Bonjour EMS Families,
Bonne Année Bonne Santé! (Good year, Good Health) as the French often say as a greeting welcoming in the new year. Things have certainly been very busy here in French at EMS!
What have we been learning?
6th Grade - Students in trimester 1 showed their learning by writing and performing a skit in French during their last week. Now we are well into trimester 2 with students who started French just after Thanksgiving break. So far we have covered French Greetings, Alphabet, and Colors. The students picked their own French name which they can use in class. Each lesson consists of a lot of repetition and practice in the forms of speaking & writing activities and classroom games to reinforce the material we are working on. Last week students started using Quizlet.com to practice their vocabulary and we played a fun class team game called Quizlet Live. This week we will start working with Numbers 0-20.
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| Trimester 2 French students |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 2 French students practicing greetings |
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| Trimester 1 Students sharing skit |
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| Trimester 1 Students sharing skit |
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| Trimester 1 Students sharing skit |
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| Trimester 1 Students sharing skit |
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| Trimester 1 Students sharing skit |
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Trimester 1 Students sharing skit
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7th Grade - We started a new unit called "Un ami et Une amie" about describing yourself and others. Students learned how to describe: where they and others are from, height, hair color, nationality, and personality. We learned how to use singular articles for "A" (un/une) and "The" (le/la/l'). We worked with making adjectives agree in gender with what or who they are describing. Last week students had a quiz on the verb "être" (to be) and how to make sentences negative using (Ne...Pas). Students started writing their "Autobiographie" in French by describing themselves using the skills they have learned thus far. Next we will be having a quiz on Numbers 0-30 and soon will be beginning a new unit learning how to describe our life at school.
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| 7th Grade students playing Guess Who in French |
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| 7th Grade students playing Guess Who in French |
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| 7th Grade students playing vocab game "Un dé un crayon" (One dice, one pencil) |
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| 7th Grade students playing vocab game "Un dé un crayon" (One dice, one pencil) |
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| 7th Grade students playing vocab game "Un dé un crayon" (One dice, one pencil) |
8th Grade - We started a new unit called "Au café et au restaurant" about being able to order food and beverages at a café or restaurant. In addition to learning how to identify common food & drink items, students learned how to identify place setting items and made their own place settings labeled in French.
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| 8th Grade Place Setting |
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| 8th Grade Place Setting |
The day before December break, we had a Café day where our classroom was transformed into a French café. Many students brought in food & drinks that we learned the words for and students took turns being the clients ordering at the café and the waiters taking the orders and serving the customers. Merci beaucoup to everyone who brought in something to share, it truly made this day as realistic as possible for the students. They did an incredible job using the French they have learned! Madame Lockwood is really proud of all of them and we can't wait for another special French conversation day again soon!
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| 8th Grade student taking orders in French |
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| 8th Grade students ordering in French |
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| 8th Grade students acting as French waiters |
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| 8th Grade class during cafe day |
Last week the students had a quiz on the verb "Aller" (to go) and we started working with the near future tense to be able to say what we plan to do or not to do using the verb aller. Next we will be learning how to express direction using the preposition "à" (in, at, to) and express possession using the preposition "de" (of, from, about). We will learn the verb "prendre" (to take/have) and make our own menus in French to prepare for our restaurant day at the end of the unit.
French Photo Album - To see all of the photos from this school year of student activities in grade 6,7,8 in French class follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/81vH9t9VR0rr7duH3
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):
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/Pens (Merci beaucoup en avance mes amis!)
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