Who in the World Speaks French?

10th Agers can tell you. For a recent French project, students researched a French-speaking country and created a poster about it, full of informative facts such as population, natural resources, religions, traditional foods, and most popular sports. Students also included a map and the flag of their country as well as an interesting fact. Here are some examples of their projects:

International Week 2012

International Week started off strong with French Day leading the charge. French Club members, donned in berets, gathered early in the morning to hand out miniature flags of French-speaking countries to their schoolmates. Students were greeted with a friendly bonjour and headed off to their classrooms for some morning French work. Delicious croissants awaited the students for snack. Math students brought in extra-credit posters full of math facts related to France. For lunch, all delighted in eating quiche, frites, haricots verts, and eclairs au chocolat. Later in the afternoon, Madame Cooke and Mrs. Armstrong welcomed visitors who gave a presentation to 10th Age girls and 6-D students about their recent trip to France; and they brought homemade Madeleine cookies and meringues for all to try. Check out other teachers' blogs to learn more about French happenings around the Lower School.

Mona Lisa

Did you know that the most famous painting in the world is in France? The Mona Lisa, painted by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci in 1503, hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris. It is visited by over six million people a year. People say that Mona Lisa has a mysterious smile. Here are some Eighth Age imitations:

Eiffel Tower Madness

It took over two years for the world-famous Eiffel Tower to be built for the 1889 World's Fair. French Club took less than an hour building miniature Eiffel Towers out of wafer cookies and frosting. Fun was had by all. Unlike the real thing however, these scientific wonders did not last very long due to gravity and unsteady materials. The good thing - once toppled, students could eat their creations.

       

       

               

         

                                              

Alouette

7th Agers had fun singing Alouette this week. This song fits in nicely with the unit on body parts that we have been doing. While learning the melody and the words to this popular French song, students created their own alouette bird to take home.

                   

Alouette, gentille alouette,

Alouette, je te plumerai.

Je te plumerai la tête  

Je te plumerai la tête.

Et la tête, et la tête. 

alouette, alouette

Alouette, gentille alouette, 

Alouette, je te plumerai.