Joyeuse Action de Grâce (Happy Thanksgiving),
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season avec la famille et les amis!
What have we been learning?
6th Grade - We prepared for and took the Numbers 0-20 Quiz for extra credit students spelled out the numbers. We started learning Days & Months. When we come back from break we will have one more week of French until classes switch for the 2nd trimester, so during our final week students will be using everything they have learned during the trimester to create and present a Skit to the class.
7th Grade - We prepared for and had our first Unit Test on Introductory French which included: Greetings, Numbers 0-30, Days & Months (Written), and Time & Date Expressions. After Thanksgiving break we will be starting a new unit on describing yourself and others.
8th Grade - We prepared for and had our first Unit Test on: La famille (Family), La maison (House), Avoir (to have), and Possessive Adjectives. Students also learned to identify some common furniture in French and created their own Furniture Store Flyers to advertise pieces for different parts of the home. After Thanksgiving break we will be working on describing more people and things using the adjectives beau (beautiful), nouveau (new), and vieux (old). Students will be working on writing their own descriptions of families and homes and explore some French real estate!
Kahoots - To help us review for our end of trimester assessments, students in Grades 6,7,8 used kahoot.com to create their own web based quizzes on class material. Then students had the opportunity to test the class with their quiz!
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| Student presenting Kahoot to class |
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| Student presenting Kahoot to class |
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| Student presenting Kahoot to class |
La Belle et La Bête - To celebrate the end of trimester 1 7th & 8th Grade classes are watching the classic French tale of La Belle et La Bête (Beauty & The Beast).
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| French Film Poster for Beauty and the Beast |
French Photo Album - To see all of the photos from this school year of student work in French class follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/81vH9t9VR0rr7duH3
French Club - Any students in grades 6-8 who are interested are welcome to attend. Each week focuses on a different topic of French culture. This November our club explored the topics of Van Gogh, French Pastry Chefs, The Catacombs, and French Castles. After November 30th we will meet Wednesdays after school during Trimester 2.
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| French Pastry |
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| Van Gogh |
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| Student with his take on Van Gogh's Sunflowers |
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| Students making their own French Castles with marshmallows & toothpicks |
Quizlet - This is a website that students and families can access at home to practice all of the vocabulary we are currently learning or have learned in French. This is a great interactive tool for reviewing before a quiz or test and you can also print vocab lists or flashcards for any vocab set. Here are the links to each grade's quizlet page (students can sign in with school gmail account or you can also make your own account & request access to join our class as well to view the vocabulary sets, play vocab games with your child, and be notified when new vocabulary sets are added, just click the blue "Sign up free to request access" button):
6th Grade - https://quizlet.com/join/CfUMq9P4h
7th Grade - https://quizlet.com/join/D5M5RkqHs
8th Grade - https://quizlet.com/join/sjW7xEeh5
In Search of Guest Speakers for French- If you know anyone with connections to French language and/or culture who you think would be a great guest to visit our French classes please let Madame Lockwood know! (hlockwood@ewsd.org)
Optional French Class Donations- We are always in need of Kleenex and Pencils (Merci beaucoup en avance mes amis!)
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