le 26 octobre

FSF 1D
Extras for you;

FLIP TFO - les meilleurs moments de la semaine -Cliquez ici - vous pouvez regarder

Kahoots - C'est l'Halloween

La geographie - How well do you know Canada en francais? Cliquez ici et voyez si tu connais le Canada!

le 22 octobre

FSF 1D et FSF 3U / 4U - You have lab days today and instructions are on elearning.

FSF 2D - I hope your preparations for your big writing task are coming along nicely. Remember that the supply has some answer sheets for you to complete, and that there are lots of useful tools on elearning as well as recents posts here on your blog.

Today is to be your preparation day for your big writing task that you will complete in the lab tomorrow.

You will be writing a letter that will describe things that happened in the past. You will be expected to add a few pronouns as well. The letter can follow the same formats as the ones you have read in class (think back to the beginning of the semester) and there is another example at the front of the class for you.

 You can write about whatever you would like, and if you would like inspiration, or a place 'to have visited and to write from', here are some links that I wanted to discuss with you this week;

http://www1.tfo.org/education/Episode/55904/les-pays-le-laos

http://www.tfo.org/fr/univers/cinq/100315609/les-pays-le-cambodge




The username and password to watch these is by the computer keyboard.

You can also use your Vietnam knowledge if you'd like. Including info from a place will not be a requirement on your task. 


Please be prepared to (without notes) write about at least 7 actions in the past, be able to describe them, use pronouns and adjectives and comparisons. If I were you, I would write out a rough copy practice today and have a friend peer edit.

Hope you are having a good week!

le 20 octobre

Bonjour! 

Please check elearning (accessible through the school homepage) for updates and additional help.

=)

le 16 octobre

Bonjour!

FSF 2D - Students today were involved in elections. We listened to French titles of well known movies and guessed them, and we watched some clips from TFO about Les expressions quebecoises  (capote pas, tire-toi une buche). We also watched a publicite that was une parodie of a european telecommunications provider and tried to recognize the linguistic differences between the speakers. We also tried to look at the big picture and look for visual cues to infer what the purpose of this parodie was. Here is a link to our publicite du jour. 


There are some new concepts that we will venture into next week. Here are a few things to look at to prepare yourself;

Have you seen this before? Try this quiz. Reflechissez: J'ai mon stylo, et je le donne a mon ami parce qu'il n'avait pas un stylo. 

Here is an example of how these pronoms LE LA et LES are used, with another self corrcecting activity

Here is a video tutorial  

We will talk more lundi!   Enjoy your weekend!





FSF 1D - Great digital interactivity today!! We played some kahoots and then enjoyed a video en francais. Students will be writing a letter similar to one we have read in class for a written mark on Monday. From the activities today, they should have a great idea of their level of preparation for this task. They are encouraged to scroll back through the previous posts to visit the links provided for practice, and here are some more to help. The students have practiced writing in class, and their speaking task preparation was a good indicator that they are quite ready to write their first big paragraph in class.

Can you complete this paragraph?
Can you match the correct statements and places to the photos provided? (au, chez, = to) 

Here is another self correcting activity

Here is a big challenge; Click here to challenge yourself with some less familar vocab   Use what you know already to see what rules may apply to these real thought provoking questions

 
FSF 3U / 4U - Very nice work on your written resumes/ CVs on Thursday and for your participation vendredi avec moitie / moitie.  Please review the following sites and watch the videos on D2L for Monday's class as part of review and rehearsal for your listening task and writing task for marks. 

Do you remember the conditionnel? J'aurais une grande maison si j'avais $1 000 000? Here is a link with aides if you need refreshers 

 Here is a slideshow about le conditionnel if you need it

Play jeopardy and see how you do! 

Can you propose your suggestions orally to these situations using le conditionnel? 

Can you follow along with cette chanson et choisis les paroles correctes?

 

Bon weekend

le 14 octobre

Bonjour tout le monde!
Good work today! Students received their reports today.

FSF 2D - Today, students rehearsed for their speaking task that will happen tomorrow. They will be comparing commercials and explaining things that they saw happen. They will be encouraged to describe things in the past, so a review of notes and practice on elearning tonight is suggested!!

FSF 1D - Students received reports today. They completed their quick dessin of an Alamo D'Etre, we checked our crosswords to see if we were on the right track, and we completed a quiz for assessment (assessed on the spot by Mme) for students to see if they need to practice. If so, scroll for previous posts for practice, s'il te plait!!! Students started working on their simple sweet renditions of fairy tales and lullabies and will complete them and say them tomorrow for a mark. They will have a listening activity for marks on Friday.

FSF 3U / 4U - Curriculum Vitae day !! Students wrote and completed a CV pour Mme today for a written mark, and posed as a candidate pour un employ of their choix. Well done and with lots of explanations!

le 13 octobre

Bonjour classes!

Hope everyone had a good long weekend! On Thursday last week, we were in the lab and our work can be found on elearning.

FSF 2D- Today, we talked about ways to be respectful and show good active listening, by learning some expressions. We also changed our seating plan, watched some publicités, and talked about their purposes, how effective they were and what was good about them. Students will be sharing opinions for marks on Thursday October 15.

