What's in a Number?

9th Agers are learning numbers 0 to 100 in French. Why learn so many? Numbers play an important part in any language and it is most beneficial to know numbers automatically. It would be awfully hard to conduct daily business, travel, and communication needs without basic number vocabulary. So students are practicing each day to not only memorize number words but to also be able to recall them randomly. Ask your 9th Ager to count for you in French!



C'est Moi

8th Agers are creating a C'est Moi (This is Me) page in their French compostion books. A new descriptive sentence is added each week. Students have gotten quite good at reading these descriptions to the class. Here are some examples:



 

 

 

 

 

  

 



Encore, encore!

By Georges, they've got it! Two 8th Agers presented a French skit in front of the class today - memorized, with perfect pronunciation and ease in speaking. Warms a teacher's heart. Bravo!

 

 

Lights, Camera, Action!

8th Agers did a fabulous job this week presenting skits to their classmates.

This was their first French skit and it incorporated listening, reading, and speaking skills.

Bonjour, je m'appelle Solange.

Bonjour.

Et toi, comment t'appelles-tu?

Je m'appelle Sylvie.

Enchantée, Sylvie.

Enchantée.

Au revoir, Solange.

Au revoir, Sylvie.



 

It's All About Me

9th Agers have been working on their first French folder paper for the year. Students wrote about themselves with six descriptive French sentences. Descriptions include topics such as the student's name, age, number of brothers and sisters, favorite color, favorite season, something they like, something they don't like, and where they live. Here is a sampling of their work: 

 

 

Monet Impression

Learning about art can make a lifetime impression on students. Each month, one of the bulletin boards in the French classroom features a famous French artist. This month's Artiste du Mois is Claude Monet. 9th Agers are learning a lot about this famous French artist.

Monet was born in Paris in 1840. He spent most of his childhood in the northern seaport of Le Havre. Monet began drawing as a teenager. He loved the effect that sunlight had on the water and everything around him. Monet, along with a group of other young French painters, founded a new movement in painting that would come to be known as Impressionism (named after a painting of Monet's called Impression at Sunrise.) This group of painters enjoyed painting outdoors. They liked to paint with bright colors and quick brushstrokes. They liked to paint nature and people doing everyday activities. Monet and his wife and their eight children lived in a small village outside of Paris, called Giverny. They lived in a pink house with green shutters which still exists today and is visited each year by people from all around the world. Monet designed his beautiful gardens for his paintings. He had a Japanese-style bridge built over his waterlily pond.

 

After looking at pictures and hearing about Monet's life and paintings, students began working on an assignment that involves reading about Monet, coloring a print of his Japanese bridge painting, filling in blanks to complete facts about Monet, and drawing their own impression of a waterlily.



More French From Home

9th Agers continue to be on the search for all things French. Here are some recent finds from home that they brought in this week to share with their class:

Popular children's books: Madeline and Hugo

A gift from Mom and Dad's trip to Paris

Petit toasts ... yummy with a bit of Brie cheese

A book about the 1900 Olympics in Paris

A French find from the shower

 

A popular movie ... based on a story orginally written in French.

Now, that's a beret!!

Yes, ballet is French!