Tuesday, November 26, 2019

We played "Autour du Monde" with our vocab today. As students got out of the game they grabbed a computer and went to quizlet.com and conjuguemos.com to practice these words for their assessment next Tuesday.

Assessment: Les Objets de la Classe - Mardi, le 3 décembre

Monday, November 25, 2019

We worked with our classroom objects vocab today. Students worked with a partner and used their flashcards and showed them the French side and tried to see if they knew what the word was. Then we did a different partner activity with the same flashcards. Then they completed worksheet "Activity Master 3.1" that I passed out to them.

Upcoming Assessment: Les Objets de la Classe - Mardi, le 2 décembre

Friday, November 22, 2019

We finished our notes on Classroom Objects (Les objets de la classe). Then students made flashcards for all of them that we will use next week to learn our words and their genders.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Students took their chapter 1 assessment today. Then I introduced classroom objects using props. School subjects and school supplies are the focus of our next unit.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

We updated our self-assessment sheet with three scores. Then we spent the hour reviewing for our assessment tomorrow.

Assessment tomorrow: Chapter 1: subject pronouns, negation and translations with agreeing and where vocab words - Thursday, Nov 21st

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

We went over the homework from last night. Then students practiced making sentences with agreeing in both the affirmative and the negative. Then they completed a review worksheet that models the assessment this week. We went over it before they left and finished class with a short game of "autour du monde" (around the world).

Upcoming assessment: Chapter 1: subject pronouns, negation and translations with agreeing and where vocab words - Thursday, Nov 21st

Monday, November 18, 2019

Take notes on negation in your notebooks on how to make a sentence negative today.
Then complete pg 7 in your chapitre 1 packet (all three activities 15, 16 and 17). Then complete both sides of the worksheet titled "Leçon 6 - Le Verbe Être". Notice that I put a reference chart at the top of the worksheet for you!!

When you are finished with those, turn them in to the sub and go to conjuguemos.com (password is still FrenchRocks!) or quizlet.com and practice "Vocab - Où - Where?"
You have to know these words for your assessment later this week!

Friday, November 15, 2019

Students took their assessment over être. Then we practiced with our new "where" vocab. Students completed their "Lecon 6 - Translations with etre & vocab 6" worksheet. Then they had a choice to work on conjuguemos or quizlet with our new vocab words.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

We worked with our new verb être today. Students completed worksheet pg 67 #1 and #2 (I passed this out in class today). Then they did a partner activity with some sentences I displayed on the board. Then we took notes on places we could be. Then they used our new words to complete an activity I had on the board. Lastly, they had the last few minutes to study for tomorrow's assessment.

Assessment tomorrow - être - the definition and 6 conjugations

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

We took notes on the verb être today. We practiced conjugating our new verb on conjueguemos.com (the password is still FrenchRocks!). This is a great site to practice verb conjugation.

Upcoming assessment: être - Friday, Nov 15th

Monday, November 11, 2019

We took notes on subject pronouns today. First we spoke about what a subject pronoun is in English. Students completed the top section of their subject pronoun worksheet. Then we took the notes in French and then they completed the bottom section of the same worksheet.

Friday, November 8, 2019

Students watched a video about the French Revolution since I was on a field trip with my 7th graders today.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Field trip for 8th grade to the DIA!

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Students took their assessment over vocab 1a-1c today. Then we watched two short video clips over impressionism art, which they will see tomorrow on our field trip to the DIA!

Monday, November 4, 2019

Welcome to quarter 2!! We reviewed for our assessment over vocab 1a-1c. I outlined the assessment then students completed chapter 1 packet pg 5. Then they completed the worksheet "Devoirs: Pascal et Elodie" parts B and C only. We also practiced for the listening part of the assessment where students have to determine if the sentence I say is masculine, feminine or you cannot tell. Students had the last part of class to study how they wished.

Upcoming assessment: Vocab 1a-1c: Wednesday, Nov 6th

Friday, November 1, 2019

We went over the homework from last night. Then we worked with our vocab 1c. We practiced for the listening assessment that they will have next week. Then students completed a worksheet (pg 27 from the textbook) that I passed out to them using un/une and le/la/l'. Then the completed the other 1/2 sheet "Où se trouve les erreurs?" finding the mistakes in each sentence. We went over the answers together before they left.

Upcoming assessment: Wed Nov 6th - Vocab 1a, 1b, 1c - writing and listening