C'est VENDREDI, le vingt-trois séptembre

'Le plus grand faible des hommes, c'est l'amour qu'ils ont de la vie.'
Man's greatest weakness is his love of life.
Molière.

7th grade:

- Little "Do Now"
- Let's see how much review we can do today!
-Vocabulary Bee Buzzzzzz....
-Attaquez les cochons! (What's a 'cochon??')
- Ticket Trade In.

DEVOIRS: Your homework for tonight is to "étudier!!" étudier means TO STUDY!!!
If you ever see "étudiez" in the homework space, you should know what it means :-)
LUNDI: QUIZ SUR CHAPITRE 1




8th grade:

Textbooks - Unité Un: mostly review...

Lisez 'notes culturelles' pages 23 et 27
Discuss masculine vs feminine adjectives

ex: Noelle est americaine et Devon est americain.
Une amie / Un ami 
Une copine/Un copain
Une dame / Un monsieur

• Hand out Unité Un packet: Leçon 1B. SKIP activité B1

Devoirs: Complétez les deux pages. (Both pages.)

C'est jeudi, le vingt-deux séptembre

'...chacun doit être l'aide-jardinier de sa propre âme...'
Joris-Karl HUYSMANS, En route, deuxième partie, chap. 13
'Everyone has to be the assistant gardener to his own soul.... '



Trivia question answers? - Which one is NOT a French dessert?

7th grade:

- Petit Quiz
-Révisez les devoirs (Yellow Packet)
-Vocabulary Bee Buzzzzzzzzzzz...
- LOTTO pour quelsque minutes.
QUIZ: LUNDI, MONDAY!!!

8th Grade

• Collect frenchbook Rubrics
• Anyone left to speak?
• Little quiz - Testing memory!
• Textbooks - Unité Un: mostly review...
• Lisez 'notes culturelles' pages 23 et 27
• Discuss masculine vs feminine adjectives

ex: Noelle est americaine et Devon est americain.
Une amie / Un ami 
Une copine/Un copain
Une dame / Un monsieur

• Hand out Unité Un packet: Leçon 1B. SKIP activité B1

Devoirs: Complétez les deux pages. (Both pages.)

C'est mercredi, le vingt-et-un séptembre

'La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l'on n'a pas ri.'
Sébastien Roch Nicolas, dit CHAMFORT, Maximes et pensées

The most wasted of all days is the one during which you did not laugh.

Trivia: Which one of the following is not a classic French dessert?
a.)Chocolat mousse
b.)Crème Brûlée
c.)Apple Tarte Tatin
d.)Tiramisu

7th grade:

• Petit Quiz half/sheet of paper
• Révisez
• First Vocabulary Bee BUzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
• If time, a few minutes of LOTTO

DEVOIRS: Photocopied Packet, exercises A, C, D, E, F

8th grade:

• Post frenchbooks on board
• Get your comments out.
• Write a quick few sentences about your frenchbook to present to the class. 8 sentences/facts.

(Je m'appelle Janine. Ma date de naissance est le 26 aout. Je suis une femme. J'aime lire et écrire.  J'adore mon bébé et le tatouage. J'aime la musique de Neil Young et Band of Horses.
J'aime les livres "The Bell Jar" et "The Catcher in the Rye." Je suis prof de français. )

• Post them on board using a magnet (or tape.)
• Leave 1 comment on 4 DIFFERENT people's pages.
• Give me your RUBRICS with names on them.
• Present to class. I swear, it will take 30 seconds. MAX.
• You must provide ONE fact in ENGLISH about each person that presents :-)

C'est mardi, le vingt séptembre

 'C'est à cause que tout doit finir que tout est si beau.'
It's because everything must end that everything is so beautiful.
Charles-Ferdinand RAMUZ, Adieu à beaucoup de personnages (Les Cahiers vaudois)

Trivia yesterday- Snail Farming??!

http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/06/09/2922958.htm?site=gippsland

http://escargot.free.fr/eng/cooking.htm (If you are interested in preparing some escargot!)


7th grade:

- Do now: part C of yesterday's sheet

Tu parles français??

Comment t'appelles-tu??

Comment vas-tu? Comment ça-va?

-Jouez au LOTTO- hopefully more winners/ let's make it a bit more challenging! Maybe a mix up of français et anglais?!
- Demain- first Vocabulary Bee buzzzzzz...

DEVOIRS: Study a little for a mini (5 question) quiz tomorrow!

8th grade:

• Finish final touches of project.
• Create 4 possible comments to leave on people's pages.
• Write a quick few sentences about your frenchbook to present to the class. 8 sentences/facts.

(Je m'appelle Janine. Ma date de naissance est le 26 aout. Je suis une femme. J'aime lire et écrire.  J'adore mon bébé et le tatouage. J'aime la musique de Neil Young et Band of Horses.
J'aime les livres "The Bell Jar" et "The Catcher in the Rye." Je suis prof de français. )

• Post them on board using a magnet (or tape.)
• Leave 1 comment on 4 DIFFERENT people's pages.

C'est lundi, le dix-neuf séptembre

Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de VAUVENARGUES, Réflexions

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Trivia: What is the process of farming or raising snails (escargots) called?

7th grade:


- Des questions:

COMMENT T'APPELLES-TU?
COMMENT VAS-TU??
TU PARLES FRANçAIS??
TU PARLES RUSSE?

- Little 'do now' sheet. Hold on to it until 'mardi.'
- LOTTO card - JOUEZ AU LOTTO. Chippie Rules.

8th grade:

GET GOING ON FILLING OUT THOSE POSTERS!!!

C'est vendredi, le seize séptembre

'On se donne en donnant. '

One gives to oneself by giving.
Marcel MAUSS, Essaie sur le don, deuxième partie, chap. 2, 3

*Lavender, Roman ruins, The Riviera, Bouillabaise, and the Mistral are associated with the region of Provence...my most favorite place on Earth.

HAPPY VENDREDI! <3

7th grade:

- Trivia answers?? "Cuisses de Grenouille??"

- L'Alphabet!

- Finish Reciting vocabulary and phrases from Chapitre 1- Les Salutations et les Courtoisies
- Practice some phrases:

Tu parles français? Oui, je parle français!


Tu parles russe? Non, je ne parle pas russe!

-Give out Vocabulary Sheet and Lotto cards.
-Explain how each is to be filled out -  Fill out in class.
- TICKET TRADE-IN, ANYONE?!

8th grade:

- Continuez avec le projet.
- DUE: lundi, le 19 séptembre. They must be ready to comment on by TUESDAY!!

C'est jeudi, le quinze séptembre

"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)

Trivia: The term 'Frog's legs' is 'cuisses de grenouille' in French. What part of the body does it literally refer to?

7th grade:

- Collect Vrai/Faux quizzes from Period 4 ONLY.
- L'Alphabet!
- Reciting vocabulary and phrases from Chapitre 1- Les Salutations et les Courtoisies
- Practice some phrases:

Tu parles français? Oui, je parle français!


Tu parles russe? Non, je ne parle pas russe!

-Give out Vocabulary Sheet and Lotto cards.
-Explain how each is to be filled out -  Fill out in class.

DEVOIRS: Finish Filling out LOTTO CARD.

8th Grade:

• Continuez avec vos Projets (frenchbook.com)
• Hand out Rubrics, this way you know how much everything is worth!
• Citations Francophones- French Quotations for your page <3
• DUE : lundi, le dix-sept séptembre. Must be ready to be 'commented on.'

DEVOIRS: CONTINUE TO GET PHOTOS, PICTURES, MAGAZINES, CUT OUTS. Work on roughdraft at home if not finished by TODAY!