Quest le 31 mai 2010

Distributed marks update, checklist of assignments to complete and exam schedule (pink paper).

French

• Read and listened to articles about chocolate from the livre pgs. 56 - 57.
• Did chocolate tasting and filled in chart.
• Our French oral and listening exams will be in the last week of classes and the written exam will be on Tues. June 22 at 8:45 am until 10:15 in our classroom.

BTT

• Worked our way through catching up on assignments not yet complete (blue paper).
• Our BTT exam is scheduled for Monday June 21 at 8:45 am until 10:15 in our lab.

FSF 3/4U le 31 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Marks updates, a checklist of work to still complete and the exam schedule (pink paper) were distributed today.
• Our listening and oral exams will be in the last week of classes.
• The written exam will be Friday June 18 from 8:30 to 10:30 am in the classroom.
• We did "la dégustation du chocolat" today. Merci aux étudiants de la classe 11e qui ont préparé l'activité.
• We read Le Petit Prince ch. 14 and chose 2 questions to discuss orally with your partner.
• FSF 4U read "Le Tabac: comment on vous piège" from Anthologie pgs. 108 - 109 as a sight reading passage to observe PHONI's "Day without Tobacco".

Quest le 28 mai 2010

A catch-up and extra help day.
Enjoy Parkside's 5oth Birthday celebration!

Coming soon:

• marks update (May 31)
• checklist of work to still complete
• Culminating task : My Cooking Show
• more details about the exams

FSF 3/4U le 28 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

A catch-up and extra help day.
Enjoy Parkside's 50th Birthday celebration!

Coming soon:

• marks update(le 31 mai)
• checklist of work yet to complete
• more details on the exams

Quest le 27 mai 2010

Quest

• Attended Parkside 50th reunion Inspirational Assembly and mentoring sessions.
• Friday - shortened classes and tutorial sessions in the afternoon will allow time to catch up on incomplete assignments.

FSF3/4U le 27 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Talked about the oral exam: it will be in class in the last week of classes and will consist of 2 parts - an oral composition/description of a photograph prepared in advance and presented live or may be recorded and e-mailed to the teacher and a live interview where the student will see a photo and answer questions about it. There will be time to do practice photos before the exam.
• Did a catch-up/clean-up day. Gr. 11 - continued work on chocolate tasting activity set-up, gr. 12 - L'intelligence multiple paragraph is due and almost finished l'école du rêve.
• Continue reading "Le Petit Prince".

Quest le 26 mai 2010

French

• DVD – Mission Possible 6. Handout "vrai/Faux". Read it over out loud before watching the DVD. Do your best on your own for those questions so that I can get a good idea of the progress you have made throughout the semester.
• rest of period – worked quietly with partner or group or on own on handout package.
• If need more to do, can do the Questiomanie cards or the Wrap-ups.

BTT

• Students start a new assignment from the OERB. The assignment sheet is posted in our First Class Parkside conference Modern Languages.
• If you complete that assignment, you can finish other work previously assigned or try another assignment from the OERB site.

FSF 3/4U le 26 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Le Petit Prince: Read chapter 13 in small groups and do discussion questions # 1, 3, 5, & 7 from pgs. 51 – 53 “A la découverte” books on table. Re-read that chapter at home tonight. If finished, can read the next chapter of the novel or can do one of the sections of “Contrôle grammaticale” from previous chapters of the “A la découverte” books.
• The grade 11 class may need to finish preparing for the chocolate tasting activity tomorrow.
• Video The Little Prince.

Quest le 25 mai 2010

BTT

• A catch-up day for students who still have assignments outstanding.
• From the OERB site (see previous assignment sheets for how to access), we started Unit 1: Activity 5: Formatting Business documents.
• Journal/blog - should have 24 entries (minimum).

French

• Talked about upcoming assignment: Showing how to do a recipe using MovieMaker. We looked at the brainstorming/planning sheet and introduced the assignment.
• Learned about "le comparatif" using livre pgs. 52 - 53, the SmartBoard and cahier handout pages 61 - 63.

