What a Zoo!

7th Agers continue to learn how to say and write French words for body parts, starting with facial features. To make it fun, students were given animal plates to trace, draw, and label in French. See all the animals now on display in the 7th Age Zoo, outside the French classroom.

Bon Anniversaire, Rodin!

Today, as you may have seen on Google's doodle, is the 172nd birthday of Auguste Rodin, the  French artist who created the world famous sculpture "The Thinker".



Bon Appétit!

French Club was cooking up a storm this week. The young chefs put their culinary skills to work by creating crêpe batter to take home to their families. They cracked eggs, melted butter, poured milk, measured flour, sugar, and salt, and then stirred and scraped until the batter was smooth and creamy. In addition, French Club members were treated to delicious, cooked-on-the-spot crêpes of many flavors: jambon et fromage (ham and cheese), chocolat (chocolate), framboise (rasberry), and sucre et citron (sugar and lemon).

 

A special thanks to Madame Whitman and Chef Henri for helping make this so much fun!

And thanks also to Madame Pietrowski for being the photographer while Madame Cooke cooked.

 

  

Interesting Fact:   Many ordinary English cooking terms, such as restaurant, chef, cuisine, entrée, menu, and dessert are derived from the French language. This is thanks to the dominant role France has played in developing fine cuisine in the western world.

New Artist of the Month

Each month in the French classroom, a 

 

 

Head of the Class

7th Agers were introduced to new French vocabulary this week for parts of la tête (the head). First, they practiced repeating the new words and using their own faces to point to each feature as they said it. Next, the students helped create faces on the board by adding the different features to colorful heads when the teacher called out the French words: les yeux (eyes), les cheveux (hair), le nez (nose), and la bouche (mouth). Students continued to practice by writing these words, in newly-learned Calvert script, on their classwork papers.

 

Boo-tiful!

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!

 

 

From the French Club pumpkins

 

Bon Anniversaire, Statue de la Liberté!

Today marks the 126th birthday of The Statue of Liberty. Today is also its reopening, having been closed for the past year for renovations. It will now be easier to move around inside the monument and will be more accessible to visitors with disabilities.

 

 As Calvert French students know, this world-famous monument symbolizing freedom and opportunity was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States. The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor on June 19th, 1885. It was intended to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence, some ten years earlier.

The Statue of Liberty is made of copper and stands more than 300 feet high. Often called Lady Liberty, she faces southeast, making her a welcoming symbol for arriving ships.