FSF 1D-  Today, we answered questions to describe what we did or didn't do this past weekend, we played dix but with MRS DR VANDERTRAMP verbs to develop our knowledge of describing the past. We started working on our quick Alamo d'Etres to demonstrate that we know what those actions look like when written in the past. We are gearing up for our first written activity.  Students are encouraged to play the games and do the activities online on D2L for practice. There are some here.
THERE IS A SELF ASSESSED QUIZ the first twenty minutes of class tomorrow.  ☺

Can you match these phrases to the photos?

Click on the link below to play a helpful game.
http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/smazurelle/dynamots/a2/m5/gr_poussin.htm


FSF 3U / 4U - Students prepared for their writing task tomorrow (a resume and questionnaire) by completing a sequencing activity using concepts taught to describe the past and chronologically explain the first actions (plus - que - parfait, imparfait, passé compose). We completed a listening activity with it and watched an episode of Raphael. You can find it here;
Raphael au Togo

le 6 octobre

FSF 2D - We have been so busy in class!!!! We talked about languages, and the cultural and identity changes in French speaking islands. We saw and heard how some French speaking countries' 'autochtones' are speaking their langue maternelle less and less. As part of being able to compare en français, we discovered more about Seychelles, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Guyane et Wallis et Futuna by reading les faits à propos de ces pays. Our next few weeks will be about different French speaking places and we will be comparing, talking about things we will and would do, and learning more about the different parts of the French speaking world.
Here is one video we watched.
Wallis et Futuna - Là où je dors - Gregory

FSF 1D -  Today was Canadian Cognitive Skills test. Great work!

FSF 3U / 4U - Nous avons discuté du niqab, et nous avons practiqué le plus-que-parfait. We are starting to see and hear how it can be used in a story.
Please visit the elearning site and complete what is on there for practice!

le 5 octobre

FSF 2D - Today students practiced, group assessed for feedback, and then presented their renditions of fairy tales! They were fantastic. As a listening component, students were to identify 3 events from three different stories they heard and plot them on a timeline. Nicely done!!!

FSF 1D - Some students read the blog and answered my question correctly! We continued our discovery of Madagascar by debriefing about Friday, by watching another video and analyzing its purpose, and by answering Vrai ou Faux to the questions based on the video (students now know what animals exist, as well as a bit more about how Madagascar looks). These questions described things that were done in the video. We are reviewing / learning passé composé. We partnered up, found actions that happened on our question sheet, identified differences and similarities, and then filled out a 'minute note' on passé composé to use as a reference. Students then told me what they did over the weekend by pointing to parfois / souvent, rarement, toujours or jamais on their chalkboards, and created some sentences on their own in passé composé. ON WEDNESDAY, we will have a little quiz at the end of class to make sure we can describe common activities in the past.

Voici le vidéo que nous avons vu.

Click here to practice by playing a game... J'ai vu will help!! ☺ There are a few challenges as well!

FSF 3U / 4U - We wrapped up some speaking evaluations where 'interview' like questions were conducted. We also (all on elearning) checked out the plus-que-parfait, and had a "Bilan de mes competences" worksheet to be our first portfolio task for written marks.

le 2 octobre

FSF 2D - We did a self assessment with this activity; Click here to see the activity and try it yourself for a reassessment!  Students are becoming more familiar with understanding the context and the full purpose of something they read in order to deduce whether something happened often in the past or happened only once. They can create settings for stories now and will be presenting their conte de fée summary or conclusion LUNDI! They can access how they will be evaluated on elearning, as well as the criteria.

FSF 1D - Today was a lab day. We discovered Madagascar and a few of its inhabitants, en français!
Click here to access all of what we saw, read, and heard. 
Students completed a chart demonstrating what information they gathered about the characters, where they live, what they like to do and their country. We also accessed a spreadsheet to see classmates likes and dislikes by placing our names under the appropriate column for each question posed on français. Students said they often, always, rarely or never do those activities.  (parfois, toujours, rarement et jamais). They also had a few games to try as introductions to our new concept; describing things in the past.  They were reminded to check the blog everyday and especially today because...

This slideshow is for homework - please read through 

This link is a video I would like you to watch - enjoy!!!

I will be asking you what you did on the weekend, and one thing I would like you to say was "J'ai vu le blog et j'ai lu le slideshow!!!"   ☺





FSF 3U / 4U - Dramatisations aujourd'hui!!!! Speaking marks were earned today!
 Excellent speaking today!!! French for almost the ENTIRE CLASS!!!

le 30 septembre

FSF 2D - Today we did a fun listening activity en français about animal noises to get warmed up. Then, we read some mixed up events and placed them in a timeline en français. We recognized the words and phrases depuis, ça faisait, il y a   _____    / il y avais  _______ ans. Students thought critically to deduce which events happened first, which happened for a while, and which were debateable and why. Tomorrow we will listen to a paragraph and place events on a timeline. The rest of class was dedicated to our Conte de fée work where students will complete or summarize un conte de fée en français for a speaking mark. BE SURE TO GO TO ELEARNING and email MME to vote for your choice of rating scale for your evaluation.   =)

FSF 1D - Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and be sure to hand in your arbre généalogique!!

