French 9

Français 9 Team

In class today, students will be reviewing pronunciation and vocabulary for 

• numbers to 100
• the alphabet and combined sounds
• asking & saying the date
• useful classroom expressions
• weather questions & phrases

Students will also begin learning and using verb structures on pages 31 & 32

If you are at home today, please review to be ready for your next class!

Students A-Z:

• Start studying your ER verb list for meaning
• Practise listening to & saying the ER verbs here
• Answer the 3 questions on p28
• Write 10 questions on p28 to ask a partner on Monday using only the vocab and verbs you have seen in class so far 

 

 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

In class today:

• Read the beginning of this French text about castles & answer the following questions in English 
  • 1. Why are castles from the Middle Ages now called ‘châteaux forts’?
  • 2. What did the word château come to mean in later times?
  • 3. What does ‘dès lors’ mean?
  • 4. In normal times, what was the castle used for?
  • 5. And in times of war?
  • 6. What did castles reveal about lords? http://brevehistoire.free.fr/Histoire/ActHist5_chateau1.htm
• Then, read this text about castles. Notice that words in purple might be challenging and hints (or synonyms) are provided when you click on them. This is a good example of ‘talking around’ unfamiliar words.  When you have finished reading and have a good understanding of the text, click on ‘jouer’ at the bottom of the page to test your knowledge of the topic in French https://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/genres/documentaires/lire/bibliddoc_030#histoire
• Next, read the adapted text about Jeanne d’Arc on page 44 and Mélusine on page 45.
  • Did you already know the story of Joan of Arc? Did you know that the Starbucks logo was related to a French myth? What other historical figure or myth has interested you? Can you imagine anyone from our current time that will someday be remembered by historians, students and every day citizens? 

For extended learning and preparation at home:

• Be ready to share images and important information about the French castle you researched. Remember that you should not be reading pre-written sentences. Your notes should be in English.
  • Yes, you can have the name written down in French & a couple of specific vocabulary reminders.
• We will begin tomorrow with an interpretive reading assessment. Sentences & vocabulary used in the assessment come from our class lessons and readings in your unit package. 

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

Bonjour les amis!

It’s virtual Wednesday and you have an assignment this afternoon. Please follow instructions & complete it this afternoon.  

• A-L students will hand it in in class tomorrow.
• M-Z students, please come to the classroom tomorrow morning and put your work in the envelope attached to the door.

Your task is to show what you know & create a comic in French!

1. Divide a sheet of paper into 6 boxes
2. Include text and an image in each box. This can include speech bubbles for dialogue. There is no need to colour or fine-line the images … the artwork will not be evaluated 🙂 
3. Only use words or phrases that you have learned in French class this year!
4. Your objective is to show how you can use a variety of the language & vocabulary we’ve been practising. 
5. Check your spelling and accents.

You must include the following:

• A minimum of 2 greetings
• A minimum of 4 questions
• A variety of vocabulary (school words, weather phrases, numbers, seasons, useful classroom expressions etc) that make sense in the context of your comic
• Two negative statements (using ‘non’ and/or ‘ne…pas’)

When you have finished your comic, log in to the Language Gym and work through any assignments that you have not yet completed. 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

• Ensure that your classwork from today is completed (Ch 3 in your package)
• Continue working on your castle research (You must be ready to share on Friday)
• Read the following article about knights
  

  Qui sont les chevaliers ?

• Write down 5 new vocabulary words & what they mean
• Write 3 interesting facts (en français bien sûr!) from the article

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

Please continue to study the new vocabulary and language chunks that you have been practising in class

• If you haven’t completed making ‘Est-ce que’ questions with weather phrases, please complete & be ready to hand them in on the next class day
• Return to your notes, Quizlet, online sites in the learning stations handout or Language Gym to study vocabulary for
  • numbers  p10-11
  • school supplies, places and people in the school    p23-25
  • talking about your timetable or schedule at school & courses   p26
  • different ways of greeting & saying goodbye to people   p14
  • asking & telling the date or season   p12
  • using basic expressions, questions & phrases in class    p16

 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

To continue to prepare for the assessment at the end of the unit (coming up at the end of the week!):

• Start looking for an interesting castle to research & share with classmates. Be prepared to include:
  • the name & location on a map of France
  • Information about the region
  • When it was built & what was happening at that historical time
  • Interesting facts or a story about the castle
  • Current function or use of the castle
  • Screenshots
• Review the past tenses
  • Two assignments were posted on the Language Gym in order to practise using imparfait & passé composé to talk about the past
  • Take some time to read through your examples from today on using the plus-que-parfait in sentences. You can practice with this online quiz https://www.francaisfacile.com/correspondants/google-results.php?q=INTERMEDIAIRE+PLUS+QUE+PARFAIT
• Continue to review the castle vocabulary needed to describe & discuss
• You can practice using language to compare & get some immediate feedback with these quizzes https://www.francaisfacile.com/cgi2/myexam/voir2.php?id=63110
• https://www.francaisfacile.com/cgi2/myexam/voir2.php?id=66120
• https://www.francaisfacile.com/cgi2/myexam/voir2.php?id=34448

 

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

HOURRA! C’EST LA FIN DE SEMAINE!

