Chez Mme Santos

To be ready for class tomorrow

complete the Chapter 5 activities up to the end of p 82
spend some time reviewing the story by
- studying the vocab
- reviewing questions & answers
- practising to ask & answer questions about the story (alone, but out loud OR with a friend from class)

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work for Napoléon et le chien méchant on p 21-23
- re-read the story here Book 5 Napoléon et le chien méchant
- listen to the story here

***If you haven’t yet completed Unit 7 – Talking About Pets – in your listening unit, please finish it up at home so that you are ready to review/correct.

FR 11 Bloc 5

For class today

listen to the video and complete the interpretive questions on p 21
see the following website for an explanation and examples of the plus-que-parfait in French https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/tap9.html
you can do a practice quiz here http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/quiz/acheter-plus-que-parfait
on p 13 of your unit booklet, write 5 sentences of your own using the plus-que-parfait

Friday, November 26, 2021

Posted on November 26, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class next week

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work for Talking About Pets p 42 & written 12 personalized questions to find out about your partners on p 43
bring a device, earbuds and your listening booklet to class on Monday

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class next week

make sure that you have completed the Chapter 5 activities on p 69-70
take the time to re-read Chapter 5 aloud for fluency & pronunciation

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class next week

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work for Talking About Pets p 42 & written 12 personalized questions to find out about your partners on p 43
bring a device, earbuds and your listening booklet to class on Monday

***Book talk is planned for mid next week

FR 11 Bloc 5

To be ready for class next week

look at some castles in France
- Find one that is particularly interesting to you & note at least 5 things to share with partners on Tuesday
- Please include the name of the castle & the region of France in which it is found
- As a bonus, you could screenshot one image to share 🙂
if possible, take the time to re-read some of the texts in your unit booklet for fluency, pronunciation and new structures/vocab

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Posted on November 25, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work (Talking About Pets) on p 42
review vocabulary & structures from the Napoléon stories for your listening assessment tomorrow

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that you have completed the Chapitre 4 activities including the questions to ask a conversation partner

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work (Talking About Pets) on p 42
review vocabulary & structures from the Napoléon stories for your listening assessment tomorrow

FR 11 Bloc 5

To be ready for class tomorrow

read through the timeline on p 7 & highlight new words so that we can finish discussing in class

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Posted on November 24, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work for Napoléon et la souris on p 17-19
read the story here Napoléon et la souris
listen to the story here

***The interpretive assessment for Books 1-4 will be on Friday

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that you have completed the Chapitre 4 activities up to the end of p 58

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished & reviewed your class work for Napoléon et la souris on p 17-19
read the story here Napoléon et la souris
listen to the story here

***The interpretive assessment for Books 1-4 will be on Friday

FR 11 Bloc 5

For class today

complete the interpretive work on p 47 – 48 while listening to the following Alice Ayel videos

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Posted on November 23, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished your class work on p 36-38

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be on Friday. Try to spend some time reviewing tonight. We will read story #4 tomorrow.

***Scroll back through the blog to access the stories & the recordings

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that you have completed the Chapitre 4 activities up to the end pf p 53

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished your class work on p 36-38

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be on Friday. Try to spend some time reviewing tonight. We will read story #4 tomorrow.

***Scroll back through the blog to access the stories & the recordings

FR 11 Bloc 5

For tomorrow

bring a device & earbuds
make sure you completed the Alice Ayel story telling on p 46
take the ‘no French homework’ night as an opportunity to review new vocab

Monday, November 22, 2021

Posted on November 22, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished your class work on p 32 – 35

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be later this week

***Scroll back through the blog to access the stories & the recordings

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that you have completed all of the Chapitre 3 learning activities up to/including the summary page

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have finished your class work on p 32 – 35

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be later this week

***Scroll back through the blog to access the stories & the recordings

FR 11 Bloc 5

For class today

1. C’est quoi le patrimoine? Listen to the video

Highlight new words in the text on p 6 of your unit booklet.

2. Listen to Alice Ayel tell Jean de la Fontaine’s fable of Le corbeau et le renard

Answer the questions about the story on p 46 of your unit booklet

Friday, November 19, 2021

Posted on November 19, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class next week

re-read the third Napoléon story here Book 3 Napoléon a faim
listen to the story here
make sure you have completed all of the activities on p 14-15
review new words and structures on p 13

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be later next week

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class next week

make sure that you have completed all of the Chapitre 3 learning activities up to/including the end of p 37

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class next week

re-read the third Napoléon story here Book 3 Napoléon a faim
listen to the story here
make sure you have completed all of the activities on p 14-15
review new words and structures on p 13

***The interpretive assessment for the first 4 stories will be later next week

FR 11 Bloc 5

For class today

check out this site to see some verlan words that are becoming very common in France

15 Verlan (Slang) Words Every French (Or Franglais) Speaker Should Know

***We are not going to start using Verlan in class, but it’s interesting to see a current example of how languages evolve

Practise your listening skills with this short video about how the French language started

Comment est née la langue française ?

***For homework & to stretch your language skills, please complete the 3 online Language Gym assignments

***Collectively, we have a LOT of work to do in the last half of the semester. Please think about your mid-term grades, the feedback you received and your most current unit assessments as you set goals for this unit.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Posted on November 18, 2021 by mmesantos

FR 9 Bloc 2

To be ready for class tomorrow

re-read the second Napoléon story here Chez la vieille dame
listen to the story here
make sure you have completed your class work on p 8-11
- on p 11, try to briefly summarize book 1 and 2 in your own words
- review the vocab & structures on p 7

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have read Chapitre 3 of the novel & completed your class work on p 28 – 30 of your unit booklet
consider re-reading the chapter again on your own for pronunciation and/or comprehension

FR 9 Bloc 4

To be ready for class tomorrow

re-read the second Napoléon story here Chez la vieille dame
listen to the story here
make sure you have completed your class work on p 8-11
- on p 11, try to briefly summarize book 1 and 2 in your own words
- review the vocab & structures on p 7

FR 11 Bloc 5