NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 9 FSF1D students listened to the grade 10 interview of their parents. Following this they completed the last elements of their reflection sheets.
Next Monday, they are starting a new unit where they explore their creativity and prepare a mystery event.
FSF2D Good presentation everyone. Your questions were on point and correctly crafted. Reflection sheets were also completed, as well as Tuesday's test were corrected. The next unit is about perfume; WHO WILL TAKE A STAND?
Grade 8 FSF1D Students started brainstorming about what it takes to create a mystery event. They discovered that detectives and criminals have rituals, meaning they tend to do the same things in a repetitive pattern. The class was divided in groups of 4 for the duration of this unit.
Grade 10 FSF2D Presentation for their parent interview should be completed. All reflection sheets should be turned in. The next unit is about perfume. Who is taking a stand?
FSF3U After presentation of their group research, the group will complete their reflection sheet. Next unit is La groude bouffe, ou la mal-bouffe.
FSF4U Last editing for journal entry #3. 4,5 are for summative task. Today is just a matter of polishing grammar details and presentation.
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 8 FSF1D All presentations were done today. Great job all around! You now can introduce,talk about yourself, and offer a service to your school or community using a Web page of your own design!
Grade 10-FSF3U Students continued working on their collaboration project on school dropout (le décrochage des jeunes à l'école secondaire).
Thursday, we should have everyone's sections (2 questions each) ready for final edit and presentation.
FSF2D All questions should be answered in your interview and ready to present on Thursday. Please complete your reflections sheets if not done already.
Grade 9- FSF2D short test on imparfait/passé composé. All questions and answers from interviews with parents should be completed and ready for presentation.
Be ready to share your game of Kahoot for French as well.
- FSF1D All presentations were done today. Great job all around! You now can introduce,talk about yourself, and offer a service to your school or community using a Web page of your own design!
Grade 11-FSF4U the first 2 journal entries have been edited/corrected. The 3rd entry will be due to be edited Thursday, and you will have some time during this
period to finish the final 2 entries.
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 9- FSF1D Study Hall day! Students turned in their rough draft, conferencing was performed and editing took place. All reflection sheets have been filled in and your suggestions will be considered.
Tuesday, Oct. 11th, your projects are due for presentation. The students who requested the use of TV monitor, you are responsible for securing it on the day of presentation.
FSF2D Thank you for having your questions ready for editing. Now, make sure you conduct your interview for Tuesday, October 11th. Also, there will be a short test on l'imparfait and passé composé on Tuesday.
I am hoping to have those who finished all their work will be working on the Kahoot game.
Grade 8 FSF1D Study Hall was a very productive class! Groups were made to review concepts of adjectives, irregular verbs and accents. You all demonstrated how responsible for your own learning you have become. As a teacher, I could not ask for more. All reflection sheets and 'feuilles de route' unit summaries were turned in.
Next Tuesday, presentation day. The hard work is done, you will only have to present in front of the class. Enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend!!!
Grade 11 FSF4U- Please make sure that all your journal entries (5) are done...in French and ready to present on Tuesday, October 11th.
Grade 10 FSF2D Questions related to the interview with your parents were discussed and edited. If you have any unfinished work in your binder, please complete and submit on Tuesday, Oct. 11th. Also, reflection sheets for this unit have been completed. This is a great way for you to keep tract of your progress.
Conduct your interview in such a way that you really gain insight into your parents' lives when they were your age. This is due Tuesday, after Thanksgiving.
FSF3U- Continue polishing your summative task on Le décrochage des jeunes à l'école, and I will also look at it and give feedback. Study Hall- good review of verb tenses. After today's work, make sure to take ownership of your learning and work on what you need to know, not what you already know!!!
Your group document needs to be submitted on Tuesday, October 11.
Grade 9- FSF1D Study Hall day! Students turned in their rough draft, conferencing was performed and editing took place. All reflection sheets have been filled in and your suggestions will be considered.
Tuesday, Oct. 11th, your projects are due for presentation. The students who requested the use of TV monitor, you are responsible for securing it on the day of presentation.
FSF2D Thank you for having your questions ready for editing. Now, make sure you conduct your interview for Tuesday, October 11th. Also, there will be a short test on l'imparfait and passé composé on Tuesday.
I am hoping to have those who finished all their work will be working on the Kahoot game.
