middle school French I

Please post your compositions here. Make sure I know who is posting each composition in the form of a comment.

Merci!

ms adv French II

Please respond to the questions from your "A votre tour" online shopping activity here.

US Francais II

Dis Donc~
What did you think of each other's songs? You can give your feedback; something you loved and something critical but kindly of each one posted here. Did you find errors? If so, demonstrate your brilliance and French acumen by mentioning them.

adv ms French II

Which English nursery rhyme or song have you chosen to compare the French nursery song we learned with? Why are they alike, and how can either be used to teach something to children?
Please post your responses here.

Belles chansons du passe compose - US French II

Si vous voulez apprecier de bonnes chansons qui apprennent aux autres les regles du passe compose, cliquez ici-bas!

Jean-Jacques Hanlon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIOlRksQOwo

Elle, Natasa, et Rachel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cO5RHLh-5A

Elle, Natasa, et Rachel (bis) -http://www.youtube.com/user/PRSfrenchclass

Kieran, Fearghus, Danny et Kenneth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPz5xc_7PbE

Sarah F., David, Janine, et Monica - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7Mw_sTils

Sarah J., Chris, et Chiara - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acw58BN4pVw

Amusez-vous bien, et ecoutez bien!

Madame

US Francais II

Qu'est-ce que vous pensez des films de vos copains? Postez, s'il vous plait, des suggestions et de l'encouragement par rapport aux travaux de vos collegues ici.

US French Videos

Vos films rockent. Les voici.......

Zoe, Rachel, Janine, David - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTjmyHD-nM

Saraf. F, Monica, Jack, Fearghus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90X0jxAxWpk

Sarah. J, Elle, Chris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfypM3G9hA

Kenneth, Keiran, Danny, Natasha - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9kUYRT9kx0

Middle School Advanced French II

Composition
Practice your French writing skills.
Unité 3: Qu'est-ce qu'on fait?

Composition: Les vacances

Write a short paragraph of five or six sentences saying what you and your friends did and didn't do during summer vacation. Use only vocabulary and expressions that you know in French. (See lecon 15 of your text).

STRATEGY Writing a. Make a list of activities that you do and a second list of things that you don't do. Use infinitives.b. Organize your ideas and write your paragraph, using je or nous. c. Check each sentence to be sure that the verb endings agree with the subject.

post your compositions as a "comment" here, s'il vous plait.

French I A Votre Tour Activity

--Unit 2 classzone.com A votre tour activity "bucket" (sceau :)--
Post information to me here as a "comment"
Merci,
Madame

US Francais II

What did Louis XIV have to pass on to Louis XVI in his famous letter? Please post your summaries (at least 5 passe compose) sentences discussing the crucial advice and information in this document.

US Francais II

Le Misanthrope est un oeuvre important qui reflet la periode de Moliere, pendant la regne de Louis XIV. Qu'est-ce qui se passe dans cette piece?
Faites une sommaire de l'histoire dans la piece. Utilisez le passe compose en au moins 5 bonnes phrases completes. Postez comme "comment" tes phrases.


INDICES:

http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-misanthrope/bio.html

French I Quebec quest

Well, what kinds of information did you find on the two Quebecois websites offered on classzone.com? Also, what are the phone numbers like in Quebec?

Bonne chance,
Madame

US French II "Je pense, donc je suis" (Qu'en pensez-vous?)

Bonjour les etudiants de Francais II,

Activite ecrite:

Composez une composition recherchee sur l'internet. Utilisez les sites donnees pour trouver des renseignements par rapport a Rene Descartes, un des plus grands philosophes de la Revolution Scientifique.

Formulez votre composition avec (au moins ) huit phrases. Dans votre composition, vous devez ecrire les details suivants:

1. le nom du philosophe
2. sa nationalite et ou il est ne
3. sa profession (son importance a la Revolution Scientifique)
4. un de ses oeuvres (ou travaux) importants
5. l'idee importante derriere ce travail. Expliquez cette idee en francais de ton mieux.
6. deux traits de personalite (par exemple: serieux, egoiste...)
7. deux traits corporels (par exemple: il a ete grand, ou il a eu des cheveux blonds)
8. une autre personne qu'il a influence avec ses idees. Ou, l'influence globale de ses idees.

Postez votre composition sur cette site-Blog en cliquant le mot "comment" ci-dessous.

Utilisez les hyperlink suivants pour rechercher notre cher M. Descartes:

http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Rene_Descartes

http://www.col-camus-soufflenheim.ac-strasbourg.fr/Page.php?IDP=88&IDD=0

http://mper.chez-alice.fr/auteurs/Descart.html

Bon courage,

Madame

MS French II

It's composition time, middle school French II students! Trop chouette!

Use the resources available to you; your text, workbook, notes from the audio/video presentations you have recently experienced to do the following assignment and post it to the comments section of this blog entry. I reccommend writing your composition as a "Word" document and then pasting it into the comment box.

Briefly describe your dream house. You may use the following adjectives to describe the various rooms: grand, petit, moderne, confortable, joli, as well as colors and a variety of adjectives from Unit 5 and from last year. Tell why you like this dream house you have described and be sure to tell which is your favorite feature of it.

Bonne chance,
Madame

MS/US French I webquest "le temps qu'il fait"

Bonjour les etudiant merveilleux!
Voici votre webquest
***** be sure to post your findings and answers onto this blogsite in the form of a "comment".
Best,
Madame

Faisons connaissance:
Someday you will want to travel to a French—speaking area to improve your language skills. How will you decide which place to visit ? It might help to learn a bit about where some francophone regions are located and what the weather is like in these locations.



