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.