le jeudi 10 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: Remembrance Day
FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Réfléchir pour le jour du souvenir.

• listening assessment #2 and strategies. 
• Le jour du souvenir: Poème - Au Champs D’honneur   Au champ d'honneur (In Flanders Fields with French subtitles)
• seventh blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  What did you do on ‘Take your kids to work day’?
• Speaking activity to prepare - Qu'est-ce que tu as fait le mercredi 2 novembre? Blackboard notes. Brainstorming and sharing.
• Refer to documents in the modules "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly.
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. 
• Listening assessment Nov 10. 

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des avantages d'être bilangue.

• Que s'est-il passé le 11 novembre 1918 - 1 jour, 1 question
• Listening assessment #2 DELF A2
• Le jour du souvenir: Poème - Au Champs D’honneur   Au champ d'honneur (In Flanders Fields with French subtitles)
• Soyez bilangue
• 10 Things Monolingual People Will Never Understand
  
• making own video (PSA - Public Service Announcement) - discussion, success criteria - Mindomo, groups, time for planning.
• septième entrée du blogue HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  Soyez bilangue
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. 
• Speaking assessment - mon enfance.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le mercredi 9 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: Tips for Effective Listening Review strategies for focus tomorrow during assessment & highlight using Notability.  

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment parler d’un experience au passé. 

• Debrief listening assessment and strategies. 
• Learning skills and work habits - self-assessment - Go to The Hub - module "self-assessment" and choose "Les habilités d'apprentissage et les habitudes de travail". 
• Reading strategies & Reading assessment
• seventh blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  What did you do on ‘Take your kids to work day’?
• Speaking activity to prepare - Qu'est-ce que tu as fait le mercredi 2 novembre? Blackboard notes. Brainstorming and sharing.
• Refer to documents in the modules "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly.
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A1 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes to me using "Code de Professeur" which is "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Thurs Nov 10.
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. We will be working on the theme tomorrow.
• Listening assessment Nov 10. 

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des avantages d'être bilangue.

• Debrief listening assessment and strategies. 
• Learning skills and work habits - self-assessment - Go to The Hub - module "self-assessment" and choose "Les habilités d'apprentissage et les habitudes de travail". 
• Reading strategies and assessment - DELF A2
• Soyez bilangue
• making own video (PSA - Public Service Announcement) - discussion, success criteria - Mindomo, groups, time to start planning.
• septième entrée du blogue HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  Soyez bilangue
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Thurs. Nov. 10 at A2 level. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Listening assessment Nov.10.
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. 
• Speaking assessment this week - mon enfance.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le mardi 8 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: Tips for Effective Listening Choose one or two strategies for focus today during assessment & highlight using Notability.

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment parler d’un experience au passé. 

• speaking: Comment ça va? (See The Hub - vocabulaire et expressions - 10 ways to say How are you.)
• speaking: Je vous présente mon ami/amie. 
• Strategies for Listening - then, listening assessment #1.  
• seventh blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  What did you do on ‘Take your kids to work day’?
• Speaking activity to prepare - Qu'est-ce que tu as fait le mercredi 2 novembre? Blackboard notes. Brainstorming and sharing.
• Refer to documents in the modules "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly.
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A1 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes to me using "Code de Professeur" which is "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Thurs Nov 10.
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. We will be working on the theme tomorrow.
• Listening assessment Nov 10. 
• Reading assessment Nov. 9.

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des avantages d'être bilangue.

• Listening assessment - a few minutes to review numbers 1 - 100 before assessment. 
• Auto-évaluation - les habilités d'apprentissage et les habitudes de travail - on The Hub
• Soyez bilangue
• video & discussion The Anglais French Show
• Don’t Read This Article Si T’es Pas Bilingue
• making own video (PSA - Public Service Announcement) - discussion, success criteria - Mindomo, form groups, time to start planning.
• septième entrée du blogue HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  Soyez bilangue
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues. Nov. 8 and Thurs. Nov. 10 at A2 level. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Reading assessment tomorrow. 
• Listening assessment Nov.10.
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. 
• Speaking assessment this week - mon enfance.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le lundi 7 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: How to Say “How Are You” in French Like a Local

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment nous décrire. 

• la chanson: Coeur de Pirate - Golden Baby &  Coeur De Pirate Golden Baby parole
• Quizlet -les adjectifs
• Carte d'identité (name card activity) : https://frenchtogether.com/french-adjectives/
• Présenter un ami
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A1 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes to me using "Code de Professeur" which is "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues Nov 8 and Thurs Nov 10.
• Speaking assessment - conversation - l'école
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. We will be working on the theme tomorrow.
• Listening assessments Nov 8 & 10. 
• Reading assessment Nov. 9.
• Speaking assessment l'école (if not already done).   

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des avantages d'être bilangue.

