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!!!