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September 26, 2006
(NOTE TO PARENTS - 7th Period is a day behind, but will be back on track after tomorrow's class and prepared to take the quiz on Thursday.)Quiz for all classes on Thursday. Refer to class post from Tuesday (Suivez les instructions suivantes...) for the sites you can visit to prepare and for more information about what will be on your quiz.
Pour des bons points/For extra credit: 2 bonbons and 5 extra points on the quiz, go to this greetings crossword, print it out and complete it (must be 100 percent correct!). Be sure to put a space between words in phrases to get the puzzle to work. You will learn some new greetings/farewell vocabulary in the process!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 01:55 PM
1. Go to Madame's Quia Home Page. Play battleship. Practice numbers if you need to (0-20 will be on your quiz).
2. Go to our Textbook Online Exercises and complete the two "Comment dit-on" exercises under the 1st Step (Premiere Etape).
3. Go to our Textbook Log In Page. Log In using your new User Name and Password. Review all of the grammar and complete the activities for the 1st step (premiere etape). If we cannot get into the online version of our book, complete exercises 1 and 2 page 38 in your spiral notebook using a classroom copy of our textbook.
4. Continue to practice writing all of our vocabulary in French - use our Greetings Flashcards.
Quiz THURSDAY for all three classes.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 07:10 AM
September 25, 2006
Due tomorrow for 7th period only:
Be sure that you have taught and had signed for numbers 21-39 and that you have practiced your conversation in front of/with a family member (also must be signed for on your teaching sheet).
1st and 2nd Periods - for Wednesday; Thursday for 7th Period:
On Wednesday (Thursday for 7th period), you have a writing and listening quiz on the greetings/farewell vocabulary. You will complete sections similar to the worksheet you completed last week (we'll look at these tomorrow). The quiz covers numbers 0-20 and our greetings vocabulary. You will have to write (from memory) a short conversation, spell numbers, respond in writing to short statements and questions, among other activities that demonatrate your acquisition of grammar and vocabulary. Go to our vocabulary flashcard website - scroll down to tennis player and practice writing the vocabulary from English to French. This will help you to prepare for the quiz.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:02 AM
September 20, 2006
2nd and 7th period classes completed their quiz today on numbers 21-39. 1st period students will take their quiz tomorrow. Madame will collect teaching sheets today and tomorrow.
ALSO, students who need to take/retake their greetings vocabulary quiz need to do so tomorrow morning. Please arrive by 8:15.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 12:22 PM
Visit Madame's Quia home page to practice different class topics.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:10 AM
September 18, 2006
Complete the two-sided handout - follow the directions as stated on each section.
Heads Up - Teach 21-39 to a family member by Wednesday and study for Wednesday's numbers quiz 21-39.
Work begins tomorrow on our conversations.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 04:30 PM
September 13, 2006
Spiral notebooks should come to class each day with French students. This is very important!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:11 PM
September 11, 2006
For a bon-bon, go to our flashcard site and find the two new cards Madame added that are not yet in our notes. Write them down along with a sentence or two about the usage differences between the two new phrases. Bonne chance!!!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:06 PM
September 08, 2006
Homework for next week is as follows:
1st and 2nd Periods:
Tuesday - Notebooks are due with all notes transferred into your dictionary. For phrases, use the first letter of the first word (put "A demain on the "A" page); you may also put "demain" on your "D" page, but you do not have to.) Madame will collect the notebooks and return them as soon as she looks them over. This is a category 2 grade.
Thursday - Quiz on Les salutations et les adieux - recognition only, not spelling memorization... YET! Practice online HERE.
7th Period:
Wednesday - Notebooks are due with all notes transferred into your dictionary. For phrases, use the first letter of the first word (put "A demain on the "A" page); you may also put "demain" on your "D" page, but you do not have to.) Madame will collect the notebooks and return them as soon as she looks them over. This is a category 2 grade.
Friday - Quiz on Les salutations et les adieux - recognition only, not spelling memorization... YET! Practice online HERE.
BON WEEKEND ET À LUNDI OU À MARDI!!!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 05:15 PM
Go to the following website to access electronic vocabulary cards to practice introductory conversation vocabulary. Quiz on the second day you have French class next week!
Intro Conversation Vocabulary Practice
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:08 AM
September 07, 2006
Discover the meaning of your future from today's handout and earn a bon-bon tomorrow! Come to class with the French phrase and its English translation!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:41 AM
September 06, 2006
Informational meetings regarding the summer 2007 tour to France are this Sunday, September 10. Middle school parents with last names A-L meet at 3:00 pm, middle school parents last names M-Z meet at 5:00 pm. High school parents meet at 7:00 pm.
The tour company that I use is raising the program fee by $100 midnight on the 10th. I mention the rise in price not to add pressure to parents to make a decision by Sunday night, but to give them a heads up as they ponder their child's and, perhaps, their own participation in this trip. Registration for the trip is 24/7 at the tour company's website. I will explain all costs and procedures on Sunday.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:08 PM
Students will take a quiz tomorrow on numbers 0-20.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:04 PM
September 05, 2006
Check out this site that Madame just found! Numbers 0-20
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 08:46 AM
September 04, 2006
All 8th graders will take the following tests during September:
September 6-7: Cogat Ability Test
September 11-15: ITBS Achievement Test
Please make sure that your children are well rested and on time these days. Students who are absent will have to make up the tests during alternate times.
Classes will be blocked on Wednesday, September 6, and Monday thru Friday, September 11-15. Third period will meet everyday. On the 6th, 12th, and 14th, students will attend 3rd, 1st, and 2nd periods; on the 11th, 13th, and 15th, students will attend 3rd, 6th, and 7th periods. On Thursday, September 7, students will attend all of their classes; 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th periods will be shorter than normal.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:09 PM
