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