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Grade 6 The students had their test today and it was corrected in class by the students. This way the corrections have a greater impact and it helps to remember the correct/better answers. A few students asked if they could get more practice sheets. The answer to that is that reviewing what you just did and working on your corrections is more worthwhile. Remember: don't study what you already know, work on what you need to learn! Now, that is real homework.
This weekend: students are asked to fast-forward 20 years and think about what they might do when they grow up...a profession. Do a little research on what that work requires you to do...and think about who you are, what are your qualities, likes and dislikes, today, in grade 6. Next week, La tâche finale will begin.

Grade 7 are away to the Apple store, so are the
Grade 8-

This gave your French teacher some much needed time to plan ahead the next few units and novels.

Grade 9/10 have Tech with Ms Kerr.

Grade 11  There was a comprehension module on La Bouffe to be completed.They are also working on their projects: lettre d'opinion et affiche sur la nourriture surgelée ou fraîche.

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Grade 6 The students corrected their homework and it was nice to see that a few students were creative with their questions and answers.
They started a cross word to review their vocabulary and if not completed, together with the word search, this is homework for Thursday.

Grade 7 Students continued working with the comparative and while correcting the homework, it was a great opportunity to review the lesson and begin to use the superlative. Homework p.80/81 don't forget to check if your adjective is in agreement with the noun.  

Grade 8 Most of the students were involved with painting decors with Ms Kerr so that everything is ready for the Christmas concert.
Ms Chin also pulled students out to be ready for open house. These activities are vital for our whole community to function as a group.
The rest of the students watched Notre Dame de Paris, a large production on the Victor Hugo's novel. This musical is the product of Luc Plamondon, a Quebecois, and it enjoyed much success in Paris as well as around the world. This work was to complement the unit on monsters in films and the students were able to make parallels with the modern society and its outcasts.

Grade  9  The students had the period to work on their paragraph and jot down additional ideas for their position on perfume in society.
homework:  have your paragraph ready for editing on Thursday. Presentation date is Dec.3

Grade 10/11 worked on their letter of opinion. Their rough copy is due Thursday for editing.
Presentations are on Dec. 1

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Grade 6 read about 4 famous canadian with unsual work: a figure skater, an author, a supreme court judge and a computer expert. The students had many questions to ask on the various types of work. Homework is to complete p.36-39. 

Grade 7 The students are fascinated by what can be found in the animal kingdom and can be used in medecine. They also had a lesson on the comparative and the superlative. If today's activity sheet is not completed, please finish it as homework. Also ,review irregular adjectives.

Grade 8 were tasked with re-arranging 10 sentences to re-contruct King Kong, the movie.  They also studied the vocabulary and took a dictation to test their ability to spell and make sentences.
In the end, they had a game of hang man for vocabulary.
Homework; work on the sheet: le métier d'acteur. due Tuesday.

Grade 9 worked on preposition before a geographic location. They also were given the guideline for the  up coming project: les parfums. One group will be promoting perfune and the other will ban perfume. They are to submit their outline for their paragraph on Tuesday so they can work on their rough draft.

Grade 10/11 They reviewed their project package for the writing of their letter of opinion. They are divided in 2 groups to produce a poster for frozen food, the other fresh food.
They worked on a mots croisés to acquire more vocabulary to be used later on in their presentation.
The students now have a rubric for their paragraph and they should be ready to start on their rough copy on Tuesday. Meaning they should have their ideas ready to put on paper before Tuesday.

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Grade 6 The students started a new unit (3). Les Carrières. They will be exploring different job avenues offered to both genders. They read quite fluently today and have p. 33-34 to complete for homework.

Grade 7 Students are working on the pronoun 'ON' and learning to change back to 3rd person singular all verbs connected to this pronoun. They also worked on the futur proche. If the work is done during class is not completed, please finish it as homework. Also, please review your verbs, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir.

Grade 8 there was an assembly (HATCH) in the auditorium this afternoon. The students had the opportunity to discuss and brainstom ideas why scary/monster films unnerve the audience. Why does it make the viewer uncomfortable.

Grade 9 The students worked on the pronoun 'En'. It is starting to make sense to them and they are capable to use it and place it correctly in a sentence.

