Week of October 27th -30th

Bonjour -

Seventh Grade scholars are beginning our unit on La Famille (the family). We introduced words with our powerpoint featuring the Simpsons. Our new vocabulary includes:
une mère
un père
un frère
une soeur
une grandmère
un grandpère
un cousin
une cousine
un chien
un chat
*please note that the masculine words have the article "un" and the feminine words have "une".

This Thursday, Eighth and Ninth Grade scholars will be having our next test for French 1C and French I. Students will be reviewing this week. This test will cover:The verb faireExpressions using faireAsking questions using “est-ce que” and “est-ce qu’”Asking questions using inversion (flipping verb and subject)Question words including: où, quand, qui, avec qui, de qui, À qui, Pourquoi, comment, À quelle heure…Culture including Vietnam + schools and classes in France

Week of October 20th - 24th

What's Happening?

Seventh Grade scholars are getting their Marking Period 1 test back on Monday. Most students did a great job. This test included reading, listening, and writing in French. It is impressive how much these scholars have learning already!
This week we are working on some new vocabulary:
Tu connais..?
Il est...
Elle est...
Il s'appelle...
Elle s'appelle...
le
la
les
l'
cent
mille

Eighth and Ninth Grade scholars also got back their Marking Period 1 tests. Most of these scholars did a great job combining the review with the new vocabulary. We will continue to use the verbs être and avoir in our speaking, reading and writing, but we are also moving on to new and exciting verbs and vocabulary!
This week we are working on "Qu'est-ce que tu fais le weekend?" - looking at asking questions and responding to questions about activities using the verb faire. We are looking at different question works to determine the most logical responses.
qu'est-ce que
est-ce que
qui
à qui
avec qui
pour qui
où
pourquoi
combien
comment
quand
No homework?! Students should also be spending at least 10 minutes each night to review and practice vocabulary.

Week of October 14th - 17th

Bonjour!

Seventh Grade scholars are working on numbers 70-100, and looking at the articles un, une, le, la, les and l' this week.

**Seventh Grader scholars will be having a quiz this Friday. They will have a graphic organizer so they know what will be covered.

**Notebooks are also due. As we are focussing on organization, the notebook check is equal to a test grade for the 1st marking period. Scholars should have the following in their notebooks:
-Class Expectations
-Introduction conversation
-Why Learn French
-Colors
-Maps (France + Africa)
-Nationalities (masculine and feminine forms)
-Test Score graph
-un/une chart
-Numbers 0-69
-Telephone numbers

8th and 9th grade scholars will also be having a test this Thursday (jeudi). They have a graphic organizer to show what will be covered.

****Notebooks are also due. As we are focussing on organization, the notebook check is equal to a test grade for the 1st marking period. Scholars should check the list in class to be sure they have everything in their notebooks.

Week of October 6th - 9th

Quoi de neuf? (What's new?)

French 1B (7th Graders ) are working on numbers (1-69), friends and family and using the articles un or une for a/an. Learning and using the correct articles will help students remember if the object/word is masculine or feminine which will help later with adjectives.
This week's vocabulary includes...
un ami
une amie
un copain
une copine
un garçon
une fille
un prof
une prof
Tiens!
Voici
Voilà
Qui-est-ce?
C'est...
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French 1C and French I (8th and 9th Graders) are working on regular -er verbs in the present tense. We are taking the infinitive (-er form), dropping the -er ending, and adding the correct ending depending on the subject/pronoun.
je parlE
tu parlES
il/elle parlE
nous parlONS
vous parlEZ
ils/elles parlENT.

* Rememember the pronunciations for the endings of je, tu, il, elle and ils/elles are identical.
** Also remember these forms have 3 meanings (I play, I do play, I am playing...).

Students should be reviewing the meanings of the pronouns, and continue to review the verbs etre and avoir.