Grade 8 FSF1D Study Hall was a very productive class! Groups were made to review concepts of adjectives, irregular verbs and accents. You all demonstrated how responsible for your own learning you have become. As a teacher, I could not ask for more. All reflection sheets and 'feuilles de route' unit summaries were turned in.
Next Tuesday, presentation day. The hard work is done, you will only have to present in front of the class. Enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend!!!
Grade 11 FSF4U- Please make sure that all your journal entries (5) are done...in French and ready to present on Tuesday, October 11th.
Grade 10 FSF2D Questions related to the interview with your parents were discussed and edited. If you have any unfinished work in your binder, please complete and submit on Tuesday, Oct. 11th. Also, reflection sheets for this unit have been completed. This is a great way for you to keep tract of your progress.
Conduct your interview in such a way that you really gain insight into your parents' lives when they were your age. This is due Tuesday, after Thanksgiving.
FSF3U- Continue polishing your summative task on Le décrochage des jeunes à l'école, and I will also look at it and give feedback. Study Hall- good review of verb tenses. After today's work, make sure to take ownership of your learning and work on what you need to know, not what you already know!!!
Your group document needs to be submitted on Tuesday, October 11.
Monday, 3 October 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 8-FSF1D This was a productive day, and there was just enough time to conference with each student about their summative task: please keep going back to your rubric and make sure to have it attached to your hard copy of your Web page. Most rough draft contained all the required information, including a slogan. All the students were asked to fill a reflection sheet called study hall bingo. They also had to refer to 'la feuille de route' which will be collected on Wednesday, Oct. 5th during study hall.
Wednesday, all projects have to be turned in with a hard copy of your text. NO EXCEPTION!
Grade 11-FSF4U Today was a period to work on corrections to the rough draft. A rough copy means that your work is done in French so that your teacher and yourself can polish the text, make suggestions etc. Wednesday your journal entries are due in prior to presentation.
Grade 9 -FSF1D Good work and good thinking using Word when the Wifi is not available. All rough hard copies are due on Wednesday, October 5th for conferencing. Things to remember: use the information you have from your presentation about yourself. Then, add the service you wish to offer, the fees, and the contact information.
Don't forget to complete your reflection sheet (study hall bingo) and 'la feuille de route'.
FSF2D- good work with the use of l'imparfait and passé composé. Finish the practice sheets for your test on Wednesday. Study hall will also take place on Wednesday, October 5th.
Grade 10 FSF3U Great collaboration today. Please have your collective rough copy (everyone should have their own copy) ready to be edited. Make sure to have included at least one idiom and participe présent.
FSF2D- good work with the use of l'imparfait and passé composé. Finish the practice sheets for your test on Wednesday. Study hall will also take place on Wednesday, October 5th.
Grade 8-FSF1D This was a productive day, and there was just enough time to conference with each student about their summative task: please keep going back to your rubric and make sure to have it attached to your hard copy of your Web page. Most rough draft contained all the required information, including a slogan. All the students were asked to fill a reflection sheet called study hall bingo. They also had to refer to 'la feuille de route' which will be collected on Wednesday, Oct. 5th during study hall.
Wednesday, all projects have to be turned in with a hard copy of your text. NO EXCEPTION!
Grade 11-FSF4U Today was a period to work on corrections to the rough draft. A rough copy means that your work is done in French so that your teacher and yourself can polish the text, make suggestions etc. Wednesday your journal entries are due in prior to presentation.
Grade 9 -FSF1D Good work and good thinking using Word when the Wifi is not available. All rough hard copies are due on Wednesday, October 5th for conferencing. Things to remember: use the information you have from your presentation about yourself. Then, add the service you wish to offer, the fees, and the contact information.
Don't forget to complete your reflection sheet (study hall bingo) and 'la feuille de route'.
FSF2D- good work with the use of l'imparfait and passé composé. Finish the practice sheets for your test on Wednesday. Study hall will also take place on Wednesday, October 5th.
Grade 10 FSF3U Great collaboration today. Please have your collective rough copy (everyone should have their own copy) ready to be edited. Make sure to have included at least one idiom and participe présent.
FSF2D- good work with the use of l'imparfait and passé composé. Finish the practice sheets for your test on Wednesday. Study hall will also take place on Wednesday, October 5th.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
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Students in grade 10, FSF3U are preparing questions for their summative projects. Following a short French novel Le Présent de Jean-Dan, by G. Vigneault, they are exploring the reasons for students drop out. They brainstormed their questions and have started their research.
