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!