Tuesday, December 8, 2009

mercredi 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

What letter is missing from "The Disappearance???"

7th grade:

Comment s'appelle TA MÈRE???
Comment s'appelle TON PÈRE????
MA/TA! MON/TON!

-FAMILY TREE 'Arbre de famille :)
-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.)


Danny est le grand-père de David. Danny is the grandpa of David. (Danny is David's grandpa.)


Anthony est le mari de Jasmine. Anthony is the husband of Jasmine. (Anthony is Jasmine's husband.)


8th grade:
-Passez l'examen d'Unité 3! Bonne chance! <33

Monday, December 7, 2009

mardi le huit 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.

Question quiz: The novel A Void: La Disparition (Disappeared) by Georges Perec, in its original French does not use what letter of the alphabet???

7th grade:

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

8th grade:

-Révisez le vocabulaire pour l'examen DEMAIN. 50 questions ...multiple choice.
-Periods to Computer Lab - flashcards!
-Also on test, Être, ER Verbs, Questions Words...(and vocabulary.)
Practice links:
http://french.about.com/library/bl-studentquiz.htm - what kind of French student are you???
www.freerice.com - ALWAYS time to practice!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

jeudi le trois décembre

Et ceux qui ne font rien ne se trompent jamais.
Those who never do anything can never do anything wrong.
Banville.


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...-


-Little sheet part B
-Discuss activities of the house (Livre bleu, page 62 B)
-Quelle pièce?? (What room would you do the following things)

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!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

mercredi 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.


7th grade:

- Check Vocabulary Sheet/ LOTTO card
- petit feuille (little sheet to keep for a few days..) Activity A
- LOTTO

QUIZ on LA MAISON - LUNDI!!! (all matching...)

8th grade:

-FIELD TRIP FORMS??!
-Petit quiz - You will have to know the defintions of ALL the verbs for the Quiz on Friday.
-Check le devoirs : Traduisez 15 sur 20 phrases.
-Whiteboard review avec les verbes. Competition!

Devoirs: Conjugate your hearts out! <3>Demain: VERBIE RELAY to prepare for BIG 'ER' QUIZ VENDREDI!!!

** UNIT 3 TEST - NEXT WEDNESDAY...**



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

Monday, November 30, 2009

mardi le premier décembre!


Le genie est une longue patience.
Genius is patience.
Buffon.


Question quiz: France is the country that has won the most Nobel prizes for THIS (13 as of 2005, with the last prize going back to 1985). Winners include André Gide, François Mauriac, and Jean- Paul Sartre.
a.) The Peace Prize
b.) Literature
c.) Physics
d.) Economics

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.
-Fill in Vocabulary sheet...
-fill in LOTTO Card.

Devoirs: A-E in blue book pages 62-63

8th grade:

-Petit quiz: ER verbie! But which one??!?! Corrigez... 100,86,72,58,44,30,16,0
-Lisez, page 92: Petit vrai/faux activité - Lisez "note culturelle," page 93.
- Regardez la vidéo "La Boum"
-Completez quelques feuilles...
-Traduisez les 20 phrases.

Devoirs: Finish worksheets.

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

Friday, November 20, 2009

DON'T FORGET!!!


...to help world hunger AND practice French vocabulary at the same time. Thanksgiving is coming!!


(change subject to FRENCH- see what level you can reach!)


Thursday, November 19, 2009

lundi le trente 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

What is the Mona Lisa missing???

7th grade :

-Commencez LA MAISON - THE HOUSE

-Repetez le vocabulaire.
-Fill in Vocab. sheet and LOTTO card.


Où habites -tu?

J'habite _______________


De quelle couleur est ta maison?


Ma maison est ____________! (bleue, rouge, blanche, jaune, noire, beige, verte)

Il y a combien de pièces dans ta maison?

Il y a ____________ pièces (dans ma maison.)

8th grade:

-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.

Chanter - to sing
Je chante Nous chantons
Tu chantes Vous chantez
Il/Elle chante Ils/Elles chantent

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

jeudi le dix-neuf novembre


'A vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.'
To win without risk is a triumph without glory.
Corneille.