FSF 3U  / 4U   - We started class by looking at a chart of different animaux, and identified how they were all related to one another (poule, poussin or chein, chienne, chiot). We then listened to an activity without any visual clues to identify what info (about the world of work) was being shared, by whom, why, and what type of tv program it could be. Students completed a quick assessment to see if they could identify the grande idée de l'émission. Words we became familiar with; au globale, également, par contre, faire attention, faire face, mal à l'aise et malaise. We are wrapping up our World of Work unit and will be completing our dramatization (get your interview skills honed and prepare to elaborate en français =) ) VENDREDI!!!
link to TVA nouvelles - doit-on parler de salaires?

le 29 septembre

FSF 2D - Students today read aloud, identified the timeline (past, present, future), and guessed true and false on events about Mme's life.  They are prepared to do their listening timeline tomorrow! We summarized Boucles d'or with passé composé et imparfait, and students began working on their own summaries / conclusions on les contes de fees for a speaking mark.

FSF 3U / FSF 4U - We did a fun activity on animal sounds to see how French sounds are said differently in English. We also self-assessed on certain skills used in the workforce (backside of vocab activity). Questions for our dramatization on VENDREDI are up on d2l / elearning.

le 28 septembre

FSF 2D - Aujourd'hui, nous avons identifié des phrases au futur, présent, et au passé. We talked about what we hear to verify the time that the actions are happening. We created a list of key words that help. We discussed and analysed the song from vendredi (great work on your shared ideas on your exit cards), and we scanned an article about Cyclone Pam à Vanuatu for the important information to answer qui, que (qu'est-ce que), où, quand, pourquoi, comment et combien de . We then watched the video, did a class Venn to describe imparfait et passé compose of actions we saw and heard described. Students are doing an excellent job applying what they have learned. Be sure to complete the Imparfait sheet (up to and including if you want the Boucles d'or activity).

Also, click here to play a reinforcement game
Here is where you can click on whether you think it is passé composé ou l'imparfait

Here is the video que nous avons regardé - Vanuatu - Cylcone Pam était un désastre!


FSF 1D - Arbres généalogiques are due! Enjoy your day!!

FSF 3U / FSF 4U - We practiced questions for our dramatization, and we watched an episode of Raphael, Citoyen du Monde.

le 25 septembre

FSF 2D - Une journee au labo! Lab day! Check elearning for details. 

FSF 1D - Our first big assignment! Students have been creating an arbre genealogique (fictional or non fictional). Those who were completed at the end of class, handed their work in. Those who are completing it over the weekend can email scan or photo scan to mmejbell@gmail.com, or can slide their work under my door Monday morning. It was nice to see students using their time well and being resourceful with their notes. Bravo!

FSF 3U / FSF 4U - Une journee au labo! Lab day! Be sure to check elearning for details.  A list of questions rehearsed in class will be posted on Sunday. 

Have a great weekend! Bon weekend!

le 24 septembre

Bonjour!!!  Great day, everyone! Merci pour la participation!

FSF 2D -  we completed a listening activity on Vietnam, and we continued our Imparfait / Passé composé en groupe. Nice work, everyone and felicitations to our winners- great cooperation en français! Don't forget that tomorrow is a lab day, et vous avez besoin vos écouteurs.

FSF 1D -  Today, students listened to and drew / wrote a family tree about a fictional character that they heard. We recapped our activity from yesterday. They also became aware with different actions that students like / dislike doing by completing a move-up match activity, and a quick listing activity on action words/ activities. Tomorrow we will be completing a family tree task in class. Students have been encouraged to think about and plan at home what they may describe.

FSF 3U / FSF 4U - Today, we took up our vocab questions, we completed an assessment on skills and behaviours that are useful in work environments en français, and we practiced interview questions en français. Those questions will be on elearning tomorrow. We also have a lab day tomorrow so please bring your écouteurs!!

Have a nice night! Bonne nuit!

le 23 septembre

FSF 2D - Aujourd'hui, nous avons écouté et discuté  notre jeunesse. We played telephone by practicing describing our childhood. Quand j'étais jeune, je pleurais beaucoup. In a friendly competition, we completed an activity matching up things one used to do. Click here to see the activity.   We took up homework and also starting working on descriptions of the past and what the differences are. HOW ACCRO are you? We saw an example of our French phrases presentation today as well. Students did a great job listening to a dialogue in French and figuring out what the term 'accro' means. They will present one of their own this semester. Click the links to see photos to remind you.   Don't forget those helpful words that will remind / give context to completed actions!
  accro de portables - you know who you are - tu sais qui tu es!!! - ☺   ACCRO!!!!!!!!!

FSF 1D - Today, we had our homework checked. Most were completed the sheet and can identify people to their personality traits. Our goal was to read some explanations of family members and to create a good gift list for those family members based on what we read. Students first completed a speaking activity describing people, we watched a video and distinguished which likes and dislikes belonged to Dana, as well as which adjectives described her and her ideal friend.  Video link here: Bonjour, je m'appelle Dana.  Today, students met their goal by creating thoughtful lists. They are prepared now to create a Family tree that will describe what people like to do, are, and have.
Family tree will be due September 25 at the end of class.