Task Resources Process Evaluation Conclusion


Geography



http://www.quid.fr/


http://atlasgeo.span.ch/index.htm


http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/f_glance.htm


http://fr.dir.yahoo.com/exploration_geographique/pays/




Weather



http://www.lachainemeteo.com/


http://www.meteo.fr/meteonet/


http://www.meteoconsult.fr


http://Fr.news.yahoo.com/meteo



Measurement Conversion



http://www.frenchparents.com/truc_astuce/temperature.php


http://www.freecalc.net/fr/


http://www.1000conversions.com/temperature.php




Task Resources Process Evaluation Conclusion

US French e-copains

Qui suis-je?
Armelle a un nouveau copain

In Armelle a un nouveau copain, you learned various expressions used with the verb être. You reviewed formation of adjectives, and learned where to place them in a sentence. Also, you learned the patterns of several types of irregular adjectives. You can now better describe a person's personality with various adjectives of personality. Finally, you learned to differentiate between using c'est and il / elle est to describe people and things.

Exploration

Explore the following website which deal with locating French-speaking pen pals.
http://www.momes.net/amis/index.html


What are the some of the nationalities of the young people seeking pen pals?

Have you ever had a pen pal from a different country? If so, did he or she speak French?


Application

You are looking for a pen pal! Choose one francophone from the first suggested website. When you have decided with whom you would like to correspond, write a paragraph describing that person using as many adjectives as possible from this lesson. You will be using the verb être and the expressions c'est and il / elle est in your paragraph. In order to introduce yourself to your pen pal, you will then prepare an autoportrait (self-portrait) to send to him or her. Your pen pal will want to know as much about you as you are able to share, both positive and negative! Remember to use as many adjectives as possible.

Note* post your assignment to Mme. Webber in the form of a blog comment

Bonne chance,
Madame

MS French II webquest 1

MS French II webquest assignment

Read the assignment, find information using the links provided, then post your work for credit using the "comment" tag at the bottom of this blog post.
Bonne Chance!
Madame

Assignment:

Task: In this activity you will find out what movies are currently playing in Paris. You will then select a movie, find a theater that is showing your movie, and figure out how to get to the theater using the Paris métro. You will also write an email to a friend inviting him/her to go with you to see the movie. You will need to tell your friend when and where to meet you.
Task Resources Process Evaluation Conclusion

MS/US French I

À votre tour activity


Unité 1: Faisons connaissance

Unité 1 Leçon 1 Bonjour!

Contexte

In Bonjour!, you learned how to say hello and goodbye, to count from 1 - 60, to ask and tell where people are from, and to talk about nationality. You also learned about Martinique.

Exploration

Imagine that you are going to participate in a student exchange program in a francophone country. Surf the following links to find answers to the following questions:
Where will you be studying?
Will you be staying with a family or in a dormitory?
What courses can you take?
What activities can you do?
Can you go on any excursions? If so, where?

Le Robert (French & English) http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/french_1a/page_build.htm?id=resources/jsp/tour_activity/tour_activity_l1#itemA personalized French language learning program in Martinique. Point 3 (French/English)

Application

Imagine that you are planning a class trip to one of the amusement parks you looked at online. You may work in small groups if you'd like. Ask each other yes/no questions to find out more about what you want to do at your chosen park. Discuss the attractions you like and those you don't like. Mention who is going with you to the park. Plan an itinerary for the day, telling where you and your friends will be (what ride, what attraction) at different times during the day. Be sure to use the correct forms of the verb être.

possible choices; get 'em while they're hot

Hello everyone.
Each pair of students will need to choose a different individual upon whom to focus for this presentation. If you haven't yet chosen a figure from the French Renaissance, consider the following choices, (first come first served):
Catherine DeMedici
Jacques Cartier
Pierre Lescot
Jacques Lemercier
Josquin des Prez
Rabelais
Jean Molinet
Jacques Molinet
Jacques Pelletier du Mans
Pierre de Ronsard
Joachim du Bellay
Jean Fouquet
Germain Pilon
Andre LeNotre

Come and let me know your choice as soon as possible.
Amities,
Madame

Renaissance Figure PowerPoint Project

Thoroughly research a figure from the French Renaissance in order to create a graded 3-5 minute power point presentation which will be made before the class. Two of the slides in the presentation will have all appropriate accents added once they are projected onto the white board. Please be prepared in advance to choose two slides for this purpose. The last component of the presentation is a creative activity designed to test/exercise the comprehension of the rest of the class on at least three concepts or pieces of information delivered in the presentation.

*Students will research, prepare and present in pairs, sharing equal work loads.
* Power point slides should have a maximum of two well crafted and informative present tense sentences each. Many visuals are recommended.
* Each power point should be comprised of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 slides. *all writing and presenting will be done in French.
*students will be given a dry-erase marker on the day of presentation so as to make the accent additions to the two slides they have chosen to amend.
*creative comprehension activities may include but are not limited to cross-word puzzles, word searches, fill in the blank-style worksheets, or exercises encouraging other students to speak aloud.
****partners have been predetermined and will be given the opportunity to choose Renaissance figures out of a hat to ensure justice for all!

Partners are as follows:

Janine Chow and Eleanor Lichter
Sarah Fekini and Natasa Trajkovic
Kenneth Gudel and Rachel Latterich
Zoe Tracy and Fearghas Smith
Jack Hanlon and Monica Pastor
Kieran Naughton and Christopher Prijic
Sarah Jurkoic and Danny Wexler
David Hines: see Mme. Webber

Timing: This week’s block periods will be entirely devoted to research of your historic figure, the accent slides and your power point and class activity creation. Monday of next week is reserved for planning and rehearsal of your presentation. The first block period of next week will be comprised of presentations, starting at the very beginning of class.