Chez Mme Santos

For class today, students

worked through the following interpretive listening tasks using p 38-39 in the unit package

For tomorrow

End of unit interpretive listening assessment

***Please come to ESS if you missed the 50 essential verbs learning check-in on Monday

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

shared their “level up” paragraphs with partners & had an opportunity to receive feedback from Mme
reviewed how to talk about what is necessary, essential or “what one must do” in French p 80-81
practised understanding & giving directions using p 20-21 & maps of Coquitlam

For class tomorrow

end of unit interpretive reading & short written task

***End if unit conversations about a future trip are scheduled for THIS Thursday.

- Plan for a 4-day stay in the French region that you chose in class.
- Take notes about your plans in English.
- Save some screenshots to your phone to share with partners to make your conversation more interesting.
- Be strategic! Think about how you can include new vocabulary & language structures in your conversations.

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed Chapter 9 work & discussed
started Chapter 10 conversations & reading

For class tomorrow

Make sure that you have finished reading Chapter 10, completed the work and are prepared to discuss

Monday, May 30, 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

completed their 50 MORE essential verbs learning check-in
reviewed work from last week
read the lunch menu for Le lapin sauté restaurant on p 64 & discussed what they would order

To be ready for class this week

continue to review vocabulary & phrases from this part of the unit ***end of unit assessments start this week

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

shared their paragraphs with partners & had an opportunity to receive feedback from Mme
reviewed how to discuss hypothetical or possible situations in French p 76-77 & practised writing their own statements (5)
Started working through the ‘level up’ writing practice on p 43-44

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure you have completed your writing task & written some practice sentences with the conditional
review the vocabulary & phrases on p 40-42 ***there is some essential travel vocab included there
consider doing the practice assignments on The Language Gym
- new verb trainer & sentence work assignments have been added

***End if unit conversations about a future trip are scheduled for THIS Thursday.

- Plan for a 4-day stay in the French region that you chose in class.
- Take notes about your plans in English.
- Save some screenshots to your phone to share with partners to make your conversation more interesting.
- Be strategic! Think about how you can include new vocabulary & language structures in your conversations.

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed Chapter 7 & 8 work and discussed the story

For class tomorrow

Make sure that you have finished reading Chapter 9, completed the work and are prepared to discuss

Friday, May 27, 2022

Posted on May 27, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

practised restaurant dialogues with partners
discussed favourite restaurants
completed p 36 activities to practise new vocabulary

To be ready for class next week

study for the 50 MORE essential verb assessment ***Monday
review food unit vocab & expressions ***last week of food unit

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

used the sentence builder on p 62 to discuss a recent trip & worked through the activities up to the end of p 69
- choose 1 of the texts on p 68

To be ready for class next week

make sure that your class work is complete

***Next week is the final week of the unit

***Consider practising this topic with the online Language Gym assignments if you haven’t already completed them.

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed Chapter 6 work
participated in partner conversations about Chapter 7
continued reading the novel

For class next week

Finish reading Chapters 8 & 9, complete the work and be prepared to discuss

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Posted on May 26, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

reviewed their work on p 52 & 54
participated in partner conversation using p 57
reviewed contractions with à on p 58 & practised on p 59
listened to the following video & completed the work on p 61-62

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that all class work is complete
review vocab & continue studying for the ’50 more essential verbs’ assessment

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

practised their oral skills using the questions about past holidays on p 53
reviewed the sentence builder on p 54 for essential structures
worked through the activities to share opinions & details about past holidays on p 56-60

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that your class work is complete
review the sentence builders in your unit for vocabulary & structure

***Consider practising this topic with the online Language Gym assignments if you haven’t already completed them.

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed the plus-que-parfait structure on p 17-18
discussed Chapter 5 of the novel
worked through Chapter 6 conversation & reading with partner

For class tomorrow

make sure you have finished reading Chapter 6 & completed the work
preview the vocabulary for Chapter 7 & read through the chapter on your own to be ready for conversation/work tomorrow

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Posted on May 25, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

To be ready for class tomorrow

Make sure that your class work is complete (the page choosing between le, la, les or du, de la, des)

Take some time to study

the ’50 MORE essential verbs’
food vocabulary
the articles we use when talking about food