FSF 3U / FSF 4U -  Students today completed an enquête, and a sondage. We described the majorité of answers of possible future predictions. Students have been working on pronunciation and rephrasing, as well as vocabulary in preparation for our monde du travail CV, interview and discussion. We completed our annonces (they will start demain!) and students received their journals with feedback. There will be a listening activity on Friday.

le 22 septembre

FSF 2D -  Nous avons discuté les activités d'hier. Students were encouraged to reflect on what they were doing when they heard K make un gros bruit. We started our written introduction of L'imparfait and there is a helpful handout (do ex A pour les devoirs, s'il vous plait!). We also created our own chart to apply the three steps we learned, and we played kahoot!!
LAPSE de MME - mangeait mais mangions.
Want to play a kahoot from class? Try this link! Essayez ce lien.
Aussi, il y a un autre kahoot d'aujourd'hui
Voici un 'slideshow' mignon pour aider. Leçon de l'imparfait, if you require further clarification

Practice here - can you complete the sentences with imparfait?   Click on VERIFIER LES REPONSES to check how you did!!
Song tomorrow for sure. =)

FSF 1D - Students today conducted surveys en français asking what others have / are. We are applying what we know about adjectives and using AVOIR and ETRE in preparation for our new concepts. Students spoke French by asking questions and learning how to respond (affirmatively and negatively). We are talking about strategies that help us understand the context of sentences as well in case we aren't confident about what every single word means (when we talked about our self-assessment quiz yesterday). We are speaking more and more and I appreciate your participation. Students also had an activity to complete about adjectives - listing who they knew that conveyed that description words and whether they are like that or not. Je suis aventureuse / Je ne suis pas aventureux.

Here are some links of games to help;

Les adjectifs - Rags to Riches - read the instructions carefully. Do you recognize what these adjectives mean en français?
Avoir - Faites les associations! Match these too!!
Etre - Etre - pouvez-vous relier? Can you match?
To rehearse and practice for later  (plus tard)  - How many action words are already a part of your vocabulary!?

FSF 3U / FSF 4U
  Students were given a list of vocabulary pour le monde du travail to help enhance what words they have already learned. They completed a reading activity based on this vocab, to help apply les nouveaux mots! Students also worked on les annonces.
Pour le revision -  Future simple

le 21 septembre

Bonjour encore!

FSF 2D-   We are moving ahead with our experiences au passé! Students can now describe actions that happened from personal events and describe using c'était with an adjective. They can listening and identify responses from other students as well. We read intros from recognizable stories using c'était et il y avait and identified the titles of these stories based on what we read. We completed an intro activity on l'imparfait (was happening). Students are listening and paraphrasing well en français and I appreciate your enthusiasm and participation with our activity. I am glad no one was shocked too much by our GRANDE interruption!  =) We watched and discussed a video qui était à propos du Vietnam, aussi.  Tomorrow, une chanson!!!

FSF 1D - We completed our speaking activities. Students completed a self-assessment on AVOIR and ETRE based on our blog homework from the weekend. Be sure to always check the blog and be thorough when Mme suggests!!! We listened to a dialogue that was an interview and put the phrases we heard in order. We started identifying words that describe people by sharing ideas with camarades and we also had draws for our first billets / bonbons!!!

FSF 3U / 4U - We started les annonces, we watched and learned and completed an activity on le Cambodge and compared it to notre monde du travail and we analysed a tableau avec les emplois le plus payants. We also took a look at les publicités pour les travailleurs à Québec. Tomorrow we will start our last bit of review, and piece it all together to prepare ourselves for our monde du travail dramatization!

Good start to the week, tout le monde!

le 18 septembre - bon weekend!

FSF 2D - We completed our first listening activity for marks (choix multiple, open questions, et un peu de metacognition!). Students demonstrated they are very capable of making connections in a story and conveyed a very strong understanding of what happened in that story. Well done et félicitations in completing your first task for marks! Be sure you read your pink sheet that was given out jeudi. ☺

FSF 1D - We had our first day in the lab and know what the expectations are when we have lab days. Students completed their speaking tasks with me one-on-one well, and listened to a dialogue between two classmates and answered questions in various forms. Helpful hint: always be sure to read Mme's helpful hints and to read instructions carefully! It is a successful work habit!

Here are two activities that will help us for our task on Monday:  

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/tobetohave.htm

Please listen and play the game here!!

For anyone who needs it, here is a fun alphabet video for you - with the phonetic listings if you don't have them from our activities this week Cliquez ici! Click here for the cute song!!

le 17 septembre

FSF 2D - We analysed qui  était le plus difficile à comprendre from our last listening activity. We also tried a second activity found here and students really can piece together spoken French well, in different dialects with different speech paces. We played a board game to enhance pronunciation, confidence and application of completed actions. Next up, students will have a listening activity tomorrow for marks and will find out what type of fun French colloquialism they will be presenting to the class!

FSF 1D - Speaking tasks took place today, where we applied good techniques to apply to every task for marks. Students were encouraged to prepare ahead of time, make notes on the page and all spoke with confidence. Mission accomplished! Pronunciation has improved, and students are speaking!! We took a style of learning quiz and worked in our review booklet while we waited our turns to speak. Students who didn't complete the speaking task will tomorrow. There is also a listening activity for marks tomorrow! It is a comprehension activity where students will listen to a conversation and answer questions.

