Je parle français!

10th Age students are be coming quite the French speakers. This week's morning challenge is a short conversation in French. Interested students may stop by the French classroom and speak with Madame - no English allowed. Here are some typical conversations between students and teacher:

Mini Skits

10th Agers have finished writing original French mini-skits, involving two characters with a minium of three lines each, as well as vocabulary and expressions learned in class. Here, in Calvert script,  are some examples:

C'est Moi

8th Agers are learning a lot this year by  reading, writing, and speaking French. Listen to these students introduce themselves with their French name, age, and nationality. Bien fait! (Well done!)

  

  

Un, Deux, Trois, ...

7th Agers have been learning how to count from one to ten, in French. They are also learning how to write these numbers in French. Here's a sampling of their work:

Ratatouille

French Club was treated to a showing of the movie Ratatouille, complete with lemonade, popcorn, and French cookies. This movie is full of French words and scenes of Paris. Next week, the students will find out if Anyone can cook! is really true when they become little chefs themselves and try their hand at cooking French crêpes.

What an Impression

10th Agers, as a continuation of last year's study of French Impressionists, have been taking an upclose look at Impressionist paintings. Recently, inspired students tried their best to recreate what they saw. Artists include Edgar Degas, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, and Edouard Manet. Impressive!

Salutations

10th Agers have busy in class creating French skits. Each skit must be a conversation between two people, with three or more lines per person. Students are using their knowledge of conversational French as well as some new vocabulary and expressions. For example, did you know that there are two ways to say hello in French? Bonjour and Salut. These skits will turn into this month's folder paper as well as provide new material for students to present in class.