le mardi 7 octobre 2014

We will be in the computer lab 319 tomorrow.
FIF 2D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons des information au sujet des échanges internationels.

• Présentation de Mme Klaus de CEEF (Canadian Educational Exchange Foundation)
• in groups, made plans of an ideal classroom design
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• handout - Acte 1 scènes 5 à 7.  Re-read and answered questions.  Re-read sections at bottom of page and discuss in groups.  To be completed for Thurs. Oct. 9. 
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.
• Finish Cyrano Acte 1 sc.5-7 questions for Thurs. Oct. 9.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favorite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FIF 1D

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

• in groups, made plans of an ideal classroom design
• Notre Dame de Paris
• ch. 2 and checked activity 1 completed.  Continue work on activities 2 - 6.  Finish for Thurs. Oct 9.  We will have a listening evaluation that day.
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.
• Notre Dame de Paris - Re-read ch. 2 and answer activity 2 - 6.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favorite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FSF 2D

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

• in groups, made plans of an ideal classroom design
• Speaking activity - les cartes
• l'imparfait: la description vs. l'action - checked and corrected handout.  Quiz on formation and action (passé composé) vs. description (l'imparfait)
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.
• handout - l'imparfait - la description.  Finish note also.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favorite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

le lundi 6 octobre 2014

FIF 2D

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

• Watched and listened to Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel Ne me quitte pas - Sting and Ne me quitte pas - Celine Dion  Filled in blanks on paper and discussed briefly.
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• handout - Acte 1 scènes 5 à 7.  Re-read and answered questions.  Re-read sections at bottom of page and discuss in groups.  To be completed for Wed. Oct. 8. 
• watched DVD
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.
• Finish Cyrano Acte 1 sc.5-7 questions for Wed. Oct. 8.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FIF 1D

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

• Watched and listened to Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel Ne me quitte pas - Sting and filled in blanks on paper. Discussed briefly.
• Notre Dame de Paris
• read ch 2 & listened to dramatic reading.  Some discussion. 
• Re-read ch. 2 and answer activity 1.
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.
• Notre Dame de Paris - Re-read ch. 2 and answer activity 1.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FSF 2D

le but d'apprentissage (learning goal): Nous apprenons comment mieux ecouter et parler des evenements au passe.

• Watched and listened to Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel Ne me quitte pas - Sting and Ne me quitte pas - Celine Dion  Filled in blanks on paper and discussed briefly.
• Speaking activity - les choses que je faisais et ne faisais pas quand j'etais plus jeune.
• l'imparfait.  Reviewed formation and had lesson on use - la description vs. l'action - made own note - see photo below for a very brief summary of our discussion.
• practiced on handout to be completed for tomorrow. 
• les devoirs:
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: Commencer, arreter, continuer ou les chansons.

• handout - l'imparfait - la description.  Finish note also.
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

le vendredi 3 octobre 2014

FIF 2D

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

• Cyrano de Bergerac
• corrected handout - les questions Acte 1 scènes 1 à 4 
• read scenes 5, 6, 7
• watched DVD
• Pas de devoirs pour la fin de semaine unless there is work not finished from this week.
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: la journée pédagogique
• Binder and dividers if not already done. Add another section: la communication orale
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French, but there is no work assigned for the weekend.

FIF 1D

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

• Notre Dame de Paris
• checked and corrected chapter 1 ex. 2 & 3
• started to read ch 2
• watched Le Petit Nicolas
• Pas de devoirs pour la fin de semaine unless there is work not finished from this week.
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: la journée pédagogique
• Binder and dividers if not already done. Add another section: la communication orale
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French, but there is no work assigned for the weekend.

