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October 30, 2006
- You should have your Learning Styles handout and the activity sheet (students will be taking passing these out).
- Click HERE.
- Scroll down the left sidebar and find the section "About Learning Styles Modalities" and find your learning style (Visual, Auditory, or Tactile-Kinesthetic) - it's on the handout. If you have "global" on your handout, choose any of the styles. If you have more than one style listed, choose the first one on your sheet.
- You will be going in and out of the subsections to complete the activity sheet.
- As soon as everyone is settled and we greet each other, Madame will provide you instructions for the last section of the activity sheet.
- The activity sheet is due at the end of class today.
Due to the difficulties posting the Food Fête instructions, your "teaching" activity will be accepted through next Tuesday.
Please note that for the work you will be completing while Madame is away, you will need loose-leaf notebook paper. Tomorrow, you will learn who is in your project group and about the project. YOU WILL SPEND WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY COMPLETING YOUR ROUGH DRAFT OF THE PROJECT.
ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER -ER VERB CONJUGATION TEST. You will be learning a new verb - an irregular one, which you must memorize by Wednesday of next week! Our food day is a week from this Friday.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 12:05 AM
October 29, 2006
Students - see entry below for your food day instructions. Review the instructions with a parent and get your teaching sheet signed.
Parents -
We are grateful for all of your help with this special event. Your child will need assistance shopping for and making his or her special dish. Additionally, if you would like to help us during your child’s French class, this assistance will be greatly appreciated. Please email Madame at eve.israel@cobbk12.org if you are planning to join us on November 10.
9:15-10:04 1st Period French
10:07-10:57 2nd Period French
3:15-Dismissal 7th Period French
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 03:20 PM
Madame has been trying all weekend to post this! If you have tried to check the blog, MERCI!!! Madame will extend the due date for the teaching assignment. More details tomorrow. Since the document will not load, please read the following AND click "Continue reading..." to read the rest of the instructions for our food day.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) IT IS BEST TO BRING YOUR DISH IN A DISPOSABLE CONTAINER. If you need to keep your serving container, be sure to label it with your name.
2) Please PRE-CUT the food into sample-size portions.
3) Student must provide bowls or cups if making a soup or drink.
4) If the dish must be kept warm, students should arrange to have their dish delivered to school at the beginning of their French class. HEATING UP FOOD TAKES TOO LONG AND OUR CLASS PERIOD GOES BY SO FAST! You may bring a crock pot to plug in and keep your food warm if necessary.
5) Dishes that must be refrigerated or frozen may be taken to the kitchen at the beginning of the school day.
6) LABEL YOUR DISH WITH YOUR NAME AND THE CLASS PERIOD YOU HAVE FRENCH.
7) If your dish does not have to be refrigerated, bring your dish to the designated spot at the beginning of the school day. Madame will let you know where this place is before Friday.
8) Bring an index card labeled with your name, the dish you made and any interesting cultural information you learned about your dish, such as the country where the recipe originates and if the dish is eaten on special occasions, etc. (Additional information provided will add bonus points to your grade!)
9) Students will be responsible for cleaning up their dish and will assist cleaning our classroom at the end of each French class.
10) Madame provides paper products except for those who are making soups or drinks.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 03:03 PM
October 26, 2006
Bonsoir! Tomorrow, some students (you know who you are!) need to come to school early to finish the "J'aime/Je n'aime pas" section of your brochures. I will allow some time in class to finish this for students who cannot come in early.
Our main task for tomorrow is to find recipes for our November 10th Food Day. Over the weekend, share your recipe with a parent/parents. Visit the blog and TEACH your parent about our upcoming event. Madame will post Food Day instructions tomorrow.
Visit Madame's Quia Home Page for recipe sites. Check out your parents' cookbooks.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:41 PM
October 24, 2006
Come to class tomorrow with your 10 "J'aime/Je n'aime pas" (and variations thereof) sentences. Go to Microsoft Clipart and select your pictures if you have not done so yet. (See previous entry for link to Microsoft Clipart.)