All students A-Z:

• On page 42-43 of your unit package, practise saying the provinces and capitals of Canada in French
• Notice that provinces have a gender! It is important to know if a province is masculine or feminine because we use different words when we talk about going to or leaving from places depending on their gender.
• Follow along with the audio here & repeat after me
• Then, turn to page 44 and, using the internet if necessary, label the map of Canada in French with the provinces, territories and capital cities. There are multiple cities indicated on the province of BC. You only need to include the capital & Vancouver.

 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

To continue to prepare for the assessment at the end of the unit:

• Choose a text (or texts) we read today and re-read
• Review the new vocabulary & try using some words in sentences
• Complete Chapitre 2 reading & exercises worked on in class p30-36
• Write the journal entry on p37. You will share this with a partner tomorrow.
  • Refer to new vocabulary and the word/phrase bank on p 38-39 of your last unit to make your writing more detailed & interesting
  • Pay careful attention to tense – l’imparfait ou le passé composé???

 

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

HOURRA! C’EST LA FIN DE SEMAINE!

All students A-Z:

• You have an extra day at home this weekend. Please set aside at least 20 minutes each day to practise your French skills
  • Especially, spend time memorizing, saying and writing all of the school vocabulary you’ve been practising on pages 23-26 of your unit package
  • school supplies
  • places in the school
  • people who work in the school
  • your timetable/subjects at school (Practise listening & repeating. M-Z students must take notes in English from the audio before our next class!)

 

• You can use this Quizlet to practise school words. It has some extra vocabulary that you can add to your unit package to be able to say more things!  https://quizlet.com/_2jf1g1?x=1jqt&i=rdbij
•  I have added an assignment to the Language Gym to practise greetings in French. I expect to hear everyone using French greetings & expressions (page 16) in class 

BON WEEKEND, LES AMIS 🙂

 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

Pssst…les amis…c’est une longue fin de semaine. Hourra 🙂

Amusez-vous, mais n’oubliez pas de passer du temps à pratiquer votre français!

 

1.The video for part E on page 21 is here

2. For those needing a refresher, here is a chart that shows how to make describing words ‘agree’  with what they describe   Adjective Ending Chart

3. Continue to practise your use of past tense with assignments posted on Language Gym. The due date may say October, but it would be best if you worked through these as they are posted.

4. To further develop fluency, vocabulary and language structure, choose at least one text we read this week and re-read it aloud. Pay attention to verb tense used (passé composé or imparfait or present).

French 9

Français 9 Team

BONJOUR LES AMIS 🙂

For all students A-Z, please follow the instructions carefully:

1. Create a French folder for your laptop (to keep digital files organized!)
2. Download the following Word document to your French folder Answering Questions Sept 23
3. Follow the instructions to answer the questions directly on the Word document
4. Submit the completed Word document to Teams by 4:30.

Then, continue to practise your structures & vocabulary by doing the following:

• Review the new vocabulary and language structures we have practised in class so far (See unit package)
• Go to www.language-gym.com
  • Become a student member (use school email & create your own password)
  • Use the invite code to log into the Français 9 class
  • Complete the 3 assignments for your French 9 class
• Listen to this audio & repeat after me to practise the combined letter sounds on pages 7-9

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

SALUT LES AMIS 🙂

• Make sure you finished reading about Notre-Dame de Paris (p 8-11)
• Review or re-read the texts & any notes you took in class today (p 3-11)
  • On page 12 of your unit, start a personalized vocab list
  • Choose 10 words from your reading that you think will be important for you to continue communicating on the topics
  • Choose 5 of the words from your list & use them in an original sentence
• On the Questions Pour Madame channel on Teams, post in French
  • one of the most interesting facts you learned today  OR
  • a question/something you are wondering about (I wonder in French = Je me demande…)

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

BONJOUR LES AMIS 🙂

For all students A-Z:

• Review the new vocabulary and language structures we have practised in class so far (See unit package)
• Go to www.language-gym.com
  • Become a student member (use school email & create your own password)
  • Use the invite code to log into the Français 9 class
  • Complete the 3 assignments for your French 9 class
• REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT TOMORROW. PLEASE CHECK THE BLOG IN THE AFTERNOON FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

SALUT LES AMIS 🙂

• Until our issue with the assignments in our Language Gym class is fixed, you will need to modify the set up of the verb trainer on your own
  • When you ‘select all’, you end up with 700+ questions 🙂
  • In order to practise the imparfait, choose imperfect indicative
  • Then, select the verb category you would like to practise (ER, IR, irregulars, etc)
  • For best results, choose the category that is hardest for you!
  • Once you have improved in one area, you can move on to a new group of verbs
• GOOD NEWS!  The assignments now seem to be showing up for Français 9 classes. I have modified the verb trainer assignment for Français 11 and am hopeful (fingers crossed!) that it will now show up for you. 
• We’re starting a new unit tomorrow & will continue to use the past tense to retell, explain and describe. Keep working on it!

