jeudi le onze décembre

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.

A fool can always find an even bigger fool to admire him.

Boileau.

Trivia: Geometry studies various shapes and angles. What geometric shape is France often compared to?

Hier: The son of King Pippin the Short? The King of the Franks? The first Holy Roman Emperor?

7th grade:

• 2nd part of little sheet ( family tree- try and figure it out, I know it's confusing...)
• Check Vocabulary Sheet ( fill in some of the things you may not have found.)
• Some sentences on the board about our class family trees.
• Vocabulary Bee (Yes, already!!)

Devoirs: Traduisez la feuille. Complete the whole sheet!

8th grade:

• 2 little vocab. activities.
• Check vocabulary sheet - point out some words and phrases you will need to know for quiz! AND TEXTBOOK!
• Fill in LOTTO card using only the first page.
• Jouez au LOTTO for a bit.

Devoirs: Vocabulary packet.

mercredi le dix décembre

Un homme sans souvenirs est un homme perdu.

A man without memories is a lost man.
Armand SALACROU, L'Inconnue d'Arras, acte III

Trivia: The son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada Laon, this man is regarded not only as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans.

Hier: Who named Canada??

Déjeuner: Le pizza!

7th grade:

• little sheet to keep for a couple o' days!
• Comment s'appelle ta mère? Comment s'appelle ton père?
• Check Vocab sheets tomorrow (since 7th period didn't get them!)
• Family tree - How to talk about how people are related:
• Get in pairs (or on your own, and write 15 sentences describing different ways our class family is related.)

Chris est le grand-père de MacKenzie. Chris is the grandpa of Mackenzie. (Chris is Mackenzie's grandpa.)

Julian est le mari de Shannon. Julian is the husband of Shannon. (Julian is Shannon's husband.)

Devoirs: Make sure LOTTO card and Vocab is done!

8th grade:

• Little matching activity in your notebooks ( with my silly ideas for you to remember the words.)
• Repetez le vocabulaire avec les dessins.
• Finissez le DVD.
• SUR - ON
• SOUS - UNDER
• DEVANT - IN FRONT OF
• DERRIÈRE - BEHIND
• Feuille de vocabulaire. Utilisez pages 184-185

Devoirs: Finish vocab. sheet.

mardi le neuf décembre

Les hommes de génie sont des météores destinés à brûler pour éclairer leur siècle.

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their time.
NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, Discours de Lyon, 1791

Trivia: In 1535, Canada was named by this French explorer.

Hier: Dring Dring! Allo? Dialing code for France...

7th grade:

• Comment s'appelle TA MÈRE???
• Comment s'appelle TON PÈRE????
• MA/TA! MON/TON!
• Finissez le vocabulaire...
• FAMILY TREE 'Arbre de famille :)' 2nd period : La famille Kayden , 7th period: ????
• Feuille de Vocabulaire et LOTTO

8th grade:

• Finissez le vocabulaire - gimme some feelin'!
• Feuille de vocabulaire (deux pages.)
• Feuille de LOTTO
• DVD Leçon 9 (I swear, French teenagers today really DO NOT look like this!)

lundi le huit décembre

Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profundeur, ils vous le donnent en longueur.

Whatever a speaker is missing in depth he will compensate for in length.

Montesquieu.

Trivia: The international dialing code for the USA is +1. What is the code for France?

Hier: Why was the Eiffel Tower originally there?

Déjeuner: Hamburger or Hamburger Fromage

7th grade:

• Commencez LA FAMILLE - Vocabulaire.
• Our class family treeeeeeeeee.
• Vocabulary Sheet.
• (Devoirs, if not finished in class.)

8th grade:

• Commencez Unité 4 : We are waaaay ahead of the game, mes singes.
• Vocabulaire - Repetez, UGH.
• Les feuilles de vocabulaire.
• DVD: Leçon 9.

DEVOIRS: FEUILLE DE VOCABULAIRE

vendredi le cinq décembre

J'ai réinventé le passé pour voir la beauté de l'avenir.

I reinvented the past to see the beauty of the future.
Louis ARAGON, Le Fou d'Elsa

Trivia: The Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustav Eiffel, was made for a 1889 event and wasn’t all that popular with Parisiens at the time, even though it was then the tallest structure in the world. It was due to be torn in 1909, but it was saved as it made an ideal spot to put TV and radio antennas on top of. What was the event it was originally made for?

Hier: What is that strange museum?

Déjeuner: Les Tacos

7th grade:

• Vocabulary beee buzzzzzzzz....
• Passez le quiz et révisez en classe.

8th grade

• Prennez le grand examen d'Unité 3!!!

PASSEZ UN BON WEEKEND MES PETITS SINGES!!!

jeudi le quatre décembre

Les hommes ne croient jamais les autres capables de ce qu'ils ne le sont pas eux-mêmes.

People never believe others capable of doing that which they themselves are not capable of doing.

De Gondi.

Trivia: The Musée des Egouts de Paris is perhaps the French capital’s strangest attraction –it is a tour of what part of Paris' history?