Question quiz: The Mona Lisa, found in Paris's Louvre museum, was painted missing two specific facial features. What are those features??

7th grade:

-Étudiez quelques minutes pour le quiz de géographie.
-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:

-Petit quiz 'Être' : 100, 83, 66, 49, 32, 15, 0.
-Traduisez dix phrases en français (4th period) OR put sentences on board (9th period.)
-White board review : Match game ÊTRE!


Je SUIS Nous SOMMES


Tu ES Vous ÊTES


Il/Elle EST Ils/Elles SONT


GRAND QUIZ : ÊTRE- VENDREDI! (We are rolling right alonggggggg)

mercredi le dix-huit novembre

7th grade:
-Were you nice for the sub? I'm sure you were ... SOME of you!
-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 Les Familles en France.

REVIEW THE MAP. IT WILL BE YOUR QUIZ...JEUDI!!!

8th grade:

-Petit quiz 'etre' : 100, 83, 66, 49, 32, 15, 0.

- Révisex Être sheet - 3 Steps.
1.) Fill in the Blanks
2.) Choose words that can complete the sentences.
3.) Translate sentences on separate sheet of paper or on the back...

-Révisez les feuilles avec 'le petit penouin.'
-Traduisez dix phrases en français. YOU MUST MAKE THINGS 'AGREE.'

Rakim est francais.

Janine est françaisE.

Janine et Jordyn sont françaisES.

Rakim et Anthony sont français.


Je SUIS Nous SOMMES

Tu ES Vous ÊTES

Il/Elle EST Ils/Elles SONT

Friday, November 13, 2009

lundi le seize 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

What are Paris's two sections known as??

7th grade:

- Give back quiz on "Les Nombres"
- Finissez la vidéo (La Sud de la France)
- Hand out la carte ...label/discuss/memorize!! (Quiz on MAP on WEDNESDAY.)


8th grade:

-Commencez "Être!"
-For tomorrow you must memorize the entire chart! Little quiz DEMAIN
-Worksheet - fill in the -blanks w/ être. Finish for homework.

Être = TO BE


Je SUIS Nous SOMMES

Tu ES Vous ÊTES

Il/Elle EST Ils/Elles SONT


1. Mme Burruby et Mme Case _______ strictes.


2. Mikayla, Tori, Victoria, 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. Marylynn, Lucy, Jayd, et Josh _____ en ville.


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

Thursday, November 12, 2009

vendredi le treize 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.


Question quiz: The city of Paris is divided into two parts by the river Seine, namely the Rive-Gauche and the Rive Droite. What do these two names mean in English??

7th grade:

**La Géographie **
-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.)

LUNDI: Lisez quelques parties de la chapitre. Blech.

8th grade:

-Prennez le GRAND QUIZ de Pronoms !
- Révisez en classe...

LUNDI: Commencez "ÊTRE" - TO BE

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 Élysées":

Français: Je m' baladais sur l' avenue Le coeur ouvert l' inconnu J' avais envie de dire bonjourA n' importe qui N' importe qui et ce fut toi Je t' ai dit n' importe quoi Il suffisait de te parler Pour t' apprivoiser Aux Champs-Elysées Aux Champs-Elysées Au soleil, sous la pluie A midi ou minuit Il y a tout c' que vous voulez Aux Champs-Elysées Tu m' as dit : "Jai rendez-vousdans un sous-sol avec des fousqui vivent la guitare la maindu soir au matin"Alors je t' ai accompagne On a chant, on a dans Et l' on a mme pas pens A s' embrasser Aux Champs-Elysées Aux Champs-Elysées Au soleil sous la pluie A midi ou minuit Il y a tout c' que vous voulez Aux Champs-Elysées!

