NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 6 read a selection titled Translingua. The students found several idioms and discussed the pit falls of using Google translation as opposed to the dictionary. Homework, finish answering the questions from the comprehension segment.
Next week, they will be starting a unit on clothing, disguise and the theft of a piglet! They will be playing the role of an investigator and describe suspects.
Grade 7 worked on possessives adjectives. They copied a grid and practiced both in oral and written activities. They also had a preview of the next unit where they will have to play detectives and solve a crime.
Grade 8 read a selection from the gr.9, Anthologie:Les Dangers de l'Internet.
They discussed and answered a few questions.
They also had a look at the next unit, which will start next week.
Grade 9 worked the last activity of chapter 3 and used l'imparfait and provided an ending according to information provided in the text.
Grade 10/11 students worked on the plus-que-parfait, examined the grammar rule, then they explored the 'discoours indirect'. Several students were able to come up with the rules (as supplied in the Anthologie grammar section). They are practicing their inquiry skills.
Grade 12 the main topic for this unit lends itself very well to use the 'subjonctif'. The next step is a letter to the editor.