Hier: A Croque-Monsieur is what yummy treat?

Déjeuner: Hot ham and cheese.

7th grade:

• Traduisez les mots suivants en anglais:
• LE PLACARD-
• LA PISCINE-
• LE CAVE-
• LE SOUS-SOL-
• LE LIT-
• LE TAPIS-
• LE LAVABO-
• LA LAVE-VAISELLE-
• LA MACHINE À LAVER-
• LA RÉSIDENCE-
• JE ME COUCHE DANS...-
• JE JOUE DANS...-
• Vocabulary Bee (which I am sure will be quick!!!)
• LOTTO

ÉTUDIEZ POUR LE QUIZ DEMAIN!!!!! (ALL MATCHING)

8th grade:

• Révisez le vocabulaire pour l'examen DEMAIN. 50 questions ...multiple choice.
• Periods 1 and 4 to Computer Lab - flashcards!
• Also on test, Être, ER Verbs, Questions Words...(and vocabulary.)

mercredi le trois décembre

Et ceux qui ne font rien ne se trompent jamais.

Those who never do anything can never do anything wrong.

Banville.

Trivia: The Croque-monsieur's first recorded appearance was on a Parisian café menu was in 1910. Qu'est-ce que c'est 'un croque-monsieur???'

Hier: The ill-fated Austrian arch-duchess turned queen?

Déjeuner: Le pizza

7th grade:

• Last little part on sheet (Unscramble C)
• Discuss activities of the house (Livre bleu, page 62 B)
• Quelle pièce?? (What room would you do the following things)
• LOTTO

8th grade:

• Face-off period 1 (to see who will get the 5 points on quiz)
• Prennez le quiz
• Révisez en classe!

Demain: a little review on how to make things 'negative.' Review for Unit Test...

UMM- et l'examen va Être vendredi (Friday!!!!)

mardi le deux décembre

Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint.

He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears.

La Fontaine.

Trivia: This lady was not originally from France, but was a young archduchess from Austria. She became the wife of the king who ruled France at the time of outbreak of the French Revolution, but was often despised because of her extreme love of fashion and display of wealth. She was eventually convicted and sentenced to the guillotine on charges of treason.

Hier: What was the name of the massacre?

7th grade:

• Part B /Little sheet.
• Can you answer my questions
• Check devoirs: Livre bleu pages 62-63 A-F
• Fill out Lotto Card
• Lotto (if time)

8th grade:

• Last little quiz!
• Check devoirs: Conjugate your hearts out! Worksheet...
• Verbie Relay (I'm mixing you up!)

DEMAIN : GRAND QUIZ SUR LES VERBES!

lundi le premier decembre! (Can you believe it??)

Le genie est une longue patience.

Genius is patience.

Buffon.

Trivia: On the eve of August 18th, 1572, Henri de Navarre III wed Marguerite de Valois - a night that also marked the beginning of the massacre of over 5000 Huguenots (Protestants) in a wave of Roman Catholic violence in France. This massacre is most famously called what?

7th grade:

Où habites - tu?

De quelle couleur est ta maison???

Il y a combien de pièces dans ta maison?

• little baby sheet to keep for the next few days.


• finish filling in Vocabulary sheet...


• fill in LOTTO Card.

DEVOIRS: LIVRE BLEU: Pages

8th grade:

• Petit quiz "er" verbie.... I sure hope you didn't forget!


• Finish white board challenge...this time it is a competition.


• Worksheet : "Conjugate your hearts out!" - If not finished it is HOMEWORK.

Demain: VERBIE RELAY to prepare for BIG 'ER' QUIZ MERCREDI!!!

mardi le vingt cing novembre

'The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. '

~H.U. Westermayer

'Gratitude is the memory of the heart. '

~Jean Baptiste Massieu, translated from French

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

~Thornton Wilder

I am very thankful that I am your teacher, that I get to see your faces everyday, that I have a job that is filled with so much love and laughter.

-Mademoiselle B







Déjeuner: Fresh pizza

7th and 8th grade:

- 8th grade- little verb quiz, first...
- LOTTO du JOUR DE GRACES (Thanksgiving!)

lundi le vingt quatre novembre

'Il faut que le monde soit clair. Si les coeurs étaient clairs, le monde serait clair.'
The world has to be clear. If hearts were clear, the world would be clear.
Jacques AUDIBERTI, Le Mal court, acte III

Trivia: The famous glass pyramid (La Grande Pyramide) at the entrance to the Louvre in Paris was designed by Chinese-American architect IM Pei and featured heavily in which movie based on the book by Dan Brown.





Vendredi: How long did the Hundred Years War last?

Déjeuner: Chicken Patty

7th grade:

OK LET's TRY LA MAISON AGAIN!!!! .........

Devoirs: Finish Vocabulary Sheet and Lotto Card.

8th grade:

• Petit quiz
• Vrai/Faux questions.
• Révisez les devoirs : Traduisez 10 sur 15 phrases.
• Whiteboard review avec les verbes.