Anglais: I was walking down the avenue and my heart wanted something unknown(new) I felt like saying good day to anybody To anybody and that was you, and I said something (anything) It was enough to me to talk to you to make you mine At Champs Élysées, at Champs Élysées If it's raining or if sun is shining, if it's noon or midnight You have anything you want at Champs Élysées You told me "I have a meeting in the basement with the fools who live with guitars in their hands from evening till morning" So I joined you, we sang and we danced But we never even thought of kissing or hugging. At Champs Élysées, at Champs Élysées If it's raining or if sun is shining, if it's noon or midnight You have anything you want at Champs Élysées...!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

mardi le dix 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

Food delicacy worth 1500 dollars per pound???

8th grade:

-Quiz les pronoms.
-Grade reports
-Collect Devoirs: 10 X each
-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.

QUIZ: BIG PRONOUN QUIZ: VENDREDI!!!!


La Classe de Mathematique =
Le chien =
Mon cousin et moi =
Ma mère et mon père=
Les filles =
Le pupitre et le tableau =


Je = I Nous = We

Tu= You Vous = you

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

Friday, November 6, 2009

lundi le neuf novembre


'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.

Question quiz: This French food delicacy that can range in price from $800-$1500 per pound has been described as: diamond of cookery, fairy apple, black queen, gem of poor lands, fragrant nugget, black pearl, holy of holies for the gourmet.


8th grade:
-Commencez LA GRAMMAIRE!

PRONOUN CHART!


Je = I Nous = We


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


Il/Elle = He/She Ils/Elles =They
it
Nicolette throws the pineapple at Chris's head.
After much laughter, the class gathers itself.
Eli, Dakotah, and Josh look at Darsen in disgust.
She just beat them to a pulp in the last test.


Mlle B= Mme Nelson et moi = Jordyn et Taylor =


Shauna, Victoria, Shaina, Kelly, Bray, Daria, Megan, et Anthony! =


DEVOIRS: write out the pronoun chart 10 X. Little quiz tomorrow on chart- first grade of second marking period.

7th grade:

-Spelling out some numbers...
-Les Étages Terribles! Rules and Regulations...
Groups of 4 - Let's make some number magic!

BIG QUIZ: MERCREDI!




Wednesday, November 4, 2009

jeudi le cinq novembre

Grade 7:

-Quiz on numbers ...10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100!
The horrible world of learning the 70's and the 90's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vowUMBzMa24 - 70-80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dhlvApIdM&feature=related - 90-100
Math, anyone?
LOTTO

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

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

mercredi le quatre novembre


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

Question quiz: Although many individuals who met death at the guillotine were executed because of 'high crimes', or their position in society, some of the popular leaders of the French Revolution met their fate at the guillotine as well. Although this man may not have had the advantage of a charming appearance, he was a great orator during the French Revolution and a very powerful influence. Which of these men was accused of 'anti-revolutionary activity', after he had called for an end to the event known as the Great Terror?

a.) Camille Desmoulins
b.) Georges Jacques Danton
c.) Augustin Alexandre Darthé
d.) Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren

7th grade:

- Quiz on 11-20


QUIZ TOMORROW ON NUMBERS BY '10.' 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100...


8th grade:

  • Quiz on the seven Interrogative Words.

1.) Quand?

2.) Pourquoi?

3.) Qu'est-ce que?

4.) Où?

5.) Qui?

6.) Comment?

7.) À quelle heure?


  • Quiz de Vocabulaire.

  • Révisez!

  • Commencez LA GRAMMAIRE!

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 - COPY THE PRONOUN CHART AND NEVER FORGET IT!!!

Monday, November 2, 2009

FREE RICE IN FRENCH!!!

I have long loved the web-site freerice.com!

Now they have a French component that helps you practice French vocabulary AND help world hunger. For each answer you get right the UN World Food Organization will donate 10 grains of rice.

Go to:

http://www.freerice.com/subjects.php?t=14539356985

On the right hand side, click "Change subjects." Then click "French."

Some questions you will have to guess on, or use common sense since they have many cognates.
Others you definitely should know because we have already learned the vocabulary!

