C'est mardi, le vingt-huit février

'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:

• Lisez la lettre de Marie à Janine.
• Répondez aux quéstions
• NOW: to build on YOUR paragraph YOU have to write 3 sentences describing each member or your real or fictitious family.
• Each family member must have:

A. What their name is
B. What their age is
C. A physical description
D. An emotional/personality description

Remember, your paragraph(s) will be the story your VOKI tells. Your story MUST be at least 75 FRENCH words! You can use the same format as the letter from Marie to Janine. You can include a house description, where you live etc., as well as a greeting and a closing :-)



8th grade:

• Continuez avec vos poèmes. Jusqu'a mercredi !

C'est lundi, le vingt-sept février

'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?

7th grade:

• Petit Quiz!
• Coloring a bit pour les nombres!
• Quel age a Gage??? Quel age a Sara??
• Les devoirs...5 family ages.
• Vocabulary beeeeee buzzz

Ticket trade-in???!

C'est jeudi, le vingt-trois février

'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, it also has big eyes and huge ears.

a.) Algeria

b.) Tunisia

c.) Egypt

d.) Morocco

7th grade:

• MEMORY?? avec une partinaire. Bonne Chance!
• bébé quiz: demain! On the relatives you just saw!
• Les Nombres- vocabulaire. Répétez encore! Colorez un peu :-)
• Quel age ONT tes parents??

DEVOIRS: List at LEAST 5 family members ages...written OUT!

ex: Ma belle-mère a quarante-cinq ans.

Mon grand-père a soixante-TREIZE ans.

8th grade:

• Vos poèmes - traduisez...écrivez...tapez
• Vous êtes trop sympas. Vous êtes tous les vrais écrivains...Je suis fière de vous xo

C'est mercredi, le vingt-deux février.

'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:

- Les Nombres   - Quel age a ton père? Quel age a ta soeur??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8FYwfesR54&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://quizlet.com/18935/french-numbers-1-100-flash-cards/

- C'EST QUI??? COMMENT-EST...??? AVEC NOTRE FAMILLE! second page of vocabulary sheet.

- Quel age a...???

ELLE A....IL A.....!!

8th grade:

- Nos poèmes avec la musique :-)

C'est mardi, le vingt-et-un février

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis invaded France on May 10th 1940. Hitler visited Paris and ordered that the flag of the 3rd Reich be flown from the Eiffel Tower.

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.

7th grade:

• La famille de Luke paragraph...
• Ta famille...a true OR untrue.
• Fill in LOTTO card

8th grade:

• Révisez le quiz
• Commencez avec nos poèmes

C'est vendredi, le dix-sept février

'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.

7th grade:

• Snap!
• Sentences with Les Simpsons
• L'arbre de famille!

8th grade:

• Adjective Flashcards!
• Vocabulary Beeee
• Practiquez!

C'est mercredi, le quinze février

'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

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7th grADE:

• PETIT QUIZ!
• Notre ARBRE DE FAMILLE :-)
• In pairs, write 15 sentences describing how people on our family tree are related!

ex: Gage EST le mari DE Abby :-)

  8th grade:

• Demain, nous allons passer UN QUIZ des adjectives!!
• PARLEZ! 5 minutes
• Listening activity
• Finish Qui suis-je activity OR Comment est-elle activity!

C'est mardi, le quatorze février

Le prix d'Amour, c'est seulement Amour. [...] Il faut aimer si l'on veut être aimé.

The price of Love, is simply Love.... One must love if one wants to be loved.
Honoré d'URFÉ, La Sylvanire ou la Morte-vive, fable bocagère, acte I, scène I

Les Cartes de Saint-Valentin!

http://cartesvirtuelles.canoe.com/Canoe_Fr/Fonds/valentin.html  If you would like to try and send an E-Valentine in French, cliquez ici!

C'est lundi, le treize février

'C'est à cause que tout doit finir que tout est si beau.

'It's because everything must end that everything is so beautiful.'

Charles-Ferdinand RAMUZ, Adieu à beaucoup de personnages (Les Cahiers vaudois)

Question Quiz: One of my favorite flavors of ice-cream in France is 'Cassis.' What is this flavor is English?

a.) raspberry
b.) black currant
c.) cherry
d.) blackberry

7th grade:

• lil' half sheet Quiz
• L'arbre de Famille
• 15 sentences about our class 'family.' :-)

8th grade:

• In groups of 3-4 discuss the character you have received from Mrs Manley :-
• Face Time.

Qui suis - je????

Stick your character to your head!
People will tell you things about yourself! You have to try and guess who you are!
DO NOT TELL THE PERSON WHO THEY ARE!!
- Tell them what they look like...hair, skin color...height...weight...their profession...their personality etc
- Tell them using TU ES...


MORT- Dead
chanteur/euse- singer
athlète professionale
politicien
prof- teacher
patron- boss
acteur/actrice
dessin animé - cartoon
femme- woman
homme- man

C'est vendredi, le dix février

Il faut que le monde soit clair. Si les coeurs étaient clairs, le monde serait clair.
Jacques AUDIBERTI, Le Mal court, acte III

The world has to be clear. If hearts were clear, the world would be clear.

France has won the most Nobel prizes in what?

7th grade:

• Mon/Ma/Mes sheet
• Feuille de Vocabulaire
• Chez Mimi
• L'arbre de famille <3

http://surfacelanguages.com/language/French/reviewwords/Family.html - practice speaking/listening!
http://www.allgemeinbildung.ch/fach=fra/Famille_01a.htm - L'Arbre de Famille
http://lexiquefle.free.fr/famille0.swf - Notre arbre de famille :-)
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/c4modernlanguages/mimi/main/french_main_menu.asp - Chez Mimi!

8th grade:

• Comment est...??? avec les photos
• Check les devoirs
• Quels que phrases...

C'est jeudi, le neuf février

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: LA FAMILLE!!

• Crack the Code!
• La Famille de Simpson :-)
• Les feuilles de vocabulaire

8th grade: Encore les adjectives!

• Exercise A- Le copain de Mireille
• Qui veut gagner des millions??
• Turning Point - Quelle adjective?

C'est mercredi, le huit février

                                              

                                                              

8th grade:

January 30-Feb 3 - About Me Glogs Class presentation lundi, mardi le 6 & 7 février

http://www.realfrench.net/grammar/games.php?function=choose_game&s=1&u=1&d=&1n3n1=1

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/estrellas/Resources/Matching/adjagree/adjagree.html

Above are GÉNIAL practice games for adjective agreement <3


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

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

Antonio est intelligent.

Bailey est intelligente.

Eric est gentil.

Emily est gentille.

Christian et Kevin sont sportifs.

Ashley et Nayeli sont sportives.

Brianna est timide.

Devon n'est pas timide.

• Little activity: Which form of adjective to use? LE COPAIN DE MIREILLE
• Vocabulary Sheet- dig it out :-)

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

Le portable ____________

Les ordinateurs ____________

La jeune fille ________________

Les copines ____________________

L'ordinateur portable ________________

Les sacs ___________________

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