OUR FOOD DAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER ORGANIZED. Students should come home on Friday with a recipe they would like to make (solo or with a partner). Complete instructions for making this day MAGNIFIQUE will be posted on our blog. OUR NEW FOOD DAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006.
We will spend tomorrow and Thursday working on our brochures. Friday - recipe search. Next week, we begin a new group "teaching" project!!!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:13 PM
October 23, 2006
1) Complete the handout we worked on in class today.
2) Go to Microsoft Clipart and search for pictures that match your likes and dislikes.
Write down the search item and the page number for all of the items you might want to include in your brochure (no more than 10 total - more likes than dislikes).
3) Be sure to arrange your test makeup if you did not come in early this morning.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 06:30 AM
October 18, 2006
Prepare for tomorrow's test:
1) Review your notes
2) Look at and rewrite your verb charts
3) Practice the games at Madame's Quia home page
Teaching sheets are due tomorrow if you did not turn yours in today in class. 7th period worksheet on subject pronouns is also due tomorrow.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:41 PM
Tonight's homework (accepted on Friday, too) is to teach a parent how to conjugate an -ER verb. Get your new teaching sheet signed.
In addition and for extra credit on the test, bring in the evidence of this teaching (the charts you make during the instructional session).
(Added around 5:50 p.m. - 7th period students must complete the worksheet handed to them today - Subject Pronouns - and turn it in by Friday.)
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:30 AM
October 17, 2006
1st and 2nd period students need to complete the handout entitled, "Subject Pronouns."
7th period students need to complete the handout entitled, "Subject-Verb Agreement."
Tomorrow night's homework will be to teach an adult to conjugate an -er verb. Madame will explain tomorrow in class how she wants this assignment completed.
ALL STUDENTS HAVE A TEST ON FRIDAY - CONJUGATING 2 -ER VERBS!!! ON PEUT LE FAIRE!!!
THERE WILL BE A REVIEW SESSION FOR FRIDAY'S TEST AT 8:15 a.m. ON THURSDAY!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 03:04 PM
October 16, 2006
1st and 2nd period French students have a worksheet to finish for tonight. The worksheet is copyrighted, so it cannot be uploaded. Absent students may get the sheet from Madame when they return.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:23 PM
Our goals this week:
1. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT memorization of the -ER VERB CHART
2. Teach verb chart to an ADULT family member
3. Pick recipes for our food day (Friday, October 27)
4. TEST #2 -ER VERBS (FRIDAY)
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 12:31 PM
October 11, 2006
Need help with -ER VERB CONJUGATIONS? Come to tomorrow's review session - 8:15 a.m. Don't forget to check out the practice games on Quia. Visit Madame's Quia Home Page.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:13 PM
October 10, 2006
Conjugate these verbs for Thursday - remember to come in for a review session Thursday morning if you need help.
étudier - to study
jouer - to play
chanter - to sing
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:45 AM
October 09, 2006
Our main focus this week will be knowing the -er verb chart backwards, forwards, and inside out! Students have an -er verb TEST on Thursday. On Wednesday, students will be introduced to objects and verbs that we will incorporate into the study of our first verb form. There will be a review session Thursday morning for any students who want additional help with and practice for their test.
Visit Madame's Quia Home Page to practice -er verb conjugations. (FOR THE PRACTICE QUIZ, USE YOUR CLASS NUMBER AS YOUR FIRST NAME AND YOUR CLASS COLOR AS YOUR LAST NAME.) There are a few advanced sentences here - how would you conjugate a verb if the subject is a person, place or thing? We will discuss this in class tomorrow - if you can figure this out on your own, you're ahead of the gang!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:38 PM
October 05, 2006
Finish making your verb conjugation chart for the French verb REGARDER. Follow the model chart we made in class for PARLER (click PARLER to see the chart).
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 12:54 PM
October 02, 2006
REMEMBER to finish your learning styles/multiple intelligence forms and return them to Madame tomorrow!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:40 AM
Each student needs to bring in a picture of him/herself by this Wednesday for work on our brochures.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:44 AM