BONNE CHANCE :)

lundi le deux novembre


' 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.


http://www.blogthings.com/frenchnamegenerator/ - WHAT'S YOUR FRENCH NAME?? FILL IN WITH FIRST AND LAST NAME...SEE WHAT YOU GET <3>

Grade 7:

-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?
-fill in LOTTO card
-Les numéros de téléphone...DRING DRING!! ALLO?!?

QUIZ MERCREDI: 11-20!!! Use the little frog for practice.

Grade 8:
-Quiz on questions. 86,72,58,44,30,16,0. JE VEUX ...MY MODE!
- Computer Lab / révisez le vocabulaire.
1. Qui-
2. Qu'est-ce que?
3. Quand?
4. Où?
5. Pourquoi?
6. Comment?
7. À quelle heure
?


QUIZ: mercredi le vocabulaire!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

jeudi le vingt-neuf octobre




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.
http://www.13thtrack.com/

7th and 8th grade:

*LOTTO d'Halloween!!

*No cheating! Cards will be verified :)

Tomorrow I will be absent- based on last Friday's behavior and what we have talked about last week I am POSITIVE there will be NO trouble or bad reports AT ALL.

Lundi - 8th grade: QUESTION QUIZ

7th grade: QUIZ ON NUMBERS 11-20!!!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

mercredi le vingt-huit octobre


'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.
Question quiz: What country does the Fennec Fox call home?

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.
1. Pourquoi?
2. Où?
3. Comment?
4. Qui?
5. À quelle heure?
6. Quand?
7. Qu'est-ce que?

* étudiez pour quelsque minutes: Vocabulary beeeeeeeeeee. Especially pay attention to those
'question words...'
*Question words worksheet-avec un(e) ami(e.)

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


7th grade:

* Return quizzes...-little quiz on numbers 1-10
* Oh là là ...Les Nombres!!
* Quelsques vidéos.
* Comptez avec moi et M. Grenouille.
Crazy French teacher!
Toddler counts to 20!
Lion King 1-10!
Frog 10-20!
Really cute girl counts to 10!

* Vocabulary sheet/LOTTO card
* DEVOIRS: finish vocabulary sheet and LOTTO card.


QUIZ tomorrow on 11-20 (use the little frog to help you!)

Sunday, October 25, 2009

mardi le vingt-sept octobre


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


Question quiz: This French speaking country, located in North West Africa, has a 98.7 % Muslim population. Its capital is Rabat and is home to the adorable
Fennec fox: the smallest of all foxes, but it also has big eyes and huge ears.

a.) Algeria
b.) Tunisia
c.) Egypt
d.) Morocco

7th grade:

- Passez l'examen- Les ordres donnés en classe!

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' - sentences on board... from Friday.
-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.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

mercredi le vingt-et-un octobre


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

Question quiz: What was the fate of the 'collaborateurs??'

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
-DEVOIRS : COMMANDS WORKSHEET: QUIZ MONDAY!

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!

Monday, October 19, 2009

mardi le vingt octobre

(this photograph makes me feel funny, not in a good way...)

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.

Question quiz: After France was liberated from the Germans in 1944, French women, known as 'collaborateurs', who had dated, flirted with, had any romantic interaction with the Nazis, were punished by French civilians how?

a.) being forced to wear a red 'C' on the back of their clothes at all times.
b.) being forced to walk around with no shoes at all times.
c.) having their heads shaved in public.
d.) having their backs whipped in public.

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
-In this chapter we will learn a lot of new grammar including: "ER" Verbies,
and the verb "Être" - to be. Get your grammar pants ready!
-Révisez le vocabulaire d'Unité 3. Nice and Loud! Chat about the chapter a bit...
-Vocabulary sheets - long but useful, do NOT lose them. Save forever in the almighty French folder, svp. (Tomorrow)



Wednesday, October 14, 2009

jeudi le quinze octobre



'Toute méchanceté vient de faiblesse.'
Meanness comes from weakness.
Rousseau.

Question quiz: World famous prehistoric cave paintings were discovered in this French town 1940:

a.) Lascaux
b.) Montparnasse
c.) Strasbourg
d.) Lyon

7th grade:

- Vocabulary Bee buzzzz
- Passez le papier (Pass the paper)
- Write vocabulary words 3x each!

