Friday, September 28, 2012

C'est lundi, le PREMIER octobre


'Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent, et qui portent où l'on veut aller.'
Rivers are moving paths that take you where you want to go.
Blaise PASCAL, Pensées I, 17


Trivia today: Port Salut, Gruyère, Neufchätel, and Pont-L'Evêque are varieties of this French product.

7th grade:

  • bébé quiz!
  • Print Comix
  • Vocabulary beeeee buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  • LOTTO
8th grade:
  • Grand quiz: Que fais tu QUAND...
  • Commencez EN VILLE
  • Feuilles de Vocabulaire


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

C'est jeudi, le vingt-sept 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."

Any translations of those notes???

7th grade:
  • Traduisez un peu
  • Chatterboxes
  • LOTTO!! No cheating!! No eager-beavers!
8th grade:

- Practice more activities and QUAND expressions
- Work in pairs to write sentences (5 minutes)
- Row Relay to write as many sentences AS POSSIBLE in 5 minutes!

C'est mardi, le vingt-cinq septembre



Quand on a le droit de se tromper impunément, on est toujours sûr de réussir.

If you allowed to make mistakes, you are sure to succeed.
Renan.


7th grade:
8th grade:
  • Un film, peut-être???

Monday, September 24, 2012

Back to School Night, lundi le 24 septembre




Quand on a le droit de se tromper impunément, on est toujours sûr de réussir.

If you allowed to make mistakes, you are sure to succeed.
Renan.


Parents:
  • Trivia
  • Powerpoint
  • Grading Rules
  • Curriculum
  • A note for your child
  • Questions?





Friday, September 21, 2012

C'est lundi, le vingt-quatre septembre



'On se donne en donnant. '
One gives to oneself by giving.
Marcel MAUSS, Essaie sur le don, deuxième partie, chap. 2, 3


Trivia today: Lavender, Roman ruins, The Riviera, Bouillabaise, and the Mistral are associated with what well known region of France (that makes my heart hurt when I think of it...?)
 
 
7th grade:
 
  • 1st period: Back to School Night schedules
  • Printing comics/Catacombes de Paris : Un Film
  • Chatterboxes
8th grade:
  • Les Loisirs avec La Météo!!
  • Faire ou Jouer?? Je fais, Je Joue, Je vais etc etc
  • Powerpoint
  • Main Question: Qu'est ce que tu fais QUAND...????
  • Écrivez un peu

Some old 'feel good' comments I kept over the years, but never published.

Hi Ms B! I randomly thought of your blog today and decided to revisit the past. I see your blog isn't as active as it used to be! I was reading some old comments from trivia...the competition to out beat "D. Terner"...I really can't believe he talked like that in 7th and 8th grade. He still does. I heard you have a class at the high school first period. I tried visiting you, but you weren't there! I'll try another time soon. Shelley and I might be visiting Miller during Regents week :) See you soon! Sarah Harrison on C'est mardi, le deux mai


 Sarahhh on 5/26/12

Mrs.Manley I wanted to let you know that I was working on my voki and it let me type more than 75 words! -Estelle p.6 on C'est mardi, le six mars

 Anonymous on 3/6/12

Hi mrs manley congraduations for your baby boy Ryan Maisch per. 4 on Les Étages Terribles! (Professions)

Anonymous on 2/6/11

Bonjour, Madame Manly! Man, I'll never get used to that...anyway. I saw that this trivia had no comments yet, so I have decided to answer it! That 2000 film starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche? The one that had the hunger-inducing name? That movie was Chocolat. It must've been a great movie, seeing as it was nominated for 5 Academy awards, 8 BAFTA's, and 4 Golden Globes. It also won a Screen Actor's award. Oops, I forgot I swore never to do insanely long responses to these questions! I hope David Turner doesn't find out about this.... From the guy who gave many people heart trauma last year: Alexandre McLaughlin :D on C'est jeudi le six janvier

 Anonymous on 1/12/11

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1QGIv5/www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm check this out...it is quite cool and would be fun to show your classes on C'est mercredi le quinze décembre
 Aidan Mabey on 12/16/10

Happy Bastille Day!!! Monk Esq! on BLOG NAME CHANGE

 Anonymous on 7/14/10

Oh man, Elias taking all the bread when we left. Good times... on UPCOMING
 Lucie Perhaps on 5/2/10

