le vendredi 9 février 2018

Le site du jour: Global Gratitude: How to Say a Heartfelt Thank You in 20 Different Languages

FSF 3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des compétences qu'on a déjà. 

• Oral skills self-assessment: in the HUB module "auto-évaluation", download the document "Oral Self Assessment A1, A2, B2-handout greyscale" to Notability. Start with the A1 page and highlight all the skills you can already do, then A2, and, if you wish, B1. Save this note. We will review it and add skills periodically and you can use it to set your goals for the semester. 
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• 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 Moulin Rouge.
• 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. 
• Do some planning for your introduction. 

ENG 1L  

Learning goal: We are reading articles for interest.

• Acronym poster: Due today - My name - descriptive poster. See the HUB module "introduction" for details and for the Dropbox for your rough work. Complete the poster in class today and submit into the green basket. 
• Flipboard: install the app on your iPad and sign up and check your preferences. If time, begin reading an article of your choice. 
• Homework: No homework for the weekend as long as you are all caught up. Make sure your acronym poster is completed and submitted. 

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons de nous-mêmes.  

• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - continue planning assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" and notes on board for details.  
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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 Les vacances de M. Bean.
• 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. 
• Work on planning for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes of recording for Je me présente/Mon introduction.  

le jeudi 8 février 2018

Le site du jour: French phrases hidden in English words

FSF 3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des habilités qu'on a déjà. 

• Classroom norms:  We are finishing our posters for Soyez respectueux.
• Oral skills self-assessment: in the HUB module "auto-évaluation", download the document "Oral Self Assessment A1, A2, B2-handout greyscale" to Notability. Start with the A1 page and highlight all the skills you can already do, then A2, and, if you wish, B1. Save this note. We will review it and add skills periodically and you can use it to set your goals for the semester. 
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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

• Do some planning for your introduction. 

ENG 1L  

Learning goal: We are talking about ourselves.

• gr 9/10 assembly 9 - 9:30
• Acronym poster: My name - descriptive poster. See the HUB module "introduction" for details and for the Dropbox for your rough work. Complete the poster in class today and submit.
• Flipboard: install the app on your iPad and sign up and check your preferences. If time, begin reading an article of your choice. 
• Homework: Flipboard - read an article.  

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe.

• Kahoot! Expressions de la salle de classe   
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - begin planning assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" and notes on board for details. Mackenzie will share her video from last semester and present another form of planning using sticky notes. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Work on planning for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes of recording for Je me présente/Mon introduction.  

le mercredi 7 février 2018

Le site du jour: How Google Translate works and why it doesn't measure up

FSF 3U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe. 

• Google Translate Sings: "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic  
• Classroom norms:  We are continuing our discussion of the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respectueux. (Be respectful).
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

ENG 1L

Learning goal: We are talking about ourselves.

• index cards: 3 things that would make you want to come to class, one thing that you don't like about English class.  
• Note on your iPad in Notability or Google Docs or on paper. Use the letters of your name (first for sure, last if possible) to write down as many words as you can think of for each letter. Words must be school-appropriate. You can use the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the iPad to help you think of words. It can be installed as an app through the HWDSB catalogue or accessed as a website. Next, you create a poster using your name as an acronym and you will choose words that describe yourself in some way or which tell something about your life. 
• Flipboard: install the app on your iPad and sign up and check your preferences. If time, begin reading an article of your choice. 
• Homework: Flipboard - read an article.  

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe.

• Fresh Prince: Google Translated   
• Kahoot 2 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/512594461  or https://frenchplayground.com/
• Classroom norms:  finishing and presenting posters
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Think about how you will introduce yourself. Start planning for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes of recording.  

le mardi 6 février 2018

Le site du jour: Traveling in France? Do these 7 things to make the French love you

FSF 3U/4U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe. 

• Classroom norms:  We are deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respectueux. (Be respectful). What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:

• les camarades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

ENG 1L

Learning goal: We are talking about the norms for our class.

• Classroom norms: We are deciding the norms/rules for our class. The one classroom rule is: Be respectful.  What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• classmates 
• to the teacher
• the classroom
• in the school
• technology
• their work
• guests
• other - anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Note on your iPad in Notability or Google Docs or on paper. Use the letters of your name (first for sure, last if possible) to write down as many words as you can think of for each letter. Words must be school-appropriate. You can use the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the iPad to help you think of words. It can be installed as an app through the HWDSB catalogue or accessed as a website. Next, you create a poster using your name as an acronym and you will choose words that describe yourself in some way or which tell something about your life. 
• Flipboard: install the app on your iPad and sign up and check your preferences. If time, begin reading an article of your choice. 
• Homework: you may wish to think of more words that start with the letters of your name. 

