French 9 - mercredi le 15 octobre

 Salut! C'est l'octobre!

I haven't posted in a while but here are some important reminders :

• jeudi le 16 octobre : Test (unit vocab for 'En Plein Air' and conjugation of regular ER verbs)
• vendredi le 17 octobre: Projets "Les Aventures en Plein Air" - à remettre

French 9 - mardi le 18 février

 J'espère que vous vous êtes amusés bien au Carnaval de Revelstoke!

For the past weeks, we have been continuing to review some of the basics: dates, time, family members, school supplies, etc. Students wrote their first quiz last week on intro words. We also started to review rules for possessive pronouns, and students created a "scary" slideshow making simple sentences. Don't forget about your first verb quiz Thursday!

À venir:

-Quiz: Faire, Aller, Être, Avoir => jeudi le 20 février

-"Un livre effrayant" PowerPoint => vendredi le 21 février 

French 11 - lundi le 16 décembre

 Joyeuse saison de fêtes!!!

French 11's have been continuing our unit on francophone cuisine and restaurant culture. We wrapped up our unit on Passé Composé last week and started our unit on the use of Imparfait. If you have not submitted your project on francophone cuisine, don't forget to do so.

À venir:

-Les projets de cuisine francophone: à remettre jeudi le 19 décembre

-L'Excursion aux cafés: jeudi le 19 décembre

French 9 - lundi le 16 décembre

 C'est le dernier lundi avant les vacances!!!!

Last week, students worked on Present Tense Verbs ending with OIR. Today, we started an introduction of Passé Composé. They also started a research project on French clothing brands. We are wrapping up or clothing unit this week. Don't forget to submit your projects !

À venir: 

-Projets sur les marques francophones: À remettre mardi le 17 décembre

-Test de vêtement: mercredi le 18 décembre

*For the test, the matching section will only contain words from the first page of your vocabulary booklets. There will be a reading comprehension section, in which you will have to match a picture to its corresponding French description. The reading section will contain other words we've looked at in the vocabulary booklet. 

French 11 - le 28 octobre

 Joyeuse semaine de l'Halloween!

We've read up to Chapter 6 of the novel "La disparition mystérieuse". Term End is next week, so remember to check for missing assignments to complete. Don't forget about the verb quiz tomorrow:)

À venir:

Quiz: Les verbes IRE et OIR: mardi le 29 octobre 

French 11 - vendredi le 13 septembre

 Bienvenue les élèves de français! Je suis contente de vous rencontrer encore cette année!

So far, we've been working on a review of basic terms (numbers, calendar, weather, school supplies). Students have already written a quiz on these terms. Additionally , we've started a vocabulary unit on arts and culture. 

For verbs, we've been reviewing 'faire', aller', 'être', 'avoir' and ER verbs. We've also practiced using 'future proche'. If you were absent on Friday, here are some things you missed:

• livret: : Les pronoms possessifs
• Les Chansons  ("Summer in Paris"/ "Lunatique")
• IMPORTANT: Quiz de Verbe - mardi le 17 septembre

- Conjugation for =>faire, aller, être, avoir and REGULAR 'ER' verbs
-Vocabulary Matching for ALL 'ER' verbs 

French 9- vendredi le 13 septembre

 Bienvenue à la classe de Français 9 les élèves!

I have sent home a Course Outline for your parents to sign on the first day of school. If you still have to get them signed, please do so! 

We have been working on a lot of review of the basics (numbers, calendar, weather, salutations) and also playing a lot of games. Thanks so much for your engagement! We've also been working on the verbs 'avoir', 'être' , and 'faire'.

Here are some homework booklets students have completed so far. Make sure to finish them for homework if you have not already:

-"Intro book"

-"À l'école"

-"La Famille"

Bonne fin de semaine!

French 9 and 10

Bienvenue à la classe!

I was very pleased to meet students today. We went through a quick overview of the course and expectations today, and students were given their course outlines. Full-day classes begin tomorrow!

French 10

N'oubliez pas - il y a un test demain! (see previous post for test outline)

This week, we've been doing review on our vocabulary words for unit 1, and continuing our study on passé composé verbs. We also did a bit of reading comprehesnion practice and today watched a video on Switzerland, since it is a French speaking country.

À noter:

• Test Unité 1: demain!!!!!
• Quiz de verbes - Passé Composé (Avec avoir) : mardi le 16 avril, 2019
• Reading Comprehension booklet - "La Neige" and "Les flocons de neige" : demain
• Passé composé worksheet: demain
• Switzerland viewing sheet was due today in class

French 11

La fin du trimestre s'approche! Assurez que vous avez redu tous vos devoirs!!!!

This week, we've been continuing going over passé compsé, and have looked at all the past participles of verbs. There is a quiz next week! We've also been doing lots reading comprehension of 'Bon Apetit' scripts, along with the corresponding video to elaborate our food/restaurant vocabulary.

There are many reminders for next week:

• Projet de Mardis Gras et présentations: lundi le 15 avril
• Quiz - Passé COmposé avec Avoir: mardi le 16 avril
• Test - mercredi le 17 avril

*Test outline
1) Vocab matching (from Unit 1 list)
2)Adjectifs  - BANGS rules
                   -Agreements with singular/plural/feminine/masculin
                   - Adjectifs possessifs et demonstratifs
3)Reading COmprehension
4) Verbes au présent (varié)

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French 10

Bienvenue de votre pose de printemps et de vos belles masques!

