12 Feb 2016 No Comments
20 Oct 2015 No Comments
Art Lesson
In Honors French we are beginning a lesson on how to talk about art in French, so we invited Mrs. Sibley to come in and give us an introduction on how to read a painting. She also taught us about the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, and Beaubourg and got us up to speed on the different types of art found in the Louvre vs. Orsay and how you recognize an Impressionist painting. Merci, Mrs. Sibley!
02 Oct 2015 No Comments
Speed Dating
French B students practiced new vocabulary about shopping for clothing and recycled old vocab with an activity we call “speed dating”. Students spend 1-2 minutes facing a partner before moving to another desk, in a circular pattern. On each desk they find a card that matches the card their partner has, giving them a task to accomplish through negotiation with their partner and practice. The next day, students were quizzed on one of the card sets, chosen at random.
21 Sep 2015 No Comments
Paper Bears
French B has just started a Unit about shopping and our first lesson includes clothing vocabulary. Today we practiced talking about what people (well….bears) wear by working as a whole class and also in smaller groups to describe clothing being worn. First, I modeled for the students how to say what the bear is wearing (L’ours porte…). Students would describe to their classmates 5-7 items of clothing worn by the bear. All of the other students in the group or class would use the paper clothing cutouts to dress their bear. Once the bear was dressed, another student would call back the correct outfit as a check. We enjoyed giving the bear strange combinations of clothing and then all laughed, announcing “l’ours est nu” as he got ready for his next outfit of the day. #OOTD
08 Sep 2015 No Comments
Monsieur Anderson drops by for some French
French B students practiced vocabulary, grammar, and geography of French-speaking West Africa today with an activity designed to have them work together in teams to think about French in context as they solved a puzzle we call “Le Serpent”.
28 Aug 2015 No Comments
La Rentrée 2015 BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO FRANÇAIS!
French A students have been working on greetings and learning about what to expect in French class. We’ve practiced a lot of mini-conversations and used teamwork to discover things about French class and the French room. We’ve all made Quizlet accounts that we will be using the rest of the year to practice vocabulary. French B & C students have been getting back into the swing of things with a variety of review learning activities.
22 Jan 2015 No Comments
Eiffel Tower
French C Honors playing the “Eiffel Tower” game. Each group of 3-4 has a “juge” with all of the questions and answers. Players compete to write the correct answer (as determined by the “juge”) and are allowed to climb up one spot on the Tower for each correct answer. If no players get the right response, the “juge” climbs up one spot. 
22 Jan 2015 No Comments
Coorperative work, Human Clocks: Quelle heure est-il?
French A students practiced telling time last week with small clocks and also with giant “human” clocks that they created together following a rubric with specific instructions.
14 Dec 2014 No Comments
French A Lockers
Students in French A have been learning about gender, articles, and vocabulary for the classroom. This week they worked in teams of three to make giant lockers. They could put anything in their locker from our vocab list…including a teacher!
