Friday, May 3, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

To be ready for next week

Make sure that you completed the practice with questions on p 90-91 and Part B on p 93

Start planning your trip!

  • Start researching & planning your trip to a region of France
    • Partner conversations to share your plans are scheduled for Thurs & Fri next week
    • Plan a trip that will last 7 – 10 days
    • Make point form notes in English to record trip dates, flights, costs, hotels (or other places you will stay), how you will get around (by train, by metro, by foot, by bike, etc), tourist attractions you will visit & other things you will do/would like to do, etc 
    • Remember that you must visit more than one city/town in the region (aim for 3 at least) & you should include cultural and historical aspects
    • Save screen shots on your phone to share with partners so that they can see some of what you will see and do

***You will have class time on Monday for planning. The rest will be on your own time. Please plan accordingly to be ready for the end of next week.

FR 9  Block 3 

To be ready for next week

Make sure that you completed the practice in class + additional listening

  • talking about clothes p 22 – 23
  • mettre p 30 # 1- 2  p 32 # 1, 4, 5
  • listening practice p 24 – 26

 

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for next week

Make sure that you

  • review today’s learning on p 40, 44 and 42 
  • complete the practice on p 41 & 43
  • watch the following Alice Ayel video and make notes on what you understood

***If you did not watch Thursday’s video, please scroll back and listen so that you are prepared for class next week

 

Thursday, May 2, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

In class today, we watched & discussed the following video

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure you finished the practice in class on p 82-89 # 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26-28, 30-31

EXTRA practice:

***Practice your listening skills with some other Alice Ayel videos about Portugal here

*** 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 practice for the Napoléon story  on p 8-10
  • review the new vocabulary &  language structures

You can read the story here Chez la vieille dame

You can listen to the story here

 

***There are two new activities in your online Language Gym class to help you learn the clothing vocabulary

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • completed the practice in class (Foods You Like & Why) on p 36-39

Watch the Alice Ayel video below & take notes on what you understood

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

FR 11  Block 2

In class today, we watched & discussed the following video

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure you finished the practice in class on p 81 # 1, 2, 4

EXTRA practice:

***Practice your listening skills with some other Alice Ayel videos about Portugal here

*** 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 practice in class to learn vocab for clothing and placement/agreement of describing words

  • p 15 # 1, 2, 4
  • p17 # 1
  • p 18 # 5
  • p 19 # 12, 13
  • p 21 # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

***There are two new activities in your online Language Gym class to help you learn the clothing vocabulary

FR 10  Block 5

To be ready for tomorrow

Make sure that you

  • review the new vocabulary

 

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