Devoirs: Conjugate your hearts out! Little worksheet...

E, ES, E ....Oui Oui Oui ONS, EZ, ENT...Oui Oui.

vendredi le vingt-et-un novembre

'Il y avait des graines terribles sur la planète du petit prince... c'étaient les graines de baobabs. Le sol de la planète en était infesté. Or un baobab, si l'on s'y prend trop tard, on ne peut jamais plus s'en débarasser. Il encombre toute la planète. Il la perfore de ses racines. Et si la planète est trop petite, et si les baobabs sont trop nombreux, ils la font éclater.'
There were terrible seeds on the little prince's planet... they were baobab seeds. The planet's soil was infested with them. Now, a baobab, if you set about it too late, you can never get rid of it. It takes up the whole planet. It pierces it with its roots. And if the planet is too small, and if there are too many baobabs, they will make it burst.

-Antoine de Saint Exupéry - Le Petit Prince

Trivia: The 100 Years' War was a series of conflicts between France and England that began in 1337 . It began with Edward III claiming to be not only King of England but King of France as well. It ended, without a treaty, with the English in possession only of the town of Calais. How long did the Hundred Years' War last???

Hier: Who was the author who mysteriously disappeared?

Déjeuner: Meatball Hero

7th grade:

• See yesterday's blog for our start on "La Maison!"

8th grade:

• Petit quiz: ER verbie! But which one??!?! Corrigez... 100,86,72,58,44,30,16,0
• Petit vrai/faux activité
• Completez quelques feuilles...
• Traduisez 10 sur 15 phrases.

STEP ONE: WE CAN HAVE LOTS OF FUN, STEP TWO: THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DOOOOOOO!!!

jeudi le vingt novembre

'L'amour est à ceux qui y pensent.'

Love belongs to those who think about it.

Marcel ACHARD, Patate, épigraphe

Trivia today: At the age of 43, this famous French author's final air-force assignment was to collect intelligence on German troop movements in and around the Rhone Valley preceding the Allied invasion of Southern France. On the evening of July 31, 1944, he left from an airbase on Corsica and was never seen again. Who was this author?

Hier: Who was that fashion designer?

Déjeuner: Turkey Cubes!

8th grade:

• 1st period (Review quiz)
• Commencez "ER" Verbies. There is a pattern for them all!
• Give out "ER" verbie worksheet. You are expected to memorize/know what they all mean.
• Practiquez un peu.

7th grade:
-Commencez la maison (I think, at this point?)
- Repetez le vocabulaire.
- Fill in Vocab. sheet and LOTTO card.
Où habites -tu?
J'habite _______________
De quelle couleur est ta maison?
Ma maison est ____________!
Il y a combien de pièces dans ta maison?
Il y a ____________ pièces (dans ma maison.)

Devoirs: Fill in rest of Vocab. sheet/ LOTTO card.

Chanter - to sing

Je chante Nous chantons

Tu chantes Vous chantez

Il/Elle chante Ils/Elles chantent

mercredi le dix-neuf novembre

'Rien ne nous rend si grands qu'une grande douleur.'

Nothing makes us so great as a great sadness.

Alfred de MUSSET, Poésies nouvelles, La nuit de mai

I know I don't ever really put any of my thoughts into here but:

'Hey Joe - I'm just going to keep your picture up on here for awhile, if you don't mind.'

Goodbye. I want to put your student of the week picture on your chair there so I can look at it and you will be less missing. You were a heart in our little class of the lovliest kids. One of the biggest hearts. I got everyone to say your name in that "Italian" way. Even though your French name was Pierre.

I looked at your grades yesterday for a report card that hasn't even come out yet- and just like you told me on Friday- straight 'A's.'And then in the hall you stopped with your book bag on to make sure I was coming to hang out in Mr. Scheffel's class with you and everyone 9th period. I helped you draw the shamrocks on your folder at the beginning of the year .Your mom told me on Parent's Night how you were so happy you had chosen French. I told her I was so happy you had chosen it, too.

I've never been good at coping with these types of things. I usually can't think about them at all. When I am confronted with them I get choked up with the mis-understanding. Like:
'Excuse me, God, why? There must be some sort of misunderstanding? '

I mean, I don't have trouble understanding or taking in what has happened; that the person won't be there anymore or will not grow up to be a man and lament all the things I am lamenting now...although something tells me he would have been fine.

Anyway, I get all of this.The misunderstanding lies in the reasoning of it all, which i know philosphers and poets have agonized over for hundreds of years. Questions that will forever separate him and his family from many of us, like:Why do his parents have to be so sad? So empty? Lose half of their identity really- because he was an only child-and in reality, they are no longer parents. I'm sure I will see this again during my career. I marvel at the jobs who see this kind of tragedy every day and go on. Just carry on. God bless them , truly. Because I could never do it.

As for the rest I'll let John, Paul, George, and Ringo do the talking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZYqAeIdYk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzlIKen2aw




Trivia:Born in 1883, this pioneering French fashion designer was the only person in the field to ever be featured in Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.'


