Thursday, April 29, 2010

UPCOMING



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




J'ai fait un peu de bien ; c'est mon meilleur ouvrage.François-Marie Arouet, dit VOLTAIRE, Épitres CXXI, à Horace
I did a little bit of good; it's my best work.


Field Trip to Phantom of The Opera/Planet Hollywood:
Wednesday May 19th...
Leaving MCM 10AM- returning appx 7:15PM ... don't forget to arrange a ride home that should be WAITING FOR YOU when we get back!



Field Trip to Le Canard Enchainé, Uptown Kingston.
Friday, May 28th Periods 5,6, 7 - Permission Slips to be distributed on Monday. Cost: $26.00


Includes: Transportation, Three course gourmet lunch. Salad, bread, choice of chicken, fish, or vegetarian selection, dessert (for the past few years it has been a giant slab of chocolate cake.)



Level 1B (8th grade) NYS PROFICIENCY SPEAKING TESTS:
Sign-ups begin on Wednesday, May 5th. Three students per 10th period session.

Level 1B NYS PROFICIENCY EXAM: MONDAY, JUNE 21 8AM


7th grade FINAL EXAM:

to be administered in class on June 8th and 9th. Outline for the Exam is below and will also be handed out in class.



Final Exam Outline: French Level 1A


Oral Pretest: Answer five questions (2 points each) picked at random out of a possible 30 questions asked.

Day 1: Listening.

5 points: CLASSROOM COMMANDS (You will hear 5 classroom commands in French, and must match them with the English equivalent.)


10 points: CLASSROOM OBJECTS (You will hear 10 sentences in French that include a classroom object, you must match the picture of the object you have heard with the statement.)


10 points: FOOD (Same as above.)


10 points: PARTS OF THE BODY (Same as above.)


5 points: TELLING TIME (you will hear 5 times mentioned in French, you must write the time down as a digital display.)


10 points: WEATHER AND SEASONS (You will hear 10 statements in French regarding the weather or seasons. Match the statement to one of 4 pictures representing the four seasons and weather conditions.)

Day 2: Reading/Writing.

5 points: ROOMS OF THE HOUSE (Read 5 sentences in French that include a room of the house. Match to a picture of the room printed on the test.)


5 points: PROFESSIONS (Same as above.)


10 points: CLOTHING (Same as above.)


10 points: MULTIPLE CHOICE (Read 10 questions and carefully and choose the best reply from the three choices.)


10 points: WRITING (Write a paragraph/letter to a French penpal telling them about yourself. You may want to include some of the following:

Your name
Age
Your house
Family
Interests/hobbies
Sports
Likes/Dislikes
Personality
Your nationality (what languages you speak etc, don’t speak, etc.)

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Les PHOTOS de la MODE!

They are posted on my Flickr web-site.
You can't leave comments (I have this disabled), but you can copy and save them to your own computer.
LOVE THEM!

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Monday, April 12, 2010

lundi le douze avril

8th grade:

Allons-y à commencer la FUTUR PROCHE!

YOU NEED TO KNOW ALLER!

Je vais Nous allons
Tu vas Vous allez
Il/Elle va Ils/Elles vont

Use Warp Whistles..,whatever, I'm old.
1.) 'Lock and Drop' the subject...
2.) Squeeze in the form of ALLER that fits.
3.) Bring back the verbie to 'the beginning.'

EXAMPLES

a.)Jessica joue au tennis.

b.) Nous dansons à la fête.

c.) Allie et Nicolette sont des hamsters.

d.) J'aime beaucoup le 'RW-RR Challenge!'

e.) Tu vas au stade pour le match de Tigres.

f.) Dominique a un singe à la maison.

g.) Vous n'allez pas au lycée.