lundi le deux février

'I think it's the same simple thing for everyone - to be happy, and have love in your life. '
-Juliette Binoche

Trivia: This 2000 film stars Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. The film was shot in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France, and on the Rue De L'ancienne Poste in Beynac on the Dordogne River in Dordogne, France. What is the food that shares the same name as the movie?

Déjeuener: Oven baked 'poulet'

7th grade:

• Review midterm: see below errors I saw OVER AND OVER! Eeek.
• Commencez 'La Nourriture' - FOOD!
• Tu as faim? OUI, J'AI FAIM!!! Tu as soif? OUI J'AI SOIF!!!
• Talk about Project Food : DUE NEXT MONDAY FEBRUARY 9th!!

MIDTERM MISTAKES

Comment t'appelles -tu? - What's your name? Je m'appelle...

Tu parles français? Oui je parle français / Non, Je NE parle PAS français.

Où habites -tu? J'habite - Where do you live? I live...

Ma MAISON est bleue/blanche.

Ma mère / mon père / ma soeur / mon frère / ma corbeille à papier/ mon stylo <3>

mon = masculine ma =feminine

un = masc. une = fem.

le = masc. la= fem.

EST=IS ET=AND A=HAS

J'AI = I HAVE JE SUIS= I AM

ex: Je suis sexy/ Je suis grande/ Je suis intelligente/ Je suis prof

J'ai un chat / J'ai un crayon / J'ai une soeur/ J'AI DOUZE ANS

Lastly remember: with jobs you DON'T use un/une.

Ex: Ma mère est actrice. - My mother IIIIISSSSS actress!!!

Je suis plombier. - I AAAAAAAAMMMMMMM plumber!!!!

8th grade:

• Baby Avoir quiz : Last one! 86,72,58,44,30,16,0
• Memory Refresher: How 'avoir' is also used in other expressions... J'ai chaud/froid/ Il a soif.
• Verbie Relay : AVOIR

BIG QUIZ: AVOIR - DEMAIN (MARDI)

vendredi le vingt trois - mardi le vingt sept janvier

'I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.'
Suzanne Farrell

MIDTERM REVIEW FRIDAY

MIDTERMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY!!!

(please try, try, try NOT to be absent on Monday.)

jeudi le vingt-deux janvier

En politique toute faute est un crime.
Eugène CHATELAIN, 22 mars 1871

In politics, every mistake is a crime.

Trivia: on hold until after Midterms (can't take up any extra class time!)

Trivia hier: La Vie en Rose? C'est vrai... Known as the 'waif sparrow'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUcJWaC-2Co

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88&feature=related

Trailer from the 2007 movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzEJ7NV_g98&feature=related

Marion Cotillard accepts Academy Award for Best Actress in 2008 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWYyI5fUYEo

Déjeuner: Italian meatball hero

7th Grade:

• Prennez l'examen: Les Professions !


• Midterm review sheet / Practice writing your sentences. I want 10!!!

8th grade:

• Begin review: Midterm Practice packet/questions/practice writing!!!


• "Pub Trivia" time.

Rules:

Teams of 4 - chosen by me

You may choose a team name and begin writing it on all the little sheets of paper I give you.

There are 4 quarters (like in football) Within each quarter there are 4 challenges.

I will give you the topic of each challenge.

You choose what point value you want to wager on each question: 1, 3, 5, 7 - depending on how confident you are about your responses.

You have a limited amount of time for each question- I keep a tally of the points for each round.

The challenge is not only in answering the questions, but betting strategically based on the topics I give you ahead of time and how much you think you know about them!

mercredi le vingt-et-un janvier

'For me, singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on Earth.'

Trivia: Regarded as France's most popular singer, this woman of Italian and Algerian descent died of liver cancer on October 10 1963, at the young age of 48. She is buried in Père Lachaise
Cemetery, in Paris, where her grave is among the most visited.

Hier: The Haitian revolutionary?

7th grade:

• Les Étages Terribles!!! - groups of 4 to practice for TEST tomorrow.
• Review for Midterm half of tomorrow and Friday!!!

8th grade:

• little 'AVOIR' quiz - 86, 72, 58, 44, 30, 16, 0
• a few more 'fill-ins'
• crazy chapter video with packet to follow along with
  
• Midterm review: demain et vendredi
  

mardi le vingt janvier

'L'on est bien faible quand on est amoureux.'
One is very weak when one is in love
- from La Princesse de Montpensier by Madame de Lafayette

Trivia: Translated from French, this revolutionary's name means "the awakening of all saints" or "all souls rising". He was an important leader of the Haitian Revolution, leading enslaved Africans to victory over the Europeans.

