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Excellent! Our foreign language assistant, Jessica, kindly wrote out a text in text speak which students in 9PU and 9RE French translated into French, having studied the text in detail the lesson prior. We then used the activity 'Sending Messages' on MYLO to reinforce this. They are now asking for a text speak test at the end of the unit. Oh language teaching JOY!!! A+!!

Direct Object Pronouns - Year 9 French

Today in French we used the Habit of Mind: Persistence, in order to tackle Direct Object Pronouns in French. 9PU excellently approached the task and completed an online quiz to experience success. Mlle Hardman est très fière!

Possessive Adjectives - 9RE FR

Dear 9RE FR, Please click on this link to access an exercise to practice todays learning about possessive adjectives. Merci! Mlle Hardman

AS français, Lundi 5 mars 2012

Chers étudiants de français,

Malheureusement ce n'est pas possible pour ni étudiants, ni professeurs, d'accéder au Wifi du lycée. Donc, pour le moment, on ne va pas les utiliser pendent notre cours lundi 5 mars.

Merci et à lundi,

Mlle Hardman

Ratatouille!

In French with our year 8's today we were talking about the Pixar movie Ratatouille and started discussing where the dish came from and what is was made from. Here is a photo that we found with some explanation.

Yr 12 French: Imperative

Please watch this video on the formation of the Imperative mood in preparation for today's lesson.

Merci!

Miss H

French du/de la /des

Cher 10D FR,

Voici les sites webs pour le cours lundi 3 Octobre:

After the negatives test we will move onto the following sites. Please use the below links to research and practice the use of du/de la/des and also au/à la/aux in French: (make notes in your neat book).

1. Youtube video 1 - including notes on using just "de" after negatives.


2. GCSE Bitesize notes - don't forget to click "Next". There are 3 pages of notes.


3. A very quick exercise


4. Youtube video 2 - Including notes on au/à la/aux.


5. Information on using "de" after expressions of quantity.

We will discuss these in the lesson. We will also be using exericses on p.216 in the Edexcel French text book.

Mlle H

Yr 12 French: Modal Verbs

Please watch this youtube video on modal verbs in preparation for the classwork on modal verbs today.

This is taken from the site: http://www.frenchspanishonline.com/

Merci!

Mlle Hardman

ICT in French project

I am very pleased with my two year 9 French classes who have today demonstrated the final pieces from their ICT in French projects. See below for one example of a news broadcast and a radio broadcast. Others include E-Safety videos and Murder Mystery stories. More to come...

Mlle Hardman

Here is a radio broadcast created and presented by the year 9 French class. They worked hard on the project and the results show!



News broadcast:

Nous sommes de retour!

The Elbeuf work experience trip (25 June - 1st July 2011) has had another successful year, providing students in year 11/12 the opportunity to teach English to primary school students in Elbeuf, near Rouen in France. They also spend their free time with very accommodating families and a day in Paris takes place on the Wednesday. Miss Hardman was very proud of how the girls conducted themselves in the work environment and many long term friendships have been developped. Student reviews to follow but here are some photos of the trip for a taster.


Mlle Hardman practising her French by buying tickets for the group to go up the Eiffel Tower!











One of the views from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower.

Proof! We climbed 700 steps (including the top one!) to get to the second floor.

Our exchange school "le Lycée André Maurois".

Teachers Learn New Things Too!

During the French Elbeuf exchange, I produced an invoice for the French partner school in order to settle accounts for the first part of the trip. Not knowing the exact title of the French finance office worker in the French school I used the general term: "financier" for the signatory section of the invoice. However, what I learned during the week is that the term "financier" can also mean a small cake! The same term for finacial person appeared on the gift that I received from the French teacher for allowing her to stay with me during the week. This proves that Teachers Learn New Things Too! Another reason why exchange trips are a good thing.

Miss Hardman

Extended Sentences

In languages it always gains more marks if you extend your sentences and elaborate from the basic facts of what you want to say. Here are some good examples from 8I FR's second writing assessment:

Elbeuf Exchange 17-25 mars 2011

We have just said "Au revoir" to our exchange partners from Elbeuf near Rouen in France. Student reviews of the trip to follow, but for now why not read the French teacher accounts of their stay here from the French school's website "Lycée André Maurois":

23rd March - Day in Tunbridge Wells

21st March - Day in London

22nd March - Day in school with partners

Mlle Hardman

Modal Verbs - French

8I have been making comic strips to experiment with modal verbs and invitations. Here is Mlle Hardman's effort. There is not the opportunity to embed code from the website we used (http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/) so we have added a screen shot using our visualiser here. Hopefully we will get some students efforts here soon too...
8S &

Successful Videoconference - Elbeuf Work Experience Exchange

Today we held a successful videoconference between our students going on the French Elbeuf Work Experience Exchange and their partners. Students were introduced to their new partners for the first time on camera where a small exchange took place between them. Time was tight due to the time difference -we only had a 15 minute window! - however, we got through a lot of introductions and this brought life to the exchange earlier than it would have been physically possible. Well done to both sides!

Relative Pronouns - Classwork YR 11

To 11 1.2 & 11.2.1

We will use these links in our lesson Thurs 9th Dec and Fri 10th Dec.

Relative Pronoun Practice:

Exercise 1 Qui or Que?
Exercise 2 Qui or Que?

Instructional Videos:

The Angry Museum

"que", "qui", "où" et "dont"

Mlle Hardman

Yr10 French 16/11/10 P5 Devoirs

Pour vos devoirs ce soir:

1: Find a photo on which you will base your oral presentation

2: You will need to answer some questions in the oral so practise recognising question words via this link: Exercise 1
Mlle Hardman

Avoir, Être, Faire and Aller

Year 8 French P1 16/11/10
Today we are going to revise the 4 key irregular verbs in French: avoir, être, faire and aller. We are going to:

a)find out what they mean,
b)find out why they are important,
c)and then practise them in different ways.

Practise:

4 Key irregular verb flashcards.

Using the above link:

1) Familiarise yourselves with the four verbs using the flashcards
2) In the "Study" section click on "Learn". Note your score at the end.
3) In the "Study" section click on "Test". Note your score at the end.
4) In the "Play Games" section click on "Scatter". Note your time.
5) In the "Play Games" section click on "Space Race". Note the Level, Kills and score you achieve.

We will publish the best scores for each section at the end of the lesson.

Your homework is to beat these scores! Add your new highest scores in the comments section before next lesson.

(Create a Google ID to be able to add comments to this post. Remember to blog safe and only use a pseudonym/nick name, never your real/full name online. Ask an adult if you are unsure).

Amusez-vous bien en apprenant les verbes irréguliers!

Mlle Hardman

Year 8 voki project

Year 8 class talking about their hobbies in French. ( Miss Figueira)


Get a Voki now!


Get a Voki now!


Get a Voki now!


Get a Voki now!


Get a Voki now!

Wiki Presentations Year 10 French

Today we started work on some oral presentations in year 10 French. We used a Wiki which had the task instructions on a welcome page, then the students had their own personal pages to write their preparation work on. Online based work means the teacher gets access to multiple students' work in one place and is able to see immediately at what stage the student is at. Student's can also see the work of their peers for ideas to improve their own. A "Comments" facility enables the students to ask questions to the teacher who can answer them directly. This provides another avenue of communication of the student were to be unable to find the teacher during the school day for example. The students were very motivated especially at the prospect of being able to peer correct each other's work. We will continue to experiment with capabilities of Wikis as the project develops. (We have kept the Wiki closed to public access for child protection purposes).

Madamoiselle Hardman