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

BONJOUR LES AMIS 🙂

For students A-L who have class on Mondays:

• Review the new vocabulary and language structures practised in class
• Go to www.language-gym.com
  • Use the invite code to log in the Français 9 class
  • Complete the two assignments given (Numbers 1-10 and Talking about your age)

 

For students M-Z who do not have class on Mondays:

• Continue to practice alphabet sounds, greetings, pronunciation of your personal vocabulary (on your sheet with J’aime/Je n’aime pas), classroom expressions & questions, numbers 1-10, days of the week etc.
• Learning check-ins will begin this week!

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

SALUT LES AMIS 🙂

• Be prepared to share your personal timelines orally with partners tomorrow
  • A successful conversation will include follow up questions that relate to the events your partner shares and expressions to react to what they say
  • Review questioning from previous learning & ways to comment/react
• Please continue to review your use of the past tense
  • Re-read texts in your package (interpretive reading check in tomorrow!)
  • Use the online sites to practise & receive immediate feedback
• Go to www.language-gym.com
  • Use the invite code given in class to log in to the Français 11 class
  • Do the verb trainer assignment on the imperfect tense (imparfait)

 

French 9

Français 9 Team

Bon weekend les amis 🙂

FOR ALL STUDENTS (A-Z) THIS WEEKEND:

• Please review all new vocabulary & concepts (alphabet, combined letter sounds, asking & telling the date and seasons, colours, useful classroom expressions)
  • Madame’s Quizlet for useful classroom expressions & greetings is here  https://quizlet.com/_2jfedn?x=1jqt&i=rdbij
• If the links are functional on your computer, you can continue to use the interactive sites from your computer learning stations and add the calendar activities on page 4 of your handout. You can try googling “languages online French” and, if the site works for you, look for the concepts related to calendar
  • NOTE:  There’s an issue with dates in your handout vs dates in the infographic for the Calendrier activity 2 on page 4. For all of the questions between #10 & 17 asking for a specific year, please look for the NEXT date of the holiday in the 2020/21 school year. 
• If the links do not work on your device, consider
  • practising in front of the mirror to say the words aloud
  • writing them down
  • teaching them to someone else in your household 
  • asking a friend from class to practise with you over the phone
  • making your own flashcards with pictures or English words on the back
  • making your own Quizlet

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

Bonne fin de semaine à tous 🙂

1. Go to the Questions Pour Madame channel (today!) & post one thing about you as a child (en français, bien sûr). Before Monday’s class, make sure to reply/react to 2 of your classmates. Soyez gentils!

2. To continue practising talking about past events & receive some immediate feedback on your progress, you can use the following links:

http://saberfrances.com.ar/exercises/112.html

http://saberfrances.com.ar/exercises/113.html

http://saberfrances.com.ar/exercises/114.html

http://saberfrances.com.ar/exercises/115.html

3. If you’d like more practice with deciding between the imparfait and passé composé, try this online quiz (courtesy of Lawless French):

Passé composé vs Imparfait Quiz

French 9

Français 9 Team

A-L students who had French class today:

• Please review all new vocabulary & concepts (alphabet, combined letter sounds, asking & telling the date and seasons, colours, useful classroom expressions)
• If the links are functional on your computer, you can continue to use the interactive sites from your computer learning stations and add the calendar activities on page 4 of your handout. You can try googling “languages online French” and, if the site works for you, look for the concepts related to calendar
  • NOTE:  There’s an issue with dates in your handout vs dates in the infographic for the Calendrier activity 2 on page 4. For all of the questions between #10 & 17 asking for a specific year, please look for the NEXT date of the holiday in the 2020/21 school year. 
• If the links do not work on your device, consider
  • practising in front of the mirror to say the words aloud
  • writing them down
  • teaching them to someone else in your household 
  • asking a friend from class to practise with you over the phone
  • making your own flashcards with pictures or English words on the back
  • making your own Quizlet

 

M-Z students who do not have class on Thursdays

Please bring all materials to class tomorrow:

• yellow permission form
• unit package
• name tag
• worksheet from last class with name, age, likes/dislikes

 

 

French 11

Français 11 Team

To continue your practice with talking about things that happened in the past, please 

• complete and review the activities on page 32 & 33 of your unit
• work through orally responding to the questions on page 35 (if you didn’t do this in class)
• complete the practice work on page 36
• make a personalized list of action words (verbs) in French that you will need to talk about your life. (Think about what you did when you were a young child & as an older child.)

***If forming the imparfait is proving to be a challenge, do some review of present tense of commonly used action words 🙂