le mercredi 19 novembre 2014

An article with tips on learning French: How to learn French on your own which has great tips even for students already enrolled in a language course.
FIF 2D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux lire.

• Cyrano de Bergerac
• Acte V  Quiz. 
• We will be catching up on any quizzes missed because of absences.
• Tomorrow, we will be doing a special activity for half of the class with students from another class.  We will be talking with them about their project "Je me présente".
• les devoirs: 
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topic: OSSLT, Ninja, la nourriture ou - votre choix.  Students should have at least 8 entries completed by the end of this week to be on track.  Blogs are due December 12.
• home study extras

FIF 1D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment éviter la répétition.

• Notre Dame de Paris - la tâche finale. 
• écrite - Good copy with all parts due last Thursday. If not handed in yet, must be submitted by the end of the school day on Wed. Nov. 19. 
• Debriefed the presentations yesterday and gave tips for better presentations i.e. project your voice, talk loud and clear - it is different than a conversation with your friends, face the audience always, not the wall, etc.
• éviter la répétition: les pronoms d'objet direct & indirect & order of pronouns - 
• Practice test given in class on Friday.  Checked and corrected and discussed in class today.  The test tomorrow will follow the same format.  Today we did lots of activities to help students prepare for the test.
• test on object pronouns tomorrow Thurs. Nov 20. Use links in Ms.K-J le jeudi 6 novembre to help to practice and learn pronoun objects. Review your notes and the practice test and handouts given and corrected.  Students are allowed to use a reference sheet of 1/2 letter size paper for the test.  They were given paper and time and tips on how to prepare this reference sheet.
• les devoirs:
• Prepare reference sheet and review les pronoms d'objet for test tomorrow Thurs Nov 20.
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topic: Ninja, la nourriture ou - votre choix.  Students should have at least 8 entries completed by the end of this week to be on track. Full assignment due December 12. 
• home study extras

FSF 2D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment écrire et lire.

• video: la meilleure classe de français en Ontario - filming.
• Project: les souvenirs d'enfance - will be doing speaking with another class next Thurs Nov 27, writing and presenting to own class about a memory from childhood.  Today, we worked in groups to develop a mind-map of ideas and vocabulary to use and about an artifact or photo that you can use to illustrate your story.
• les devoirs:
• practice words for video (handout)
• think about appropriate artifact or photo for Mon enfance.
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topic: OSSLT, Ninja, la nourriture ou - votre choix.  Students should have at least 8 entries completed by the end of this week to be on track.
• home study extras