Friday, September 29, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Make sure you finished the listening practice on p 41-42
    • Go to the online Language Gym
    • Click on Audio at the top of the page
    • Scroll down the page until the 4th line of books
    • Click on the Beginner to Pre-Intermediate Student Listening Book
    • Then, select Unit 1 & work through the activities
  • Continue practising your basic skills 
    • asking/answering questions for weather, how you are, your name, your age, what you like/don’t like, who you have in your family, what their names are and how old they are

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class and we still have time to contribute.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Try to finish your online Language Gym assignments
  • Keep reviewing/practising 
    • daily routine vocab
    • talking about what you usually do (present), talking about what you did (past)

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Try to finish your online Language Gym assignments
  • Keep reviewing/practising 
    • daily routine vocab
    • talking about what you usually do (present), talking about what you did (past)

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Make sure that you completed the in-class practice up to the end of p 52
  • Continue to review prepositions (vocabulary), countries and continents in French & rules around when to use à, en, au or aux

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Make sure you finished the in class practice on p 40 and the listening practice on p 41-42
    • Go to the online Language Gym
    • Click on Audio at the top of the page
    • Scroll down the page until the 4th line of books
    • Click on the Beginner to Pre-Intermediate Student Listening Book
    • Then, select Unit 1 & work through the activities

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class and we still have time to contribute.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

For practice tonight

  • Spend 10-15 minutes working on your online Language Gym tasks

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

For practice tonight

  • Spend 10-15 minutes working on your online Language Gym tasks

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

Bon travail aujourd’hui, les amis 🙂

We will continue working on re-writes and using the proficiency scale to assess your work tomorrow.

If you struggled at all with the learning check in today

  • review prepositions (vocabulary) & rules around when to use à, en, au or aux

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

For class today

  • Make sure you finished the practice work on p 39

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

For class today

  • Make sure you completed #4 on p 20

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

For class today

  • Make sure you completed #4 on p 20

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

*** Assessment tomorrow for prepositions & sentence structure/tense

    Review

    • present tense of verbs we use to talk about going to, coming from, traveling, returning, etc
    • rules for prepositions used for cities and countries

For class today

  • Make sure you completed the practice work in class up to p 52 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Continue reviewing basic vocabulary, expressions & questions. I will be assessing these orally when I’m back in the classroom.
  • Think about the results of your learning check in … What have you not yet mastered? Study those!

For class today

  • Review the ‘Saying Your Age’ chart at the top of p 36
  • Use the chart to help you work through the practice activities on p 36-38. Be sure to keep checking back to use the correct form of the verb and to spell your words correctly.
  • If you have extra time in class AFTER completing the written activities, you can practice/study with a partner or complete new tasks in your online Language Gym class

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Keep studying the vocabulary for daily routines (front of unit) if you don’t know them all yet

For class today

  • Carefully review/correct yesterday’s practice work. If your Teacher On Call doesn’t speak French, check your answers with partners and put a * beside anything you are not sure about so that we can check it when I return.
  • Work through the conversation practice activities # 26 and #28 with two different partners (4 conversations!)
  • Review how to form past tense using ‘avoir’ as the helper verb on p 19. We have seen this before. Look on the wall over the white board 🙂 
  • Do practice activity #3 on p 20

If you have extra time …

  • There are 3 new online Language Gym tasks to practice the past tense. Complete before Oct 9. The sooner the better!
  • Ask a partner to study new vocabulary with you or practice more French conversation
  • There is NEVER nothing to do in French class!

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Keep studying the vocabulary for daily routines (front of unit) if you don’t know them all yet

For class today

  • Carefully review/correct yesterday’s practice work. If your Teacher On Call doesn’t speak French, check your answers with partners and put a * beside anything you are not sure about so that we can check it when I return.
  • Work through the conversation practice activities # 26 and #28 with two different partners (4 conversations!)
  • Review how to form past tense using ‘avoir’ as the helper verb on p 19. We have seen this before. Look on the wall over the white board 🙂 
  • Do practice activity #3 on p 20

If you have extra time …

  • There are 3 new online Language Gym tasks to practice the past tense. Complete before Oct 9. The sooner the better!
  • Ask a partner to study new vocabulary with you or practice more French conversation
  • There is NEVER nothing to do in French class!

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Continue studying prepositions/master any new vocab or phrases p 12-13
  • Finish the ‘level’ up writing practice on p 43-44 on the topic of travel 

*** Assessment coming up on Thursday for prepositions & sentence structure/tense

For class today

  • Review the sentence builder ‘Talking about a past holiday’  on p 45
  • Work through the practice activities on p 46-49. Don’t forget to make it interactive by practising pronunciation … say the phrases aloud, read the longer texts with partners, etc

Extra time?  I doubt it, but… practise talking about a past holiday in French or study prepositions to prepare for Thursday 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, September 25, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Continue reviewing basic vocabulary, expressions & questions. I will be assessing these orally throughout the week.
  • Think about the results of your learning check in … What have you not yet mastered? Study those!