QUIZ: DEMAIN!!!


8th Grade:
-Period 4- Raptor Assembly.
-Period 9- Passez l'examen!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

8th grade: how to access online flashcard review.

- Go to the link on the right that says 'Discovering French Nouveau I Un Online Text".
- Click the link and it should take you to a screen with a U.S. map.
- Click NY on the map and it will bring you to the main page.
- In the lower left hand corner there is an option for 'online review.' Click 'Flashcards.'
- Click Unité 2 (La Vie Courante) on the left hand side option menu for the correct series of flaschards.'
- Révisez!

Friday, October 9, 2009

mardi le treize octobre

'Quand on a le droit de se tromper impunément, on est toujours sûr de réussir.'
If you allowed to make mistakes, you are sure to succeed.
Renan
.
"Trip hop" is downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes. It has also been described as "Europe's alternative of choice in the second half of the '90s", and a one-up fusion "of Hip-Hop, Pop, and Electronica, a mix of pop and electronic beats. Which of these French artist's music could be described as 'trip hop?'
.
a.) Johnny Halliday

b.) Vanessa Paradis

c.) Les Thugs

d.) Autour de Lucie
.
7th grade:
.
-Do now: label the classroom object sheet.
-Qu'est-ce que c'est dans la boîte?!?
-LOTTO (en ANGLAIS!)
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Quiz: JEUDI!!!
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8th grade:
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- Reading and Culture Packet
- Computer Lab to practice online flashcard for....
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EXAMEN: DEMAIN!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

vendredi le neuf octobre


'Le plus grand faible des hommes, c'est l'amour qu'ils ont de la vie.'
Man's greatest weakness is his love of life.
Molière.
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Answers to question quiz about 'Cassis'??
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7th grade:
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-Do now: Part B of little sheet
-Check homework : Le livre bleu pages 16-21 B-D
-Révisez les devoirs
-Qu'est-ce que c'est dans la boîte?!?
-Est-ce qu'il y a une règle dans ton sac?!?! Is there a ruler in your baggggg????
-LOTTO (if time)
-TICKET TRADE-IN!
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8th grade:
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- Reading and Culture Packet
- Finish Word Relay/ practice for EXAMEN: MERCREDI!!!
-TICKET TRADE-IN

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

mercredi le sept octobre

(Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War.)
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'Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent, et qui portent où l'on veut aller.'
Rivers are moving paths that take you where you want to go.
Blaise PASCAL, Pensées I, 17
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Question Quiz answers? Where did Joan of Arc perish?
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7th grade:
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-Révisez vos examens (parts A & C)
-Commencez Chapitre 2: Les Objets de la Salle de Classe/Les Ordres Donnés en
Classe.
-Répetez le vocabulaire...
-Vocabulary Sheet.
-Qu'est-ce que c'est dans la boîte????
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DEVOIRS: Fill in Vocab. Sheet/Lotto Card (if not finished)
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8th grade:
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- Ça fait combien/combien coûte do -now transparency?
- Check homework Leçon 3B packet- révisez (the difference between 'Tu' and 'Vous'
- Textbooks - Dialogue page 48, Notes Culturelles page 49
- Petit vidéo - les boissons et le café.
- Vocabulary Bee buzzzzzz
...

Monday, October 5, 2009

mardi le six octobre

(although Joan of Arc dictated her letters, 3 of the surviving manuscripts are signed by her)

'L'éducation consiste à nous donner des idées, et la bonne éducation à les mettre en proportion. '
Education consists of giving us ideas, and good education of putting them in perspective.
- Charles de Secondat, baron de MONTESQUIEU, Essai sur les causes qui peuvent affecter les esprits et les caractères, seconde partie

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Question Quiz:

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In which city did Joan of Arc die in 1431?

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a. Orléans

b. Domrémy

c. Reims

d. Rouen

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7th grade:

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  • Word Relay - Finissez! (Who will be triumphant?!)