Hey Ms.Battaglia. Its Cassandra. I miss you so much..And I wanted to tell you me and Dave Higgins broke up and to get back at him..u should call him by his middle name which is Yoder. I love you ms. B!!! Love Cassandra Shultis on UPCOMING

Cassandra Shultis on 5/1/10

Hey Ms. B, Sorry I'm getting back to you so late, but if your still giving out tickets at 10:00 my dad and I would love to go. I'm going to assume you are still distributing tickets unless I hear otherwise. Thanks so much, it is really nice of you to go out of your way for this. If you can't get to school because of the snow, or if I'm the only one who responds and you don't feel like going all the way to school, just let me know. -Lucy on PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SNOW DAY PLAN

 Anonymous on 2/24/10

So I got the CD to work and it's GREAT! Once the program is installed, the CD isn't needed to use it, so once everyone installs it, you won't have to just lend it out to a few people, everyone will be able to use it! The only problem I had was figuring out what section to study. I'm assuming that it is Unit 4, so basically the test will cover the last vocab quiz (objects and describing words) and the grammar topics of avoir and de/des/un/une/un. You don't have to respond to this, or post it, by the way. Thanks so much! -Lucy on mercredi le dix février
Anonymous on 2/10/10

we saw this in my class in 9th grade haha. everyone misses ya miss B. James LaShomb on French song playing throughout the country urging people to contribute!

Anonymous on 2/9/10

<3 ...="..." 8th="8th" about="about" and="and" because="because" bold="bold" c="c" can="can" come="come" don="don" est="est" even="even" fevrier="fevrier" first="first" go="go" got="got" how="how" hui="hui" i="i" is="is" it="it" italicized="italicized" know="know" last="last" le="le" lundi="lundi" m="m" make="make" miss="miss" more="more" of="of" on="on" period.="period." premier="premier" s.b="s.b" s="s" say="say" t="t" that="that" the="the" thinking="thinking" thought="thought" to="to" today="today" ujour-d="ujour-d" underlined="underlined" visit="visit" wait="wait" was="was" year="year" you="you">
 Aidan i Mabey on 2/1/10

hey miss b im so sorry for wat happened on friday i feel terrible nd i hope we can still get along cuz ur like the best teacher ive had in all miller u like to have a good time nd like to joke around nd theres no other teacher in miller that can beat u nd again im sorry for eerything if it was me well thats all i have to sayy ill c u on monday bye on Thinking about last year's 8th period.

 doug aka leroy flores on 1/30/10

Hey Ms.B, I miss your french class so muchh.. She tries to be like you and funny and shes really nott. Haha. Shes sooooo annoying. So I think I'm coming to visit Miller this week. I'm so excited.<3krissy amp="amp" and="and" assie.="assie." can="can" janvier="janvier" le="le" love="love" lundi="lundi" no="no" on="on" p.s.="p.s." see="see" t="t" to="to" triviaa="triviaa" vingt-cinq="vingt-cinq" wait="wait" we="we" you.="you." you="you">
 Anonymous on 1/23/10

To Seventh Graders- Stop Giving Mlle Bataglia such a hard time. Go be stupid in some other class!!! Oh, and enjoy LES ÉTAGES TERRIBLES! Alexandre. on lundi le neuf novembre

 Anonymous on 11/8/09

hey its Azzer gratz on the engagement... wish i didnt have to go to ms. gagliardi. (wont say why) paix on mercredi le quatre novembre

 Anonymous on 11/3/09

Hey Miss B, Me and Brooke know who your BF is!!! A girl said he told them (kinda) at Bailey and told them that his girlfriend was going to the field trip and you are the chaparone (spell??) for her group!!! Don't worry I won't tell. I don't know about Brooke though!! <3 -="-" :p=":p" beesmer="beesmer" brooke="brooke" du="du" jordyn="jordyn" les="les" on="on" photos="photos" restaurant.="restaurant." u="u">
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Spam Anonymous on 5/28/09

please don't post this comment i mine i don't really care but this comment was more for you only. i like the pictures though miss.b and i am srry i didn't have my book i was out all weekend and took it out to study and left in my house. in will bring another day i promise but i don't know if it is gonna be tommorw though because it is at my sisters so maybe on thursday i will bring the book jk i don't know when i can get the book but will get tonight though and did you think of a punishmen tfor me and alexis but please don't have it to do with alot of writting because i have athritis i was just joking i can write alot and did i metion that i absolty loved the pictures or did i not but i do if i didn't say i did already. i was a bright sunny day when you guys went to the restaurant and how is your house keeping i hope it is good and you welcome your house is so nice and biggggg but you have alots of left over space and did you see the comment on joe ricco in the year book it made me on Les photos du restaurant.