Hier: Which word is NOT slang for 'money' and what does that word mean?



Déjeuner: Fresh pizza



7th grade:

• Commencez la maison (I think, at this point?)


• Repetez le vocabulaire.


• Fill in Vocab. sheet and LOTTO card.

Où habites -tu?

J'habite _______________

De quelle couleur est ta maison?

Ma maison est ____________!

Il y a combien de pièces dans ta maison?

Il y a ____________ pièces (dans ma maison.)

Devoirs: Fill in rest of Vocab. sheet/ LOTTO card.

8th grade:

• Discuss negatives a bit...Do little sheet about how to make sentences negative!


• Prennez le quiz : ÊTRE.


• Révisez le quiz.

Demain : Commencez "ER" verbies! Eeeep.

mardi le dix-huit novembre

'A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.'

To win without risk is a triumph without glory.

Corneille.

Trivia today: Which of the following are NOT used as a French slang (l'argot) word for 'money?

Le grisbi
Le fric
Le pognon
La nana

Déjeuner: Poulet Nuggets!

7th grade:

• Étudiez quelques minutes pour le quiz de géographie.
• Check any signed grade reports!
• Révisez le quiz/ grades in book.
• Demain: LA MAISON!!- and one of the French phrases you will never forget as long as you live!

8th grade

• Check any unsigned grade reports? PERIOD 4- PLEASE PICK UP AFTER YOURSELVES!
• little ÊTRE quiz 100, 83, 66, 49....
• Check homework - put sentences on board.
• White board review : ÊTRE!

DEVOIRS: Étudiez pour le quiz demain!

Je suis Nous sommes

Tu es Vous Êtes

Il/Elle est Ils/Elles sont

lundi le dix-sept novembre

'Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.'

It's just one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Napoléon.

French fact: In France, there are almost as many motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds as cars.

Déjeuner: Mozzarella sticks

7th grade:

• Label the map: practiquez
• Watch some of Northern France...

QUIZ: MARDI LABEL THE MAP!!!!

8th grade:

• Petit quiz 'etre' : 100, 83, 66, 49, 32, 15, 0.
• Révisez les feuilles avec 'le chipmunk.'
• Traduisez dix phrases en français.

Je SUIS Nous SOMMES

Tu ES Vous ÊTES

Il/Elle EST Ils/Elles SONT

GRAND QUIZ : ÊTRE- MERCREDI

vendredi le sept novembre

'La vérité vaut bien qu'on passe quelques années sans la trouver.'

Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it.

Renard

(The above is a lesson I have learned, and learned well. Although, I am always discovering new truths all the time. It's part of growing up...)

French fact: In many French public toilets, there is sometimes no toilet seat, and you have to pay to get in!

Déjeuner: Les Tacos!

7th grade:

• Révisez la carte encore...
• Finissez la vidéo.

REVIEW THE MAP. IT WILL BE YOUR QUIZ...MERCREDI.

8th grade:

• Gettysburg prevails... un film, peut-être? Oui, je pense que oui.

BE READY FOR THE ÊTRE QUIZ AGAIN MONDAY!

jeudi le six novembre

'Pour vivre heureux, vivons caché.'

If you want to live happy, live hidden.

French fact: On 10 June 2007, a sabre having belonged to Napoleon I was sold at an auction for € 4.8 million - the most expensive weapon ever sold.

7th grade:

• Were you nice for the sub? I'm sure you were :)


• Révisez la carte! Your only quiz will be on this very map, just mixed up... Learn what the countries are in English.


• Regardez la vidéo: Géographie La Sud de la France (The South of France.)

DEMAIN: Lisez quelques parties de la chapitre. Blech.

8th grade:

• Well, since more than half of you are in GETTYSBURG!!!! I suppose we will have to see what we are doing...hmmm?

mercredi le cinq novembre

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. "

~Charles de Gaulle (président de la République 1959-1969)

Je suis absente aujourd'hui...je regrette, mes petits lapins. Soyez sage. Faites votre travail. (Be good, do your work... I will miss you.)

mardi le quatre novembre

'La parfaite valeur est de faire sans témoin ce qu'on serait capable de faire devant tout le monde.'

True valour is to do in secrecy what you could just have easily done before others.
La Rochefoucauld.

French Fact: They are 95 men for every 100 women in France!

No lunch today: half day! (periods 4,8, 9)

7th grade

-I won't be seeing my 7th graders at all today because of the schedule... Alors, À demain! Nous allons commencer la géographie!! ACK.

8th grade : Only periods 4 and 8

-Petit quiz sur ÊTRE! 100, 83, 66, 49, 32, 15, 0.

-Révisez les devoirs: le petit feuille avec le petit pingouin.

-Regardez un film un peu...

