mardi le quatorze septembre (Tuesday, September 14.)

'Les erreurs de langage sont des crimes.'

Language mistakes are crimes.

Marguerite DURAS, Les Petits Chevaux de Tarquinia, 1953 (Gallimard), chap. 2, p. 76

Trivia Today: Jeanne D'Arc (Joan of Arc: 1412 – 30 May 1431 ), famous French heroine of the Hundred Years War, died in which French city?

Yesterday's trivia: What year did the French last use the guillotine as a form of Capital Punishment...??

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

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/09/dayintech_0910




7th grade~

- finish last few introductions if any.

- take quiz on Mademoiselle Battaglia - Bon Courage!

-Grade quiz in class...you will be rewarded for cleverness, or perhaps just plain ol' good luck!

-Create true/false quiz about yourself and hand in for Mademoiselle to take.

-Take 40 word French quiz/ Révisez

- Did you notice the "le and la" used with many of the words?

Demain: (tomorrow)

Notes on MASCULINE vs FEMININE vs PLURAL vs "STARTS WITH A VOWEL" French nouns. Eeeek!

8th grade: Continuez avec vos projets : BONJOUR, JE M'APPELLE...

Elements

1. 30 sentence composition

2. Three nameplates demonstrating who YOU are

3. Composition typed

4. Composition and nameplates mounted on colored paper

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)

J'aime - I like

Je préfère - I prefer

Ma couleur préférée est...- My fav. color is

Mon anniversaire est le quinze septembre- My birthday is September 15th.

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 eatJ'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- a lot

aussi - also ( ex: J'aime manger la glace et les biscuits aussi.)
vraiment- really/truly

pas du tout- not at all...