C'est vendredi, le PREMIER MARS

'Je suis convaincu que l'émotion artistique cesse où l'analyse et la pensée interviennent. '
Max JACOB, Le Cornet à dés, préface de 1916

I am convinced that artistic feeling ends where analysis and thought begin.

Vous savez??: The delicious croissant is actually not of French origin. Its invention include tales that it was invented in Europe to celebrate the defeat of a Muslim invasion at the decisive Battle of Tours by the Franks in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent; Also in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Turkish siege of VIENNA, as a reference to the crescents on the Turkish flags.

7th grade: 

• Baby Quiz
• Chez Mimi
• L'arbre de famille - Our class Family Tree

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:

• Verbie Relay for 5 points on BIG QUIZ
• Passez le Quiz
• LUNDI: Les Vêtements!!

C'est jeudi, le vingt-huit février

The above is NOT French lol.

La bouche sourit mal quand les yeux sont en pleurs.

Évariste-Désiré de Forges, vicomte de PARNY, La Rechute

The mouth smiles poorly when the eyes are full of tears.
Vous savez??: OK, so Champagne comes from Champagne, and hamburgers come from Hamburg, and the French city most famous for its mustard is...DIJON! 

7th grade:

• Casse le Code
• Les Simpsons
• Feuille de Vocabulaire
• Chez Mimi
• L'arbre de famille <3 font="">

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:

• Last bébé Quiz
• Little love mice sheet...if you can think your way through this...you're good to go.
• Verbie Relay

C'est mercredi, le vingt-sept février

"In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables." Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

Vous savez??: The term 'Frog's legs' is 'cuisses de grenouille' in French. But 'cuisse' does not actually mean 'leg.' It means 'thigh!'





7th grade:
LA FAMILLE!!

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

8th grade:

• Bébe Quiz
• Une feuille d'autre
• Verbie Relay

C'st vendredi, le vingt-deux février

'For me, singing is a way of escaping. It's another world. I'm no longer on Earth.'

Trivia: Regarded as France's most popular singer, this woman of Italian and Algerian descent died of liver cancer on October 10 1963, at the young age of 48. Edith Piaf is buried in Père LachaiseCemetery, in Paris, where her grave is among the most visited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g4NiHef4Ks&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88&feature=related

Trailer from the 2007 movie:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzEJ7NV_g98&feature=related

7th grade:

• Les Activités dans la Maison
• Parlez: Les Questions avec ton partinaire :-)
• Vocabulary Beeee BUZZZZZZZZZ

8th grade:

-Commencez "ER" Verbies. There is a pattern for them all! STEP BY STEP...oh babay!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6GjmiJTPM&ob=av2e&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

-Give out "ER" verbie worksheet. You are expected to memorize/know what they all mean!

-Practiquez un peu.

Chanter - to sing
Je chante Nous chantons
Tu chantes Vous chantez
Il/Elle chante Ils/Elles chantent

C'est jeudi, le vingt-et-un février

'L'on est bien faible quand on est amoureux.'
One is very weak when one is in love
- from La Princesse de Montpensier by Madame de Lafayette

Vous savez?? Translated from French, this revolutionary's name means "the awakening of all saints" or "all souls rising". Toussaint l'Overture was an important leader of the Haitian Revolution, leading enslaved Africans to victory over the Europeans.

7th grade:

Aujuord'hui:

• TEAM QUIZ

DEMAIN:

• Les Activités dans la Maison
• Parlez: Les Questions avec ton partinaire :-)
• Vocabulary Beeee BUZZZZZZZZZ

QUIZ: LUNDI

8th grade:

• QUIZ

La Maison Flashcards- Level IA HOUSE

On Fait Les Courses- Level IB Shopping

C'est vendredi, le quinze février

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

-Vincent Van Gogh

Vous savez???: Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist, found his inspiration in the Provencal village of Arles. Between November 1891 and July 1890 he painted over 900 works. However, he only sold ONE painting in his lifetime.

http://www.theartwolf.com/10_expensive.htm

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

7th grade:

• Un travail magnifique sur vos projets!
• DO NOW: Unjumbling some words
• Pratiquez les quéstions importants!
• Les Activités de La Maison!