Je suis Nous sommes

Tu es Vous êtes

Il/Elle est Ils/Elles sont

BE READY: EVERYONE WILL BE TAKING THE LITTLE QUIZ ON MERCREDI!

lundi le trois novembre

'Le courage, c'est l'art d'avoir peur sans que cela paraisse.'
Courage is the art of being frightened and not showing it.
Véron

French Fact: Lefevre is the most common last name in France. In the US it is Smith. Who do we know in school with this very common French last name... (This is NOT a trivia question...hehe)

Déjeuner: School Pizza

7th grade:

• Review last trivia question from Thursday.http://www.escargot-montorgueil.com/



• Quelques minutes pour révision.



• Prennez l'examen- LES NOMBRES.



• Révisez le quiz un peu en classe.

Mercredi (no class mardi because of election day): Nous allons commencer La Géographie...it can be a bit boring but it's only for a few days so just bear with me :)

8th grade:

• Révisez trivia



• Commencez "Être!"



• For tomorrow you must memorize the entire chart! Little quiz MERCREDI (because of election day...)



• Worksheet - fill in the blanks w/ être. Finish for homework.
  
  

Je SUIS Nous SOMMES

Tu ES Vous ÊTES

Il/Elle EST Ils/Elles SONT

1. Mme Crowne et Mme Case _______ strictes.

2. Erin, Suzanne, Cassie, et moi ______ des amies.

3. Britney Spears ______ ridicule!

4. La classe de français _____ vraiment chouette!

5. Mes étudiants ______ comme les petits lapins.

6. Vous ______ comme des gorilles.

7. Harli, Rebecca, Alexxiss et Elias _____ en ville.

8. Et moi, je ____ la plus heureuse prof du monde!

vendredi le trente-et-un octobre!!!

Last trivia question for a bit: What is that restaurant's speciality?

Déjeuner: "Poulet" Fajita

How is Halloween celebrated in France?

Halloween in France is usually celebrated by costumed people of all ages going to parties at friends' homes, restaurants, bars, or clubs. The costumes themselves tend to be traditionally "scary" - mummies, ghosts, goblins, witches, and vampires - rather than the cute costumes like princesses, superheroes, and the cartoon character of the day which are popular in the US. Some recreation centers encourage kids to make their own costumes.
Trick-or-treating is getting to be more common. It started out store-to-store, rather than house-to-house, but the latter is picking up. However, Halloween occurs during the mid-season school break, which slows it down a bit.
Stores, malls, restaurants, offices, and homes decorate their windows; pastry and candy shops make up special desserts and candies; and many different kinds of companies use Halloween in their ads. Supermarkets sell pumpkins for jack-o'-lanterns and candy companies are now marketing candy in the traditional Halloween format: one big bag filled with lots of little packages, which may encourage trick-or-treating.
The growing demand for jack-o'-lanterns during Halloween has been a boon for pumpkin growers. There is even a pumpkin patch at a farm outside of Paris where people can pick their own.
Halloween in France is rather controversial, due to the perception of corporate and cultural influence, as well as the fact that it is not a typical French holiday and some people still don't understand what is being celebrated. Because Halloween is seen as an American celebration, some French people refuse to enjoy it, having decided to include it in their anti-American boycott. It's too early to tell whether Halloween will develop into a long-term tradition; once the novelty wears off, it may turn out to be just a fad. And yet, interestingly, the French have been celebrating the ideas at the very heart of Halloween (respect for the dead) for centuries. 31 October to 2 November have traditionally been spent, especially by older generations, visiting cemeteries, honoring saints, and attending religious services.

7th and 8th grade:

• LOTTO d'Halloween!
• We will be checking and verifying cards- so no cheating!!

7th grade: QUIZ LUNDI: LES NOMBRES

8th grade: Commencez ÊTRE!!!

jeudi le trente octobre

'Généralement, les gens qui savant peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savant beaucoup parlent peu.'

Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little.

Rousseau.

Trivia today: In the heart of "Les Halles" district in Paris lies a restaurant that opened in 1832, attracting over the years famous people such as Salvador Dali, Marcel Proust, and Jackie Kennedy. It is located at 38 rue Montorgueil. What is the MAIN speciality of this famous restaurant??

Hier: What two things were in the boat with Saint Torpes? (Roman name Caïus Silvius Torpetius, a gladiator and attendant of Nero.)

7th grade:

• Quiz 11-20
• Finissez "Les Étages Terribles!" - 5 points on Numbers Test to the winning team.
• Begin studying for Numbers Test on Monday.

8th grade:

• Pronoun quiz
• Finissez "Pronoun Relay." - 5 points to the winning team.
• Prennez le GRAND QUIZ de Pronoms !
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcH1Z6NjO44 (Little Mermaid...en français)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejGdQ2Xg5GA (Un peu de 'punk' en françcais)

Lyrics to NoFx's cover of "Champs Élysees":

Français: Je m' baladais sur l' avenueLe coeur ouvert l' inconnuJ' avais envie de dire bonjourA n' importe quiN' importe qui et ce fut toiJe t' ai dit n' importe quoiIl suffisait de te parlerPour t' apprivoiserAux Champs-ElysesAux Champs-ElysesAu soleil, sous la pluieA midi ou minuitIl y a tout c' que vous voulezAux Champs-ElysesTu m' as dit : "Jai rendez-vousdans un sous-sol avec des fousqui vivent la guitare la maindu soir au matin"Alors je t' ai accompagneOn a chant, on a dansEt l' on a mme pas pensA s' embrasserAux Champs-ElysesAux Champs-ElysesAu soleil sous la pluieA midi ou minuitIl y a tout c' que vous voulezAux Champs-Elyses