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Keep studying the vocabulary for daily routines (front of unit) if you don’t know them all yet
  • Make sure that you completed the in-class practice with past tense daily routine phrases on p 15-17 (up to the end of #25)

***There are 3 new online Language Gym tasks to practice the past tense. Complete before Oct 9. The sooner the better!

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Keep studying the vocabulary for daily routines (front of unit) if you don’t know them all yet
  • Make sure that you completed the in-class practice with past tense daily routine phrases on p 15-17 (up to the end of #25)

***There are 3 new online Language Gym tasks to practice the past tense. Complete before Oct 9th. The sooner the better!

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for this week

  • Continue studying prepositions/master any new vocab or phrases p 12-13
  • Make sure you completed the in-class practice today with prepositions on p 23-25 (if you were away)
  • Finish the ‘level’ up writing practice on p 43-44 on the topic of travel 

*** Your online Language Gym tasks will close later tonight

*** Assessment coming up on Thursday for prepositions & sentence structure/tense

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, September 21, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Make sure that you completed the in-class practice on p 32-34 (except the listening tasks)
  • Finish the online Language Gym tasks (if you haven’t yet). They will close after the weekend. 
  • Continue reviewing basic vocabulary, expressions & questions. I will be assessing these orally starting next week.

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Make sure that you have completed the in-class reading comprehension practice on p 13-14 and the written practice with conjugating reflexive verbs on p 10-11
  • Finish the online Language Gym practice. They will close on Sunday.

***Learning check-in for daily routine phrases on Monday

 

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Make sure that you have completed the in-class reading comprehension practice on p 13-14 and the written practice with conjugating reflexive verbs on p 10-11
  • Finish the online Language Gym practice. They will close on Sunday.

***Learning check-in for daily routine phrases on Monday

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Continue studying prepositions/master any new vocab or phrases p 12-13
  • Make sure you completed the in-class practice with prepositions on p 19 & the online Language Gym practice

*** Assessment coming up mid next week for prepositions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Study the pattern for the verb ‘avoir’ & the vocabulary for family
    • Learning check-in coming up!
  • Keep working through the online Language Gym tasks if you haven’t finished them yet

***Please consider donating to the Terry Fox fund. Block 2 is your donation class.

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Make sure that you have completed the in-class practice on p 9
  • Keep practising your skills with the online Language Gym tasks. 

***Learning check-in for daily routine phrases on Monday

 

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Make sure that you have completed the in-class practice on p 9
  • Keep practising your skills with the online Language Gym tasks. 

***Learning check-in for daily routine phrases on Monday

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • study prepositions/master any new vocab or phrases p 12-13
  • continue working through online Language Gym practice

*** Assessment coming up mid next week for prepositions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Study the pattern for the verb ‘avoir’ & the vocabulary for family
    • Learning check-in coming up!

***Make sure you have a charged device & earbuds tomorrow. I will give you time to practice the online Language Gym games. Being ready for learning counts towards your ‘learning engagement’ grade. 

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Make sure that you have completed the advice to your partner on p 6 & in-class practice for daily routines on page 8 
  • Keep practising your skills with the online Language Gym tasks. 

 

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Make sure that you have completed the advice to your partner on p 6 & in-class practice for daily routines on page 8 
  • Keep practising your skills with the online Language Gym tasks. 

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow, make sure that

  • you have completed the in-class practice with prepositions on p 12-13 & study the ones that are new to you

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, September 18, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • Write 6 sentences to practice the words for possession + different family members (as we did in class using pages 23-24)
  • Keep practising the vocabulary, expressions and questions/answers we’ve been practising in class
  • Complete the online Language Gym activities 

 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • make sure that you have completed the in-class practice on pages 3-5
    • On p 5, you only write your responses to the questions. You will use them in conversation with your partner tomorrow & complete the second column then.
  • complete the online Language Gym assignments to practise using daily routine vocab/action words

 

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow

  • make sure that you have completed the in-class practice on pages 3-5
    • On p 5, you only write your responses to the questions. You will use them in conversation with your partner tomorrow & complete the second column then.
  • complete the online Language Gym assignments to practise using daily routine vocab/action words

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for tomorrow, make sure that

  • you set a goal on p 2 of your new unit & a plan to achieve it
  • completed the reading on p 16-17 & the questions on p 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, September 15, 2023

FR 9  Block 2

Français 9 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • Keep practising the vocabulary, expressions and questions/answers we’ve been practising in class
  • Complete the online Language Gym activities 

***There will be an interpretive learning check in on Monday that includes some

    • colour words
    • numbers to 10
    • questions we’ve practised
    • greetings & words for politeness

Interpretive means that you will show what you understand when you hear these words & phrases. You will write in English. 

FR 10  Block 3

Fr 10 Block 3 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • work through the online Language Gym tasks to review some basics

 

FR 10  Block 4

Fr 10 Block 4 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • work through the online Language Gym tasks to review some basics

 

FR 11  Block 5

Français 11 Team

The Language Gym

To be ready for next week

  • work through some of the online Language Gym practice to review basic verb structures that we’ve previously learned and practised