8th grade:

• White board challenge: Les magasins et qu'est-ce que tu achètes...
• Vocabulary Beeeeeeeeee
• LOTTO

QUIZ DE VOCABULAIRE: JEUDI/THURSDAY

C'est jeudi, le quatorze février! Joyeuse Saint-Valentin!

La bouche sourit mal quand les yeux sont en pleurs.

The mouth smiles poorly when the eyes are full of tears.
Évariste-Désiré de Forges, vicomte de PARNY, La Rechute

Trivia: The Galeries Lafayette is a 10-story!!! department store is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement. Un GRAND GRAND Magasin!
 

                                                 http://www.galerieslafayette.com/
 

Link to Valentine e-cards:  http://cartesvirtuelles.canoe.ca/Canoe_Fr/Fetes/saintvalentin.html

7th grade:

• Finissez vos PROJETS!!!
• Demain, en classe :-)

8th grade:

• Baby Quiz
• Les Cartes Virtuelles
• PARLEZ: Group of 5 questions to answer and practice asking!
• Révisez: Les magasins
     ·         Où vas-tu acheter…?

          ·         Qu’est ce que tu as besoin d' acheter?

C'est jeudi, le sept février

7th grade:

• Finish your houses!
• Last 10 minutes of period, print your home blueprint
• Take some quick notes reminding you of the 'specs' of your house. How many rooms, types of furniture, colors etc, where the house is located...
• LUNDI: begin brochures. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ARCHITECT SITE WHILE YOU ARE WORKING ON YOUR BROCHURES!
• If you have free time today, hit up Free Rice and flex your vocab skills in French or English or see if you recognize some ART  :-)

http://freerice.com/#/french/13825 - FRENCH

 

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1538 - ENGLISH

 

http://freerice.com/#/famous-paintings/445 - PAINTINGS!

8th grade:

• In groups of 3/4, work on "Au Centre Commercial" shop find-sheet.
• JOBS: 2 Brains, 1 BRAWN, 1 Book
• Brain: Does the thinkin' with help of others
• Brawn: Does the writing/translating of sentences
• Book: Uses dictionary to find any unknown words

Aux Ordinateurs!

7th grade:

• Commencez ARCHITECT STUDIO 3D Project! mardi, le 5 février - mardi, le 12 février
• Choose your grade:

TEST GRADE ON YOUR BROCHURE WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING, apart from overall quality and creativity:

60 + French words describing your home - Start from 100

40 + French words - Start from 90

30 + French words- Start from 80

8th grade:

• Open "Boulangerie PPT" in Student Drive W under Madame Manley
• Navigate through Powerpoint to answer all 15 questions on the Webquest worksheet
• Will be counted as a baby quiz. All 15 questions answered, and answered CORRECTLY or to the best of your ability by the end of the period will receive a 100...going down from there...

http://fx-rate.net/EUR/USD/ _ Euro to Dollar Currency Converter

Architect Studio 3D Project: LA MAISON

7th grade:

• http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html
• Click OK to download the "Unity" Player. Click "Run."
• Go to Design Studio after the options load
• Click DESIGN STUDIO
• WAIT FOR PAGE TO LOAD! May be a few minutes!
• Today: Begin by choosing your Client (s), Setting, and then Plan of house (or layout.)
• You can then choose your exterior materials and your roof.
• Laissez les bons temps roulez! Have fun!

Creating a brochure using Microsoft Publisher

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

You may select any 3 fold brochure style you like in a range of colors and fonts!

You must change the information and pictures using your writing as well as clip-art and photos from sources recommended by Mrs. Gura eg, Wikimedia Commons.

Your brochure must include:

- At least 3 visuals (pictures) representing your house and/or your Real Estate company using Clip-Art and/or other approved sources.

- All pertinent information that will advertise your home

•         Name of business
• Address of house
• Price of house
• Address of business
• Phone and Fax # of business

- At least 30 words in French describing your home, including:

• Color of house
• # of rooms in house
• Location of house
• What rooms are in the house
• A physical description of house (big, small, modern, beautiful etc)
• Furniture/appliances that come with the house
• Colors of rooms/floors etc
• Talk about any other features : pool, hot tub, landscaping etc