Anglais: I was walking down the avenue and my hart wantedsomething unknown(new) I felt like saying good dayto anybody To anybody and that was you, and I saidsomething (anything) It was enough to me to talkto you to make you mineAt Champs Élysées, at Champs Élysées If it'sraining or if sun is shining, if it's noon ormidnight You have anything you want at ChampsÉlyséesYou told me "I have a meeting in the basementwith the fools who live with guitars in theirhands from evening till morning" So I joined you, we sang and we danced But we never eventhought of kissing or hugging. At Champs Élysées, at Champs Élysées If it'sraining or if sun is shining, if it's noon ormidnight You have anything you want at ChampsÉlysées...

mercredi le vingt-neuf octobre

Trivia today: St. Tropez is the gorgeous little town in the South of France where my family is from. Its name is derived from "Saint" Torpes, a man who was beheaded in Roman times during the reign of emperor Nero. His body was then placed in a rotten boat and set adrift where he landed on the shores of what is now Saint Tropez with what other TWO things in the boat???

Hier: Why was the Statue of Liberty given to us?

Déjeuner - Fresh pizza

7th grade-

• Little quiz...70's and 90's!


• Comptez encore... (Check homework from period 7- pages 31 & 32)


• Les Étages Terribles! Rules and Regulations...7 Groups of 4 - Let's make some number magic!


• BIG QUIZ will either be DEMAIN ou LUNDI depending on how far we get in our game...

8th grade-

• Little quiz les pronoms 96,90,84,78,72,66,60,54,48,42,36,30,24,18,12,6,0


• Collect homework from period 1 - chart done 10x.


• Pronoun grammar relay! I'm mixing up the rows...


• DEMAIN: LE GRAND QUIZ DE PRONOMS!!


• Vendredi : LOTTO d'Halloween...

mardi le vingt-huit octobre (Tuesday, October 28)

L'ennui est entré dans le monde par la paresse.

Trouble came to the world through laziness.

La Bruyère.

Trivia today: I think we all know that the Statue of Liberty, (originally named 'La liberté éclairant le monde' - Liberty enlightening the world ) , was a gift to the United States from France (well, I hope we do!) My question is...why did they present us with such a gift...in celebration of what???

Hier: What do those French folks have in common?

Déjeuner: Mozzarella sticks

7th grade:

• Quiz on numbers, by 10...


• Check 'les devoirs' pages 31-32 Livre Bleu.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtQ9AhMEdpI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vowUMBzMa24

• Math, anyone?
• Match Game/ Whiteboard Review with numbers!

Demain: Quiz on numbers 70's and 90's (it could be any of them, although there will only be 10 questions.)

8th grade:

• Quiz: Les pronoms 96,90,84,78,72,66,60,54,48,42,36,30,24,18,12,6,0
• Collect homework (Pronouns 10x's each) periods 4, 8.


• Practiquez un peu...


• Pronoun Relay...

Je = I Nous = We

Tu= You Vous = you

Il/Elle = He/she/it Ils/Elles = They

DEMAIN: little pronoun quiz tomorrow AND BIG pronouns quiz ie: replacing subjects with pronouns - Étudiez!!! PERIOD 1- Write pronoun chart out 10x!!!

lundi le vingt-sept octobre (Monday, October 27)

'Celui qui a bon coeur n'est jamais sot.'
He who has a good heart can never be a fool.
Georges Sand.

Trivia today: What do all the following people have in common (be very specific) : Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro?

Hier: The culinary capital of France?


http://www.le-merciere.com/

Déjeuner: "Poulet" Nuggets.

7th Grade:

• Quiz: Les nombres 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8FYwfesR54&feature=related
• Révisez dans le livre
• LOTTO

DEVOIRS - Étudiez pour le quiz encore - numbers by 10 AND A-F pages 31-32 LIVRE BLEU

8th grade:

• Quiz les pronoms.
• 96,90,84,78,72,66,60,54,48,42,36,30,24,18,12,6,0
• Révisez les pronoms.
• What pronoun would replace subject?
• Whiteboards.

DEVOIRS: Write out the pronoun chart 10 times!!!!!!!

vendredi le vingt-quatre octobre (Friday, October 24)

' ll y a deux manières d'être malheureux: ou désirer ce que l'on n'a pas, ou posséder ce que l'on désirait.'
There are two ways to become unhappy: to desire what you don't have or to have finally gotten what you have desired.
Louys.

Trivia today: Which French city is considered the culinary capital of France?
Hier: So where was the first McDos?

