BLOG NAME CHANGE

To all my lovely students of years past and present, as you may know I'm getting married in August! Therefore, I will be CHANGING the address of this blog as of August 1st. Write it down if you still want to check up on me! It will be

http://www.mrsmanley.com/


Miss you all!! xoxo

TRIP 5/19/10 PHOTOS

Les Photos du voyage au théâtre et au restaurant!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonjour-bonheur/sets/72157624100517892/

UPCOMING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxKjDUrmecA

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.

Field Trip to Phantom of The Opera/Planet Hollywood:

Wednesday May 19th...
Leaving MCM 10AM- returning appx 7:15PM ... don't forget to arrange a ride home that should be WAITING FOR YOU when we get back!

Field Trip to Le Canard Enchainé, Uptown Kingston.

Friday, May 28th Periods 5,6, 7 - Permission Slips to be distributed on Monday. Cost: $26.00


Includes: Transportation, Three course gourmet lunch. Salad, bread, choice of chicken, fish, or vegetarian selection, dessert (for the past few years it has been a giant slab of chocolate cake.)

Level 1B (8th grade) NYS PROFICIENCY SPEAKING TESTS:

Sign-ups begin on Wednesday, May 5th. Three students per 10th period session.

Level 1B NYS PROFICIENCY EXAM: MONDAY, JUNE 21 8AM

7th grade FINAL EXAM:

to be administered in class on June 8th and 9th. Outline for the Exam is below and will also be handed out in class.

Final Exam Outline: French Level 1A

Oral Pretest: Answer five questions (2 points each) picked at random out of a possible 30 questions asked.

Day 1: Listening.

5 points: CLASSROOM COMMANDS (You will hear 5 classroom commands in French, and must match them with the English equivalent.)

10 points: CLASSROOM OBJECTS (You will hear 10 sentences in French that include a classroom object, you must match the picture of the object you have heard with the statement.)

10 points: FOOD (Same as above.)

10 points: PARTS OF THE BODY (Same as above.)

5 points: TELLING TIME (you will hear 5 times mentioned in French, you must write the time down as a digital display.)

10 points: WEATHER AND SEASONS (You will hear 10 statements in French regarding the weather or seasons. Match the statement to one of 4 pictures representing the four seasons and weather conditions.)

Day 2: Reading/Writing.

5 points: ROOMS OF THE HOUSE (Read 5 sentences in French that include a room of the house. Match to a picture of the room printed on the test.)

5 points: PROFESSIONS (Same as above.)

10 points: CLOTHING (Same as above.)

10 points: MULTIPLE CHOICE (Read 10 questions and carefully and choose the best reply from the three choices.)

10 points: WRITING (Write a paragraph/letter to a French penpal telling them about yourself. You may want to include some of the following:

Your name
Age
Your house
Family
Interests/hobbies
Sports
Likes/Dislikes
Personality
Your nationality (what languages you speak etc, don’t speak, etc.)

Les PHOTOS de la MODE!

They are posted on my Flickr web-site.
You can't leave comments (I have this disabled), but you can copy and save them to your own computer.
LOVE THEM!

www.flickr.com/bonjour-bonheur

lundi le douze avril

8th grade:

Allons-y à commencer la FUTUR PROCHE!

YOU NEED TO KNOW ALLER!

Je vais Nous allons
Tu vas Vous allez
Il/Elle va Ils/Elles vont

Use Warp Whistles..,whatever, I'm old.

1.) 'Lock and Drop' the subject...
2.) Squeeze in the form of ALLER that fits.
3.) Bring back the verbie to 'the beginning.'

EXAMPLES

a.)Jessica joue au tennis.

b.) Nous dansons à la fête.

c.) Allie et Nicolette sont des hamsters.

d.) J'aime beaucoup le 'RW-RR Challenge!'

e.) Tu vas au stade pour le match de Tigres.

f.) Dominique a un singe à la maison.

g.) Vous n'allez pas au lycée.

vendredi le dix-neuf mars

Je ne me fais pas entendre si personne ne me répond.

Elsa TRIOLET, Les Fantômes armés
I'm not making myself heard if no one responds to me.

8th grade:

- Parlez pour cinq minutes de...Family Guy??!!

- Petit petit quiz sur les contraaaaaaaaaactions et corrigez en classe.

1. à + la = 5. de +la =

2. à + le = 6. de +le =

3. à + l' = 7. de + l' =

4. à + les = 8. de + les =

- Les exercises avec les contractions...PRACTIQUEZ-

LOOK AT THE WORD DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE 'BLANK'!!!

to the/at the/ in the... from the/of the...
à + la = à la de +la = de la
à + le = au de + le = du
à + l' = à l' de + l' = de l'
à + les = aux de + les = des

- Ecrivez pour cinq minutes sur...Family Guy??!

BON WEEKEND MES SINGES D'AMOUR xoxo

another baby quiz 'lundi' sur les contractions...

jeudi le dix-huit mars

Les enfants n'ont ni passé ni avenir, et, ce qui ne nous arrive guère, ils jouissent du présent.

Jean de LA BRUYÈRE, Les Caractères, De l'hommme, 51
Children have neither a past nor a future and, hardly ever true of us, enjoy the present.

7th grade:

-Commencez LES PARTIES DU CORPS!!!
-Tête, épaules, genoux, pieds....Genoux, pieds - Les yeux, les oreilles, la bouche et le nez!
-From the top down...do you remember the parts...let's see!
-Feuille de vocabulaire.

http://www.studystack.com/matching-4789 - Body Parts Matching Game

http://quizlet.com/5864/french-body-parts-flash-cards/ - different games...the scatter one is 'amusant!'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWqdJ97Oxt8 - Practice listening to/pronouncing the parts

8th grade:

CONTRACTIONS...God help you! :)

to the/at the/ in the... from the/of the...
à + la = à la de +la = de la
à + le = au de + le = du
à + l' = à l' de + l' = de l'
à + les = aux de + les = des

Petit quiz sur 'contractions' DEMAIN!