Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
*Coin Drive on Thursday.
* Spirit Days - Pastel Colours (Wednesday) & Easter (Thursday). Thursday is also Hat Day for $1.
French 9A
The students presented their dream rooms with a question and answer session. If you are not finished hand-in your plan and sentences before the break. The students also started some acrostic poems about inclusion and kindness for the ACTIVATE contest.ELA 9A
The students watched everyone's Book Trailers. I will be posting links to the trailer in the near future. The students also had time to complete their ACTIVATE French poem. If you are not done it is homework for tomorrow.French 8A
The students started videoing their clips for the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp video they are creating.French 8B
The students had time to finish up their Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp videos.French 10/20/30
This class was canceled due to the Drama production of The Greek Mythology Olymiaganza. It is a very funny play and if you'd like to see it, performances for the public will be held on the evenings of Tuesday, April 5th and Wednesday, April 6th at 7:30 pm in the Senior UCHS Gym. Adults are $8, students $5, and Five and under are free.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
* Today is our first early dismissal and classes ended at 2:15 pm.
* Tomorrow is the Drama run through for the school.
* Thursday is our coin drive for WE CREATE CHANGE so start collecting some change.
ELA 9A
Today the students had a chance to give three classmates feedback on their Book Trailer and then they had a chance to make any changes before turning in a final copy.French 7A
The students wrote their "er" verb quiz and started planning a presentation on a friend.French 7B
The students continued to work on conjugating "er" verbs.Je --- e Nous --- ons
Tu --- es Vous --- ez
Il --- e Ils --- ent
Elle --- e Elles --- ent
On --- e
ELA 9B
The students had a chance to give three classmates feedback on their Book Trailers.French 10/20/30
The students finished up their holiday videos and we started a Kahoot on holidays. Thank-you to Michaela for the treats on Friday. You earned some brownie points.Thursday, March 17, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
French 9A
The students had this class to finish the plan for their dream room. It must contain 10 items labeled in French and then students must write 6 sentences telling the location of items in relation to other items. The plan and sentences are due next class Tuesday, March 22nd.Ex: Le lit est entre les tables de chevet. (The bed is between the night tables.)
ELA 9B
The students had two classes to continue finding pictures and start work on their Book Trailer.French 8A
The students received their Vandertramp quizzes back and many discovered they need to memorize etre and the past participles. We practiced with more examples of passé compose using avoir and etre. We also watched a student made video about the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs. Next class the students will start to create their own videos.ELA 9A
We had some technical difficulties so will need to finish our constructive criticisms of our Book Trailers next class. We practiced our poems for Music Festival. We need a new idea for the ACTIVATE contest. Put your thinking caps on.
French 10/20/30
We had several presentations on holidays and continued to share and ask questions about holidays.
*Thank-you to the grade 10's for the cookies and compliments. I am apparently as nice as a day at the beach. That's pretty nice! :)
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
French 7B
The students started looking at the process of conjugating "er" verbs.
CONJUGATING VERBS
·
First you
need to know the pronouns (pronoms). Memorize them.
LES PRONOMS
Je (I) Nous (We)
Tu
(You (s)) Vous
(You (pl))
Il
(He) Ils
(They (m))
Elle
(She) Elles
(They (f))
On
(One)
ER VERBES
aimer (to like, to love)
jouer (to play)
manger (to eat)
regarder (to watch)
To
conjugate:
1.
Remove the “er” from the end of the verb
2.
Add the
ending that matches the pronoun/pronom
AIMER – to like, to love
J’aime (I
like) Nous aimons (We like)
Tu aimes (You (s) like) Vous aimez (You (pl) like)
Il aime (He likes) Ils aiment (They
(m) like)
Elle aime (She likes) Elles
aiment (They (f) like)
On aime (One
likes)
·
Second you
need to know the endings. Memorize them.
ELA 9A
We also discussed the prologue and poem we are doing for the Unity Music Festival in April.
French 8B
We watched a video on Vandertramp verbs and then students continued work on their own videos.
ELA 9B
Students continued to search for photos for their Book Trailers. They'll have one more class tomorrow to search for pictures. We also discussed the prologue and poem they are presenting for the Music Festival in April. The poem is a Palindrome so the 9A class is presenting it one way and the 9B class is presenting it the opposite way. Below is a video of the entire poem with both perspectives.
French 10/20/30
The students continued working with holidays and the associated vocabulary. They asked questions of each other's presentations about a holiday. We went through the sentences they wrote yesterday and they are now planning out how to use their props (to be here Thursday or Friday) in an iMovie about a holiday they enjoy.
*Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day so wear your green!
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
French 7A
The students continued practicing "er" verb conjugation for their quiz next class, Monday, March 21st. Study your practice sheets.French 9B
The students practiced using position words to describe furniture placement in a bedroom.Ex: Le lit est entre les fenetres. (The bed is between the windows.)
