Wednesday, 12 December 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French - After a peer assessment, and rehearsal, students presented their Monster Film, including a short synopsis, and well done poster. The second period they watched Master Chef, France.

Grade 8 French- students worked on comparative and superlative, and adjectives.
Homework: complete the worksheet.

Grade 4-5 students are now using a variety of ER ending verbs to express activities performed in several careers.
Homework: have the name of your preferred career.

Grade 6 Because of rehearsals, the class was a bit short. Students did a cloze activity with the verbs: vouloir, pouvoir ,and devoir.

Grade  1 The Christmas hand puppet is out! Students are singing a few favourite French songs.

JK/SK Very enthusiastic students, all trying to get house points for naming famous Christmas characters.

Grade 2-3 Students had fun searching for holiday themed words. Several house points were given today!!!

Monday, 10 December 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students used the first period reviewing passé composé by playing Kahoot. They also had their rough copy edited, and presentations are on Wednesday.

Grade 8 French Today, 3 students had their riddles completed, and Ryan had the upper hand in this game. The lesson was 'le commparatif des adjectifs'.
HOMEWORK complete the worksheet for Wednesday.

Grade 4-5 Students began using the negative. More on this on Wednesday.

Grade 6 students had a 'cloze' activity using vocabulary from the unit.  Everyone did really well. HOMEWORK, please complete the cross word puzzle for next class.

This afternoon, there was a dress rehearsal for the concert. Grade 1 had only a few minutes to answer a few riddles about Christmas vocabulary, and JK/SK did not have French today.

Grade 2-3 students worked on applying gender too a few but frequently used adjectives. Most students had time to write a short description of a girl named Clodine.

Thursday, 6 December 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students co-wrote a checklist for the up coming summative. So, here is a summary: you will need to create a poster (regular size paper), it should have a title, the main actor, date of release. You will need to write a short blurb for your film, cite your sources (your research). The rough copy is due Monday, Dec 10.

French grade 8 French students continued working on the pronoun ON. They started writing questions, or riddles (5) for Monday's game: guess what the animal is.

Grade 4-5 After correcting the homework, students read little books on a variety of careers, and read passages aloud.

Grade 6 students watched C'est pas sorcier, les microbes, l'invisible.

Grade 1 students completed and reviewed parts of the face, finished colouring HENRY, which will be put in their IB binder. They listened to a story of a small fir tree with great ambition to become a bid tree, leave the forest to become a Christmas tree in a big house.

JK/SK students were happy to colour their star (title of their song). They are beginning to talk about all things holiday!

Grade 2-3 As a reward for their hard work, they listened to a Christmas story. They quickly identified old vocabulary, and learned a few new words too.

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students only had half of their alloted time due to a longer assembly. They worked on their project.

Grade 8 French students worked with the 'pronom' On. This will be the focus for the rest of the week.

Grade 4-5 students are applying different verbs for a variety of careers, and match attributes necessary to accomplish the work.

Grade 6 Today, the group began to work with a new verb: 'devoir', in both forms, affirmative and negative.

Grade 1   Review of parts of the face, a little bit of counting, and who has their holiday tree up. Where does it come from.

JK/SK The holiday vocabulary has begun to filter in the classroom. Students shared what they had in their tree: un ange,  une étoile, des boules et des lumières. They listened to a story about a letter going to: Père Noël, le Pole
Nord, les cadeaux.

Grade 2-3 students read and worked on simple questions about the text.

Friday, 30 November 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students did a short oral activity following a format (set of questions). They also read p. 77,78, and answered the comprehension questions.
If you have not completed that activity, please consider this homework.

Grade 8 French students read about a variety of animals used in medecine. It was great to observe how quick they were able to retrieve the terminology.

Grade 4-5 The work today was to identify 'ce qu'il faut faire...' for certain classes.
For example, 'dans la classe de français, il faut parler français, ...
Students were really quick at completing the cross word!

Grade 6 Today was a wrap up of riddles, and sentence making. Excellent and fun work!
There was no afternoon class: The Grinch! is in town.

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students took a short test. They were able to receive feedback, and self assess their knowledge. They also applied the concept of passé composé by changing the subject to 10 sentences.

Grade 8 French students answered a few riddles, and quickly grasped the concept of the pronoun 'ON'.

Grade 4-5 Today was about asking questions to a celebrity (eventually classmates) about their career. Est-ce qu'il faut lire et écrire? Oui, il faut lire et écrire etc.

Grade 6 students applied their knowledge of irregular adjectives to a variety of sentences, including their own phrases.

Grade 1 students added a few more physical features to HENRI. He does look funny with his: cheveux, front, menton, joues, nez, narines, yeux, sourcils, cils etc.
JK/SK The song is slowly coming to life, and students are excited for the concert. They also continue learning and reviewing their body parts by singing 'tête, épaules, genoux et pieds...'.

Grade 2-3 Two questions for the day: qui est-ce? and qu'est-ce que c'est? Is it a thing, an animal, a place, or a person?

Monday, 26 November 2018

NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 9 French students are working with passé composé avec être. They worked on listening activities, and written.
TOMORROW there is a quiz. So please, study the verbs and their irregular participe passé, and make sure you can conjugate être in the present tense.

Grade 8 French students are realizing that if you use verbs, they should be conjugated. Students made sentences, began using the pronom ON. (more on this tomorrow). Also, they will use today's riddle in a game tomorrow.

Grade 4-5 Today, students read 4 texts/interviews about different careers. They learned about the expression: IL FAUT...
HOMEWORK: find vocabulary you want to use for the summative. We will discuss it tomorrow.

Grade 6 students began to work with irregular adjectives. The lesson was to write them in all forms: masculin singulier, pluriel, féminin singulier, pluriel.

Grade 1 students met with HENRI, The French Clown. Today, they are beginning to label parts of the face.

JK/SK students are beginning to know the song J'allume une étoile. They also colooured the cover page for the song.

Grade 2-3 They are continuing with adjectives, riming words, feminine and masculine.