FSF 3U / 4U -  Today, we identified qui travail où, ce qu'ils y font, as well as dissected an article for a play that was based on le chomage <-- a="" by="" gary="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xx1SwtMtvs" listened="" new="" song="" sylvain="" target="_blank" to="" unemployement="" we="" word="">Click here to access it!
   We identified jobs we heard, about what he was singing and how he felt about le monde du travail. We also recognized the difference of Je suis étudiant / Je suis un bon étudiant.  (notice how un is taken away.  Some questions we discussed en français dans nos journaux were;1. Quand on cherche un emplois, qu'est-ce qu'on veut trouver?
2. Dans n'importe quel boulot, quelles connaissances sont les plus importantes?
3. Quels types de travails existeront à l'avenir?

le 16 septembre

FSF 2D - Today, we talked about one thing that we did in the past and our goal to improve our life today. Ex. Hier, j'ai mange des croustilles, et aujourd'hui, je ne mange que des légumes.  Students were encouraged to find ways to improve something in their life and use an expression like ne... que instead of seulement to expand our vocab.  We did a listening activity (our first à première écoute) and students were strong in persevering and putting pieces of phrases together to figure out the general idea of the story (and even more). We discussed the names of punctuation in French too.

FSF 1D - We completed our review cercle de camarades, had photos taken throughout the class, and rehearsed for our listening and speaking tasks. Tomorrow is our first speaking task for marks!
Please complete the online activities from this week if you haven't already and here is one for today.
Can you identify when we use HAVE / HAS and when we will say BE / AM / ARE?

FSF 3U / FSF 4U - We are entering into our first unit about jobs, work, our futures, how our experiences will help us create the future we want and developing a CV (resume). We added more to our journals and talked about 'family words' in French (cuisine, cuisinier, cuisiniére), identifying parts of speech. Great work. We completed a quick listening activity online as well!

le 15 septembre

FSF 2D-  Review of how to describe things we have done -  Nous avons continué avec notre révision en regardant et en lisant (by watching and reading) les paroles / lyrics d'une chanson.  Students are encouraged to try all the links available on the blog for additional reinforcement.
Here is the link to the song - we learned the expression ne... que - Ne s'aimer que la nuit
I think students are becoming more familiar in recognizing hints and using strategies to get the big ideas presented when listening to French.

Play battleship here to practice the passé composé with être

FSF 1D- Today, students were busy doing many activities as review and reinforcement for their first speaking task (Thursday) and their listening task in the lab on Friday.

Click here to watch the video we interpreted.

We also create dialogues on the spot with our partners. Here are some phrases we are familiar with:

Bonjour / Salut / Allo!!!              Enchantée!

 

Ca va bien?                   Oui, ça va. / Non, ça ne va pas.    Comme çi, comme ça.  Merci !   C’est fantastique!  

Comment ça va?   / Tu t’appelles comment?         Je m’appelle  ________________. Et toi?

                     

D’où viens-tu?                                               Je viens du Canada. Je suis canadien / canadienne.

 

Quel âge as-tu?           J’habite à Grimsby!  J’habite à Smithville. J’habite à Beamsville.

 

Où est-ce que tu habites?                          J’ai ________ ans.                  Mon âge est _________.

 

Quel est ton numéro de téléphone?      Mon numéro de téléphone est __________________________

 

Est-ce que tu aimes l’école?      Oui, j'aime l'école. Non, je n'aime pas l'école (pas la vérité!!!)  =)

 

 

Students also can identify phone numbers, say their own (fictional), understand French names and how they differ in English, spell them and others... They have been busy!!
Students will have lots of resources in their binder to access when completing performance tasks (proojects). Bravo grade nines. Good start! Bon début!


FSF 3U / 4U - Today, after modeling, we listened and shared activities that may or may not have happened in the past. We identified which were des mensonges, and which we de la vérité. We are recognizing families of words (mentir, mensonge, menteur, menteuse), and started to prepare for our first unit about work and our future.

Here are two links to help.
Scroll down here to access les emplois - Regardez les photos and become familiar with these professions en anglais!

Here is the link that I showed you in class - go to "suivant" in the bottom right hand corner to try more listening activities!!!

Students also started creating their own liste de mes accomplissements. They have a lot to list, I bet!!

Bonne journée!

le 14 septembre

FSF 2D - Nous avons fait un cercle de camarades!  We are continuing our review of descriptions in the past. We will be completing a listening activity for marks on Friday le 18 septembre.

Can you identify some meanings here? Try this quiz!

For which activities will I use Etre? Here is a cute photo to remember!!

Here is our link to our new list of ways to enhance our French vocabulary!

FSF 1D - Aujourd'hui  (et demain )we are reviewing useful phrases and ways we can start using French today! We reviewed our diagnostic assessment and discussed the importance of being aware of feedback. We received a booklet and some reference tools that we can always refer back to for help. We have a speaking task Thursday for marks, as well as a listening task Friday for marks in the lab.

Click here to play WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE et practiquez ce que vous apprenez! Practice what we have been listening and speaking about en français!