Jeudi: The famous 10 story department store?

Aujourd'hui: ELA's and
The Inauguration of our 44th president - Barack Obama!

7th grade:

• Review work/sentences from when I was absent. Quelle est la profession?
• Vocabulary beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
• Practice Quiz (doesn't count, but give it a try...)
  

MIDTERM: NEXT WEEK!!!!

8th grade:

• Petit quiz: AVOIR! 86, 72, 58, 44, 30, 16, 0
  
• Finish the examples from below...
• 8th period- OMG! I need your help...

Avoir- to have
J'ai Nous avons
Tu as Vous avez
Il/Elle a Ils/Elles ont

jeudi le quinze janvier

La bouche sourit mal quand les yeux sont en pleurs.

The mouth smiles poorly when the eyes are full of tears.
Évariste-Désiré de Forges, vicomte de PARNY, La Rechute

Trivia: This famous 10-story!!! department store is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement.

Hier: How many paintings did Van Gogh sell while he was alive?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Boch

Déjeuner: Hot ham and cheese

7th grade:

• little matching quiz
• Check LOTTO card
• Midterm outline
• Charades
• LOTTO

8th grade:

• Commencez AVOIR - TO HAVE
• Little quizzes starting on MONDAY - (because I will be absent tomorrow.)
• You have to memorize it just like 'ÊTRE'
• Vidéo de chapitre.
• A few little activities to practice... ( We don't have very long for this verbie, so be on your game!!!

Avoir- to have

J'ai Nous avons

Tu as Vous avez

Il/Elle/on a Ils/Elles ont

I have We have

You have (sing) You have (plu.)

He/She/it/one has They have

1. Cortney et Laura ___________ du fromage.

2. La classe d'anglais _________ un canard.

3. Les jeunes en France _________ des mobylettes.

4. Ma soeur et moi ____________ un hamster (qui s'appelle Meep!)

5. Dominick ______ une voiture noire.

6. Les garçons _________ beaucoup de copines.

7. Jennifer Lopez ____ une grande derrière.

8. Britney Spears et Lindsey Lohan et moi ______ beaucoup de problèmes!

mercredi le quatorze janvier

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

-Vincent Van Gogh

Trivia: Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist, found his inspiration in the Provencal village of Arles. Between November 1891 and July 1890 he painted over 900 works. How many paintings did he sell in his lifetime?

Hier: The man behind the Committee of Public Safety?

7th grade:

Dans vos cahiers: write and translate the sentences
Check Vocabulary Sheet.
Que fais -tu?/Quelle est ta profession? JE SUIS PROF.
Que fait ta mere? Que fait ton pere? Ma mere est ________ Mon pere est ___________.

Copy down LOTTO card using the jobs I have given you.
Charades?

8th grade:

• Etudiez un peu...



• Prennez le quiz sur les adjectives



• Revisez le quiz en classe.

DEMAIN: Commencez AVOIR!!!!

mardi le treize janvier

Aimer beaucoup, comme c'est aimer peu ! On aime, rien de plus, rien de moins.

Loving a lot is just like loving a little! One loves, nothing more, nothing less.
Guy de MAUPASSANT, Notre coeur, II, 5

Trivia: This man was a famous leader of the French Revolution, and the head of the Committee of Public Safety, a group of men responsible for sending and signing the death warrants of many individuals during the Great Terror. Ironically, although this man's influence sent many to the guillotine, the machine became his fate as well. Which of these men was known as "the Incorruptible"?

Hier: Famous champagne maker?

Déjeuner: Italian meatball hero

7th grade:

• Can you tell what these occupations (les professions) are???
• Flashcards...
• What do you want to be one day?
• Important question 'Que fais-tu? Let's pretend we're older otherwise the answer would always be: JE SUIS ÉLÈVE.
• Que fait ta mère? Que fait ton père? Ma mère est professeur/ Mon père est facteur.
• Répetez le vocabulaire.
• Feuille de vocabulaire.

DEVOIRS: Vocabulary sheet

8th grade:

• Little listening quiz: Can you tell if it's a girl or a boy I am talking about?
• Whiteboard challenge!!! Les adjectifs :/ You must tell me what the word MEANS and how it is spelled gender/number etc.

DEVOIRS: ÉTUDIEZ POUR LE QUIZ!!!

lundi le douze janvier

Tous les hommes sont égaux par la nature et devant la loi.

All men are equal by nature and by law.
Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen

Trivia: Contrary to popular belief, this Benedictine monk was not the first to invent champagne, but did develop some of the greatest advances in the production of the beverage, including holding the cork in place with a wire collar to withhold the pressure!)