FSF 3/4U le 25 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Reminder that 24 journal/blog entries are expected. Next week, you will be handing in your journal or the address if electronic and you will choose your best 3 entries for marking.
• Reviewed verb tenses on board using s'habiller.
• Handed back the paragraphs on the quotation chosen from Ch. 1 of Le Petit Prince. If you did not yet hand one in, you must now do a quotation from Ch. 2 instead.
• Be sure to spend at least 1/2 hour per evening Mon - Thurs on French - catch-up, homework, extra - to really learn the language.

FSF 4U

• Read "Le dormeur du val" from Anthologie pg. 99 and listened on CD.
• did écoute cahier pg. 61 ex. A, B, C.
• did cahier pgs. 59, 60, 67.

FSF 3U

• Reviewed what still needs to be done to get ready for la degustation du chocolat for Thurs.
• Looked at "les pronoms relatifs" - livre pgs. 89 - 90 and cahier pgs. 72 - 73 ex. A, B, C.

Quest le 21 mai 2010

BTT

• Worked on completing various assignments and e-mailing when complete to teacher.
• Those who were caught up on all work had some time to work ahead or to explore topics and activities of interest (i.e. Science simulation game, BBC French website)

French

• Did interviews of partner to discover likes and dislikes then created an oral presentation, practised it and presented for a mark.
• Kodi accidentally threw her pencil and the entire class (including the teacher) laughed until our stomach hurt...
• Began watching DVD "Le Petit Nicholas" brought back from France by one of our exchange students - so - there are subtitles only in French.

Ayez une bonne longue fin de semaine.

FSF 3/4U le 21 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Great party and video today! VinFaux & VraiFromage and The Little Prince. Vive le serpent! Il danse, il chante...et il danse et il chante...et il danse et il chante encore... On doit le regarder encore.
• Bonne Longue Fin de Semaine.

Quest le 20 mai 2010

French

• Finished the vocabulary pages from last week.
• Played the games that everyone made for the SmartBoard. Excellent work!
• Listened to the top hits - les tubes - de la France de l'été 2008

BTT

• had our party "VinFaux & VraiFromage" with some special guests and showed off some of the work we have done lately. J'adore le fromage Roquefort.

FSF 3/4U le 20 mai 2010

Worked in computer lab today.
VinFaux VraiFromage party tomorrow! Bring your food to share.

3U

• Planned and organized "La degustation du chocolat". The event will be Thurs. May 27.

4U

• Worked on paragraph "L'intelligence multiple" 15 sentences, good copy due Fri May 21. Used "BonPatron" website to help with editing.
• "L'école du rêve" PowerPoint draft uploaded into First Class Parkside Modern Language conference in FSF 4U folder.

Quest le 14 & 17 mai 2010

BTT

• Finished "My Personal Mandala" and e-mailed it to teacher.
• Did lesson on Excel on May 14 and worked on travel budget assignment.
• Did new assignment on May 17 from OERB website called "Spreadsheets - Introduction". See assignment posted in our First Class conference for details.

French

• Competed worksheets on sports vocabulary from Wed. and new sheets on food vocabulary.
• Watched "Terry Fox" DVD.

FSF 3/4U le 14 & 17 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Le Petit Prince: Read chapters 9 and 10 in small groups and did discussion questions from “A la découverte” books on table. They should re-read those chapters at home. If group finished, could do one of the sections of “Contrôle grammaticale” from previous chapters of the “A la découverte” books.
• Video The Little Prince.
• on May 17, did "Tell them from Me" survey in computer lab for 2nd half of class.

Quest le 19 mai 2010

BTT

• use what learned in Spreadsheet assignment from last week to improve and complete your trip budgeting assignment. E-mail in to teacher when done.
• Use what learned in File Management assignment from yesterday to better organize own files and folders.
• Some students still need to complete Mandala assignment.
• Can further explore the OERB on-line lessons for BTT as able to access from assignments about Spreadsheets and File management.