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe.

• Classroom norms:  We are deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respectueux. (Be respectful). What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:  

• les camarades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment. See the HUB module "introduction" for details. 
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

le lundi 5 février 2018

Le site du jour: Quebec | NOCTE LUMEN | 4K Hyperlapse Discussion: words, sentences to describe.

FSF 3U/4U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe. 

• la chanson de lundi: Maître Gims Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? & Lyrics Training: Maitre Gims: Est-ce que tu m'aimes?
• Classroom norms:  We will be deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respecteux (Be respectful). What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• les camerades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

ENG 1L

Learning goal: We are talking about the norms for our class.

• Classroom norms: We are deciding the norms/rules for our class. The one classroom rule is: Be respectful.  What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• classmates 
• to the teacher
• the classroom
• in the school
• technology
• their work
• guests
• other - anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Start a note on your iPad in Notability or Google Docs or on paper. Use the letters of your name (first for sure, last if possible) to write down as many words as you can think of for each letter. Words must be school-appropriate. You can use the Miriam-Webster dictionary on the iPad to help you think of words. It can be installed as an app through the HWDSB catalogue or accessed as a website. Later, you will be creating a poster using your name as an acronym and you will choose words that describe yourself in some way or which tell something about your life. 
• Homework: you may wish to think of more words that start with the letters of your name. 

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous parlons des normes de notre classe.

• la chanson de lundi: Maître Gims Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ? & Lyrics Training: Maitre Gims: Est-ce que tu m'aimes?
• Classroom norms:  We will be deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respecteux (Be respectful). What will we see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:  
  
• les camerades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Mon introduction/ Je me présente - introduction to assignment
• Options:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

le vendredi 2 février 2018

Le site du jour: 6 Free Online Games for Addictive French Learning

FSF 3U/4U

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous faisons une introduction au cours. 

• Student information sheet - paper handout.  Please complete as best possible writing as much as you can in French. Use Wordreference.com from the website or install the app from the HWDSB catalogue to help you. Do not use Google Translate! Submit to the teacher. 
• Classroom norms: We will be doing an activity starting on Monday where we will be deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respecteux (Be respectful). To prepare for this, students can start to brainstorm individually in Notability, as a Mindmap in Mindomo from the HUB or on paper what we will see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• les camerades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Options if time:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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. 
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know. 

ENG 1L

Learning goal: We are introducing the course.

• Student information sheet - paper handout.  Please complete as best possible writing as much as you can and submit it to the teacher. 
• Classroom norms: We will be doing an activity starting on Monday where we will be deciding the norms/rules for our class. The one classroom rule is: Be respectful. To prepare for this, students can start to brainstorm in Notability, as a Mindmap in Mindomo from the HUB or on paper individually about what we will see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• classmates 
  
• to the teacher
• the classroom
• in the school
• technology
• their work
• guests
• other - anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Start a note on your iPad in Notability or Google Docs or on paper. Use the letters of your name (first for sure, last if possible) to write down as many words as you can think of for each letter. Words must be school-appropriate. You can use the Miriam-Webster dictionary on the iPad to help you think of words. It can be installed as an app through the HWDSB catalogue or accessed as a website. Later, you will be creating a poster using your name as an acronym and you will choose words that describe yourself in some way or which tell something about your life. 
• Homework- none assigned for Fridays, but you may wish to think of more classroom norms or more words that start with the letters of your name. 

FSF 1D   

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous faisons une introduction au cours.

• Student information sheet - paper handout.  Please complete as best possible writing as much as you can in French. Use Wordreference.com from the website or install the app from the HWDSB catalogue to help you. Do not use Google Translate! Submit to the teacher. 
• Classroom norms: We will be doing an activity starting on Monday where we will be deciding the norms/rules for our class (in French). The one classroom rule is: Soyez respecteux (Be respectful). To prepare for this, students can start to brainstorm individually in Notability, as a Mindmap in Mindomo from the HUB or on paper what we will see, hear and do in our classroom that shows respect in the following categories:
• les camerades de classe (classmates)
• le prof (to the teacher)
• la salle de classe (the classroom)
• l'école (in the school)
• la technologie (technology)
• au travail (their work)
• les invites (guests)
• autres choses (anything that doesn't fit into any other category
• Options if time:  Duolingo (sign up for an account, install the app from HWDSB catalogue) or FreeRice.com or Digital Dialects - games
• 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. 
• Watch a film in French or review numbers or do Duolingo to help your brain to remember the French you already know.