S anonymous gurl who left her book home on 5/26/09

i hope you are having fun in your new house with your new boyfriend and i guess you are juststarting fresh with everything right. on lundi le dix-huit mai

Nazaree Avery on 5/18/09

why aren't you putting up any trivia miss.b are you really on strike our are you just with the eighth graders alot or did you just run out of tickets. i really don't know what it is but you are giving me less to do in the libaray and everytime i come i end up leaving because i have nothinggggggg to do do you see mypain miss.battagli and i really like to goooo to the libaray. i go there so much i have my own private office b-tagz so b and have a goood rest of the day. on Yo 8th period.
 Naz'aree Avery on 5/13/09

where r the trivia questions just wonderin hope u bring back the triviia Vachel Carl on Yo 8th period.

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Spam Anonymous on 5/12/09

i like how you guys where in the rain. Where you in the rain.What happen to the regular triva. on Yo 8th period.

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Spam Naz'aree Avery on 5/11/09

My friend Emily Galloway and I think your face looks like Angelina Jolie with different hair color.p.s those frogs need a tredmill, their butts were REALLY big and gross looking! on mardi le dix-sept février

Spam horses571 on 2/17/09

Madamoiselle Battaglia Visit her page at mllebattaglia.blogspot.com to have some fun. Answer her trivia questions on her blog or just leave some cool comments .. pce Φ on jeudi le quinze janvier


Every time I look at Joe's face on your blog I think about what he looked like in the coffin. Then to tell you the truth I get tears in my eyes. on mardi le vingt cing novembre

 Anonymous on 11/25/08

Last night I copied and pasted the thing you wrote about Joe into an email and sent it to my mom because I thought it was touching. Then tonight my mom asks me if I remember her friend Jackie, and I said yeah. My mom was saying how Jackie was Joe's cousin and that Jackie wanted my mom to print out the thing you had wrote, and give it to Joe's mom (I think his aunt, too, but maybe my mom mean't Jackie's aunt which would be his mom). So I just thought I'd let you know. on mercredi le dix-neuf novembre



Thursday, September 20, 2012

C'est vendredi, le vingt-et-un septembre


                                                           I will always try :-)

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.
A fool can always find an even bigger fool to admire him.
Boileau.


BON VENDREDI, TOUT LE MONDE!!
 
 
7th grade:
8th grade:
 
Quiz sur La Météo!!
    

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

C'est jeudi, le vingt septembre




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


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


7th grade:
  • Trivia: the year the last man was guillotined?
  • www.storyboardthat.com
  • At least 10 different verbal exchanges :-)
  • Click COPY comic to be able to edit/continue to work on a saved storyboard.
8th grade:

  • Frère Jacques - Quel temps fait-il
  • La Météo en France aujourd'hui : http://france.meteofrance.com/
  • White-boards - Illustrate as best you can the weather condition that is said / or shown en français
  • QUIZ- Demain!!!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

C'est mercredi, le dix-neuf septembre


'O Dieu, si tu veux que jamais plus femme n'élève la voix, crée enfin un homme adulte !'
Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!
Jean GIRAUDOUX, Sodome et Gomorrhe, acte II, scène 6


Trivia today: In what year did the French government (in France) last use the guillotine as a form of capital punishment? (Please answer this question under TODAY's date.)

7th grade:

Comics in the computer labs!!

Click link below to begin:

www.storyboardthat.com

Click create comic.
Have fun!

Your toon do MUST have at least 10 Speech or Thought "Bubbles" and at least 2 different characters.

8th grade:

Monday, September 17, 2012

C'est mardi, le dix-huit septembre



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.



7th grade:


  • Trivia Answers
  • Big Vocabulary Sheet
  • LOTTO card
  • Computer Lab tomorrow to do Toon Do!
8th Grade:
  • Baby Quiz <3 li="li">
  • More Forecasting and Vocabulary Sheets
  • La Météo Memory Test
  • Qu-est ce que tu fais QUAND...????