FSF 3U / 4U - Nous avons écouté une chanson d'Indochine. Nous avons lu un conte fameux, et nous avons commence de jouer MENSONGE ou LA VERITE? Students created their own descriptions of their past from which we will decide if they are true or false.  Great comprehension and warm ups so far, les filles et les garcons!

le 11 septembre

FSF 2D-   We did our first extensive listening activity and students did so well comprehending what they heard without visual cues! We discussed helpful strategies. Bravo! We are doing well at identifying important actions that move a story along.


http://www.tapis.com.au/studentbook2/Unit6/u06_situation_a01.html  - here is our video

http://www.quia.com/rr/165689.html – Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/mc/356871.html   - do you know your être verbs (the verbs that take être as the auxiliary?) and what they mean?

FSF 1D - Today we discussed and executed some very useful organizational tools. We continued our diagnostic assessments and review and students identified the expressions used to talk about what they want, like and don't want and like to do en français; they demonstrated excellent knowledge and have already been applying French in getting to know their camarades dans la classe. Très bien fait!!!




FSF 3U / 4U - Aujourd'hui nous avons discuté les proverbs et quelques expressions. Grade 11s chose their expression du jour and we saw and analysed an exemplar. We used D2L to access useful links to prepare for our first written diagnostic that will help introduce our first unit.


What a nice first week!!! Thank you, classes! Bon weekend!

le 10 septembre

FSF 2D - Nous avons discuté les activités que nous avons fait dans le passé. Nous avons lu et décrit une bande-dessinée de Garfield et nous avons écouté à une chanson à propos d'une petite fille très frustrée!!   That poor mom!
Here is a link for our chanson;
Bébé Lily - Les bétises
Stay tuned tomorrow for links that will reinforce what we have been reviewing.


FSF 1D - Nous avons fait notre evaluation diagnostique. After some introductory activities and warm up, students completed a diagnostic assessment from which it will be determined what we review and where we start in terms of new material. Ca me réjouit that students were comfortable in demonstrating and sharing what they knew. What a respectful, and happy group!! =) Way to go, class! Looking forward to a great year!


FSF 3U / 4U -
We talked about differences between English expressions and French expressions and recognized how similar they are. We interpreted quelques proverbes et expressions en français.  Grade 12s were assigned their presentations of proverbs. We gave values to our oral marks we will receive for them. We also started some diagnostic assessments by listening to this story;
Juliette et son chien - Tapis Volant au passé compose

Great week so far, everyone!! I hope you are all settling in nicely!

la rentrée!!!

Bonjour les étudiants!!!


   It has been a great first day. Enchantée! Nice to meet you   =)

FSF 1D - Please be aware that you will be beginning a diagnostic assessment tomorrow.

FSF 2D - Thanks for a nice start to the morning! A demain!

FSF 3U / 4U - Looking for a great semester. Ca me réjouit que vous êtes rentrés!!!

le 28 mai - Les examens approchent ☺

Bonjour tout le monde!

FSF 1D - We have been talking about describing things in the past and students had a creative task this week. It was due Wednesday. Tomorrow, we will be discovering fairy tales and we will be reviewing the passé compose with a 'surprise task'. SEE BELOW FOR REVIEW, STUDENTS. THERE ARE GAMES TO PLAY FOR HOMEWORK.

FSF 2D - Students have been analyzing and critiquing advertisements in order to interpret real life examples of visual French (commercials and print advertising). Our goal is to discuss how adolescents are affected by media. They will also be creating an ad as well.  EXAM DATES for note orale - mardi le 9 juin, mercredi le 10 juin.

FEF 1D - Nous avons commencé notre critique d'un film. EXAM DATES for note orale :   mercredi le 3 juin, et jeudi le 4 juin.

FEF 3U / 4U - Vous avez discuté du romanticism, vous avez écrit un brouillon pour l'essai (qui va être reviser aujourd'hui ) et voilà!!! Le date finale pour la bonne copie de l'essai est LE 5 JUIN.
LES dates pour les examens orales - le 8 et le 9 pour les débats, et les 10, 11, 12 pour les questions.

A letter will be going home next week about exam dates and we have already started preparing. Students are encouraged to visit this site (and revisit activities on elearning) in order to prepare even more.


FSF 1D practice passé compose :

Le passé composé

http://www.quia.com/rr/165689.html – Rags to Riches

 

Here is a game to match up avoir and etre conjuagaisons, correct endings of verbs (with and without agreement) - Test your skills!

 

http://conjuguemos.com/conjugator.php?language=french&id=17-All verbs

Bonne journée!

Bonjour!

 I hope everyone has had a good first day back and that your weekend was fun!

This week in Mme Bell's classes...

FSF 1D- We read some critiques of places in Grimsby, we read and followed directions around the school for cash =) and we continued watching les Choristes. We will be completing the film, working on expressing actions in the past (passé composé) and writing our own critique.

FSF 2D- Students who completed their work on time presented. Thank you so much for your efforts! Well done!
There are presentations to be completed still. Then, we will be talking about advertising!!

FEF 1D- Excellent work on your Cyrano presentations! You did well and I appreciate all of your enthusiasm and hard work. There are some still left to present. Also, we will be discovering more about the advertising industry this week.

