French 9

• If you were absent today, here is the practice writing handout Practice sentences  Please complete it before the first day back at school
• During the last few days of the break, it would be a good idea to spend some time reviewing vocabulary and structures from Unit 1 so that you return to class confident with what you can say & do in French
• We will be assessing your ability to communicate in writing during the first few days

 

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• If you were absent this week & missed assessments, you will be expected to make them up during the first days back after the break
• Though you do not have assigned homework for the break, I encourage you to review language structures & vocabulary in the last days before you return to school
• Consider listening to some French music, watching a French film or tv show or reading some short news articles online! Twitter, Instagram & Youtube offer great resources for listening and reading. They’re authentic and relevant…look for something that interests you 🙂

 

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• Begin to do some research about influential French-speaking people throughout history (not necessarily from France). Think about culture: artists, poets, writers, musicians, but also scientists, architects, leaders etc
• You will have class time to work on this mini-research project at the end of the month, to create an infographic and to share your research with others orally by Friday, April 3rd. Bring a laptop on the first day back!

 

 

 

 

French 9

• Good job on your reading, listening and writing tasks today!
• Tomorrow we will begin to look at assessment of your skills & have some time to review and ask questions before the break

French 11

1. To help you further prepare for tomorrow’s conversations, and to review some of the language we’ve been learning, watch this helpful video, beginning at 1:10.
2. Continue preparing to talk about your voyage en Francophonie.  Make sure you’re ready to share lots of details and descriptions, along with using language to talk about your future plans (using the future tenses) and hopes and wishes (using the conditional).

French 12

Enrich your French by watching this video on the many uses for the verb faire, along with some common mistakes French language learners make with faire.

 

 

 

French 9

• Great job today with your partner conversations! Bravo tout le monde 🙂
• Tomorrow we will continue with our assessments. These will include some listening, reading and writing.

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Be prepared to talk about your voyage en Francophonie.  Come prepared with screenshots and be ready to use language for talking about travel.  Review your checklist to ensure that you’re comfortable talking about each of the topics listed there.

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Continue preparing for tomorrow’s evaluative conversations (les débats) by reviewing language for sharing and eliciting (asking for) opinions and for talking about culture.  Also review how to use the conditional and subjunctive moods.

Following is the shortlist of possible debate topics:

• Les cellulaires nous rejoignent* (ou elles nous séparent) ?
• La langue qu’on parle chez nous est plus importante que l’anglais.
• La nourriture chez soi est meilleure que la nourriture aux restaurants.
• La mode d’été est préférable à la mode d’hiver.
• Les animaux domestiqués peuvent être considérés comme des éléments de culture.
• Le vapotage est un choix personnel…le gouvernement n’a pas le droit de contrôler la vie des adolescents.

*rejoindre – to bring together

 

 

 

French 9

• End of Unit 1 partner conversations tomorrow 🙂
• Review unit vocabulary, how to ask questions, how to make simple sentences, basic greetings and some common expressions or reactions

 

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Be prepared to talk about your voyage en Francophonie.  Come prepared with screenshots and be ready to use language for talking about travel.  Review your checklist to ensure that you’re comfortable talking about each of the topics listed there.

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Review for tomorrow’s evaluative conversations (les débats) by reviewing language for sharing and eliciting (asking for) opinions and for talking about culture.  Also review how to use the conditional mood.

Following is the shortlist of possible debate topics:

• On devrait ajouter les céréales au bol avant d’ajouter le lait (ou le contraire) ?
• Les cellulaires nous rejoignent* (ou elles nous séparent) ?
• La technologie est plus importante que l’art.
• La langue qu’on parle chez nous est plus importante que l’anglais.
• La nourriture chez soi est meilleure que la nourriture aux restaurants.
• La mode d’été est préférable à la mode d’hiver.
• Les animaux domestiqués peuvent être considérés comme des éléments de culture.
• Le vapotage est un choix personnel…le gouvernement n’a pas le droit de contrôler la vie des adolescents.

*rejoindre – to bring together

Finally, if you’d like to practice your French listening skills, you can watch the rest of the video on the history of poutine.

 

French 9

• Complete the  Part A questions & answers on the story ‘Le Ping-Pong’. If you were away today, the story is here Le ping-pong
• End of unit listening assessment tomorrow:  You can prepare by continuing to review the weather vocabulary that we have been practising since the beginning of the semester

 

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REMINDER:  A representative from the YMCA will be talking to students at lunch tomorrow about opportunities to live and work in Quebec during the summer. Come and see what she has to say & feel free to bring along any friends that may be interested.

 

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REMINDER:  A representative from the YMCA will be talking to students at lunch tomorrow about opportunities to live and work in Quebec during the summer. Come and see what she has to say & feel free to bring along any friends that may be interested.

 

French 9

• Don’t forget to spend some time reviewing vocabulary and language structures in preparation for end of unit assessments next week
• You could even schedule to study with a friend from class so that you  can practise asking & answering questions and using the vocabulary!

