1 - You presented your A/B convo piece from last day

2 - We continued the Personal and Social Core Competency! 

Today we looked at Personal Awarenesss and Responsibility

Format:

1. Pensez-Parlez-Partagez: "If you had to tell a FR8 student how to succeed in FR9 what would you tell them" (Reflect on own, discuss, share - all speaking, nothing written down.) 

2. Self-reflection question: "How are you progressing as a learner (in French class)? How can you use your strengths (things you are good at)* to improve?"

*does not necessarily have to be French related! (e.g. organization, social interactions... etc) 

3- You played Battleship to practice Passé composé (avoir) regular and irregular verbs. QUIZ ON THESE TOMORROW

Devoirs: Study for quiz, Duolingo

- Today you had your reading test.

- We started the Personal and Social Core Competency! 

Today we looked at Personal and Cultural Identity

Format:

1. Pensez-Parlez-Partagez: "How does growing up in a Francophone place (Québec, France, Mali) influence a person- who they are?" (Reflect on own, discuss, share - all speaking, nothing written down.) 

2. Self-reflection question: "How have your experiences, family history, heritage and/or peers helped shape who you are today?"

- We then did an A/B conversation piece practicing the passé composé/listening/speaking skills 

You will be presenting these tomorrow for the class.

Devoirs: Duolingo

Aujourd'hui

Ouf! Il faisait chaud aujourd'hui!

1. 10 minutes - Duolingo/Study
2. Quiz (passé composé - avoir, regular verbs)
3. Watched a short film (un court métrage) and gave opinions. We practiced more "spontaneous" interactions by reacting to what your partner said. You then gave a star rating "Je donne 4 étoiles à ce film" and a reason why POURQUOIIII??
4. We watched the bande-annonce for "Bon Cop Bad Cop" and read a review of the movie + multiple choice questions.

There will be a reading test on TUESDAY, so please study your notes for vocabulary.

Want extra reading practice?
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/24heures (the 24hours newspaper in Montreal)

* Don't forget to...
> highlight/underline the mots-amis (ENG), mots familiers (FR)
>  read the whole sentence at a time
>  make some guesses based on context.

Bon weekend!

Today we did a matching activity: FR movie critiques (sentences) to ENG translations. -I am unable to post it here, but extra copies of this sheet are in the black box by the window. 

We watched a number of different trailers and gave our opinion! (Choosing from the list on the worksheet)

You then had time to complete your Core Competency (Thinking) activity, as well as do your Duolingo/review vocabulary on Quizlet.

Remember: no Duolingo on Monday!

Bon weekend!

(and here's the great song we listened to today)

We looked at new vocabulary on Quizlet (adjectifs)

We watched this movie trailer (Les Mis)

You read some reviews (from Twitter!), shared which one you agreed with, and wrote your own (mini-review)! 

I gave you a feedback frame for this unit (checklist, goal setting)

Devoirs: Duolingo

1. You told your partner your opinion about the song:

J'aime, J'apprécie...

Je n'aime pas, Je déteste...

Je ne comprends pas...

- les paroles, les danseurs, le rythme, la mélodie, la vidéo...

Your partner replied with: Je suis d'accord (I agree) / Je ne suis pas d'accord (I don't agree), and gave their own opinion! 

2. We reviewed the film genres, and completed this Quizlet

3. We did a reading about what film genres people prefer + true/false questions

4. We did a conversation piece: see Quizlet 

5. We learned some new vocabulary: Quizlet

*Note: "chef-d'œuvre" the "f" is silent. 

Aujourd'hui you had your writing assessment.

You then filled in your feedback frame for the unit (the checklist, goal setting) and doing some reflection, and I checked to see that you completed one Thinking Competency. 

We then started the new unit "LE CINÉMA!" 

- starting with genres 

We then did an A/B partner activity where you used this format:

As-tu vu __________

Oui, j’ai vu ce film

Non, Je n’ai pas vu ce film 

C’est quel genre? 

C’est un(e)  _________

With this Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/179318212/flashcards

(Notice that we are using the PAST TENSE! A concept we will be looking at this unit.) 

Défilé de mode!

Today you had your fashion show presentations! You completed a little listening/writing activity during the presentations.

Because it was a flex day, there wasn't time to do the writing test. Please study and practice using the vocabulary/grammar rules again tonight in preparation for your test tomorrow. I will show you 4 outfits, you will write about 2 of them. Vocabulary sheet will be provided (see info on previous post about what will be included)

I will also be checking to see that you have 1 Thinking competency reflection done (either creative OR critical.) 

Devoirs: Duolingo 

Intro for project

Voici notre collection pour ______ (saison, année) de la marque ______. 
La collection s'appelle _________. 

(Choose A or B, or both if you want!)

A) C'est une collection _________ , _________ et __________ (adj = fem singular)
B) C'est une collection pour les gens _________, _________ et __________ (adj = masc, plural)

Merci à vous! 