FEF 3/4 U - Today we developed our own ideas about a topic to know how to write a good argumentative essay. We are well on our way to producing some excellent theses on the topics discussed and reviewed in class this year. We know how to strengthen ideas using language and received some helpful hints to create a good essay outline. THESES must be chosen by JEUDI and the rough essay is due NEXT JEUDI.
Some thèses possibles will be up on elearning.

le 15 mai

I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing PA Day!!!!!

Here is our latest news...

FSF 1D - We completed our conversations en français where we were athletes here for the Pan-Am games and les habitants de notre GRAND region giving directions. Students listened, conversed, directed and were polite helpers COMPLETEMENT EN FRANCAIS!!! Excellent work!!!

FSF 2D-  We have been wrapping up Cyrano de Bergerac, and students created mindmaps that demonstrated their understanding of different themes of the pièce, and make real world connections with their chosen theme. Next week we will see some modern renditions of the play! A job well done.  Your reading comprehension work is now overdue if your responses weren't handed in.

FEF 1D - We have been wrapping up Cyrano de Bergerac, and students created mindmaps that demonstrated their understanding of different themes of the pièce, and make real world connections with their chosen theme. Next week we will see some modern renditions of the play! A job well done.  Your reading comprehension work is now overdue if your responses weren't handed in.

FEF 3/ 4 U - We have completed our reading of our extrait de Les Mis. Students wrote a quiz this week and will be interpreting different types of art from the romantic period next week. Final essays were also assigned.

Enjoy the extra long weekend!!!

le 7 mai

FSF 1D - Today we tested ourselves at how well we can listen to directions, a discussion about the Pan Am games, and a mock report about a funny fake Pan Am sport. Students completed a listening activity for marks.

FSF 2D - Today we finished reading our tragic comedy Cyrano. How sad, the ending. Students have tasks due ;  a letter to Roxane (due today), comprehension questions to the two final scenes (1 due today and 1 due Monday) , and next week we will be explaining our feelings to the play, addressing the themes to real life examples, and questioning why themes were presented in a mindmap. There is a copy of an exemplar on elearning. Students will be working on a critique or modern dramatization of the play next week as well.

FEF 1D - Students have completed the play independently and have the following tasks to be aware of ; a letter to Roxane (due today), comprehension questions to the two final scenes (1 due today and 1 due Monday) , and next week we will be explaining our feelings to the play, addressing the themes to real life examples, and questioning why themes were presented in a mindmap. There is a copy of an exemplar on elearning. Students will be working on a critique or modern dramatization of the play next week as well.

FEF 3U / 4U - Students had a day in the lab. A real time debate about modern abuses of power took place on line on elearning. Students watched a report and discussion on police brutality and we did a comprehension activity to check for understanding. We also discussed Les Mis in our chat.

Ayez un bon weekend et bonne journée de la mère!!!

le 6 mai

FSF 1D- We directed each other around our French wing in our mock "ville" by reading and figuring out clues to where the person had to go. We follow directions well in French (and blindfolded!). ☺

FEF 1D- Our work on Cyrano continues, and we know all the important due dates to wrap up this unit. Our lettres à Roxane are due vendredi.☺

FEF 3U / FEF 4U - We are watching Les Mis today. Please click on the link to access it. For those who were away yesterday, there are extra copies of the novel (so far) in the supply folder and please ask a classmate for the questions. If  you would like to continue reading, please do! Click Run this time to Silverlight if you need to have it work!!! link to Les Mis
Bonne journée!! Bring your écouteurs tomorrow for a lab day  ☺

le 5 mai

FSF 1D - WE have been discussing buildings in the city, what good qualities each has, comparing different options of buildings (quel supermarché recommendez-vous? ) and giving suggestions en français. Students are speaking with one another to give advice en français!!! Well done!!!!

FSF 2 D - We are continuing our work on Cyrano. Tomorrow is a listening vocab quiz. We have been reviewing, adventuring into our second to last scène of the play, and answering questions based on the reading very well. Tomorrow students will get a breakdown of their expectations for the following two weeks or so. There will be fun tasks ahead to demonstrate your learning. Be prepared!!!

FEF 1D - We are continuing our work on Cyrano. Tomorrow is a listening vocab quiz. We have been reviewing, adventuring into our second to last scène of the play, and answering questions based on the reading very well. Tomorrow students will get a breakdown of their expectations for the following two weeks or so. There will be fun tasks ahead to demonstrate your learning. Be prepared!!!

FEF 3U / 4U - We continued to watch Les Mis and tomorrow we will begin reading. This link leads you to the last scene we watched. Hopefully it will provide insight to the plot and will help our reading comprehension en français. Students will receive a breakdown of what to expect the next few weeks as well.  Voici le lien pour le film . On est à 11:00

A demain, everyone!

le 5 mai

Bonjour!

FSF 1D - We have been discovering les edifices de notre ville et la region (qu'elle est GRAND!), le passé composé et les activités qu'on fait aux edifices.
FSF 2D - We have been reading and completing comprehension activities en classe. Next week we will be having a vocab quiz, a discussion for marks, and we will start our final projects on Cyrano.