Déjeuner: Un Hot Dog

7th grade:

• Quiz on les nombres 11-20.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xpI9V150w&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8FYwfesR54&feature=related
• Comptez, encore? Anyone for push-ups?
• Révisez le vocabulaire dans le livre
• LOTTO
• Ticket trade-in

DEVOIRS : QUIZ MONDAY ON NUMBERS BY 10 EXAMPLE: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

8th grade:

• UGH...encore un fois..little QUESTION QUIZ!!!!
• Chat more about pronouns. Tomorrow you will have a 'little quiz' on the pronoun chart.
• Practiquez un peu avec les pronoms...
• COPY THE PRONOUN CHART AND NEVER FORGET IT!!!

Quand?

Où?

Comment?

Qu'est-ce que?

Pourquoi?

Qui?

À quelle heure?

Mlle B = Mme Nelson et moi = Gabby et Demi =

Erika, Krissy, Sara, Mlle. B, Jordan, Megan, Alexis, et Andre! =

PRONOUN CHART!
Je = I Nous = We
Tu = you (singular) Vous = you (plural)
Il/Elle = He/She Ils/Elles =They

jeudi le vingt-trois octobre (Thursday, October 23)

Escargot - "Nobody is sure how this got started. Probably a couple of French master chefs were standing around one day, and they found a snail, and one of them said: 'I bet that if we called this something like "escargot," tourists would eat it.' They they had a hearty laugh, because 'escargot' is the French word for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm.'
Dave Barry, 'Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'

Trivia today: In what city and in what year was the first McDonalds (Le McDo) built in France? (Quel Horreur!!!) http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/10/economic-downturn-forces-french-to-eat-at-mcdonald-s
Hier: Qui est le copain de Vanessa Paradis?

7th grade:

• little quiz on numbers!!! 1-10
• check vocabulary sheet/LOTTO card
• Comptez avec M. Grenouille et La Prof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xpI9V150w&feature=related
• Les numéros de téléphone...DRING DRING!! ALLO?!?

DEVOIRS: Étudiez pour le quiz : les nombres 11-20!!!! Use the little frog for practice.

8th Grade:

• little quiz on les questions : LAST ONE, S'IL VOUS PLAÎT!!!! 86,72,58,44,30,16,0
• Révisez le quiz d'hier.
• Commencez la grammaire : Les Pronoms : PRONOUNS. Do you know what a pronoun is?????

Qu'est-ce que?

Ou?

Quand?

Comment?

Qui?

A quelle heure?

Pourquoi?

PRONOUN CHART!

Je = I Nous = We

Tu = you (singular) Vous = you (plural)

Il/Elle = He/She Ils/Elles =They

DEVOIRS: Étudiez pour le petit quiz demain - Last time: QUESTIONS!!!!

mercredi le vingt deux octobre (Wednesday, October 22)

(The Chemistry of Love)

La chimie d'amour

Je regrette que je suis absente aujourd'hui...mais je vous aime!
À jeudi!

mardi le vingt et un octobre (Tuesday, October 21)

'Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l'ennui, le vice et le besoin.'
Work delivers us from three great evils: boredom, vice and want.
Voltaire.


Trivia today: Vanessa Paradis, a French singer and actress born December 22, 1972, is the long-time girlfriend of which famous Hollywood star? They have two children together, Lily-Rose and John "Jack" Christopher III.
Hier: What is that island/movie???

Déjeuner: Italian meatball hero



7th grade:

• Return quizzes...


• Oh là là ...Les Nombres!!
• Quelsques vidéos.


• Comptez avec moi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOX1kAMFqk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xpI9V150w&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdCHCbgB9s

DEVOIRS: RIEN!

8th grade:

Period 1 -PRIDE SURVEY (then quiz on questions if time allows.)

• Collect devoirs - question worksheet.


• Quiz on questions. 86,72,58,44,30,16,0. JE VEUX ...MY MODE!


• Period 4- Computer Lab / révisez le vocabulaire.


• Period 8 - There's no lab available...so in class review. (Note to Andre M. :you have no chair today since you cannot remember to push it in!)

Qui-

Qu'est-ce que?

Quand?

Où?

Pourquoi?

Comment?

À quelle heure?

DEVOIRS: Étudiez!! Quiz: demain.

lundi le vingt octobre (Monday, October 20)

'Rien ne pèse tant que un secret.'
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
La Fontaine.


Trivia aujourd'hui: This island nation, still considered a 'francophone' country, was invaded by France in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War. The French later established reformed institutions in 1956 under the Loi Cadre (Overseas Reform Act), and the country moved peacefully towards independence.
(There is also a movie that bears the same name as this country !)

Vendredi: Who is that blonde French actress?

Déjeuner: Popcorn 'poulet'

7th grade:

• Finish word relay
• Quiz
• Révisez le quiz 'un peu'

DEMAIN: Les Nombres. N'oubliez pas vos livres!!

8th Grade:

• Little quiz on 'les questions'
• Grade and record...I want the mode to be 100!!!! 100,86,72,58,44,30,16,0
• Vocabulary Beeeeeeeeez
• Question worksheet.

Quand?

Où?

Qui?

Pourquoi?