 

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Continue working on your trip plan in preparation for next week’s summative assessments.  Research and prepare screenshots of:

• Flight (and/or train) itinerary
• Bus/train/boat schedules
• Tourist attractions & destinations
• Packing list
• Tickets, budget, prices.

Also, continue reviewing vocabulary and action words relating to travel.

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Begin preparing for next week’s summative interpersonal activities (i.e. debates) by reviewing language around expressing & asking for opinions, along with language to talk to about culture.

If you’d like to practice your listening skills, watch more of the TED Talk on culture & technology.

French 9

• Complete your story & write 10 questions to go along with it
• If you were absent, use ‘Le Matin’ story as a guide to re-write from your own perspective (Change the times, things you carry, places you go, etc. Use only words we have practised in Unit 1) Don’t forget to change the action word/verb so that it follows the pattern!
• REMINDER:  Presentational learning check in with ‘er’ verbs will be tomorrow!
• End of unit assessments will begin next week 🙂

French 11

1. Do you remember our discussion today about how and why some languages have been dominant at certain times throughout history?  Check out the top 40 songs in France right now.  And the top films of 2019 in France.  What do you notice?
2. Read the article about a trip to Canada on p. 46-47 of your booklet and answer the questions on p. 47.  (You can write your answers in point-form on p. 47 if you like.)

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Tomorrow, we’ll begin talking about the economic benefits of culture.  Practice your interpretive-listening skills tonight by watching this interview about culture as an “atout économique” (economic asset) in the city of Montréal.

French 9

• Complete the questions & answers for the ‘Le Matin’ story
• Click on the link if you were absent & didn’t receive the story handout lematin
• Practise re-reading the story aloud & practise reading aloud the questions and your answers
• REMINDER:  Presentational learning check in with ‘er’ verbs will be on Friday!
• End of unit assessments will begin next week 🙂

 

French 11

If you were away today:  Watch the following video about Francophonie communities in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvWxM6COfk&t=12s&frags=pl%2Cwn.

Everyone:

#1.  At home tonight, find out why French is spoken in your chosen Francophonie country.  Also, explore your destination:

• What are some interesting tourist attractions?
• What other languages are spoken there?
• What is the population?
• What are the weather & geography?

Take notes and bring them to class.

#2.  Also, read La Chasse-Galerie on p. 50-51 of your booklets in preparation for tomorrow’s class.

French 12

Read the following article in preparation for your introductory conversation which will be a short debate between you and your partner:

https://lapressf.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/luniforme-scolaire-pour-ou-contre/.

French 9

• Complete the practice sentences on page 39 of your unit to talk about what you do on a regular day (2 things you do in the morning, 2 things you do in the afternoon, 2 things you do in the evening)
• Please use the the structures from the examples and other actions or words we have been practising in this unit
• REMINDER:  Presentational learning check in with ‘er’ verbs will be on Friday!
• End of unit assessments will begin next week 🙂

 

French 11

Practice using the futur simple by completing Activities 1 & 4 on p. 29 of your unit booklet.

Listen to the song, “Nation” by Thibault Godillat.  Complete the interpretive activities on p. 14 & 15 of your unit booklet.

 

French 12

Read the article, “Les selfies, nouvel art de l’autoportrait” on p. 16 of your unit booklet.  Be ready tomorrow to talk about whether selfies in cultural places are faux pas (i.e. in poor taste) or a new form of cultural appreciation.

French 9

• To practise what we worked on in class today, write three more questions using ‘quand, qui, où’ and action words from your unit package
• Write a full sentence response to each of your three questions
• Try to use ‘my’ and ‘your’ in your questions and answers (Mon, ma, mes  AND ton, ta, tes).
• Practise writing the ‘er’ verbs in French that we have been using (p31). Learning check-in this week! You need to know how to write it and what it means.

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Block 3:  To practice using the conditional, write two sentences about the following:

• For politeness:  Say one thing you would like to do on your trip to your Francophone destination.
• For a hypothetical situation:  Si j’avais une million de dollars, je…

Block 4:  Practice the futur simple tonight by completing activities 2 and 3 on p. 29 of your unit booklet.

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Prepare for tomorrow’s mini-debates!  Think about how you might share your opinion in favour or against the topic at hand.  Write down your key points and bring them to class with you.

You will need to think ahead of time about some good arguments you can use to support your position.  This might include comparisons (plus/moins/aussi/autant que), justifications (parce que, car) and examples (par exemple).  Of course, you’ll want to use some of the language we’ve learned to agree or disagree with someone.  You can have your unit booklets with you during the mini-debates.

A reminder that the debate topics are:

• Les fourchettes sont plus utiles que les cuillers.
• Le wi-fi est meilleur que les données (data).
• Les pandas sont meilleurs que les unicornes.