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

had an assessment of their skills using pronouns, prepositions and verbs in multiple timeframes

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that your class work is complete (See the sentence builder on p 54 & do p 55)

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed up to the end of Chapter 4 of the novel
read Chapter 5

For class tomorrow

Finish the unit work that goes with Chapter 5 (including the key quote)

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Posted on May 24, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

participated in partner conversations
reviewed interpretive listening & reading tasks from last week
practised using de la, du & des versus le, la, les when talking about food p 48-50 & 53

To be ready for class

Take some time to study

the ’50 MORE essential verbs’
food vocabulary
the articles we use when talking about food

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

reviewed & corrected their pronoun check-in from last week
worked through more practice work using all of the different types of pronouns

To be ready for class tomorrow

Review

prepositions
pronouns & where to put them in sentences
basic verbs in present, past & future (aller + action)

***Assessment tomorrow!

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

reviewed the language structures included in the unit package (how to form & when to use) p 5-6, 10, 13
participated in partner conversations on Chapitres 3 – 4
summarized Chapters 2 & 3 in the large group

For class tomorrow

Be prepared to discuss the book in greater detail & depth up to the end of Ch 4

Friday, May 20, 2022

Posted on May 20, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

read the following article & completed the interpretive work on p45 & the graphic organizer on p46 http://www.le-petit-dejeuner.fr/petit-dejeuner-americain.php
watched the following video & completed the work on p 44-43

To be ready for class next week

make sure that your class work is complete
take some time to study the ’50 MORE essential verbs’ & food vocab

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

had a quiz to assess their ability to use a variety of pronouns in sentence
corrected their quiz from yesterday to prepare for retest on Wednesday
continued working through activities to discuss past holidays p 50, 51, 52

To be ready for class next week

STUDY!
make sure that class work is complete
start some of the online Language Gym

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

For class tomorrow

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Posted on May 19, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

watched this video & completed the interpretive & interpersonal work on p 42-43
reviewed their practice sentences
worked through pronunciation of new words on p 21-22 & added to their own list of food vocab on p 23
played Devinez Qui with partner using p 44

To be ready for class tomorrow

Make sure that you have completed your classwork & completed the paragraph about what you eat for breakfast on p 45

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

had a quiz to show their knowledge & use of prepositions
practised replacing parts of sentences with pronouns

To be ready for class tomorrow

review the pronouns les, la, les & lui, leur, y

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

discussed the life of Antoine de St-Exupéry
participated in partner conversations – Part A & C p 3
read Chapitre 1 with partners & started the interpretive work p 3-4

For class tomorrow

make sure the Chapitre 1 work is complete
be prepared to participate in partner conversation, role play & group discussion

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Posted on May 18, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

watched the following video & answered the questions on p 41
reviewed the foods on p 15-22 for pronunciation & practised using them in conversation with partners

To be ready for class tomorrow

Complete Part B on p 42 (write 5 sentences)

***If you have extra time, study your food vocabulary

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

reviewed their learning of the futur simple, travel vocab & talking about a past holiday
continued to practice talking about a past holiday on p 48-49

To be ready for class tomorrow

review prepositions, countries and talking about traveling to/from countries, cities and continents

FR 12 Bloc 5

In class today, students

finished their conversations on the environment & self-assessed their oral skills

For class tomorrow

Be prepared to share what you learned about Anotine de Saint-Exupéry in the following video & article
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Original Watercolors for “The Little Prince”

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Posted on May 17, 2022 by mmesantos

FR 10 Bloc 3

For class today, students

reviewed the meaning & practised the past tense ‘je’ form of 50 MORE Essential Verbs (une journée typique unit)
reviewed yesterday’s work p 34-35
worked through new vocab & pronunciation p 14 & 25
reviewed ‘Les opposés’ on p 24

To be ready for class tomorrow

review new vocabulary
write 3 statements using negatives from p 24 that you are LEAST comfortable with. Take a risk!

FR 11 Bloc 4

For class today, students

listened to this song & worked through the activities on p 70-71
reviewed the sentence builder on p 45 & completed practice work on p 46-47

To be ready for class tomorrow

make sure that your class work is complete

***We will be testing your knowledge & use of the grammar we’ve been practising in our travel unit

FR 12 Bloc 5