Thursday, September 13, 2012

C'est VENDREDI, le quatorze septembre

'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.

Trivia today: Vanessa Paradis, a French singer and actress born December 22, 1972, is the long-time girlfriend of which famous Hollywood star? They have two children together, Lily-Rose and John "Jack" Christopher III.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gg-EoU0Dog&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

7th grade:

  • Trivia Answers: What are the series of quarries called in Underground Paris??
  • Practice our Questions
  • More speed dating!
  • BIG Vocabulary Sheet
  • LOTTO Card
8th grade:

  • La Météo et les Saisons!
  • PPT
  • Les Directions  NORD, SUD, EST, OUEST!!!
  • Qu'est-ce que tu fais quand....?


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

C'est jeudi, le treize septembre


'Il y a toujours du bon dans la folie humaine.'
There is always some good in human craziness.
Auguste VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM, L'Ève future, livre I, 3

Trivia today: In 1785, milions of skeletons were transported from overcrowded cemeteries to what network of quarries beneath Paris, which served as the headquarters of the Resistance during WWII?

7th grade:
  • Triangle Match Up
  • Questions
  • Speed dating
  • Vocabulary Sheets
  • LOTTO

DEVOIRS: ANSWER THE TRIVIA QUESTION!

8th grade:
  • A few minutes for quotations
  • Our WALLS and COMMENTS for 10 minutes.
  • Commencez Unité 1 : Our PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • La Météo et les Saisons- Weather and Seasons
http://france.meteofrance.com/france/accueil?xtor=AL-1

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

C'est mercredi, le douze septembre



'Il y a toujours du bon dans la folie humaine.'

There is always some good in human craziness.
Auguste VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM, L'Ève future, livre I, 3

Answers from yesterday's questions : The year French women achieved the right to vote?

7th grade:
  • Answers to trivia??
  • Alphabet Fly By
  • Comment ça-va???
  • Powerpoints and Vocabulary!
  • Speed dating chats
You must ask and get answers to the following questions:

1. Comment ça-va?
2. Quel age-as tu?
3. Où habites-tu??

8th grade:
  • BY TOMORROW YOU MUST HAVE FINISHED YOUR FRENCHBOOKS AND BE READY TO LEAVE COMMENTS ON 4 DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S PAGES.
DEVOIRS: Come up with 4 random comments to leave people!!


Monday, September 10, 2012

C'est mardi, le onze septembre


'On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur.'
We see well only with the heart.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (from le Petit Prince)

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom. --Rudolph W. Giuliani. December 31, 2001

Trivia today: Women in the US won the right to vote in 1919. In what year did women in France achieve the same right?

7th grade:

  • Finish introductions at last!!!
  • L'alphabet - Alphabet Fly By
  • Commencez Unité 1 - Les Salutations et Les Courtoisies (Greetings and Courtesies!)
  • Powerpoints and Vocabulary sheets
  • Partner chats

8th grade:

  • Continue Work on FrenchBooks!

Friday, September 7, 2012

C'est lundi, le dix septembre


MIAM MIAM!!!
Une rêve est la moitié d'une réalité.
Joseph JOUBERT, Pensées
A dream is half of a reality.

7th grade:

- Finish introductions!
- Did you read my profile?!
-Take MADAME MANLEY QUIZ! Révisez!


8th grade:
- Work on Rough Drafts of FrenchBook.

DUE: MERCREDI, LE DOUZE SEPTEMBRE...END OF CLASS

Devoirs: CONTINUE COLLECTING PHOTOS, CLIPPINGS ETC FOR FRENCHBOOK

Thursday, September 6, 2012

C'est vendredi, le sept septembre



J'avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserai personne dire que c'est le plus bel âge de la vie.
I was 20 years old. I won't let anyone say that it's the most beautiful part of life.
Paul NIZAN, Aden Arabic (Maspero), I

7th grade
- Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
- Mini Quiz
-Check binder
- Finish introductions

- Comment tu t'appelles?
- Je m'appelle ______________________
- Enchanté!

DEVOIRS: Go to www.mrsmanley.com and READ MY PROFILE!!!!

8th grade:

- Check binder
- Begin 'FrenchBook' Project.
- Do you remember??