FEF 1D - On a commence Cyrano de Bergerac. Students have been developing their spoken French by reading aloud, expressing how they feel about what they have read, and summarizing en français. We have been reading and completing comprehension activities en classe. Next week we will be having a vocab review, a discussion for marks, and we will start our final projects on Cyrano.

FEF 3/4U - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7xhqd_les-miserables-vf-version-2000-part_shortfilms?from_related=related.page.int.gravity-only.f49c994459257b61d25df0eee0dc191f143050615

le 23 avril

FEF 1D

Vos devoirs aujourd'hui -  cliquez ici!!!

Bon soir!!!

le 21 avril

FEF 3U / 4U

   Aujourd'hui vous pouvez voir mes commentaires sur votre histoire. Ajoutez plus de details et soyez certains que vous rencontriez les attentes. Be sure that this is a showcase of all that you are capable of applying / writing in French up until this point. Use your notes, and please no telephones. 
This story should be at least 250 - 400 words by the end of this class. 
If you run out of ideas for your photo, write a journal entry of your choice to continue writing.
If you were away Friday, you can begin today. The teacher should have extras. 

Please see this link for an English rubric that best explains what I am looking for; word choice, creativity, variety, and grammar (worth more than the other criteria because you are showing me you know lots about it). I have given you a level so far as a starting point to give you an idea. You will receive a level based on this rubric for your real work. Notice how the cat is coloured and detailed in level 4? Give me a colourful story!!!    =)  A colourful, detailed story that showcases your knowledge and creativity


Here is a fun playlist for you to listen to while you're working.  Voici une liste de chansons a ecouter lorsque vous travaillez. Playlist de chansons francaises

It would be a good idea to play it with the screen off so that you're not distraits  / distracted!!

You may begin on our plus-que-parfait/p.c./imparfait review if you are finished. There are sheets on my desk. 

Enjoy your day!

Bonne journee et a demain!

le 17 avril

FSF 1D / FSF 2D - All of your instructions are on elearning today.  We were in the lab yesterday as well. Your writing task is due at the end of class. Have a good weekend, class!

FEF 2D - Bonjour classe!

Le prof a tous les instructions. Avez un bon weekend et je vous verrai lundi!
Il y a un note a lire sur elearning pendant le weekend. Ayez un bon weekend, classe! 

FEF 3U/ 4U - All of your instructions are on elearning today. We were in the lab yesterday as well. Your writing task is due at the end of class.Ayez un bon weekend, classe!

le 14 avril

FSF 1D - We finished our film! We also started working on pronunciation in practicing some fun vire langues! We worked on S and C.  Tomorrow, we are starting a new lesson. Here is something that can help you get started;

Reflexive Verbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzQj448K2HQ-Explanation

FEF 1D - Today we worked more with pronoms with our Mad Libs type activity. We reviewed Y and EN and there are links on elearning if you are interested for those. We will talk more about LE LA et LES demain.  Here are some useful links for these things (called les pronoms objets directs)

Pronoms objects directs

 

http://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-1/exercice-francais-185.php - Practice

http://www.quia.com/rr/381075.html - Practice   --- FOR SURE TRY THIS ONE!!!

http://uregina.ca/LRC/HotPot/French/Elementaire/exercises/P/p012.htm - Practice

http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/gramm.shtml- -Grammar

http://wps.prenhall.com/ml_valdman_cheznous_3/28/7361/1884478.cw/index.html - Practice

http://uregina.ca/LRC/HotPot/French/Elementaire/exercises/P/p011.htm - Practice

FEF 3U / 4U -  We continued our work on describing actions that have happened (le plus que parfait) , and on having actions done by others (le faire causatif).

   FEF 3U - verify your homework activity here Check your answers by clicking here and choosing your answers. Read the instructions that are below pour les resultats
Many useful links are below

Le plus-que-parfait - les utiles utiles   =)

 

http://www.slideshare.net/AlexandreAlbert/le-plus-que-parfait-23878681?next_slideshow=1 – Slideshow

 http://www.powershow.com/view1/219781-ZDc1Z/Le_Plus-que-Parfait_powerpoint_ppt_presentation - Slideshow

 http://www.synapse-fr.com/manuels/PLUS_QUE.htm -note

http://conjuguemos.com/conjugator.php?language=french&id=18 - Practice

http://www.quia.com/custom/3793main.html - Practice

http://www.quia.com/jg/3793.html - Practice

 http://www.quia.com/quiz/1153480.html?AP_rand=1343603728 - plus-que-parfait, imp, et P.C.

 http://www.synapse-fr.com/manuels/PLUS_QUE.htm -note

http://wps.prenhall.com/ca_ph_parmentier_enbons_7/46/11989/3069221.cw/content/ -Exercise

 http://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-18521.php - Practice

http://www.quia.com/custom/3793main.html - Practice

For tomorrow, we are going to talk about le conditionnel passé
et les pronoms possessifs ( watch at 8 min here to see How do you say 'it's yours' or 'it's mine?' )

FEF 4U - Le Faire Causatif
  -vidéo pour l'expliquer
 - Voici un bon exercice et j'ai des réponses!
Remember there is also help on elearning