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November 28, 2006
Our new vocabulary...10 whole new words! All classes will be quizzing on this vocabulary early next week.
quarante - 40
cinquante - 50
soixante - 60
(And all numbers 0-69!)
lundi - Monday
mardi - Tuesday
mercredi - Wednesday
jeudi - Thursday
vendredi - Friday
samedi - Saturday
dimanche - Sunday
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 07:25 PM
November 26, 2006
Here are our goals for this week:
1) The groups assigned to the days of the week and numbers 0-60 will present.
2) Learn how to tell time.
Assessments will be given intermittently with the exact days to be announced soon.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:25 PM
Bleu:
Les sujets - C'est super! Slide 8 - give an example of Comment tu trouves...? For instance, Comment tu trouves les maths? You should probably include math and English as subjects.
Les couleurs - Add French title (LES COULEURS ET LES MOTIFS), How are you teaching different spelling/pronunciation for the masculine and feminine forms of the colors? Check spelling of "colorful" on slide 5, in play view. Your font is fun, but the accents are hard to read.
Les mois et les saisons - C'est très bien! See Madame about extra credit. Also, let's discuss capitalization!
Les jours de la semaine et les chiffres 40-60 - Bien! Your PowerPoint is clean and simple - easy to read! Your days of the week are wrong! Lundi is Monday. See Madame about capitalization. How about including days of the week in your review? Where is your review of numbers 0-39?
La nourriture.... C'est très bien! Entrée means first course (the US meaning is the main dish). Hors-d'oeuvre = appetizer. It's best to have your review concentrate on the vocabulary on pages 147 and 154.
Le vocabulaire divers - Bien! Don't forget to change your sentences to match each item!
Blanc:
Les activités et les sports - C'est super! A couple of fixes!
Les mois et les saisons - C'est fantastique! No changes!
Le vocabulaire divers - Bien! Un roman = a novel. Be sure you add the rest of the vocabulary.
Les couleurs - Super! Reverse your feminine and masculine colors - see Madame for explanation. Made no changes!
Le temps - C'est bien! Your words may need to be larger to be seen well when you present. "Il fait frois" is spelled wrong! (slide 5) Picture and translation for slide 6. Some sentences need periods. The End in French is La Fin. (No changes.)
Les sujets - Très coloré! In presentation mode, some lettering may be too small for classmates to read. Can you make words larger? Words on the last slide need to be a different color - too hard to read. The translation for boring is wrong!
Les objets de classe - Très coloré aussi! Your lettering is too small. Why not switch the French and English - French as the title, English smaller. This way you emphasize the French words. What about the vocabulary on page 82?
Les jours de la semaine et les chiffres 40-60 - C'est vraiment SUPER! 60 is spelled wrong! Add a credit slide!
Rouge:
Les jours de la semaine et les chiffres 40-69 - C'est bien! Why not do a review game to see who remembers numbers 0-39, then show the two review slides? Since you have the room, enlarge the numbers and spelling on slides with 40-69. The French for Sunday is misspelled.
Les objets de classe - C'est bien! Nice and neat! The French for ruler and marker are misspelled.
Les nombres de 61 à 2,000,001 - C'est bien! The accent on Chloé is an aigu. The French for 61 is wrong. 61-69 need hyphens. 91 is misspelled. THE END in French is LA FIN.
Le vocabulaire divers - Bien! Sébastian needs an accent aigu. Une cassette is a cassette tape. Both French and English of television are misspelled. There's a hyphen between sweat and shirt (French). The French for dictionary is misspelled. Des baskets are sneakers. Un roman is a novel.
Les sports et les activités - Bien! Add Les before both sports and activités on your title slide. There are spelling errors on slides 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20. Take out the parentheses that surround -ball on slides 4, 7, 14. THE END in French is LA FIN.
Le temps - Bien! Spelling errors on slides 8, 13, 17.
La nourriture - Bien! Make the English of des crêpes plural (crepes). Un croque-monsieur is a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. Une limonade is a lemon soda (like Sprite, 7Up, etc.) The End in French is La Fin.