Grade 10/11 Did activities on le passé simple. Thank you Shakeel for pulling out your notes and helping your classmates! Students also read La Bouffe c'est chimique and finishing answering the questions is homework.

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Grade 6 There was a rather long assembly this morning and the students worked independently on their sentence activity sheet.
Several students told me this morning that for the first time they actually understand how to say large numbers in French by using place values and simple mathematics.

Grade 7 The students are working on vocabulary related to bizarre animals and insects. They really like this topic and are showing much enthusiasm. If their cross word is not completed by the end of the period, this is homework! The biggest task was to write 5 sentences that were true and 5 that were false using the vocabulary from the unit and making sure that the verbs were correctly conjugated.

Grade 8 They are reading independently yesterday's film history and completing a comprehension segments.
They also brainstormed monsters in film and their purposes.

Grade 9/10 have Tech this Friday

Grade 11 shared their recipes and reviewed all the grammar concepts introduced this far. There was a discussion about the chemicals put in our food, GMO, fresh versus frozen products etc...The students are very passionate
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.

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Grade 6 completed the questions and family word sections for the story Un vol à la Banque Royale. The students were very motivated to work this morning. Bravo! They also had a lesson on numbers. they told me that Math in French was fun.

Grade 7 The students brainstormed a bit about the use of animals in medecine. They began to read aloud the first part of the unit and everyone was using good diction and intonation. They also completed a grid of information for each animal and this will be very useful at a later date in their final project.

Grade 8 were given 2 short dictation to test their ability to write what they hear. They then did all the corrections. They started to read about Les monstres and they discussed what is very scary in movies and how it differs from many years ago at the begining of film making.

Grade 9 The lesson today was on the pronouns ON, Y, EN,.  They took a lot of notes and practiced quite a bit.

Grade 10/11 worked on adverbs and expressions of quantity. Their homework is to write a recipe for tomorrow.

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Grade 6 Students did not have French class today. They were on a field trip to the R.O.M.

Grade 7 The students have presented their mystery story.

Grade 8 The students have been practicing using verbs with prepositions such as à and de followed by verbs at the infinitive. This will require some practice.
Homework: Please write 5 sentences from each colomn (so 10 in total). Use the verbs and the correct preposition à or de and write a sentence to demonstrate you understand the meaning.

Grade 9 / 10 / 11 There was an assembly in the auditorium for Remembrance Day. We had about 15 min. left and we discussed a bit about the French culture and how it relates to the students own culture.

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Grade 6 This morning's assembly ran a bit longer than usual but, all the presentations were done. Special thank you to Audrey for helping our newest student get through her work.
We also had time to read a story about a robbery. The comprehension segment will resume on Tuesday. THEY HAVE NO HOMEWORK! And, there was a lot of cheering.

Grade 7 worked on their story. It is due on Tuesday, Nov.10.
Make sure you use irregular verbs au passé composé, adverbs...

Grade 8 The students are completing a cross-word with vocabulary related to the unit on crime and investigation.
Next week, They will be starting on Les monstres in films.

Grade 9 The students worked on the relative pronouns ce qui, ce que, dont. It can be tricky but with practice it should become second nature.

Grade 10,11 The text today was La bouffe qui ment. How much chemical agents are used in our food. This is an ethical question opened for discussion.

 

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Grade 6 The students took a mini-quiz on expressions with avoir. Overall, they did well and to re-inforce the activity, they drew HENRY and gave the character every expressions they could think.

Grade 7 They reviewed their web of information (this was homework). They also received their rubric, which is their guideline for their story. The requirements are: 5 passé composé verbs with irregular verbs (avoir, faire, prendre...), 3X adverbs and follow the sheet you were working on today.
Thursday, you will have the  period to work and show your rough copy.
due date is Tuesday, Nov.10

Grade 8 Today is presentation day! The students demonstrated their knowledge and creativity and more importantly, how they colloaborate on a project.
The presentations were followed by team critiques.
The rest of the period was spent with a team game to review the vocabulary from the unit.

Grade 9 worked on the relative pronouns: qui, que, ce qui and ce que. It took some time and the grade 10/11 used this activity as a refresher.

Grade 10/11 worked on the 'si' clause. They were able to get through this in the end. WELL DONE AND GREAT COLLOABORATION!