  • Prennez le quiz.

  • Ticket trade-in

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5 - pen/pencil combination... postcard/pencil combination... necklace/pencil combination..free homework pass...5 points on next test or quiz coupon..or gum (once a month.)
15 - Laynard or bracelet
20 -Eiffel Tower keychain
25- Eiffel Tower pencil sharpener
30- French Foods mousepad

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8th grade:

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Do Now: Transparency multiple choice questions/list of things you would order:

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QU'EST-CE QUE TU VEUX?? VOUS DéSIREZ?

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JE VEUX...JE VOUDRAIS...DONNE-MOI!



  • Check LOTTO card/Jouez...new chipies :)

EXAMEN - VENDREDI (Early warning.)


lundi le cinq octobre




'...chacun doit être l'aide-jardinier de sa propre âme...'
Joris-Karl HUYSMANS, En route, deuxième partie, chap. 13
'Everyone has to be the assistant gardener to his own soul.... '
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Any question quiz answers??
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7th grade:
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  • Vocabulary Bee Buzzzzzzzzzzz...

  • Mix up rows.

  • Passez le Papier (remember the rules...)

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8th grade:
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-Warm-up transparency : Make a list of things you could order if you're hungry/

Review-Check homework- finish filling in things you couldn't find ( Vocabulary Sheet)

-Finish repeating Vocabulary from Unité 2.

-Watch DVD for Unité 2 (Please forgive their clothes...they know not how they dress <3)

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DEVOIRS: Fill in LOTTO card using Vocabulary Sheet.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

vendredi le deux octobre

(photo by Dave Higgins!)
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I'll be absent this afternoon so the lessons for today are amended...Behave yourselves! <3
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(We'll do ticket trade-in Monday so it's fair for everyone, as I will give tickets for the correct response to Thursday's question quiz.)
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7th grade: Trouver Nemo!
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QUIZ: MARDI ( Quiz on Tuesday, early reminder!!)
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8th grade: Leçons 4B and 4C packets.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

jeudi le premier octobre


'Jamais honteux n'eut belle amie. '
Isaac de BENSERADE, Ballet des proverbes
'The shameful never have dear friends.'
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Question quiz: Name the above rocky tidal island that was once a monastary and a 6th and 7th century Romano-Breton stronghold in Normandy, France.
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Déjeuner: ?? (They haven't printed October's menu yet)
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7th grade:
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-Do now: Parts B&C of sheet from yesterday

-Check/ Look at the homework: pages 4-7 in Blue Book

-First Vocabulary Bee buzzzzzzzzzz /rules and regulations.
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Comment t'appelles-tu?
Tu parles français?
Comment vas-tu? Comment ça-va?
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Grade 8:
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-Warm-up transparency : Make a list of things you could order if you're hungry/ Review
-Check homework- finish filling in things you couldn't find ( Vocabulary Sheet)
-Finish repeating Vocabulary from Unité 2.
-Watch DVD for Unité 2 (Please forgive their clothes...they know not how they dress <3)>
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DEVOIRS:

LOTTO CARD (if not finished in class.)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

mercredi le trente septembre

(Claude Monet, Japanese Footbridge 1899)

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Alphonse KARR, Les Guêpes 1849
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Déjeuner: Hearty Chicken Bowl
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7th grade:
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- Do now: parts A and B of new worksheet.
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Tu parles français??
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Comment t'appelles-tu??
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Comment vas-tu? Comment ça-va?
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-Jouez au LOTTO- hopefully more winners.

DEVOIRS : Textbook pages 4-7
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8th grade:
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- Do now: Reading comprehension sheet: these questions are similar to what you will see on the
State Exam at the end of the year.
- Check packets Leçons 1B and 2A.
- Commencez Unité 2: La Vie Courante (Everyday Life)
- Within this chapter we will review: Food, time, weather, days of the week, months of the year/
however still no new grammar.
- Complete Vocabulary sheet: these are much longer than last year, but follow the goldish boxes
and you'll find all your definitions.

