Wednesday, October 8, 2008

vendredi le dix octobre (Friday, October 10th)


'Toute méchanceté vient de faiblesse.'
Meanness comes from weakness.
Rousseau.
Trivia today: This WWI battle, fought from July-November 1916 as allied forces tried to break through a north-south front along a stretch of river in Northern France (for which the battle was named) was one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded with over 1.5 million casualties.


Mercredi: Who was the "Father of New France?"
Déjeuner: Hot ham and cheese
Grade 7
  • Commencez les ordres donnés en classe - Répetez! (AND DO WHAT I SAY!!!)

OUVRE LE LIVRE!! FERME LE LIVRE!! ASSEYEZ-VOUS!! LEVEZ-VOUS! VA AU TABLEAU! PRENDS UN CRAYON! LIS! ECRIS! ÉCOUTE! PARLE! DIS-LE EN FRANÇAIS!

  • Vocabulary Sheet/LOTTO Card.

8th grade

  • Check devoirs : feuille de vocabulaire/textbook returned
  • Do now: Re-write sentences into the negative telling me you do NOT want to do the following things...AH BON?? AH BON...
  • Fill in Lotto Card
  • DVD: Unité 3- Regardez leurs vêtements! C'est amusant!

PASSEZ UN BON WEEKEND MES AMIS!!

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

world war 1 the battle of somme

Anonymous said...

the battle of somme

pierre riccio

Anonymous said...

im not so sure what is the correct answer but these two names kept on popping up is it ..
The Battle of Champagne or The Somme ??

Ana Flores :)

Eleanor said...

The Battle of the Somme

Tori said...

This is starting to sound like Jepordy;


What is The Somme - started to relieve Verdun. Was from July-November 1916.

You knoww i jsut got it like thatt.

T.White.
Ohh im cool.
I'm so white they had to make my last name white. Oh yes. =]

Anonymous said...

The Battle of the Somme.

Jenn Brocco.

Anonymous said...

The battle of Somme...thing!

Doug D.

Anonymous said...

Open Your Book!!Close Your Book!!Sit Down!!Raise Your Hand!!Stand Up!!Go To The Board!Take Out A Pencil!Read!Write!Listen!Say It In French! Aren't you proud of me! I remembered them all! I was telling Taylor about the "maggots" and she looked kinda scared!

Anonymous said...

The "Father of New France" was Sameuel de Champlain.I hope I spelled that right.


Krissy =]

Anonymous said...

Battle of the Somme

Garlor

Anonymous said...

The Battle of the Somme
-lucy

Anonymous said...

The WWI battle that was fought from July-November 1916 was called the Battle of the Somme.
rain stegemoller

Anonymous said...

I think that you spelled that right...oh and preston says hi ms.b also remember sibling's are evil

Anonymous said...

Battle of the Somme also known as the Somme Offensive was the battle.
shaina

I love sports said...

the battle shown in the picture is the battle of the somme
-Eric Gaddy

AL.LIE said...

somme

Anonymous said...

le battle of Somme:
Who
* Britain & France vs. Germany.
* FIRST: British Commander-in-Chief: General Douglas Haig.
* French Commander-in-Chief: General Joseph Joffre.
* German commanders: General Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff.
* SECOND: Germans commanded by General Erich Ludendorff.
* 26 March: French General Ferdinand Foch appointed C-in-C of Allies.

When
* FIRST: July-November 1916.
* SECOND: 21 March-30 March 1918.

Where
* Strongly fortified German positions along the Somme River, France.

Why
* FIRST: To relieve the German pressure on Verdun in northeastern France.
* SECOND: German attempt to drive a wedge in the Allied lines and to capture Amiens before proceeding to Paris.

What Happened
* FIRST: Germans abandoned Verdun offensive on 16 July, 1916.
* Haig shelled the Germans for 5 days straight to destroy lines of wire.
*British went over the top.
* 60,000 British died in the first day after the shelling - mowed down.
* First use of the modern tank by the British; useless in rain & mud.
* End of November the Germans retreated to the Hindenburg Line.
* SECOND: British forced to retreat to the town of Amiens.
* Allied forces were skilfully manoeuvred into slowing then halting the German advance.
* Germans driven back to Hindenburg then further.

Results
* FIRST: The attack failed because the Germans had the high ground and killed more British; also had stronger barricades than expected.
* Allies only gained 324 sq. km of territory at the Somme.
* Often considered the real turning point in the war for the Allies.
* Allies suffered about 600, 000 casualties.
* Germans had about 450, 000 casualties.
* SECOND: 200, 000 British casualties and 190, 000 prisoners
* 180, 000 German casualties.

Anonymous said...

Somme

Andre

Anonymous said...

The answer to the trivia question is the Somme ..

Ana Flores

Anonymous said...

This is short, 'cause I went hiking/ going to N. Lake
A; The Somme
D. Terner

Anonymous said...

Is it the battle of Somme?








:Faunia Simon

Anonymous said...

(i made a mistake)it is known as "Battle of the Somme",





KELLY MARTINEZ

Anonymous said...

It is known as "Battle of the Somme",



JENNIFER MARTINEZ