Friday, February 27, 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

C'est mercredi, le vingt cinq février

Sections ROSE et TURQUOISE
 
  • Song of the Day
  • Flashcards - Bee
  • Quiz 

I'd be remiss not to include Rolling Stone Magazine's number 1 song of all time...

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone 1965



Tuesday, February 24, 2015

C'est mardi, le vingt-quatre février

Song of the Day: Eight Miles High - The Byrds - beginning of American Psychedelic Rock



Sections ROSE et TURQUOISE

Objective: I can name 8 shops and what I need to buy there!

  • Lil Sheet
  • Review of Mall Madness

Les Phrases Complets: Choose 8 different shops. Answer the questions. No using Vocabulary Sheet!
  • a. Où vas-tu? b. Qu'est-ce que tu as besoin d'acheter?
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    • Baby Quiz
     
     

    Sunday, February 22, 2015

    C'est lundi, le vingt-trois février





    'Rien ne nous rend si grands qu'une grande douleur.'
    Nothing makes us so great as a great sadness.
    Alfred de MUSSET, Poésies nouvelles, La nuit de mai

    Sections VERT, ROUGE, et VIOLET

    Trivia Answers?? Which French Queen lost her head to the guillotine?

    Trivia Question: Born in 1883, this pioneering French fashion designer was the only person in the field to ever be featured in Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.'

    TWO PART Project: La Maison 

    Click here: http://www.homestyler.com/features

    1. Click Join Now and Sign up with an email address in order to be able to save your design!
    2. Click "Get started Now"
    3. Click "Start from Scratch"
    4. Start your design plan!
    5. Don't get too obsessed! (Although, you probably will xxx)
    6. Don't forget to SAVE (click floppy disk in upper left hand corner!)



    Friday, February 20, 2015

    C'est vendredi, le vingt février






    Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint.
    He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears.
    La Fontaine.


    Trivia: This lady was not originally from France, but was a young archduchess from Austria. She became the wife of the king who ruled France at the time of outbreak of the French Revolution, but was often despised because of her extreme love of fashion and display of wealth. She was eventually convicted and sentenced to the guillotine on charges of treason.


    QUEL TEMPS FAIT-IL?????

    Sections ROSE et TURQUOISE


    • Lil Sheet // Les magasins
    • In interactive Notebooks:

    • Les Phrases Complets: Choose 6 different shops. Answer the questions. No using Vocabulary Sheet!
    • a. Où vas-tu? b. Qu'est-ce que tu as besoin d'acheter?
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    • En groupe - Mall Madness Puzzle



    Section Violet:


    • BABY QUIZ!


    Écrivez les suivants en français, et après traduisez en anglais! Write the following in French, then translate into English.

    -LE PLACARD-

    -LA PISCINE-

    -LE CAVE-

    -LE SOUS-SOL-

    -LE LIT-

    - LE TAPIS-

    -LA MOQUETTE-

    -LE LAVABO-

    -LA LAVE-VAISELLE-

    -LA MACHINE À LAVER-

    -L'OURS EN PELUCHE-

    -L'ÉTAGERE-

    -UN CANAPÉ -

    • House Puzzle in pairs!- Do jo Point
    • GUESS WHERE with the Simpsons
    • HOUSE PROJECT to come - starting MONDAY

    Thursday, February 19, 2015

    C'est jeudi, le dix-neuf février

    Sections ROSE et TURQUOISE


    Go to Student Drop Drive (W) under My computer

    • Click FOR DISTRIBUTION
    • Click 'manley'
    • Click BOULANGERIE Powerpoint
    • Answer all questions about Cyril Avert's Bakery
    • You will receive a 100 for each complete assignment, or a 0 for not complete, 50 for incomplete.
    • Follow along with PPT presentation as instructed
    • Click on "Supermarket Webquest"
    • Complete assignment
    SONG OF THE DAY! SONG O THE DAY - God Only Knows- The Beach Boys 1966 from their album Pet Sounds

    Tuesday, February 17, 2015

    C'est mercredi, le dix huit février

    Sections VERT ROUGE ET VIOLET


    I'm sorry I'm not here! But, you must be on your BEST BEHAVIOR! I will be rewarding the good ones, and messing with the bad! Follow the instructions here step by step for what you will do today

    1. Copy down these questions into your interactive notebook. Put it under the CONTENT "LA MAISON" 

                                       Essential Questions
    • Où habites-tu?
    • Tu habites quelle sorte de maison?
    • De quelle couleur est ta maison?
    • Il y a combien de pièces (dans ta maison?)
    • Comment est ta maison?
    2. Answer each question in FRENCH with your own answer about your own house! (Or, you can always lie!) You can use your vocabulary sheet to help you. Yes, make them in color and pretty like mine :-)

    3. Yesterday was MARDI GRAS - or FAT TUESDAY. Watch the video below on NEW ORLEANS and take the quiz as you go along for a grade. Got it? Find out why Mardi Gras is important in New Orleans (Louisiana) 

    C'est mardi, le dix-sept mars

                                                             

    'L'éducation consiste à nous donner des idées, et la bonne éducation à les mettre en proportion. '
    Education consists of giving us ideas, and good education of putting them in perspective.
    - Charles de Secondat, baron de MONTESQUIEU, Essai sur les causes qui peuvent affecter les esprits et les caractères, seconde partie


    Trivia: French people cheek kiss to greet each other (even men!) The number of kisses varies from region to region and city to city. How many kisses are traditionally given in Paris to say 'salut!"



    MARDI GRAS!- Qu'est-ce que c'est??

    Section Violet
    • Now: Little Domino Puzzle//Work together, Dojo point for "working well together!"
                           Essential Questions
    • Où habites-tu?
    • Tu habites quelle sorte de maison?
    • De quelle couleur est ta maison?
    • Il y a combien de pièces (dans ta maison?)
    • Comment est ta maison?

                                                    
    • Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals 1963 - the rise of the Girl Groups!

    Wednesday, February 11, 2015

    C'est jeudi, le douze février


    Sections VERT et ROUGE

    TRIVIA: 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???

    • Comment est ta maison?? De quelle couleur est ta maison?? Il y a combien de pièces?
    • Trivia Answers??
    • Identifying the FLOORS of the house and the ROOMS of the house
    • Mystery Levels...



    Section ROSE Section TURQUOISE
    • On fait LES COURSES!

    Essential Questions:
    a.Qu’est-ce que tu as besoin d’acheter? J'ai besoin d'acheter...
    b.Qu’est-ce que tu achètes au…? J'achète ...


    • Petit Quiz de magasins - Copy down into your notebooks!
    • vas-tu pour acheter (le poulet?) Je vais chez ______
    • Feuilles de Vocabulaire
    • Make 2 Petal Books - At least 10 shops and what you buy in them!
    • Vidéo : Les Repas 
    Song of the Day: The Beatles / Yesterday - written by Paul McCartney 1965

    C'est mercredi, le onze février


    Sections VERT et ROUGE
    Trivia: Check the following article and tell me (briefly) what
    the difference is between "la salle de bains" et "le WC."
                                  http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/lessons/toilettes/
    • La Maison - Introduction to different types of homes!
    • Essential Questions: Où habites-tu?
    • Tu habites dans quelle sorte de maison??
    • Some French homes we may dream about...
    • And then, the reality :-)