Grade 9- FSF2D Today was a review of prepositions with geographic locations. The concept is tricky but most of the students are starting to master it. They also worked on idioms with a matching expression with the best explanation.
The class was a bit short in time because of the Terry Fox Run/Walk.
Grade 9 FSF1D Students have started to lay out their Web page ,and Monday, October 3rd, everyone should have their rough copy in French ready to be edited.
Grade 11 FSF4U The last article on the unit was read and discussed. The summative task will take the form of a personal journal of a fisherman's wife expressing her thoughts about living and raising a family when the cod moratorium took effect.
Grade 8 FSF1D Students have started to lay out their Web page ,and Monday, October 3rd, everyone should have their rough copy in French ready to be edited.
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NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 9 FSF1D The day started with the viewing of a video. The guest was Jeremy Pastel. The talk was about the diaspora of young entrepreneurs coming to Canada. The key points were to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and have a 5 year plan.
Students brainstormed strategies about listening for comprehension even if the language is foreign. Some of the points were: watch the non verbal cues, listen for bonus words, stay in context, listen for the pauses and intonation...etc.
Homework is to have a lay out, a slogan and ideas for the Web page ready for Thursday.
Grade FSF2D students also watched the interview, and participated in the discussion about listening for comprehension strategies. This is useful for their own interview with the parents.
Make sure that you have read all of the 6 chapters, and Thursday we will finalize the questions.
Grade 8 FSF1D- The day started with the viewing of a video. The guest was Jeremy Pastel. The talk was about the diaspora of young entrepreneurs coming to Canada. The key points were to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and have a 5 year plan.
Students brainstormed strategies about listening for comprehension even if the language is foreign. Some of the points were: watch the non verbal cues, listen for bonus words, stay in context, listen for the pauses and intonation...etc.
Homework is to have a lay out, a slogan and ideas for the Web page ready for Thursday.
Grade 10 FSF3U Today students shared their research of the current author of Le présent de Jean-Dan'. Following this, they took turn to read the story. The reading is going well, aside for minor pronunciation mistakes.
Homework: Choose 4 out of 10 questions/statements, put them in order according to the text. Find in the story justification to your choices.
Grade 10 FSF2D A summary of La machine à rajeunir is now posted, thanks to Jasmine and Carmen. Make sure that you have read all of the 6 chapters, and Thursday we will finalize the questions.
Grade 11 There was a test completing sentences au subjonctif. Also, thank you for your article from La Presse regarding tourism in Cuba, now that sanctions and borders have been lifted. A good discussion on the subject followed that presentation.
Grade 9 FSF1D The day started with the viewing of a video. The guest was Jeremy Pastel. The talk was about the diaspora of young entrepreneurs coming to Canada. The key points were to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and have a 5 year plan.
Students brainstormed strategies about listening for comprehension even if the language is foreign. Some of the points were: watch the non verbal cues, listen for bonus words, stay in context, listen for the pauses and intonation...etc.
Homework is to have a lay out, a slogan and ideas for the Web page ready for Thursday.
Grade FSF2D students also watched the interview, and participated in the discussion about listening for comprehension strategies. This is useful for their own interview with the parents.
Make sure that you have read all of the 6 chapters, and Thursday we will finalize the questions.
Grade 8 FSF1D- The day started with the viewing of a video. The guest was Jeremy Pastel. The talk was about the diaspora of young entrepreneurs coming to Canada. The key points were to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and have a 5 year plan.
Students brainstormed strategies about listening for comprehension even if the language is foreign. Some of the points were: watch the non verbal cues, listen for bonus words, stay in context, listen for the pauses and intonation...etc.
Homework is to have a lay out, a slogan and ideas for the Web page ready for Thursday.
Grade 10 FSF3U Today students shared their research of the current author of Le présent de Jean-Dan'. Following this, they took turn to read the story. The reading is going well, aside for minor pronunciation mistakes.
Homework: Choose 4 out of 10 questions/statements, put them in order according to the text. Find in the story justification to your choices.
Grade 10 FSF2D A summary of La machine à rajeunir is now posted, thanks to Jasmine and Carmen. Make sure that you have read all of the 6 chapters, and Thursday we will finalize the questions.
Grade 11 There was a test completing sentences au subjonctif. Also, thank you for your article from La Presse regarding tourism in Cuba, now that sanctions and borders have been lifted. A good discussion on the subject followed that presentation.
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