jeudi le seize septembre

' Avant que d'être à vous je suis à mon pays. '
Above belonging to you I belong to my country.
Pierre CORNEILLE, Horace, acte II, scène 5

(The assassin was a descendent of the above French playwright.)

Trivia today: On July 9th, 1793, this assassin took the life of French Revolutionary figure, Jean-Paul Marat. At trial, this person stated "I killed one man to save 100,000."

Yesterday's trivia: What region is famous for lavender, le Mistral, the Riviera, etc?

7th grade:


-More le, la, l', les business!

- A couple of hints about how to know when to use them...

-Review le, la, l' sheet

- Commencez avec Chapitre 1!! Vos Livres...put your names in at least 3 places!! Let's take a look through them, shall we?!

8th grade:

- Continuez avec le projet!! ** Pages 185, 352 in Discovering French Nouveau**

You have THREE class days remaining, AUJOURD'HUI, VENDREDI, LUNDI
MARDI= Computer Lab to type.
MERCREDI= Finishing touches, hanging your projects for Back to School Night.

Sentence Starters:
Je m'appelle - My name is______________
Je suis = I am
J'ai - I have ex: J'ai un portable (I have a cellphone) et J'ai treize ans ( I HAVE 13 years...I'm 13 years old)
Mon anniversaire est le...My birthday is the...
J'aime - I like
Je préfère - I prefer
Ma couleur préférée est...- My fav. color is
Je n'aime pas- I don't like
Je déteste - I hate
Je fais - I play/I do
J'aime faire - I like to play/do
J'aime manger - I like to eat
J'aime boire - I like to drink
Ma mère s'appelle- My mom's name is...
J'habite- I live


little words:
ou - or
et- and
très- very
beaucoup de- a lot
mais- but
aussi - also ( ex: J'aime manger la glace et les biscuits aussi.)
Par exemple...- For example...