DEVOIRS:
Start collecting photos/magazine cutouts/printed pictures to contsruct your FrenchBook.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

C'est jeudi, le six séptembre



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



7th grade

-Bonjour, Madame Manley!
-Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
WHAT TO DO!!!

1.Write selected FRENCH name on front of colored index card- underneath write what it means
2.On back draw three things that represent you.
3.Inside the card tell me why you chose French and anything else you'd like me to know.


-Take out name cards and let's get to know each other...
-Question and answer:

- Comment t'appelles-tu? - Je m'appelle ______
- Enchanté.


DEVOIRS:  BINDER!

8th grade

-Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
- Corrigez les feuilles "How much do you remember??"
- Madame Manley quiz????
- Commencez FRENCHBOOK!

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

C'est mercredi, le cinq séptembre



'Dis-moi qui t'admire et je te dirai qui tu es. '
Charles Auguste SAINTE-BEUVE, Causeries du lundi, 20 avril 1850

Tell me who admires you and I'll tell you who you are. '

Yesterday: Comment dit-on 'sandwich' en français??

7th grade:

- Remember and find seats
- Bonjour Madame Manley / Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
- Check Signed Rules Sheet!
- Finish reviewing Rules/Rewards!
- Hand out Envelopes, 1st free ticket.
- Did you check the web-site? Answer to trivia question and SECOND possible ticket.
- Begin first assignment - selection of French names.


WHAT TO DO!!!

1.Write selected FRENCH name on front of colored index card- underneath write what it means
2.On back draw three things that represent you.
3.Inside the card tell me why you chose French and anything else you'd like me to know.


DEVOIRS (Homework)

* Don't forget BINDER by FRIDAY.

8th Grade:

- Make sure everyone is in correct seat
- Hand out envelopes for tickets
- Check Homework - Signed Rules/Rewards sheets (tickets)
-Select French names to use on all papers, same as last year or something different??
- How much do you Remember sheet!
- About France Quiz...
DEVOIRS

*BINDER BY FRIDAY!!!










Monday, September 3, 2012

C'est mardi, le quatre séptembre


Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Alphonse KARR, Les Guêpes 1845


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ4mhZiwJxk - René la taupe - René the Groundhog!

Trivia: Comment dit-on (How do you say) "sandwich" in French?


7th grade (French 1A) and 8th grade (French 1B):

-Seating charts and seats assigned.
-Blog overview and distribution of rules and rewards sheets.
-Discussion of class and materials needed.

8th grade:

- Possible "How much do you remember?" sheet. 
- Fly By alphabet!


DEVOIRS (Homework):


-Bring "Rules" sheet back signed by parent/guardian (for ticket.)
-Remember seat for tomorrow.
-Bring in necessary materials by Friday.
- Go to www.mrsmanley.com... In the library, at home. Check out my profile...it may come in handy later!

MATERIALS:
* 7th grade- 3 Ring Binder 
* 8th grade- SAME


Materials, and Grades, and Homework Oh My!






What you will need:


3 Ring Binder devoted with your heart and soul to "la classe de Français!"

SOME PAPER TO PUT IN IT FOR OCCASIONAL EXERCISES

Un stylo/un crayon tous les jours! (a pen or pencil each day!)



* And ya know...the will to SUCCEED. You WILL succeed (as far as I'm concerned!)



GRADING POLICY

Tests - 20%
Quizzes - 40%
"Baby" Quizzes/Formative Assessments - 20%
Homework - 10%
Participation- 10 %

There will be 4 CUTS (Common Unit Tests) administered, one per quarter during the school year.
Each CUT will count as TWO test grades.

At the beginning of the school year an SLO (Student Learning Objective) will be administered at each grade level.  This test is merely a tool we use to assess the progress our students make throughout the school year. The test will be given by the 3rd week in September.



HOMEWORK POLICY -


*You will see homework on the blog written as "LES DEVOIRS" when we have any.
-Students completing homework in the time-frame asked will receive a grade of 100, as well as a 'ticket' reward.

-Students have ONE day to bring in late/absent homework. They will receive a full grade of 100 if they bring it in within that time period. (They will not receive a 'ticket' as a reward for completing homework one day late.)

-After the one day grace period, a grade of 'zero' will be entered in the assignment column.
-A grade of 50 can also be issued for partially done/poorly completed homework.