French

• Complete SmartBoard Notebook assignment. Have someone in the class test it. Improve it where necessary. E-mail it to teacher so that we can use it in class tomorrow.

Vin Faux Vrai Fromage party tomorrow 1:30 - 2:45.

FSF 3/4U le 19 mai 2010

FSF3/4U

• Read Le Petit Prince ch.11 and 12 and did discussion questions #2 and #5.
• re-read for homework
• In computer lab 301 tomorrow (Thurs).
• Vin Faux Vrai Fromage party Friday morning.

3U

• Read livre pgs. 84 - 87 and did questions orally
• cahier pgs. 68 - 69
• started some planning for "la dégustation du chocolat"

4U

• écoute cahier pg. 45
• check and correct cahier pgs. 42 - 44
• lesson: le faire causitif cahier pgs.57 - 58
• complete draft of paragraph for "Mes intelligences multiples" for tomorrow

FSF 3/4U le 18 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Finished reading Chapter 10 of "Le Petit Prince" and did discussion questions.
• Watched parts 4 and 5 of the musical.
• We will be in the computer lab 301 on Thurs. May 19.
• VFVF Party Fri. May 21 - Vin Faux, Vrai Fromage. Each student will contribute something - see sign-up list.

FSF 3U

• Read Express 11e text pgs. 84-86 - article on "le chocolat".
• The group will be preparing a chocolate tasting for the class - target date: Thurs. May 27. More information and computer templates to modify will be posted in our First Class conference.

FSF 4U

• You will be writing a paragraph of about 15 sentences about yourself based on what you learned in the article "l'intelligence multiple" which you read last week. Tonight, prepare brainstorming ideas and an outline. Target due date for completed paragraph Fri. May 21.

Quest le 18 mai 2010

BTT

• Started a new assignment on file management from the OERB because work sent to me don’t always have good file names. The assignment sheet is posted in our First Class Parkside conference Modern Languages in the folder "Quest".
• If completed that assignment, can finish other work previously assigned (specifically the trip planning budget or the SmartBoard vocabulary activity) or can try another assignment from the OERB site.
  

French

• First, went to the website “BBC French” and chose the series “Ma France”. Did Unit 14 “Cooking”. Watched the video, and then did some of the activities associated with that segment. Here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/html/cooking/summary.shtml
• When done, continue work on SmartBoard activity to help each other learn vocabulary about food.
  
  

Quest le 13 mai 2010

BTT

• Continued work on "My Personal Mandala".

French

• Working on creating SmartBoard activities/games to learn vocabulary of foods using Notebook software.

FSF 3/4U le 13 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Great trip to Mickey McGuire's Cheese shop today. We will have our "Vin Faux, Vrai Fromage" party next Friday May 21, so we will be planning that tomorrow.
• Upcoming special event: chocolate tasting...

Quest le 12 mai 2010

Plans for the Vin Faux, Vrai Fromage (Fake wine, real cheese) party: Our best date will be next Wed. May 19 period 3 (12:10 - 1:25 pm). Parents are very welcome to join us.

BTT

• Assignment called “My Personal Mandala” - began yesterday. Must be completed and e-mailed to me on First Class as an attachment by Friday, May 14. This assignment will help you to discover better your personal learning profile. The assignment is posted in our First Class Parkside Modern Language conference in the Quest folder. You will be doing it on the computer using Publisher or Word or Paint and you will refer to your already completed learning inventory sheets for the second circle.
• If done, can go back to PowerPoint presentations and revise/upgrade them. There are other assignments to finish/polish also, including making a SmartBoard Notebook game or activity for vocabulary of food.

French

• DVD – Mission Possible 5 - with handout "quiz" multiple choice to check comprehension.
• package of handouts: All pages have vocabulary of sports and games. You do not have to complete all puzzles, but there are prizes for each puzzle completed and I will be checking them later.