Comment?

À Quelle heure?

Qu'est-ce que?

Devoirs: Finish question worksheet if not finished in class. Quiz: mercredi

vendredi le dix-sept octobre (Friday, October 17)

'Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus.'
True paradise is the one that you have lost.
Marcel Proust.

Trivia today: In 1964, this famous French actress visited the little provençal town of Saint. Tropez and soon after made it her home - all of a sudden making it one of the most chic places to live and visit. She was born in 1934 and is most well known for starring in "And God Created Women."
Hier: What was the natural disaster that killed over 14800 French citizens?

Déjeuner: Nachos with cheese

7th grade:

• Do Now: Matching commands with classroom objects sheet.
• Vocabulary Beeeeeeeeee
• Switch the rows up a bit and play WORD RELAY.
• Ticket trade-in

DEVOIRS: Étudiez pour le Quiz LUNDI

8th grade:

• MAINTENANT: Take first 'little quiz' on the question words.
• Mark quizzes and put in book. 100, 86, 72, 58, 44, 30, 16, 0.
• Vocabulary beeeeeeeeeee. Especially pay attention to those 'question words...'
• Question words worksheet-avec un(e) ami(e.)

Comment ? -

Qu'est-ce que? -

À quelle heure?-

Qui?-

Pourquoi?-

Quand?-

Où?-

VOCABULARY QUIZ: MERCREDI (lundi - révisez, mardi - computer lab flashcards.)

jeudi le seize octobre. (Thursday, October 16)

' Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on, le malheur est qu'il tue ses élèves.'
We say that time is a great teacher. It's too bad that it also kills all its students.
Berlioz.

Trivia today: In August of 2003, what unprecendented natural disaster caused 14,802 deaths in France (and 35,000 total in Southern Europe?)


La question d'hier: Which musician died in Paris at the age of 27?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECk9A-07Pw

Déjeuner: Chicken Patty

7th grade:

• Do now: matching sheet/ les ordres AVEC les objets de la salle de classe
• Check homework (Commands worksheet)
• Les ordres!
• Vocabulary beeeeeeeeeeee hrruumph.
• LOTTO - if time?

DEVOIRS: Étudiez pour le QUIZ which I have changed to LUNDI, by popular demand!!!

8th Grade:

• Faire Maintenant - Match the questions with the answers : Les Interrogatives!!!

QUI? - WHO?

QU'EST-CE QUE? -WHAT?

QUAND? -WHEN?

OÙ? -WHERE?

POURQUOI? -WHY?

COMMENT? -HOW

À QUELLE HEURE? -AT WHAT TIME?

• Révisez 'les devoirs' - Activité 2B - sentences on board...
• LOTTO

DEVOIRS: ÉTUDIEZ: Tomorrow starts your 'little quiz' series. You will have a 7 question quiz first thing on the 'question' words. We will do this FIRST thing on a half sheet of paper, grade in class, put grade in book....and move along. GOAL: EVERYONE GETS A "100." I will give you the French question words, you must supply the English. The order will be mixed up, of course.

mercredi le quinze octobre (Wednesday, October 15)

"Where's your will to be weird?"
- ???? (author discussed below.)

Trivia today: On July 3rd, 1971 this legendary musician died in Paris at the age of 27 where he had taken up residence at the time. His grave-site can be found at the Père-LaChaise cemetery in eastern Paris and is visited by thousands every year.

Trivia (mardi) : The lyrics and composer of "La Marseillaise?"
Déjeuner: Fresh pizza

Aujourd'hui c'est l'anniversaire de ma soeur! Joyeux Anniversaire, Mary <3

7th grade:

• Do now: little sheet part A - keep for the next two days!


• Écoutez : 'La Marseillaise'


• Check homework : LOTTO CARD AND VOCAB. SHEET


• Les ordres - Do exactly what I say, svp...


• LOTTO

HOMEWORK : COMMANDS WORKSHEET

8th grade:

• See below (Tuesday's lesson, s'il vous plaît.)

DEVOIRS: Leçon 5 packet, pages 1 et 2 seulement...

mardi le quatorze octobre (Tuesday, October 14)

"Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé. "

(Arise, children of the Fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us the tyranny
The bloodied banner is raised.)

-First four lines of "La Marseillaise"

Trivia today: The chorus of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, include the lines :
"Aux armes, citoyens !
Formez vos bataillons !"
a.) Name the composer of "La Marseillaise."
b.) Translate those lyrics to English.

Vendredi trivia: What was that WWI battle fought on French soil?

Dejeuner: Hamburger or Cheeseburger

7th grade:
Well, since we watched Ratatouille on Friday, please see Friday's blog for today's events! :)

Homework: Finish vocabulary sheet and Lotto Card if not done in class.

8th grade:

• Do Now: Leçon 7 warm-up - dans vos cahiers "Les mots utiles" :

toujours, beaucoup, souvent, un peu, rarement, bien / mal

• Jouez au LOTTO - watch out for those words I reminded you of!

Devoirs: Vocabulary Packet- first two pages only!!!