They continued working on their dream room floor plans, which must have 10 items. They will also write 6 sentences, in French, about the placement of those items. Next class will be the last day to finish floor plans and sentences and we may start oral presentations.
French 8A
The students had a quiz on the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs using etre to make the passé compose. They are now practicing when to use avoir and when to use etre to create passé compose sentences.ELA 9A
Student had this class and will have one more to put together the first draft of their Book Trailer, which is due Thursday, March 17th. Students also received back their Romeo and Juliet news articles. Anyone who did not receive a 3 and wants to do a further re-write and re-submit for marking must do so by Friday, March 18th.ELA 9B
Student had this class, and will have one more, to find creative commons pictures for their Book Trailer. Students also received back their Romeo and Juliet news articles. Anyone who did not receive a 3 and wants to do a further re-write and re-submit for marking must do so by Friday, March 18th.French 10/20/30
The students discussed why they might not like a holiday and then wrote a paragraph in French about a holiday that they did like. In the paragraph they needed to include 2 things they like (aimer), 2 things they like to do (faire), 2 things they like to eat (manger), and one place they go to or visit (aller). Holiday presentations will wrap up on Thursday and Friday.Monday, March 14, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
French 9A
The students practiced orally using the vocabulary for bedroom furniture. They also had time to work on a floor plan of their perfect bedroom.ELA 9A
Students had one class to finish up finding pictures for their Book Trailers, which are creative commons approved and one class to start working on their Book Trailer in Photostory or iMovie.Book Trailers must be finished for Thursday, March 17th as we'll be evaluating them at that time and then having time to make any necessary changes.
French 8A
We finished practicing using être to conjugate the past tense of the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs. There will be a quiz tomorrow on these verbs.French 8B
The students started to create videos demonstrating the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs.French 10/20/30
We continued discussing our favourite holidays in French. On Thursday students should be prepared to present on a holiday of their choice, with props, such as clothing, movies, ornaments, and so on.We also reviewed 4 common irregular verbs:
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AVOIR – to have
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ÊTRE – to be
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FAIRE – to do, to make
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ALLER – to go
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Je/J’
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ai
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suis
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fais
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vais
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Tu
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as
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es
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fais
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vas
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Il/Elle/On
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a
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est
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fait
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va
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Nous
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avons
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sommes
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faisons
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allons
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Vous
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avez
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êtes
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faites
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allez
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Ils/Elles
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ont
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sont
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font
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vont
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
HAPPY FRIDAY!
ELA 9A
The students had one class to continue finding pictures for their BookTrailers. As we lost a class due to the SADD presentation by Amanda Oling this morning I will give them one more class for pictures finding.French 7A
We continued working with "er verbes." We will be having one more class to practice before our test on Monday, March 21st. If you were away today get the new practice sheet on Monday so you can do it before Tuesday's class please.French 7B
The students wrote their test on body parts and monsters. We also read an article about Chloe Moritz and discussed reading strategies:1. Look for words you know.
2. Look for words that are similar to English.
3. Look at the pictures.
4. See if it makes sense.
If you missed your test be prepared to write Monday at lunch.
ELA 9B
Students chose either iMovie or PhotoStory as the way they are going to create their Book Trailers. They had the rest of the class to start searching for pictures.French10/20/30
We discussed another holiday we enjoy (in French), practiced the verb "Aller," and watched the rest of Episode 1 of Extra en Francais.Thursday, March 10, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
*Fantastic job at Snolympics everyone! What great team effort and spirit!
French 9B
The students practiced bedroom furniture vocabulary and then started planning out their dream room.French 7B
The students finished presenting their monsters to the class and then we played Kahoot to get ready for our quiz on Friday (tomorrow)! There will be a section on matching French and English body parts ie: eyes = yeux. There will be pictures of some monsters and descriptions of them in French and the students will have to match the monsters to the descriptions. They will have to describe a monster in French sentences. ex: Il a trois pieds. *Know your numbers from 1 to 10. There will also be a question about the legend we read about the devil, the werewolves and the farmer.French 10/20/30
The students discussed favourite holidays in French . We finished vocabulary for holidays in November and December. We also discussed possessives and where to use them.* Please pick up ALL fruit by tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
*Tomorrow is Snolympics. Remember your costumes.