Monday, September 28, 2009

mardi le vingt neuf septembre


Question quiz: The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world until 1930 when it was out ranked by this building:


a.) The Chrysler Building

b.) The Empire State Building

c.) The Sears Tower

d.) The Kingston Old Dutch Church
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Déjeuner: Rotisserie chicken w/ WW rotini (ooh today's treat: fruited gelatin!!!)


7th grade:


-Do Now: Parts C & D of yesterday's sheet...

- LOTTO Card

-Jouez au LOTTO/ How to play and how to win!




8th grade

- Do now: Leçon 2C warmup, dans vos cahiers/ ( 1st person in each row get
books, svp...s'il vous plait :)

- finish / begin Leçon IB packet (minus the two exercises...)

- In pairs, complete packet Leçon 2A - and then we're pretty much finished with Unité 1: as far
as I'm concerned nous avons fini! (Demain...)



1. Jessica is French, intelligent, and a friend.
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2. Alex is canadian, tall, and a friend.
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3. Miss Battaglia is English, intelligent, and my
girlfriend.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

vendredi le vingt cinq septembre ( 3 day weekend!!)


French 80's pop...freaky or funny?
Etienne Daho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnCdsh4DKYA

' On n'est point toujours une bête pour l'avoir été quelquefois.'
Denis DIDEROT, Les Bijoux indiscrets, chap 30
'Being a fool sometimes does not make one a fool all the time. '


Déjeuner: Beef and bean chili


7th grade:


- Any missing homework (devoirs?)

- Little 'do now' sheet. Hold on to it until 'mardi.'

- LOTTO card instructions and fill out/ if time play a round...

- Ticket trade-in?



  • 5 - pen/pencil combination... postcard/pencil combination... necklace/pencil combination..free homework pass...5 points on next test or quiz coupon..or gum (once a month.)

  • 15 - Laynard or bracelet

  • 20 -Eiffel Tower keychain

  • 25- Eiffel Tower pencil sharpener

  • 30- French Foods mousepad

8th grade


- Textbooks - Unité Un: mostly review...

- Lisez 'notes culturelles' pages 23 et 27
- Discuss masculine vs feminine adjectives ex:


Brooke est americaine, mais Julian est français.
Une amie / Un ami
Une copine/Un copain.


- Hand out Unité Un packet: Leçon 1B exercises SKIP activité B1.


What flags belong to what countries??


DEVOIRS
Leçon IB packet

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

jeudi le vingt quatre septembre


-Any answers to the question quiz??


7th grade:


- Révisez les devoirs (Vocabulary Sheet, Chapter 1) If you have detention today for forgetting your book, don't forget today or I will be calling home...

- Regardez un film!


8th grade:


-Regardez un film!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

mercredi le vingt trois septembre



Qui meurt pour le pays vit éternellement.
Robert GARNIER, Porcie, acte II
He who dies for his country lives forever.
* Back to School Night - tell your parents to drop by our room (130) if they want to say a quick hello to me or ask any questions!

Déjeuner: BBQ beef potato bowl

Question quiz: Marie Antoinette, who lost her head to the guillotine in the French Revolution, was wife to which French monarch:
a.) Louis XV
b.) Louis XIV
c.) Louis XVI
d.) Louis XIII
7th grade:
-Begin reciting vocabulary and phrases from Chapter 1.
-Practice some phrases:

Tu parles français? Oui, je parle français!
Tu parles russe? Non, je ne parle pas russe!

-Give out Vocabulary Sheet and Lotto cards.
-Explain how each is to be filled out - begin filling out in class.

Devoirs:
Finish filling out LOTTO card and Vocabulary Sheet
8th grade:
- Complete/Hang posters.
- Textbooks - Unité Un: mostly review...
- Lisez 'notes culturelles' pages 23 et 27

- Discuss masculine vs feminine adjectives ex:
Brooke est americaine, mais Julian est français.
Une amie / Un ami
Une copine/Un copain.

- Hand out Unité Un packet: Leçon 1B.
DEVOIRS
Leçon IB packet