** After the défilé de mode on LUNDI you will be doing a final writing assessment (to show me all of your skills!!) I will be projecting 2 images for you, and you will write about 1. I will provide a vocabulary sheet (so you do not need to memorize all of the m/f/pl of clothing) however, I will only be providing the masculine forms of the adjectives, so you will need to know the feminine/plural forms AND know if it is a part of BAGS(O) or not. **

I will be looking for correct use of...
> ADJ placement
> ADJ agreement
> Superlative
> Varied vocabulary usage

I will also be seeing that you completed one of the thinking competencies (either critical or creative thinking) on Monday. Note that I will not be collecting these, as you have another week to do the other half!

Défilé de mode

We watched the Finale of Projet Fashion! It was a great (albeit a little challenging) activity. I gave you some new vocabulary to help, and we paused a lot (pensez-parlez-partagez)

boutique = store

pièces = pieces (clothes)

amer = bitter

n’est pas abouti = not reached 

acheter = to buy

oublier = to forget

âme = heart/soul

You spent the rest of class working on your projects:

For those that asked, here is the page of the mini collection you made
and presented for a speaking mark (last week)

Aujourd'hui
- We reviewed the superlative, you corrected some mistakes on the board
- You got your Thinking CC sheet- keep those i-statements in mind these next two weeks!
- You got your project outline, your groups, your fabric swatch, and started on your planche de tendances (mood board.) You will continue working on the project this week. (Here are the example mood boards I showed in class today) I recommend you use the app "Polyvore" ** Your fabric swatch that you got in class today must be on the mood board somewhere.

Hier,

We practiced le Futur Proche and le Superlatif + reviewed CC- Communication

Futur Proche:
- Practiced asking and answering questions
Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire cette semaine? (Ans: Je vais...)
Qu'est-ce que toi et tes amis vont faire cette semaine? (Ans: Nous allons...)
Qu'est-ce que ton ami va faire cette semaine? (Ans: Il/Elle va...)
Qu'est-ce que la famille de ton ami va faire cette semaine? (Ans: Ils vont...)

Superlatif:
- We reviewed the superlative and did some questions.
ANSWERS UNDER THE CUT
1. (belle) la robe (+)
2. (élégants) les gants (+)
3. (moche) le jean (-)
4. (nouveau) le pantalon (-)
5. (rouges) les bottes (+)
6. (laides) les chaussettes (-)
7. (jolie) la reine (+)
8. (gentille) la fille (-)
9. (bizarre) l'homme (-)
10. (bon) le look (+)

We then reviewed the Communication Core Competency, and I gave you some overall feedback.
* Focus on you and your role
* When talking about areas to grow, come up with some sort of a plan, a how to get to where you want to be.

LA REINE DES NEIGES

We learned the expression: "J'aimerais" (I would like) and "Ça sent bon" (it smells good!) and you got to practice by communicating with some Francophones selling you crêpes!

You also learned about the superlative: main notes from today under the cut. You will be asked to used superlatives in your final collection (group project.)

The rest of the class you worked on your mini collection (peer editing, asking for help, finishing your drawings)

Your presentations are tomorrow! You will be presenting to me in the hallway for a speaking mark. You will also be handing in your Communication Competency self-reflection of the week at the end of class.

Devoirs: Duolingo

**Remember that Quizlet is a good resource! You can put your whole script in (a sentence on each flashcard) to help you practice your speaking** + review past speaking assessments! What are some things you need to work on? (French R, Final consonants, Expression... etc.!)

We watched this fashion show (défilé de mode) from the show Projet Fashion

and talked about what makes it a collection (things in common)

We reviewed vocabulary from yesterday (more adj to describe fashion)

We did a few practice questions (answers under the cut) 

1. a pretty blue pleated skirt

2. some new expensive brown boots

You worked on your own mini collections (2 looks)
I am giving you a speaking mark + feedback for this.

Voici ma collection pour _____________ (saison, année) 
de la marque _________. 
La collection s'appelle ____________. 

Voici un look pour les hommes. Il porte/Il a...
Voici un look pour les femmes. Elle porte/Elle a...

Merci pour votre attention.

Please have your French written tomorrow so we can peer-edit and practice the speaking portion!!

The Crêpe truck will be here tomorrow! Bring money if you would like to buy something.
I will review how to order them tomorrow.

+ Duolingo!!

Core Competency this week: Communication!

- We talked about what that is and looked at some "i" statements. You will have to complete your reflections by the end of this week (Thursday!)

- We did Entrevue Flash

- We went over the answers to the Colinne Michaelis article

- We looked at some new vocabulary (https://quizlet.com/203774655/adjectifs-more-adjectives-to-describe-fashion-flash-cards/)

- You described your outfits today using new vocabulary

- You were given a few minutes to start a mini-project: this way I can give you a speaking mark + feedback that you can use to help your final project. (Bring colours tomorrow to work on it! It is an in-class assignment)

Music video today!