FSF 3/4U le 12 mai 2010

FSF 3U

• Test: le plus-que-parfait et le passé composé. Allowed to use reference sheet if prepared one.
• Read livre pgs. 81 – 82 and answer the questions at the top of page 83 (Je comprends …) orally.
• cahier pgs. 66 – 67. Complete these cahier pages for homework if not done in class.

FSF 4U

• “L'Intelligence Multiple" from Anthologie pgs. 69 – 75. Read the article, do the self-quiz, and then answer the questions on pg. 75 orally in group. No need to write answers and don’t need to do “expansion” activities.
• cahier pg. 41
• brainstorm ideas for paragraph about self and your multiple intelligences.

Quest le 11 mai 2010

BTT

• journal/blog entry


• Explained new assignment "My Personal Mandala". Due Fri. May 14 via e-mail. See assignment sheet in First Class Parkside conference Modern Languages for details.

French

• Today, we all went to the gym for a video film by MADD Canada. Very moving and thought provoking. Stay safe and make smart choices.


• Vin Faux Vrai Fromage party next Wed. May 19. Parents are welcome to attend.

FSF 3/4U le 11 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Did "Bingo" signature game using questions and demonstrative pronouns (Express 11e cahier pg. 60.
• Read Le Petit Prince ch. 8
• 3U - be sure to prepare reference sheet for test tomorrow

Quest le 10 mai 2010

We had a great trip to Mickey McGuire's Cheese shop in downtown Dundas. We learned a lot about different cheeses, how they are made, the history behind them, etc. and we able to taste quite a few different ones. One of our favourites was Roquefort! We purchased 3 of our favourite cheeses and will be having a "Vin Faux, Vrai Fromage" (fake wine, real cheese) party this Friday or early next week.

In computers, we did our blog/journal entry about the trip and started to tie up the Francophone country assignment by analyzing the budget and writing an 8 - 10 sentence paragraph explaining how we found our information, the differences in price for each time of year (high season vs. low season) and any other factors in decision-making for the trip planning.

FSF3/4U le 10 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Did rechauffement oral activity with giving directions (handout).
• Read Le Petit Prince chapitre 7 and did discussion groups.

FSF 3U

• Make sure you have completed cahier pgs. 46 - 51
• Prepare for test Wed. May 12 - le plus-que-parfait & le passé composé. You may use a reference sheet for the test.

FSF 4U

• Make sure you have completed cahier pgs. 47, 49 and 50.
• Review cahier pg. 42 Le pronom possessif and make sure you have made a note in your own notebook.

Quest le 7 mai 2010

BTT

• continued work on trip planning/budget and on recipe book
• some students still need to finish previous assignments
• some students had a chance to look for cooking show videos on YouTube

French

• Finished handout pg. 60 (la distributrice de la station scientifique de l'Antarctique) and 61 (le verbe prendre et la diagramme de Venn des collations)
• Watched the special features from "Les Vacances de M. Bean"
• suggestion for weekend: Watch a favorite DVD in French. Learn some food vocabulary by reading package labels at home.

FSF 3/4U le 7 mai 2010

• Did handout quiz to discover own multiple intelligences.
• Suggestion: use quizzes on www.future1234.ca to discover more about yourself and how you learn best.
• lesson: les pronoms démonstratifs: celui/ceux, celle/celles from Express 11e pgs. 76 - 77
• Finished watching "La Grande Séduction"
• 11e - test next Wed. May 12 on le plus-que-parfait & le passé composé
• Please bring in permission forms for trip to Mickey McGuire's Cheese shop

Quest le 6 mai 2010

French

• Ma Ville idéale presentation by Maddox. Bien Fait!
• handout pages from cahier 57, 58 and 59 (le partitif)
• reviewed names of foods
• quiz: le partitif
• handout pg. 60 - reading using SmartBoard and highlighters

BTT

• working on collecting recipes from your Francophone country and making a simple recipe book
• continued work on trip planning and budget

FSF3/4U le 6 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Le Petit Prince - read chapter 6, did discussion questions in groups, watched part 3 of musical
• re-read ch. 6 at home
• journal/blog suggested entry: Qu'est-ce que vous faites quand vous êtes triste?

