C'est lundi, le trois décembre

'Généralement, les gens qui savant peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savant beaucoup parlent peu.'

Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little.

Rousseau.

Trivia today: In the heart of "Les Halles" district in Paris lies a restaurant that opened in 1832, attracting over the years famous people such as Salvador Dali, Marcel Proust, and Jackie Kennedy. It is located at 38 rue Montorgueil. What is the MAIN speciality of this famous restaurant??

Hier: What two things were in the boat with Saint Torpes? (Roman name Caïus Silvius Torpetius, a gladiator and attendant of Nero.)

Until Break: a lil French Christmas fact daily :-)

7th grade:

• Baby Quiz sizes and shapes :-)
• Les personalités
• Finish filling out vocabulary sheet and LOTTO cards

BIG QUIZ: MERCREDI

8th grade:

• AU GUICHET à LA GARE
• Regardez des billets et le vocabulaire de voyage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTxKmEn-qH0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

(above) Eurostar- Le Train de Paris à Londres



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

(above) Les Meilleurs Cabines des Avions

big VOCABULARY QUIZZES : MERCREDI ET VENDREDI 

C'est jeudi, le vingt huit novembre

Trivia today: St. Tropez is the gorgeous little town in the South of France where my family is from. Its name is derived from "Saint" Torpes, a man who was beheaded in Roman times during the reign of emperor Nero. His body was then placed in a rotten boat and set adrift where he landed on the shores of what is now Saint Tropez with what other TWO things in the boat???

Hier: In what year and in what city did Le MacDo first appear?

7th grade:

• Baby Quiz: hair and eyes

1. _____ curly hair          a. les yeux noirs

2. _____ green eyes         b. les cheveux roux

3. _____ straight hair     c. les cheveux frisés

4. _____ red hair            d. les yeux marron

5. _____ spiky hair         e. les cheveux en brosse

6. _____ black eyes         f. les cheveux raides

7. _____ wavy hair         g. les yeux verts

8. _____ brown eyes       h. les cheveux ondulés

• Continuez avec grand, petit, taille moyenne etc etc et
• Ta personalité!!

8th grade:

• Baby Quiz: Les Moyens de Transport
• Continuez avec les raisons POURQUOI and a roll of the dice. 
• One side versus the other. I roll, I pick a number you make a sentence. 5 minutes, verbally. Then, by ROW...a challenge to write the sentences.

C'est mardi, le vingt sept novembre

Escargot - "Nobody is sure how this got started. Probably a couple of French master chefs were standing around one day, and they found a snail, and one of them said: 'I bet that if we called this something like "escargot," tourists would eat it.' They they had a hearty laugh, because 'escargot' is the French word for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm.'
Dave Barry, 'Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'

Trivia today: In what city and in what year was the first McDonalds (Le McDo) built in France? (Quel Horreur!!!)

http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/10/economic-downturn-forces-french-to-eat-at-mcdonald-s

7th grade:

• Continuez avec "Qui Suis-Je?"
• J'ai les cheveux BRUNS et LONGS et les yeux VERTS
• How well do you know your colors...watch them whiz by
• Comment es-tu??? VOTRE TAILLE- your size :-)

Baby Quiz: Thursday: hair colors and styles

8th grade:

• More about the question "POURQUOI" on va...
• Creating sentences using "ou" "comment" et "pourquoi" - using the roll of virtual dice!
• Les types des VACANCES - Types of vacations!

Baby Quiz: Thursday. Modes of Transportation

C'est jeudi, le huit novembre-vendredi, le neuf novembre

Grades 7 and 8 - LEVEL IA & IB

CUT TEST 1 - jeudi, le 8 novembre et vendredi, le 9 novembre

• Speaking and Listening - le 8 novembre
• Speaking, Reading, and Writing- le 9 novembre

BONNE CHANCE, MES PUCES!

Department Meeting: lundi, le cinq novembre

Why website?

• Keeps me organized
• Keeps students organized and avoids the "WAWDT" question
• Keeps parents "in the loop."
• Great springboard for new technologies being installed
• APPR Much? Amy Crantz showed middle school teachers some great ways to keep track of reflections/progress/lessons on our last Conference Day. This site helps me reflect on previous years/which lessons worked and did not/and keeps me cognizant of how much time I am spending on target areas each day (Speaking/Reading/Listening/Writing)
• Makes you look fancy

Some favorite links:

Great teacher lesson sharing site! Strong in World Languages...especially French :-)

Free business cards- great for Back to School Night!

Google "Docs"

Study Materials: Les Jours/Les Mois/Les Nombres

Click here for Celebrity Birthdays Sheet

Days/Months/Numbers Vocabulary Sheet

 Click here to review in POWERPOINT