Les mois et les saisons - Bon! Hélène - the second e has an accent grave. Don't capitalize the French months. L'été needs to be fixed on slide 8. The End in French is La Fin.
Les couleurs - C'est super! Don't forget to look at symmetry (capitals, spacing, etc.) Accents need to be fixed on slides 16, 17, 18 (and on 18, foncé is misspelled). Jeopardy is misspelled on slide 28. There is room to make your words larger on teaching slides. This will make it easier for everyone to see your presentation.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 02:53 PM
November 15, 2006
WE WILL BE SPENDING THIS WEEK AND NEXT (NOVEMBER 13-NOVEMBER 21) WORKING ON OUR PROJECTS! OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE ALL COMPUTER COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECTS BY THE 21ST. The group with numbers 40-60 and the days of the week will present the week after Thanksgiving, followed closely by school subjects.
LES DEVOIRS -
1ST AND 2ND PERIODS - COMPLETE THE HANDOUT THAT MADAME WILL GIVE YOU TOMORROW - THIS IS DUE MONDAY!
7TH PERIOD - COMPLETE THE HANDOUT THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED IN CLASS TODAY (Madame does not remember if she told the substitute that it is due tomorrow - if she didn't, then you, too, can have until Monday. If Madame did tell the substitute and she told you, then the packet will be collected tomorrow!)
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 07:22 PM
November 14, 2006
Our food day was très magnifique! Merci beaucoup to all of the students who made (and bought) such great food AND MERCI MILLE FOIS to the parents who helped at home and at school. Because we kept delaying our first food day, we may not have another one until after the winter break. We always serve crepes in January or February. We will have at least one more fest in the spring.
Thank you again to everyone who helped make our day run smoothly and deliciously!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 07:36 PM
November 10, 2006
We're excited about our food fest. Parents are welcome to join us. If you can do so, be sure to ask your child when his/her class meets. Be sure to bring an index card with your name on it, the name of the dish you made and any interesting information you learned about your recipe.
Click HERE to go to my post that contains all the information about our special event that you need to know to help make this a wonderful experience!
I can't wait to sample everything!!!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 05:32 PM
November 09, 2006
Go to Madame's Quia Homepage and practice the verb avoir with the games and activities. For extra credit, take the quiz here. You will need your login and password, which is on the sticker that should be in your spiral notebook. Madame will be able to see who took the quiz. (If you have problems logging in, but Quia lets you in without a password, you may print the results page and bring this in to receive your extra credit on the test.)
Bonne chance!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 01:44 PM
November 08, 2006
Study for your quiz (Thursday) and then your test (Friday) on the verb AVOIR.
Click here to download a chart of AVOIR
Do you know what these expressions mean?
avoir...ans
avoir faim
avoir soif
avoir raison
avoir tort
avoir froid
avoir chaud
7th period students - don't forget to pick your recipe for our Food Fest.
DON'T FORGET - OUR FOOD DAY HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 10:37 PM
Lassiter is hosting a Parent Night for all rising 8th graders. They will be providing information regarding transition, placement and curriculum. Please plan to attend on Tuesday, November 14 at 6:30 PM at Lassiter in the theater.
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 07:44 AM
November 05, 2006
Monsieur Israel-Hiles had emergency surgery last Wednesday; instead of attending the leadership retreat, Madame was at the hospital until Friday. SOOOOO...
1) I will miss school tomorrow to take M. I-H to the doctor.
2) I will miss school Wednesday afternoon for the same reason.
3) We do not have school on Tuesday due to it being Election Day.
4) We need to postpone our food day to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO PARENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS. IF YOUR PARENT HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP US OUT ON FRIDAY, PLEASE BE SURE S/HE KNOWS THAT OUR DAY HAS BEEN MOVED AGAIN.
5) Please be patient with our substitutes - they are here to help us, and this is a time when Madame needs their help!
Posted by Israel-Hiles at 09:07 PM
