1 and Greetings |
Basics 2 |
Nov 3 |
Basics 2 |
People |
Nov 10 |
People |
Travel |
Nov 17 |
Travel |
Family |
Nov 24 |
Family |
Activities |
Dec 1 |
Activities |
People 2 |
Dec 8 |
People 2 |
Family 2 |
Last Week of the Quarter
During the last week of the quarter, students will have a limited amount of days to make up some missing or late assignments or lessons.
Duolingo Tips
- Do Duolingo on a computer. In every skill, it has a description of some of the grammar before you see it. This can help a lot.
- Early
on, write EVERYTHING down. Keep a list of any new vocab as it comes
up. Most of the time, the hardest part is the listening section where
you must listen to a short sentence or phrase and transcribe it in
French and this can be very hard because the sentences are out of
context. If you are unsure of what is spoken, you can make some
educated guesses by using your vocab list.
- All
nouns (places, things, objects, people) are masculine or feminine. This
means that a table (une table) and a chair (une chaise) are feminine
words while a pencil (un crayon) or a notebook (un cahier) are
masculine.
- You can tell that a word is feminine because of the word before it. Une or La mean it is feminine. Un or Le are masculine.
- The adjectives will change.
Verb
conjugation! This means the last few letters of a verb (an action)
change depending on WHO is doing the action. In English we often add an
"s" at the end of words. Example : I eat. She eats.
Same thing happens in French, but there are more options. Again, make a list of which endings go with which words.
Example :
Je Mange
Tu Manges
Il Mange
Nous Mangeons
Vous Mangez
Ils Mangent
Last but not least!
- Mistakes
are a good thing. It is natural to make from mistakes when learning a
language. Learn from them. Don't just move on to the next question.
Look at your mistake. Know how to fix it so you can do it right the
next time.