This week, we've been reviewing passé composé and working with vocabulary on Unit 1. Students presented their Projects 'Ma Chambre, Ma Vie' today, as it was due. We started discussing the French tradition Mardis Gras today in class and students worked on traditional masks.

Remember there is a Unit Test on Friday, April 12, 2019.
 Here is the Outline for the test: 

1)    Vocabulaire (matching vocabulary and definitions from vocab list)

2)    Association de couleurs (matching colors with their effects)

3) Adjectifs – BANGS Rules

                        -Agreements with singular/plural/feminine/masculin

                        -Adjectives possessifs (ma/ta/sa/leur)

                        -Adjectives demonstratifs (ce/ces/cette)

4) Comprehension de lecture et questions (using unit vocabulary)

5) verbes au present (variés)

 Á Noter

• Projet - Ma CHambre, Ma Vie - due today!!!!!!
• Quiz - vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, savoir, voir, recevoir: vendredi, le 5 avril
• Test - Ma Chambre Ma Vie - vendredi le 12 avril, 2019

French 11

Bienvenue de votre pose de printemps et merci de vos vidéos de nouvelles fantastiques!!!!

This week, we're reviewing passé composé and using the prepositions 'à/de'. Students were given a couple more classes to work on their Mardis Gras projects and we will present the projects Monday, April 15, 2019.  We've also been doing a bit more work with our restaurant unit vocabulary and reading comprehension. We did an activity with a French Cajun menu and today we looked at a video and script of a visit to a Parisian bakery.

Á Noter:

• "Maison Cajun' w/s due
• Quiz (présent - vouloir,devoir,pouvoir,recevoir,voir,savoir): vendredi le 5 avril, 2019  
• Projets de Mardis Gras: Lundi le 15 avril, 2019

French 11

J'ai excitée de voir vos projets finals!

This week, students have been working on their news video projects, working with the green screen and doing some final editing. We also did more practice with IR verbs and students wrote a quiz today.

French 10

Les skieurs de fond - je vous souhaite une belle expérience au Québec la semaine prochaine!

This week, we've been working on practice with IR verbs and students wrote a quiz today. We've also been continuing working on our room projects, and doing some practice with room vocabulary through listening activities and reading comprehension.

Reminders:
We will be working on the room projects next week. They will be due Thursday April 4, 2019.

French 11

Bon travail avec votre français oral!

This week, we've been continuing or unit on cafés and restaurants. Students have now completed a couple of restaurant reviews in French. We've also done some reading comprehension work with French Yelp reviews, and have visited a couple of cafés do use our apply our vocabulary. We've also been practising our oral language skills by playing the game 'Headbands' in French. For grammar, we've been doing work with adjectives, possessive adjectives and IR verbs. I have edited the news video scripts and we are booked to start filming Monday!!!!

Devoirs
-Sugar Shack review: due
-Restaurant review (of your choice): due 

French 10

Merci les élèves de votre motivation et enthusiasme!

We've been working on various things over the last couple of weeks. Students did a fantastic job with the elementary students executing our winter carnival. Thank you so much for all your effort! We've been continuing with our unit on 'Ma Chambre Ma vie'. Students have started a final project to design a new room. It includes written, visual and oral components. We've also been doing more work with the vocabulary. For grammar, we've been reviewing IR verbs, regular adjectives and possessive adjectives.

Devoirs
-'Films courts' w/s: due
-'La Maison de Vincent' w/s: due
-'On n'est pas content' w/s : due next class if it was not completed today

French 11

Merci pour les belles cartes postales!

This week students have been working on conjugating RE verbs and continuing their work on the news cast video project. The scripts will be due next Tuesday. They also completed a postcard activity, applying some vocabualry from the carnival unit.

Devoirs

• Carte postale: due mardi le 19 fèvrier, 2019
• Projet - les nouvelles (SCRIPTS ONLY): due mardi le 19 fèvrier, 2019

French 10

Merci pour les belles présentations aujourd'hui!

This week, students have been working on conjugating -RE verbs and have been wrapping up their carnival projects, which they started presenting today. We also reviewed 'school' vocabulary and started our first unit in the textbook: Ma Chambre, Ma Vie. Students had to complete a visual and written assignment describing their room. Today we completed some listening activities and played games.

Devoirs

• 'Voici Ma Chambre' : due vendredi le 15 fèvrier, 2019
• Activités d'écoute (listening activity booklet): due vendredi le 15 fèvrier, 2019

French 11

Merci pour la belle participation dans les conversations!

This week, we've practiced 'ER' verbs and students wrote a quiz today. We've also been doing lots of conversation circles and completed the carnival booklet.

Students were assigned their first project to complete a news report video. We will contiue working on that this week.

Devoirs:

• Livret- Le carnival

French 10

Merci pour votre bonne humeur et participation!

This week, we are practicing 'ER' verbs in the present tense. Don't forget there is a quiz on Friday! Also, students are allowed to re-take their first quiz to improve their mark. We've also completed the carnival booklet.

Students have been given a project to put together a winter carnival. The project entails a written portion, a presentation, and an actual execution of the carnival. We will work on it this week in the library.

Devoirs:

• Livret- Le carnival
• Quiz- Verbes en 'ER', faire, aller, être, avoir : vendredi le 8 fèvrier, 2019