French Week Two!

Bonjour, 

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

What have we been Learning? - 

• 6th Grade - French Alphabet
• 7th Grade - French Introductions 
• 8th Grade - La Famille - Family

Why Study a World Language? - This week EMS French students in grades 7 & 8 have been exploring Twenty-five Reasons to Study Foreign Languages and today showed their learning through sharing skits or posters in class, each representing one or more benefits to learning a world language. We made an art gallery of the posters which students had the opportunity to view and students doing skits performed in front of their peers in class today. Bon travail tout le monde!

7th grade students sharing a skit

8th grade students viewing the poster art gallery

7th grade students presenting their skits

8th grade french student sharing her poster

6th Grade French Special Guest - Today our 6th grade French students were treated to a visit by EMS's own Monsieur Alain Dupont who grew up in Canaan Vermont and Coaticook Quebec. Alain has worked at EMS for 21 years and is someone the students will see a lot in the hallways as he is part of our school's Custodial Staff. Alain greeted the students in French and they learned "Bonjour, Mon nom est..." (Hello, My name is...) to introduce themselves. Alain told us about where he grew up and the school he attended where half of the school day was in French and the other half of the day was in English. He highlighted the importance of taking world language study seriously as it allows you to explore the world, understand other people & cultures, and even can help you get into college and get great jobs! Next week Alain will be visiting the remaining 6th grade classes for this trimester and hopefully will be able to visit the rest of the 6th grade in French this school year. Merci beaucoup Monsieur Dupont!

Monsieur Dupont visiting grade 6 French

Reminders - 

• EMS Open House -Thursday, October 5th, 6 pm
• French Club - For EMS students in grades 6-8 meets every Thursday after school starting next week! We will be meeting on Wednesdays next trimester.

***Seeking Guest Speakers - If you know anyone with connections to French language and/or culture who would be a great guest speaker for our middle school French students please contact Madame Lockwood at hlockwood@ewsd.org

First Week of French

Salut,

French Photo Album - To see all of the photos from this school year of student work in class follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/81vH9t9VR0rr7duH3

Looks, Sounds, Feels - The first week of French has been very busy, but also fun as we are reconnecting after summer break or meeting for the first time. Our focus in all three grades of French continues to be "What should our best French class look, sound, and feel like?". All French students were asked this question and contributed their ideas about how our French class should be. We drafted all of our thoughts on our classroom window to see what everyone came up with and then edited out repeated terms and terms that weren't clear or didn't make sense.

From this we created a final document which we are using as a guide for our class behavior everyday for the school year. We also have the document in a French Flag large poster display in the classroom so we can see these terms all of the time and refer to them whenever we need to check what we are doing and what we need to work on.

Madame is so proud of her students' work together on this and their commitment to making this year the best possible year in French.

Me Voici Project - Students in Grades 7 & 8 made "Me Voici" (This is Me) Posters which included information about their favorite things, birthday, family, pets, activities, and more. Students had the option to translate as much as they wanted to into French. Students shared their posters aloud with a partner in class.

Soon these will be posted outside of the French classroom in the EMS World Language hallway, so others in the building and visiting the building can learn about our French students and learn some French as well!

Les dictionnaires français - Students in all Grades 6-8 have been working on using French dictionaries. We are working on translating English to French and French to English. 7th & 8th Grade Students completed a French Basics Review which they will use as a reference throughout the school year.

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- Kleenex, Pencils, French-English Dictionaries (Merci beaucoup en avance mes amis!)

Instagram: Follow essexmiddleschoolfrench for fun French posts!

Upcoming Events - Thursday, October 5th EMS Open House 6 pm

7th/8th Grade French Dictionary Link

For 7th/8th Grade French:

Bonjour, 

Here is the link to the online dictionary you should use for your poster and any other work this year. Only search one word at a time, no phrases. Bookmark this once you have your Chromebooks! Do not use Google Translate!

http://www.wordreference.com/

*Reminder: Posters are due beginning of class Tuesday. Also French binder and signature page if you didn't do that yet.

Bon Week-end!

~Madame