French 9A
The students came up with a plan for their Activate project. Jaxon and Tyson are going to present it to Mrs. Cey and Mr. Parker and get their go ahead before we proceed further in planning our event.ELA 9B
The students had two classes to develop their storyboard for their Book Trailer. It is now homework and should be completed for Friday's ELA class.French 8A
The students practiced telling two things they had done yesterday (in passé composé.) Then we discussed adding e and/or s to the past participles of Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs. If the verb refers to a girl it must have an extra e, if the verb may refer to a girl but you are not sure then add the extra (e) in brackets, if the verb refers to a group it must have an extra s, and in the case of vous where it may be plural the (s) must be in brackets. We practiced with a sheet, which is due next class.Examples:
Susan est allée. *extra e
Susan et Andrea sont allées. *extra e and s
Tu es allé(e). *possibly female, possible extra e
Vous êtes allé(e)(s). * possible female, possibly plural
Elles sont allées. *extra e and s
Ils sont allés. *extra s
ELA 9A
The students had this class to find creative commons photos for their Book Trailers. They will have one more class to find pictures, then it will be on their own time.French 10/20/30
The students shared their favourite holiday in a class discussion and then we added vocabulary for common holidays and celebrations to our notes.Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
*Fruit Sale fruit will arrive tomorrow. Please plan to pick up and deliver by Friday at the latest.
*Snolympics are Thursday afternoon so be prepared.
French 7B
Students started presenting their monsters. If you have not e-mailed your monster Pic Collage to Miss Riddell do it before Thursday's class. We'll be having an exam on body parts and monsters on Friday, March 11th.ELA 9A
Students chose the format for their Book Trailer (iMovie or PhotoStory) and had a few minutes to start finding pictures. We also went through the Romeo & Juliet exams.French 8B
We finished up and corrected a practice sheet on Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs using etre. The students did 3 questions as a formative assessment.ELA 9B
We went through the Romeo & Juliet exams. The students also worked in groups using the rubric for the Book Trailers to evaluate some book trailers. Next class we'll start storyboarding our book trailers.French 10/20/30
We finished up last week's café presentations and began discussing holidays. We also reviewed strategies to use when reading:1. look for words you know
2. look for words that are similar to English
3. look at any pictures
4. think about if what you are reading makes sense
Then the students read an article on Le Fanal, a celebration, which occurs in Senegal near the end of December. We also read some facts about Noel and Le Jour de l'An in France.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
*No School for students Monday due to a PD Day!
*On Monday between 8 and 8:30 am on CTV you can catch some of our students discussing the ACTIVATE campaign.
French 7A
We corrected more "er" verb practice. Memorize your pronouns and you endings.JE - E NOUS - ONS
TU - ES VOUS - EZ
IL - E ILS - ENT
ELLE - E ELLES - ENT
ON - E
French 9B
Students practiced their vocabulary for the bedroom furniture and the position words.French 8A
The students were introduced to the DR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMP verbs which are conjugated with etre to create passé composé. All these verbs, except rester, have to do with coming or going from somewhere.ELA 9A
The students had a final class to storyboard their Book Trailers. Next week they will decide to use iMovie or PhotoStory and start to find photos or their Book Trailers.ELA 9B
The students and I summarized points necessary for a great Book Trailer and I will collate this information into a rubric. They have also chosen a book for their Book Trailer. Next week we'll adjust the rubric as necessary and test it out.French 10/20/30
The students discussed their favourite bonbons and repas. We finished presenting out restaurant scenes and decided the next theme will be holidays. We also watched 16 minutes of the Extra Francais Episode One.Thursday, March 3, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
*Monday is a PD Day so NO SCHOOL for students.
ELA 9A
The students helped co-create a rubric for their Book Trailers after searching for examples of better and poorer book trailers. They then used the rubric to evaluate some Book Trailers. Now the students have chosen a book and are storyboarding their Book Trailer. They had 2 work periods today and should be able to finish up storyboarding tomorrow. I still need the final Romeo and Juliet news articles from Wyatt, Dawson J., and Tyson by 3:30 tomorrow, which is over a week past the original due date.ELA 9B
The students wrote their Romeo and Juliet exam. I am missing the final Romeo and Juliet news article from Issam, Kaitlyn, Presli, and Jairo. Please get them done for tomorrow as they are now a week overdue. This class also has examined Book Trailers and is in the process of creating a rubric and choosing a book for their own Book Trailer.French 8A
This class wrote their avoir passé composé test today and will begin to learn about the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertamp verbs using être next class.French 8B
These students are using the Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp verbs and être to form the passé composé.French 7A
Conjugating "er" verbs is our focus at the moment. Once we practice a bit more we will be moving to a project involving using "er" verbs to describe friends. Please have the aimer/adorer sheet finished for tomorrow.French 7B
The students should be done their monster posters on PicCollage and have e-mailed them to me. They should be ready to present them next class.French 9A
The students have been practicing bedroom vocabulary and are starting to plan their dream rooms. Today they watched a video and did some before, during and after activities.French 9B
Students had notes on position words and practiced using them in sentences.French 10/20/30
Students have been discussing food and meals. Today and tomorrow they are presenting short restaurant skits using the vocabulary we've been working with in class.*Mrs. Therese Robertson subbed for me Tuesday and Wednesday when I was away at an iSITs meeting and WeDay.
*Congratulations to the grade 9's for putting on Musical Chairs today to raise money for TeleMiracle. It was a fun event. :)
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