FSF 3U

• checked cahier pgs. 47 - 48
• did game on cahier pg.51

FSF 4U

• mini-lesson: les pronoms possessifs, cahier pgs. 42, did 43 and 53 - suggestion: be sure to say the sentences out loud either with a partner or by recording self and reading along.

Quest le 5 mai 2010

BTT

• Letter to Kenya must be completed.
• continued work on trip planning

French

• Kevin and Kodi presented "Ma Ville idéale". Bien fait!
• Continued work on le partitif - review, handout pg. 56 (écoute) and 57
• quiz on le partitif tomorrow (but we will review first)

FSF 3/4U le 5 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Dialogue presentation by Breanne, Jessica and Michelle. Bien Fait!
• Read Le Petit Prince ch.5 together and discussed questions in groups.

3U

• Finish cahier pgs. 53-54 for tomorrow
• Test next week on le plus-que-parfait et le passé composé

4U

• Finish cahier pgs. 45, 49 & 50 for tomorrow

Quest le 4 mai 2010

French

• Presenting poster and guided tour of Ma Ville idéale tomorrow. Practise your guided tour at least 10 times this evening. You can use cue cards, but rely more on your poster for your cues. Talk to your audience, don't just read from your cards.
• Lesson and practice for "le partitif" using the text book (pgs. 48 - 49), oral practice, a short note and some listening (handout - cahier pg. 56)

BTT

• Should be almost done the letter to the students in Kenya. This must be written by hand and is due tomorrow.
• Students worked on Ma Ville idéale to prepare for tomorrow's presentation.

FSF 3/4U le 4 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• in computer lab 301 today
• journal/blog entry: suggested topic: your reactions to ch 4 of Le Petit Prince or find a quotation and explain why you think it is important or relevant to your life.
• Optional: write a couple of multiple choice questions to help summarize chapters of le Petit Prince. We will gather these and transform them into a Senteo "clicker" activity later to review the story.
• Spend 1/2 hour a day Monday to Thursday at home on French completing homework, reviewing/re-doing notes, internet practice activities, reading etc.

3U

• écoute: cahier pg. 52 ex A and B. The audio for this is in our First Class conference. Listen as many times as necessary and check your work from answer sheet.
• cahier pg. 53 -54. Fill in information in point form in French. Use Francophone Countries WebQuest (find it through Google). Choose a country that you are not familiar with.

4U

• Worked on PowerPoint for "l'école du rêve"
• écoute: cahier pg. 51 part B. Audio is in our First Class conference. Listen and check your work from the answer sheet.
• cahier pgs. 47, 49 and 50
• Tex's French Grammar

Quest le 3 mai 2010

BTT

• Continued work on trip planning (Excel).
• Finish brochure.
• Target to complete letter to Kenya for tomorrow (hand written).

French

• Vocabulary of food - snacks and beverages
• looked at project for this unit: presenting a recipe
• Ma Ville Idéale: presentation of poster tomorrow

FSF3/4U le 3 mai 2010

FSF 3/4U

• Gave permission forms for trip to Mickey McGuire's Cheese shop Thurs. May 13. These forms are also available electronically on our First Class conference. The forms are due May 11.
• Gave handouts of vocabulary for rest of the chapters.
• Read Le Petit Prince ch 4 together.
• Re-read on own tonight.
• Group discussion of questions for ch. 4.
• Suggestion: Write chapter summaries for yourself as we complete each chapter.

FSF 3U

• Livre pg. 63
• cahier pgs. 47-48.

FSF 4U

• quick lesson on use of past tenses from cahier pg. 48.
• Do cahier pg. 47.
• later: c. 49-50