• la chanson: Coeur de Pirate - Golden Baby & Coeur De Pirate Golden Baby parole
• Nouveau thème: Soyez bilangue
• video & discussion One Charter, deux langues
• making own video (PSA - Public Service Announcement) - discussion, success criteria - Mindomo, form groups, time to start planning
• Find an article about language learning?
• septième entrée du blogue HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  Soyez bilangue
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues. Nov. 8 and Thurs. Nov. 10 at A2 level. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: septième entrée -  Publish by Nov 11. 
• Speaking assessment this week - mon enfance.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le jeudi 3 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: Say Bonjour to 7 Different Types of French Spoken Today!

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des événements au passé.

• sixth blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  l'Halloween - ou des autres fêtes.
• Refer to documents in the modules "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A1 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes to me using "Code de Professeur" which is "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues Nov. 8 and Thurs Nov 10. 
• Speaking assessment - conversation - l'école
• If done, Duolingo or FreeRice.com.
• le film de vendredi: film in French with French subtitles where available - part of the Listening Strand of the curriculum and also for Francophone culture. This is not free time. Students are expected to watch and listen attentively (no iPads, no cellphones, no other work, no sleeping, no earphones, no talking). We are watching Bourne Identity.
• Pas de devoirs pour la fin de semaine as long as all caught up. Students may wish to do some review or practice, perhaps using Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4.
• Listening assessment Nov 8 & 10. 

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux parler et écrire au passé.

• Speaking assessment - Mon enfance
• sixth blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  l'Halloween ou Prenons nos enfants au travail - au passé  
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
•  FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues. Nov. 8 and Thurs Nov. 10 at A2 level.
• extra practice possibilities: Passé composé vs Imparfait quiz 
• le film de vendredi: film in French with French subtitles where available - part of the Listening Strand of the curriculum and also for Francophone culture. This is not free time. Students are expected to watch and listen attentively (no iPads, no cellphones, no other work, no sleeping, no earphones, no talking). We are watching Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis.
• Pas de devoirs pour la fin de semaine as long as all caught up. Students may wish to do some review or practice, perhaps using Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4.
• Listening assessment Nov 8 & 10. 
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le mercredi 2 novembre 2016

Le site du jour: 5 Ways to Sound More Like a Native French Speaker

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous travaillons avec nos parents.

• Take our kids to work day - no lessons today, but individual work provided for any students attending class instead of going to a workplace. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4.
• Listening assessment Nov 8. 
• Speaking assessment l'école (if not already done).

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux parler et écrire au passé.

• Speaking assessment - Mon enfance
• sixth blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  l'Halloween ou Prenons nos enfants au travail - au passé  
• today - brainstorming activity - placemat - vocabulary and ideas
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
•  FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues. Nov. 8 and Thurs Nov. 10 at A2 level. 
•  Do one of the following (or both if you wish)
• Différencier l'imparfait et le passé composé - cours et exercise  (Exercise is at bottom of page) 
• or - Passé composé vs Imparfait quiz 
• Lots of other links on this post of my blog: le passé - links for practice
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4. 
• Speaking assessment this week - mon enfance.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional

le mardi 1er novembre 2016

Prenons nos enfants au travail demain. (Take our kids to work day tomorrow for grade 9 students.)
Le site du jour:  Going Out? The All-around French Verb Sortir and Its Many Uses   

FSF 1P

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment parler de l'Halloween ou des autres fêtes. 

• Learning new languages - video
• sixth blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  l'Halloween - ou - des autres fêtes.
• Speaking activity to prepare - Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir? 
• Refer to documents in the modules "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A1 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes to me using "Code de Professeur" which is "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues Nov 8. 
• Speaking assessment - conversation - l'école
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4.
• Listening assessment Nov 3. 
• Speaking assessment l'école (if not already done).

FSF2D/3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux parler et écrire au passé.

• Learning new languages - video
• Speaking - Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait hier soir? 
• sixth blog post on HWDSB Commons. Suggested topic:  l'Halloween ou Prenons nos enfants au travail - au passé  
• today - brainstorming activity - placemat - vocabulary and ideas
• Refer to documents in the module "Mon blogue" and "le vocabulaire et les expressions" in The Hub for details and support. Publish this post by the end of the day Friday. 
• Read the posts of your circle of 3-4 friends in the class and comment briefly. 
• FLE video: compréhension orale - video et questions. Choose one at A2 level. Sign in to your account and send results of quizzes using "Code de Professeur" "Ms.K-J" (no spaces). Listening assessment Tues. Nov. 8 and Thurs. Nov. 10 at A2 level. 
• les devoirs: Should be spending 15 - 20 minutes daily on French home study Monday through Thursday. If all class work is completed, follow suggestions in Home Study extras
• Mon blogue: sixième entrée -  Publish by Nov 4. 
• Speaking assessment this week - mon enfance - starting tomorrow.
• French for the Future National Essay Contest - optional