Tuesday, April 30, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

In class today, we watched & discussed the following video

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you finished the practice in class using Imparfait & Passé Composé on p 71

EXTRA listening practice below!

*** There are 4 optional tasks related to travel in your online Language Gym class. Two are listening tasks. 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that

  • you completed the listening practice in class on p 12-14
  • have finished the online Language Gym practice with body parts

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • completed the practice in class on p 33- 34

 

Monday, April 29, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

In class today, we watched & discussed the following video

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you finished the practice in class 

  • Review the sentence builder on p 63 to complete #22, 28, 29, 30 + p 70 #1

EXTRA listening practice below!

*** There are 4 optional tasks related to travel in your online Language Gym class. Two are listening tasks. 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Bring a device and earbuds to work on listening skills tomorrow.

***There are a number of tasks in your Online Language Gym class. Some are from more than a week ago and should have been completed before your end of unit assessments!

I have added 3 new tasks to learn the names of parts of the body. Please complete this weekend. They will close soon 🙂

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • finished the practice in class on p 30 – 31 
  • wrote 8 – 10 questions related to food to ask a partner in class tomorrow

 

Friday, April 26, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

In class today, we watched & discussed the following videos

To be ready for next week

Make sure that you finished the practice in class 

  • Review the sentence builder on p 63 to complete # 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 19, 21
  • Watch the following Alice Ayel video … le jambon-beurre
    • Make a list of new vocabulary
    • In English, write a point form list of information that you understood

EXTRA listening practice below!

*** There are 4 optional tasks related to travel in your online Language Gym class. Two are listening tasks. 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for next week

Think about

  • your progress so far
  • how you felt doing your end of unit assessments
  • how comfortable you are with asking & answering questions

After reviewing the Unit 3 objectives, set a goal for yourself on p 2 

***There are a number of tasks in your Online Language Gym class. Some are from more than a week ago and should have been completed before your end of unit assessments!

I have added 3 new tasks to learn the names of parts of the body. Please complete this weekend. They will close soon 🙂

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for next week

  • make sure that you finished adding your personal food items or meals on p 25
  • study the vocabulary for foods, table setting and containers
  • complete the two food-related tasks in your online Language Gym class
  • review the unit objectives on p 2 and set a personal goal (Think about our midterm conferences and your goals for the end of the semester!)

 

Thursday, April 25, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you finished the practice in class for talking about a past holiday & sharing your opinions about it

  • Review the sentence builder on p 55 to complete # 1, 2, 3, 5, 8-12, 14-16 & 18

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow 

Reading Interpretive

  • review Unit 2 vocabulary
  • re-read some of the texts & review the practice work you completed to show your understanding of the text

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Start reviewing the new expressions and vocabulary for Unit 3 🙂

  • Write one sentence for each food-related expression on p 6-12
  • Don’t forget to conjugate the verb!

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you finished the practice in class for talking about staying in a hotel on p 52-53

If you would like to re-listen to today’s video, see below

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow 

  • Review making questions with familiar vocabulary … assessment on this tomorrow!
  • Make sure that you completed the practice work for the Napoléon story on p 4-5  … we will review together in class tomorrow

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

End of Unit assessments are scheduled for tomorrow

    • listening
    • short write

 

 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

  • make sure you finished the practice work with talking about a past holiday on p 47-48 & p 50-51

If you would like to re-listen to today’s video, see below

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow 

Re-read book 1 of the Napoléon series here Le petit Napoleon

Listen to the story here

 

Continue preparing for end of unit assessments this week

    • There are some activities in your online Language Gym class to practice daily routine vocab
    • Go through your unit booklet to review the concepts & vocab practised throughout
    • Re-read sentences & longer texts to practise the vocab and sentence structure
    • Review making your own questions/answering questions using familiar vocabulary

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you completed the practice

  • p 42 – 43 #1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10
  • p 44 – 45

***End of Unit assessments are scheduled for Thursday this week

    • listening
    • short write

 

 

Monday, April 22, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

  • make sure you finished the practice work with connecting words on p 38-39

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow 

Make sure that you

  • start studying the IR/RE verbs on p 45 … you have to recognize them (write them in English) by Friday!

Continue preparing for end of unit assessments this week

    • There are some activities in your online Language Gym class to practice daily routine vocab
    • Go through your unit booklet to review the concepts & vocab practised throughout
    • Re-read sentences & longer texts to practise the vocab and sentence structure

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • completed the practice in class on p 38-39
  • work through the online Language Gym practice to practise for end of unit assessments this week

 

 

Thursday, April 18, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for Monday

Complete p 37

Review the pages with vocabulary related to travel (p 29-36)

  • highlight new words
  • use visual & context cues to understand
  • look up only as a last resort!

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for Monday

Make sure that you

  • are ready for the ER verb learning check-in… write the verbs in French!
  • completed your listening practice in class  p 56-58 (Language Gym – Audio – Beginner Student Listening)
  • set aside some time for extra practice & study to prepare for the end of Unit 2 assessments coming up next week
    • There are some activities in your online Language Gym class to practice daily routine vocab
    • Go through your unit booklet to review the concepts & vocab practised throughout
    • Re-read sentences & longer texts to practise the vocab and sentence structure

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for Monday

Make sure that you

  • completed the practice in class on p 37
  • work through the online Language Gym practice to practise for end of unit assessments next week

 

 

Wednesday, April 17 , 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • finished reading the text “Avant le vol” & highlighted new words or phrases

 

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • bring a device & earbuds for listening practice tomorrow
  • completed the practice in class on p 55
  • read aloud to practise your pronunciation & comfort speaking in sentences

***I have added some practice activities to your online Language Gym

***ER Verb learning check-in will be on Monday … you have to write the verbs in French!

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • completed the practice on p 36
  • pay attention to/highlight new vocabulary

 

 

Tuesday, April 16 , 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • chose one of the 3 places (Mont-Tremblant, l’Aquarium du Québec ou le centre commercial West-Edmonton) and planned a day trip there with your friends or family
    • point form only, please … to be used in conversation with a partner tomorrow
    • think about structure … what you will do or are going to do, what you would/could/should do … etc
    • think about vocabulary … what new words can you ‘strategically’ incorporate into your conversation?

***Here is the video we watched at the beginning of class today for those who would like to re-listen/practise their interpretive listening skills

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • wrote 2 sentences about what you do in the morning, 2 sentences about what you do in the afternoon and 2 sentences about what you do in the evening on p 51
  • challenge yourself to use vocab from the unit (including time and frequency words)

***ER Verb learning check-in will be on Monday … you have to write the verbs in French!

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • review new vocabulary and phrases
  • completed the practice up to the end of p 35