FSF 2D

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

• Speaking activity - Quand j'avais 5 ans - use handout from yesterday to talk about your childhood.
• corrected handout: l'imparfait - la formation, review lesson, made own rough note (see photos below)
• Pas de devoirs pour la fin de semaine unless there is work not finished from this week.
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: la journée pédagogique
• Binder and dividers if not already done. Add another section: la communication orale
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French, but there is no work assigned for the weekend.

le jeudi 2 octobre 2014

FIF 2D

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

• ecoute - DELF B1 pg.12 act.3
• Cyrano de Bergerac
• worked on handout - les questions Acte 1 scènes 1 à 4 - short answers only, work in groups, due Fri Oct 3
• re-read scenes 1 - 4 if haven't already done so
• read plot and character summary if haven't already done so
• watched DVD
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• re-read Cyrano de Bergerac Acte 1, scenes 1- 4 and complete questions for Fri Oct 3
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FIF 1D

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

• Guest presenter Mme Dean - comment conjuger les verbes "er" & "ir" - lesson, handout
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 15 - 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• Notre Dame de Paris - ch. 1 - re-read and answer activites 2 & 3
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FSF 2D

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

• Groups presented resume of  choice of 3 different articles from Nouvelles Frontières 10e: Les Parfums pg.65, Le soin des animaux sauvages pg. 69, or L'histoire des calendriers pg.76.  Discussion and brief notes on how to do better presentations.
• introduction to another way of talking about events in the past: l'imparfait.  Discussed formation & practiced on handout to be completed for tomorrow. 
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• finish handout - l'imparfait.
• review le passé composé
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

Being a successful student

skills-that-every-high-school-student-need

Essay contest - 10e, 11e, 12e années

le Français pour l'avenir/French for the Future essay contest

le mercredi 1er octobre 2014

FIF 2D

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

• Speaking activity - partners and descriptions of short videos video 1 & video 2
• Cyrano de Bergerac: Acte I, scene 4 - read "le Tirade du nez"
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• watched  Le tirade du nez du film et Le tirade du nez d'une piece  
• handout - les questions Acte 1 scènes 1 à 4 - short answers only, work in groups, due Fri Oct 3
• returned quiz le passé composé - students have the option of doing corrections and submitting the test tomorrow to increase their mark (max. 23/30).
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• re-read Cyrano de Bergerac Acte 1, scenes 1- 4 and complete questions for Fri Oct 3
• le passé composé - test corrections
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FIF 1D

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

• handed in corrected tests "les verbes au present".  Students had the option of correcting mistakes on their test and handing the test in to the teacher tomorrow to gain up to 45/60 on the test.  Only 6 students chose to do this.
• Did learning skills/work habits self-evaluation.  Talked about how to become a better student: Qu'est-ce que vous commencez, vous arrêtez et continuez à faire?  Wrote a short plan and handed it in.
• Notre Dame de Paris
• Discussed importance of re-reading chapter 1.
• Posted the winning drawings of Quasimodo from the description in the book.  See below for photos.
• Corrected ch. 1 questions exercise 1.
• écoute - pg.14 ex. 4 - did and corrected. Short discussion.
• read article "Paris, hier et aujourd'hui", answered questions and submitted.
• Re-read chapter 1 "le Pape des Fous" and answer questions ex. 2 & 3
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 15 - 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• Notre Dame de Paris - ch. 1 - re-read and answer exercise 1
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

FSF 2D

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

• Speaking activity - partners and descriptions of short videos video 1 & video 2
• Optional: re-submitted quiz le passé composé - students had the option of doing corrections and submitting the test to increase their mark (max. 23/30).
• Speaking activity - Hier, j'ai fait...je n'ai pas fait... je suis allé...Je ne suis pas allé...
• Groups prepared resume of  choice of 3 different articles from Nouvelles Frontières 10e: Les Parfums pg.65, Le soin des animaux sauvages pg. 69, or L'histoire des calendriers pg.76.  Maximum 10 sentences.  Can finish tomorrow.
• les devoirs:  Should be spending about 20 min a day on review/finishing work.
• review le passé composé
• journal/blog entry for this week - suggested topics: septembre, l'automne ou le football
• Students are always encouraged to watch a favourite DVD in French (no subtitles), play some French games on internet, do Duolingo , watch French TV, read a blog entry & write a positive comment from your class blog network, read some French articles, magazines, books or newspapers (hard copy or on-line), practice numbers or review some French.

Quasimodo 

Première place

2e place

3e place