Vendredi: Jean Nicot is the namesake of what icky chemical?

7th grade:

• Étudiez pour quelques minutes.
• Prennez le quiz sur "Les Animaux!
• Révisez en classe.
• Commencez "Les Professions."

MIDTERM: JANUARY 26 and 27!! (An early reminder)

8th grade:

• Now see if you can figure these adjectives out...
• Review activities 2 and 3 OR Complete these activities...
• Vocabulary Bee buzzzzzzzzzzz.

QUIZ: Mercredi. Demain: Whiteboard Challenge with Adjectives!!!

vendredi le neuf janvier

Être adulte, c'est être seul.

To be an adult is to be alone.

Jean ROSTAND, Pensées d'un biologiste

Trivia: Jean Nicot (1530-1600), a French diplomat and scholar introduced the tobacco plant to France in 1559 (from Portugal) and is the namesake of this alkaloid.

Hier: What are those crepes called?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTeWb2SS0Zc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9geV9H6rsU&feature=related

Déjeuner: Turkey Cubes and Gravy!!

7th grade:

• Revisez le travail dans le livre pages 88-89
• LOTTO!

8th grade:

• Little activity: Which form of adjective to use?
• Finish reviewing page 1 of packet.
• LOTTO.

All these things/people are Canadian (Canadien) ! How would you spell canadian in each case?

La portable ____________

Les ordinateurs ____________

La jeune fille ________________

Les copines ____________________

L'ordinateur portable ________________

Les sacs ___________________

Devoirs: Page 2 of Packet Activities 2 et 3 ONLY.

mercredi le sept janvier (jeudi le huit janvier?)

En France, on étudie les hommes, en Allemagne, les livres.

In France, one studies men; in Germany, books.
Madame de STAËL, De l'Allemagne, chap. 13

Trivia: We could say that this is a teen disaster that became one of the most famous recipes in the history of fine French cuisine. However, the teen wasn’t working at a fast food but in the Café de Paris in Monte Carlo. Edward VII Prince of Wales was visiting that night when suddenly the waiter’s pan caught on fire with the liqueur and the crepes were flambéed. The young man found it so delicious that he served it to the Prince and it became a favorite. As a young woman was present, the waiter named it for her. What was her name?

Hier: The name of the tunnel the associated with the late Princess of Wales.

Déjeuner: Fresh pizza

7th grade:

• Match the sounds with the animal, s'il vous plaît :)
• Check devoirs: Lotto Card and Vocabulary sheet.
• LOTTO - You could hear a sound, or an animal, or a place!

Devoirs: Livre bleu pages 88-89 A-B

8th grade:

• My sad little matching activity.
• Check devoirs: LOTTO card and page 1 of packet.
• Revisez les devoirs.
• Little activity: Which form of adjective to use?
• LOTTO.

Devoirs: Page 2 of Packet Activities 2 et 3 ONLY.

mardi le six janvier (deux mille neuf!!)

Le scandale est souvent pire que le péché.
The scandal is often worse than the sin.
MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, Heptaméron, 25e nouvelle



Trivia: On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in which road tunnel located in Paris, France? The crash was a result of a high speed chase where the car holding the princess attempted to escape the paparazzi. As the casualties lay seriously injured or dead in their wrecked car, the photographers continued to take pictures. The critically injured Diana was reported to repeatedly murmur the words, "oh my God", and after the photographers were pushed away by emergency teams, the words "leave me alone".



Déjeuner: Popcorn 'poulet.'



7th grade:

• Commencez "Les Animaux" page : 86.


• Repetez le vocabulaire.


• Animal sounds and a French rap! Lol.


• http://www.songsforteaching.com/etienne/alaferme.htm


• Lotto Card using all vocabulary from sheet.

If you're curious about other animals...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcOS1iLumwU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT9abGOzWrY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWMKXFzfd2Q&feature=related

Devoirs: Vocabulary Sheet and Lotto Card if not finished in class. :)

8th Grade:

• Commencez Chapitre 11 : Le copain de Mireille page 162.


• Lisez la conversation/ discuss French values.


• A reminder of the vocabulary from this chapter/locate vocabulary sheets.


• Discuss differences between feminine/masculine/singular/plural adjectives.


• Do you even know what an 'adjective' is?!?! (I hope so...)

Patrick est intelligent.

Fresia est intelligente.

Andrew est gentil.

Corina est gentille.

Dillon et Javeed sont sportifs.

Erin et Erica sont sportives.

Olivia est timide.

Anthony n'est pas timide.

Devoirs: FIRST PAGE ONLY of Packet : Le copain de Mireille.