Le blog de Français 7

Our classroom is flowing with lots of families, real and imaginary!  Students were very creative in their projects where they described the members of their family .  Students shared them in class this week.

Regardez les posters !      

NOTE: This post contains YouTube videos. I have approved these videos for the blog, but if you choose to click out and leave the blog, you will be viewing content that I have not pre-approved. Following the events of Friday, November 13, in Paris, we (along with Mme Murray's students) made posters to send in a video to our pen pals in Dammarie-lès-Lys, France.  The results were thoughtful and heartfelt.  Here is the final product:

(Above:  "The world speaks French"  - written on the school's front walk way) Over the past week, we have been celebrating National French week in class and during French Club. Some students chose to make posters explaining why they are learning French.  A judge chose one of the posters to be the winner (see below). Students brought in dishes from all over the francophone world to enjoy.  Above:  Tarte Tatin; below:  profiteroles (cream puffs) Above:  Macarons; Below:  Clafoutis   Above:  palmiers; Below:  students filling in a sheet about what they ate to support a conversation with their neighbors. Above:  Meringues; Below:  Some students presenting their dishes. French Club students decorated the front walkway with flags of French speaking countries Above:  La Suisse (Switzerland); Below:  L'Algérie (Algeria) Above:  Le Liban (Lebanon); Below:  La Polynésie française (French Polynesia) Above:  Le Québ